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A1win's Photo A1win 21 Jul 2010

It's funny to see everyone calling the player in the Overwatch team by different names and abbreviations since there's no official name for him, only for the team he's in. Internally we've been calling him the GM (Game Master) from the beginning but he's never referred as such in-game (though some map entities refer to GM). I've seen him being called Overwatch, Overwatch Commander, Overwatch Master, the RTS player, and possibly something I forgot. I posted this here instead of in feedback requests, because it's just an informal nickname that players would be calling him, not something to be actually implemented in the game. So, anyone got any better ideas? I'm personally still in favor of GM, but maybe you can make me change my mind.
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braddollar's Photo braddollar 21 Jul 2010

GM works for me.

I generally just use the Overwatch or OW for short.
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Ranma's Photo Ranma 21 Jul 2010

I just call him the "Overwatch".

"Dude! The Overwatch is busting our balls!"
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p0wer pwn's Photo p0wer pwn 21 Jul 2010

Overwatch Master, simple

OM for short,

kinda like a homage to Zombie Master :p
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cheesydud's Photo cheesydud 21 Jul 2010

Personally, I think that simply calling them the "Overwatch" would be cool, since, after all, the mod is just called "Overwatch".
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Boxiii's Photo Boxiii 21 Jul 2010

I'd like to think of him as Big Brother :p
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Pattom's Photo Pattom 21 Jul 2010

I've always thought of the mod's title as being a reference to the RTS side of things, so I'd go with either Overwatch as the semi-formal name. Or perhaps "the Dispatcher," after the voice from HL2, since it fits in with the gameplay.
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A1win's Photo A1win 22 Jul 2010

The team is called Overwatch, but that refers to everything in the team, including the NPCs, which is why I don't like calling the player alone the Overwatch. But yeah it works, and I guess it won't matter if he gets called by multiple names. ;)
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Tweevle's Photo Tweevle 22 Jul 2010

View PostPattom, on 21 July 2010 - 10:28 PM, said:

I've always thought of the mod's title as being a reference to the RTS side of things, so I'd go with either Overwatch as the semi-formal name. Or perhaps "the Dispatcher," after the voice from HL2, since it fits in with the gameplay.

I like both of those. "The Dispatcher" is good if you don't want to confuse them with the team itself.
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Ranma's Photo Ranma 22 Jul 2010

Oh, if that's the case, I'm partial to that "OM" suggestion. That sounds cute.
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Twitwi's Photo Twitwi 22 Jul 2010

I call him by his name, example: Twitwi.

Or i just call him: the overwatch
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braddollar's Photo braddollar 22 Jul 2010

Yeah, calling by name is easy enough.
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WierdSnake's Photo WierdSnake 22 Jul 2010

Over watch was good until you made me make a DnD reference. So im gonna call him the dungeon master now.
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Assigir's Photo Assigir 22 Jul 2010

what about "Overwatch Instructor" aka OI
or... "Overwatch Controller" aka OC
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Firespray's Photo Firespray 22 Jul 2010

Lol, so many names for the Overwatch. My guess would just be to call him "The Overwatch" instead of Overwatch Commander, it just gives it a little more feeling to it.
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BMT's Photo BMT 22 Jul 2010

The problem with Overwatch is that it's a cool name but it doesn't sound right when referring to an individual, plus it doesn't have a shorthand version that rolls off the tongue like "GM". So I still prefer GM :p
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braddollar's Photo braddollar 23 Jul 2010

Well OW sort of kind of rolls off the tongue for me
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Ranma's Photo Ranma 23 Jul 2010

Yea, I really like the OW. It's simple, easy, and it makes sense. That's what I'm saying from now on.
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PixilatedPunk's Photo PixilatedPunk 23 Jul 2010

You will have to forgive BMT and his not so British accent :p For him OW does not roll off the tongue. I'm going with "Oh Dub" to be lame.
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offe's Photo offe 24 Jul 2010

i think the overwatch is just fine lol
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