Overwatch moderation problem

'Sexual assault' custom game mode reveals a glaring Overwatch moderation problem By Tyler Colp published about 23 hours ago Blizzard has removed the listing for an offensive mode, but it's still available to play through a unique code. When you enter it, it forces one player to play as Cassidy against a team of strictly female Overwatch heroes. In the top-left of the screen, it instructs you to "Flash to knock down your victims," which refers to Cassidy's old Overwatch 1 Flashbang ability and then says to "Tbag to fuck," which is written with spaces, seemingly to get around a word filter. As you crouch, text appears on the top of the screen that says "raping..." Enemy heroes are then marked as "pregnant" and, eventually, a Torbjorn bot is spawned to simulate a child.

An article screenshot reports on an offensive Overwatch custom game mode that simulates sexual assault and pregnancy using Cassidy, female heroes, and a Torbjörn bot. The joke is the absurdly disturbing misuse of the game’s mechanics, while the screenshot highlights Blizzard’s moderation failure and the mode’s attempts to evade word filters.

• @eternalclassic / 22063 2022-10-27