Hey guys! I'm sure all of you are as excited as I am! We're getting new things in the game after 23 years! As someone who's favorite game has been Warcraft 3 since launch, I am beyond hyped about this.

In case you haven't heard yet - yes, the new expansion launches with the new campaign that promises over 30 hours of content.

But more than that, we also get some HUGE quality of life changes AND units! First of all, a new tavern hero! Then, the ability to FINALLY select 24 units at once!

And last, but not the least, a yet another take on the HD unit models, this time called the definitive edition. I did NOT like the reforged graphics at all. But having tried the definitive edition, I have to say, it's the most faithful recreation of the originals to date. I actually like them.

But the best part out of all of this? These changes are not locked behind the paywall! As a owner of Reforged, I had immediate access to all of this, minus the campaign.

More info in the article.

Quick recap for anyone who spent yesterday wondering why they couldn't queue on W3Champions.

A recent Blizzard patch removed the systems W3Champions relies on to host games. We weren't told about this ahead of time, so we found out the same way most of you did - everything stopped working.

The good news: our team found a fully working solution and we're back up. Huge credit to Dany, who turned this around remarkably fast.

Current known issues:

- Apple launcher — not yet updated. We're blocked on an issue on Apple's side and their support isn't available until Monday, so expect an update then.

- FloTV — not working for now.

Regular games should work as expected.

This is a brand new way of doing things, built under time pressure, so some rough edges are likely. If you hit a problem, please report it in the bug channel on our Discord.

Thanks for the patience while we sorted this out.

Well undead tanks in mmr. Low mmr which is where undead is already the weakest gets hit the hardest.

I rly wish wc3champions would show us by race mmr distributions to get a better idea of race balance.

A new bundle featuring all of Blizzard’s RTS games has been released on the store for $29.99, available with a loyalty discount of 10% (offer available for a limited time).

More information here.

Hello everyone,

we have some exciting news and updates to share with you all.

First of all, thanks for all the feedback and support post the 3.0 patch fallout. We have been working hard in getting W3Champions back on its feet and your reports have been really helpful. As one can expect, a lot of things have changed and new bugs had to be squashed. We are really happy to have such a great and dedicated community!

Something that everyone has been asking for is the support for HD graphics. Today, I'm happy to announce support for Reforged and Definitive Edition Graphics on W3Champions for Windows! The first time you queue, you will be greeted with the dialog attached below. You can choose between the three graphics modes - and of course, you'll be able to change them at any time via the W3Champions settings. We have also added support for launching via Battle.Net, which will remove the login overlay.

Battle.net support is experimental, but we recommend it as the new default. If you have any issues, you can opt out via the settings menu. Kindly let us know about any issues you encounter in ⁠#help-launcher-windows!

Version 3.0 unfortunately has brought forced background music. Since this can be irritating for some because Warcraft III is constantly running in the background, we have added an option to mute Warcraft III sounds when the game is not in focus. Please note that this will also mean that you will not hear the Game Start sounds. We are working on adding back the notification sound in a future version; but we wanted to prioritize getting this update out for you all!

Additionally, we have resolved the various startup issues on Mac OS (Intel and Apple Silicon). Everyone should be working again, but please let us know in ⁠#help-launcher-mac if you encounter any issues!

Last, but not least, FloTV is back! Unfortunately, due to Blizzard removing Offline Mode, we temporarily have to retire the second FloTV instance that allows you to watch FloTV while queueing. We are working on bringing this back, but for now, you'll have to choose between queueing and FloTV :(

Replay download from our website has also been fixed!

Please remember that W3Champions is fully run by volunteers. If you want to show your support, please head over to Patreon or PayPal to support paying for our infrastructure.

Thanks for continued support! Please let us know what you think.

If they go on like this we'll have the perfect REMAKE for WC3 in a year or less.

Lok'tar!

