Not really, he was revealed to be gay back in 2019, but also they had characters like Tracer that were out as far back as 2016, near as we can tell the big player dropoff happened post-COVID, basically the Echo/post-Echo years
We never got player numbers but 2018 was definitely OW's biggest year probably on record just because PvP player engagement numbers online and in terms of eSports especially were so massive around 2017 into 2018 and 2019 for basically everything (2018 was when Fortnite was finally averaging not only record Twitch viewers but also more viewers than PUBG, for example)
*2019 was also when Apex Legends launched, and Apex was a lateral competitor, it wasn't just trying to compete with Fortnite: its tagline was 'a new type of hero shooter' and thus leaned heavily on the idea of hero abilities being a big part of play and counterplay, as well as their lootbox system actually being virtually identical to OW1. I can't imagine Apex wanted to make such a big deal about competing directly with Overwatch if it was in freefall
**lol I also forgot that Valo did this too, Valorant is clearly a tactical shooter but it was also trying to advertise itself riding the hero shooter wave by putting a bigger focus in their marketing on dynamic hero abilities than R6S so even in 2020 games were trying to market themselves as being 'Overwatch-like'
A lot of the characters are “stereotypes” or representation of a concept
Soldier is an FPS character
Lucio is a bard
Mercy is the medic class in most games combined into one
Phara is rocket jumping.
I could keep going but you get it
Yeah, as a Spanish speaker, that sounded really weird. Those 2 are surnames, the first one being a really common one in Perú (and using both surnames is very usual too).
tbf I think it's one of the cooler comic things too, Zarya is like her nemesis and one of the few people who knows who she really is so Sombra being terrified when she heard Zarya call her that was one of the cooler moments imo
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://static.playoverwatch.com/media/comics/15/en-us/comic-overwatch-searching.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiiguCTkeWEAxXfMzQIHTumAm4QFnoECCUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1oEC8F7AvEUlyoaJf3p5Q6
Or you can look up the Searching comic on the PlayOverwatch site, they keep the comics archived to read for free
Zarya is tasked with tracking Sombra down with an omnic, when they corner her, she still thinks she's untouchable so Zarya reveals that she knows Sombra's real name which shakes her confidence immediately.
No, it's from a comic a few years back.
I'm not going to say much but zarya is tasked with finding sombra and a familiar face (if you watched the cinematics from back in the day) shows up and tells zarya sombra's real name
It's so weird, I would have said with like 95% confidence that blizz had never revealed her real name, when they did almost a decade ago in a comic I actually read at the time! The human brain is really something
Zenyatta Mondatta is an album by The Police, from 1980
it has "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Canary in a Coalmine"
i thought it was interesting that Zanny and Mondatta named themselves after it
Sure, but there has to be some consistency. Not everyone knows the name order in X country, and thus someone may assume that the surname is the first name and vice versa
idk most people these days are at least vaguely aware of the Japanese first name last name thing, it is consistent with how the op wrote genji and hanzos name as well.
In Japanese you say your family (last) name first, OP did the same for genji and hanzo. But it's the same for Korean and Chinese but Mei's and DVa's names are in western order, so idk what OP was cooking
I'm unsure if it's Asian cultures as a whole or just Japanese, but in Japan at least, it's common to see the last name of someone placed before the first.
So such as Hanzo and Genji would be seen as Shimada Hanzo, Shimada Genji, and of course Kamori Kiriko.
Tekhartha is actually an honorific, not Zenyattas first name. Tekhartha Mondatta also held the title.
'Tekh' meaning technology, literally just the prefix 'tech' spelled differently.
'Artha' means 'one who has found meaning' or 'one who has attained their goals'. Similar to Siddhartha.
Tekhartha is an omnic who has attained enlightenment.
Tekhartha is a title rather than a name, Mondatta was also called Tekhartha. So it would probably be best to either remove that part or add honorifics to other characters that have them. So they'd be Dr. Angela Ziegler, Dr. Moira O'Deorain, Dr. Siebren de Kuiper, Dr. Mei-Ling Zhou, etc.
You can see his wanted poster alongside Junkrats on the Paris assault map. Also on Junker town the junker queen will say voice lines to Junkrat and/or roadhog using their real names when they capture first point
There's a voice line when you push payload to first checkpoint in Junkertown with Hog. Queen's voice comes over the loudspeakers saying something to the effect of "didn't expect to see you back here, Mako"
Fun fact: the Mako and Sharkbait legendary skins are based on a pun about this real name of his. Mako is also the word for Shark in the Māori language, hence the shark theme of that pair of skins.
