Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne

[Pantsalot]

I really don't think it's the game itself that gives Warcraft 3 it's prestige but the multiplayer
custom maps. Plenty of ppl still play them & I once played a full month on them, though I
only play the RTS ones like Lords of the realm, Europa & my favourite Desert Storm III (although
no1 hosts it anymore) though with DOTA being every1 else's favourite it appears.. -.-

Annoyingly my router just can't host games anymore & having a new computer means that I
have to download all those maps again.. that would probably be the main issue of it >.<

[Veho Nex]

I really don't think it's the game itself that gives Warcraft 3 it's prestige but the multiplayer
custom maps. Plenty of ppl still play them & I once played a full month on them, though I
only play the RTS ones like Lords of the realm, Europa & my favourite Desert Storm III (although
no1 hosts it anymore) though with DOTA being every1 else's favourite it appears.. -.-

Annoyingly my router just can't host games anymore & having a new computer means that I
have to download all those maps again.. that would probably be the main issue of it >.<

I hate DOTA, but the custom maps are what had me coming back to WC3:FT for over 450 hours. I played so many and hosted so often that I had a group of regulars who would join me every time I hosted.

[pevergreen]

Thats not that impressive, I had a group of followers for every map I hosted.

Civilisation Wars
Helms Deep
Lost Kingdom

[Meneldil]

I played a Europa Universalis (or some similar name) W3TFT map yesterday, and what a blast it was.

Each player chose a country a la MTW. You get to attack and capture neutral cities, the more cities you have, the more tax income you get and the more units you can field.
Funnily, unlike what happens in most SC/WC3 games, there was a lot of intrigues and stuff. People betraying eachothers as the game goes. You can trade stuff, upgrade your towns and what else. Heck that was fun.

I know there was a quite similar Middle Earth map at some point, but I couldn't find it. Does anyone know if it's still played? Basically you had to chose one faction, improve your cities to spawn more and better troops each day, and either defeat Sauron or find the one Ring. One player was even able to play as the Fellowship. Great fun it was.

[pevergreen]

I've played a map like that. The type of map is a risk map. Lotr risk, Z day and so forth. There are many good ones around.

War of the Lost Kingdoms is the same, but oh so awesome.

[Veho Nex]

Thats not that impressive, I had a group of followers for every map I hosted.

Civilisation Wars
Helms Deep
Lost Kingdom

No it's creepy when you start the lobby and ten seconds later it was the entire team from last game with maybe one or two other unknown people, and then I would get the spam of "Hey can you kick someone for me" and its not just 5 or 6 people it was in the upwards of 30-40. A huge portion of the players i didn't even have on my friends list.

[pevergreen]

I've had someone contact me now asking me to help them make a new Helms Deep map.

Is it one of you guys...

[Veho Nex]

I've had someone contact me now asking me to help them make a new Helms Deep map.

Is it one of you guys...

No...

[pevergreen]

I'm glad, cause this person's a bit of a racist.