After this year, Overwatch League will no longer create special skins to honor the League’s MVP. Earlier today, the Overwatch League has announced release of two specials Overwatch skin celebrating San Francisco Shock’s second championship win and Byung-sun’s “Fleta” Kim winning the 2020 MVP award. But hidden in the Overwatch League ad was this little warning:
Don’t miss it, because this is the last time an Overwatch League MVP skin will be made.
Special players’ skins began in 2019, when the League launched a special cosmetic product for the hero, which commemorated the talents of the previous year’s MVP. Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang won the first such skin, a octopus-shaped slick-looking Zenyatta, for his League-like talents the most lethal support player. In 2020, Jay “Sinatraa” Won became the second MVP of the League, earning himself Zarya theme with alien themes.
Shortly after Won’s skin was released left the Overwatch League to pursue a professional career ASSESSMENT, but his skin remained. However, after an ex-girlfriend released a statement claiming He won it by sexually and emotionally abusing her, The Overwatch League released its own statement saying it will remove Won Zarya’s skin as well issue credit for anyone who wanted a refund.
Blizzard also made the video announcing the appearance of the private skin, deleted tweets, and seem to have removed skin references from overwatchleague.com. Won was suspended by both of him ASSESSMENT the team and any future ASSESSMENT professional matches pending investigation.
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It is currently unknown why the Overwatch League would end the tradition of giving special skins to its MVPs. It could be due to the fact that the skins are designed to present the personality and the signature hero of the winning MVP and are, as such, a kind of lasting representation of them in the game. By eliminating MVP skins, Blizzard could protect itself against a future in which it may have to distance itself from other problematic MVPs.
Kotaku contacted Blizzard for comments.
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