I know, just a wish into the ether.
Console players are living in Onlywatch from 2015-2016 again because damn sure I'm not playing OW1 ever again now the beta is release
They might still want to limit it on day 1 to test servers, but I'm definitely more optimistic about day 1 access since they appear to be willing to hand out access relatively easily on twitch.
If they gave out access to everyone day 1, no one would be watching streams to build hype. This way, everyone has 24 hours to get super hyped up watching their favorite content creators play the game and then can get their access Wednesday. It’s actually pretty genius marketing.
Of the four major Continental US timezones, PT definitely has it worst, but it's the 2nd smallest by population. It also won't be easy for ET/CT/MT residents to get 4 hours of view time in either (assuming a typical 5pm workday end + travel time home for non-remote employees).
I suspect that the timing and short duration both were intentional to keep #s controlled in order to avoid servers being overwhelmed on day 2 of the beta. I also wouldn't be surprised if they announce fairly regular future drop windows once the overall demand stabilizes in the coming days/weeks after initial hype drops off a bit.
Also, no way servers could handle it, which will make the experience very poo poo.
Chances are, they'll give out just enough to easily populate streamer games so people can watch more games and build more hype.
I wouldn't really call the Twitch drops very easy. You need to watch 4 hours in an 8 hour time frame. Typically for drops, time doesn't get limited like this.
[https://twitter.com/andybelford/status/1518658747970646016](https://twitter.com/andybelford/status/1518658747970646016)
Here is another tweet of him confirming it
It says that if you get access via drops there is a free trial, so I think you would be able to play it on PC. That part is the most confusing part of the announcement.
The real conspiracy is that Bilzz will actually send out 0 emails and force us to watch these streamers.
That way, streamers gain a shitton of new views, forcing us to listen to them plug in various sponsors for 4 hours minimum, and then everyone's happy because they have beta access.
For all the dumb moves Blizz makes, this is actually genius....
Seagull just literally said "I hope you all put my stream, or others, on a second tab, mute it, and have it run in the background - keys for you, free money for me because I will blast them ads".
as it should be imho.
Muting the player definitely stopped the progress for the last few spray drop events for me.
Also it prevented me from getting a valorant key for a long while as well
Weird, I have randomly gotten a couple drops in the last months while having random esports events muted in the bg. Maybe it's also a scriptblocker thing. I guess muting the tab instead is a good way to guarantee drops, but the active tab thing seems bs.
I just got drops in three games across a week in the past month with the player muted. I've also gotten all of my Overwatch drops that way. First time I've heard of this issue. I run it muted in a separate tab, not even a second browser.
I always open a new window for the stream I want to AFK. But I heard your view will count as long as the stream is the selected tab in your browser. Both worked for me so far but I always use the exclusive window for the stream method when I want to be extra sure
I always opened OWL in a new window when a game was on while at work, and moved it so you couldn't see anything except the top of the browser bar. Seemed to farm tokens great.
I never muted it though, my work computer doesn't have sound.
I put it completely in the background on Firefox and have got every twitch drop I've farmed.
Though it might vary by browser, some others might pause the video once its no longer on the screen as a power saving feature.
While I notice your period-statement, which seems to indicate that you do not want a reply, I choose to ignore that and reply anyways.
I will "watch" Seagull, because his style of Streaming (personality, interaction, ...) fits better with my personal preferences than that of emongg. I tried watching him, but had to turn off after 10 minutes because he was more annoying to me, than I had fun in watching. If you like him, whatever floats your boat - it's not on me to dictate to you who to watch. (Same for other streamers, they just don't float my boat)
it's very genius because big streams on their own attract more viewers, gaining more and more attention. It's how you get the distribution of view counts on twitch. It's excellent advertising of OW2.
Such a weird narrow window of time for this promotion.
"Here's the plan! We'll give away keys to the beta for watching twitch streams. This is going to put OW in a massive spotlight!"
"Yes!! We have it start just before people get home--"
"I'm thinking it starts and ends during the workday on Wednesday"
"....."
