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The event featured three games: StarCraft II, League of Legends, and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft in its sole Intel Extreme Masters appearance of the season. The prize pools consisted of US$25,000, US$5,000 and US$10,000 respectively, as well as 4,000 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) points spread among the participants based on ...
The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, as of 2024 currently host events in Counter-Strike 2 and StarCraft II.
When the Starcraft II beta was released in February 2010, IdrA officially switched over from Brood War and quickly imposed himself as one of the strongest players through various tournaments and ranking 1st in the Platinum League (Division 2) with a record of 62–8, [9] an impressive run culminating with his victory in the Day 9's King of the ...
The North American Star League was a professional e-sports league that features the games StarCraft II and Heroes of Newerth.Originally modeled after successful South Korean professional StarCraft leagues, it was founded in 2011 by Russell Pfister and Duncan Stewart. [1]
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]
Jin Air Green Wings (Korean: 진에어 그린윙스) was a South Korean e-sports organization with teams competing in StarCraft II and League of Legends.Its parent organization was Korean Air subsidiary Jin Air.
StarCraft Proleague, also known as StarCraft II Proleague or Proleague for short, was the longest running StarCraft league in the world and the most prestigious team league. Hosted by the Korean eSports Association (KeSPA), the league was played offline in South Korea .
The 2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) is the 2015 edition of the StarCraft II World Championship Series, the highest level of esports competition for StarCraft II. [1] The tournament series' Global Finals were won by South Korean professional player Kim "sOs" Yoo Jin, becoming the first two-time StarCraft II world champion. [2] [3]