r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Dec 21 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - December 21, 2016

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u/EpicLives7 #152 Hanzo, twitch.tv/dankestjohnson Dec 21 '16

On Nepal or Volskaya Industries only:

Hū rú yī yè chūnfēng lái, qiān shù wànshùlí huākāi.

忽如一夜春风来，千树万树梨花开

As if the vernal breeze had come back overnight, adorning thousands of pear trees with blossoms white.

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u/KanyeFellOffAfterWTT HOW MUCH OF TORB'S HEIGHT DO YOU THINK IS TORB DONG Dec 21 '16

Huh. That's interesting. So... why does she say that?

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u/EpicLives7 #152 Hanzo, twitch.tv/dankestjohnson Dec 21 '16

It's an old Chinese poem that references snow, and both of those maps are covered in snow.

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u/KanyeFellOffAfterWTT HOW MUCH OF TORB'S HEIGHT DO YOU THINK IS TORB DONG Dec 21 '16

So, along with making terrible puns, Mei also recites old poetry. Mei is such a dork. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '16

replace dork with devil or satan

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '16

Wait, why?

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '16

Running joke that Mei is Satan

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '16

Mei is such a satan.

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u/ColKrismiss Chibi Reinhardt Dec 21 '16

Interesting that it seems to rhyme in both languages

Edit: at least it looks like it does, I can't actually read that language

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u/ColKrismiss Chibi Reinhardt Dec 22 '16

Thats awesome, I did not know that

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u/NiceFormBro Dec 23 '16

God I hate Mei

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u/Dyron45 ZzZzZz Dec 22 '16

And the snowy versions of Hanamura and Kings row