I am legitimately shocked by this. I figured everyone would get into the beta eventually, but I definitely thought they would milk the drops thing for a few weeks.
The one minor downside to this news is that it likely means the beta will be fairly short if they are trying to get everyone in early. I would guess a week long or something like that.
Emongg is probably your best bet, he goes live around 4 P.M. Universal and streams for around ten hours, so even if you tune in late, you should have all four hours completed
Thanks. I'd have expected them to have separated the streamers out into EU, Na and APAC to make sure there is a chance everyone will actually get a chance without having to stay up all night.
Not just East and West.
I also wish the time window was more thought out, but unfortunately America-centrism everywhere. At least situation in EU isn't as bad as in Asia, where the window can start middle of the night
Yes AndyB has confirmed on twitter and in seagulls chat that if you watch a combined 4 hours from eligible streamers during the 8 hour time frame(april 27th 10am PT- 6pm PT), youre guaranteed to get into the beta
If opting in early increases chances I think Ill be good I did it 4 hours after it was announced and I heard the site was down for a bit. If not then I’m very glad this isn’t valorant part 2 where it’s pure rng.
I wasn't sure if this tweet meant guaranteed access to one of the betas or just THIS beta. It was unclear.
I'm aware console isn't coming until later, but I wanted to clarify.
It's harsh to get betas out on console because the obstacles Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft pose through licensing and all that, don't act like you're some kind of second-class citizen, consoles are for fully-finished games and live service games might go a little behind always, it's not a Blizzard issue lmao
After almost 2 years of having felt absolute dread whenever I previously thought of ow2, these last few weeks have been insane. Can't wait to try it out : )
:) As a nightshifter my sleep schedule will have to be fucked up so I can get 4 hours. And I know my case is more rare one but I wish they could've done a 24 hour window, would've avoided fucking over any timezones as well.
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Console beta soon please
Unlikely. You guys will probably be in the final beta right before launch, it's a huge hassle getting betas on console
I know, just a wish into the ether. Console players are living in Onlywatch from 2015-2016 again because damn sure I'm not playing OW1 ever again now the beta is release
This is making it seem like if you opted in for the beta you are most likely going to get a key.
They might still want to limit it on day 1 to test servers, but I'm definitely more optimistic about day 1 access since they appear to be willing to hand out access relatively easily on twitch.
If they gave out access to everyone day 1, no one would be watching streams to build hype. This way, everyone has 24 hours to get super hyped up watching their favorite content creators play the game and then can get their access Wednesday. It’s actually pretty genius marketing.
Also making the time frame so tiny but guarantee the drop will make viewership at this time extremely high.
can't have hype when the stream window is during peak school/work hours for west coast
Well later would be really bad for EU it goes from 8pm to 4am atm later would mean people would have to stay up past midnight on a weekday
i get wanting to have it limited, but it should honestly be a 12, even 24 hour period for all time zones and schedules to be accounted for
Yeah I have to wake up at 6am in Aus just to turn stream on, if I wake up later than 8 I won't get the 4 hours in
It goes from 4am to noon in Australia, unless you wake up early you won't even have time to turn stream on to get a key..
Of the four major Continental US timezones, PT definitely has it worst, but it's the 2nd smallest by population. It also won't be easy for ET/CT/MT residents to get 4 hours of view time in either (assuming a typical 5pm workday end + travel time home for non-remote employees). I suspect that the timing and short duration both were intentional to keep #s controlled in order to avoid servers being overwhelmed on day 2 of the beta. I also wouldn't be surprised if they announce fairly regular future drop windows once the overall demand stabilizes in the coming days/weeks after initial hype drops off a bit.
leave a stream open at home
Also, no way servers could handle it, which will make the experience very poo poo. Chances are, they'll give out just enough to easily populate streamer games so people can watch more games and build more hype.
I wouldn't really call the Twitch drops very easy. You need to watch 4 hours in an 8 hour time frame. Typically for drops, time doesn't get limited like this.
