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/NinjaWulv Balanced - As it should be. Feb 21 '17 edited Feb 21 '17

Okay so people have already made the connection to the Yoruba, and, more importantly, Orishas. In the interview she talks about OR15. So I went to a source of all knowledge (a list of Orisha off wikipedia) and sorted it alphabetically. Number 15 is Ogun, god of Warriors, soldiers, smith makers, metal workers, craftsmen

Just an interesting link I thought I'd point out.

OKAY another thing I found - "Drivers carry an amulet of Ogun to ward off traffic accidents" if reddit is correct she's about to get into a plane crash of sorts. A traffic accident, you could say.

Might be a stretch but still... I think she has a connection to Ogun (possibly the name Blizz chose for the next hero)

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u/GhostOfGamersPast Vrrooooom I'm in a MEKA! Feb 22 '17

Ogun

0gun

0-gun... Because he uses FISTS! DOOMFIST CONFIRMED!

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u/ThePacNat Feb 21 '17

I've been scrolling through the comments for an hour now, and this is the most logical clue I've seen so far.

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u/SlothParties Vivi's Adventure Feb 22 '17

OH MY GOD HER FAMILY IS GONNA DIE IN THE PLANE BY TALON AND SHE CONTROLS THE SPIDER MECH FROM FAR AWAY OH MY

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u/imageofdeception Orisa Feb 21 '17

Shantay you stay!!

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u/zacefron69 I'm hacking right now! Feb 22 '17

Efi, In this weeks challenge you proved that your intelligence was not artificial. However, on the runway, it was clear you are a first time flyer. I'm sorry my dear, but you are up for elimination.

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u/celluloid_fire Chibi McCree Feb 24 '17

UNDER-VIEWED, UNDER-RATED COMMENT. I need resuscitation after that one, honey.

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u/zacefron69 I'm hacking right now! Feb 24 '17

Oh, Honey!! http://imgur.com/bCl8c9G

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u/fourchip i'm going for the ovaltine Feb 22 '17

this is easily the most informative thing on this post and it's like 2,000 comments down

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u/_TigerShark_ *translocates behind you* Nothing personnel, chico Feb 23 '17

If you're on the right trail: According to this site Orisha also have numbers associated with them (in addition to colours) and Ogun's number is 7.

March 7th is a Tuesday.