Linux Support

Allow faster catch-up playback on FloTV

Watching games through FloTV while waiting in queue is a great feature. One issue comes up with longer-running games such as Castle Fight, where matches often last 30+ minutes. If you start watching a game that is already 20+ minutes in, the current maximum playback speed of 3× means it can still take around 7 minutes just to catch up to the live game. By that point, the match may already be over and the next game has started, which makes joining an ongoing game through FloTV less useful. It would be great to have some way to catch up to live much faster, for example, by allowing higher playback speeds, adding a “skip to live” option, or otherwise advancing through the replay more quickly if technically possible.

Rules Acknowledgment & Improved Rules Discoverability

Introduce mode-specific rules directly into the launcher so players encounter them at the point where they are relevant. 1. Require rules acknowledgment before first queue When a player attempts to queue for a game mode for the first time, present the rules applicable to that mode and require acknowledgment before allowing them to queue. Examples: - 1v1 / 2v2 / 4v4 - Direct Strike - Mini Dota - Other custom or competitive modes with their own rules The intent is not to repeatedly interrupt players, but to make sure new players have been exposed to the rules before participating in a mode where those rules are enforced. Proposed flow: 1. Player selects a game mode. 2. If the player has not previously acknowledged that mode's rules, display a rules modal/page. 3. Player reviews and acknowledges the rules. 4. Queue access is enabled. 5. Acknowledgment is stored so the prompt is only shown again if needed, such as after a significant rules update. This could also highlight particularly important rules or consequences rather than presenting players with an undifferentiated wall of text. Mockup intended to facilitate discussion around the feature and UX rather than prescribe the final implementation. 2. Improve rules discoverability in the launcher The #ingame-rules forum channel is a great reference, but it is relatively hidden for both new and existing players. Players generally need to already know where to look before they can find it. Add a dedicated Rules page or section to the launcher where players can easily reference the current rules at any time. Ideally, the page would: - Organize rules by game mode. - Make rules accessible without leaving the launcher. - Provide a clear navigation entry such as Rules or Game Rules. - Link to the full forum rules where appropriate. - Surface rule changes or recently updated sections. - Use the same rule source/content as the acknowledgment flow where possible to avoid maintaining multiple versions. Goal The overall goal is to move rules from something players are expected to independently discover into something that is presented naturally as part of the game-mode experience. This should help: - Set expectations before players enter a queue. - Reduce accidental rule violations. - Make moderation decisions easier for players to understand. - Give both new and existing players a clear, permanent place to find the rules.

5s start and pause

I liked having that other than the disconnections it created. I hope you guys figure out what the problem was and implement it back!

Add an option to the ladder to continue with the same player

Hello, Please add an option to the ladder to continue with the same player Right now, I queue for ladder, play one game against an opponent, and then the next game is always against a different player and often a different race. Each match is completely independent from the previous one. I'd really like to have an option where, if both players agree, they can continue playing another one or two games against the same opponent. After the game, there could be a button or a popup allowing one player to send a rematch request. The other player would then receive the request and could either Accept or Decline. This is actually one of the reasons why I start playing ladder and then stop after a while. I have a really enjoyable game and want to play a couple more matches against the same opponent, but instead I'm immediately matched with someone else playing a different race. If you added this feature, it would be amazing. Thank you! You could also add a limit so this option can only be used once per opponent per day (a maximum of one Bo3)

Watch specific match in match history without opening another page

I think topic is self explanatory

website statistics winrate slider per matchup based on match length

for example if we want to see does elf vs undead at a particular MMR range have a better winrate in games <15 minutes compared to >20 minutes type of idea.

Add a button to hide the mmr and the player's name when loading the game

Hello, I noticed after the new update my friends disappeared (I had maybe like 5-6 friends that i sometimes played with), and I cannot add new ones either, maybe some new bug?

