A Racist Overwatch Team Got Banned, But I Still Feel Like Shit

Despite having not played in a while, I love Overwatch. I love its bright and vibrant characters from every part of the world (with one glaring omission). I love its message of hope for better, and how we all have the capacity to affect positive change. As the heroine Tracer says, “the world could always use more heroes.” I love Overwatch esports, the friends I’ve made within that community, and the opportunities I’ve had to interview players and fans and write about the game. But this weekend reminded me that sometimes this game does not love me back.


On Saturday I came across a tweet concerning a team participating in Overwatch’s Open Division tournament. Open Division is an amateur tournament in which players compete for the opportunity to ascend the ranks of what Blizzard calls the Path To Pro, at the end of which lies the Overwatch League. In the tweet, the team Nice One Good Round was being called out for being blatantly racist. The team name “Nice One Good Round,” spelled out, is a banal phrase one could hear or see during end-of-match chat. However when you make the name an acronym and substitute the number “1” for “one” you get a nasty racial slur.
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