overwatch
When playing an OW match with friends I will see a blue checkmark that shows up under a player's name from time to time. I don't know what it's for and I'm curious what exactly is it for.
I have never seen it under my own name, so it must be an indicator for something; what does the blue checkmark represent?
No, there's is not. In fact Jeff Kaplan himself has stated in an interview:
So we we basically stopped displaying any form of scores, kills, deaths because it really wasn't telling the story of who was doing their job properly to win or lose as a team. And really, what it's all about is, "Did you win or lose as a team?" None of that other stuff really matters at the end of the day.
You have some form of knowing if you were one of the top performers of the game by the medals and upvotes you get.
You can also view your performance in the "Tab Menu" or tab-screen. See the next section.
The tab-screen is not the hero select screen. Here's an example of a tab-screen:
As you can see there are some of your stats there that you can check but you can't compare them against any other player. As I've explained in the previous section, this is intentional to promote team play.
During development, Overwatch had indeed a scoreboard that has since been long removed.
The scoreboard used to look like this:
A blue chevron indicates a teammate that is not currently "in combat".
A hero becomes "in combat" when they damage the enemy or are damaged by them. In this case the chevron turns orange. I have witnessed orange chevrons over green-outline teammates multiple times when playing halers, so it is not tied to health.
Lastly, a green chevron indicates someone in your party.
Best Answer
It lets you know whether that player's ultimate ability is available. If there's a checkmark, then they can unleash their ult at any time, and if it's not there, then they're still charging.