Except you someway have managed to keep away from kids on and off the web for the previous 12 months, you may have in all probability heard children yelling “6-7” for no discernible purpose. Nicely, should you play Overwatch 2, you’re in all probability about to listen to it an entire lot extra, as the sport is including a “6-7” emote to the hero shooter because it continues to chase Fortnite’s popular culture conglomerate standing.
The “6-7” meme is hard to explain as a result of the joke is that it doesn’t actually imply something. It began as a repeated phrase in video edits about tall basketball gamers, then turned related to a pseudo-shrugging movement after a video of a child saying it while doing one went viral. It’s functionally meaningless; children are simply saying it. And now, Soldier: 76 will likely be saying it too in Overwatch 2 matches beginning later as we speak.
To have a good time the meme formally dissolving into nothingness, let’s see your greatest 6️⃣7️⃣ clips when the emote drops tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/di3L8uxh17
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) December 8, 2025
I’m a Soldier: 76 main, and seeing my grumpy homosexual grandpa performing memes in an apparent play for memetic virality from Blizzard is such a bummer. Overwatch 2 retains shifting away from its personal world in favor of utilizing collaboration skins to chase the form of crossover slop Fortnite has lengthy been related to, and whereas this addition isn’t a reference to a different franchise, it is among the most overt nods the sport has ever made to a selected popular culture fad, and if Soldier really says “6-7” when he makes use of the emote, as is implied on this video, it’s one thing that gamers can’t actually ignore as a result of gamers are completely going to spam this shit within the spawn room.
I want I didn’t need to dunk on Overwatch 2 this a lot as a result of I do assume the sport is in the most effective state it’s been in because the sequel’s fumbled launch in 2022. Blizzard has reinvigorated the shooter with its build-based Stadium mode, the Perks system that permits you to customise your playstyle on the fly, and a few actually attention-grabbing new heroes like Vendetta and Wuyang, however man, I don’t assume I’ll ever recover from the crew sanding away Overwatch’s world in favor of endless crossovers, and now memes. I’ll now be queuing as much as play Injury solely so I may be Soldier in each match and make sure that nobody can spam my eyes and ears with this nonsense.
