Author: War3station
Translator: GLH



WGL Winter will start at Nov 28th, and there are 24 players will play for the champion. Recently, NetEase organized a event, and ask the casters and commentators to vote who will be qualified from the Group Stage and become the best 8 in this tournament, the caster(s) with most correct predictions will get the limited edition prizes from the official and let them to give their fans, and the prizes are:

-Limited edition WGL coat with champion signature X1
-Limited champion race exclusive avatar on platform X8

Nov 28th to Dec 8th, let's watch the games and see which caster has the best prediction
(雪妍 Snowkiss, 桥林 Qiaolin)


Here is the summary about the prediction,

1. All of them think Infi and 120 will be qualified.

2.In the group of death(Group A), TH000 got 5 votes with the highest votes, and the second goes to Foggy and Lyn with 4 votes, Xun voted for the player who play the same race, WFZ, the situation of Group A is so intense.

3. In Group B, Fly and Colorful got 4 votes, and Lucifer got 6 votes, seems most of them are confidence in Lucifer.

4. Moon didn't get all votes, B2W voted for the Sonik, maybe they think Sonik is stronger than Moon.


Which caster has the same answer with you?



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Author: War3station
Translator: GLH


The Orcs have never been eager for the new patch as they are now.

























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Author: War3station
Translator: Gornlan Harbor




In Master's Colisuem Finals, Infi lost the BO5 series to 120 in 20 minutes, and this unbelievable series became the shortest finals in War3 history.

Do you remember the first game between them? 120 was a new man, and Infi defeated him so easy; and now, both of them are standing on the top of Warcraft III, and fight for the world champion.

They will continue their story tonight, their battle was like the battle between Moon, Grubby and Sky.


Infi was the biggest enemy of 120

In patch 1.28, Undead players were so suffering in UD vs HU. At that time, 120 has become a leader of Undead, in GCS, he defeated Moon, Remind, and moved into the Grand Finals, but Infi was a mountain in front of him, and it's too hard for 120 to walk through it.

In that series, Infi used the skills that make him famous, Towers and Tanks, and this made 120 so suffering. In the last round, LR, Infi had four Gold Mine to fight against 120 with only a single Gold Mine. After the series, a lot of audiences said 120 that he didn't know how to play against Tanks and Towers, and 120 also didn't get a win on Infi for long time.


Revenge in Finals, 120 turn over the situation

And this situation kept happening until the GCS Summer' 2017, in the group stage, Infi won the game with the incredible Footmen surrounding, force 120 stayed in the base for minutes.

In the round 8 to 4, Infi won again. However, the situation was turned over in the next series, the Grand Finals. Seems like 120 found out the methods to fight against Infi, he found out the timing before Infi had a team of Tier 3 units, he got the timing in time and held the chance, got two wins in a row.

But Infi was being Infi, he is a skillful and very experienced player, he adjusted himself and got back 2 wins in a row. However, in the last round, Infi's Goblin Shredder cut down the trees beside the main base, and cut down the barrier in front of 120 at the same time, 120 held the chance, and got the title. After this series, the situation between them was turned over.


Infi adopted a strategy of overcoming the strong by applying soft methods in NSL,
and Infi called himself the top Human player in HU vs UD.

This case proofed that the Grand Finals has effected Infi, because Infi changed his strategies first. UD is a very strong race in direct fight, so Infi chose to avoid direct fight, he summoned Panda as second hero and went for the base run. If we compare Panda with MK, MK is a better hero in direct fight, but Panda is the better hero in base run, so if we want to play with Tanks, Panda might be the better choice.

Finally, Infi defeated 120 in NSL and moved to the offline tournaments, after the games, Infi called himself that the top player in HU vs UD.


Unbelievable GG, one of the biggest controversial for Infi

However, the changes of patches and the Lighting Shield made Infi so suffering, and his action became the big controversial.

In the Master's Coliseum Finals, Infi lost 2 rounds in a row, in the third round, Infi creep the 5-3-3 (Creeps' level) creeps camp at the opening, and the Lighting Shield made Infi so annoying and GG immediately,  this action made the commentators, the audiences and his opponent so stunned. After that, a lot of cursing and blaming came to Infi. Infi played Warcraft III more than ten years, and this is the first time that Infi so helpless.

In fact, this happened in NSL'2017 group stage, Infi did a same thing when he played against 120, he typed out GG immediately after 120 stole his level 5 creep.


We may not see HU vs UD in patch 1.30

It's sad to say that, Master's Coliseum Grand Final may be the last HU vs UD nowadays.

