Your Best Warcraft Betting Guide 2023/2024

Originally released in 2002 as 'Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos,' the game was developed by Blizzard and released for Microsoft Windows as part of an already famous Warcraft video-game series. But it wasn't until the release of its expansion pack, 'The Frozen Throne,' a few years later in 2003, that Warcraft 3 became an essential component of the eSports scene.

It would become a constant presence in a variety of different eSports festivals, such as the Electronic Sports World Cup, World Cyber Games, and World Series of Video Games, to mention a few. It would be especially popular in South Korea and China. While its popularity waned slightly in 2010 due to the introduction of various other eSports titles, it maintained a strong following that has grown in recent years.

Warcraft 3 takes place several years after the events of Warcraft II and follows the story of the Burning Legion's attempt to seize the fictional world of Azeroth with the assistance of an army of the Undead headed by fallen paladin Arthas Menethil. It follows the Human Alliance, Orcish Horde, and Night Elves as they work together to stop them before they corrupt the World Tree.

Warcraft 3 is a real-time strategy game set in a high fantasy world. Real-time strategy, or RTS, is a subgenre of strategy video games in which all players can play at the same time in "real-time" rather than in turns.

In a real-time strategy game, such as Warcraft, each player positions buildings and maneuvers units under their partial control to secure map locations and/or decimate their opponents' resources. It is possible to build additional units and buildings in a traditional RTS game, though this is usually limited by the need to spend gathered resources.

To sum it up, an RTS game like Warcraft includes resource gathering, base construction, in-game technological development, and indirect unit control.

Gamers in Warcraft 3 are placed on a map and must collect resources such as gold and lumber to develop their base and build a large enough army to defeat their opponent.

And that is only the beginning of the game. To win the game, a player must defend their base while also destroying the enemy's base. Among its many new features, Reign of Chaos introduced two new races: the Night Elves and the Undead to go alongside the original Orcs and Humans, this increased the number of races to four.

Warcraft 3 is one of the few games that include heroes in army units, as opposed to games like Dota, League of Legends, or Starcraft 2, in which you either control a champion or concentrate purely on base-building. Every Warcraft 3 race has a unique hero, with each hero classified based on their core stat - strength, agility, and intelligence.

Some of the best heroes from each race are the Mountain King for the Humans, The Orc's Tauren Chieftain, the late-game favorite Death Knight from the Undead, and the Demon Hunter of the Elven race, which has arguably the worst heroes in the game.

Perhaps the biggest and most awaited Warcraft tournament is the ESL Pro Tour, or what is sometimes known as DreamHack Open.

Dreamhack began in the early 1990s as a small gathering of classmates and friends in the basement of an elementary school in Malung, Sweden. It was relocated to the school cafeteria in 1994, becoming one of the larger regional demo tech and gaming events at the time. This was also the first event to be dubbed DreamHack.

The event, which took place in 1997 at Arena Kupolen in Borlänge, became Sweden's largest LAN party and the third-largest party in Scandinavia at the time. In addition, DreamHack 2001 and subsequent events were held at the Elmia exhibition center in Jönköping, where it has remained since.

On November 15, 2012, DreamHack announced a partnership with Major League Gaming (MLG) and the Electronic Sports League (ESL) to support the growth and development of the North American and European eSports scenes. These collaborations included universal rankings, unified competition structures, and other features.

On September 30, 2020, ESL announced that it had decided to merge with DreamHack. The two businesses operate as one, but the two brands are run independently. The ESL Pro Tour 2020 is the world's first Warcraft 3 professional tour. ESL, in collaboration with DreamHack, organizes, sponsors, and hosts the event.

Unsurprisingly, the top country that bested the competition on the world stage is South Korea. When Gen.G, a California-based e-sports company, opened the Gen.G Elite Esports Academy in Seoul in 2019, they went so far as to say that "South Korea is still considered the mecca of eSports" and that “this is where most of the talent is”

South Korea has always been the definition of what competitive video game is like. Online gaming ended up taking off in South Korea earlier and faster than anywhere else in the world. When the nation first introduced high-speed internet in the late 1990s, it saw a surge in the number of 24-hour gaming cafes known as PC bangs.

These intriguing, often underground, venues evolved into epicenters of gaming culture, eventually hosting informal tournaments. By the year 2000, South Korean cable channels were the first in the world to broadcast online gaming competitions.

