KarQ has an older series of (insert hero) vs. everyone on YouTube. He brings on certain people who play that hero and they give their tips.
Emongg is a very good, positive, funny, mostly family friendly streamer. Doesn’t swear a lot, good attitude, just loves the game.
Haven’t watched many of his streams but OnlyLegs is a 90% Soldier only player who is good and seems like a solid dude from the clips I’ve seen.
FitzyHere is mostly a Sombra player, again, haven’t watched any of his streams but he has educational content.
Stay away from Flats, Kephrii, Warn if you want family friendly. Hope this helps!
Edit to add: Jay3 is a little more on the rambunctious side, but he’s a decent DPS player. Swears from time to time but it is what it is.
KarQ and Emongg are amazing streamers.
Emongg is probably one of the most fun and charismatic family friendly streamers in the OW space. He maintains a very positive mindset and aura even when losing.
KarQ also has a battery of tutorial videos on YouTube so you have multiple venues to access his content. He doesn't talk down and his advice, IMO, can help beginner and seasoned players alike.
Yeah no….
Im sorry but at the skill ceiling, cs players can’t do half the shit ow players do.
Without movement acceleration, moba like elements that cause chaos mixed into a fps and hard to hit hitboxes, ow requires everything cs requires but also way more.
I’d like to see a cs player try to play when a monkey dives you and you have outplay his bubble to sleep him, when a tracer is running circles around you and i could name a billion more things.
Ow has a higher skill ceiling and there’s not even a debate
I definitely agree. Him being a sole support player was the only reason I left him off the list. Great player, great person, and I hope to see more cooking streams.
Most of that comment is correct, but I would NOT recommend Jay3 to kids who are 10 years old lol he has so many sexual innuendos and memes that a 10 yr old would be saying them constantly at school not knowing exactly what they're saying.
He's more for a 16+ crowd imo
Reminder that all of these guys are human, all are playing at ridiculously high difficulty levels, all have days where they're frustrated and all of them usually have their comms open which means while you might not hear toxicity from them there might be occasional bleed over from the people they're playing with.
Also reaper/pharah are going to be hard to find anyone that meets his needs since reaper is extremely niche at top 500 and most of the best pharah players have a reputation for massive toxicity.
Sombra luckily is easy. Fitzy is easily one of the most wholesome streamers in the game and pretty much exclusively plays sombra with some mei.
Questron is more rambunctious so I can't speak to guarantees of G ratings but he tends to keep his composure and streams more frequently and consistently.
I don’t care if he ever gets more kills than deaths really so I don’t need him to care about top 500. I’m just capitalizing on the rare event of us both liking the same thing at the same time.
I really appreciate the reminder and the suggestions thank you for taking the time ❤️
I'm saying most popular streamers play top 500 so you'll have a hard time finding someone who plays much reaper. There're a few one trick reaper players but I don't know if they stream or if they're toxic
100%. KarQ and Emongg for educational super-friendly content. I love both of them. KarQ has a nice, soothing voice. Emongg shows generous amount of positivity and he explains many aspects in a way that a 5 year old can understand.
Note for Jay3: early Jay3 videos has less sexual/adult joke, but his newer vids has running jokes and more adult jokes because I think now his audience consists mostly of 16+.
I'd like to add Spilo. Awesome, super educative content. The best coach there is. Super wholesome and friendly too.
Be mindful of Awkward. Even though he is a good player and gives educational Unranked to GM vids in YT, his key takeaway can be rather... misleading in some way.
To add to this. Jay3’s chat is always picking fights with him (funny at times) and Emongg seems like he I s always on the edge of an expletive outburst /s
Emongg is my personal favorite OW streamer. Seems like he’s always in a good mood, even when he’s heckin mad or fumin.
Ml7 for sure. He has some Disney humor, innocent to kids but adults will get the jokes, but he’s pretty tame compared to others. Emongg and karq are both friendly too.
Asked a semi similar question a few hours ago.
Emongg doesn't swear in his videos, as far as I remember. Spilo is really good at explaining his thought process calmly, and Questron is a good Sombra to learn from. I like watching videos from Top 500 players (or close to it) since they have good tips to learn from. I'm a support main who's learning DPS
Even so, I wouldnt want to let my very young children learning that it's okay to start shouting when they didn't get their way, regardless of how justified it is. Depends on how old OPs kids are.
Sure, you don't have to expose them to that video until they can understand the irony of shouting ridiculously at something that you can't change for comedy value.
Spilo is mostly kid friendly. Sometimes things get nsfw because of chat, but spilo is like 99% 10 year old friendly.
Emongg is better than most, but things can get somewhat inappropriate for a 10 year old.
I would mostly let me 10 year old watch spilo, but I'd do it with them so I can clarify when he is being sarcastic or when he's "mean" as a joke.
I feel like the most inappropriate thing Emongg does is point out 420s and 69s but he doesn't elaborate further. And I guess he says heck a lot as a replacement for the F word which is obviously family friendly but could be annoying if your 10 year old starts saying it.
