Summary
AnOverwatch 2player claims they were banned from Quick Play for over three and a half years. Unless this ban is lifted prematurely, this unfortunateOverwatch 2fan won’t be able to queue into this casual game mode until late September 2027.
Viewer is anOverwatch 2player and critic known for their controversial takes and scathing commentary of the game. Though not aprofessionalOverwatch 2playeror content creator, they still have a large following of over 12,600 fans on Twitter alone.
However, this did not prevent Viewer from catching what appeared to be a huge ban onOverwatch 2. On February 6, they shared an image of theirOverwatch 2client that said they were banned from Quick Play for 1326 days. Unless this ban were to be repealed, that means Viewer would not be able to use Quick Play, including Deathmatch andevents likeOverwatch 2’sQuick Play: Hacked, until June 21, 2025 – over three and a half years from now.
OW 2 Player Banned from Quick Play for 3.5 Years
Viewer did not share exactly what caused this massive Quick Play ban, but it luckily seems not to have affected their ability to play in Competitive, which is getting amassive overhaul inOverwatch 2: Season 9. It is also possible the image was fabricated, and that Viewer’s Quick Play ban is much shorter, if it exists at all. Either way, with nearly 200 comments, 600 reposts, and 10,000 likes, it is clear Viewer’s fellow fans got a kick out of the suspension.
Assuming the ban is indeed real, and thatOverwatch 2releases new seasons and heroes at the same cadence it has been, the game will be a lot different by the end of the suspension. Over 40 months will have passed, meaningOverwatch 2will likely be in Season 30 or 31 by September 2027. Approximately 11 new heroes will likely have been added by then as well, meaning characters like Venture, Space Ranger, and theunnamedOverwatch 2tank herowill be old news by that point, putting into perspective just how long this ban is.
Though a ban of over three years may sound extreme, it is well within Blizzard’s wheelhouse to do so. Over the last few months,World of WarcraftandHearthstoneeach banned around 200,000 accountsfor botting and other infractions in some of the biggest suspension waves in its history.Overwatch 2fans should be mindful of what they say to other players and never leave matches early, or else they might find themselves with a ban as well.
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