Human are so hard to expand, and Human with single Gold Mine was an ATM of UD. In this situation, Infi is so helpless and he choose Orc to play against Undead. In the WGL Oct qualifier, Infi proofed that he is good Orc player even though the opponent is 120.

The situation is changing so fast between them, and Infi may be use Orc to play against 120 tonight, let's watch the game and see what will happen.



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Author: War3station
Translator: GLH

This week is a big week of W league, maybe the biggest! We will have some key matches that can decide who will be the champion and who will drop from his level. At the same time, we will have some great battle too, do you prepare your popcorn?


Upcoming games

Highlights you have to know

The battle of the old and new king of poser


Whether it is on stage or under the stage, Infi and 120 are the "super bad friends", they made fun of each other on the stage, and they played so many close game too! And we may see the Infi's Orc again!

Even though Blizzard make UDvHU completely done, but the games with these two ID will be interesting games!

120 will meet strong opponents in a row


Why can 120 make 5 winning streak and stay on the first place? The schedule is the biggest reason, however, 120 have to meet Infi, Moon and Lyn in this week, it's so difficult to keep on the first place.

Currently, it's possible that Lyn make a come back and get the first place, so the game Lyn vs 120 may be called "The Battle for the first place". And, is it possible that 120 use Unholy Frenzy on Blade Master again?

Crucial games for Fly, can he keep himself in Super League?


Two losing streak again, Fly was having a bad days recently, he is resulting 2-4 (2 win 4 loss) right now, his score is ahead Foggy only with one win, but Foggy only 4 games, so his situation is so hard now.

The worst case is his schedule in this week is really hard, he have to play against Lyn and Moon in this week, even if he win WFZ and get his third win, it's hard to keep leading Foggy. So he have to try to get more points in this week.

Moon vs 120 again, can 120 get a revenge?


The last time Moon played in W league was about one month ago, a lot of fans have been waiting for long time, and the game that Moon vs 120 will be the highlight always! In the NeXT Clan War, Moon won against 120 in the last game, and leaded his team to the championship.

Can Moon continue his story? Or 120 get the revenge? Let's watch the game on this Sunday!

Zhouxixi may get the first place


The result of First Division are much closer than Super League, Chamiko, Lucifer and Zhouxixi have the chance to get the first place; on the other hand, Sini, Tbc, Soin have to fight to avoid being dropped from the First Division.

As Colorful's master, Zhouxixi is always being underrated, in the tournaments recently, Zhouxixi lost the game to the players in Super League, but he was playing steady when he played against other opponent. In this week, Zhouxixi will play against Lucifer and Chaemiko, and these games may decide if he can get the first place, Zhouxixi is in a good state nowadays, so it's possible that he can make a winning streak and get into first place.


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Author: War3station
Translator: GornLan Harbor


For family reasons, Check chose to retire; also because of family support, Check is back to his beloved Warcraft now. And he is still so low-key.


Q: Hi, Uncle Check, say hi to your fans!
A: Hi everyone, thank you for remembering me.

Q: Last year, you chose to retire after you got into best 4 in GCS, why?
A: I had no stable income from the squad and streams, it's hard to take care of my family, I didn't want to, but I had to leave.

Q: In 2018, Warcraft was growing so fast, we have more tournaments, new patches, and Blizzard published that they will release the Reforged edition, how you feel about these?
A: I thought we would not have the remastered edition, you know Blizzard right? but Blizzard did it! Thanks to Blizzard. In general, Warcraft is on the good way, this is a great news for the Warcraft players and fans.

Q: Why you choose to come back and play again? Is it because of the release of the Reforged edition?
A: I want to play in tournaments always, but I have no time for it. Luckily my schedule is more suitable for me to play now, so I choose to come back.

Q: Do you have any target with this come back?
A: I want to have a satisfied result, AND don't leave regrets for myself.

Q: In your opinion, who is the best NE player now? Moon, Lawliet, Foggy or someone else? Are you confident to surpass him?
A: All of them are the great NE player, it's too hard to choose the best one. I had stopped for long time, I didn't play in tournaments, and I didn't do enough practice too, it's hard to compare with them.

Q: Do your family support for your come back this time?
A: My wife creates the time for me to play, that's why I can come back, I will use my result for return what she did for me.

Q: Thank you for accepting our interview, do you have any word to your fans?
A: I am really happy that I can come back to Warcraft, I will try to participate the tournaments as much as possible, it's hard to play and work at the same time, but I will try my best and get the good result.



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