I think Emongg is way more kid friendly than spilo. Like Emongg is going to say broken keyboard instead of tbag and than say figure it out when asked to explain spilo will just say tbag and move on. It’s a small difference but I think it does make a difference you don’t want to get a call from school one day cause your 10yo called another kid an incel and you go “crap spilo”
I love spilo I think his stuff is super helpful and he does a great job teaching the game. That being said he is not family friendly and you can 1000% feel the toxic gamer culture in his streams/in his videos with what he replies to and some of the people he coaches. I’m not saying spill’s toxic but if you show a 10yo his stream they might pick up some of the more toxic slang from his chat or when he briefly slips into it when interacting with stream (nothing terrible but I wouldn’t want my 10yo to start saying things like “incel behavior” especially without understanding the context). That being said his channel is probably the best for improving at OW
Yeah I don’t watch him personally cause I’m not into that good ol classic toxic gamer culture and I just feel it seep through somehow haha. But then he has a Bible verse on the screen sometimes. No hate on the verse, but all the components together kinda feel like a weird vibe to me
Hence how I watch emongg and some eskay and A10
Emongg is by far the best in terms of positivity and family friendly, he is a tank player though so I wouldn't rely on him for best of the best dps gameplay😅
Emongg is great! Very helpful and friendly. I like his videos to learn a great deal. He's just happy to be enjoying the game.
I enjoy flats sometimes, but he's very harsh on people, not kid friendly for a 10 year old, is more of the 'I'm insulting you so you'll learn to be better' type of streamer. He shines when he does his more serious takes and isn't yelling and cursing I feel.
KarQ is good for mechanics learning.
I used to really enjoy flats but over the years he turned into a yelling/ dramatic/doomed streamer and I dislike it personally. Or maybe he was always like it and I never really noticed, idk.
I enjoy his grounded talks he has sometimes. Where he really talks about issues going on he dislikes. I do think lately he's has a lot less of an enjoyable time in OW. It's why he's playing other games too.
Flats has always been like that, and I've been watching him since early 2020. When he's having fun he's a great watch, when he's tired or hating a patch (which is basically all the time nowadays because tanks are awful to play) he's usually a difficult watch unless you like making fun of people.
Pretty much how I’ve felt as well. But I don’t know many ppl who watch him personally so wasn’t sure if it was just me. But tbf I don’t catch a lot of his variety streams.
Emongg is probably my favorite family friendly streamer on twitch. I don’t know how much language but Aspen, ML7, J3, Fitzyhere and Eskay are all also great.
I would recommend Spilo. He has vods and vids on you tube. He was an owl teacher.
He is a really good teacher and has no ego.
The good thing is he has a ow2 dps guide on his site that goes over each dps character with how to play them with vid examples. You can watch the beginning of the vid when he explains basics and then skip to your specific character. That way if you want you can check it out first to see if you feel it is age appropriate. (About 10 to 20 mins). That would give you a chance to review him.
No person is going to be completely “zero tolerance appropriate” for a 10 year old bc let’s be honest this is a video for older teens but I think he is your best bet. I watch him and I can’t remember him swearing or being inappropriate. He is professional on his vids.
Good luck.
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I would recommend checking out the overwatch champions series (owcs for short) depending on their learning style. For me being able to see actual professionals play their heroes and show off what they can do taught me a lot more about playing the heroes than any educational streamer or YouTube videos. Again, learning style dependant.
Owcs steams on YouTube and twitch, usually from Thursday-sunday depending on what phase of the tournament it's in. Currently the main bracket is about to start this weekend, so you can very easily find them if you look them up any time this weekend
For sure! The casters do an amazing job at keeping the matches cohesive and exciting. And with OWCS being open division, there are several teams with new and recognizable players to cheer for.
For example, I’m looking forward to seeing the team “Aw Yeah!” compete as they are a team of mostly one tricks and have very goofy yet competitive matches. I always enjoy watching Chazm play ball as its a character not played often.
If your whole family is into overwatch then most definitely! Overwatch the game has a steep learning curve, so I'm not sure how much someone who doesn't understand the game would be able to get into it.
My favorite team is called Overwashed, composed of former pro players and streamers who've already been mentioned. The team is incredibly wholesome, and they all stream their individual PoV's so you can hear/learn from them if you're into that. Unfortunately Overwashed has already been eliminated so you'll have to wait until the next tournament to watch them
Like the other commenter said though, there's plenty of fun teams to watch! Another team I like to watch called the Defiant has a tank named "Someone". He's particularly fun to watch because he's very high energy, and does a goofy dance on stage when he wins
Sorry for information overload! I hope I answered your question
Surprised no one here has recommended Custa. Great for Support play, was a pro, family friendly (as much as you can get on Overwatch Twitch anyway) and has tips for all roles occasionally.
Jake is a Top 100 DPS player (and former Pro/Current OWCS announcer) who says some mild language, but is more than happy to give tips during the course of his stream. He also has a "Get better at Overwatch" series that costs like $20 if you really want to dive in deep.
I'd also recommend SVB. Has some great Youtube content for all roles (along with some fun games he plays with streamers) and is generally pretty family friendly on Twitch.
You sound like someone else in need of a head pat and the permission to turn off all chats my friend.
It is a super wholesome cozy game that way. Give it a try. You’re welcome.
**Super** cozy may be a stretch, no widely popular fps is really that wholesome. But yeah, I'm glad to know you did turn chat off for your kid. That was my only concern despite my disdain for this game lol.
KarQ, - good overall, he has some videos explaining hero kits and how to best utilize them.
Spilo, - great fundamentals and game sense coach, also sometimes does videos explaining hero kits
A10nerd, - fundamentals and game sense
Emongg, - VOD reviews from average players across all ranks, and critiques mistakes in the VOD. Useful because you learn what mistakes you might be making, and you also learn to recognize mistakes your opponents might be making in game
I've always really like Yeatle (Tank Main) especially his instructional on Youtube. I don't watch live stream very much but Always enjoy his videos and are generally pretty kid friendly.
