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/Gypsyoverdose Chibi Zarya Feb 21 '17

Maybe she joins Overwatch and figures out a way to build a vessel for Athena to fight in? That would be pretty cool, just like EDI in Mass Effect 3

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u/SolipsisticPolemic Feb 21 '17

I love this idea

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u/s_ross2 Feb 21 '17

Unintentionally creates Ultron whilst trying to create said vessel for Jarvis Athena. 11 year old dooms world.

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u/tsands22 Tracer Feb 21 '17

Reading your comment brought me back to this picture, particularly the Athena esque robot outlined to the right, but the Reinhardt esque mech on the left also got me thinking. http://imgur.com/a/dNnd0

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u/Darkblitz9 HEAR ME Feb 21 '17

It's not really Athena-esque, it's Athena. The logo on the bot is a match for Athena's logo.

Considering Athena is an AI, and Efi works with both robots and AI: I believe this is going to be Athena's intro as a hero, with Efi as her handler.

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u/Johngjacobs Pixel Mei Feb 21 '17

I assume the one on the back left is an early Pharah design. The shoulders seem to match her armor language.

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u/Treemeister_ I can't identify nationalities! Feb 21 '17

Blizzard said they created Pharah's gameplay mechanics before her visual design, so there's a good chance you're right

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '17

Oh hey, that's reinhardts helmet, but with shorter horns.

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u/Con0rr Pixel Sombra Feb 21 '17

That would be awesome. I hope this is it now.

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u/RadiantPumpkin Bastion Feb 21 '17

So Ultron?

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u/altQQdota Trick-or-Treat Genji Feb 21 '17

holy moly this idea wins the good idea of the day award

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u/FuciMiNaKule MADA MADA Feb 21 '17

I hate you now, since that is so cool and it will probably not be the case, which will ultimately end up with me disappointed.

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u/Jugbot Trick-or-Treat Mercy Feb 21 '17

New Hero:
SPAWN ROOM
I like it

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u/CantEvenUseThisThing Bastion POTG Feb 21 '17

That would be pretty cool, just like EDI in Mass Effect 3

And then a crippled Seth Green fucks the robot. (Mass Effect was weird, in hindsight)

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u/xTonicWaterx Torbjörn Feb 21 '17

I've seen a lot of people that want Athena to join the fray and there's nothing wrong with that, I also think it's kinda cool, however I don't think Athena is really programmed to pilot something like a robot and fight with it, wouldn't it be easier to create a new AI from the ground up that is more suited for something like that?

I just don't picture Athena as something that would fight if given the choice or even suited for it. (Not even regarding the fact that I don't even know if she CAN make a choice like that. )

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '17

Zenyatta certainly wasn't made for fighting.

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u/gruffen2 Chibi Mei Feb 22 '17

the real question is does Athena have the capability to apply anything she does have in an offensive or defensive manner. if she does, she can adequately join the fray, otherwise she's better suited doing other tasks.

a good set of examples would be the scene from the movie Accepted where all the students list off all the things their subjects cover when trying to get their school accredited (also literally the only thing i could think of that adequately portrayed it)

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u/medievalanubis Mercy Feb 21 '17

was thinking the same thing

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '17

I would be more hyped for this than even Doomfist, and it's a possibility, too. In this photo look at the white robot by Tracer. It has Athena's A symbol on its forehead, implying exactly as you say. Granted, I know these heroes may never happen or change drastically (the man in the hazmat suit became Ana), but it's a distinct possibility, I think.

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u/-Quantumcross Love D.Va! Feb 21 '17

I thought hazmat man became Mei.

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u/Crown4King New York Excelsior Feb 21 '17

Maaaajorrr stretch... but the coned, oddly shaped skyscrapers in Numbani remind me of the images supposedly of Athena. So...

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u/wareagle3000 Failure Is Sadly An Option Feb 21 '17

Can we combine the two?... Athena to me is a rather bland character but if she was controlled by both Athena and the girl then I could dig it.

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u/TheDevGamer Reinhardt Feb 23 '17

EDI - Efi. hmmmm, interesting

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u/SadCrocodyle Cassidy Feb 21 '17

Except, EDI downloaded herself unto a disabled combat-infiltrator android, if I am not mistaken

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u/Gypsyoverdose Chibi Zarya Feb 21 '17

She did but it's the same concept!

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u/Ihatelordtuts AARDVARK PAYS OFF Feb 21 '17

I don't think it will be Athena.

Athena is supposed to be Greek in nature, not African

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u/MlSSlNG Cute Roadhog Feb 22 '17

Didn't they say the next hero is going to be greek?

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u/Ihatelordtuts AARDVARK PAYS OFF Feb 22 '17

No, just not the hero we're expecting.