I don’t think people understand just how insane Warcraft Forever’s outcome has been. Vanilla WoW has strict and deliberate design. A single (even minor) change to the formula can disrupt the entire loop, effectively ruining the player experience. The Warcraft Forever team had an extremely tight margin of error to achieve freshness and replayability while preserving the vintage Classic WoW feel, authenticity, and rewarding game design. On top of this, nearly every public survey and data point reflected a player base that wanted tons of retail-based changes to Vanilla (whoever asked for flying mounts in Classic, why dude). With the direction Warcraft has been heading in the last decade (modernity) and the mind-boggling survey results, some deemed it unlikely that Blizzard would be able to produce Classic+ design pillars that would be passable, let alone near-perfect. This is why so many of us are over-the-top excited. Could some things be better? As always, of course. But to take this insane moonshot and land near-target is miraculous enough for most people, and that’s why I’m ready to inject WF directly into my veins and eye sockets the moment it releases. Obviously, the game still needs to come out but things are looking so promising that for the first time in years, I am excited to game again.

Blizzcon was amazing! Fist bumps with @pikaboowow, photo with @Xaryu and @JenEricLive only miss was a photo with the legendary @ElliottVenczel but my goodness what an incredible way to end blizzcon with the AWC finals.

The Grand Finals are about to begin its been 7 years! #blizzcon

HAPPY #BLIZZCON everyone!!!!!

My first Blizzcon comes to a close and I am overwhelmed by this weekend The panels, announcements and the whole Blizzard team from devs to convention staff and everyone in between made this weekend magical I am grateful to have met so many amazing people Blizzcon Forever 💙

Seeing @TalbadarSP show up to congratulate Gators Back for winning #AWC today was such a cool "pass the torch" moment. Knowing that he works for @Blizzard_Ent to help design @Warcraft systems gives me faith there are the right people there for #PvP decisions. <3

This was the best teams and the best crowd of AWC all time. PVP is a completely magical and unique mode thank you for the love over all these years.

Echo Vs Gator’s for the finals is going to be absolutely cinema. Champions vs Challengers Europes best vs North Americas best Legitimately can’t wait to start

Time for the traditional big cry because #BlizzCon is over AND WHAT A BLIZZCON IT'S BEEN! My heart is not full, it's exploding. Struggling to find words to express how much I love all of you and how greatful I am to be a part of all of this. Thank you all so much!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙

Absolutely packed audience for the AWC/MDI competitions, warms my heart people still love WoW esports after all these years. Excited to close out the day and see which teams will be our new champions! The energy here is insane.

Went around the hilton again, so much fun seeing and hearing all the excitement from everyone. #blizzcon

Woooh got to meet the Gladiator @snupytv at the hilton. He is kinda tall, and I am kinda short.

Made it the hotel, view could be a little better. #blizzcon

FYI It looks like BlizzCon passes need to be transferred before Tuesday! If you or someone you know needs a ticket, better get them asap! #BlizzCon

it is becoming increasingly obvious that blizz tuned this rwf for it to be concluded live on stage at blizzcon at a surprise echo vs liquid guild race

Seriously insane stats from The Coiled Altar for @LiquidGuild Time in combat: 20h 20m at 296 pulls that averages to 4 minutes 12 seconds a pull... Pulls by phase: P1:125 P2:118 P3:53 Total of their pulls that reached P3: 17.91% I don't know how these guys can do it. #rwf #Midnight #Warcraft

2.46%. God I hope Blizz cooked on Ula'tek as much as they did on this...minus the length. Should be a fuckin THRILLING conclusion of the race, if they have.

So cool to see @LiquidGuild @EchoGuild @Method all sitting in phase 3 of the Coiled Altar! #rwf #Warcraft #WoWRWF #VenomousAbyss #WoWRWF

We are live & already have a new best ☀️ 23.8% P2 👀 🟣 twitch.tv/method 🔴 piped.video/live/JNVcrzQm9Pc…

Already looking forward to working on RWF in 3 or 4 years, working on interesting data points and stats for the history and having to put this Venemous Abyss nonsense into some sort of context that makes sense LMAO