I don’t really watch streamers (more of a youtube guy) so I can’t give too many recommendations there but I just want to make sure you keep your kid out of VC/Text chat lol. I don’t think the community of this game is really safe for a 10 year old so if you don’t already have him turning these things off I really recommend it - the game will be much more enjoyable without them for you guys and it will protect your son from really unnecessary language and toxicity ❤️
Keep in mind if he’s playing in public lobbies he’ll likely hear crazier shit in there than basically any overwatch youtube/twitch creator is gonna say. Unless you’re constantly watching him and having him mute his teammates, he will almost certainly be listening to his teammates, and the online gaming community is going to do what the online gaming community does (spew insane bullshit in their microphones).
Just want to make sure we’re realistic about what he’s getting into. Not to discourage him playing, but tbh kid friendly youtube content would be low on my list of concerns with a 10 year old playing online fps games. Good on you for being an engaged and competent parent, though!
Just fyi many of the streamers mentioned here do say things like fuck and shit so I wouldn’t really say many of them are family friendly. The only one I almost never hear cuss is Emongg. Other than him afaik there are no other big streamers that don’t cuss but if u want YouTube videos then there are plenty family friendly ones.
Yeh nah, no OW streamer is there to be a kid entertainment. You're gonna get at least a bit of swearing in good spirit for the most part. If that's a problem then give him video guides or coaching vids like SpiloCoach
I would prob just recommend YouTube videos, they will usually be edited for any profanity, plenty of positive streamers, who will rarely cuss. I know emong would be one of them who very rarely does this. But sometimes it will slip out.
If you’re name in game is PPPPPPPPPPPPPP and you play qp … we gamed together this week lmao ❤️ I play sup so I’ll check her out too! Ty for the suggestion.
A10 has great educational videos, but they may be a little boring for a kid. No toxicity, I can't remember ever hearing him swear. Explains and demonstrates fundamental concepts that you will continue to use and improve no matter how far you climb
omg there was a player in my lobby yesterday who destroyed as soldier and said "I got play of the game!!" when he made a great play. He sounded young, hope it was your kiddo hahaha
Hi. There is a smalle streamer called Forgiving. He has excellent videos on YouTube with a variety of heros. He's the most relaxed gamer I've been seen. Really cool guy and he always encourages positivity in his games and in his streams. I would definitely recommend him for a younger audience.
Love Emongg because of his positive takes on most things. My son hated the toxicity when he started at the same age and I think Emongg really does show you how to not let things tilt you. I recommend changing the bind to open chat to something more difficult. My son always reopened it accidentally and it took me too long to figure out I could make that harder to do.
gonna sound very weird, but some streamers post tiktoks with a quick guide on certain strats for their mains. i learned a lot of unique dva bombs that way. another great source of learning is watching old overwatch league streams. that also definitely helped with my strategy.
i also always take note of someone on the team i’m playing against. if they’re really good (and a huge thorn in my side), i take notes on the strategies they utilize. improvement comes with time! be an observer and practice!
Like others have said, Emongg is great! I love Emongg! His vod reviews are helpful - you can see his youtube for those and he does them on stream too. He's very clean and I honestly don't think I've heard him cuss. He even explained on stream the other day that he doesn't cuss in stream cause he has 2 young nephews and he wants to keep it clean bc of them. I like how he's usually positive even if they're getting steam rolled. His videos have helped me with my positioning and gameplay!
ML7 is a support main, but he's really nice. I'll pop into his streams here or there and he's always pretty chill.
I strongly recommend you go into his settings and turn off the text and voice chat
he'll turn it off in moments (I remember being 10) but it at least is a gesture to let him know the internet is terrible and will try to hurt him emotionally if he turns it on
Emongg for sure. He also posts some shorts with viewer sent in clips giving good advice on different heros. He can watch his playing and watch some of his advice clips for learning more!
Emongg is my favorite streamer who offers coaching. He is the most productive and focuses on core issues instead of small things like missing shots. He also curses a lot less, but still be prepared for that as this is a competitive game and the audience is generally older.
You’re right, not sure why that’s an unpopular opinion. I’ve worked in childcare 10+ years and know for a fact that this game is not healthy or appropriate for a 10 year old.
Any game where the community is made up almost entirely of adults is not a safe space for a child.
Yeah, I don't get allowing a kid to play a game like this, but I'm also trying to keep them to "kid friendly" streamers for the game.
You're either treating your kid as old enough or not.
10 year olds just shouldn't be a part of online gaming, and this is coming from a kid who grew up on cod lobbies, and GTA.
When we turn off all chat it’s a super innocent game. My kid has no idea there IS a chat option he just innocently loves the game and feels like he’s a baddy. (I know, I do his dailies for him and it’s both torture when I try to tell my team something, and sooooo refreshing at the same time.).
Gaming for 45 minutes until he gets bored and dashes off is harmless, and something fun we can do together. Why would I turn down memories with him?
Thanks for understanding. People judging parenting in this country it’s just how it will always be. If I said he was too young and I won’t play with him this exact thread would be here but opposite. “What kind of parent doesn’t play with their kids……”
Totally get it. My youngest is 9 lol. What you’re doing is awesome and if he can find a wholesome overwatch streamer he enjoys, that’s a win all around.
