Worldcup of Warcraft

Genre – Mini-game/Sports
Suggested number of players - 2v2 to 4v4
Current version: 7.25
*** More stuff coming! ***



Have you ever seen a good sports simulator for Warcraft 3? A good soccer simulator?.. Well, here it is!

Summary.
Realistic tactical soccer map for Warcraft 3.
Main features: excellently modeled ball, realistic ball physics (eg. it slows down with time, can interact with barriers such as ground or crossbar), real soccer rules (throw-ins, corner kicks).
Depending on the team, each player controls a peasant or a peon. The goalkeepers are AI.
There are no different characters to choose from - all characters are equal and have the same set of abilities:
Z = Short pass
X = Shoot/Slide
C = Long Pass
V = Jump/Head


More info about abilities is shown in the table below.

Gameplay features.
- Variety of moves. Combinations are what really makes the game interesting & competitive.
There are several of them, including: V+Z (shot, pass, knock on), V+X (shot) , X+V (shot, dribbling)
- Choose your strategy. Choose playstyle & position that fits you best - from defensive turtling to all-run-ahead !
- Bots. You can add computer players. I strongly recommend getting 1 or 2 "Insane" allies and "Normal" enemies to start off.


Important ingame mechanics details.
- Losing ball to enemy occurs when enemy player gets close enough to the ball owner (~ 100.0 range)
- Your movement speed decreases greatly when you obtain the ball - due to balance reasons
- When you kick the ball (shoot, pass, head it etc), it remains immune to any further mechanical influence for a small amount of time (usually under 1 second)

Now, there is a whole lot of other details. If you are further interested in gameplay, my advise is to read Beginners guide.
The rest can be summarized by this quote.


Youtube videos & other links.
Game coverage video: "August - October Highlights"
Another awesome vid: July highlights

Map forum: http://w3soccer.forumer.com
Brief game guide: http://w3soccer.19.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=11
Garena Install & Configure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5S9ju_jFrU


Community overview.
If you seriously "fall in love" with this game, you gotta join our community. The guys who love playing Wc3 Soccer.
Basically we use Garena Europe Football Room to play our games. Garena reduces delay/lag significantly, and that's crucial for such a micro-based map.
Location in Garena: War3 RPG > Europe > Europe Football Room


Progress.
The map is finished, but it's pretty dull (not the gameplay, I mean how the actual pitch looks).
Gameplay: 100 %
Bug fixing: 99 %
Balance: 90 %
Terrain & Doodads: 20 % (gotta add stadium and spectators! - ideas on this?)

Changelog 7.25 - Added "Match Information" multiboard at the end of the game with statistics for each player and each team (assists,pass success, ball possession etc!) - Added system to evaluate crossbar height, so that the ball interacts with it correctly (to one's naked eye) - Lots of bugs/issues fixed - Small gameplay changes affecting keepers: decreased get ball range by 10 % (for balance reasons) & a bit widened area in which a keeper walks.

Credits.
Original author: PentaPOD
Mapmaking: morganxl, Menag
Gfx - Toter[LNl]
Testing and suggestions - Clan KICK & Weeble, Toter[LNI]