Re:OnlyFangs has made 'World of Warcraft' into Twitch's best...
by blibble on Friday January 03, 2025 @04:22PM
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> and don't bother arguing that this would be foolish and self-destructive, this is Blizzard we're talking about
for some context, some of Blizzard's previous self destructive antics:
Starcraft 2: refused to let existing Korean SC1 leagues/orgs play SC2. leagues (vast majority of esports audience) simply stayed on SC1 rather than submit
Overwatch: terminated license for all third party OW tournaments, so they could launch official Overwatch League (which then failed)
WC3 reforged: so unreliable (kept dropping games in progress, ruining everyone) that everyone just gave up
for some context, some of Blizzard's previous self destructive antics:
Starcraft 2: refused to let existing Korean SC1 leagues/orgs play SC2. leagues (vast majority of esports audience) simply stayed on SC1 rather than submit
Overwatch: terminated license for all third party OW tournaments, so they could launch official Overwatch League (which then failed)
WC3 reforged: so unreliable (kept dropping games in progress, ruining everyone) that everyone just gave up