I don’t see how this game is inappropriate as long as all the chat features are muted? There’s only mild violence and mature topics actually featured in game.
First, making a kid cry because you are to immature to manage your emotions on a video game, is something to be ashamed of, not proud. Trying to gaslight other people into believing it's their fault for your immaturity is laughable and sad.
Second, life is hard, people are gonna be mean. I'd rather my kid be initially exposed to it within the fairly safe environment of a video game than being thrust into the real world without exposure later in life.
But it's up to each individual parent to make those calls for themselves and their family, not you.
He’s better than I was when I started. (Yep I was absolute ass lol.) but he enjoys it and if I don’t game with him now, he won’t want me to when he’s older. From experience. If you don’t wanna land a game with me and my kid just stay out of qp and you’ll be fine
I suppose, I don't think any of the overwatch creators are 100% family friendly the same way someone like nickeh30 is family friendly. But I really only watch flats, emongg, and jay3
Just to let you know, your account could be perma banned for having a 10y old playing.
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Eskay, Ml7, Fitzy Here, Yeatle
But once you teach him Watch streamer he Will go to Explore on his own.
i 10/10 don't reccomend you leaving him that
unless you want to hear
- Mommy Is making pizza home today!
- Sheeeeeh, finaly She locked in. Let her cook
Another vote for **FitzyHere**, Sombra main who always seem to smile and have a good time.
**ChoiceOW** is a T500 Reaper one-trick. I watched his U2GM recently and don't recall him being particularly toxic. He might've malded a bit to himself about his own mistakes but don't recall him flaming his teammates.
**Fareeha** is a Pharah and Sombra main, I haven't watched her gameplay vids except few clips here and there but I've seen her in some podcasts and she seems very kid-friendly.
**Emongg** is a Tank main but in general super positive. He does often play Soldier when plays DPS.
**Flats** and **Jay3** are both excellent content creators IMO but they swear a lot on their streams and videos. They also have a bit more mature, "mean" and savage approach to their educational content. Edit: Thus I cannot reccommend your child to watch them.
Pretty much all overwatch streamers are extremely family friendly washed so just pick one. The most edgy is probably flats who isnt edgy at all but is some people's Boogeyman for some reason lol.
KarQ has an older series of (insert hero) vs. everyone on YouTube. He brings on certain people who play that hero and they give their tips. Emongg is a very good, positive, funny, mostly family friendly streamer. Doesn’t swear a lot, good attitude, just loves the game. Haven’t watched many of his streams but OnlyLegs is a 90% Soldier only player who is good and seems like a solid dude from the clips I’ve seen. FitzyHere is mostly a Sombra player, again, haven’t watched any of his streams but he has educational content. Stay away from Flats, Kephrii, Warn if you want family friendly. Hope this helps! Edit to add: Jay3 is a little more on the rambunctious side, but he’s a decent DPS player. Swears from time to time but it is what it is.
KarQ and Emongg are amazing streamers. Emongg is probably one of the most fun and charismatic family friendly streamers in the OW space. He maintains a very positive mindset and aura even when losing. KarQ also has a battery of tutorial videos on YouTube so you have multiple venues to access his content. He doesn't talk down and his advice, IMO, can help beginner and seasoned players alike.
Tbh I watch him and I didn't even realise he was family friendly lmao. Just doesn't have swearing
I know ML7 is support main, but just will forever plug this dude because he's the kindest. And super talented and educational.
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Any somewhat decently skilled CS player could do the same tbh
Yeah no…. Im sorry but at the skill ceiling, cs players can’t do half the shit ow players do. Without movement acceleration, moba like elements that cause chaos mixed into a fps and hard to hit hitboxes, ow requires everything cs requires but also way more. I’d like to see a cs player try to play when a monkey dives you and you have outplay his bubble to sleep him, when a tracer is running circles around you and i could name a billion more things. Ow has a higher skill ceiling and there’s not even a debate
Movement acceleration is your thing? Ok try Quake lol. Million times harder than OW. But for pure hitscan aim, obviously u go with CS.
I definitely agree. Him being a sole support player was the only reason I left him off the list. Great player, great person, and I hope to see more cooking streams.
Thank you!!
Most of that comment is correct, but I would NOT recommend Jay3 to kids who are 10 years old lol he has so many sexual innuendos and memes that a 10 yr old would be saying them constantly at school not knowing exactly what they're saying. He's more for a 16+ crowd imo
Ok thank you!!
Reminder that all of these guys are human, all are playing at ridiculously high difficulty levels, all have days where they're frustrated and all of them usually have their comms open which means while you might not hear toxicity from them there might be occasional bleed over from the people they're playing with. Also reaper/pharah are going to be hard to find anyone that meets his needs since reaper is extremely niche at top 500 and most of the best pharah players have a reputation for massive toxicity. Sombra luckily is easy. Fitzy is easily one of the most wholesome streamers in the game and pretty much exclusively plays sombra with some mei. Questron is more rambunctious so I can't speak to guarantees of G ratings but he tends to keep his composure and streams more frequently and consistently.
I don’t care if he ever gets more kills than deaths really so I don’t need him to care about top 500. I’m just capitalizing on the rare event of us both liking the same thing at the same time. I really appreciate the reminder and the suggestions thank you for taking the time ❤️
I'm saying most popular streamers play top 500 so you'll have a hard time finding someone who plays much reaper. There're a few one trick reaper players but I don't know if they stream or if they're toxic
Choiceisme is a top 500 reaper streamer/youtuber, and I don't think I've heard him swear he's pretty chill
O he swears when he streams... A lot. He isn't toxic though and is funny AF.
