The Back2Warcraft Podcast

Welcome back to the podcast everybody!

Today Neo talks about:

- Remo's recovery from his knee surgery- the announcement of RCADIA World Series- W3Champions Finals- Why Patch 1.33 could actually ruin the game- Blizzard sends a cease and desist letter to a community member

 

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We have the absolute honor to be joined by two members of the W3Champions Team. W3C has saved competitive Warcraft3 after the disastrous Reforged launch and delivered what Blizzard couldn't do for 2,5 years: Ladder, new Maps, additional functionality, Quality of Life improvements and so much more.

What's the state of W3Champions? - Do you have enough manpower? - How's the financial situation? - Are you happy with the status quo? - Recent developments - Future Updates - When will we finally have automated tournaments? - Will W3C ever touch balance?

Blizzard to introduce Ranked Ladder - Will W3Champions continue? - Did Blizzard ever reach out? - Your opinion on the team lead Holli Longdale - What's the relationship to Frost Giant? + Gym Newbie League, the scene as a whole & so much more

 

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Neo & Carson reunited and a lot to catch up on!

- Remo out of action after breaking his tibia twice

- Blizzard delivers the 1.33.0 PTR that brings Ranked Ladder, Profiles and Leaderboards

- Blizzard President Mike Ybarra reveals the team lead for the Warcraft 3 team

- Doug Polk's take on if we need W3C after Battle.net introduces a native ladder

- AWL & Showmatches - Is UD vs. NE slowly changing?

Warcraft3 is wildly known for the content that came out of the World Editor, namely funmaps like DotA, Funman Frenzy and Tower Defense.

 

Today, we interview three of the most famous and influential content creators of this day and age, coming from the project Re-Reforged and Chronicles of the 2nd War.

 

What did Reforged change for them? What drives them to do Blizzard work? Why is the new graphic not as bad as the melee community says - and how can we make them fit better for melee matches?

 

This and many more from InsaneMonster, Shadi & Eugene.

 

Warcraft Re-Reforged: https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/warcraft-3-re-reforged-the-scourge-of-lordaeron-act-i.337516/

Chronicles of the Second War: https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/chronicles-of-the-second-war-updated-demo.327574/

 

Sorry for the audio quality, which is not up to our standards in this release.

A PACKED week for RTS fans! Neo and Carson discuss:

- RARALAND: The first Back2Warcraft offline event. What's planned? What to expect?- STORMGATE: Former Blizzard employees reveal the next big RTS. Our first impressions.

Also:

- New Show Cup Format: Happy plays random- Our FoM season recap

and much more!

A bunch of former Blizzard employees decided that it's time to make a proper, new RTS that competes with, and is inspired by, Starcraft2 and Warcraft3. We sat down with Frost Giant's Lead Designer Kevin Dong to discuss the newly revealed Stormgate.

 

What are your influences? What makes an RTS good? Will there be heroes? Is it Free 2 Play? What's the eco system? The four Pillars: Campagne - Coop - Esports - UGC How will you treat Esports? Editor and User Generated Content and so much more!

Sign up for beta access now via https://playstormgate.com/

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Sorry for skipping last weeks episode due to illness!Neo & Carson are back for a PACKED episode talking all things Warcraft3:

- Mike Ybarra promises WC3 News Update in June-- What we expect & What we want to see- Frost Giant to reveal their game-- What kind of game do we expect to see?

Happy giving balance suggestions- Pro Feedback vs. Community Feedback 

- Doubi Pro Max Cup Ends

Today Neo discusses:

- All the updates at ESL Meisterschaft! New system, more content, more money

- Do we have to region lock tournaments to support the EU / Western scene?

- A video by OCDrummer that shows SD+ Graphics with Reforged environment

- Tournament results (Showmatches & Doubi Pro Max Cup)

- Viewer Questions

Carson joins us for our 39th episode! We all had a busy weekend with either ESLM Finals or more Happy showmatches. Also: Remo announces new balance suggestions!

 

- Custom Balance – Carson thoughts - Remo’s balance suggestions coming!

 

- ESLM Finals • Why no players in Berlin? • Mouz investigating Neo's apparel • Changes coming for the Fall Season?

 

- Showmatches • Happy vs. Infi • Happy vs. TH000 • Future of showmatches

 

- FoM starts – Pro Division & Neo & Carson's groups - Xperion Qualifier + Final Lineup

 

- WC3 Golden Era - When was it and whats your memories of it - Bands we love and why

The modder community is afraid of getting Reforged Graphics deleted and replaced by upscaled SD+ Graphics.

How likely is that? How much work would that be? Would Blizzard admit defeat?

 

We also review the feedback on our idea to balance the game ourselves and give a preview on ESL Meisterschaft finals!This week had 3 showmatches: Happy vs. Lyn & Soin as well as Foggy vs. Moon! How did the charity go, what's the drama around Happy's moves on Echo Isles?

 

We also give a detailed explanation to the question why Russian Players aren't banned from all competition.