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Here is the server launch times by timezone: More info on launch at playoverwatch.com. I didn't realize that the game was actually launching on the 23rd in the US. EUROPE:
- 00:00 BST on May 24
- 01:00 CEST on May 24
- 02:00 MSK on May 24
THE AMERICAS:
- 4:00 p.m. PDT on May 23
- 5:00 p.m. MDT on May 23
- 6:00 p.m. CDT on May 23
- 7:00 p.m. EDT on May 23
- 8:00 p.m. ADT on May 23
- 8:00 p.m. BRT on May 23
- 8:30 p.m. NDT on May 23
- 7:00 a.m. SGT on May 24
- 9:00 a.m. AEST on May 24
- 11:00 a.m. NZST on May 24
ASIA:
- 7:00 a.m. CST
- 8:00 a.m. KST
- 8:00 a.m. JST
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We are getting dangerously close to the 48 hour mark :D
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Alright alright, Blizzard. I preordered. Excited!
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Sad it starts on a Monday and not a weekend. Work has me hating life right now.
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I will get home just in time for Overwatch to go live, whoot!
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Bearded Elder29876 Posts
Mhm my laptop will arrive around thursday, friday so I'm gonna miss first 2-3 days :\ DAMN
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there is a Developer Q&A session on Facebook with Jeff Kaplan its 10:30 PDT which is 13:30 EDT and 19:30 CEST.
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Seriously. Why launch on a Monday at 16:00? Why not in the morning at say 10:00 or 11:00 so Europe gets to play in the evening as well on the same day? Not only that, but say something goes wrong, they'd then have the entire workday to fix it.
Just annoyed that given a regular workday and sleeping hours that Europe has to wait an additional day when it could be avoided.
Oh well, at least we'll have the Americas to work out any launch bugs/lags or whatever. Still very excited to play it again. Beta was fun.
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United Kingdom20158 Posts
Not only that, but say something goes wrong, they'd then have the entire workday to fix it.
It's a new blizzard game launch, what could possibly go wrong?
+ Show Spoiler +
Oh well, at least we'll have the Americas to work out any launch bugs/lags or whatever
The US is launching X hours earlier but they're X hours behind EU.
The actual launch will be roughly at the same time which is tuned to be midnight in EU, previous evening in US and next morning in Korea.
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On May 22 2016 21:53 Thezzy wrote: Seriously. Why launch on a Monday at 16:00?
its at the end of a full work day so they can prepare for launch. and its the first day of the week so that they have all week to fix things if something goes wrong. That is probably why its Monday at 16:00. I'd play the minute it launches except that i'll be screaming my head off at a basketball game.
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United Kingdom20158 Posts
Seriously. Why launch on a Monday at 16:00? Why not in the morning at say 10:00 or 11:00 so Europe gets to play in the evening as well on the same day?
There's like a 14 hour gap between US west and Korea. EU is sandwiched between them. There's no way to play a simultaneous release without having one region launch at night time, i think the way that they chose (evening NA, midnight EU, morning korea) is one of the best ways.
Having a staggered release would mean some regions playing half a day earlier than others, so i do like this approach
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Maybe Blizzard should make a shifted release per country. Maybe then the servers won't burn . But since this is an FPS I guess we are okay.
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United Kingdom20158 Posts
On May 23 2016 22:15 FeyFey wrote:Maybe Blizzard should make a shifted release per country. Maybe then the servers won't burn . But since this is an FPS I guess we are okay.
Different regions different servers anyway
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I did the dumb thing and bought a cd-key from 3rd party site since getting Origins edition for 40€ was too tempting and they still haven't delivered it, hope I get it soon so I can get couple launch hours in before sleep.
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On May 24 2016 00:27 Vaelone wrote: I did the dumb thing and bought a cd-key from 3rd party site since getting Origins edition for 40€ was too tempting and they still haven't delivered it, hope I get it soon so I can get couple launch hours in before sleep.
...that...doesn't sound good?
Only 4.5 hours to go. I can do this. Breathe deep.
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On May 24 2016 00:23 Cyro wrote:Show nested quote +On May 23 2016 22:15 FeyFey wrote:Maybe Blizzard should make a shifted release per country. Maybe then the servers won't burn . But since this is an FPS I guess we are okay. Different regions different servers anyway
thats why per country and not per region.
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On May 24 2016 04:32 scott31337 wrote:
Hype!!
I was unaware this was even a thing, neato.
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Going to need a TL:DR, jesus thats a long post lol
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Canada13372 Posts
Its almost here friends!