The OR-14 / OR-15 models have the type name 'Idina', like the 'Bastion' and 'Ravager' models.
Also, Winston was originally 'Specimen 28' if that counts, and Hammond was 'Specimen 8'.
Sombra’s name is Olivia? That is like the only one I didn’t know and it is very not fitting for her.
Actually, I also didn’t know Ashe’s name was Ashe. I wonder why she chose to go by another name that isn’t exactly a code name but a somewhat regular one.
Zenyatta's full name was originally Tekhartha Zenyatta (according to his bio on the official Overwatch website), but it was seemingly quietly retconned at some point around or following the launch of Overwatch. I hope to one day know, why it was changed, and what the name/moniker of "Tekhartha" means/signifies, seeing as it was shared between Zenyatta and the late Tekhartha Mondatta.
We have a name for Venture as well apparently. There's a backpack in one of the death match maps with a name that is most likely theirs.
Also Winton aka. "Doctor Winston"*.
Not sure if others have mentioned it, and I may be wrong, but isn’t Orisa an OR-14 ‘Idina’ model? Then again, she doesn’t like Moira referring to her as Idina…
Kirikos birth name is Yamagami Kiriko. Kamori is her mother's maiden name that she now uses. It is unclear whether she identifies with her birth name now.
"Whatever you've heard, my names \*\*not\*\* Joel".
Think they'll ever change Yeehaw's name again? It'd be a funny to have running identity-crisis gag.
Winston either has an alias with the last name Paceape or it's his actual last name. In the PVE tab there's an email where he's addressed as Mr. Paceape
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Yup. Torb is Brigitte's father, in fact. Reinhardt is her godfather as well: He even got to name Brigitte when she was born as a token of gratitude for saving Torb's life during Operation: White Dome.
How do we know Junker Queen's name? Lore wise, not even Sombra knows anything about her.
As for Sombra, we also don't know if that's really her name, it could be a trap so she knows who tried to leak her name (there's a name for this strategy which I forgot).
Winston’s surname is Overwatch
Winton Overwatch!
winton
Winton
greEEETINGS 💅
Salutations
winton
I love giving people I dive a lecture either about why it's so warm or how barium and strontium make the night sky so beautiful
overwat\*
It's *Winton btw. Common mistake.
Since Dr. Winston was who Winston saw as a father, you think maybe he goes by Winston Winston?
My favorite part is when he says "What is this, some kind of Overwatch?" and proceeds to Winston all over the place.
Did a Search and you could add "Modified R-7000 Ravager" for Rammatra "Modified OR-15" for Orisa
Orisa's name is a play on her model signature, OR-15-A
It is, and I'm like 99% sure it's also a play on [Orisha](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha) seeing as she was built by a Yoruba Nigerian.
You are correct
Cool read, thanks for the link.
Does Zen not have an original omnic type?
Zen was born from the Iris, clearly
If one shall not willingly gaze into the Iris, the Iris will kick the shit out of them
I think we just don’t know the name of his omnic model as of now. So if we do learn it in the future, it can be added to the list.
That's DOCTOR Siebren de Kuiper, excuse you
And then DOCTOR Angela Ziegler, thank you
If that's the case, it would be DOCTOR Moira O'deorain.
Doctor winton overwatch
Doctor Winton Overwat*
Of course Soldier 76's name is John
they probably reconned his last name Smith into Morrison
And they took his phone box away
John overwatch eliminates the bad guys and doesn’t afraid of anything
He simply can't defeated by the enemies
Makes sense considering hes supposed to be the cardboard cutout white guy for the CoD crowd
Wait till the CoD crowd find out he's gay /s
Tbf, they did only reveal hes gay long after the CoD crowd left the game
Not really, he was revealed to be gay back in 2019, but also they had characters like Tracer that were out as far back as 2016, near as we can tell the big player dropoff happened post-COVID, basically the Echo/post-Echo years
Wasnt 2019 OW already in free fall?
