“Celebration” is obviously a poor choice of words in this context. After all, the reason for McCree’s name change is a lot of controversy surrounding Jesse McCree, the man who named the character Overwatch (and the Mac’Aree in World of Warcraft, among other things). McCree is linked to the allegations against Blizzard, which included a toxic work culture and treated women unequally, and he no longer works for the game developer.
Anyway, McCree is now called Cassidy, which is why you can also define your own Activision Blizzard BattleTag for free. Of course this is temporary so you need to be there before November 5th, otherwise you will have to deposit the money again. The free name change only applies to people who don’t have a free name change waiting for them yet, and you can’t save it for use after November 5th.
To request a name change, please visit this link. Unfortunately, it may take a while before you actually have another BattleTag, because Activision Blizzard needs to approve and process it first. The entire process can take up to four weeks, according to the gaming giant, which is something that at Activision Blizzard is no longer surprising (the clock is looking at you, Diablo 2: Servers resurrected…).
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