The History of Starcraft

[@Arcadology]

Hi everyone! As mentioned in the video if you see anything inaccurate please mention it along with a source in under this comment. Thanks so much!

[@travelreview5962]

Arcadology. You just broke my heart. How could you not even mention the "fastest map possible" anywhere in this video? It is an absolutely integral part of the history of Starcraft and a huge reason why the game stayed relevant for so many years. Still a nice video 👍🏻

[@XboxRecordThatClip]

@@travelreview5962 agreed. Or even Cat N' Mouse.

[@Templarfreak]

Westwood's Dune II is not a direct sequel to the novel, or anything in particular actually. Naming it Dune II came from a weird mixup between Westwood and another company that both thought _they_ held the licensing to Dune games, which they technically both did due to corporate mixups across several companies but arguably neither were actually suppose to have any rights at all. The "First" Dune game is some weird point-and-click adventure game. I don't have a direct source for this, but I'd suggest the video by No Strings Prd called "Dune - The Grandfather of Real-Time Strategy"

[@nathwhit3980]

I heard that warcraft was originally supposed to be a Warhammer licensed game, but that fell through. Can you confirm?

[@Greatdictator]

I know its old but it was specifically Ion storms Dominion Storm over Gift 3 that was the specific reason that got them to shift gears and improve Starcraft, even tho the games presentation at that years E3 was in fact faked

[@alexfriedman2047]

Starcraft is literally a cultural icon. There is so much history in the game. It goes beyond just being a popular game... it influenced so much. E sports literally was created because of Starcraft as well as DOTA, which was a starcraft UMS map first before warcraft three. Such a cultural influence. For example I loved watching starcraft so much I decided to learn Korean and now I speak Korean and the whole experience has merged into a lifestyle.

[@k-leb4671]

I thought Street Fighter 2 also contributed to the "creation" of e-sports. Also DotA was never a StarCraft map. Aeon of Strife was, which DotA was based on.

[@alexfriedman2047]

@@k-leb4671 ??? YEah obviously I'm talking about Aeon of strife. Aeon of strife led to to Defense of the Ancients, which led to DOTA2. My entire point is that if there was no Starcraft there would be no DOTA. Thanks to Starcraft UMS that concept was born. At least you know of Aeon of strife. Most people just know that it came from Warcraft 3, but they don't know Starcraft was the grandfather. And Idk about Streetfighter. I guess you cxould say that. Starcraft is what created E sports as we know it today. The skill ceiling is much, much, much higher in Starcraft. It's because of the Starcraft scene in Korea that companies realized how much money could be made in E sports. If you take away Starcraft then Street fighter wouldn't influence shat. There would be no E sports like we know it today.

[@GTV-Japan]

Very nice!! I’m not a Starcraft fan but I like a good story! All I can say is I went to South Korea before and the hotel TV had one channel, I assume on cable, that was 24hours of streaming Starcraft! Years before twitch or the Tube! So I love that you put that in there!!

[@Arcadology]

Thanks man! Yeah I thought that part was pretty neat.

[@k-leb4671]

Damn they already had TV channels dedicated solely to StarCraft just a few years after the game released?

[@guarapo66]

timeless game

[@Izahdnb]

Great production for such a small channel. You deserve more subs.

[@Arcadology]

Thank you so much!

[@DieSloeNow]

Stsrcraft is the greatest game ever made

[@StNashable]

Still playing SC2 today. Coop mode is awesome.

[@Perhapsawiseman]

The 1st game’s story was leaps and bounds better than the sequel. Hopefully with Microsoft’s acquisition of StarCraft we’ll get a TRUE sequel.

[@mikkmarten7010]

Wow This is truly a great video and i learned so many new things, also hope u don't mind if i'll use this in my Esports class to educate people about starcraft, i really think this video deserves a ton more views and u deserve alot more subscribers.

[@cinnabar546]

I remember watching korean TV in the 90s where they play Starcraft. It looked like the e-sports that we know today

[@wither5673]

I will say that StarCraft remastered was really impressive to me, it somehow captured what my mind IMGAINED everything looked like back when I was a kid, being able to zoom in and actually see units in detail was so damn cool.

