Blizzard Will Change Mei's Waist Size in Overwatch After Complaints

Blizzard says a "bug" in Overwatch has caused Mei to look slimmer.

[chrisx]

i feel sad for humanity of today

[Summons75]

That people are excepting of people's body sizes and don't expect women to be twigs? Yeah...such a horrible day when people are accepting of other people even if they are fictional. Mei is a fat female, there is nothing wrong with that or is it that only men can be obese or super muscular?

[DarthZoolu]

Mei isn't and never was fat, she has on winter clothing. Asking that she be made thick is people not excepting thin women.

[Mr Marvel]

Fat is unhealthy.

[81BX]

There is plenty wrong with being fat.

[StockpileTom]

I don't like the idea of being able to define someone as a "fat female" as if it were some kind of unchanging ultimately defining trait of a person and that there is an inherent problem in them changing form.

I personally swing back and forth between 350 lbs and an athletic 240 lbs depending on my injury, work, or mental status. Accept that people change... even fictional characters.

How is it okay to complain that someone is NOT fat while it's not okay to complain they are fat. Acceptance isn't a double standard.

[Ogygian]

Personally, I don't see a problem with people choosing to be fat. I might be in a minority here, but I think we should respect other people's life choices. However, we have to be honest with ourselves: fatness is not attractive to the overwhelming majority of people. That's just the reality of the world.

And in games like Overwatch, people generally prefer characters to look the way they do for some sort of aesthetic purpose. Fat characters are usually funny. "Heroic" characters are usually toned or thin.

Even fat people can appreciate this. Self-delusion helps nobody.

[Silly Mammo]

I'm offended that Roadhog is a fat male (or is he just husky?). And he's wearing a stapled on pig's head for the Chinese New Year.

[rainslacker]

Mei isn't fat. She's not even overweight. She's a bit plump. She still is, just a bug caused her waist to get pinched in on one of the axis'.

People over reacted to her being made skinny, when she was never made skinny.

Remember that bug which caused the static mesh for that guys face to disappear? Basically no face at all. no one panicked and said the devs were crazy zombie promoters. They laughed and made jokes.

Whenever you play a game, and that characters hands go through the mesh of the characters skirt, making it so their hands are touching their butts, no one complains. It's a bug. No biggie.

The problem isn't that everyone believes women need to be twigs, it's that people become triggered at any hint that a character may be a twig.

Seriously, Mei has a pretty substantial following. She's a cute nerdy character. She's plump. People really like her looks. Celebrate that, instead of getting triggered just because you think something nefarious is happening. Just shows how quickly people form opinions without having all the facts.

[SpinalRemains138]

Fat 100% isn't ok. It leads to heart disease and is nothing to be so carefree or apathetic about.

[MyDietEqualsGames]

We live in a day and age where a good chunk of idiots like to bitch about dumb shit while simultaneously ignoring the real issues. After doing some digging on today's society and the March that just happened, I'm sad to say people are losing the plot. The country is going to shit and the world is watching, some with glee.

Edit: @thefreeman012
One, I didn't vote. So I didn't give two shits about trump or clinton. They are both bad for the country. Trump's the president though. So what? I've never seen so many adults acting like children over an election till now.

Also, I'm equating that to this situation because it's a situation that keeps bleeding into other forms of art and or media. It's sickening. Politics is ruining everything and with the emergence of 'identity politics' I can't but help feel people are just not satisfied being a simple human person.

We're having troubles with Russia, China and the possibility of WWIII is looking more real every day. Yet we're marching for rights we already have. Gotcha!

[pwnsause_returns]

Why Trump got voted into office

[joab777]

I agree. I feel like too many have used this election as a way to attach themselves to something, to entertain themselves, while ignoring the real hard work, the real issues as you said.

People will disagree for sure, but where was everyone before the election, I dunno, let's say the last 10 years. We always wait until something happens and then react! And then it dies down and we wait until something is cool and popular again. Yes, there are many who are working hard but it's a small minority's because no one is actually really willing to sacrifice for anyone else. We just wanna be loud and obnoxious most of the time!

I don't know how many people I've heard from in the last two mins that are in the verge of a nervous breakdown, acting as though the world has ended! But I didn't hear much before that. Or anything at all! There is a sad disconnect!

[Thefreeman012]

Lol wut? You're equating Mei situation to the March for women's rights and against the anti intellectual establishment that Trump and his billionaire cronies are bring in?? Lol gtfo outta here with that b.s..

