Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dot Esports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Duwe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@twitter.com\/mountain_Duwe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott Duwe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott Duwe\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7ed08a027de2272bdcc7f87e33011577\"},\"headline\":\"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\",\"name\":\"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Dot Esports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7ed08a027de2272bdcc7f87e33011577\",\"name\":\"Scott Duwe\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/208c8d40985eecd8b4fa24340cf354ee\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75eda0b198a0f9091720050f1b3a590?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75eda0b198a0f9091720050f1b3a590?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96\",\"caption\":\"Scott Duwe\"},\"description\":\"Senior Staff Writer & Call of Duty lead. Professional writer for over 10 years. Lover of all things Marvel, Destiny 2, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, and more. Previous bylines include PC Gamer, Red Bull Esports, Fanbyte, and Esports Nation. DogDad to corgis Yogi and Mickey, sports fan (NY Yankees, NY Jets, NY Rangers, NY Knicks), Paramore fanatic, cardio enthusiast.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/twitter.com\/mountain_Duwe\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/scott-duwe\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet","description":"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet","og_description":"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.","og_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698","og_site_name":"Dot Esports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","article_published_time":"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00","author":"Scott Duwe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@twitter.com\/mountain_Duwe","twitter_site":"@DotEsports","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott Duwe","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698"},"author":{"name":"Scott Duwe","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7ed08a027de2272bdcc7f87e33011577"},"headline":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet","datePublished":"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698"},"wordCount":301,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["news"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698","name":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00","description":"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","name":"Dot Esports","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization","name":"Dot Esports","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Dot Esports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7ed08a027de2272bdcc7f87e33011577","name":"Scott Duwe","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/208c8d40985eecd8b4fa24340cf354ee","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75eda0b198a0f9091720050f1b3a590?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75eda0b198a0f9091720050f1b3a590?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96","caption":"Scott Duwe"},"description":"Senior Staff Writer & Call of Duty lead. Professional writer for over 10 years. Lover of all things Marvel, Destiny 2, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, and more. Previous bylines include PC Gamer, Red Bull Esports, Fanbyte, and Esports Nation. DogDad to corgis Yogi and Mickey, sports fan (NY Yankees, NY Jets, NY Rangers, NY Knicks), Paramore fanatic, cardio enthusiast.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/twitter.com\/mountain_Duwe"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/scott-duwe"}]}},"raw_content":"Today is an exciting day for Overwatch fans, as new tank hero Orisa is finally hitting the live servers after three weeks of testing on the PTR.When the game's 24th hero does go live, however, she will not be available in Competitive Play. Blizzard wants players to take a week to familiarize themselves with Orisa before she is ready to go in Competitive.\"When patch 1.9 releases tomorrow, Orisa will not initially be available for Competitive Play,\" said Overwatch principal designer Scott Mercer on the forums. \"We want to give players some time to learn about and play Orisa before she's placed into the crucible of Competitive Play.\"Although she's been on the PTR since the beginning of the month, Blizzard clearly thinks that this is for the best, as the majority of players will be testing out Orisa for the first time. They don't want that happening in the game's ranked playlist.\"She'll still be immediately available in Quick Play, the Arcade (including custom games with the competitive ruleset), and Play vs. AI,\" said Mercer. It is in these other modes that players must go to if they wish to try out the new hero.While some may be disappointed, this is probably a decision that wasn't made lightly. The handling of Orisa's announcement and launch shows something of a change in philosophy from the developers. Overwatch's first two post-launch heroes, Ana and Sombra, both saw much shorter testing and release periods, and they were both available in Competitive Play from day one on live servers.Orisa goes live today on all platforms, and as of now she'll be ready to go in Competitive Play on March 28.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16973"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=16973"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=16973"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=16973"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dot Esports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Duwe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@twitter.com\/mountain_Duwe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DotEsports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott Duwe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott Duwe\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7ed08a027de2272bdcc7f87e33011577\"},\"headline\":\"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\",\"name\":\"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dot Esports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Dot Esports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7ed08a027de2272bdcc7f87e33011577\",\"name\":\"Scott Duwe\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/208c8d40985eecd8b4fa24340cf354ee\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75eda0b198a0f9091720050f1b3a590?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75eda0b198a0f9091720050f1b3a590?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96\",\"caption\":\"Scott Duwe\"},\"description\":\"Senior Staff Writer & Call of Duty lead. Professional writer for over 10 years. Lover of all things Marvel, Destiny 2, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, and more. Previous bylines include PC Gamer, Red Bull Esports, Fanbyte, and Esports Nation. DogDad to corgis Yogi and Mickey, sports fan (NY Yankees, NY Jets, NY Rangers, NY Knicks), Paramore fanatic, cardio enthusiast.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/twitter.com\/mountain_Duwe\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/scott-duwe\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet","description":"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet","og_description":"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.","og_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698","og_site_name":"Dot Esports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","article_published_time":"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00","author":"Scott Duwe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@twitter.com\/mountain_Duwe","twitter_site":"@DotEsports","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott Duwe","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698"},"author":{"name":"Scott Duwe","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7ed08a027de2272bdcc7f87e33011577"},"headline":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet","datePublished":"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698"},"wordCount":301,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["news"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698","name":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-03-21T15:31:08+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-13T03:25:22+00:00","description":"Blizzard wants everyone to take a week to get familiar with the newest hero.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","name":"Dot Esports","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#organization","name":"Dot Esports","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/05103313\/logo-dot_esports-mark-black.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Dot Esports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DOTesports\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DotEsports","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dotesports\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCckaIn-3KqLYfppkj4DeTAw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7ed08a027de2272bdcc7f87e33011577","name":"Scott Duwe","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/208c8d40985eecd8b4fa24340cf354ee","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75eda0b198a0f9091720050f1b3a590?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75eda0b198a0f9091720050f1b3a590?s=96&d=mm&r=g&resize=96%2C96","caption":"Scott Duwe"},"description":"Senior Staff Writer & Call of Duty lead. Professional writer for over 10 years. Lover of all things Marvel, Destiny 2, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, and more. Previous bylines include PC Gamer, Red Bull Esports, Fanbyte, and Esports Nation. DogDad to corgis Yogi and Mickey, sports fan (NY Yankees, NY Jets, NY Rangers, NY Knicks), Paramore fanatic, cardio enthusiast.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/twitter.com\/mountain_Duwe"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/scott-duwe"}]}},"raw_content":"Today is an exciting day for Overwatch fans, as new tank hero Orisa is finally hitting the live servers after three weeks of testing on the PTR.When the game's 24th hero does go live, however, she will not be available in Competitive Play. Blizzard wants players to take a week to familiarize themselves with Orisa before she is ready to go in Competitive.\"When patch 1.9 releases tomorrow, Orisa will not initially be available for Competitive Play,\" said Overwatch principal designer Scott Mercer on the forums. \"We want to give players some time to learn about and play Orisa before she's placed into the crucible of Competitive Play.\"Although she's been on the PTR since the beginning of the month, Blizzard clearly thinks that this is for the best, as the majority of players will be testing out Orisa for the first time. They don't want that happening in the game's ranked playlist.\"She'll still be immediately available in Quick Play, the Arcade (including custom games with the competitive ruleset), and Play vs. AI,\" said Mercer. It is in these other modes that players must go to if they wish to try out the new hero.While some may be disappointed, this is probably a decision that wasn't made lightly. The handling of Orisa's announcement and launch shows something of a change in philosophy from the developers. Overwatch's first two post-launch heroes, Ana and Sombra, both saw much shorter testing and release periods, and they were both available in Competitive Play from day one on live servers.Orisa goes live today on all platforms, and as of now she'll be ready to go in Competitive Play on March 28.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16973"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=16973"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=16973"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=16973"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Rokurou