[@alexfriedman2047]

You forgot about Starcraft Ghost and Starcraft universe. Those are two other parts of the history. Ghost being a huge let down and starcraft universe being made.

[@thenothing2786]

This is probably the best named channel for gaming history.

[@HieronymousLex]

I enjoyed this video a lot! Great stuff man very well made with well sourced info

[@polishdragon4853]

both StarCraft and Command and Conquer are some of my most favourite games, i've played them when i was a child, i started playing both of the series in 2012.

[@definitelynotobama6851]

So sad to see how Blizzard has become a mere shadow of what it was.

[@alexfriedman2047]

Starcraft 화이팅!!! Starcraft 만세!! Long live Starcraft and Korean proleage !

[@nflorentin]

The video ends wrong saying that Starcraft Remastered releasing was bad because it had many bugs. But that was only a state of the releasing, now the game attracts new players and is the favourite Starcraft version of korean pro players. Anyway the video was great. I watched this 2 times. Thanks!

[@n3phalem754]

I'm, a new player and I love it! Have 2000 games on the ladder in 3 months! Best game ever! !!!! It's focking masterpiece!

[@nflorentin]

@@n3phalem754 omg enjoy!

[@n3phalem754]

@@nflorentin Rank C baby!! Gonna be the first foreigner to make it to ASL haahha

[@nflorentin]

@@n3phalem754 xdxd

[@dhkdeoen]

I lived through that era in Korea. You can start a random conversation with random Korean kids with some think like, 'hey, you think 4 lurkers can take 12 zealots?' and the other kids be like 'is it burrowed and zealots walk up to them? or you start burrowing after you walk up to them?' it was crazy.

[@crunk4124]

No mention of StarCraft Ghost ? That was before World of Warcraft !!!

[@ergu7811]

Starcraft - what a fantastic enterprise! Now I mean the original from 98! It got it´s title, it really kicked but and I would say it´s still the best RTS of all time! These games aren´t done anymore. The story is fantastic - and the love and devotion for the game must have been crazy at the time. I enjoyed another vid also that included that they hadn´t been able to finish the battlenet code even just prior the release and what craze it was to send people with the cocurrent projects over to the other office to race against the clock. Fun fact from the vid was also the cast which included actors such as the one behind Mr Burns in Simpsons:) There was such a devotion for this game; they really gave their all, actors included. I just love the fact that the actress behind Kerrigan - Glynnis Talken Campbell - for many years as I checked hadn´t even a picture at IMDB. Still holding millions of fans around the globe! That´s genuine achievement! I still collect those Kodak-moment pics of her that I´ve been able to pic up during the years from the studio where one can see the focus lended over to the character. It´s really impressive. Even though the second game completely undermined the first, including the characters, it talks for what a milestone it was; managing to lend value to just crap, enough to make it work (through the original game). Like inflation in national economics. I was so furious how much they had drained characters such as Kerrigan in the second game and I´m so relieved that Glynnis Talken Campbell was denied the role for Starcraft 2. The reason escapes me. That although makes the character intact and untouchable for ever and furthermore - it did´t draw the actress down with it. Nothing against Tricia Helfer - not at all. She could only work with what she had. Starcraft made the benchmark for its entire genera to come and still managed so beautifully to keep the game universe open for all that wanted to continue to develop the world it in their own way. I have never seen anyting like it - ever! Not since Tolkiens´Lord of the Rings.

[@danielpaul9523]

Excellent and informative video. Been a long time Starcraft fan since 97 and really been enjoying 2. A legendary series. Thanks for the good video.

[@Arcadology]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@XboxRecordThatClip]

Just a correction. DotA was a actually a mod for StarCraft. It then went on to be a mod for Warcraft 3.

[@Arcadology]

I can’t find a source for this statement. Can you provide?