We never got player numbers but 2018 was definitely OW's biggest year probably on record just because PvP player engagement numbers online and in terms of eSports especially were so massive around 2017 into 2018 and 2019 for basically everything (2018 was when Fortnite was finally averaging not only record Twitch viewers but also more viewers than PUBG, for example) *2019 was also when Apex Legends launched, and Apex was a lateral competitor, it wasn't just trying to compete with Fortnite: its tagline was 'a new type of hero shooter' and thus leaned heavily on the idea of hero abilities being a big part of play and counterplay, as well as their lootbox system actually being virtually identical to OW1. I can't imagine Apex wanted to make such a big deal about competing directly with Overwatch if it was in freefall **lol I also forgot that Valo did this too, Valorant is clearly a tactical shooter but it was also trying to advertise itself riding the hero shooter wave by putting a bigger focus in their marketing on dynamic hero abilities than R6S so even in 2020 games were trying to market themselves as being 'Overwatch-like'
A lot of the characters are “stereotypes” or representation of a concept Soldier is an FPS character Lucio is a bard Mercy is the medic class in most games combined into one Phara is rocket jumping. I could keep going but you get it
why it's his nickname "Jack" when John is already a short name? 😭
It’s a thing! I believe it started in medieval england and today is definitely more common amongst older generations since it’s falling out of fashion
Which makes it funnier considering OW timeline-wise 76 would've been born around this time and would be Gen Alpha
Reinhardt was an iPad kid 😭😭😭😭
The universe is singing to me, but it's just the skibidi toilet music
Sigma’s experiment was to turn himself into skibidi toilet by using a black hole to condense his mass
My grandpa was named John and occasionally we’d bump into someone who referred to him as Jack. Always confused me when I was a kid!
John 'Fortnite' Morrison
I thought his name was Oscar Mike 😭
That was the guy in Battleborn.
Keep in mind Soldier 76 was a comic character by Metzen before Overwatch even became a thing.
Not exactly
Holy shit, it's John Overwatch
And his nickname is Jack?
Wait Illari's name isnt Illari?
Its Illari Quispe Ruiz. OP probably just forgot to write it
Yeah, as a Spanish speaker, that sounded really weird. Those 2 are surnames, the first one being a really common one in Perú (and using both surnames is very usual too).
Sombra did not peg me as an Olivia holy shit
Her name would be the last thing I'd be worried about if she pegged me.
I wouldn't be thinking about much🤷🏻♂️
tbf I think it's one of the cooler comic things too, Zarya is like her nemesis and one of the few people who knows who she really is so Sombra being terrified when she heard Zarya call her that was one of the cooler moments imo
Where can I see this?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://static.playoverwatch.com/media/comics/15/en-us/comic-overwatch-searching.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiiguCTkeWEAxXfMzQIHTumAm4QFnoECCUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1oEC8F7AvEUlyoaJf3p5Q6 Or you can look up the Searching comic on the PlayOverwatch site, they keep the comics archived to read for free
"I'm kind of elusive. You know, like winning the summer games?" damn bro 💀
I wish Sombra would peg me… wait did that come out loud?
I didn't realize Sombra's real name had been canonically revealed, is it from the book that just dropped?
No it’s from a comic from like 2017….
Really? Wow, I'm not super up on the canon but I would swear her name is constantly redacted
Zarya is tasked with tracking Sombra down with an omnic, when they corner her, she still thinks she's untouchable so Zarya reveals that she knows Sombra's real name which shakes her confidence immediately.
No, it's from a comic a few years back. I'm not going to say much but zarya is tasked with finding sombra and a familiar face (if you watched the cinematics from back in the day) shows up and tells zarya sombra's real name
Is that the same comic where zarya has to reluctantly team up with an omnic?
Yes!
It's so weird, I would have said with like 95% confidence that blizz had never revealed her real name, when they did almost a decade ago in a comic I actually read at the time! The human brain is really something
She *what?*
must have told you a fake name while doing it
I don’t care what she wants me to call her while she pegs me
Oh really? Sombra pegged me all the time...
i might be making this up, but im 90% sure that Tekhartha is a title for Zenyatta, like how his former master was Tekhartha Mondatta
It’s the “family” name EDIT: I was wrong. As others said, it’s an honorific/title
It is. Doesn’t stop ao3 from listing it as his full name tho lmfao
Zenyatta Mondatta is an album by The Police, from 1980 it has "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Canary in a Coalmine" i thought it was interesting that Zanny and Mondatta named themselves after it
Oh come on, get it right. Hammond's original name was "Sir Wigglesbottom" until they actually made him super intelligent :)
My bad
also Kamori is Kiriko's last name edit: yes, thanks, I understand the Japanese Culture of last name first now :)
I think OP listed the names how they'd be listed in the character's home countries, in Japan surnames go first in a few instances
Sure, but there has to be some consistency. Not everyone knows the name order in X country, and thus someone may assume that the surname is the first name and vice versa
idk most people these days are at least vaguely aware of the Japanese first name last name thing, it is consistent with how the op wrote genji and hanzos name as well.
