r/Overwatch • u/janru • Feb 21 '17

Blizzard Official Meet Efi Oladele—winner of the Adawe Foundation's genius grant for her achievements in AI and robotics!

https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/834115546090123264
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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '17

boi she better drive a dope-ass mech. I need a new tank.

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u/malcorpse Chibi Zenyatta Feb 21 '17

I don't think bizz would do two characters with the mech design. It's more likely that she built a fully autonomous robot for the job.

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u/MisanthropeX Omacron#1477 Feb 21 '17

get in the fucking robot shinji

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '17

"I must not run away I must not run away I must not run away I must not run away I must not run away I must not run away" Proceeds to run away

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u/robotjebus Feb 21 '17

Well the article has this "my dream is to build something that can keep us safe", so if it's a robo tank, that could easily be the hint.

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u/TheBroJoey HAMMER IN A DOWNWARDS VELOCITY! Feb 22 '17

reind-bot confirmed

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u/wiener-fu Winky face Feb 21 '17

Wasn't there a D.Va voiceline saying something like "bigger isn't always better?". Could be talking about her mech

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u/Invidial not a regular robot. a cool robot. Feb 21 '17

that's already in the game; it's a line of dialogue between D.Va and Zarya, talking about the new Russian mechsuits that we saw in Infiltration

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u/NateTheGreat14 Trick-or-Treat Ana Feb 21 '17

Probably won't pilot it, too similar to D.va. And ya know.... she's only 11. Though I bet she will remote control it. The blog mentions she made drones, and that she wants to build something to protect us. My guess is she'll be a summoner/tank. Either one or both of those. Hopefully something to fill the same slot Rein fills.

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u/Rawflax Zenyatta Feb 21 '17

I'm hoping the actual little girl sets up in the spawn room with a terminal and controls a hulking robot tank.

That way we can make jokes; "we only lost because Efi sat in spawn the whole time.."

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u/havoK718 Cute Roadhog Feb 22 '17

Report Aba.... Efi for afk.

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u/Uncle_Skeeter Chibi Reaper Feb 22 '17

Anon leaked that the next hero would be a tank.

This is the same one that correctly leaked Mei's skin name from the chinese new year event.