u/oofery_with_a_why

For reasons you may know why, I want to try out other DAWs, free ones, after 8 years of producing as a hobby on FL. It's not goodbye, its just going to a more legitimate option that I can afford 😅 till i can get Producer Edition.

I produce a range of genres, house (electro/bass), techno (progressive/hardgroove), sample-chopping heavy styles like dubstep, bass music, but I am also getting into Orchestral arrangements. The only thing i'm not trying to do is recorded music.

Plugins I really love in FL: Fruity Granulizer, Patcher, Vocodex, Poizone, Slicex

I'm confident i have a decent arsenal of essential utility VSTs to fill in whatever the suggested DAW is missing. thanks.

Arena of Valor (AOV) and Honor of Kings (HOK) are technically the same game. FYI, in short, both made by TiMi Studios, Tencent Games, Honor of Kings came first, but Arena of Valor came after as the "international" alternative.
I'm not sure about Honor of Kings esports scene, but i'm almost certain it's more stable overall globally then Arena of Valor.
AoV esports growth:
- Attempted to grow in NA/SA, Europe, Japan, but all of these failed.
- Has been very popular for years in specifically Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia (now dominated by HoK and MLBB)

Has there been a case of 2 different versions of one game, whether developed separately or together, have lopsided growth, in specifically esports?

I'm from Vietnam, the game is THE 1# game people know about. Everyone plays it, everywhere, there are pro & community tournaments. Thailand is roughly the same, not sure about Taiwan because I don't know how to search in the language.

Recently, Esports World Cup 2026 announced Honor of Kings World Cup (KWC), in which there are 3 invitational slots from AOV from Thai, VN, and TW regions. It's cool for me, but does it also mean it has now failed to be its own game?

What is the point of a branch of a famous game, only very popular in less than a dozen countries? I believe it's not going away in these countries soon, but will it have any chance at reaching further, or is this the best we can go?

Sorry for the existential questioning tone, the situation is really confusing to me. English not my first language