So whats the Problem on Hostbots in an own Window ? tell me
Because it’s inconvenient to tab out from the game, open a browser, register an account on a hosting service, login, type in a bunch of information to host the game, wait 2 days for your map to get approved, wait 5 minutes in queue before your game gets hosted, wait another 10 minutes for everyone to download 8mb, start the game, but maybe the service crashes and then the game stops or maybe you can actually play the game?
Instead of:
Host a game in wc3 and press start.
I’m sure you can see the difference?
No i cant give people time.
Because the [BK] alias Ghostplay host will close the Website and all the Bots on 27.12
Blizzard killed the Community completly.
And i dont say that ALL hostbots must be comeback but without [BK] will Warcraft 3 lose so much Players.
People will leave the game permanently, i had friends there was online 24/7 , they deinstall the game already, they was ready to buy Reforged but they will dont buy it anymore.
I just want my old Ghostplaycommunity and their Host’s their was available 24/7 , no problems , everything was cool.
Only the new Patch killed all and there will change nothing.
And youre not the only people whos ignorant here.
But to say that Hostbots better be disabled isnt good you wrote nothing strong.
Only bullsh1t because i never saw Empty Lobbies , how i said i dont know which Bots you joined maybe you joined Reign of Chaos Lobbies but definitly not BK !
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I should clarify, he’s saying they’re in their own window on Warcraft 3. Like Ladder and Custom Games. Not actually tabbing out to be its own Program, something blizzard wouldn’t approve of.
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Yep you’re completly right.
I dont talk about own Program like wc3connect.
I talk about like Ladddergame or Custom games, an own section for Hostbots.
I guess I should clarify where I stand really quick.
I Don’t condone the continuation of hostbots, especially with how they flood and drown out the lobbies hosted by people who wants to play their own games. Even suggesting a second window would cause a split in the community, I’d think.
But Blizzard has shown they’re not above directly supporting custom games. In Starcraft 2, Desert Strike was such a popular game that they allowed people to use a Premium version of it. I wouldn’t mind if they had their own section, but I don’t particularly enjoy the insults and calling the game dead because they’re not catering to bots… Mostly because first and foremost, they’re catering to the casual players first.
Who knows, maybe given time Blizzard will comment or implement something along that line? But for now, they’re focusing on revival of the community, stabilization of battle net, and setting up the playerbase for Reforged.
@Kavu
I see that kind of explains it, he just wasn’t very good at articulating.
@Jayes
No i haven’t used [BK], but i’ve used plenty of other hostbot services.
Most if not all bot games i join are dead and/or completely empty.
It doesn’t take much reading on this forum to see other people with similiar experiences.
But seriously just give it time.
All online multiplayer games go through gamebreaking patches and people stop playing for a few days and it usually gets fixed with a day or a week.
I have a discord with 50+ fans that are patiently waiting to play my game, but like i’ve told them.
Until Blizzard cleans up crashes and desyncs theres nothing i can do.
Just go play another game meanwhile.
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Still stupid from Blizzard.
Because the biggest Hostbotcommunity will die on 27.12
And this are very much people.
So they can try to revive the “community” but its not smart to lose on the other hand over 50k players or im wrong?
If they would make an own section for Hostbots nobody would have a problem with it, Nobody can gimme an argument which is against own Section.
The Problem is , there is no hope for Ghostplay alias BK because the decision of Blizzard is final and we cant change anything.
The only way is to make it like ENT and host with wc3connect but ghostplay havent the needed requirments.
@Nudl
Sure my explain was bad sorry, cannot speak that perfect english to discribe all my sentences
So you can’t make your own game to play with your friends? not understanding how this inhibits you or the “community”. There are currently bots out that scan names and report race based on loading screen. Soon someone will be smart enough to put that with a stat tracker. calm down dude. the worlds not ending.
Man it’s annoying when people state opinions as fact.
Great idea, fix s@#!t by adding more s@#!t.
PS: The only solution here, is that they fix the s@!t they have, fulfill the patch notes, and then add more s@!t.
No i wont play with my friends.
I want play good games against the best player of the world in Legion TD
But all the good player leave Warcraft 3 right now.
Bcz this makes no sense to play other options without stats, elo.
Warcraft f#cked it up + you cant stay connected with the Community from Ghostplay because they close soon. warcraft should make just a own section / window for Hostbots like for Laddergames or Custom games
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I agree with you that we will easily get bored of this game without stats.
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I mean you could attempt to do something about yourself? If you want to play against the best players in the world, how about you create a tourney for the best players in the world? It would be much more efficient than a random bot keeping stats because it could be organized and competitive. There’s other options instead of just moaning and groaning. The games not broken, I was playing 10 minutes ago. My clan held a 2v2 koth style tourney. Lots of fun, lots of competitive games, made new friends, ect.
There are also other ways to stay connected with the community, discord probably being the easiest. Don’t get me wrong, this patch was a bit inconvenient but it’s not game breaking. There are ways around everything you’ve stated if you care enough to do it.
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the patch is pretty broken, but it was good to throw out the hostbots, although they had some really nice features.
but the other side of the coin is:
if you dont want to play
- vampirism
- legion td
- footmen frenzy 5.5
well you’re out of luck, because these bots were spamming the custom game list with ALOT of these, even LOTS of empty lobbies. have a hostbot force your game into the gamelist or gtfo.
it was just outright impossible to host a different map and have players to join.
now i can host a map i like to play and have ppl join very fast - okay the game desyncs when it starts, but i’d think that gets resolved pretty soon. and then we’re left with games ppl actually want to play instead of a flooded gamelist with 3 different maps, spammed in by 150 bots.
bots might have worked for you, but for alot of players they didnt.
everyone can open the map they want to play - so its not like you cannot play the formerly hostbot hosted maps anymore.
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Are you blind ?
Thats why i wrote the solution for us all.
1 Own Section for Custom Games
1 Own Section for Hostbot Custom Games.
And TA DA we all are happy and nobody have to leave wc3
but like now tehre will leave so much player bcz blizzard isnt smart
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Ye well thats what Blizzard should have done YEARS ago, but somehow I feel that they just dont care…
They didnt care to do anything about Hostbot custom games when they had moved on from Warcraft III into other projects, but now that they are “reviving” Warcraft III and care about it again, they dont want to see 3rd party hostbots running there in Battlenet period.
For those who are missing them, I think the best you can hope is that Blizzard would create similar stuff of their own, but I think Blizzard has been quite clear on previous occasions when it came down to WoW Classic private servers for example…they will have none of that, and thus I wouldnt hold your breath to have hostbots back, atleast the way you would prefer.