[Dox]

Well, it's the 27th of July and StarCraft II has reached the anniversary of it's release. In the last 12 months we've witnessed an eSports boom like no-one could have possibly anticipated. Many people wonder if this is merely a passing trend, whilst others wonder if this global phenomenon has reached it's peak.

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If this year has been any indication, I'd say we can expect amazing things over the next 1-5 years as we see more events, more money, more sponsors and more players hitting the ground running. So whilst everyone is frantically laddering their hearts out to see who will wear the Season 3 GrandMaster crowns in two weeks, please take a moment to stop, think, and appreciate this wonderful gem we have. If it weren't for StarCraft II, communities like this one would not exist.

For those of you who are new to the scene, here's what you've missed. But don't worry, eSports is here to stay.

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The Blizzard Development team has also written a nice blog article to celebrate the birthday of SC2.

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

On July 27, 2010 we launched StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. We sent Blizzard developers to major launch events in locations spanning the globe including London, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Moscow, Fountain Valley (near Blizzard HQ), Singapore, Taipei, Mexico, Brazil, and Australia. We were grateful for a chance to celebrate the launch with gamers all over the world, but we weren’t out of the woods yet. We watched and worried for the next few days. Was the game good enough to be worthy of the StarCraft name? Would the players like it?

Read the full article: HERE

[nirvAnA]

yay sc2! scene seems to be only getting stronger and more developed as time goes by! hopefully it can reach the level of sc!

lookout for the 13sep which is sc2sea's one year birthday, plan to host a series of healthy prize tournaments, 1v1, KOF etc with the finals all ending on that day

[Doctor]

Happy birthday Starcraft II , may the game be develop far more better and surpass SC BW...

Cheers XD

[AxSGRiM]

Happy bday. You have taken over my life but thanks! And screw vaughn

[SkyBreaker]

Happy Birthday SC2! Great write-up Dox!