[@XboxRecordThatClip]

@@Arcadology literally the first paragraph of the Wikipedia page for DotA. Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) and its expansion, The Frozen Throne. The objective of the game is for each team to destroy their opponents' Ancient, a heavily guarded structure at the opposing corner of the map, which is based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft. The first version of Defense of the Ancients was released in 2003 by Kyle Sommer who goes by the alias Eul.[15] The map was based on a previous StarCraft scenario known as "Aeon of Strife". Also, from the source within that Wikipedia page: Defence of the Ancients (DotA) stems from the map design of the Starcraft custom map Aeon of Strife.

[@Arcadology]

That’s more DotA was based on a custom map for Starcraft rather than DotA itself being a mod for Starcraft. I see your point but I wouldn’t outright state it that way.

[@XboxRecordThatClip]

@@Arcadology those are literally StarCraft mods. They work exactly the same way mods in Warcraft 3 work. It's all done using the map editor for both.

[@Arcadology]

Like I said, I understand your point. But it’s not accurate to state “DotA was a mod for Starcraft.” However, if I said “DotA was based on Aeon of Strife for Starcraft” sure if I could add that to the video I could. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@teranmx]

Great video and information. I didn't realize it was so popular is spawned televised viewing of the game play. I still have my copy of the original Starcraft. Keep up the good work!

[@DaevOTR]

Great stuff. This reminds me of the old gametrailers All Your History videos, which is most definitely a good thing.

[@Arcadology]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@travelreview5962]

I have never been better at anything in my life than I am at Starcraft 1v1 fastest. The love I have for that game is unreal lol. I miss it so much 😥

[@ElConquistadork]

Another great damn video, man!!! Of course, you’re gonna have to do a follow up Warcraft one now. 😆

[@Arcadology]

Thanks Phil!

[@System-ly6de]

this game is still goated like 25 years later

[@iamtt1]

Great production, had me hooked the entire time. Makes me feel old as a SC player tho :D.

[@sorinelovic]

2019 and i still love starcraft♥

[@trogdorburninator7936]

No mention of Broodwar?

[@Garde538]

Thanks for sharing👏

[@gordonfreeman1403]

Wow, a great video, thanks, it's sad to see you have so little subs and viewers, keep up the good work!

[@Arcadology]

Thanks, will do!

[@durtysouth85]

love it, thnx for creating a great video like this!

[@poiuyt975]

Ah, the nostalgia! :)

[@DrWolfenstein313]

Unless Blizzard can find a convincing way to charge us $5 each time we play a mission or custom game, we ain't having a new StarCraft game ever again.

[@MrLucas171]

Awesome video!

[@Leikjarinn]

Loved this!!!!!! Could you do WarCraft 😃

[@cinnabar546]

what an awesome video

[@woodsgump]

I swear friends from Discord told me that GW worked with Blizzard to try to make a Warhammer RTS but fell out. Yet every video I’ve watched that discussed Warcraft or StarCraft HAS NOT mentioned GW or Warhammer. I can’t tell if this is some Mandela effect or my friends are lying lol

[@epicosenpai3590]

First watching starcraft tournament in cable Arirang TV

[@kevinswift8654]

This video was great! The only thing I missed was talking about the existence of the SC: BW pro scene to this day (ASL, etc.)

[@martinkunev9911]

no mention of brood war?

[@Tinyuvm]

Nice video, just forgot to mention the obvious Warhammer influence :)

[@eoftar3192]

Sadly, it is often omitted. Especially by many SC/WC fans, who know about this, but don't like the thought of their favorite game being an offspring of idea theft and legal hole in a contract. Still, without Games Workshop complete and utter fuck up we would never have these games and a new era of RTS and PC games as a whole.

[@jamesestrella5911]

Speaking of which, is there a Warhammer RTS?

[@Tinyuvm]

@@jamesestrella5911 Dawn of War series is the most known 40K RTS

[@mikehattias5837]

How is this so under watched?

[@Arcadology]

You know I wish I knew how to crack the algorithm. Share if you can!

