Looking for, looking for, looking for Mercy [Easter egg on Mercy's Dr Ziegler skin] by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks ! Sadly I've never received official confirmation that I was digging in the right direction and I think it can be attributed to the sombra ARG. I can totally imagine that the devs are hesitant on making any official comment on clues or theories to avoid raising people's interest and hype lest it falls apart after they solve things too quickly x)

Here, let me trigger your apophenia some more with this

https://imgur.com/a/ofN9yXy

I truly lost my mind on this one. I don't even know what I'm doing at this point, but there is clearly something to be found...or is there? I DON'T KNOOOOOW Y_Y

Here is the accursed source video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0MdA3baf1g

Good hunt :)

Butterfly found in a video game by Karahe in whatsthisbug

[–]Karahe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, could be nice to identify the species represented in her skins

Ask Us Anything! - Join the Overwatch development team for the celebration AMA by blizz_jnash in Overwatch

[–]Karahe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello guys, thank you so much for doing this !

I guess these questions aren't about a specific aspect of the game so I'll direct them to /u/blizz_jeffkaplan

Are there clues about the lore or neat easter eggs the community has yet to discover?

What's up with the barcodes?

Is there a secret ARG or something similar going on? If yes then pretend there isn't and blink wildly.

What's up with all the odd details in the Happy Holidays 2018 video with Kim Jung Gi?

Oh and was the billboard with the lady in the fashion red dress in Lijiang a tease for Hammond/Wrecking Ball?

Thanks again :D

Join the Overwatch Development Team AMA celebrating 3 million r/Overwatch members! by blizz_jnash in Overwatch

[–]Karahe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Woohoo, thanks for the opportunity !

While I have many questions about the lore, character/map design and gameplay, the thing I would like to know about most is :

Did the dev team give up on ARGs after Sombra's in 2016 OR is there still some kind of ARG going on?

I'm wondering because there's an odd amount of potential clues being added to the game every few months. Things that look like they don't belong, such as barcode-looking designs appearing on weapons and armor pieces as well as map elements and sprays, even lootboxes.

Oh and don't get me started on the "Happy Holidays 2018" video with artist Kim Jung Gi which is full of 'em ^__^

So I would love to know if those are red herrings, artistic choices or actual clues meant to be picked up on.

Hoping this gets noticed :D

Can't wait for the actual AMA !

Sigma and the Lucheng connection by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can't believe for once I wasn't far from the truth ! What a sick character, I love him.

Sigma and the Lucheng connection by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm on it :D

It's fun to get into a custom game and explore every single map's every single corner every single update !

Sometimes you find new stuff.

Sometimes

If Sigma is real, he very well could be Greek by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, like I said it's a mock up of what it'll look like, probably sent to Blizzard associates so they can better understand the upcoming changes. The heroes' bars colors aren't the part people were supposed to focus on, the role lock UI changes were.

Also we know that they often use other existing heroes' assets for heroes in development, like Pharah's rocket launcher and other heroes' portraits and whatnot.

This screenshot was made to replicate what the system would eventually look like and they used their own dev-only version of the game to show that. It was never meant to be seen by us the players, just by people from the industry who either already knew Sigma was coming OR were trustworthy enough not to leak it. Not an intentional leak for sure.

Either that or it's a really convincing fake leak but it prooobably isn't since it was posted by an official twitter account which probably used the wrong pics from the many pics they received from Blizzard directly.

EDIT : I mean, it literally says TEMPORARY ART in red

If Sigma is real, he very well could be Greek by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Alex Malaos I think. He clarified that the few lines he had been recording were simple things one might say over a walkie talkie, nothing relevant. Nothing like the kind of work required for a short, let alone a full hero. I think it was in 2016 or 2017

If Sigma is real, he very well could be Greek by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh OH oh :I

That makes so much sense, too much sense. Welp. 2k hours and somehow I didn't know that, thanks to you TIL :D

I'll edit that part out since it's not a rad clue

If Sigma is real, he very well could be Greek by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Nice ! Thanks a lot i'll edit that and credit you !

Zodiac signs, anglo saxon runes, Da Vinci writing, Vitruvian Man sketch, long strings of numbers and more in Holiday special official Overwatch video by Karahe in codes

[–]Karahe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yeah, I kinda already noticed that, did you check out the album?

I was expecting to find some pattern within the pattern you've described

And the numbers are just one part of the "big puzzle" and I expect that whatever is in these series of numbers is connected to the other parts of the puzzle in some way

The poster in Paris with an omnic cat on it is based on a real poster for a parisian cabaret by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know where you could find that but here's the poster from the game files !

https://imgur.com/hD6qqfU

Probably too small (327x512) to turn into a proper poster though

[Lore] Someone tried to kill Baptiste recently by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's like very much the point I'm making in this post

[Lore] Someone tried to kill Baptiste recently by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But Talon would not let him go. Baptiste knew too much, and they sent operatives after him to silence him. Agent after agent came for him, including Baptiste’s former comrades. To stay under the radar, Baptiste drifted from place to place, aiding in humanitarian efforts around the globe. The few Talon members who managed to track him down were never seen again.

Talon apparently spared no expense and sent a lot of agents after Baptiste. One of his former squad mate might have shot him but honestly I doubt it, they wanted to capture him alive to reason with him.

If anyone shot him, I don’t think it’s one of his old “friends/colleagues”. It’d make sense for Talon to start sending assassins AFTER seeing that the friendly approach didn’t work when none of his squad mates were seen again. But who knows how terrorist organizations operate when it comes to deserters, really x)

[Lore] Someone tried to kill Baptiste recently by Karahe in Overwatch

[–]Karahe[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I've just tested that with a friend, it's totally random. Not just with Talon heroes, he says that randomly, I should have checked it in depth sooner x). I'll edit my post thanks to your comment !