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Monte Carlo
It's a famous district within the principality of Monaco
A well-known playground for the wealthy elites
Dancing with the suave and yet tricky devil at your peril
Now, it comes across as an exhilarating romance
But it wasn't
Instead, it's a feverish illusion
It's all because of a thrill
Monte Carlo is a thrilling ecstasy
Overwatch 2 Maps: Monte Carlo, Monaco
During Blizzcon 2019, we learned about a couple of maps including Toronto, Canada, Gothenburg, Sweden, Rio de Janeiro, and Monte Carlo, Monaco. I’ve made posts about all of these maps except Toronto and Monte Carlo. Currently, I can’t come up with any theories that involve Toronto, but I came up with one that has to do with characters that are linked with Monte Carlo. So, this post isn’t exactly a theory, it’s more of an overview about what the place is like in real life and what the map is going to be like. This will help me explain an theory I have planned for the near future.
The Real Life Place: Monte Carlo, Monaco is at the base of the Maritime Alps and along the French Riviera. This places it close to the borders of both France and Italy with the main language spoken being French. It is known for several things including: how rich it is, the Formula Grand Prix event, their casino’s, and the beaches.
In the Game, based on images: It is an escort map. The payload is designed to look like a blue race car that follows a road through a city that is close to a river. We know that there is one casino that you can get into which I think will be a spawn room and another spawn room will be a mechanics shop. In the area we know will be a spawn room, you can see a yellow race car that is being fixed or having its tires changed.
In the Game, based on other parts of the lore: Maximillian owns a casino called Casino Monaco. It is used as his base of operations, we learned this in the Masquerade comic book.
Anyways, I’m almost done with my masterlists, so those will be posted in like half an hour - 45 minutes. I’ll be posting about the Mystery Omnic from Storm Rising and eventually the MEKA Squad.
TLDR: Monte Carlo, Monaco will be an escort map with city/streets terrain. The payload will be blue race car. Two buildings we know that will be in the map are Maximillian’s casino and a race car mechanics’ shop that is a spawn room.
Overwatch 2 Maps: Masterlist
This is the master list of my post about known Overwatch 2 maps, map extensions, or maps I really want to be added.
India - Where is the new map?
Rome - Talon HQ.
NYC - 3 Theories why it is being added.
Gothenburg, Sweden - What map type will it be?
Kings Row, London - What other maps will get extensions?
Rio de Janeiro - What map type will it be?
Monte Carlo, Monaco - Overview
Berlin, Germany - What it might be like as a map.
The Galápagos Islands - What it might be like as a map.
The Bayou - What it might be like as a map.
The Amazon Rainforest - What it might be like as a map.
Overwatch/OW2 Theories: Casino’s link to Talon and Why it is Important.
Sorry this is so much writing, I had a lot to say! ~ Nova
The other day I made a post about the MEKA Squad and might have mentioned that Casino was going to get his own theory, so this is it. A while ago, I made a post about why D.Va is joining the Recalled Overwatch and while I still think that that post still holds up on its own, I now have a reason why she would join the Recalled Overwatch rather than “she just wanted to help more people”. What is that reason, you might ask, well have you read the title of this post? This is all about what connections Casino, who we hardly know about, has to Maximillian (and if you don’t know who Maximillian is, to be brief, he is Doomfist’s accountant and a high-ranking member of Talon).
So, let me explain!
His Aliases: We know that D.Va is a play on the world “diva” a synonym for a female singer/popstar, D.Mon is a play on the word “demon”, Overlord is a reference to StarCraft, and King is... well King is King, but why Casino of all names. I think that the developers chose “Casino” because it is in reference to the fact that Monte Carlo, Monaco is famous for its casinos. Going off of that, Maximillian owns a casino in Monaco.