[UnHoly_One]

Trump got elected because the country went to hell in the last 8 years, while Obama and his cronies were worried about super important things like whether two girls could get married or whether a guy can decide he's a girl and use the ladies room.

The last 8 years has been one giant disgrace.

I'm glad the people came together and said enough is enough.

[joab777]

I just got done posting this comment,

"I hate when a small group of people decide what is right for others to play."

We are adults and we don't play video games because they represent societal paradigms. We like fantasy, and we love sex! It's a HUGE part of our lives!

Might as well put VR to bed! By the time it becomes a viable alternative, all we will be able to do is pet baby kittens! Though we will have to pet every color and sex at the same time because we wouldn't want to offend anyone!

I think every game from this point forward should be forced to have a character creation option, and white men and anything resembling attractive should be removed as options!

[Gazondaily]

Wtf? This shit is getting mad.

[Deadpooled]

This is hilarious how low a company can stoop to please a bunch of obsessed nitpicking people, who ultimately have zero interest in the game but only see it as a target to satisfy their agendas and motives.

[ravinash]

Tracer being gay I was fine with.
This skinny thing is dumb.
She never was fat, she just had padded clothing.
I thought it was nice that she looked a bit plain, and then they gave her this outfit and it turn out she was actually rather pretty..... don't judge, I know she's a fictional character.

[MyDietEqualsGames]

Where that bitch Susan Powder at?? "STOP THE INSANITY!"

[quent]

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[v_eno_m]

from the front, the new skin looks fine, it's when you see her from the side, it appears she has alot of junk in her trunk

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[Double_O_Revan]

I see no problems. =)

[DarthZoolu]

That's nice!

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

LMFAO, these companies are too soft.

[Phunkydiabetic1]

More like LMFAO for fucks sake gamers are the cringiest group of people in history.

[rainslacker]

It's not the gamers who are complaining. The gamers are the ones that recognized it as a bug, because they didn't go running off to tweet their concern at the first sight of a "skinny mei", and actually have played enough games to recognize a problem with the static mesh of a character....even if they couldn't specifically name the problem on a technical level.

[81BX]

Ubi soft?

[Eonjay]

Worse: Microsoft.

[opinionated]

Unlike mei's new waist size 😂

Retarded ass people.

[NecoTehSergal]

"The character people think is fat but always wear heavy equipment looks skinnier because of a tighter, silk outfit - BLIZZARD IS FAT SHAMING AND SKINNY-WASHING HER OMG!"

SJW's and Fat Beach-whale feminists all screamed as one.

[IndominusRex]

lmao

[rainslacker]

Yeah, they must be fun at rallies in the summer after they take off all their winter clothing. I bet it's a blood bath of women accusing each other of playing into the patriarchy and trying to fit into societal perceptions because suddenly, they all look 20 pounds lighter.

I dunno, sometimes I think women who don't worry so much about how other women look as a means to try and shame them, may actually recognize the difference between a "fat" person, and one wearing bulky clothing.

[alfcrippinjr]

people are way to sad to complain about this all they do is bitch to blizzard who are giving free skins away.

[Defiantmac]

Are you kidding me?

[Kabaneri]

Mei is NOT FAT. They have released concept art without her suit, its the suit that is really thick. This is just pandering to fat wierdos that cosplay Mei.

[Tallpine]

This is just sad.

[PolishWingedHussar]

I think the new skin looks awesome. Personally, I feel like Mei only looks "large" thanks to the thousand layers of clothes she's wearing in the game. Blizzard should have kept the skin the way it was...

[loxim]

Wow, her waist is that small though. She just looks bulky because all her outfits are heavy, bulky winter clothes. It wasn't a "bug" that happened.

[GrimDragon]

Don't forget the double chin while your at it blizzard.

[rainslacker]

Might as well throw in three. Maybe a unibrow and birkenstocks for good measure. And definately get rid of all that make up she wears. Undo the hair do...because that's what makes her sexy IMO, and the glasses have to be....well, she'd probably look good with any kind of glasses so they'll just have to live with that. Maybe remove the boobs, give her a flanel shirt, a light trace of a mustache, and of course, don't forget the adam's apple.

[Critic4l_Strik3]

So...If i complain that I cant get a job at Blizzard...will they do something about it? As in...let me work for them? :)

[The7Reaper]

The Overwatch community has more feminazis and sjw's than any othe gaming community, nothing but a bunch of crybabies on a shitty game.

