Overwatch Victory pose cut short for being "overtly sexual"

Just let every character have a sexy pose. Equality! :D

I don't really mind about that stuff, even if I don't like it I wouldn't try to remove it from the game.

It looks fine to me, I kind of expected something worse, kind of like the taunts in Saints Row or something of the like.
But what do i know, I'm just a space panda!

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Impossible to tell but my first reaction when looking at the image was "is that it ? ..really ?" but then I looked again and thought that the character could easily be interpreted as being quite young .Maybe that's the problem ? ,I didn't read the article btw .

I guess I can kind see their point with it being sexual, but it's not dead or alive level, "overtly sexual" is a bit much. I don't really see the problem with it, but whatever. I don't think they should have removed the pose, but I don't really give a shit. I am dreading the response and backlash "respectful and mature" Internet community.

Edit: Typing with a phone is SUPER FUN!!!

i don't like the idea of sexualizing every character in games, but if they didn't point out this tracer pose i wouldn't even noticed it. xD

she's so cute ;_;

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I've seen much worse. People will rant about whatever topic they can find to rant about.

You may want to include the actual reason it was removed, before you make a big fuss over it:

Posted by Jeff Kaplan
Well, that escalated quickly…

While I stand by my previous comment, I realize I should have been more clear. As the game director, I have final creative say over what does or does not go into the game. With this particular decision, it was an easy one to make—not just for me, but for the art team as well. We actually already have an alternate pose that we love and we feel speaks more to the character of Tracer. We weren’t entirely happy with the original pose, it was always one that we wrestled with creatively. That the pose had been called into question from an appropriateness standpoint by players in our community did help influence our decision—getting that kind of feedback is part of the reason we’re holding a closed beta test—but it wasn’t the only factor. We made the decision to go with a different pose in part because we shared some of the same concerns, but also because we wanted to create something better.

We wouldn’t do anything to sacrifice our creative vision for Overwatch, and we’re not going to remove something solely because someone may take issue with it. Our goal isn’t to water down or homogenize the world, or the diverse cast of heroes we’ve built within it. We have poured so much of our heart and souls into this game that it would be a travesty for us to do so.

It was a simple creative decision, where player feedback in beta helped convince them to follow through on a decision they were already highly considering.
This happens all the time in game development.

As far as the rest- if individuals [and there were several] feel the pose didn't match the character, well, they have a right to their subjective opinion on that matter. Seeing as the developers themselves seemed to agree with that assessment, and they're the ones who determine the character, it would seem the opinion is "correct".

Nevertheless, those opinions don't invalidate someone else's view that the pose was okay- though, interestingly, noone I read actually agreed it fit the character, they just made a big deal that women should be allowed a sexy pose. ..which.. is awkward, and actually supports the point being made.

That being said, the 'back-breaking over-the-shoulder' pose is directly associated with treating women as objects, regardless of whether it expresses sexuality or not.
From what I gather, it was that perceived demeaning element that the individual in question had issue with- which seems understandable.

Had they chosen to change the pose to a more natural, bent-at-the-hip over-the-shoulder pose, I imagine it'd have been okay as well.

There is always someone out there that complains, and they usually seem to listen to the one or two complaints rather than the majority of consumers/customers.

This was nothing to get in an uproar about, so I chose 'Strongly Disagree'. I am not a fan of censorship.

The pose doesn't rustle my jimmies at all. It's quite ridiculous how some feminists are trying to make female video game characters less sexy, more fat, more covered... I mean, as someone who uses "slut-mog" on her WoW hunter, I don't wanna think about times when all new games will have fat girls dressed like Eskimos.

Gynophobia and envy are typically the roots of these types of complaints.

The game is full of killing but that passes without notice.

Buggs Bunny is full of attempted murder but what people demanded be censored was Buggs putting on a dress and kissing Elmer.

The only real problem is that the model has unrealistc articulation.

Huh, it seems like some people really, REALLY, like to complain.
To me that pose looks more like she's trying to see the glowing thing on her back, not everyone is immediately looking at her ass, that speaks more about the one making the complaint that about the public in general. That said, she does have a nice ass now that I look at it. What's the problem with that?

Have people not seen the main heroine in Bayonetta or anime series drowned in fan service? Tracer's pose is practically tame. Nothing indicates Tracer has a big ass except some dark shading on the left cheek. Also, her body is covered in clothing; that is a rarity these days.

However as the Internet goes, anything and everything will eventually be victim to Rule 34. Change Tracer to a fat slob with one eye, balding head, and the body of a 100 year old woman and someone will find a way to sexualize her.

TB is making fun of that complaint, talking about Winston

I think they should stick to the lore and build the character talk's, poses, skills, everything around it.
But changing the pose can be something they wanted to do, but i dont think this one is better than the other.

Fan service is fine but changing the character lore or just ignoring it to make a new pose or skin or something like that i cant agree with that.

Like someone else already posted, it wasnt entirely the reason it was removed. Was removed mostly because it didnt fit her character.

If the OP had asked to remove the post purely because the pose didnt fit her character, then Id have probably agreed because it did seem a bit...off compared to her other poses. I mean, with the pose they replaced, all they honestly had to do to make it fit her character was not stick her booty out so far, and bring her feet together so she stood taller and looked lighter on her feet/more agile. But then near the bottom he starts bringing up his kid and his idea of a "strong female character", and thats when I disagree because it seems to assume that a silly, spunky character like Tracer cant possibly have a sexual side too.

I see worse than that pose walking from my front door to the market two streets over.
If you look hard enough, you'll find someone that's offended by anything.

Me? I'm offended by the lack of pizza in this thread.

Where is Beach Bounce DLC for Overwatch? =d

This is funny, because Blizz do nothing about public ERP in Argent Dawn EU in Goldshire. Seriously funny hipocrites.

Trying to play morality police never ends well... and for all the talk of wanting that character not to be sexual, the fact they removed it because it was "too sexual" shows that they were doing that themselves.

I still don't see what's sexy about that pic, but I guess some peeps are turned on by literally anything. :D

Don't see what's oversexualized about that pic.
Compared with the other poses (see image) it really does fail to capture the happy-go-lucky vibe of the character in my opinion, which is a better reason for changing it.

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