Vikk and Sticky Fingers, I have a question for you.
You say that VT is supposedly like a game that will soon reach the esports level of something like Warcraft 3/StarCraft. That VT creates balance and interface convenience, unlike SoD, which is why SoD has hit a ceiling and has no future. That allegedly thanks to balance, Warcraft 3 and StarCraft long ago became esports disciplines, while SoD largely cannot because of it. (That's how I understood it, I hope?)

Now for the reality.
For VT to become an esport game, sponsors are needed, at the very least. Where will you find them? No one is going to sponsor your VT; I think if any are found (which is highly doubtful), they will sponsor SoD, since it is known worldwide, while VT so far is just a tight closed circle, a continuation of WoG.
No one will play without sponsorship, and there will be too few people. On the other hand, let's imagine that sponsors suddenly appear from the sky and pump a ton of cash in here; immediately, a lot of people all over the world will appear who want to win and play professionally.
No sponsor—no money—it's useless to dream about esports. Therefore, the idea with VT of putting it on the pedestal of VCG... looks ridiculous, sorry.
If you have never truly been involved in esports, you won't understand this!
As for balance. Another laughable point: Blizzard hammered out and continue to hammer out patches to this day to fix balance in Warcraft 3 (they gave up on the first StarCraft long ago since there is a second one, and that's where they are hammering them now). So there was never really complete balance there, yet the game is at an esports level! Let's go back to SoD—there is no balance either, but the game is not at that level.
And in general, don't write such absurdities, like how Warcraft 3 was bugged at first because of some item dropping/not dropping or damage spread and other crap; those are all complete trifles. Balance in the initial version of Warcraft 3 was absent for completely different reasons. It's immediately obvious that you, Vikk, apparently only played Warcraft 3 at a DotA player level... I don't want to offend, but is that probably it?
But Warcraft 3 always had sponsors, and many, which is why it developed while Blizzard stamped out patches... but what about SoD? 3DO collapsed; there is no one to stamp out official patches, let alone sponsor. That's why geniuses like Asma appear to create VT and attempt to elevate it... but these aren't Heroes anymore; as some correctly write here, it's a linear, predictable game.
You know, you can't compare VT and Warcraft 3 in terms of predictability, because in Warcraft 3 there are tons of strategies and they all vary across different maps with many options, while in VT, regardless, everyone plays the same thing that rules.