{"id":5316,"date":"2016-08-18T22:40:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T14:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/18\/overwatch-update-trolls-the-trolls-with-wry-humor\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T22:40:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T14:40:26","slug":"overwatch-update-trolls-the-trolls-with-wry-humor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/18\/overwatch-update-trolls-the-trolls-with-wry-humor\/","title":{"rendered":"'Overwatch' update trolls the trolls with wry humor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A funny thing is happening in Overwatch<\/em> when players start to misbehave in chat: the game turns their own words against them.<\/p>\n

Typing “gg ez” \u2014 shorthand for “good game, easy [win]” \u2014 into the in-match text chat returns a random phrase that twists the writer’s unsporting intent in humorous ways.<\/p>\n

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One reads: “For glory and honor! Huzzah comrades!” Another: “It’s past my bedtime. Please don’t tell my mommy.”<\/p>\n

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It’s an appropriately metered response to an annoying behavior that isn’t so much toxic as it is a dick move. Now, if you type “gg ez” into the text chat Overwatch<\/em> makes you look like the tool that you are. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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