Celebrate the new and old years together, and welcome a night. With the end of the Spring Festival holiday and as we all return to work one by one, a new journey in the Year of the Tiger in 2022 has begun.
The magic altar of 2021 may not be so perfect, but no matter what, we have all experienced laughter and crying together; experienced joy and sorrow; experienced farewell and reunion.
In 2022, what stories do you expect to be staged in the magic altar?
Happy falls to the altar
In the past two months, we have become accustomed to the examples of Happy beating up all kinds of Warcraft players, so that every game That Happy loses is worth a big book. For now, Happy is undoubtedly the No.1 of today's magic altar.
But no matter how gorgeous a player plays, the pattern of "one big family" is still slightly boring, and the magic altar urgently needs someone to stand up and break Happy's rule. Judging from the current situation, it seems that we are not far from this day. In addition to the major ORCs mastering the skills to deal with the European emperor, the majority of NE players are also looking at the tiger after developing the tactics of starting the WD to play UD, and they all have the possibility of overthrowing the European emperor.
For Happy, the new year will definitely not be as easy as before.
David defeated Goliath
In each competition, the champion is certainly the brightest star in the whole field, but the rise of those little people can also make a deep impression. For example, Soin's incredible double-kill Happy win before, and the scene like Pink defeating Moon, let people see the light of dreams.
There are many "little people in the magic altar", most of them do not have much attention, and some people even work part-time to earn living expenses. Poor and strong, not falling into the ambition of the clouds, in the face of difficulties, some of them will give up, but some will not sink, but will redouble their efforts.
Competitive sports, with the spirit of weak victory over strong, never give up will always make people tearful, in 2022, what "dark horses" will emerge?
A new world champion is born
In 2021, in addition to Happy's invincibility, the most impressive thing is probably that Color won his first world championship. Before that, Color hadn't even won a T2-level tournament, but he let two chases and three counterattacks his idol, Moon, in the Golden League final, and let him dream for a year and couldn't dream of such a fantastic thing.
In recent years, most of the champions of the Warcraft Tournament have been monopolized by several major S-class players, color is another new world champion after 120, in the new year, can anyone replicate the miracle of color?
The national hand rises
In 2021, The Chinese player lost the first place in the prize list that had monopolized for 4 years, and the last time it was surpassed by South Korea was back to the WCA team competition "Beiyang Marine Division".
The old players (egg tower fly) are semi-retired or completely retired, the Mesozoic generation (color, 120) is not stable enough, the new generation (15 years old, pink, ice, orc) is not full of wings, and it is actually reasonable that the Chinese Warcraft players as a whole are surpassed by Korean players.
However, such a scene is naturally not what Chinese audiences want to see, and in 2022, I hope that Chinese newcomers will grow up quickly, the Mesozoic generation will pick up the beams, and the old players can also play their residual heat to make CN Warcraft shine again in the world.
Moon won the WCG championship
This seems to be something that needs to be mentioned every year when taking stock.
After Fly fulfilled his dream, Moon became the only "old guy" who had not won the WCG championship, and since 2004, Luna had been running with him for 18 years, reaching out and touching the championship trophy several times, but in the end it was all a failure, and everything seemed to be cursed.
For the future, the good news is that Moon still maintains a good competitive state, and the previously confused NvU has also ushered in a turnaround, and he is fully equipped to impact the championship in the new year. The bad news is that due to the impact of the epidemic, the WCG may not be able to hold it in 2022, and if there is no competition, winning the championship is naturally like a water moon in the mirror.
The Golden League is setting sail again
In 2021, the Golden League, which has been held for 12 consecutive years, has temporarily stopped its pace. For the first time in more than 6 years, the winter without the golden league company finally came.
The importance of the Golden League to Warcraft is self-evident. For the top players, this is a stage to show their strength, a temple for winning prizes and honors; for ordinary players, this is a place to break through themselves, and it is the Golden League that provides them with an upward platform; for ordinary audiences, the Golden League brings them too many classic games, and here are the common memories of all Warcraft audiences.
The Golden Finals held in 2022 still have the Warcraft project, so the question is, can the Golden League tournament be restarted in the new year?
Microsoft hosts a new Warcraft contest
As a rich "new dad", presumably many Warcraft fans are very concerned about whether Microsoft will hold a new Warcraft game. ESL has been officially suspended, and it is not known whether the Golden League and WCG can resume, and we seem to have lost the official event for the time being.
However, if Microsoft can take over Blizzard and glance at The Warcraft with the afterglow of the eyes, I am afraid that there is a possibility of holding a new competition, at least there is a chance to drink soup with other projects, and we also have reason to look forward to the new Warcraft Competition.
The old players are back
Whether you admit it or not, the Warcraft audience is still nostalgic. Now, the biggest motivation to support everyone who is still insisting on watching the magic beast is still the old people.
Last year, Infi, TH000 and Yumiko were basically in retirement, refusing to drop the invitation of the event organizers and doing live broadcasting with peace of mind. This made the lack of star players worse for Warcraft, so that the quality of the game dropped a bit compared to the previous two years.
Whenever the Warcraft game starts, we still unconsciously think back to Egg Boss's dizzy hammer, Infi's stealth summons, and Corn's iconic MK siege, looking forward to their return to the field in 2022.
New Balanced Patch & Remastered
It's been nearly a year since Blizzard launched the last balancing patch, and the current version has many unbalanced confrontations, such as OvN and UvO, and the winning percentage is obviously one-sided. At the same time, the relatively fixed tactics also made the audience fall into a certain aesthetic fatigue, and we needed a new War3 balance patch more than ever.
In the past year, Blizzard's internal and external troubles, the dissolution of the balance group has made this wish impossible, but now, Microsoft Dad took over, and new patches and even remake fixes may have a new turnaround.