How long will Warcraft 3 last?

[aider]

As the topic says. How long until everything shuts down? How long until we all here at the Hive says goodbye and thank eachother for great art and systems? Will it all stop when we are gone and our children is playing other games, since they have no good memories and relationship with WC3? Or maybe Blizzard's legendary game will live on until end of time?

 

[Linaze]

Define 'last'.
As long as we keep enjoying this shit, we're going to be okay.

 

[aider]

Last (lãst)
v. last·ed, last·ing, lasts

v.intr.: To remain in adequate supply: Will our water last?

 

[Miss_Foxy]

I'm confident it'll last forever lol, because every moment there'll be at least a single person online doing something.

 

[MrStormyZ]

If a game like starcraft 1 Could had survived until the Release of It's Sequel(that too nearly after 10-15 years) even at professional Scenes till date,
What's wrong in Warcraft 3 ?
If it had to die, it would had already been dead.
Wc3 will live long! nothing can replace it.

 

[aider]

The graphic engine is weak if you look at the stats. But Blizzard have done something unique through their concept art. What they lack in graphic stats compared to other games today, they make up in bunches of creativity and right mixing of colors!

 

[Super-Sheep]

The graphic engine is weak if you look at the stats. But Blizzard have done something unique through their concept art. What they lack in graphic stats compared to other games today, they make up in bunches of creativity and right mixing of colors!

So?

SC1 still alive even thought it got even worse pixel graphics.

 

[aider]

So?

I guess you didnt read past "The graphic engine is weak if you look at the stats."

 

[rcshaggy]

Warcraft III will be remembered and nobody and *ing nobody can take that away from people. It will be known in history as a very good Blizzard game in the time and I say I enjoyed every little bit of it. It has some flaws though, but still its a epic *ing game that I would cherish it for a very long time if I wanted too.

 

[Super-Sheep]

I guess you didnt read past "The graphic engine is weak if you look at the stats."

Well yeah lol gotta agree with that.

Same with Wow. Not so high res graphics but they still look great so what. :d

 

[Cryder]

If a game like starcraft 1 Could had survived until the Release of It's Sequel(that too nearly after 10-15 years) even at professional Scenes till date,
What's wrong in Warcraft 3 ?
If it had to die, it would had already been dead.
Wc3 will live long! nothing can replace it.

Starcraft 1 died not long ago because of an "accidental" patch I've heard, but maybe its just very wrong and people like to spread false info.

Anyways, I think Warcraft 3 will last for ever!

 

[rcshaggy]

Starcraft I is really a not memorable game, but I don't really hate it though, but still yeah.

 

[Super-Sheep]

Starcraft I is really a not memorable game, but I don't really hate it though, but still yeah.

Still. In Korea Starcraft is a sport. lol.

 

[Orcnet]

Warcraft III won't die that easily, I mean this game was made in July 2002, and now look at us, do you still think franchise would end like that? I say no it won't stop, as long as everybody likes warcraft very much, the game won't end.

 

[GhostThruster]

There are very few newcomers these days, and they are shrinking and shrinking.

Don't argue about how you'll all be playing Wc3 10 years down the track. By then, you'd be an adult and you'll have more important priorities than playing a *ty, ancient computer game.

Wc3 will die out, be it in a year, a decade, or a millennium.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

You'd be surprised...
But the short answer is it'll die when the fans lose interest.

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Heh. Although that could never happen, long live Warcraft!

 

[GhostThruster]

I just explained it can and will happen.

 

[Super-Sheep]

I just explained it can and will happen.

The world end might come today.

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Good news then, I just saw an increase in the population of Warcraft III by at least 10% just in one month, lol it's not dying, it's expanding!

 

[VeljkoM]

The only thing that can kill warcraft 3 is warcraft 4 and by the looks of things that won't come out in long long long time. Though don't expect that warcraft 3 will ever have fame it once had.

 

[aider]

If I had a time machine, I would have gone straight back to the day Mike Morhaime was asking people to join his dream of programming games!

omg, what a insane adventure they have experienced...

 

[Renschi]

Warcraft 3 will last

[x] forever.

Such an awesome game is unable to die!!!

 

[Kala]

It will last many, many years. Im staying in WC3 till Blizzard shuts down the servers.

Today i checked that there was 80,000 players online in EU server. Not bad for game that old.

 

[RaijinSpark]

It's true that WarCraft III is more limited compared to the recent games Blizzard is publishing (like StarCraft II) however with World Editor itself and the other modding tools for WarCraft III makes the game last forever.

Every now and then there will always be new maps uploaded, gameplay changes depending on the map your playing. People won't get bored to the game since they will be able to pick among thousands of maps uploaded online.

 

[Dark Mark]

Wc3 will die out, be it in a year, a decade, or a millennium.

Of course it will. It have to make way for a sequel one day, doesn't it?

 

[Sky Green]

Of course it will. It have to make way for a sequel one day, doesn't it?

