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Deadlock Community Blowups

Stories about queue culture, player behavior, and the broader arguments over what kind of community Deadlock is becoming.

Community Stories

Stylized Deadlock character portrait with dramatic city backdrop
THE URN

Deadlock Replay Viewer Declares Montages A Controlled Substance

SATIRE DESK 5 min
Deadlock hero McGinnis character card
THE URN

Deadlock Players Accidentally Create Second Urn That Only Delivers Balance Complaints

SATIRE DESK 4 min
Deadlock hero Venator character card
FAN EDIT

Deadlock Fan Cinematic Edit Gives Venator The Trailer Valve Has Not Made Yet

COMMUNITY WATCH 3 min
Deadlock characters in a tense conversation scene
MATCHMAKING

Valve Opened A Bad Team Comp Report Box, And Deadlock Players Immediately Asked For Draft

OFFICIAL FORUM 4 min
Deadlock trio in a tense standoff
COMMUNITY

Deadlock’s Endless Low Priority Thread Turned Into A Fight Over Reports, Weird Builds, And Griefing

LP WATCH 4 min
Deadlock character under a red umbrella in a city alley
STATS

Deadlock Player Count Claim Got Checked By The SteamDB Table

329K CLAIM WATCH 3 min
Deadlock hero Rem character select art
THE URN

Gun Rem Delivers Divine Justice To The Three-Stack That Would Not Stop Explaining Rem

SATIRE DESK 4 min
Deadlock trio in a tense standoff
MATCHMAKING

Deadlock’s New Matchmaking Patch Is Getting Blamed For Deranks, AFKs, And Instant Low-Priority Spirals

PATCH WATCH 4 min
Deadlock hero reaching upward beside a lamp post
ANTI-CHEAT

Riot Vanguard Is Being Blamed For Crashing Deadlock And Locking Deadlock.exe

71K+ VIEW WATCH 4 min
Deadlock hero reaching upward beside a lamp post
HOT TAKE

Deadlock’s Kernel Anti-Cheat Panic Was Really About What Other Games Were Already Doing To PCs

22K 4 min
Deadlock characters in a tense conversation scene
COMMUNITY

Deadlock’s “Playerbase Invasion” Discourse Got Uglier Fast After One Viral Anti-Trans Rant

COMMUNITY HEAT 3 min
Deadlock hero Vyper character card
BALANCE

Deadlock’s Vyper Players Are Tired Of Being Called Meta Abusers For Winning On The “Wrong” Hero

HERO DISCOURSE 3 min