Introducing the WoW Variety Show

Introducing the WoW Variety Show
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
The WoW© Variety Show is a new three-event live broadcast coming to Twitch on August 24!

For glory and honor, a mix of renowned Warcraft Celebrity Contestants and chosen community members will go head-to-head as they compete in a triathlon of unique WoW activities. Players will have to show off their in-game knowledge, mastery of leveling, and speed in our specially-tailored segments for bragging rights over their fellow heroes and a slew of giveaway prizes. Read on for details of each event, and be sure to both register here and join the Variety Show Discord before the event goes live on Twitch!

Leveling

We’ve seen what some of our favorite friendly faces can do at max level, but now we’re taking them back to where it all began. Hosted on live servers, four Warcraft Celebrity Contestants will have exactly one hour to level a fresh character as high as possible, with a series of additional tasks and challenges to face along the way!

Scavenger Hunt

From lore to unsolved mysteries, the Warcraft universe is filled with all sorts of hidden items. Faced with riddles, puzzles, and plenty of things to find, teams of five will need to work together, making the most of their time as they scour the zones and complete as many scavenger tasks as possible! Register today to start your search, because spots are limited.

Footrace Through Azeroth

The final activity comes down to a test of speed and strategy, as players will fight without flight on a footrace through Azeroth! Grab your ground-mounts and go sign-up today. May the fastest hero win!

FAQ

Who can register?

  • The first Variety Show is limited to players from North America. Full eligibility and rules can be found here.

When does registration close?

  • Signups will be open until 11:00 am (PT) on August 15.

Who are the four WoW Celebrity Contestants?

  • The four will be revealed in the coming weeks! Make sure to follow us on Twitter to catch who will be joining the broadcast.

What prizes are being given away?

  • We will be giving away a variety of in-game goodies–Game Time, Mounts, Pets, and some special surprises–to players throughout the broadcast.

How many spots are available?

  • Spots are limited! The four Celebrity Captains will be joined by a further four registered players to join each of their teams, be sure to sign up for a chance to be selected. The Footrace Across Azeroth is open to additional players. Limiting spots allows us to ensure the best experience for everyone as we experiment with our first Variety Show.

How often will you be hosting the Variety Show?

  • Only time will tell! Let’s see how the first one goes before we plan on the second.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Introducing the WoW Variety Show! started by Lumy View original post
Published on 2022-08-01 08:06 PM
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  1. Chilela's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by ParanoiD84 View Post
    Cant be worse then the so so boring arena and m+ they usually stream where its always the same comps.
    I mean, let's be honest, we'll probably see a lot of people playing the same handful of classes (at absolute most) for the leveling and ground race challenges, unless they explicitly restrict both.
  1. ParanoiD84's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Chilela View Post
    I mean, let's be honest, we'll probably see a lot of people playing the same handful of classes (at absolute most) for the leveling and ground race challenges, unless they explicitly restrict both.
    True im guessing classes with great mobility for leveling as they will have a huge advantage.
  1. Vakna's Avatar
    Hosting a levelling race on live servers with "WoW Celebrity" contestants is just asking for disaster, it's going to be absolutely bombed by thousands of players who want nothing more than to disrupt everything and anything. I'll be surprised if they get past level 3.
  1. Lathspell's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Seiken3 View Post
    My thoughts exactly. Did we ask for this? I mean, there's 9000 other things we as players want, but it seem to fall on deaf ears and we end up getting things we didn't ask for.
    Game developers making their own decisions instead of doing what players ask for is good. If they always did what the players want there would be chaos. No leveling, max ilvl gear from world quests, classes always getting buffed instead of nerfed to be in line and who knows what else. All these have been suggestions from players.
  1. Relapses's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Lathspell View Post
    Game developers making their own decisions instead of doing what players ask for is good. If they always did what the players want there would be chaos. No leveling, max ilvl gear from world quests, classes always getting buffed instead of nerfed to be in line and who knows what else. All these have been suggestions from players.
    To be fair, I kind of want Blizzard to give in to community pressure and just put every single design decision they make up for polling. The resulting shit show would be so fucking glorious that it'd be worth seeing the game eat itself alive just to prove unequivocally how profoundly stupid the idea is.
  1. Hungrydingo's Avatar
    Wow, back in 2006 I would have been hyped for this!
  1. Ringthane's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Seiken3 View Post
    My thoughts exactly. Did we ask for this? I mean, there's 9000 other things we as players want, but it seem to fall on deaf ears and we end up getting things we didn't ask for.
    No, we didn't. But we don't own the game. Blizzard does. So they can do what they want.
  1. SynDethroc's Avatar
    I think this could be fun to experience and/or watch!
  1. Ryzek's Avatar
    That's pretty cool. I hope it goes well.
  1. Kiwijello's Avatar
    Four players get to join, the resy get to watch?
  1. Nzx's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Seiken3 View Post
    My thoughts exactly. Did we ask for this? I mean, there's 9000 other things we as players want, but it seem to fall on deaf ears and we end up getting things we didn't ask for.
    Fucking ridiculous comment. This will have been designed and planned for by a marketing team, which has absolutely nothing to do with the developers beyond maybe an email/slack message to their team leader/manager along the lines of "hey if we do x will that completely break anything". No one who buffs or nerfs classes or works on the art or encounter design for new raids or any of the writers will have been involved at all, and I honestly feel more dumb every single time I read shit takes like this on this forum.