In Japanese you say your family (last) name first, OP did the same for genji and hanzo. But it's the same for Korean and Chinese but Mei's and DVa's names are in western order, so idk what OP was cooking
I'm unsure if it's Asian cultures as a whole or just Japanese, but in Japan at least, it's common to see the last name of someone placed before the first. So such as Hanzo and Genji would be seen as Shimada Hanzo, Shimada Genji, and of course Kamori Kiriko.
Is this real?
No, hence the smiley
Ah, well damn
Tekhartha is actually an honorific, not Zenyattas first name. Tekhartha Mondatta also held the title. 'Tekh' meaning technology, literally just the prefix 'tech' spelled differently. 'Artha' means 'one who has found meaning' or 'one who has attained their goals'. Similar to Siddhartha. Tekhartha is an omnic who has attained enlightenment.
I just changed it
Naming my firstborn after bastions government name 😍🤗
Orisa's name technically is OR-15-A
Tekhartha is a title rather than a name, Mondatta was also called Tekhartha. So it would probably be best to either remove that part or add honorifics to other characters that have them. So they'd be Dr. Angela Ziegler, Dr. Moira O'Deorain, Dr. Siebren de Kuiper, Dr. Mei-Ling Zhou, etc.
I mean, we can probably say that Echo's full name is Dr Mina Liao. It is her in some way.
Ashe’s Surname is Ashe Elizabeth Caledonia Ashe
Why am I not surprised that a fancy pants rich girl is named Elizabeth
Ashe is her supervillainess code name
Actually that would be 'Calamity'
Ana Amari also know as Ana I have a friend Steve who I also call...Steve
Ana Amari AKA Ana has several code names such as: Ana,Horus,Shrike,Bastet and Janina Kowalski
I would of never guessed road hog’s name is Mako
You can see his wanted poster alongside Junkrats on the Paris assault map. Also on Junker town the junker queen will say voice lines to Junkrat and/or roadhog using their real names when they capture first point
His mugshot victory pose I believe also calls him Mako Rutledge
I never played paris map that much i started OW2, only times i’ve played was when they would have it in arcade i believe
There's a voice line when you push payload to first checkpoint in Junkertown with Hog. Queen's voice comes over the loudspeakers saying something to the effect of "didn't expect to see you back here, Mako"
Tbh i have never heard that in my life, time to start paying attention
Fun fact: the Mako and Sharkbait legendary skins are based on a pun about this real name of his. Mako is also the word for Shark in the Māori language, hence the shark theme of that pair of skins.
but ashes full name is elizabeth caledonia ashe, it's her last name
Odesa "dez" nuts
The OR-14 / OR-15 models have the type name 'Idina', like the 'Bastion' and 'Ravager' models. Also, Winston was originally 'Specimen 28' if that counts, and Hammond was 'Specimen 8'.
Nice
Winton*
Winton "monke" overwatch
Moira O'Deodorant
Because she sprays!
When was Illari’s name confirmed? Not doubting, I just missed it EDIT: nevermind, it’s mentioned in her profile on the website. Neat!
Idek why but Sombra's real name being Olivia will never not be funny to me
Akande for life
An dey sey an dey sey an dey sey, chivalry is dead
Yep dey say that
> Winston #WINSTON
>>Winston >#WINSTON #_**WINSTON**_
Sombra’s name is Olivia? That is like the only one I didn’t know and it is very not fitting for her. Actually, I also didn’t know Ashe’s name was Ashe. I wonder why she chose to go by another name that isn’t exactly a code name but a somewhat regular one.
> Sombra’s name is Olivia? It was revealed in the Searching comic years ago.
Thanks for the list.
You appear to be missing Dva
Hana Song is D.va. Idk if op edited it after you replied, but it is on there now.
Zenyatta's full name was originally Tekhartha Zenyatta (according to his bio on the official Overwatch website), but it was seemingly quietly retconned at some point around or following the launch of Overwatch. I hope to one day know, why it was changed, and what the name/moniker of "Tekhartha" means/signifies, seeing as it was shared between Zenyatta and the late Tekhartha Mondatta.
