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Stephany Nunneley
Saturday, March 7, 2020, GMT
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Overwatch's 21st season of competition began early this week, followed by "Hero Pool".
Overwatch Season 21 has begun and is the implementation of Hero Pools.
As mentioned earlier, Blizzard will ban some heroes from entering competitive games for a given week, and there will be a new hero library every week.
The choice of each hero is planned by the design team, rather than randomly arranged. Again, this only affects competition.
The studio is experimenting with the new system this season, and depending on how it performs, it may or may not remain active after the end of the season
Blizzard's goal with the new system is to allow metadata to change weekly, increasing the variety of heroes in the game.
You can learn more about Hero Pools in the latest blog post by lead game designer Scott Mercer.
