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<p>That’s one royal booping</p>
<p>Thor may be the god of thunder, but he seems to be no match for two of <a href="http://ift.tt/1uICmKC"><em>Overwatch</em></a>’s most beloved women, Symmetra and Sombra.</p>
<p>The Supanova Expo in Sydney over the weekend was the site of an arm wrestling match that brought together the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the <a href="http://ift.tt/2qnTViq">international task force known as Overwatch</a>. Anjali Bhimani, the actress who voices <em>Overwatch</em> architech Symmetra, challenged Chris Hemsworth, Thor himself, to the feat of strength; the winner would be the recipient of a “royal booping” from Carolina Ravassa, who lends her voice to <em>Overwatch</em>’s Mexican hacker, Sombra.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Okay&#8230;that&#8217;s it:I&#8217;m getting <a href="https://twitter.com/carolinaravassa">@carolinaravassa</a> to focus up&#8230;by challenging <a href="https://twitter.com/chrishemsworth">@chrishemsworth</a> &#8230; it is ON! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/thor?src=hash">#thor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sombra?src=hash">#sombra</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/symmetra?src=hash">#symmetra</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/iamfunsize?src=hash">#iamfunsize</a> <a href="https://t.co/bLi7UjeZUD">http://pic.twitter.com/bLi7UjeZUD</a></p>
<p>— Anjali @SupanovaExpo (@sweeetanj) <a href="https://twitter.com/sweeetanj/status/875960840926769152">June 17, 2017</a>
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<p>For the uninitiated, <em>Overwatch</em> developer Blizzard Entertainment introduced Sombra to the world with a <a href="http://ift.tt/2rJP9kH">menacing “boop”</a> — a tap on the nose — at BlizzCon 2016:</p>
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<p>Hemsworth accepted Bhimani’s challenge, and swept the best-of-three bout. However, she later <a href="https://twitter.com/sweeetanj/status/876726257102213120">said on Twitter</a> that she let him win so Ravassa could get to boop him. Considering how many times Symmetra’s turrets have led to our deaths, we’re not about to doubt her.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shhhh, don’t let him know…don’t want him to feel badly I let him win…just wanted <a href="https://twitter.com/carolinaravassa">@carolinaravassa</a> to get to boop him. I’m THAT good a friend</p>
<p>— Anjali @SupanovaExpo (@sweeetanj) <a href="https://twitter.com/sweeetanj/status/876726257102213120">June 19, 2017</a>
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<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://ift.tt/2rJVe0g">Polygon &#8211;  Xbox One</a></em></p>
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