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Lincoln Carpenter

Deadlock wins the award for best placeholder UI text I've ever read with this one-line character bio calling one of its heroes an a**hole

Lash, a whip-wielding hero from Deadlock.

Now that Valve is acknowledging that okay, yes, Deadlock exists, we're free to discuss its excellent vibes. A major piece of the hero shooter MOBA's aesthetic is of course the heroes themselves: a colorful cast of occultists, interplanar anomalies, and—according to its unfinalized character backgrounds—at least one asshole.

As you'll read in the message that pops up when you launch Deadlock's closed playtest, Valve considers the project to be in early development: All of the art, abilities, UI text, and just about everything else currently in-game could change before its unspecified release date. 

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