jesus christ blizzard really did all they could to retroactively tear down dvas character
Michael Chu literally clarified what he meant almost immediately, which is that all existing canon about D.Va and Starcraft is still true, but that her scope as a gamer isn’t exclusive to Starcraft (which she is still a lifelong fan and world-class player of), and is better known in-universe for other games that more closely align with the controls of the MEKA. Nothing has been retconned or even changed.
i totally get her being a pro at games that make her more suited to the meka program but why would they mention her being a pro at starcraft in her hots description? its a small thing but i am 110% confused by it.
there are 1000 better ways to say d.va’s scope and claim to fame as a gamer aren’t limited to starcraft and chu chose the worst one as per usual
yeah like, alright it wasnt scrapped, just sidelined(?), but i dont understand why. what did they gain from that? what was the purpose?
As usual it’s part of blizzard’s decades-long tradition of delivering their ideas, for better or worse, in the most ridiculous and at times outright boneheaded possible ways. I’m glad they’re getting better about it (I remember when Metzen’s Warcraft lore included “this guy was okay until these demons corrupted him” and also “these people weren’t demons until that same guy corrupted them” and when called on the contradiction, Metzen admitted that he had straight-up forgotten the plot of his own story and doesn’t remember which version is supposed to be true). They have this habit of delivering their ideas like someone who serves hot coffee by putting it in a super soaker and shooting it at you: you understand what they were trying to do, but can’t make heads or tails of what their logic was in thinking it was a good idea to do it the way they did
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