[Eonjay]

No they don't. Its you guys who amplify them.

[Tetsujin]

The f- does it matter? Are people this hard up to find something to complain about to force a developer to change clothing because someone looks different in another outfit? Even if it's a bug (yes I did read the article), if it doesn't interfere with game play, or cause issues in the future, I wouldn't care. Blizzard could have easily had something like "while it's not a harmful bug, it could cause problems in the future" or something like that; which would make more sense, and the community wouldn't be as questionable about the decision.

What a joke a lot of gamers are today. And no I didn't say all gamers so don't go assuming or twisting words.

[Tzuno]

2017 people retarded------------>2050 fully retarded rank 99

[DashArrivals]

SJW's are a cancer on society.

[Ninver]

Children are dying in third world countries and all these dumb people are complaining about the body size of a fictional character in a worn out game? Jesus left this world along time ago and ain't coming back. We're screwed lol.

[LordJamar]

yet here you are the irony

[Eonjay]

Unless you are personally doing something to help starving children in 3rd world countries, please leave them out of it. As in if that is your litmus test for being vendicated in a complaint, wouldn't most of us fall short?

[Ninver]

Regardless if I'm helping little children in third world countries it's still a fact that they are more important than this irrelevant issue.

[vork77]

remember last time blizzard change tracers pose?

[NotanotherReboot]

The people who complained about this need to drink bleach. I heard it helps you lose weight

[Tankbusta40]

Blizzard is such a crappy company, it astounds me how many people buy their games, In my opinion they havent put out anything special since Diablo 2.

I also can't believe people are mad because a fat girl got slimmer. I guess the world passed me by years ago. Why anyone would want to be fat or characters in video games to be fat is so over my head.

[hellothere1977]

yeah, makes no sense for a character doing rigorous exercise fragging people to get a slimmer waist. are they trying to suggest the idea that burning calories and running around would...slim people down?!? blasphemy!

goddamn...why don't you fatasses start eating right or exercise? i 100% guarantee that you would slim down and be healthier if you burnt more calories than you take in.

[paddy95]

Fat women are lazy and disgusting. Fat men too.

[riibhu]

Oh Blizzard *tsk*tsk*tsk*

[Derceto]

When doesn't Blizzard change something after complaints? These guys fold like a deck of cards. It's hilarious.

[rainslacker]

Apparently anything involved in WOW they don't change a damn thing when people complain.

Of course, if they changed everything that people complained about, it wouldn't be WOW anymore...and of course, a WOW player needs something to complain about, otherwise they wouldn't be WOW players.

Kind of funny really. The WOW forums make Overwatch seem like kindergarten in terms of complaining techniques.

[Mr Marvel]

Are you f-king kidding me!?

It's not right to teach kids that it's ok to be fat, because fat is NOT healthy!
We have become such a lazy, soft society.

[Goldby]

skinny isn't healthy either, yet thats plastered on every billboard, magazine, tv commerical.

We have become a society focused on what others think about our own self image when in all cases, the only one who should have any impact on your image is yourself. everyone else can go a faq off

[JokerBoy422]

So much pandering... I worry for future games from Blizzard now.

[fluxmulder]

Blizzard bending over backwards again to make the offended snowflakes happy.

[RedPill86]

Well, now we know a bunch of sad excuses for men work at Blizzard. Beta males.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Did that much people really complain? I mean look at the concept art for Mei, she isn't actually fat. Blizzard should of ignored them.

[Tedakin]

A bug my ass. They mad her slimmer, people whined, to save face they said "Uh... uh... oh ... uh it's glitch."

[fromchildren]

Looking at the side view you can tell that the piece of cloth is glitch, nothing wrong with Mei's figure from what I am seeing

[ALICE666]

Blizzard have really become the SJW's bitches nowadays...

[MrChow666]

Fat whinners win

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

She looks better with the thinner waist (waits for the triggering).

[mochachino]

If you look at the picture it does look bugged with the new jacket

[CrimsonWing69]

man... I feel bad for developers in this day and age. God forbid you have a "bug" that makes a girl skinny. Now you've offended a bunch of neck beards and obese women. Being skinny and sexy is a damn crime in this day and age. Seriously how did we get to this point? Like what was the date in time that this started because I'm about to Skynet a Terminator to that date.

[PurpHerbison]

So are all the big girl feminists angry about this? Can't identify with the character anymore?

[NickAwesome]

Maybe she was on a diet