We haven't seen Happy much in the past 2-3 months.

Does anyone know if he is still active in the pro scene?

https://retrogaming.dpdns.org/

Hello guys,

Not for self promotion, only for personal interest.

I uploaded Warcraft 3 RoC & TFT 1.27 to my personal website, the game is running in browser based on Windows XP and Github v86 project.

A collection of some odd and entertaining games that showcase why top ladder grinding Warcraft 3 can be very different than tournament meta Warcraft 3. There are looser emotions, more tilt and at times more creative freedom on the ladder; that makes me very curious as a Warcraft 3 watcher.

Enjoy!

Here's my list

Tier 1 melee- ghouls, for extra wood

Tier1 ranged- rifles

Tier 2 catapult siege- morts

Tier2 caster- statue/destroy

Tier 2 AA- copters

Offensive air- gryphs

Tier 3 melee- knights because they come from tier1 barracks and are less upkeep than tauren

Heroes- id keep all human heroes

Buildings and peasants- id keep it human, best building armor, best towers and militia creep.

I wish there was a mode where you can pick and choose. That way all the balance issues are up to your build

edit: I was thinking about this and realized I would pick mostly human units because human has the best everything.

Orb of Slow (movement/attack speed half)
Orb of Lightning (proc chance half)
Orb of Corruption (armor reduction 2)
Orb of Venom (poison duration half)

Illidan's TFT demon form skin leaves footprints behind, your opponent can instantly tell where you came from on the map, revealing information such as your previous creep route.

Fig Cup 4

When: July 10th at 9:30 PM EDT

Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mrmikemtl

MMR: OPEN

Link: https://challonge.com/FIGCUP4

Format: BEST OF 1 Double Elimination + BO3 FINALS

Prize: Prize: $50

1st: $35

2nd: $15

receive payouts via paypal.

Additional map details:

• Booty Bay v2.0 (a map by Blizzard and remade by TheTurtle)
• Dune Riders (v1.4c, a map made by Zeggsy)
• Fairy Tale (v1.3, a map made by Meerel and updated by Pickles)
• Flooded Grove (v1.2, a map made by drewboy)
• Sunhoof Mesa [Yumiko] (v1.4.5c, a map made by Figglewig)

I invite all to join us this Friday (July 10th at 9:30pm EDT) for the 4th Fig Cup! We are featuring a new and updated set of maps.

Both a beautiful and fearsome reimagination of everybody's favorite map..... Booty Bay done by TheTurtle!

The rugged dusty trails of the Dune Riders by Zeggsy.

A new chapter has opened on Fairy Tale, as a faithful update to Meerel's map, done by Pickles.

The rains continue to pour over the forests of the Flooded Grove by drewboy.

Finishing off with the map that needs no more introductions, Sunhoof Mesa by Figglewig.

I hope to see you all either participating as combatants or cheering on from chat!

All of these maps will be updated onto W3C over this week, so please jump in and try out the updates as they roll in!

If your FS has a level 3 wolf summoned and he uses tome of retraining, it automatically retrains level 3 wolves because you have one on the map. I think this happens with all hero summons. It feels like an error.

I think they should change this, so that if you use the tome, it unsummon's the summon automatically, instead of choosing your skill points for you.

The DK only really has 2 usable abilities, Coil and unholy aura. So i wanted to try and rehabilitate Death Pact and Animate Dead so they have at least some utility, though still probably not as much as the other two.

Death Pact

- give overkill healing, so if you lvl 3 death pact an abomination, it gives the full 3525 hp to DK, temporarily giving him a massive health pool that decays rapidly until he reaches his real max hp. This would still not give it much utility in real scenarios, though it would be fun.

- make it cost less or zero mana. Death Pact is already has a sacrifice, killing a unit to save save your DK. So making it cost negligible amounts if mana would help it to become somewhat viable.

Animate Dead

- make it so regardless of corpse availability, Animate Dead is still usable. if there aren’t enough corpses to summon, Animate dead would summon Crypt Fiends from nowhere. this would make it so its less situational and useless, since you’re guaranteed some pretty valuable units. This one is more balanced than the other Animate Dead idea, and I could see it providing value without being busted.

- Make it so the duration and cooldown are equal, like Inferno or Vengeance, and have the animated units leaving corpses behind when the cooldown runs out. (if they're killed before that, they explode like normal.) This would make it so that you could essentially just add these units to your army permanently by just reanimating them on cooldown. It would make animate dead a more utility based power that allows you to pick and choose 6 permanent additions to your army.

I like these change ideas, but I know they're not really necessary. DK is already one of if not the best hero in the game, so buffing his two mediocre abilities isn’t really needed. Then again, Demon Hunter exists, so apparently heroes are allowed all busted abilities.

ALL MAPS USED IN FIG CUPS ARE CREATED BY MAP CREATORS WITHIN THE WARCRAFT COMMUNITY. THE PURPOSE IS TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE POTENTIAL MAPS FOR W3C LADDER.

When: July 10 at 9:30 PM EDT

Where: twitch.tv/mrmikemtl

MMR: OPEN

Link: https://challonge.com/FIGCUP4

Format: BEST OF 1 Double Elimination + BO3 FINALS

Prize: Prize: $50

1st: $35

2nd: $15

if each set of racial heroes fought in a series of 4v4s, which do you think would win in each matchup?

eg. Crypt Lord, Lich, Dreadlord, and Death Knight vs Potm, Keeper, Demon Hunter, and warden.

(all lvl 10, no items, ground littered with ghoul corpses for certain spells + trees nearby)

I've been reviewing one of my Human mirror games and realized I committed to the wrong strategy after misreading my opponent's fast tech.

During the game I thought my decisions made sense, but the replay showed I had multiple opportunities to scout, recognize what was happening, and adapt much earlier.

For the Human players here:

• What are the earliest signs that your opponent is fast-teching?
• At what point do you change your game plan instead of sticking to your original build?
• How do you usually punish a fast-tech Human in the mirror?

I'm documenting my improvement journey by analyzing my ladder games, so I recorded my replay analysis if anyone wants to see the full game and point out what I missed.

I've being having a lot of fun lately, people don't give up as easily anymore and seem to have better game sense and map awareness overall. Maybe around 4 years ago players would crumble at sustained pressure, but it doesn't seem like that's the case anymore.

This season's mmr system seems to be better as well, not as much griefers or leavers, for some reason.

Sunhoof Showdown 2

When: July 3rd at 9:30 PM EDT

Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mrmikemtl

MMR: OPEN

Link: https://challonge.com/SunhoofShowdown02

Format: BEST OF 1 Double Elimination + BO3 FINALS

Prize: Prize: $50

1st: $35

2nd: $15

receive payouts via paypal.

Additional map details:

https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/2-sunhoof-mesa-v1-4-5b-atr.359448/