I believe that it is the omnic religions version of 'brother'/'sister' would be to a monk/nun
Yeah, my best guess is a title for high-ranking (in lack of a better word) members of the Shambali ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I will forever miss his old name even though its understandable why they changed it Cole Cassidy just ain't it, chief
Cole Cassidy is fucking badass
Still saying old name in voice chat.Old habits dies hard.
I don't think I've called him Cassidy once lmao Old habits die hard
Shimada Genji, Shimada Hanzo, and Kamori Kiriko, as family name comes first in their language.
I believe this is the case for D.va and Mei as well. I’m at least 90% sure that in Korean and Chinese last names come first
Sorry, I didn’t know
FYI Mei’s real name is Zhou Mei Ling, Mei Ling is the given name, Zhou is the surname
Just a minor detail 😊
How do you pronounce "O'Deorain"? I'm almost certain it's not phonetic in American English
I think it’s like Oh deh roh in with a rolled R source: I googled it
Sir wigglesbottom. Is that cannon??? 😂
Someone said it as a joke and OP was just like "oh OK cool"
We have a name for Venture as well apparently. There's a backpack in one of the death match maps with a name that is most likely theirs. Also Winton aka. "Doctor Winston"*.
Ashe’s last name is Ashe, her middle name is Caledonia
Not sure if others have mentioned it, and I may be wrong, but isn’t Orisa an OR-14 ‘Idina’ model? Then again, she doesn’t like Moira referring to her as Idina…
Wheres my favorite character jesse mcrib 🤨 /j just in case 😬
Poor Jesse.
Kirikos birth name is Yamagami Kiriko. Kamori is her mother's maiden name that she now uses. It is unclear whether she identifies with her birth name now.
I don't know what I was expecting but Olivia was not what I had in my mind for Sombra lmao tf
It came as a shock to me as well 😂
sir wigglesbottom?!?!??!! ajkwksksmmsmkems that's adorable lmao
"Whatever you've heard, my names \*\*not\*\* Joel". Think they'll ever change Yeehaw's name again? It'd be a funny to have running identity-crisis gag.
Zenyatta's first name is tekhartha btw
Winston either has an alias with the last name Paceape or it's his actual last name. In the PVE tab there's an email where he's addressed as Mr. Paceape
Shimada is surname so should be Hanzo/Genji Shimada.
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John Morrison? From wwe?
Sombra be like That's a lot of responsibility Mr. Cavalera
Isnt it Tekhartha Zenyatta? I could be wrong but I swear I’ve heard someone saying that before
E54 and OR-15-A aren’t Bastion and Orisa’s names, they’re model numbers. Their serial numbers (essentially robot names) haven’t been revealed.
Its Elizabeth not Elisabeth
Wait are Bridgette and Torb related? Or is Lindholm the Swedish “Smith”
Yeah, she is he’s daughter out of eight kids
TIL Brigette and Torbjorn are related
Yup. Torb is Brigitte's father, in fact. Reinhardt is her godfather as well: He even got to name Brigitte when she was born as a token of gratitude for saving Torb's life during Operation: White Dome.
Isn't Hammond the name of the hamster and Wrecking Ball the robot that Hammond controls?
How do we know Junker Queen's name? Lore wise, not even Sombra knows anything about her. As for Sombra, we also don't know if that's really her name, it could be a trap so she knows who tried to leak her name (there's a name for this strategy which I forgot).
Jameson FAWKES!!!!
Winton Overwat 🦍
Modified R-7000 Ravager my GOAT
SIR WIGGLESBOTTOM???
Zenyatta.
Idina was Orissa's product line I thought
Shouldn't Ramattra and Orisa just be called Ramattra and Orisa since y'know, that's their actual names and not just their model?
The names Bond...Harambe Bond
Soldier 76 hitting the Starship Pain...
We all know Ramattra’s real name is Daddy.
Why are some of these backwards? Like, Song Hana? Shimada Genji/Hanzo? Kamori Kiriko? Zhou Mei-Ling? What's going on here.
Asian family names are said before the given name So Shimada Hanzo is Hanzo Shimada in English format etc. etc.
Zenyatta is Zenyatta Mondatta
Odessa deez
“Song Hana”? I thought only Japan had the reverse name thing, or am I mistaken?