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Introducing: Liquid`WoW

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March 31st, 2015 15:10 GMT

A message from Liquid`Nazgul

Hey everyone,

Today I have a huge announcement to make. Continuing on from our expansions into LoL, HotS and CS:GO, we are bringing a new team into our family: TL WoW. Not only is this a big step for us, but it also marks our continued interest in expanding the ESPORTS scene as a whole. What other game could it be? World of Warcraft is the perfect game to expand into. Seeing as we already have a StarCraft team, it’s only logical that we continue to develop into the Blizzard community.

At Team Liquid we have always prided ourselves in being at the forefront of ESPORTS, from our Brood War days, to the rise of Starcraft 2 and more. Once again we are the first to step into a new era, and we are doing so in typical Liquid fashion: our WoW players will be none other than the teamliquid strategy team, led by our very own Liquid`TLO and Liquid`Snute who will serve as officers and main tanks.

What makes this announcement so different and special from any other team we have picked up is in how we will compete. WoW is a deep and complex game, but frankly the mechanical requirement to play it is too low for it to be considered a worthy ESPORT, especially with the way it is played now. We are going to change that.

Everyone knows that StarCraft is in fact the hardest game ever, period. It's obviously much harder than any MMO, that fact can't be argued. An average StarCraft player has hundreds of APM, while only about 50 are required to play WoW. This means that our players will be able to easily control multiple characters at once, bringing a level of depth and competition never seen before in any MMO. In fact, the Protoss players can probably do that while also proxy 2 gating random scrubs on ladder. WoW may not be a deep, competitive ESPORT yet, but we are confident that with or approach we will show the world just how truly skill-based the game can be.

Snute and TLO will lead the charge, moving on from StarCraft to this new, great adventure. Our Strategy team will back them up on their own characters, playing different roles depending on the race they played in StarCraft:
  • Zerg players will become our tanks. They are used to ramming into problems while they remain safe.
  • Terran players will become DPS: no matter what class (or StarCraft race) they choose, somebody else will be doing more damage and therefore need nerfing.
  • Protoss players will become healers, as they have mastered the art of being able to play games by pressing only two buttons.

With this setup we are confident we will quickly rise at the top of the competition. WoW is a very, very alive gaem; in fact, it's the most played game worldwide. The competition will be fierce. Despite this, faceless Korean overlords haven't taken over yet and for some reason don't seem to be interested in doing so, so we expect to eventually come out on top.

As a final word, we would like to give special thanks to SC2John for leading the way into this new chapter of Liquid`ESPORTS. If he hadn't lost his StarCraft passion and hadn't ragequit TL Strategy to play other games, we probably wouldn't have made it this far.

-Liquid`Nazgul





A word from Liquid`Snute and Liquid`TLO:

Before playing StarCraft in fact I played WoW for a period, so it feels great to finally go back to the roots. To be honest, my true passion was never with microing swarmhosts, it's all about spamming sunder armor and assigning icons to monsters. After all this SC2 practice, surely controlling 5 WoW characters will be a breeze.
-Liquid`Snute



I am incredibly excited for this new adventure! To be honest, I used to play WoW like this to improve my mechanics and multitasking in SC2, so I feel like I couldn't be more ready. Also, a whole new game means a whole new set of obscure facts to learn and use to impress the ladies, gotta love that.
-Liquid`TLO





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Cokefreak
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland8081 Posts
March 31 2015 15:05 GMT
#2
I was expecting something good.
lolfail9001
Profile Joined August 2013
Russian Federation13028 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-31 15:06:36
March 31 2015 15:06 GMT
#3
First day of April came somewhat early and underwhelming.
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c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8262 Posts
March 31 2015 15:07 GMT
#4
A day early for April fools?
Cokefreak
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland8081 Posts
March 31 2015 15:07 GMT
#5
Check the time folks, it's past midnight in Korea.
kingneckbeard
Profile Joined January 2012
United States24 Posts
March 31 2015 15:07 GMT
#6
I guess teamliquid works on Korean time...
Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14215 Posts
March 31 2015 15:07 GMT
#7
Welcome!
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17332 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-31 15:10:49
March 31 2015 15:08 GMT
#8
Lololol
SC2John though, I miss you )':
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noobPride
Profile Joined June 2013
Spain333 Posts
March 31 2015 15:08 GMT
#9
clearly resorting to wow for the easy moneygrab
\m/__dò.ób__\m/
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China5696 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-31 15:11:35
March 31 2015 15:09 GMT
#10
This came out of nowhere.... Also Snute/TLO Blizzcon champion confirmed.
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
scotch4789
Profile Joined July 2013
United States41 Posts
March 31 2015 15:10 GMT
#11
Top foreigners leaving sc2 for wow? please say april fools...
bioboyAT
Profile Joined July 2004
Austria1750 Posts
March 31 2015 15:10 GMT
#12
This is so awesome! Really hyped.
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52678 Posts
March 31 2015 15:11 GMT
#13
Wow, I'm excited to see TL Strat and pros playing Warcraft pro. They are probably the new foreign hopes.
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oBlade
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4529 Posts
March 31 2015 15:11 GMT
#14
I don't think TLO can play WoW, there's no random.
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KobraKay
Profile Joined March 2010
Portugal3674 Posts
March 31 2015 15:12 GMT
#15
On April 01 2015 00:06 lolfail9001 wrote:
First day of April came somewhat early and underwhelming.


On April 01 2015 00:07 kingneckbeard wrote:
I guess teamliquid works on Korean time...


As far as I can remember, things like this have always arrived in Korean time it is already past mid night there, thus 1st of April.

Yet I agree, this one was pretty easy to spot!
CJ Fighting! (--.--)
Jormundr
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1677 Posts
March 31 2015 15:12 GMT
#16
I can't wait for this, has been a long time coming. With sc2 and brood war being dead games this was the most obvious choice.
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Qbyx
Profile Joined November 2007
Romania145 Posts
March 31 2015 15:12 GMT
#17
Make the buttons on the right top colored pls, s I don't have to read them before clicking ...
Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4081 Posts
March 31 2015 15:12 GMT
#18
Got me for a second rofl.
I think esports is pretty nice.
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11079 Posts
March 31 2015 15:12 GMT
#19
Great post!
ㅇㅅㅌㅅ
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro9071 Posts
March 31 2015 15:12 GMT
#20
Even on April 1st we don't get a Dota team
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