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   Visit our Homepage: http://www.back2warcraft.com Like us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2EHFIG2 Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/back2warcraft Subscribe on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/back2warcraft...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

- 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   Back2Warcraft is powered by CORSAIR! ⭐ Check out their products: http://go.corsair.com/x9neLO ⭐ Get up to 40% discount on their Weekly Deals: https://go.corsair.com/c/2859155/955661/8513 ⭐ Use the Coupon Code "Back2Warcraft" for a 10% discount Visit...

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

We're joined a true sweetheart of the scene, ArminvB! The Dutch Orc and Twitch streamer joins Neo right after his trip to the Xperion LAN in Cologne. We discuss: - Who is ArminVB? - Career threatening injuries - Xperion am Ring LAN - his take on balance and whining - how to stay motivated after losing a tournament - an outlook towards DreamHack Winter incl. MichaeL & Pink beef You can find Armin on: - Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/arminvb90 - Twitter:...

Back to the regular content! Today, I'm overjoyed to share the episode I recorded with Human legend ToD! We talked about: - Upcoming movies Dune & Matrix - should you watch trailers or just ignore them? - The state of Human in WC3 - Are earnings a good metric to messure balance? - The tournament landscape & a possible European Super League in WC3

Many of you probably saw that we parted ways with Bidoux over leaked screenshots and a long statement released by the WC3 streamer Tori. You probably also witnessed me releasing a statement earlier last week that I will not fire Bidoux over the leaks. In this podcast, I'll try to explain why and what changed my mind.   The accusations can be found here: #1: https://www.reddit.com/r/WC3/comments/pd1ftv/b2w_this_is_who_you_employ_toriidactyl/ #2:...

Ricky & Neo discuss the most recent W3Champions Season finals, including the miraculous resurgance of HawK and the reasons for the incredible viewership throughout the weekend.  It's also time to discuss the future of the W3C Season Finals, as B2W is taking over the orga from now on. LOTS of great fan questions about doing commentary, new casters and ways to help the scene and B2W as a whole. 00:00 - 11:00 - Intro 18:00 - 22:40 - W3Champions - HawK 22:40 - 27:40 - W3Champions...