Watching Blizzard: So I was wrong… (Patreon)

I've been chittering excitedly about this week would be the Shanghai Dragons' first win... but I was wrong. Our beloved underdogs had no idea what to do with the Fuel's Brigitte comp and it doomed them to a 3/1 loss. Let us have a moment of silence in mourning.

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Okay, let's go ahead and get to the day's news before I drown in this pool of esports sorrow.

Dang, Overwatch fans

• That Pink Mercy skin has already raised nearly $10 million for breast cancer research. I don't have to tell you that is a lot of millions. So good job, everybody. And you still have a few more days to snag a skin or a t-shirt if you want to add to the total.

Sorry, Hanzo mains...

• The recently revamped Hanzo has been nerfed.

It's no surprise that Lordaeron isn't looking too good in Battle for Azeroth

• And when I say "isn't looking to good" I mean "is a total wreck." Anne threw together a gallery of the state of Lordaeron on the beta.

What? Call of Duty is coming to Battle.net?

• What? No, really, what?! Well, me being confused by it isn't going to change the fact that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be hitting the Battle.net launcher this fall.
• But that's good news for gold buyers, because WoW Token prices are already starting to spike. They hit 238k in the US earlier this evening, though they've fallen since.

And for $5+ supporters...

• Today Ted wrote a post about how the Broken Shore isn't the best pretense for the expansion's massive war.
• We're trying something new with this post, though: our $5+ friends will have access to it for a week, and then we'll make it public for everyone else. So look for it on the front page of the site again on Thursday!

That's all for today, folks. So until next time, this is Liz signing out for the night.