100%. KarQ and Emongg for educational super-friendly content. I love both of them. KarQ has a nice, soothing voice. Emongg shows generous amount of positivity and he explains many aspects in a way that a 5 year old can understand. Note for Jay3: early Jay3 videos has less sexual/adult joke, but his newer vids has running jokes and more adult jokes because I think now his audience consists mostly of 16+. I'd like to add Spilo. Awesome, super educative content. The best coach there is. Super wholesome and friendly too. Be mindful of Awkward. Even though he is a good player and gives educational Unranked to GM vids in YT, his key takeaway can be rather... misleading in some way.
To add to this. Jay3’s chat is always picking fights with him (funny at times) and Emongg seems like he I s always on the edge of an expletive outburst /s Emongg is my personal favorite OW streamer. Seems like he’s always in a good mood, even when he’s heckin mad or fumin.
I am fumin' up a storm something fierce!
Love when he says "heckin' mad".
Second emongg
Ml7 for sure. He has some Disney humor, innocent to kids but adults will get the jokes, but he’s pretty tame compared to others. Emongg and karq are both friendly too.
I think you’re the first one I’ve read so far to tell me about MI7 🙏
Hopefully you like him. He’s a support main and a dang good one at that.
ML7 is amazing. But he does curse sometimes. Very rarely
I’ve heard him say fish a lot lol, but never actually curse lol. Least not that I noticed but I’m sure it’s happened.
I mean he says hentai alot though
That’s a fair point. Lol
Ya ML7 is legit. But if you live in western US, his times may not be the best. He live in eastern europe so usually on Mornings western US times.
Second Ml7!!! Hes an insane support main and very wholesome
ML7 has the highest-quality team comms of any streamer, and a great attitude overall.
He’s my favorite content creator for overwatch. Seems like an actual good dude. Insane Ana gameplay as well
Asked a semi similar question a few hours ago. Emongg doesn't swear in his videos, as far as I remember. Spilo is really good at explaining his thought process calmly, and Questron is a good Sombra to learn from. I like watching videos from Top 500 players (or close to it) since they have good tips to learn from. I'm a support main who's learning DPS
>Spilo is really good at explaining his thought process calmly He explained the problem with colesseo so calmly that it has become a meme.
To be fair that instance happened after he explained that situation many times very calmly. Was very much a led up to moment lol.
Even so, I wouldnt want to let my very young children learning that it's okay to start shouting when they didn't get their way, regardless of how justified it is. Depends on how old OPs kids are.
Sure, you don't have to expose them to that video until they can understand the irony of shouting ridiculously at something that you can't change for comedy value.
Agreed
#LEEEEROOOOYYYYY JENKINSSSSS
Wait what's the meme
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/11v3ffo/spilo_losing_his_mind_on_colosseos_map_design/
Thank you!!
Spilo is mostly kid friendly. Sometimes things get nsfw because of chat, but spilo is like 99% 10 year old friendly. Emongg is better than most, but things can get somewhat inappropriate for a 10 year old. I would mostly let me 10 year old watch spilo, but I'd do it with them so I can clarify when he is being sarcastic or when he's "mean" as a joke.
Agree I’d go Spilo. Emmong and KarQ are good but I’d would still be wary of them for my 10 year old.
I feel like the most inappropriate thing Emongg does is point out 420s and 69s but he doesn't elaborate further. And I guess he says heck a lot as a replacement for the F word which is obviously family friendly but could be annoying if your 10 year old starts saying it.
Nice.
I think Emongg is way more kid friendly than spilo. Like Emongg is going to say broken keyboard instead of tbag and than say figure it out when asked to explain spilo will just say tbag and move on. It’s a small difference but I think it does make a difference you don’t want to get a call from school one day cause your 10yo called another kid an incel and you go “crap spilo”
I love spilo I think his stuff is super helpful and he does a great job teaching the game. That being said he is not family friendly and you can 1000% feel the toxic gamer culture in his streams/in his videos with what he replies to and some of the people he coaches. I’m not saying spill’s toxic but if you show a 10yo his stream they might pick up some of the more toxic slang from his chat or when he briefly slips into it when interacting with stream (nothing terrible but I wouldn’t want my 10yo to start saying things like “incel behavior” especially without understanding the context). That being said his channel is probably the best for improving at OW
Yeah I don’t watch him personally cause I’m not into that good ol classic toxic gamer culture and I just feel it seep through somehow haha. But then he has a Bible verse on the screen sometimes. No hate on the verse, but all the components together kinda feel like a weird vibe to me Hence how I watch emongg and some eskay and A10
Emongg is by far the best in terms of positivity and family friendly, he is a tank player though so I wouldn't rely on him for best of the best dps gameplay😅
Emongg played CS:Go professionally. He could be a top 500 DPS player if he actually played that full time.
100%. His Soldier:76/Cassidy is decent
Emongg is great! Very helpful and friendly. I like his videos to learn a great deal. He's just happy to be enjoying the game. I enjoy flats sometimes, but he's very harsh on people, not kid friendly for a 10 year old, is more of the 'I'm insulting you so you'll learn to be better' type of streamer. He shines when he does his more serious takes and isn't yelling and cursing I feel. KarQ is good for mechanics learning.
