How long will Warcraft 3 last?

[tobyfat50]

Unless Blizzard comes with a brand new expansion or decide to make Warcraft IV i doubt that there is going to be a increased population on Warcraft III

If Warcraft IV is going to come out I wonder if there is going to be a increased population on Warcraft III probably more of a decrease I would say because the new game is going to be better and people will throw aside the old one.

 

[NightElf125]

No there'll be an increase because people will want to go back and play Warcraft III to get it fresh in there minds and re-experience it before Warcraft IV comes out.

 

[Edhel-dur]

No there'll be an increase because people will want to go back and play Warcraft III to get it fresh in there minds and re-experience it before Warcraft IV comes out.

Yeah but than when Warcraft IV finally hits (big IF though) than Warcraft III would be dead as ever.

 

[Xian]

Yeah but than when Warcraft IV finally hits (big IF though) than Warcraft III would be dead as ever.

maybe.. since when Sc2 came out,i had to look for someplace to buy/download Sc1
Maybe the same will happen if Wc4 comes,maybe i'll get to play Wc3 More

 

[Marshmalo]

WC3 is already begining to die out, you can sesne it on all three main servers, longer waits for melee games, hundreds of bots creating games that never start because they can't get enough players and alot less people in chat.

As great as WC3 is or was, your delued to think it will last afew years longer. Blizzard will keep the servers up, they still ahve the servers for Diablo 1 but no one will be online.

 

[SA Dashie]

B.net isn't the only surer and B.net has 4 servers.
There is ALOT more players on Garena and Garena isn't just for Dota either.

 

[Xian]

B.net isn't the only surer and B.net has 4 servers.
There is ALOT more players on Garena and Garena isn't just for Dota either.

LOL,at my country... the only thing you will be only seeing on the list is
DOTA
DOTA
DOTA
Only 1 out of 100 maps are different than dota

 

[Dynamiczx]

LOL,at my country... the only thing you will be only seeing on the list is
DOTA
DOTA
DOTA
Only 1 out of 100 maps are different than dota

You are talking about garena?hmm, maybe you don't have RPG rooms, because there are rooms specially for DOTA and rooms for other maps...

But if there are DOTA maps in non DOTA rooms, i think an admin should be notified, if there are any....

 

[Vunjo]

yes, ppl sometimes do host dota in non dota rooms...

 

[Dynamiczx]

yes, ppl sometimes do host dota in non dota rooms...

Yes, but not as ussually and as many as he said they do

 

[DD Canada]

Hello,

I personally tried Garena, too, and found it disappointing to have mostly DotA & DotA only available.

Oh how I miss Island Defense so much...

 

[SA Dashie]

Then don't join the 'Dota' rooms and join the right rpg rooms.
In some countries servers there are also rooms that are named differently than just RPG rooms and Dota rooms because they have ALOT more players from different countries other than mine to have somewhat more description of what you are going to see hosted although something else unrelated is always hosted :/.
It sucks as playing with people further than my country is enough as my internet conection already sucks.

Also the reason why Dota is sometimes hosted in the RPG rooms is because those Dotas are not official Like Dota OMG or Dota WTF (if there are such maps) and only official Dota is allowed in Dota rooms.

 

[~Void~]

WC3 is a classic. It's not going away any time soon, and I think it'll always maintain a sort of cult following.

People still play/mod Age of Empires 2.

 

[w3.player]

Indeed.... some will remain to the game like it happened to AoE 2... but referring to DotA... yes, DeathChef, your theory is correct... most who host DotA on RPG Rooms do not host the official version but some un-official versions or sometimes even fun-made versions.

 

[Vunjo]

Most, w3.player, but not all...

 

[w3.player]

I did say "most" ... i hope your reply was in order to point out what i said... not to correct me (because i don't see why would you).

 

[Vunjo]

Well yeah I did point out what you said... But also wanted to make the word most meaningful.

 

[Chenzi420666]

i think it is safe to say that battle.net for warcraft 3 is officially dead nothing but bot players on there i tried talking to what i thought were people in the chatrooms but nothing it really sucks to see a good game go down like this

 

[SA Dashie]

I am pretty sure that little care about the chat room even if there are 10x more people playing Wc3 on B.net.
You see, they would rather not waste time with randoms with random opinions and just play and they they would probably be people that leave there computer on 24/7 that automatically o into chat after a match(well most I presume), If not they might be waiting for another one of there friends to debate over what map they would play.

 

[Da Troll]

It will last forever probably, but if not I'd say 50 years it will die out unless wc4 comes out earlier

 

[Vunjo]

It will last forever probably, but if not I'd say 50 years it will die out unless wc4 comes out earlier

Or, until a new technology comes up

 

[Da Troll]

Or, until a new technology comes up

True, but maybe then Blizz will make it available for that tehcnology or find someone who can actually make a storyline which doesn't retcon wc3 nearly always like WoW

 

[Belgarath]

it's disgusting - all the players in the b.net these days are actually patient. they will actually wait in those bloody bot games and makemehost things for hours on end waiting for just a few more people to wait. it's so disappointing

 

[Cryophoenix]

As long as the community lasts, so will Warcraft III.
One of the best games with the most compelling storyline...!!!

 

[Dynamiczx]

In my opinion... Blizzard is like the Disney of games...It has an epic start, a huge ascension, but all of a sudden, it has to ruin itself...

Maybe they will make a warcraft 4, who knows...but don't expect it will be as epic as the third installment, maybe that's also a fact of Warcraft 3's popularity fall as maybe if Blizzard wouldn't become like this, maybe they would have continued supporting warcraft 3 like they did before

 

[w3.player]

^ Perfect comparison my friend... just perfect.

