Ever since ESL announced the suspension of Warcraft next year, there has been a panicked voice in the magic altar, that is: Is there really no T1-level Warcraft event in the future?
The so-called T1 level events, strictly speaking, must be offline events with high prize money, and the online competition prize money is not high (of course, it is generally not high). However, in the past two years, due to the impact of the epidemic, it has become much more difficult to hold offline matches, so after some of the old events that have held offline tournaments have been transferred to the front, they are still regarded as T1 events.
Unfortunately, ESL has announced the suspension, the Golden League, WCG has not yet announced the news of holding, the legendary team league has no sound, is the game really all cold?
Fortunately, there is neXT, not long ago, NetEase e-sports just officially announced the official launch of the 2021 winter competition.
After eight years of hard work, Warcraft fans are no strangers to NetEase Esports NeXT events. As one of the largest comprehensive e-sports events in China, the NeXT Winter Tournament has set up a total of 20 game projects, of which "Warcraft III" is impressively listed.
Here to do the next science, NeXT is an e-sports competition organized by NetEase E-sports, although they are all NetEase dads, but netEase Blizzard that does the Golden League is not a group of people.
At present, the official has not disclosed the specific competition information, but one thing is certain, that is, Moon appeared on the official poster promotion, and luna's participation must be a foregone conclusion. In addition, according to the calculations of previous competitions, the total prize money of NeXT should remain at about 100,000 yuan, including color, 120, Lyn and other top Chinese and Korean masters will also participate, since ESL can not see them, there is no WCG and golden league to watch, then you may wish to come to the NeXT stage to compete.
We have done a number of WCG and Golden League inventory before, NeXT but basically no summary, today take advantage of the winter official announcement to review the NeXT Warcraft games in recent years.
China-Korea War Amazing Debut Multiple formats add to the fun
Speaking of NeXT, we have to mention the unique format of the previous editions, from the Sino-Korean confrontation (team competition + KOF) to the conquest format, and then to the bubbling competition, NeXT has almost completed the whole work in terms of the format.
Among them, the most impressive is the first China-South Korea Competition, which brings us classic memories that are no less than the WCA China-Korea Competition. After falling behind on the first day and the main players 000 and 120 were defeated by Lyn respectively, the Chinese team was about to repeat the mistake of WCA being defeated by Lyn Shen 1 through 9, at this time the man stood up, he mysteriously won 3 consecutive sets to complete the anti-AK miracle, leading the Chinese team to almost complete the reversal. It was also after that game that the title of "Elf King" spread throughout the magic altar.
When it came to the winter race, NeXT creatively adopted the common conquest format used in Hearthstone competitions, which seems to be the first time in the history of Warcraft. The usual KOF format is that the winner stays, the loser goes down, and the conqueror format is the loser stays, and the winner goes down, in other words, the KOF is "creating gods", and the conquest format is "creating ghosts".
Compared to KOF matches (it is not too big to lose anyway), the pressure of conquering the format to the players is huge, after all, no one wants to be the unlucky egg who has been "three levels". How to predict that all kinds of defenses, Soin is still unfortunate to become the target of the opponent's three people in turn, compared to Lyn, Lawliet, Lucifer team did not lose 1 point to win the championship, Soin left a deeper impression.
The bubbling race is similar to the KOF format, and also focuses on "making gods", when Sky was bubbling all the way from behind and counterattacking to win the NSL championship. This time, Lyn almost completed this feat, defeating FoCuS, Lawliet, and Moon all the way to achieve a three-way play, but unfortunately lost to Infi in the end.
Let the two chase three common food NeXT famous scenes continue
Usually, if a match has a reversal/reversal script, it is mostly a wonderful game. It's just that the reversal doesn't mean that there is one, not to mention the high-tech work of letting the top masters chase two and three.
However, on the stage of NeXT, it is not uncommon for two to chase three. For example, in the spring of 2019, Lyn faced the NE devil Moon, and actually achieved a good play of reversing the two chases and three reversals, you know, since entering the 1.30 version, Lyn has never been able to beat Moon (except Bo1), not to mention that Moon has just AK the Korean team in the South Korean WSB ring. One side has courage and morale, and the other side is repeatedly defeated and desperate, but Lyn can complete the extreme turnover, which is really admirable.
It was also after this battle that Moon, who had been saying that NE was too strong after version 1.30, also said the words "Let Blizzard stop weakening NE". The Lyn reverse version let two chase three to beat Moon is certainly bull X, but it is an ordinary knockout match after all, if there is a final to let two chase three, I am afraid it is still better. Of course, this time the protagonist is still Lyn, the 2020 Spring Finals face 120, Lyn in the 0-2 backward situation once again staged to make the two chase three good drama, the decisive sword saint jump split took away DK a hammer, but also let 120 experience what is desperate.
The final let the two chase three counterattack win the championship also FoCuS, the "cramp beast king" who was soft on the key competition of the competition, but ushered in the highlight moment of his life on the stage of the NeXT final, so that the two chase three overturned Moon won the first T1 individual championship of his career, even if you dream for 10 years, you will not think of such a script.
If I had to name the best scene in NeXT history, I would still vote for the "Moon Stealth AC Card Junction" flip Lyn screen, which combines a player's on-the-spot reaction, imagination, game understanding and operation execution, after watching such an operation, you seem to have no extra ideas except to shout "Sleepy Groove".
One person at a time is just right? The god Lyn already had three crowns in his hand
From 2018 to the present, NeXT has held a total of 8 competitions, in addition to the first two team competitions, the champions of the last six individual competitions have been won by six different players, so according to this logic, the upcoming winter competition should give birth to a new world champion? (120、 color snickering)
However, if you count the first two team matches, NeXT actually has a "triple crown", yes, he is Lyn. In addition to this, Moon and Lawliet (both team stages) also won the cup twice. From the perspective of race, the three major orcs all held the cup, which can be called the biggest winner.
Of course, it's not just the champions, the other players also give us a wonderful experience. The development of Warcraft to the present, every day there is live broadcast to watch, every day can enjoy the first perspective of the top masters, which is not bad. However, only a high-level official competition can stimulate the potential of players, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the audience, and let everyone better experience the charm of competition.
At the same time, the competition can also provide a stage for the players to show themselves and strive for honors, and with a large competition, the players will also get a message from it: as long as I work hard, I can still get something.
Whether it is a famous veteran or a newcomer, it is very important to have a game to play, before the game felt a little tired, now the game is less but more precious.
Thinking about this, I am more and more looking forward to the upcoming matches.