“watching Pioneer” will be three years old in half a year. In the writing of story designer Michael Chu, the story frame of this game has become more and more rich. Many people may be like me, although they have been retiring for a long time, but Still paying attention to what happens to his favorite hero, for example, on January 8, Michael Chu confirmed this message on Twitter:

“Jack Morrison (Soldier 76) and Vincent fell in love many years ago, they are all gay.”

The reason why this is announced is because in the short story “Bastet” of OW officially launched, there is a storyline that caught the attention of fans. Anna and Jack were hiding in a hiding place. When two people chat, 76 handed Anna some photos, one of which made Anna feel shocked

It was Anna who once again met the black man Vincent, who was the 76-year-old comrade-in-arms, and Jack’s hand was on Vincent’s shoulder, and the relationship was very close

Anna: “Is there still a light for him?”

76 shook his head: “No…. He is married, they are very happy, I am happy for him… Vincent deserves a happier life, this is I can’t give it to him. We all know that I can’t let anything be above the mission. All my struggles are to protect people like him…. That’s the sacrifice I made.”

In the novel, Vincent did not make more descriptions. It just added an old photo to the story background setting of Soldier 76. This is a bit embarrassing, according to Michael Chu himself. After that, he divided the hero’s design into three kinds. Among them, the soldier 76 was the kind that first made the story background, and then gradually designed the character image and the specific gameplay. This is exactly the opposite of the road tyrant, because the road tyrant is the first to have the character play and settings, and gradually enriched his background story

Since there is a story background first, then Vincent is obviously not included in the setting of 76, but Michael Chu added it to the new story after considering some factors. Of course, most people will say that this is an attachment to the “politically correct” environment, but for this kind of attachment, it is a bit unacceptable to choose a story that suddenly distort the character

However, it may not be as simple as whether the story setting is really distorted. During Christmas 2016, OW launched a very informative comic “Reflections”. At that time, everyone’s concerns were taken away by the information of “hunting out of the cabinet”, and perhaps neglecting another hidden truth

From the decoration in the picture, this is the same as the location of “Cat God”, that is, Vincent has appeared in the story setting of 2016, but some people think that 76 is simply to remember his friends, and this memory is out of the comrades’ feelings, or out of love for the lover, these are all operable later

What’s more, Michael Chu has laid the groundwork for this one. Some people insist that the semi-hidden dressing up is the next person to come out. After all, its voice Paul is an LGBT member

Some people suspect that this is Michael Chu’s private waywardness, and as a designer who has worked in Blizzard for 17 years, the experienced Michael Chu has been for Diablo, Warcraft, and Watchman. “When writing a script for many years, he naturally knows what kind of public opinion will be caused by the content of LGBT color. As for personal will or internal will, it does not matter, because it represents the overall will of Blizzard’s “Watching Pioneer” team, that is The role of LGBT, and there will be more than two roles

So, will all employees be LGBT? This is obviously impossible. From the perspective of “hardware”, the role of the fortress cannot be brought out of the cabinet. It is a joke. The integration of LGBT is to pursue the coexistence of a few people. If done, it may fall into another kind of discrimination. Obviously contrary to the original intention of joining LGBT content

As for whether it was premeditated or “suddenly” coming out of the cabinet, after a dispute, this matter will soon fade out the scope of discussion. From the original hot comments, it is not as much as I imagined. Intense, but full of a sense of ambiguity, the game characters come out after all, nothing new, if you want to do a year out of the role of the role, you may be able to do every year, the material is not lacking

However, this trend is good or bad, and there is no result in every year’s debate. The choice of “Watching Pioneer” gradually closes with the LBGT crowd, which will lead to watching the dramas like me, and will also cause strong dissatisfaction from the core fans. Think about the steel muscle men who used to be COS soldiers 76. What kind of mood to face the character that I once loved

Blizzard has enough controversy, and should also leave some room for public opinion on Watching Pioneer