<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[GameUP24]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://gameup24.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[William A.]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://gameup24.wordpress.com/author/louzwate/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Overwatch Director Talks Impact of Toxic Player&nbsp;Feedback]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>In light of recent discussion about player feedback, Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan detailed the effect of extreme fan reactions on the game&#8217;s development team.
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<p>In a post on the <a href="http://ift.tt/2xLyHl6" target="_blank">Blizzard forums</a>, Kaplan wrote in response to a fan post asking if the Overwatch team simply didn&#8217;t have enough people to handle communication with fans.
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<p>Although every member of the Overwatch development team is free to post on the forums and wants to let the community know the team is listening, &quot;very few of us actually do because it&#8217;s extremely intimidating and/or time consuming,&quot; Kaplan explained. That intimidation comes in part because anything a developer is said, Kaplan worries, can be taken as an official announcement without any wiggle room for change.
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