Dear players,

we heard your reports and investigated players who repeatedly killed game lobbies by cancelling matches during the start or loading phase, ruining the game for everyone else in them. In total, 2239 lobbies were killed by the sanctioned players - an estimated 1678 more than ordinary players with the same amount of games would have produced - costing other players 8825 ruined game slots across 10 modes (1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 4 vs 4, Legion TD 4v4, Legion TD 1v1, Survival Chaos, Survival Chaos Reborn, Direct Strike 3v3, Castle Fight 3v3, MiniDota 3v3). As a result, 49 players are banned and 43 players receive a formal warning. As we strongly oppose such egoistic behavior, we have decided to list every banned player - they will also be ineligible for season rewards.

9-week bans (4 players)

Heavenwaits, KnightKane, LeMei, finesse

6-week bans (21 players)

Choda, EgorkaBorka, FIME, Freeasskick, GOBLIN, HOTPACK, JangBang, LuNa, LuckyStrike, LynxT, MeatShield, MrBrappy, Sarwyn, Tobey88, Tripode, deads, djord, lovememore, p9sElsker, roxer, u2i

3-week bans (24 players)

AceBoogie, Belgadon, DiAleCtic, DirtyDan, DolceCabana, Ethy, Gerdes, IMBA, ImTTiNY, JoeJoeCool, JuKe, Juttara, KingAzeron, Locker, Nightingale, Pandarevich, PussyKat, RKX400, SergioKS, Unapologetic, afonso299, cxvbnyan, justin, wc1192003

Warnings

43 further players receive a formal warning. They keep their season rewards and are not named; if the behavior continues, the next step is a ban. Killing lobbies wastes other people's time and will continue to carry consequences. Play your games out and stay fair! Thanks everyone for your reports! We will keep monitoring the situation and hope that the situation will improve. Please note that these bans are not appealable and they have been thoroughly verified before being issued. All the banned players are prohibited from playing on any other account during their ban period. Attempts to circumvent this restriction will result in a permanent ban!

Matching used to take maybe 10-30 seconds, now it's taking 10, 20, infinity minutes to find a game. Think they made a change and it screwed something up. Posting for awareness.

EDIT: Fixed.

I feel like they wanted to nerf Happy or what ?

Happy is the best player and he is the only pro player to play on BNET (official Blizzard's platform) AND he plays the least played race since the game exists.....

I don't find it fair tbh.

If anything, they should have nerfed the gazillions of NE players and their stupid DH.

As the guy said, as much as having new content in WC3 is nice, they picked on the least played race and prolly the hardest one to learn as well.

Undead is already kinda hated by others in the pro scene because of The Emperor.

Haters gonna hate you know...

If that new hero really counters UD badly, then our beloved game will be even more of a 3 race RTS.

Let's hope it's not the case 😕

Thanks a lot everyone for their detailed bug reports and patience - we are still trying to recover from the WC3 3.0 patch and its fallout! We have tracked down and fixed a TON of bugs and stability issues - too many to name them all. But various crashes when loading the game have been resolved. Additionally, we have resolved various causes for lag and disconnects. Additionally, we have improved the reconnect capabilities as some specific conditions have caused players to immediately get disconnected.

The duplicate Battle.Net issue on Mac was resolved. It was caused by a buggy implementation by Blizzard, but we have deployed a fix that should fix their bugs.

The hotkey editor has been updated for Warcraft 3 Patch 3.0!

The match history can now show heroes and support spoiler-free mode.

Various audio will now be played by W3Champions rather than Warcraft III while you're not in an active game - we recommend you enable "Mute when unfocused" in the W3C Game Settings in order to mute the background music caused by Warcraft III running in the background. You will NOT miss the "game found" sound or any other important sounds! You can test the audio output and adjust the volume in the W3C settings!

SOCKS5 proxy support has been added! This is particularly intended for out friends who live in regions where their internet connection may be restricted.

A lot of improvements were made under the hood - some of them will only roll out over the next hours as our Flo Servers get updated. Please let us know in Discord if you're still encountering any issues!

If you don't play on W3Champions yet, head over to W3Champions.com and join our Discord!

