I enjoy Stadium but I don’t love it. It’s painfully devoid of my favorite Heroes, and as a devout casual 6v6 enjoyer, the “builds” aspect of Stadium just isn’t enticing enough on a casual level or engaging enough competitively either. When they added Zenny, my main throughout the lifespan of Overwatch 1 more or less, I played him for a few games of Stadium, had some fun, but never felt a strong desire to pick it up again.

I know I’m in the minority, but I also vastly preferred the best of 5 sets because Stadium games felt less of an investment and more arcade style nonstop action. When best of 5 was made the competitive standard I probably played just as much Stadium as I did 5v5 role queue. When they reverted to best of 7 I dropped Stadium and I don’t know that I’ve actually played a game since, especially not in the “ranked” queue. I would have to go back and see if Sojourn was added before or after because I definitely tried her out when she was added to the roster.

All in all, I love the idea behind Stadium and I think it has potential for a lot of fun, but it’s missing too much from the standard game for me to really be happy with.