Well, I'm not sure about the sequel. Maybe after they suck out all the money out of WoW and Starcraft. Then they will create Warcraft 4. [OFFTOPIC]Maybe that would create a new or destroy the old Dota.[/OFFTOPIC]

 

[Linaze]

It will last many, many years. Im staying in WC3 till Blizzard shuts down the servers.

Today i checked that there was 80,000 players online in EU server. Not bad for game that old.

And that's not even counting people who aren't playing on battle.net, and that's a lot of people.

 

[Rui]

Maybe, with revolutionizing map styles, people would be incited to stay longer. Right now I see RPGs and more RPGs along with AoS.
"The Kingdom of Kaliron", as well as "Gaias Retalliation", for what I've told, have reached the top of quality in their genres. "DotA Allstars" is pretty much the only AoS being played. People should dedicate to originality.

 

[Dr. Boom]

To make it short: Warcraft 3 stays for ever!

Greetings and Peace
Dr. Boom =)

 

[Arcisal]

As Ghost Thruster said, Warcraft III will eventually die out. Out-competed by other games or over-played by fans, Warcraft III fans will eventually move on to greener pastures (When there are greener pastures of course).

But we're Warcraft folk and we make the best out of everything.

 

[Razosh]

It might not last forever but it sure have more then 1 decade left

 

[Uncle Fester]

As the topic says. How long until everything shuts down? How long until we all here at the Hive says goodbye and thank eachother for great art and systems? Will it all stop when we are gone and our children is playing other games, since they have no good memories and relationship with WC3? Or maybe Blizzard's legendary game will live on until end of time?

Warcraft 3 in particular is questionable, but Warcraft in general will last @ least a decade or more i guess. What may happen, is the *birth* of a new Warcraft 4 maybe, in order to continue the storyline. Who knows, what the future holds?

 

[Vunjo]

till December 2012 when we all die

 

[Miss_Foxy]

From what I could tell, the amount of players playing Warcraft III (In Battle.Net/Garena) that I've seen for this month is increasing compared to last month (Which also happens to be a lot), so it probably is far from dying.

 

[Crayons]

as long as DOTA is for warcraft 3

 

[tommynator]

I think wc3 will live for a long time. At least til i die... i hope

 

[Razosh]

I think wc3 will live for a long time. At least til i die... i hope

I agree I take warcraft III with me to the grave and beyond it's the game for winners.

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Lol. It's one of the few games which cannot actually die, even by this very hour, 15 new members have just bought the game in Asia, many more will and my friends are already working on a program which will help modders in Warcraft III better.

 

[aider]

my friends are already working on a program which will help modders in Warcraft III better.

Tell us more?

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Heh, it's some update to JASSHelper and another one's a new extension.
I haven't asked them much though, so maybe I'll gather more info next time

 

[DEAD FiSH]

WarCraft III will never die. Its 2011 and it still lives.

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Hehe true, who knows what new stuff players or Blizzard could come up with to help Warcraft III progress and live even further

 

[Razosh]

I think that hiveworkshop still is up and popular proves to 100% that warcraft still lives and will do so for a while

 

[commoe]

warcraft 3 is nearly dead. we have to continuously give it CPR just to keep it in the state that its in today. and those 80000 players? 75% of them are bots

 

[SA Dashie]

whatcha saying? I've played the first halo online a while ago and that games prity treacherous and there are actualy heaps of people still playing that when there are epicly better new Halo games that they don't play Instead(I know that the new halos are more populure).
I can almost guarantee that Wc3 will last for atleast 1 year after Wc4 will be released =D. Especially with a community like this backing it up.

 

[DEAD FiSH]

whatcha saying? I've played the first halo online a while ago and that games prity treacherous and there are actualy heaps of people still playing that when there are epicly better new Halo games that they don't play Instead(I know that the new halos are more populure).
I can almost guarantee that Wc3 will last for atleast 1 year after Wc4 will be released =D. Especially with a community like this backing it up.

Same with Doom 2, that game still lives. Believe me its played online!

 

[Miss_Foxy]

I guess Warcraft III was, is and will be one of the few games known to mankind that can live on forever and still continue to suit the likings of players.

 

[aider]

I can almost guarantee that Wc3 will last for atleast 1 year after Wc4 will be released =D.

Well.. WC4 is kinda World of Warcraft, they can't make a WC4 without a continuing story of the previous game.

Only chance for WC4 is when Blizzard release their new MMO with the codename "Titan", which most likely will be a whole new universe, then World of Warcraft's story will begin to slow down and eventually stop, making it possible to continue the story in WC4.

With the philosophy of Blizzard, to work hard and long to release only perfect products, it will be a long time 'til we see WC4.
But thank god that there is creative people like Blizzard out there, that's not interested in your money but your love <3

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Hmm... Or there could be some alternative story for Warcraft III, like how stuff happens even after you think the 'final strongest unit' dies, then something else starts to create a whole new thing.
But I personally think Warcraft IV is quite possible, Blizzard seems to be hinting us about something...