{"id":1376866,"date":"2025-10-31T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fHJSyi3hrS9Kgbd5cyNhaH"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:18:01","slug":"overwatch-2-reverts-its-controversial-stadium-competitive-update-and-in-doing-so-has-somehow-made-another-6v6-vs-5v5-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-2-reverts-its-controversial-stadium-competitive-update-and-in-doing-so-has-somehow-made-another-6v6-vs-5v5-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2 reverts its controversial Stadium competitive update, and in doing so has somehow made another 6v6 vs 5v5 debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, at the start of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/uk\/overwatch-2\/\">Overwatch 2<\/a> Season 19, the devs made a bold decision to change the format of Stadium, the most recent third-person addition, and a new favourite for many players.<\/p>\n<p>Stadium&#8217;s competitive format changed from best-of-seven to best-of-five, the structure that Stadium Quick Play has had and continues to have. But just two weeks into this update, and the devs have gone back to best-of-seven.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1409px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:54.08%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ay4pCtXSabBobuTL3yucJ4\" name=\"Overwatch 2 Season 19 screenshots\" alt=\"Sojourn in Stadium\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/overwatch-2-reverts-its-controversial-stadium-competitive-update-and-in-doing-so-has-somehow-made-another-6v6-vs-5v5-debate.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1409\" height=\"762\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We are reverting the format of Ranked Stadium back to best of 7,&#8221; the recent <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/overwatch.blizzard.com\/en-us\/news\/patch-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\">patch notes<\/a> say. &#8220;This is a direct result of both player feedback and internal data. Best of 7 provides players with more space to let their builds breathe and, of course, make those incredible comebacks. Thank you for all of the thoughtful feedback.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The initial change was done as a bit of an experiment. The devs wanted to see if switching the structure up could solve complaints from players that, past round five, matches would snowball with powers and items becoming too strong for players to handle.<\/p>\n<p>And it did just that. Not only were Stadium games faster with the best-of-five format, but with less time for teams to purchase tonnes of expensive items, it also meant that skill played more of a part in deciding the outcome of a game. I really liked the change, as it made matches more palatable, even if it did mean that at least one person per match would get confused about whether we were playing in Competitive or Quick Play.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone enjoyed the change as much as I did. &#8220;Best-of-five takes away the competitiveness out of Stadium and waters the game mode down,&#8221; a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Overwatch\/comments\/1oaxfy5\/stadium_best_of_5_feels_bad_and_gadgets_arent\/\" target=\"_blank\">player says<\/a> on the Overwatch subreddit. &#8220;Best-of-five Competitive has no strategy to it and honestly feels rushed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I can see where some players like this are coming from. At the end of the day, it just boils down to preference, and the community seems quite evenly split between best-of-seven vs best-of-five\u2014it&#8217;s 2022 all over again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"676fdd10-ca31-48cd-b143-bec4822aaaf8\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/overwatch-2-reverts-its-controversial-stadium-competitive-update-and-in-doing-so-has-somehow-made-another-6v6-vs-5v5-debate.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"676fdd10-ca31-48cd-b143-bec4822aaaf8\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/overwatch-2-reverts-its-controversial-stadium-competitive-update-and-in-doing-so-has-somehow-made-another-6v6-vs-5v5-debate\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, at the start of Overwatch 2 Season 19, the devs made a bold decision to change the format of Stadium, the most recent third-person addition, and a new favourite for many players. Stadium&#8217;s competitive format changed from best-of-seven to best-of-five, the structure that Stadium Quick Play has had and continues to have. But just two weeks into this update, and the devs have gone back to best-of-seven. (Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment) &#8220;We are reverting the format of Ranked Stadium back to best of 7,&#8221; the recent patch notes say. &#8220;This is a direct result of both player feedback and internal data. Best of 7 provides players with more space to let their builds breathe and, of course, make those incredible&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/overwatch-2-reverts-its-controversial-stadium-competitive-update-and-in-doing-so-has-somehow-made-another-6v6-vs-5v5-debate\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1376867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1376866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Overwatch 2 reverts its controversial Stadium competitive update, and in doing so has somehow made another 6v6 vs 5v5 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