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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 .
The 2019 StarCraft II World Championship Series was separated into two regions, WCS Korea and WCS Circuit. The format of the former remained consistent with the standard set in 2017, featuring three seasons of the long-running Global StarCraft II League (GSL) Code S with two smaller GSL Super Tournament events interspersed.
The 2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) is the 2014 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 Lee "Life" Seung Hyun .
The 2018 StarCraft II World Championship Series was separated into two regions, WCS Circuit and WCS Korea. The former featured four large events with accompanying qualifiers under the WCS Challenger branding, while the latter featured three seasons of the long-running Global StarCraft II League (GSL) Code S with two smaller GSL Super Tournament events interspersed.
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 2017 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) is the 2017 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 Lee "Rogue" Byung Ryul.
Tier lists have been used to rank elements from other subjects aside from video games, such as films, sports teams, logos, animals, and tabletop games. [ 2 ] [ failed verification ] Their purpose is usually to give room for discussion in the subject, to create an easily understandable overview, or simply to entertain.