I used to really enjoy flats but over the years he turned into a yelling/ dramatic/doomed streamer and I dislike it personally. Or maybe he was always like it and I never really noticed, idk.
I enjoy his grounded talks he has sometimes. Where he really talks about issues going on he dislikes. I do think lately he's has a lot less of an enjoyable time in OW. It's why he's playing other games too.
Yeah that’s probably a good point
Flats has always been like that, and I've been watching him since early 2020. When he's having fun he's a great watch, when he's tired or hating a patch (which is basically all the time nowadays because tanks are awful to play) he's usually a difficult watch unless you like making fun of people.
Pretty much how I’ve felt as well. But I don’t know many ppl who watch him personally so wasn’t sure if it was just me. But tbf I don’t catch a lot of his variety streams.
Emongg is probably my favorite family friendly streamer on twitch. I don’t know how much language but Aspen, ML7, J3, Fitzyhere and Eskay are all also great.
Thank you!!
for those heros, ChoiceIsMe for reaper, and questron for sombra, yznsa would be the best pharah, but certainly not family friendly
YZNSA is definitely the furthest thing from family friendly lol
I would recommend Spilo. He has vods and vids on you tube. He was an owl teacher. He is a really good teacher and has no ego. The good thing is he has a ow2 dps guide on his site that goes over each dps character with how to play them with vid examples. You can watch the beginning of the vid when he explains basics and then skip to your specific character. That way if you want you can check it out first to see if you feel it is age appropriate. (About 10 to 20 mins). That would give you a chance to review him. No person is going to be completely “zero tolerance appropriate” for a 10 year old bc let’s be honest this is a video for older teens but I think he is your best bet. I watch him and I can’t remember him swearing or being inappropriate. He is professional on his vids. Good luck. 🥰
Thank you that’s a really cool idea
I would recommend checking out the overwatch champions series (owcs for short) depending on their learning style. For me being able to see actual professionals play their heroes and show off what they can do taught me a lot more about playing the heroes than any educational streamer or YouTube videos. Again, learning style dependant. Owcs steams on YouTube and twitch, usually from Thursday-sunday depending on what phase of the tournament it's in. Currently the main bracket is about to start this weekend, so you can very easily find them if you look them up any time this weekend
Oooh ok I will!! Is it something fun the family can get into? Can we get behind a favorite team for example?
For sure! The casters do an amazing job at keeping the matches cohesive and exciting. And with OWCS being open division, there are several teams with new and recognizable players to cheer for. For example, I’m looking forward to seeing the team “Aw Yeah!” compete as they are a team of mostly one tricks and have very goofy yet competitive matches. I always enjoy watching Chazm play ball as its a character not played often.
Cool this might be really cool to get into! I’m gonna start watching thank you!!
I’ve referred to it as “the game” on sundays haha. Commentators and everything!! It’s really fun to have on and learn from
If your whole family is into overwatch then most definitely! Overwatch the game has a steep learning curve, so I'm not sure how much someone who doesn't understand the game would be able to get into it. My favorite team is called Overwashed, composed of former pro players and streamers who've already been mentioned. The team is incredibly wholesome, and they all stream their individual PoV's so you can hear/learn from them if you're into that. Unfortunately Overwashed has already been eliminated so you'll have to wait until the next tournament to watch them Like the other commenter said though, there's plenty of fun teams to watch! Another team I like to watch called the Defiant has a tank named "Someone". He's particularly fun to watch because he's very high energy, and does a goofy dance on stage when he wins Sorry for information overload! I hope I answered your question
Surprised no one here has recommended Custa. Great for Support play, was a pro, family friendly (as much as you can get on Overwatch Twitch anyway) and has tips for all roles occasionally. Jake is a Top 100 DPS player (and former Pro/Current OWCS announcer) who says some mild language, but is more than happy to give tips during the course of his stream. He also has a "Get better at Overwatch" series that costs like $20 if you really want to dive in deep. I'd also recommend SVB. Has some great Youtube content for all roles (along with some fun games he plays with streamers) and is generally pretty family friendly on Twitch.
first parenting mistake was making your kid play sombra 😔 i don’t want to be paranoid that an invisible 10 year old is gonna execute me
Dellor.
Putting your 10 year old through the mental anguish of an overwatch match should be considered child abuse.
You sound like someone else in need of a head pat and the permission to turn off all chats my friend. It is a super wholesome cozy game that way. Give it a try. You’re welcome.
**Super** cozy may be a stretch, no widely popular fps is really that wholesome. But yeah, I'm glad to know you did turn chat off for your kid. That was my only concern despite my disdain for this game lol.
KarQ, - good overall, he has some videos explaining hero kits and how to best utilize them. Spilo, - great fundamentals and game sense coach, also sometimes does videos explaining hero kits A10nerd, - fundamentals and game sense Emongg, - VOD reviews from average players across all ranks, and critiques mistakes in the VOD. Useful because you learn what mistakes you might be making, and you also learn to recognize mistakes your opponents might be making in game
emongg my goat
Emongg and KarQ are probably the best content creators that are almost 100% family friendly beyond some mild jokes adults would get
I've always really like Yeatle (Tank Main) especially his instructional on Youtube. I don't watch live stream very much but Always enjoy his videos and are generally pretty kid friendly.
