User:Forbes72/SC2

Since release of the Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty beta in Febuary 2010, the game has supported a significant number of professional competitions, and is among the most popular electronic sports. Even after the full release of the game in July of that year, early competitions were small in comparison to the scale of previous Starcraft: Broodwar competitions, especially due to an ongoing dispute between the game's publisher Blizzard Entertainment, and the Korean E-Sport Association. However the dispute was resolved around the release of the game's first expansion, Heart of the Swarm, allowing many Broodwar professionals to transition to Starcraft II. In 2012, Blizzard announced the creation of the World Champioinship Series, which created an worldwide final and organized dozens of independently run tournaments by giving players a points-based global ranking.

Starcraft II Beta
Starcraft II entered public beta on Febuary 17th, 2010. Though early tournaments were few, they included the HDH invitational.

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty was released on July 27, 2010.

Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm was released March 12, 2013.

Tournaments
GSL, OGN, IPL, Dreamhack, ESL, MLG, NASL, IronSquid, HomeStory, AfterHours, CSL...

Teams
TL, EG, Fnatic, Root, Woongjin, SK, Acer...

Players
Dear, Oz, Soulkey, Innovation, SoS, Naniwa, HuK, Idra, Polt, Marineking, MC, Parting, Jaedong, Hero...

Personalities
DayJ, Tastosis, Khaldor, Smix, Apollo...