-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Overwatch - Pink Mercy Charity Event (Proceeds to BCRF)
- Thread starter AlexFlame116
- Start date
OP
OP
Had the stream open since I got home from work, but so far no sign of any drops. Got the stream in it's own window and it's not muted either.
Edit: Of course as soon as I said it, it popped.
Edit: Of course as soon as I said it, it popped.
Last edited:
Got the sprays earlier, but the Pink Mercy icon is still locked for me. Looks like a few others ran into that too on the last page. Hope they can resolve that soon, it's what I most wanted from the stream drops lol.
I only got one notification on Twitch:
But I received all sprays and icons upon logging in to Overwatch.
But I received all sprays and icons upon logging in to Overwatch.
OP
OP
Still haven't gotten my sprays.
Edit: Wait a minute, I got them all. Just got no Overwatch "New" notification for them.
Edit: Wait a minute, I got them all. Just got no Overwatch "New" notification for them.
OP
OP
This is going to sound incredibly stupid of me but did you link your Blizzard account to Twitch?
The OP has the list of streamers and the date/time! It's all on Twitch.
Yes, I regularly receive the drops from watching OWL games.
OP
OP
I can't believe chunks of the community are being shitty over this. There's a lot of "I want this skin! $15 is too much, this isn't fair! I don't care about charity, give us the skin!" going on over the internet.
Guess I shouldn't be surprised due to how toxic the Overwatch community is.
Guess I shouldn't be surprised due to how toxic the Overwatch community is.
Not a surprise with Blizzard's practices. The way they set up these events and rewards seem almost designed to create a fervor.
Hopefully I don't see the same people also mentioning they spent the same amount of money on going to see Infinity War. (Yes, I know it's a lame comparison but it had to be said.)
Love things like this. Haven't played Overwatch much since Doomfist and before the Mercy change but hopped on to snag the skin. Great looking and for a good cause. Spend that much for a skin on Fortnite anyway, will definitely do it for any future charity ones.
Anyone having trouble with the drops? I know I've watched two hours and I think I'm at four hours by now but I've only gotten the first emblem for one hour.
Did you check in the game? You may not have gotten the notifications like most people.
OP
OP
I was able to buy the skin a couple of days ago and it's fantastic! It's easily my favorite Mercy skin so far!
You might not get a notification at all. It just unlocks in-game without any sort of warning. Plus it should take an hour or two to show up in your game according to some people.
I guess good causes don't exist right?
Good cause or not, it's a shitty implementation.
Overwatch has always had free skins, is one of the great things about it, now unless you cough up £13 you will never get this one. I paid £25 for the game, £13 for a skin in a videogame is not justifiable to a lot of people. Charity or not.
A better way of doing it for example would have been to donate lootbox sales during an event, for one thing the 'whales' seem to spend a lot more than £13 on boxes during them, for another it gives players several tiers of donation options, so while £13 is too much, perhaps they can do the cheapo £3ish option. And it doesn't ruin Overwatch's everything can be earned free thing it's had going for 2 years now.
The skin exists because of charity. You're not entitled to it simply because you want it and paid for the game. There's nothing shitty about the implementation.
Paying to get a skin outright is a shitty implementation. Trying to get it through RNG loot boxes is a better implementation. What?
Also this is hardly new, Blizzcon skins have been a thing for awhile.
OP
OP
Yeah guys the event ends today so if you want the skin, then you have til the end.
I don't know if PS4 works since the gifting system is wonky or nonexistent.
If you're on XBOX or PC, there was someone on the Overwatch Reddit who I think was gifting them for people who couldn't afford the skin.
I don't know if PS4 works since the gifting system is wonky or nonexistent.
Last edited:
I love the skin and giving the proceeds to charity made me feel less bad about hurling more money into the cosmetics flame! Win win!
I didn't care for the streamer stuff, but they (the streamers) seemed to be pulling in bank for the charity when I was watching so hey, to hell with my opinion, it worked. I admittedly did just basically idle a tab for my unlocks, though.
I didn't care for the streamer stuff, but they (the streamers) seemed to be pulling in bank for the charity when I was watching so hey, to hell with my opinion, it worked. I admittedly did just basically idle a tab for my unlocks, though.
Wouldn't make any guarantees but considering the response they want to do more, here is Jeff Kaplan's response.
Thank you so much for reminding me you can gift things on Xbox! I had $20 from rewards on my account and was able to gift it to her.
$12.7 Million raised with an additional $130k from the 14 streamers
http://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/21931801
This seems cool enough to be worth it's own thread, or maybe a title update?