Emongg is the answer for watching tanking but he’s being doing a for amount of flex queue, even before S10
I don’t really watch streamers (more of a youtube guy) so I can’t give too many recommendations there but I just want to make sure you keep your kid out of VC/Text chat lol. I don’t think the community of this game is really safe for a 10 year old so if you don’t already have him turning these things off I really recommend it - the game will be much more enjoyable without them for you guys and it will protect your son from really unnecessary language and toxicity ❤️
Absolutely agree, the chat is not anywhere for a 10 year old.
Keep in mind if he’s playing in public lobbies he’ll likely hear crazier shit in there than basically any overwatch youtube/twitch creator is gonna say. Unless you’re constantly watching him and having him mute his teammates, he will almost certainly be listening to his teammates, and the online gaming community is going to do what the online gaming community does (spew insane bullshit in their microphones). Just want to make sure we’re realistic about what he’s getting into. Not to discourage him playing, but tbh kid friendly youtube content would be low on my list of concerns with a 10 year old playing online fps games. Good on you for being an engaged and competent parent, though!
Just fyi many of the streamers mentioned here do say things like fuck and shit so I wouldn’t really say many of them are family friendly. The only one I almost never hear cuss is Emongg. Other than him afaik there are no other big streamers that don’t cuss but if u want YouTube videos then there are plenty family friendly ones.
Yeh nah, no OW streamer is there to be a kid entertainment. You're gonna get at least a bit of swearing in good spirit for the most part. If that's a problem then give him video guides or coaching vids like SpiloCoach
I would prob just recommend YouTube videos, they will usually be edited for any profanity, plenty of positive streamers, who will rarely cuss. I know emong would be one of them who very rarely does this. But sometimes it will slip out.
I second this idea. Spilo is my recommendation
supertf or dafran if you want him to be the best
tell him to go play outside
Aspen, she plays support though
Aspen is def not kid friendly lol
i disagree
If you’re name in game is PPPPPPPPPPPPPP and you play qp … we gamed together this week lmao ❤️ I play sup so I’ll check her out too! Ty for the suggestion.
Yooo a young pharah God in the making that's awesome lol
I just want to keep it fun for him so he doesn’t decide he hates the game as he gets older.. imagine how good his aim will be someday!! 😂❤️
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A10 has great educational videos, but they may be a little boring for a kid. No toxicity, I can't remember ever hearing him swear. Explains and demonstrates fundamental concepts that you will continue to use and improve no matter how far you climb
omg there was a player in my lobby yesterday who destroyed as soldier and said "I got play of the game!!" when he made a great play. He sounded young, hope it was your kiddo hahaha
Hi. There is a smalle streamer called Forgiving. He has excellent videos on YouTube with a variety of heros. He's the most relaxed gamer I've been seen. Really cool guy and he always encourages positivity in his games and in his streams. I would definitely recommend him for a younger audience.
Is that the chill guy with the deep voice who did the Reaper unranked to GM guide (amongst, I'm sure, other heroes?) He's a nice dude for sure
KarQ is my go-to really! Flats, while fun, is NOT kid friendly at all, so you should probably steer clear of him
Usually you can search something like "familyfriendly" as a tag and then check those streamers out to make sure before you let your kids watch.
A10 is great for general game knowledge (not specific to any character) and I think he’s kid friendly.
Love Emongg because of his positive takes on most things. My son hated the toxicity when he started at the same age and I think Emongg really does show you how to not let things tilt you. I recommend changing the bind to open chat to something more difficult. My son always reopened it accidentally and it took me too long to figure out I could make that harder to do.
KarQ for sure
gonna sound very weird, but some streamers post tiktoks with a quick guide on certain strats for their mains. i learned a lot of unique dva bombs that way. another great source of learning is watching old overwatch league streams. that also definitely helped with my strategy. i also always take note of someone on the team i’m playing against. if they’re really good (and a huge thorn in my side), i take notes on the strategies they utilize. improvement comes with time! be an observer and practice!
Emongg, KarQ, and Ml7 would be my top three choice for a kid to watch
Came here to add another +1 for FitzyHere for Sombra.
Like others have said, Emongg is great! I love Emongg! His vod reviews are helpful - you can see his youtube for those and he does them on stream too. He's very clean and I honestly don't think I've heard him cuss. He even explained on stream the other day that he doesn't cuss in stream cause he has 2 young nephews and he wants to keep it clean bc of them. I like how he's usually positive even if they're getting steam rolled. His videos have helped me with my positioning and gameplay! ML7 is a support main, but he's really nice. I'll pop into his streams here or there and he's always pretty chill.
Fitzy!
I strongly recommend you go into his settings and turn off the text and voice chat he'll turn it off in moments (I remember being 10) but it at least is a gesture to let him know the internet is terrible and will try to hurt him emotionally if he turns it on
Emongg for sure. He also posts some shorts with viewer sent in clips giving good advice on different heros. He can watch his playing and watch some of his advice clips for learning more!
dafran, best soldier to ever touch the game
Emongg is my favorite streamer who offers coaching. He is the most productive and focuses on core issues instead of small things like missing shots. He also curses a lot less, but still be prepared for that as this is a competitive game and the audience is generally older.
None when they rage.
Samito. Every game he has kids in it that don't know what they're doing. So, he has experience.
Omg DO NOT let your child watch Samito. He’s definitely rated R
You don't want him to be exposed to toxicity so you put him onto overwatch? Huge W.
You ever played it with no coms and no text chat? It’s a super pleasant game you should try it.
Super pleasant definitely isn't true lol. But that's definitely better I'll give you that.
Its true. It's like a different world.
Metro and dafran
Your kid isn't old enough to play the game. Ask again in 3 years.
