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Divisional matches were played weeknights for a nine-week period. Then, in a week-long open invitational tournament, 1000 players competed for a single berth in the league finals. The finals consisted of a sixteen-person play-off with the tournament winner receiving $50,000 US out of a total $100,000 US, a record prize pool amount at the time. [5]
Professional StarCraft II competition features professional gamers competing in Blizzard Entertainment's real-time strategy game StarCraft II.Professional play began following the game's initial release in 2010, as the game was the sequel to StarCraft, considered one of the first esports and the foundation of South Korea's interest and success in competitive gaming. [1]
The StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) was a StarCraft II professional tournament series organized and sanctioned by Blizzard Entertainment that ran from 2012 to 2019. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For all but its first year of operation, it was the highest tier of professional StarCraft II competition .
There have been several commercial attempts to bring televised professional StarCraft matches to audiences outside South Korea.GOM TV hired Nick "Tasteless" Plott, an American who previously cast StarCraft at the WCG and other international events, to provide English commentary for the 2008 GOM TV Star Invitational and the 2008 Averatec-Intel Classic tournaments.
The MLG 2015 World Finals took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States on October 16–18, 2015. The event featured five games, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Dota 2, Smite, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Notably, ZeRo's record-setting, 56-tournament winning streak was broken after he lost to Nairo.
The PGL was early professional gamers league based in the United States formed in Nov 1997. [24] [25] The first world finals were hosted in Seattle in Jan 1998. [26] Though short lived, they held one of the earliest professional Starcraft tournaments in Nov 1998. [27] United States: 1997–1998 World e-Sports Masters
The 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series, the first edition of the StarCraft II World Championship Series, was the only one played on StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. The tournament series included over 30 LAN events. [3] The 2012 World of Warcraft Arena World Championship was the World of Warcraft series of tournaments. [4] It was played ...
The 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) is part of the Battle.net World Championship Series, a series of video game tournaments held by Blizzard Entertainment, [1] the creators of the video game StarCraft II (SC2). Tournaments were held in more than 28 countries to find top StarCraft II competitors. The top-ranked players from ...