Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com January 25 news, from January 24, 2023, all national service Blizzard games officially stopped operation, including "World of Warcraft", "Warcraft III: remake", "StarCraft" series, "hearthstone Legend", "Storm Hero", "Watchman Vanguard" and "Diablo III" have been unable to log in to play.

Although the national service is gone, the "Watch Vanguard" competition will continue. There are still four OWL teams in Chinese mainland area, and the disappearance of national service has made the upcoming World Cup auditions an embarrassing situation.

E-sports, the vanguard of Watch, officially announced today that in view of the current situation in the Chinese mainland region and the excellent performance of the teams from the Chinese mainland region, they have been runners-up in the last two "Watch Vanguard World Cups". A team from Chinese mainland will directly qualify for the group stage (directly into the last 16).

There will be no World Cup auditions in Chinese mainland and teams will not be required to participate in online qualifying matches. The selection process in the Chinese mainland region is different from that in other countries and regions, and officials will share this information directly with the Chinese mainland contestants.

However, CTOnews.com reported earlier that Blizzard's attitude towards the "hearthstone Legend" competition is diametrically opposed to that of the "Watchman Vanguard" competition. The official announcement directly said that players living in China (which actually means Chinese mainland in English) could not participate in the 2023 "hearthstone Legend" competition, sparking widespread protests from the player community.

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