Hey everyone,

it has been some time since the last update, but we have been cooking for you all (figuratively and literally 🥵 ). Today, I'm happy to announce some new updates to W3Champions:

A completely new chat experience

We have completely revamped the entire chat experience - keep reading for the details!

Private messages

Since probably day one, people have been asking for the ability to privately chat with other people on W3Champions. Whether that's to message your friends, compliment a worthy opponent after a match, continue a conversation you've had in one of our public chat rooms or to hold a private conversation with a group of people.

Group messages

You can now create a private message group with your friends - everyone in the group will have the ability to add further players and hence keep expanding your circle.

Post-Game Chat

After a match, you will now be able to discuss the game you've just played in in the Post-Game Chat. It will automatically contain all the players who were in your match - no matter whether it was a custom or a ladder game! Create some connections, add each other as friends and stay in touch!

Mentions

Sometimes, you want to loop someone into a conversation. You can achieve this by mentioning them via @Faro#2494 (a selector will help you select the right player). The player will receive a notification and have the ability to directly jump to the message.

Chat retention increase

The duration until the chat expires has been increased. Messages will now retain for the following duration:

• Public & Semi-Public & System (post-match, custom-game lobby, clan) chat rooms: 30 days
• DMs and Group-DMs: 90 days
• Mentions: 30 days

Unread messages

We will now keep track of which messages you've seen in the channels that you're in (you can now leave and join all public channels) and let you know if you've missed any messages. No need to go through the different channels to see if there has been any update. For Semi-Public channels, you can even opt in to be notified for every message that has been sent in the channel.

DM requests

Since we understand that not everyone appreciates unsolicited private messages, you'll first receive a Message Request which you can accept or decline (or you can outright block the player if they keep harassing you). In case you change your mind, you can still initiate a conversation with the player and you will see their initial messages.

Settings

Since we know that not everyone will enjoy some of these features, we've introduced some settings:

• Mentions: In the channel selector, you can click on the @ symbol order to mute the channel - you will not be notified in case someone mentions you.
• Who can DM you: You can select between "Everyone", "Friends only" or "Nobody" - if someone doesn't match these settings, their message/request won't make it through to you.
• Chat sounds: In case you don't like the notification sounds, you can turn them off
• Show desktop notifications: DMs, Mentions and Opted-In Semi Public Channels will notify you open a message. In case you don't want to see the desktop notification, you can turn these off.

Compatibility notice

Please note that this update is incompatible with people using the old legacy-launcher on Mac (we have some updates for you as well, don't fret!). Players on the legacy-launcher will not be able to use the chat.

Feedback

If you have any suggestions, feedback or bug reports, please submit them via the Feedback Portal or head over to #launcher .

Watching FloTV while queuing for a game

We understand that sometime waiting for a game can be long and boring. You can now watch FloTV while queuing for a game. There are two settings that are relevant for this (the client will automatically ask you the first time):

• Use separate FloTV instance: This setting allows you to watch FloTV while queued (you can also queue after you've started a FloTV match). For streamers, please note the following: W3Booster will not display the FloTV game if you have this setting enabled (your self-played games will still work of course)!
• Keep FloTV ready: This will allow you to watch a FloTV game without delay of starting the separate instance. This will have a slightly increased resource consumption (CPU & RAM) - but we will shut down the FloTV instance when a game has been found in order to ensure the most optimal performance for your game! We're looking forward to your feedback in #flo-tv

Network improvements

We have done various improvements to our infrastructure to improve the stability of your games. For some time, we've also had a new network protocol that we'd like you all to try out. In should improve the quality of games when network conditions are suboptimal. In order to activate it, head over to Settings -> Network -> Flo Node Transport: Experimental. We're looking forward to your feedback in #flo-discussion

Additionally, we have added a system that identifies the root cause of network instability. In case we have detected issues during your game and have been able to root-cause it, you will see a dialog pop up in order to inform you on the reasons as well as your options.

Resolved issues on Mac with the new launcher

Your voices regarding the issues with the new launcher on Mac have been heard and we've made various improvements. Please give it another shot and head over to #help-launcher-mac in order to share feedback!