    Some of you are so utterly clueless about how anything in real life actually works and yet so confident about your opinions that you post them in public.
  1. MrLachyG's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Seiken3 View Post
    My thoughts exactly. Did we ask for this? I mean, there's 9000 other things we as players want, but it seem to fall on deaf ears and we end up getting things we didn't ask for.
    I highly doubt that it was the devs who came up with this idea. It's a unique one that's for sure, appeals to a very different crowd than the M+ tournaments. I like they're trying new things.
  1. Kikazz's Avatar
    hosted on live servers..... i cant see this going horribly wrong, with people just trolling them and greifing them by killings mobs, or pvp ganking them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ehrenpanzer View Post
    NA only.. then read the rules and see its literally only the USA eligible.. fuck Mexico and Canada I guess...
    or oce that falls under the NA banner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vakna View Post
    Hosting a levelling race on live servers with "WoW Celebrity" contestants is just asking for disaster, it's going to be absolutely bombed by thousands of players who want nothing more than to disrupt everything and anything. I'll be surprised if they get past level 3.
    100% cant wait to see this, then blizz being there invis, and dcing/temp banning people interfering.
  1. Celement's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kikazz View Post
    hosted on live servers..... i cant see this going horribly wrong, with people just trolling them and greifing them by killings mobs, or pvp ganking them.

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    or oce that falls under the NA banner.

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    100% cant wait to see this, then blizz being there invis, and dcing/temp banning people interfering.
    They can't be dumb enough to make it on live servers... as amusing as it would be to see all the offensively named characters be created and gms shitting their pants this has to be closed servers.
  1. DarkLimpan's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Vakna View Post
    Hosting a levelling race on live servers with "WoW Celebrity" contestants is just asking for disaster, it's going to be absolutely bombed by thousands of players who want nothing more than to disrupt everything and anything. I'll be surprised if they get past level 3.
    The PDF with the rules mention a Contest realm (under #2 "Entering the Contest."), though. I'm not sure where you're getting live realms from? But it sounds like there would be more players than just the contestants that will have access to the contest realm?

    Anyway, I guess I'll watch this after the fact, since it's 2am CET (I think?) and I'll be sleeping with a much more important day on the 25th.
  1. MrLachyG's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DarkLimpan View Post
    The PDF with the rules mention a Contest realm (under #2 "Entering the Contest."), though. I'm not sure where you're getting live realms from? But it sounds like there would be more players than just the contestants that will have access to the contest realm?

    Anyway, I guess I'll watch this after the fact, since it's 2am CET (I think?) and I'll be sleeping with a much more important day on the 25th.
    it specifically says live realms. I guess people take that as meaning just a general realm, and not a live contest realm. it has to be the latter, if it was the former you would absolutely get people in there griefing the shit out of them.
  1. DarkLimpan's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by MrLachyG View Post
    it specifically says live realms. I guess people take that as meaning just a general realm, and not a live contest realm. it has to be the latter, if it was the former you would absolutely get people in there griefing the shit out of them.
    All i could find in that PDF were "Contest Realm", not "Live Realm", so I dunno. Anyway, I bet you're right that it's restricted access to certain players and not free for anyone to troll.
  1. Mendzia's Avatar
    There have to be full spectrum of community from positive to negative feedback.
    From Retail and from Classic.
    If they will keep picking only shills like T&E this won't last long.
    Also GL making this on live servers, LOL.
  1. Sagnar's Avatar
    NA only? How can they pull this? What about Europe? Asia? Oceania?

    Everything today is about including everyone. No wonder why the company's reputation goes down the shitter, and everything talks about woke culture and LHBT.
  1. MrLachyG's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Sagnar View Post
    NA only? How can they pull this? What about Europe? Asia? Oceania?

    Everything today is about including everyone. No wonder why the company's reputation goes down the shitter, and everything talks about woke culture and LHBT.
    Oceania is combined with NA so we should be able to join, just fyi. but yeah it is a bit weird that they don't have a EU or Asia one
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