Today, Samoa Joe Called Me A Scumbag For Reporting Overwatch 2 News
As you may have heard, an Overwatch 2 alpha is starting this week, and a closed beta will follow next month. I don't get to write as much as I once did, but I took some time this morning to ensure you, dear reader, would have the information you need: details on Overwatch 2, a release window for the beta, a link to sign up for access. Journalists are meant to avoid making themselves the story, but just because I did my job, Samoa Joe came at me.
Over on Kinda Funny Games Daily today, Greg Miller allowed professional wrestler Samoa Joe to co-host the program. Being a notable piece of news, Miller covered the story, choosing to read through GameSpot's coverage of Blizzard's announcement. Joe, taking exception to the closed nature of the test and his lack of access, decided I was to be the target of his ire.
«This is a rotten news story. I don't even know why you put these news stories out,» he said. «Hey, guess what, a bunch of people are going to play a game you want to play, and you can't play it! But, at some point, you can sign up to play it, and maybe we'll think about you playing it.»
Despite Miller's insistence that Joe not shoot the messenger, Joe was convinced I have access to this test and only wrote the story in order to flex on people, going on to call me a «scumbag.»
«I know what you're playing at,» Joe continued. «Listen, Chris, I get it, you have special access to certain things and you feel kind of special about it. So you mock up this news story, telling the world they can't play something that you can. But you don't really tell them that you can play it, but they know there are certain individuals--chosen ones--that can. And I bet, Chris, I bet you count yourself among those people. You know, I've seen a
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