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Happy 10th Birthday StarCraft 2!

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sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
July 27 2020 13:59 GMT
#1
On this day in 2010, Wings of Liberty was released and nerds rejoiced everywhere. We have come a long way since then but the GSL is still here and the new EPT promises at least three more years of pro Starcraft.

As for the casual gamers, LotV peaked at almost 300k games per day in June, which is about double the average of LotV from 2016 and 2017 -- before the game became free to play. Even though the covid pandemic factors in to this, Starcraft 2 is still more popular than it were for years, and it has rebounded from the reduced popularity it suffered at the end of 2019 (*cough* balance team *cough*).

The developers at Blizzard has just released a major patch with an overhaul of the Map Editor as well an a bunch of other improvements. Not quite a ded gaim yet.

Happy birthday everyone! Let's have another 10 years. Or at least until SC3 is released

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[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24192 Posts
July 27 2020 14:11 GMT
#2
what a long way we've come, and such wonderful memories ! Happy birthday SC2 !
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
July 27 2020 14:13 GMT
#3
Happy Birthday sc2 and everyone still here .

The game and the scene seem to be in a good place right now. Can't wait to see what happens in the next 3 years!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33274 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-07-27 14:13:34
July 27 2020 14:13 GMT
#4
Many a good time was had

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Superouman
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
France2195 Posts
July 27 2020 14:14 GMT
#5
It's really hard for me to realize it already has been 10 years. With the amounts of viewers and players, one would think the game is just a few years old.

Sc2 really succeeded the test of time.
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BriMikon
Profile Joined November 2010
United States82 Posts
July 27 2020 14:16 GMT
#6
Happy Birthday SC2 and thanks TeamLiquid for supporting players in SC2 for 10 years!
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Kaizor
Profile Joined May 2015
Singapore909 Posts
July 27 2020 14:19 GMT
#7
I may not play or watch as much SC2 nowadays but i still look back fondly on the wonderful memories SC2 has given me.

Happy 10th Birthday SC2 and here's to another 10 years.
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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
July 27 2020 14:23 GMT
#8
Btw, today is a good day to rewatch this and feel nostalgic .

Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States23013 Posts
July 27 2020 14:34 GMT
#9
Happy to confirm this is a fresh thread and not a bump of an older thread. Only mildly depressed it's still been 10 years. A long strange 10 years it's been.
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feardragon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States970 Posts
July 27 2020 14:45 GMT
#10
Happy Birthday StarCraft 2. Thanks for everything.
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland24609 Posts
July 27 2020 14:47 GMT
#11
Damn that’s depressing, I feel old now!

But yeah great to see how far we’ve come and the great memories we’ve shared over a decade as a community.
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13970 Posts
July 27 2020 15:00 GMT
#12
Here's to 10 more years everyone
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SehWho
Profile Joined July 2012
69 Posts
July 27 2020 15:08 GMT
#13
Happy birthday SC2. just been getting back into the game and it feels like it's in a better place than ever. SC2 really has survived a lot and managed to mature into a really wonderful and stable game even though the birth of the Twitch era of esports.
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
July 27 2020 15:09 GMT
#14
Seriously don t know, so genuine question:
Is there any game as sucessfull as SC2 right now, that is older than 5 years?
Speaking esports, games played/day and Numbers of active players.
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SehWho
Profile Joined July 2012
69 Posts
July 27 2020 15:11 GMT
#15
On July 28 2020 00:09 dbRic1203 wrote:
Seriously don t know, so genuine question:
Is there any game as sucessfull as SC2 right now, that is older than 5 years?
Speaking esports, games played/day and Numbers of active players.

LoL, DotA 2, and CS:GO are all over that old. It's very impressive how successful SC2 is for its age, though.
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2710 Posts
July 27 2020 15:16 GMT
#16
On July 28 2020 00:09 dbRic1203 wrote:
Seriously don t know, so genuine question:
Is there any game as sucessfull as SC2 right now, that is older than 5 years?
Speaking esports, games played/day and Numbers of active players.

I'd say for a single-player game (not to mention the nearly extinct genre of competitive RTS) it's the most successful esports-wise.
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johnnywup
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3858 Posts
July 27 2020 15:21 GMT
#17
Thanks for the memoriez
vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
July 27 2020 15:27 GMT
#18
Happy Birthday I love you SC2! And BW of course!
bastiensky
Profile Joined April 2013
France6 Posts
July 27 2020 15:31 GMT
#19
this game and this community represent so much for so many people's life. I remember the day i bought the game at the very first day it came out and i was so worried my old laptop couldn't handle it. So much memories
HB and thanks everyone !
ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
July 27 2020 15:34 GMT
#20
I used to watch my brother play bw as a kid but I was too dumb to understand multi so I only played customs vs AI or used cheat codes in the campaign to know the story.
In 2007 he showed me the first battle reports of starcraft 2 and never have I anticipated a release so much.

As soon as it came out I got 2 copies for him and me, then proceeded to live and breathe sc2 for years. Discovering esport was incredible, and most communities I hang out with to this day are still linked to this game.
I may not always follow it as much, but it helped me through tough times and is easily my most important game of all time.

Happy 10 years everyone! Happy Birthday Starcraft 2!

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