
StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. This introduced new campaigns, map tilesets, music, extra units for each race, and upgrade advancements. The campaigns continue the story from where the original StarCraft ended. The expansion was released in the United States on November 30, 1998. Brood War was critically well-received, with reviewers praising it for being developed with the care of a full game rather than as an uninspired extra. As of 2007, StarCraft and Brood War have sold almost ten million copies combined.
After its release, StarCraft, along with its expansion Brood War, rapidly grew in popularity in South Korea, establishing a successful professional gaming scene. StarCraft games are broadcast over three television channels dedicated to the professional gaming scene, and pro-gamers in the country are media celebrities.
Despite the release of WarCraft III, StarCraft was not replaced outright by it for tournament play due to both games having their own unique game mechanics, with StarCraft focusing on macro-management and high actions-per-minute (APM). When referring to this game, it is common to call it by its expansion "Brood War" instead of "StarCraft".
Largest Prize Pools
Tournament Name | Prize Money | |
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1. | » GOMTV MSL #2 2007 | $126,451.20 |
2. | » GOMTV MSL #3 2007 | $126,425.69 |
3. | » GOMTV MSL #4 2008 | $121,112.21 |
4. | » ShinHan OSL #2 2006 | $117,583.51 |
5. | » ShinHan OSL #3 2006 | $117,163.97 |
6. | » Arena MSL 2008 | $115,119.27 |
7. | » ShinHan OSL #1 2006 | $115,106.31 |
8. | » Daum OSL 2007 | $111,427.30 |
9. | » EVER OSL 2007 | $108,451.18 |
10. | » ABC Mart MSL 2011 | $106,828.81 |
11. | » Avalon MSL 2009 | $106,809.04 |
12. | » PDPop MSL 2010 | $104,504.47 |
13. | » EVER OSL 2008 | $102,514.10 |
14. | » Bacchus OSL 2008 | $102,392.69 |
15. | » Averatec-Intel Classic #1 | $101,675.23 |
16. | » NATE MSL 2009 | $100,659.53 |
17. | » Hana Daetoo MSL 2010 | $97,103.63 |
18. | » Bigfile MSL 2010 | $96,925.09 |
19. | » Averatec-Intel Classic #3 | $92,771.86 |
20. | » Jin Air OSL 2011 | $91,788.55 |
21. | » Bacchus OSL 2010 (Playoffs) | $91,463.40 |
22. | » EVER OSL 2009 (Playoffs) | $90,820.10 |
23. | » Tving OSL 2012 | $89,871.78 |
24. | » Korean Air OSL #2 2010 (Playoffs) | $87,553.66 |
25. | » Shinhan Bank Proleague 2007 (Round 1) | $86,240.00 |
Top Players
Player ID | Player Name | Total (Game) | |
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1. | ![]() | Lee, Young Ho | $460,146.34 |
2. | ![]() | Lee, Jae Dong | $404,726.22 |
3. | ![]() | Ma, Jae Yoon | $339,963.24 |
4. | ![]() | Kim, Taek Yong | $307,467.55 |
5. | ![]() | Lee, Yoon Yeol | $302,505.84 |
6. | ![]() | Song, Byung Goo | $257,763.22 |
7. | ![]() | Choi, Yun Sung | $189,285.23 |
8. | ![]() | Park, Sung Joon | $178,883.78 |
9. | ![]() | Lim, Yo Hwan | $156,501.22 |
10. | ![]() | Heo, Yeong Moo | $146,379.93 |
11. | ![]() | Jung, Myung Hoon | $126,077.66 |
12. | ![]() | Kim, Jung Woo | $122,190.00 |
13. | ![]() | Park, Sung Gyoon | $113,171.22 |
14. | ![]() | Hong, Jin-Ho | $110,891.49 |
15. | ![]() | Park, Tae Min | $105,263.65 |
16. | ![]() | Kang, Min | $104,974.45 |
17. | ![]() | Jo, Yong Ho | $91,106.45 |
18. | ![]() | Seo, Ji Hoon | $89,099.89 |
19. | ![]() | Kim, Myung Woon | $88,370.30 |
20. | ![]() | Kim, Yoon Hwan | $86,554.73 |
21. | ![]() | Park, Ji Soo | $85,448.35 |
22. | ![]() | Park, Jung Suk | $78,378.73 |
23. | ![]() | Park, Chan Soo | $72,036.32 |
24. | ![]() | Jin, Yung Soo | $69,967.39 |
25. | ![]() | Byun, Hyung Tae | $67,933.98 |
Online/LAN Breakdown
Location | Prize Money | % of Total |
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Online Only | $256,339.72 | 3.39% |
Offline/LAN | $7,300,450.24 | 96.61% |
Comparisons
» StarCraft II | -$35,185,076.21 |
» Counter-Strike | -$6,068,858.69 |
» World of WarCraft | -$1,593,747.65 |
» WarCraft III | +$1,246,765.92 |
» Counter-Strike: Source | +$4,399,039.82 |
» Heroes of Newerth | +$4,483,344.24 |
» Halo 3 | +$5,238,710.56 |
» Halo 2 | +$5,930,027.49 |
» Quake III Arena | +$6,355,898.23 |
» Defense of the Ancients | +$6,628,268.05 |
Top Countries
Country Name | Prize Money | |
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1. | ![]() | $6,793,893.04 |
2. | ![]() | $222,269.20 |
3. | ![]() | $92,409.14 |
4. | ![]() | $88,004.77 |
5. | ![]() | $82,536.59 |
6. | ![]() | $55,218.94 |
7. | ![]() | $29,568.45 |
8. | ![]() | $20,989.91 |
9. | ![]() | $19,590.85 |
10. | ![]() | $19,487.67 |
Other Notable Players
The following players may not have necessarily competed in this game, but have contributed to the competitive scene in other ways.
![]() | Dan Stemkoski | Analyst, Commentator |
![]() | Sean Plott | Analyst, Commentator, Content Creator |
![]() | Tyler Wasieleski | Commentator |