I've been playing SC2 on and off and am top master, and I have sort of a love-hate relationship with the game. Honestly, though, if WC3 had the same level of hype going for it I would probably never have switched. A lot of what attracts me to SC2 is simply how big it is. The actual game is kind of broken in many ways I think, and not all that fun.
I got a chance to play Heart of the Swarm and it didn't live up to my expectations and so I'm not too hopeful that it will fix everything wrong with the game.
Anyway, as far as picking a race it goes like this, imo:
Protoss is the dumbest race to pick because you are so limited. You can't do anything but a-move and 2/3 of your matchups consist of all-inning every single game off 1-2 bases. I honestly can't fathom why progamers who play 12 hours a day would pick such a race.
Zerg is broken at the moment, and will be until fundamental changes are made to the game (and they won't be made). You have the best macro, the best defense and the best late-game. You also have the easiest macro in terms of making workers and production capabilities. Though I'd hesitate to play Zerg now because they are bound to get a ton of nerfs in the near future.
Terran was an amazing race but has been consistently nerfed since the beta and now it's just a pain to play and very limited. TvT is the only saving grace, because it is by far not only the best mirror matchup, but the best matchup in the game, imo. PvP and ZvZ is so godawful it keeps me from switching races.
I play both Terran and Zerg, but mostly Terran these days. I won't play Terran in HotS, though, since they don't really get anything new whereas the other two races get some pretty cool stuff.
Yeah, China has their own thing going (adding further to the separation of China from the rest of WC3). I'm not sure if this is still the case, but the China server was never updated to the most recent patches, which makes it difficult to watch their replays or play against them. They still play without the recent masonry nerf or dryad nerf or tank nerf etc.
I think it's called "V client" or something, and has levels/ladder etc.
Put me in charge and in five minutes I'd add all the standard league maps to the ladder, remove all the awful maps, reset the ladder and start a ladder season contest of some sort, and remove the outdated built-in delay for ladder.
I can't imagine it would take much effort, and it doesn't. However, it is not in the financial interest of Blizzard for WC3 to live on. They want you all to pick up SC2 or WoW or D3 or whatever, anything but playing a game that hasn't earned them any money since 2003. Granted, legacy support is what Blizzard has built itself around, but it will only ever go so far. They are, after all, still a company, and companies only care about profits.
This is why there needs to be a Teamliquid equivalent for WC3, and an ICCUP equivalent too. WC3 was (still is?) featured on ICCUP, but as far as I know it was awful for whatever reason. While the WC3 community seems reluctant to give up on Blizzard, they really need to if they want WC3 to not only live on but to grow, to stabilize into a niche e-sport, such as SC1 did, or even WC2.
I'll give it another couple of years before this happens, but I'm fairly sure it will happen eventually. FML, or the FFA community in general, is very much so an example of what I'm talking about. It's a small community, but it's self-governed and enthusiastic and everyone still around is fairly dedicated to the game everyone shares a common love for. The same thing could be said about the league scene, but it's not nearly as tightly-knit and has no real central hub (which makes sense since it's a lot bigger), which I believe it will desperately need in the future if it is to survive. Having more access to the, by contrast, booming WC3 scene in China would also help tremendously, just like SC1 has with Korea.
Small rant over!
Edit: Obviously, WC3 has Garena, but as far as I know it's a lot less used than the ladder, and is mainly used for league play. If Garena had a nice ranking system and ladder, it would be a lot more interesting
I'm leaving this Saturday and won't be back for ~2 weeks, so if it's possible I would love for us to play our FML game before I go.
Otherwise maybe we can postpone it a bit like we did with one of my matches already.
Up until Saturday I'm available more or less whenever except today and tomorrow. So, eh, that basically leaves Friday. I can play today or tomorrow if it's late, like around 22+ CET, but even that's not fully guaranteed.
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