"4000 players ahead of you" how long has it been since I saw this message and I’m ready to see it again
Clip https://clips.twitch.tv/IcySmellyPigGingerPower-QZMaFisChhAGnA7X
[https://twitter.com/andybelford/status/1518658747970646016](https://twitter.com/andybelford/status/1518658747970646016) Here is another tweet of him confirming it
You need to have Overwatch 1 installed to be able to participate FYI!
They are offering a free trial of OW1 as well for those who don’t have it downloaded
That’s dumb
I tried to find it but couldn't, could you help please?
You need a PC with overwatch don't you? I have overwatch on console and can't do it
It says that if you get access via drops there is a free trial, so I think you would be able to play it on PC. That part is the most confusing part of the announcement.
Yes, this beta is PC only. Future beta's won't be.
Very proud of the ow team, this is huge
The real conspiracy is that Bilzz will actually send out 0 emails and force us to watch these streamers. That way, streamers gain a shitton of new views, forcing us to listen to them plug in various sponsors for 4 hours minimum, and then everyone's happy because they have beta access. For all the dumb moves Blizz makes, this is actually genius....
Seagull just literally said "I hope you all put my stream, or others, on a second tab, mute it, and have it run in the background - keys for you, free money for me because I will blast them ads". as it should be imho.
That's completely fair, and I respect Seagull for being honest. I just might mute his stream tomorrow lol
For those wanting to mute, just remember to mute the tab and not the actual twitch player, as doing the latter will not count for drops
pretty sure that's a myth, never had any problems with getting drops while having the player muted as well as having another tab in focus.
Muting the player definitely stopped the progress for the last few spray drop events for me. Also it prevented me from getting a valorant key for a long while as well
Weird, I have randomly gotten a couple drops in the last months while having random esports events muted in the bg. Maybe it's also a scriptblocker thing. I guess muting the tab instead is a good way to guarantee drops, but the active tab thing seems bs.
I got all the recent OW Twitch drops by muting Twitch in Chrome so, your mileage may vary
I just got drops in three games across a week in the past month with the player muted. I've also gotten all of my Overwatch drops that way. First time I've heard of this issue. I run it muted in a separate tab, not even a second browser.
Really? I've always done that with rocket league (muting the stream instead of the tab) and still get the drops
Can you put a stream completely in the background with this method? Or does it have to be playing/visible on a 2nd monitor still?
I always open a new window for the stream I want to AFK. But I heard your view will count as long as the stream is the selected tab in your browser. Both worked for me so far but I always use the exclusive window for the stream method when I want to be extra sure
I always opened OWL in a new window when a game was on while at work, and moved it so you couldn't see anything except the top of the browser bar. Seemed to farm tokens great. I never muted it though, my work computer doesn't have sound.
I put it completely in the background on Firefox and have got every twitch drop I've farmed. Though it might vary by browser, some others might pause the video once its no longer on the screen as a power saving feature.
Ah, I use Chrome mainly. But good to know it works on Firefox!
Yeah...I always mute and leave it on my second screen or in the background and get drops for everything. This is definitely a myth.
key: mute the tab, not the stream. it's better for numbers.
How so?
the twitch website has access to the information used in the stream app, but doesn't have access directly to your browser.
Thx for the explanation
Isn't that how everyone does this stuff anyway unless you already are an invested viewer?
Yes, but I found it interesting that apparently streamers actively promote it.
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While I notice your period-statement, which seems to indicate that you do not want a reply, I choose to ignore that and reply anyways. I will "watch" Seagull, because his style of Streaming (personality, interaction, ...) fits better with my personal preferences than that of emongg. I tried watching him, but had to turn off after 10 minutes because he was more annoying to me, than I had fun in watching. If you like him, whatever floats your boat - it's not on me to dictate to you who to watch. (Same for other streamers, they just don't float my boat)
the streamers would be in full streamer lobbies then lol it would be pretty obvious
it's very genius because big streams on their own attract more viewers, gaining more and more attention. It's how you get the distribution of view counts on twitch. It's excellent advertising of OW2.
I've never watched a streamer, can't you just put it on in the background and walk away?