Translation for In-Game and Launcher chat

Automatic Translation for In-Game and Launcher Chat W3Champions has a very international player base, and language differences can make communication difficult, particularly in team games. It would be great if W3Champions could provide optional automatic translation for chat messages, especially in-game where manually selecting and translating messages would be impractical. Helpful scenarios include: - During a pause: Players often use pause time to explain a technical problem, ask for a few minutes, or coordinate when the game can resume. Translation would help avoid misunderstandings such as whether someone is ready to unpause. - Team games: Quickly understanding messages such as “I’m being attacked,” “need help,” “expand here,” or “let’s push” can materially improve coordination. - Before the game starts: Players can communicate about positions, races, strategy, latency, observers, or other setup issues. - Technical problems: A player could explain disconnects, lag, keyboard problems, crashes, mouse/battery issues, or other problems without relying on everyone speaking the same language. - Sportsmanship: Messages such as “gg,” apologies, explanations, or friendly conversation could be understood by more players. - Arranging games through the launcher: Private messages and group chat could be translated when players are trying to organize teams, custom games, practice sessions, or tournaments. - Moderation and dispute prevention: Better understanding of what another player actually said could reduce misunderstandings caused simply by language barriers. A possible implementation: - Players select their preferred language in the W3Champions launcher. - Incoming in-game chat is automatically translated into that language. - Keep the original message available alongside the translation. - Allow players to disable translation globally or for specific languages. - Launcher/private messages could support either automatic translation or a manual Translate option. - An MVP could initially support the most commonly used W3Champions languages, including English, Korean, Chinese, German, Russian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Example during a pause 1. Original Portuguese message: Pausa por favor, o meu rato ficou sem bateria. What an English-speaking player would see: [Translated PT] Please pause, my mouse battery died. 2. Original Chinese message: 请暂停一下，我的鼠标没电了。 What an English-speaking player would see: [Translated ZH] Please pause, my mouse battery died. This makes it immediately obvious that the message was translated and also shows which language the original player used. This seems particularly well suited to modern lightweight translation models. It may not require a large general-purpose AI model or expensive GPU infrastructure, especially if W3Champions initially limits support to the most common language pairs. The biggest value would be making communication between players effectively seamless without requiring anyone to leave the game or use an external translation tool.

I'd love the ability to hide my MMR and other progress metrics

I find it easy to obsess over my MMR to the point where I feel a lot of anxiety queueing for a match on W3Champions. This is often a deterrent to me playing the game. I would love an option that allowed me to hide my MMR, win/loss ratio, and current level from my profile. It should also hide the MMR gains/losses from my match history, as well as hide the MMR of my opponent on the match loading screen. This could just be a toggle option in the settings menu. With these changes, I feel like I would play more matches in a single session, and I'd experience less stress when I lose a match.

Info not only on discord, also on w3c client

I would like the rules of each game mode to be available on the w3c client. If you could also have a link for people to report others like for direct strike it's ds-report.com or something, that would be great. I think having all the info only on discord is a little bit of a problem, not everyone will join the w3c discord.

average gold mined per matchup/map on website statistics page

would like to be able to select, say, HU vs Orc on Twisted Meadows and have it show me the average total gold mined for each race on that map. gives me some insight on frequency/success of expansions. maybe also a slider for game length? thanks

Add and change hero models

Hi, I'd like to share my opinion, which is that there should be an option to add or change hero models, just like on Bnet.

Reforged Graphics for the Windows Client!

Hello! I just saw the Mac client release and I saw that It supports reforged graphics. Do you guys know if we're getting that in the Windows Client? The thing is there are already mods (like Vision Mod) which improves the Reforged Graphics by a lot and I'll like to use them on the W3Champions ladder. At the moment it works fine in the Blizzard ladder.

Windows 7/8 Support

Considering the official Bnet's final abandonment of these versions, you could attract a significant portion of the community that otherwise can't run the standard client.

Web chat

It would be nice to have the chat accessible even on devices without W3C installed. Access to chat from a web UI on w3champions.com using essentially the same authentication portal as the desktop client would be a great nice-to-have with a couple use cases. 1) Desktop client's access to chat is currently blocked while in game. This would allow us to use it while in game. 2) Chat from devices without W3/W3C installed. Would be dope if it worked on different form factors (phones).

Ping always shown as "Ping: 0.00ms" in-game in current version

I'm using Steam on Linux. To show it, I have the WC3 setting turned on to show ping. If WC3's ping display is not applicable for w3champions/FLO, maybe a w3champions-specific setting could be added to show it using w3champions's logic.

Race-specific map vetoes

Can we someday get race-specific vetoes for maps, so that when i switch races I don't have to re-do my vetoes each time? (I switch races a lot lol). So like if I switch race to UD it changes to my preferred UD vetoes, etc. Thanks!

Play an error sound when detect W3C "Restart required"

Quite often while I'm searching for a game, the button changes to say "Restart required", but I have a different window focused, and no error sound is played, so I don't know there's a problem.