Blizzard Overwatch League doesn’t make more skins for MVPs



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The “alien” skin was removed Overwatch Immediately after Jay, “Sinatra” W.On the other hand, the MVP, on which he is based, was accused of sexual harassment.
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Later this year, the Overwatch League will no longer create special skins to honor the league’s MVP. Earlier today, the Overwatch League Announced Release of Two specials Overwatch Skins Byang-Sun “Flita” Kim celebrates her second San Francisco Shock Championship win and the 2020 MVP Award. But the announcement on the Overwatch League website had this little warning:

Don’t miss out, as this is the last time the skin will be made for the Overwatch League MVP.

Special player skins resumed in 2019, when a special Hero Cosmetic was released by the league commemorating last year’s MVP talents. Sang-hyon “Jejok” Bang was the first to earn such skin, a Agile-looking octopus-themed Zinyatta, for his talent in the league Fatal support player. In 2020, Jay “Sinatra” won the second MVP of the league, earning himself Appearance of alien-themed springs.

Von’s skin soon came out He left the Overwatch League To build a professional career Valuable, But his skin remained. However, the claim has since been made public by a statement from an ex-girlfriend Sexually and emotionally abused, The Overwatch League said in a statement that it would remove Vaughan’s skin and Deposit For anyone wanting a refund.

Blizzard also made a video that made the skin public, Deleted tweets, And seems to have removed skin references from overdatchlag.com. The win was suspended from both of them Valuable Team and any future Valuable Professional match investigation pending.

It is currently unknown why the Overwatch League will end its tradition of giving special skins to MVPs. That may be because the skins are designed to display the personality and signature protagonist of the winning MVP and, as such, they have a kind of standing representation in the game. By removing MVP skins, Blizzard can provide protection against the future in which he may have to distance himself from other problematic MVPs.

Kotku Blizzard has arrived for comment.

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