 

[The_wand_mirror]

As unlikely it is to see a fourth warcraft soon, blizzard would be kind of mad not to create it. (And ignore the WoW storyline)

But i have no idea how long three will last, probably a few more years and then all oldest modders will be gone...

 

[w3.player]

^ Just to understand... when you say "(And ignore the WoW storyline)" you refer to... making a Warcraft IV ignoring the storyline from WoW, or based on that storyline?

In my opinion it would be way better if they would use some of the WoW storyline but keep most of the events in the game based on the Warcraft III storyline.

 

[eubz]

As long as Hive is alive and the Friendship here is alive, WarCraft3 is alive!!!
Long Live Hive!!! Long Live Warcraft 3!!!

 

[Dynamiczx]

Oh well, at least Warcraft 3 got to live another year, and for sure it will live up for this year as well!HAPPY NEW YEAR, Warcraft 3 and all its players!

 

[Ken-E]

People kept saying 'Warcraft 3 is dying' while people kept on modding stuffs for the game itself. We should be an honor that we have this chance to keep WC 3 alive for the next passing years, rather saying 'I would stop modding because WC 3 is dying', why not be more optimistic and try to mod for the entire community, a map could get 450+ download in a few hours and would continue to increase by then, is that what you call a dying game?

Games like SC 1, Counter Strike, WC 3, and etc. are ancient classics, they can't die!

 

[w3.player]

People... as Ken-E said... this is an ancient classic... it will not die... at least not as long as there are modders and players like us who keep it alive.
To add to Ken-E's list... take the game Freelancer... it's about 10 years old or so... (like W3) and yet the community of players and developers is huge... at least where i play it... the server is always almost full or full.

Another good comparison i think is... the Egyptian empire... come on... they have been lasting for the past 2000 years or more... and they are fine... of course... i heard some things about problems around there but every country has problems... that's another subject. What i want to say is that we can consider Warcraft III some sort of country... the players are the usual citizens and the modders are those who build more in all perspectives so that the country expands. Yes... we are fewer than some time ago... but we still are.

 

[HFR]

Ehhh, no the Egypt of today is obviously not the same Egypt from millennia ago. A lot of changes happened, both culturally, demographically, and such.

Also it cannot be called an Empire these days.

 

[Xian]

Ehhh, no the Egypt of today is obviously not the same Egypt from millennia ago. A lot of changes happened, both culturally, demographically, and such.

Also it cannot be called an Empire these days.

Yes... that is true,of course... there are always thousands of changes everyday in the modern society

offtopic:
Carrots these days sure do taste like carrots

 

[w3.player]

Changes appear... but so do in Warcraft... although both of them still exist... that was my point.

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Warcraft III will never die, even right now (2011) there are thousands or even at least a million in different servers playing Warcraft III, both DotA and other maps, so yeah.

And Blizzard did hint on a Warcraft RTS in the future, with the same development team as Warcraft III (That elite development team is developing Titan at the moment, so their recent games might not have the same standard), and I have utmost confidence that Blizzard would make yet another awesome game

Starcraft II and Warcraft III both have their own editors, with many players and modders on daily, so I bet they will last practically a lifetime!

 

[Super-Sheep]

Guys keep going.

This thread is the only reason why I visit hive. I have faith in you.

 

[w3.player]

Thanks for the support, Super-Sheep.

 

[Marshmalo]

Another good comparison i think is... the Egyptian empire... come on... they have been lasting for the past 2000 years or more... and they are fine... of course... i heard some things about problems around there but every country has problems... .

lol the ancient Egyptian empire was a major world power at its height over 2000 years ago, now it dosnt even have a stable governemt, no proper democracy and ranks 26th in terms of world GDP. Modern Egypt is a shadow of what it used to be. Baaad example...

 

[w3.player]

I know.... but i was talking about the fact that it continues to live even now... not about it's form "now and then..."

 

[Vunjo]

I have seen some new maps being hosted on garena. That's good for Warcraft

 

[w3.player]

Indeed it is...

 

[Lautanen]

I probably leave warcraft 3 after warcraft 4's release, which will take 4 years at minimum. (They are making starcraft's expansions first.)

 

[Edhel-dur]

Warcraft III will last...

 

[w3.player]

^ I think this is the first time someone binds W3 and ponies (at least from what i've seen so far)... and it's good...

Nice one. Keep on with the optimism.

 

[Hexcellion]

It would last forever, unless most custom maps die or a new game comes up, like Diablo or something. (New games coming up, wouldn't mean WC3'll die lol. I'm just saying that the players will decrease.)

 

[Vunjo]

^ I think this is the first time someone binds W3 and ponies (at least from what i've seen so far)... and it's good...

Nice one. Keep on with the optimism.

1. PONY FAG ALERT!
2. First time? Ever heard of MLP:FiM Threat before? Well that's called binding wc3 (site) and ponies...

 

[w3.player]

I heard but never checked so...

As for being a "pony fag", please... don't say that... you know me. It's just that this time he said something that really does help Wc3.

 

[Edhel-dur]

So when ponies are mixing in favor of Wc3 they are awesome? Fakers.

 

[w3.player]

Off-Topic: I do not hate ponies or anything... it's just that i am not a fan. But when you merged that little video-clip with a message about W3 i thought it was really interesting because i see they can be "bound" to other things rather than just other ponies.

On-Topic:
**Arrow hits a tree and a letter falls from the arrow's tail**
**On letter it says**
"Azeroth shall never know an end"

Get my point?