Overwatch Season 6 changes revealed

Source
Blizzard
Date
8/23/2017
Summary
Overwatch Competitive Play Season 6 begins August 31st.
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From Blizzard:

Game Director Jeff Kaplan details some of the changes coming to Season 6 of Competitive Play:

• Seasons will now be two months long vs. three months
• Competitive Points will be adjusted to account for the shorter season
• Skill Rating decay changes are coming and will be less punitive
• Control maps will now be best of three vs. best of five
• Placement matches should now lead to more accurate skill ratings
• Higher tiered matches should now be more balanced, but queue times might be longer

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