World Gold League
The World Gold League has been a tournament in the computer game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos that has been held since 2015 .
background
Warcraft III can be seen as the first computer game that a comprehensive renaissance in e-sports can boast. Originally released in 2002, the game was replaced in 2010 by the unofficial successor StarCraft II .
After the successor's initial success, more and more Warcraft III competitions disappeared. This has changed fundamentally since the mid-2010s. Because of the mechanics in Warcraft III, some of which are immensely different from Starcraft II, both games now exist in parallel in e-sports. Examples of such mechanics are existing heroes in Warcraft III, including special abilities, usable items and a significantly slower gameplay .
World Gold League
The World Gold League is a result of these developments. The tournament now has the status of world championships, albeit without official support from the publisher of Warcraft III, namely Blizzard Entertainment .
The current world champion is the orc player June 'Lyn' Park from South Korea (as of December 2019).
Individual evidence
- ^ Warcraft Gold League. Accessed December 2, 2019 .
- ↑ WarCraft III Top Players & Prize Pools - Esports Tracker :: Esports Earnings. Retrieved December 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Lyn is the new world champion in Warcraft 3 «readmore.de. In: readmore.de. November 30, 2019, accessed on December 2, 2019 (German).