Podcast is back!

A big XL-update on:

- Blizzard & Reforged- Mike Ybarra teasing Reforged News- W3Champions Season 10 Finals- Doubi Cup, AWL & Show Cup

- Restarted B2W Weekly Cup- Xperioncraft 5

- Gym Newbie League & Neo's experience as a player- Fountain of Manner- Sp4rta's contributions to the community

The German homepage Readmore.de covered Warcraft3 for almost two decades and was one of the first online communities that Neo called home.We recap the early day history of the German Esports community and why Readmore.de was so important to the success of WC3 and Back2Warcraft as a whole.

 

We also look back at Happy's showmatches and preview the $60,000 Team League WCL, that starts next Wednesday!

How will the scene survive after ESL & Dreamhack end their support?

An important topic that must be covered! After ESL and Dreamhack end their support for competitive Warcraft in 2022, the scene has to carry itself once again.

 

- What's important for a competitive scene? - How to keep the current playerbase active? - Cups, Showmatches, Leagues - How to do and what to prioritize? - Asian Scene in 2022 incl. a $200,000 Team League - European Scene in 2022 - The infrastructure of the scene - Happy playing Chinese Cups & Showmatches soon

 

plus all your questions and how YOU can contribute to a healthy environment in the scene

The $130,000 Dreamhack Finals are over and you all seemed to be very happy with the product we produced throughout the past week from Sweden.Here I'll take some time to reflect on:

- the importance of this event- the joy of working with Remo, Carson, ToD, Rotterdam, HajinSun & the entire production team- the emotions of seeing our friends again- the afterparty

and everything else i was able to fit into 60 minutes!

Sorry for the break! After feeling down a bit, WE'RE BACK and for good reason!

The $130,000 DreamHack Global Finals start THIS Thursday!

 

Yoan "ToD" Merlo and Neo break down: - the importance of the event - who's playing and who's not? - Who's the favorite in their group? - What's the best story between the players?

 

and SO much more!

A lot of things happening in the World of Warcraft 3!

 

We start the episode with more bad news from Blizzard:

- Blizzcon canceled

- Co-Leader steps down after 3 months

- Diablo IV & Overwatch 2 not releasing in 2022

 

- More roster updates on the Dreamhack Global Finals

- W3IL & Nations League News

 

- A deep dive into our new overlay, showing you everything from the first sketch to the final version, 60 iterations later! Why we did the things the way we did and what did we try prior beforehand.

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- Dreamhack World Finals at the end of November. Happy's complaints and the possible lineup- W3Champions Season 8 Finals kickoff- ESL Meisterschaft continues - Qualifiers packed- W3IL as big as never before- Nations League continues

 

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W3Champions and GYM Community leader Floss2xDaily returns to the podcast to spread some positivity!

- Update on the financial situation around W3Champions- W3Champions Season 8 Finals with Hitman- Plans to release and implement automated tournaments- Ways to support your favorite content creators- 125 signups for Gym Newbie League

and so much more!

Today we received the unfortunate news that the ESL Pro Tour & DreamHack circuit will not continue in 2022. These companies poured $220,000 per year into the scene, so obviously it's a big deal losing the support. Neo breaks down:

- ESL & Blizzard Statements- Initial DreamHack plans & how we took over- Improving B2W thanks to ESL- History as WC3 as a "dEad gAMe"- The future of WC3

This week, we're joined by a true KING of the community. Floss2xDaily is the community manager and face of both W3Champions and GYM. We talk:

- Floss's role in the community - does he know his value?- How did GYM discord start?- The pain and struggle as the main moderator of W3C- W3C's plans to bring the W3C experience to other games and make multiplayer environment their fulltime job- and SO much more! Patreon Q&A, time management, dealing with insults etc etc etc