On May 24 2016 06:28 OuchyDathurts wrote: Going to need a TL:DR, jesus thats a long post lol
There is no TL;DR because its a guide to all the formatting on the website. And the options are expanded as your staff permissions go up and you get HTML embed permissions
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There was a new patch (about 180mb?) that downloaded now the client won't update for me.
So trying to fix that (rename data folders, delete indices, etc) now i'm in a queue for battle.net lol
Nope, nothing worked, deleted folder and re-downloading.
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On May 24 2016 07:57 ZeromuS wrote:Its almost here friends! Show nested quote +On May 24 2016 06:28 OuchyDathurts wrote: Going to need a TL:DR, jesus thats a long post lol There is no TL;DR because its a guide to all the formatting on the website. And the options are expanded as your staff permissions go up and you get HTML embed permissions
Was joking, but there's zero way my ADD is going to let me actually get through that lol.
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On May 24 2016 08:02 scott31337 wrote:There was a new patch (about 180mb?) that downloaded now the client won't update for me.
It's ok it hasn't actually launched yet. I'm just sitting here staring at Game server connection failed... Retrying
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I was actually thinking of playing today since it's just a FPS, not like a MMORPG launch. How foolish of me.
At least the cd-key site delivered my key on time.
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On May 24 2016 08:03 zombieelephants wrote:Show nested quote +On May 24 2016 08:02 scott31337 wrote:There was a new patch (about 180mb?) that downloaded now the client won't update for me. It's ok it hasn't actually launched yet. I'm just sitting here staring at Game server connection failed... Retrying
More often than not, thats the Blizzard experience on Launch day
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Another classic example of what damned near every Blizzard launch since WoW has looked like.
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I just want to fly around as D.Va and poke people to death!!!!!! Please let me in Blizzard! D:
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Game Server Connection Failed... Retrying.
Most popular screen on twitch atm.
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Well enjoy the classic Blizzard game launch disaster. Gonna go sleep and play tommorrow when it works.
Ha! Tricked you servers, I knew they would go online once they thought I was asleep!
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I thought this would work since the open beta ran so well.
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Caldeum1976 Posts
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SHITS UP LETS GO!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
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I keep losing connection to game server, wtf?
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United Kingdom20158 Posts
10 mins before server would let a lot of people in but one of the better blizz launches so far in my experience. I have not gone above 28ms ping since 00:10am
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I had to reboot for my update issue, and a couple "lost game server" things -but yea - better than usual blizz launches
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So nothing new from the open beta to now... I expected at least A map or game mode. They didn't even do a launch party. Strange.
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Canada13372 Posts
It was only 2 weeks. I got an fps boost so I think they did some under the hood optimizations.
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Bearded Elder29876 Posts
Shit is fun. But my old laptop is a disaster to play on. 20-30fps at max, jeez that's a massive pain. Can't wait for my new laptop delivery, cause I can't enjoy this wonderful game :<
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there were launch parties in cinemas etc, some tournaments coming up too. And I guess Blizzard already made a shitton of lootbox money lol.
Got a shutdown play of the game. 2 boops 3 enviromental kills 2 of those people just turned on their ults. And I got the fail Ult of the game too. 5 kill high noon ... then missing the flashbang against the Genji after dropping down to point. Meanwhile you can see an enemy teleporter perfectly visibly >.>.
Games were good though for 0 am - 6 am. But no Legendary T-T.
Think they made D.Va suiting up a little more easier to prevent. Atleast I got killed a few times thinking I already made it to invul, could have ben lag though. Titanfalled 2 people with one mech so whatever! Great night for me.
Funny thing how hyped I got for Overwatch, when at first I didn't even wanted to play it. And now Overwatch was the first game I played asap on release in a decade.
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On May 24 2016 13:58 FeyFey wrote: Think they made D.Va suiting up a little more easier to prevent. Atleast I got killed a few times thinking I already made it to invul, could have ben lag though. Titanfalled 2 people with one mech so whatever! Great night for me.
That was also my experience, kept getting killed all the time when trying to suit up, felt like in beta I could do it whenever but now it doesn't seem to be an option in fights.
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wow the twitch viewer number even beat out lol
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yeah I didn't expected Overwatch to get that high, stay that high for so long. All the streamers jumping on Overwatch launch+ global release helps though. Really happy that Blizzard started doing synched releases/updates whenever possible.
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United Kingdom20158 Posts
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On May 24 2016 22:43 FeyFey wrote: yeah I didn't expected Overwatch to get that high, stay that high for so long. All the streamers jumping on Overwatch launch+ global release helps though. Really happy that Blizzard started doing synched releases/updates whenever possible.
i watched teh OKC v. GSW basketball game last night. 12 Overwatch commercials in less than 2.5 hours.
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