StarCraft, Legacy of the Real-Time Strategy

Author

Dor; Simon

Year

2024

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-0-47290-445-7

Link

Last Update

10-Jan-2026

Keywords

Sociology ; Communication Studies ; Cultural Studies

Description

f competitive play often leads to epic confrontations on the battlefield, sometimes the fight is quite short. During the second iteration of TeamLiquid StarLeague (TSL) in 2009–2010, the American Terran player Gregory “IdrA” Fields was matched against the American Protoss player Tyler “NonY” Wasieleski (nevake 2010a). IdrA had won the first game and started the second one by building a relatively fast second Command Center with one of its SCV—Terran’s worker unit—to have an economic advantage. Each player usually sends one of their first worker unit to scout, and that is what NonY did. But this worker...