Mech Name: D.Va’s mech is Tokki, D.Mon’s is Beast, King’s is Singijeon, and Overlord’s is Mastermind. All the names of the mechs are in either English or Korean, but Casino’s is called La Princesse Sereine in French (the Serene Princess in English). As well as being in French the name of his mech might be a reference to the Serene Highness which is what the reigning families in Monaco are called.
His Previous Occupation: While all of the MEKA Squad used to be former professional gamers, either playing StarCraft or Mecha Guardian V, Casino was a former Formula One racecar driver. This is a nod to the Monaco Grand Prix is a Formula One race which Casino may have attended(not sure if I’m saying that right, I don’t know much about cars or races).
“Why is this all so important,” you ask, because this would be a really good reason for D.Va to join Overwatch. If Casino betrayed MEKA , that would be a really good opportunity for character development for D.Va. I say this as a D.Va one trick, she isn’t that deep in terms of character. Right now she comes off as a reckless kid who live streams her battles. After Shooting Star she will probably be more mature, but having Casino betray them would give her a better reason to fight compared to fame, money, or because she had it.
And, hey, I want a Talon tank that is charismatic. I love Sigma, but I want someone who is the kind of character to take up space with the way they move and talk, kind of like Mauga, whenever we get to see him, and I want a villain that is evil for the fun of it. Most of the main Talon cast, in game, was forced into it or does it because they has other motives, but making Casino the character who likes being evil would make him a good villain because he used to be friends with Hana, and that would really give her a good reason to join Overwatch. Finally, having him join Talon in game would probably give us more fun interactions with Sombra which I am 100% down for.
Anyways, I think I am going to take a break for a day or two, life has been pretty busy recently, but I’ll make sure to make a post about Fio first.
TLDR: Casino’s aliases, previous job, and mech name are all reference to Monaco, where Maximillian is from. If Casino ends up being a Talon tank, it would be important because it would give D.Va a really good reason to join the Recalled Overwatch. Also, I want a Talon tank that is charismatic and evil for the sake of it.
Game Developer Update
I just finished watching Aaron Keller's(and his team's) first developer update. This is just about the most important points from the two-hour event.
PvP(Quickplay, some Arcade, Competitive) will be 5v5. It will be 1 Tank, 2 DPS, 2 Support. I am not happy about it, being a D.Va main. It will kill the Offtank role in competitive and a lot of Offtank players in OWL will lose their jobs.
We got some more looks at the new maps which were really cool. We saw New York City(Hybrid), Rio de Janeiro(Hybrid), Monte Carlo(Escort), Rome(Push), and Toronto(Push).
In New York City, there are a couple references to Jeff Kaplan which I think is really sweet.
We got to see Torbjorn's new Overwatch 2 look.
Also, we got to see a bunch of concept art for all of the new maps. All of the art is by Patrick Faulwetter.
by Thinking Nomads on Flickr.The Principality of Monaco - Harbour View.
Really, people SHOULD talk about Monte Carlo (2011) more
dashboard simulator
mutual 1: i NEED hrt
mutual 2: here is 10 more paragraphs of rambling about the same character i have been talking about for the past 8 months
mutual 3:
😎 anonymous asked: hey i saw your 10k note post and i was wondering why you think it's ok to say that everyone who lives in a house should be killed and eaten?
💬 i did not fucking say that
blog i followed for a funny post a while back: this situation with my family just keeps getting worse i feel so hopeless all the time this really might be the end for me
mutual 4: why is no one talking about this obscure indie work last relevant 10+ years ago made by a lunatic that contains some of the worst writing of all time. it's a masterpiece
mutual 5: who all remember star war
blog i followed for politics: [10 consecutive reblogs of anime girls with giant tits]
blog i followed for yuri art: [10 consecutive reblogs of resource threads about marxist theory and history]
mutual 6: little doodle lol [most beautiful image ever drawn]
by Thinking Nomads on Flickr.The Principality of Monaco - Harbour View.
Hidden house in La Condamine District, Monaco-Ville