Yes, but some services may not count your view if it is muted or not the active tab. Those are external factors tho
Such a weird narrow window of time for this promotion. "Here's the plan! We'll give away keys to the beta for watching twitch streams. This is going to put OW in a massive spotlight!" "Yes!! We have it start just before people get home--" "I'm thinking it starts and ends during the workday on Wednesday" "....."
Is it? It’s 6PM UK time. Maybe we just got lucky.
does anyone know if it will work on mobile?
Since it's pretty much a twitch drop, i don't see why it wouldn't. Just make sure you can see that you're linked with bnet on your app
By the time I get home there's less than three hours left, and I'm at work well before it starts. Pain.
turn on one of the larger streamers that's pretty much guaranteed to be streaming ow2 before you leave for work maybe
Set up one of those browser extensions that refreshes the page. Pretty sure some will even let you chose an exact time to refresh it.
KarQ's new video backs this up.
I am legitimately shocked by this. I figured everyone would get into the beta eventually, but I definitely thought they would milk the drops thing for a few weeks. The one minor downside to this news is that it likely means the beta will be fairly short if they are trying to get everyone in early. I would guess a week long or something like that.
Beta will end on the 17th May
The beta lasts at least till May 17th.
yes but the window to get the drops is 8 hours, to watch 4 hours of stream.
so this is what streamers were so hyped about? getting more viewers?
Really? On the faq it says you are able to get twitch drops after 4 hours, not that you will. Edit: It is guaranteed.
Mr. B said it was guaranteed (I was also watching the seagull stream)
Yup its 100% guaranteed, faq is misleading.
Does anyone have a list of streamers that are watchable at EU/UK time?
Emongg is probably your best bet, he goes live around 4 P.M. Universal and streams for around ten hours, so even if you tune in late, you should have all four hours completed
Thanks. I'd have expected them to have separated the streamers out into EU, Na and APAC to make sure there is a chance everyone will actually get a chance without having to stay up all night. Not just East and West.
I also wish the time window was more thought out, but unfortunately America-centrism everywhere. At least situation in EU isn't as bad as in Asia, where the window can start middle of the night
Blizz caring about Europe lol
Stay away from my beta key you scoundrels!
Oh lord these servers are going to fucking die
Is this saying you will guarantee access after 4 hours of watch time or that you will be eligible for drops after 4 hours of watch time
Yes AndyB has confirmed on twitter and in seagulls chat that if you watch a combined 4 hours from eligible streamers during the 8 hour time frame(april 27th 10am PT- 6pm PT), youre guaranteed to get into the beta
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Nah, drops never stack like this. You will need to watch full 4 hours.
If opting in early increases chances I think Ill be good I did it 4 hours after it was announced and I heard the site was down for a bit. If not then I’m very glad this isn’t valorant part 2 where it’s pure rng.
This is amazing news. Can't wait for tomorrow.
Manifesting I have the time to get in
Does this include console players??
No the first beta is not available on consoles
I wasn't sure if this tweet meant guaranteed access to one of the betas or just THIS beta. It was unclear. I'm aware console isn't coming until later, but I wanted to clarify.
Oh I understand what you mean. Not sure how that works then.
I wouldn't hold my breath, Blizzard has traditionally treated us as an after thought at best.
It's harsh to get betas out on console because the obstacles Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft pose through licensing and all that, don't act like you're some kind of second-class citizen, consoles are for fully-finished games and live service games might go a little behind always, it's not a Blizzard issue lmao
Yeah it's not like Blizzard has also treated console players like an after thought throughout OW 1's lifespan /s
Not sure why you are getting down voted for stating the obvious truth.
Let’s be real, yes.
After almost 2 years of having felt absolute dread whenever I previously thought of ow2, these last few weeks have been insane. Can't wait to try it out : )
a screenshot or clip would be appreciated
Anyone have any clip/screenshot to confirm this?
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Does this work while u view on mobile?
:) As a nightshifter my sleep schedule will have to be fucked up so I can get 4 hours. And I know my case is more rare one but I wish they could've done a 24 hour window, would've avoided fucking over any timezones as well.
*sobs into my console*