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World of Walking beats WC3, I'm sorry
And so, poor Wulf Franke became public enemy #1 after Warcraft 3 got ditched and World of Walking is in Extreme Masters in its stead. While reading the comments about "ESL killing WC3" I couldn't help but notice that people's hearts were talking instead of their brains.
By Michal 'Carmac' Blicharz
Jun 23, 2008 14:29
And so, poor Wulf Franke became public enemy #1 after Warcraft 3 got ditched and World of Walking is in Extreme Masters in its stead. While reading the comments about "ESL killing WC3" I couldn't help but notice that people's hearts were talking instead of their brains.Just for the record - I do not like World of Walking. I find "Lauke's Prophecy" the best video ever shot:
But at the same time, the fact that I don't like something does not make it bad for all humanity. The fact that I think baseball or gridiron or cycling are dumb and / or boring does not change the fact that a ton of people play those sports and a ton of people watch them.
I keep my personal feelings out of it and try to use logic. ESL has done the same by replacing Warcraft 3 with World of Walking in Extreme Masters III. If you disagree with this decision, then I suggest you apply logic as well.
Whether or not Warcraft 3 is adequate is not the question. You can argue forever about the qualities of the game and how good it is for competition and the spectators. You can discuss countries where it is thriving or dead, if it's producing new stars in Europe or not.
Warcraft 3 is good enough on its own. It is a great game, it has stars with interesting stories and personalities playing it and it has been a part of the Extreme Masters program for two years. But that is not the issue.
The issue is: is it better for Extreme Masters III than World of Walking?
Set aside your likes or dislikes and look at cold facts. ESL's Extreme Masters III will have three events in America that need to attract an audience. That is one third of the entire season. Hell will freeze over before you can justify holding a Warcraft 3 event in the U.S. with live spectator numbers.
World of Walking, on the other hand, with more slaves than the population of Sweden, will deliver live and online audiences bigger than WC3 can ever dream of delivering any time, anywhere. Does it matter that it is difficult to spectate for the outsiders if the number of "native" spectators surpasses what any other game could gather?
WoW is a community as good as any other and a game as competitive as any other. You need to practice a lot to win and the best team usually comes out on top in the end, just like in Warcraft 3. Why would WC3 or any other game, for that matter, get special treatment that defies logic?
Warcraft 3 was never a bad choice for ESL. But face it, World of Walking is simply a better one on all fronts.
But at the same time, the fact that I don't like something does not make it bad for all humanity. The fact that I think baseball or gridiron or cycling are dumb and / or boring does not change the fact that a ton of people play those sports and a ton of people watch them.
I keep my personal feelings out of it and try to use logic. ESL has done the same by replacing Warcraft 3 with World of Walking in Extreme Masters III. If you disagree with this decision, then I suggest you apply logic as well.
Whether or not Warcraft 3 is adequate is not the question. You can argue forever about the qualities of the game and how good it is for competition and the spectators. You can discuss countries where it is thriving or dead, if it's producing new stars in Europe or not.
Warcraft 3 is good enough on its own. It is a great game, it has stars with interesting stories and personalities playing it and it has been a part of the Extreme Masters program for two years. But that is not the issue.
The issue is: is it better for Extreme Masters III than World of Walking?
Set aside your likes or dislikes and look at cold facts. ESL's Extreme Masters III will have three events in America that need to attract an audience. That is one third of the entire season. Hell will freeze over before you can justify holding a Warcraft 3 event in the U.S. with live spectator numbers.
World of Walking, on the other hand, with more slaves than the population of Sweden, will deliver live and online audiences bigger than WC3 can ever dream of delivering any time, anywhere. Does it matter that it is difficult to spectate for the outsiders if the number of "native" spectators surpasses what any other game could gather?
WoW is a community as good as any other and a game as competitive as any other. You need to practice a lot to win and the best team usually comes out on top in the end, just like in Warcraft 3. Why would WC3 or any other game, for that matter, get special treatment that defies logic?
Warcraft 3 was never a bad choice for ESL. But face it, World of Walking is simply a better one on all fronts.
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I do think if both games were put on TV and broadcasted to the average person, It would be 100 times easier to follow WC3. I Have played very little wc3 and very little WOW but I watched a couple minutes of the MGL stream and was just completely lost but the one time I watched WC3 game I could follow it.
Which game is better though? you could argue for about that until you turned blue because almost everyone is naturally biased to the game they play. It's just human nature to defend what you love it guess.
tho its true, that wc3 has lost its global scale... in america it seems to be dead already, even tho every freakin kid was talkin about wc3 when i was there like 1 1/2 - 2 years ago...
I bet there are around 2 million players that can play at top level because the game does not take alot of skill/brains to play.
I dont play WC3 or SC but just by viewing it I can see it would take years to get decent.
Maybe realistic indeed, but also scary :(
example? http://www.gotfrag.com/wow/story/42587/
Ahhh, reminds me of CS replacing Q3 in CPL
Q3 started Western eSports then that pesky CS with it's hundreds of thousands of players took it over
In this case you failed on all counts.
world of warcraft is like the dirty slut that everyone likes to talk shit about, but secretly wants to bang.
did i mention that carmac is HOT AS FUCK?