Overwatch 2 Torbjorn Play of the Game Ruined by Server Disconnect

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There's been a lot of ups and downs for Overwatch 2 players during launch week, but one in particular has their play of the game moment ruined by an untimely server disconnect message. While especially unfortunate for that player, it's been a tough week for everyone who has attempted to log in to Overwatch 2. Following a couple of beta sessions and positive buzz, the launch of Blizzard's latest game has been marred by technical issues, errors, missing content, and server disconnects.

With Overwatch 2 moving to a free to play format with challenges and battle passes, there seems to have been a higher than anticipated strain of people attempting to log in at launch. In fact, most players were unable to log in, prompting Blizzard to provide an update on the various Overwatch 2 issues. While things have largely stabilized in the days since, players continue to run into the odd error, glitch, or bug, including one player who has their big moment ruined by an untimely error.

Overwatch 2 Players Are Speedrunning Getting Through the Queue

For longtime Overwatch players, the end of match Play of the Game is a moment intended to showcase a fantastic or key play for one player in particular. For reddit user brotherlymoses aka Sleepybear, their work with the Swedish engineer Torbjorn earned them the coveted Play of the Game following an Overwatch 2 team victory. However, as the endscreen gave way to that highly anticipated reveal, a server disconnect error unceremoniously ended things before the play could be seen.

While unfortunate for brotherlymoses, the short clip did provide some humor for those in the thread with many echoing that the play was so epic that it broke the Overwatch 2 servers. Interestingly enough, this disconnect