According to a recent Education Ministry survey, eSports is now the fifth-most prevalent future job among South Korean students, trailing only athletes, doctors, teachers, and digital content creators. In 2022, eSports will even be included in the Asian Games.

Top players, such as League of Legends' Lee Sang-hyeok, codename Faker, achieve the same level of fame and fortune as K-pop idols. Millions of people tune in to watch them play in real-time on the internet. Before the pandemic, fans crammed into eSports arenas that looked like a cross between a rock concert and a pro-wrestling stadium.

The top player is, unsurprisingly, of Korean descent. Jang 'Moon' Jae Ho is a five-time Warcraft 3 World Champion, a former legendary Night Elf player in Warcraft 3, and a Zerg player in Starcraft II. He has won three televised national South-Korean leagues, as well as four seasons of MBCGame's World War.

Moon was frequently seen in Warcraft 3 employing strategies that became the standard for many Night Elf players and were dubbed the "5th Race". He has participated in and won the most televised Warcraft 3 games of any Warcraft 3 player.

When Starcraft II was released, he competed in major events for both Starcraft II and Warcraft 3, but Moon eventually switched to Starcraft II full-time when he joined Fnatic in January 2012.

Moon appears in the documentary film "Beyond the Game" as one of the Warcraft 3 players.

Some posit that Warcraft 3 was the first game that created the first eSports legends. This may be because Warcraft 3 is a highly 1 versus 1 eSport, with only some maps and tournaments requiring a 2 versus 2.

The ESL Pro Tour 2021 is an online tournament with players divided into three regions: America, Asia, and Europe.

The regular competition path, regardless of region, is to sign up for an open qualifier and then get a spot in the closed qualifier. Then take part in the closed qualifier and give the Challenger a spot. The top-ranked players are invited to the Challenger; they do not compete in qualifiers.

If you want to follow the best Warcraft 3 players and be able to bet accurately, here are some of the top players to keep an eye on.

From the Americas, you need to watch for Oregon-native Victor 'Hitman' Lin. He's an active Orc player, currently playing for DuSt Gaming and Zero Effort. Also from Oregon, Abdulaziz "CrunCher" Abed is an active Human player. He's currently part of DuSt Gaming.

On the Asian battlefield of Warcraft 3, Lai "Colorful" Yongyun is a professional Chinese Night Elf player. Of course, Jang "Moon" Jae Ho is a legendary Korean Night Elf player, currently playing for DRX. Guo "eer0" Zixiang played Orc when he was with ZDR, but now plays Undead and is coached by WFZ.

Eom "FoCuS" Hyo Sub, Park "Lyn" Joon, and Jeon "Soin" Jin Hwan are all professional Korean Orc players. Moon "Chaemiko" Chae Young, not to be confused with Jang "Moon" Jae Ho, is a professional Korean Human player, who is currently in league with RAPTOR Gaming.

Xu "Fortitude" Yuxing, also called by a cute moniker 'Romantic', is a professional Chinese player who specializes in the Human race.

On the European side of the game, leading the board is the renowned Dmitry "Happy" Kostin, the best Warcraft 3 player to ever hail from Russia, who focuses on the Undead race. Andriy "Foggy" Koren is from Ukraine and specializes in the Night Elf race.

Sergey "HawK" Shcherbakov is another Russian player, but he specializes in the Human race. Daniel "XlorD" Spenst is a professional German Undead player who currently represents mousesports. Another Russian player, Ilya "JohnnyCage" Yashenkov, is an active Russian Human player who currently plays for Thunder Ducks.

Nowadays, online esports bookie provide punters with four different types of Warcraft 3 bets. Bets from the match winners betting market, handicap market, futures or outright winners market, and specials market are examples.

The match winners market is the simplest type of betting market to grasp. Punters choose which of the two teams will win at the end of the game. Handicap betting places one team (usually the favorites) at a scoring disadvantage (-0.5, -1, or 1.5, for example), and to win a bet, the team must score one more goal than their handicap.

In addition to the above-mentioned markets, Warcraft 3 bettors can place wagers on the futures or outright winners market, where they can anticipate the victor of a particular tournament before it begins, and the specials markets. The specials markets are especially thrilling because they include bets like Correct Score or Number of Kills (Over/Under) that only a true Warcraft 3 fan will be able to correctly forecast.