McCree Renamed to Cole Cassidy

[FelPlague]

So is there any in-universe reason for this change? Or is it just "this was his real name all along" or something along those lines?

yes, they have always hinted mccree not being his real name, so now they are just revealing his real name


overall i like the name

1- his initials are CC which is pretty funny
2- the cowboy/girl in the game are called cole and ashe
coal and ash
yes i know nice pun.

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I just don't get how people thought naming a major character in your franchise after an employee was a good idea in the first place...

i mean jesse literaly named MANY npcs and shit after himself, even choosing to name the capital city of a race after himself, so yeah those kinda people. i mean have you seen how many things these old ass creeps named after themseves?

[Ealyssa]

It's an alright name. Now maybe next time DON'T name characters after employees or celebrities.

They already said it’s now company policy to never use real name in their games.

[Daedius]

Yes, and?

Cause evidently you do... :V

[TEHPALLYTANK]

Cool, still going to continue calling him McCree because the new name just isn't very good. Cassidy has one too many syllables, and I've got Gears of War induced fatigue regarding the name Cole.

Renaming him Cowboy or Outlaw literally would've been better, imo.

[uuuhname]

Cassidy is the name of a famous outlaw so it certainly fits his persona as a former criminal *shrug*

[FelPlague]

Cassidy is the name of a famous outlaw so it certainly fits his persona as a former criminal *shrug*

did not know that, looking up the guy he was pretty sick, i am liking the name more and more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy

[McNeil]

He will always be McCree to me

[Daedius]

I give zero shits about the name change itself, as I said it was expected to happen. Me posting in this thread has fk all to do with my level of caring about the name change itself (hence me immediately talking about something else in that very post?)
I don't even, nor have I ever really, play Overwatch lol what are you a dog? You only see black and white? What kind of elementary ''gotcha'' logic is that even?

Say "I" then, not "who", cause plenty people do care.

[uuuhname]

did not know that, looking up the guy he was pretty sick, i am liking the name more and more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy

I'm down with the name as well but how awkward is it to change all the merch to the new name lol, uh boy.

[FelPlague]

He will always be McCree to me

imagine idolizing a sexual abuser.

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I'm down with the name as well but how awkward is it to change all the merch to the new name lol, uh boy.

eh i dont think it will be that bad, although i am not sure how much of the merch has the name of him on it, the only overwatch stuff i have is the bastion, and hammond lego sets cause i enjoy lego once in awhile, and they are cool charecters.

[Video Games]

I am still gonna call him mccree ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Dakhath]

imagine idolizing a sexual abuser.

Not really idolization. He will likely always be McCree to 99 percent of the people that play because he's been McCree for over 5 years of gameplay.

[Daedius]

imagine idolizing a sexual abuser.

Who, the character in the game is a sexual abuser?

[Doffen]

imagine idolizing a sexual abuser.

What did he do exactly?

And its pretty stupid to call out anyone for "idolizing a sexual abuser" just because they are used to MCree and want to call him that still, or for any reason WHATSOEVER.

In fact, what you wrote to the other poster is fucking disgusting. Fuck sake the audacity on some people.

[Kallisto]

So is there any in-universe reason for this change? Or is it just "this was his real name all along" or something along those lines?

McRee was always known to be a pseudonym basically from the time Sombra was added to the game, interactions between characters at the start of each match before everyone rushed to fight had these two talking in which she is about to mention his actual name and he threatens to shoot her.

[Video Games]

Supporting sexual predators is fun!

I didn't realize the fictional video game character was a sexual predator

[Beastiel]

Cole Cassidy? did a WWE writer name him?

[Aleksej89]

and i thought renaming windrunner to windranger in dota2 was bad...

[Video Games]

Yeah, apparently you're now a monster who loves rapists or something.

Get cancelled, bruh.

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That seems to be the implication in the post. That Cole was always his real name, but he dropped it because he was "running from the past" and such.

I declare i am uncancelled!

The name you are apparently attached to is lol.

And if you didn't know now you know playa.

Well, call me when the fictional mcree becomes a predator

[callipygoustp]

Now I, finally, feel comfortable buying Overwatch.