{"id":16973,"date":"2017-03-21T09:31:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.dotesports.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/21\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet\/"},"modified":"2018-08-13T03:25:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T03:25:22","slug":"orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/news\/orisa-goes-live-today-not-in-competitive-play-just-yet-13698","title":{"rendered":"Orisa goes live in Overwatch today, but not in Competitive Play just yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is an exciting day for Overwatch<\/em> fans, as new tank hero Orisa is finally hitting the live servers after three weeks of testing on the PTR.<\/p>

When the game’s 24th hero does go live, however, she will not be available in Competitive Play. Blizzard wants players to take a week to familiarize themselves with Orisa before she is ready to go in Competitive.<\/p>

“When patch 1.9 releases tomorrow, Orisa will not initially be available for Competitive Play,” said Overwatch<\/em> principal designer Scott Mercer on the forums<\/a>. “We want to give players some time to learn about and play Orisa before she’s placed into the crucible of Competitive Play.”<\/p>

Although she’s been on the PTR since the beginning of the month, Blizzard clearly thinks that this is for the best, as the majority of players will be testing out Orisa for the first time. They don’t want that happening in the game’s ranked playlist.<\/p>

“She’ll still be immediately available in Quick Play, the Arcade (including custom games with the competitive ruleset), and Play vs. AI,” said Mercer. It is in these other modes that players must go to if they wish to try out the new hero.<\/p>

While some may be disappointed, this is probably a decision that wasn’t made lightly. The handling of Orisa’s announcement and launch shows something of a change in philosophy from the developers. Overwatch’s<\/em> first two post-launch heroes, Ana and Sombra, both saw much shorter testing and release periods, and they were both available in Competitive Play from day one on live servers.<\/p>

Orisa goes live today on all platforms, and as of now she’ll be ready to go in Competitive Play on March 28.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"