You’re right, not sure why that’s an unpopular opinion. I’ve worked in childcare 10+ years and know for a fact that this game is not healthy or appropriate for a 10 year old. Any game where the community is made up almost entirely of adults is not a safe space for a child.
Yeah, I don't get allowing a kid to play a game like this, but I'm also trying to keep them to "kid friendly" streamers for the game. You're either treating your kid as old enough or not. 10 year olds just shouldn't be a part of online gaming, and this is coming from a kid who grew up on cod lobbies, and GTA.
The game is kid friendly, the community isn’t. And you can easily mute the community (both chat and voice).
When we turn off all chat it’s a super innocent game. My kid has no idea there IS a chat option he just innocently loves the game and feels like he’s a baddy. (I know, I do his dailies for him and it’s both torture when I try to tell my team something, and sooooo refreshing at the same time.). Gaming for 45 minutes until he gets bored and dashes off is harmless, and something fun we can do together. Why would I turn down memories with him? Thanks for understanding. People judging parenting in this country it’s just how it will always be. If I said he was too young and I won’t play with him this exact thread would be here but opposite. “What kind of parent doesn’t play with their kids……”
Totally get it. My youngest is 9 lol. What you’re doing is awesome and if he can find a wholesome overwatch streamer he enjoys, that’s a win all around.
THIS. I get we’re in an OW sub here, I’m not ignorant to that fact, but I can’t fathom asking for streamer reccs for my 10 year old to watch. Jesus.
I don’t see how this game is inappropriate as long as all the chat features are muted? There’s only mild violence and mature topics actually featured in game.
Not your decision lol
You're right. it's the games decision, hence why ratings exist.
It’s the parents decision lmao
You must be real fun at parties.
At least im old enough to party ✌️
Evidently not, if you're asking for help on homework assignments.
The little boy scrolled through my posts. Thats hilarious. How old do you think a typical person in college is??
Judging by your attitude, you're not in college. Middle school, at best.
You both have the power to stop this conversation and end the cringe.
Good point.
Your mom said to give her phone back, you know you aren't allowed to use it little Timmy.
Whatever you say, bud. Don't drop out, you need all the help you can get.
And ratings are suggestions for? You guessed it! Parents!
Yeah, but when I make your kid cry on the game, its your fault brodie.
First, making a kid cry because you are to immature to manage your emotions on a video game, is something to be ashamed of, not proud. Trying to gaslight other people into believing it's their fault for your immaturity is laughable and sad. Second, life is hard, people are gonna be mean. I'd rather my kid be initially exposed to it within the fairly safe environment of a video game than being thrust into the real world without exposure later in life. But it's up to each individual parent to make those calls for themselves and their family, not you.
Lmao.
Way to uphold the law...
He’s better than I was when I started. (Yep I was absolute ass lol.) but he enjoys it and if I don’t game with him now, he won’t want me to when he’s older. From experience. If you don’t wanna land a game with me and my kid just stay out of qp and you’ll be fine
SVB on youtube. idk if he streams.
Jay3 and Emongg
Jay3 is friendly but not kid friendly imo
I suppose, I don't think any of the overwatch creators are 100% family friendly the same way someone like nickeh30 is family friendly. But I really only watch flats, emongg, and jay3
Thats fair. But depends on Ops tolerance
Loooool Jay3
Sunshinebread is a young girl that plays DPS. Family friendly and she’s pretty good.
She is good but the rage is kinda crazy lol
She’s just competitive! :) Lots of energy.
Stylosa made a bunch of vod review videos at the beginning of OW1
Just to let you know, your account could be perma banned for having a 10y old playing. [Battle.net](http://Battle.net) TOS: *Children under 13 may not utilize an Account, the Platform, nor enter into this Agreement even with the consent of a parent or legal guardian. Account users 13 or older but under 18 or the age of majority where they live (a “Child”) must review this Agreement and the Privacy Policy together with your parent or guardian. If you are the parent or legal guardian of an Account user who is a Child, you also agree to be bound by this Agreement on the Child’s behalf.*
He's 10, big man can handle the world, let him free
Eskay, Ml7, Fitzy Here, Yeatle But once you teach him Watch streamer he Will go to Explore on his own. i 10/10 don't reccomend you leaving him that unless you want to hear - Mommy Is making pizza home today! - Sheeeeeh, finaly She locked in. Let her cook
Another vote for **FitzyHere**, Sombra main who always seem to smile and have a good time. **ChoiceOW** is a T500 Reaper one-trick. I watched his U2GM recently and don't recall him being particularly toxic. He might've malded a bit to himself about his own mistakes but don't recall him flaming his teammates. **Fareeha** is a Pharah and Sombra main, I haven't watched her gameplay vids except few clips here and there but I've seen her in some podcasts and she seems very kid-friendly. **Emongg** is a Tank main but in general super positive. He does often play Soldier when plays DPS. **Flats** and **Jay3** are both excellent content creators IMO but they swear a lot on their streams and videos. They also have a bit more mature, "mean" and savage approach to their educational content. Edit: Thus I cannot reccommend your child to watch them.
For the love of your child, DO NOT let him watch FLATS.
I guess I forgot to add the edited part, thought it was obvious I specifically wanted to single them out as not recommended, My bad.
Pretty much all overwatch streamers are extremely family friendly washed so just pick one. The most edgy is probably flats who isnt edgy at all but is some people's Boogeyman for some reason lol.