[@TastyBirds]

Awesome video, thank you

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

Huh, wasn't there an urban legend that a starcraft disk cut off a Korean kids head? I always made sure my disc drive was pointed away from me just in case, even though I knew deep down it was bs.

[@ImZyker]

great video, fantastic game and oh how the mighty have fallen when i look at blizzard now

[@LakeVermilionDreams]

Any history of Starcraft that doesn't mention Warhammer 40,000 feels incomplete.

[@atreyos9449]

you mean the famous lie that most of fans of wh believed ignorantly wihout investigated any further that makes them idiots most of them?? Yeah that bullshit is famous and known for being stupid, even more if you knew how 40k was created in the first place.

[@Xtariz]

Seeing what is happening to Blizzard now... They actually care about games and player feedback back then...

[@6tony1gray4]

liked and subbed. i feel you are very passionate about what you speak on. great content

[@Arcadology]

Thanks! I try! Working on my next batch of videos. My current work schedule is pretty busy until May and then I usually get going in the second half of the year (as you might be able to tell by my 2018 release schedule.)

[@atcandotherthings4985]

To bad StarCraft ghost will never come to fruition

[@DarkSoulja3323]

Present day, original sc has a bigger current player count then sc2. Long live broodwar.

[@garriscyan]

nice video, my one issue was the narration of the name/title of the people, especially sometimes right after you just introduced them.

[@Arcadology]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@garriscyan]

@@Arcadology thanks for the reply. Just wanted to say again great content and fun to watch.

[@SeekerLancer]

Still never played StarCraft 2. I decided not to get it when I saw the campaign was being split up and then just sort of forgot about it.

[@Arcadology]

Yeah, it was almost "too big" of a rollout.

[@stryker5055]

Great video

[@Arcadology]

Thanks!

[@catalyzt9]

Its amazing how few views this video has, because it’s an incredible video.

[@padawanjesus]

you never mentioned brood war????

[@HTRism]

People misspelled it all the time.: mór- héim.

[@Lamora21]

Great video but some things were weirdly redundant and mentioned explicitly multiple times. I felt this made everything feel a little loopy. Other than that I enjoyed the video!

[@Arcadology]

Like what?

[@zoranznidaric4518]

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[@deni4l164]

no mention of the use map setting game mode wich allowed people to make and publish their own mini-games Like I have

[@Arcadology]

I guess I didn’t. But congrats on the mini games.

[@Josh-ky8ei]

This is a 5k sub channel with 1 Million sub quality content 👍👌 instant sub from me homie

[@Arcadology]

Thanks! Hoping to use my current free time to get my next videos out.

[@Karnage420698238]

ahh the good old days back when blizzard could do no wrong back before they utterly ruined their image in my eyes with wow starcraft brood war all three warcraft games and their expansions where games i played near endlessly and loved hell starcraft 64 is probably my second most played game ever lol but yeah just sucks good blizzard died with the frozen throne but at least we got starcraft remastered....

[@ilijapetkov7454]

1998!!!!

[@seanmcdonald5859]

I liked Star Craft, the first few anyway, but it got lost in its own lore and importance and stopped being fun, a bit like Command Conquer.

[@Cipri001]

No, Lore is what makes the games fun and keeps players. StarCraft doesn't promote lore, only competitive, that's why it slowly died down. Look at games which update both much lore and gameplay at the same time. Warhammer 40,000, Warframe. Both have amazing worlds filled with lore and interesting characters and that's what keeps people coming back.

[@trafficcones7804]

Starcraft 1 was horror , taking inspirations from lots of sci Fi movies , they put their heart and soul to it, starcraft 2 however was just a cheesy cliche romance story , and gave a villain who was written to be pure evil have a redemption arc, it was bleh

[@Mikey-zj8bn]

Lol and u could only move 4 units at a time in warcraft

[@Arcadology]

Haha, yeah, made reacting a little bit tougher.

[@AFel-pp1hp]

great video but the Starcraft footage they keep showing is terrible and makes me nervous. lol.

[@ashrasmun1]

The way you read out everyone's names and occupation really bothers me... It's the first time I hear something like that and it's really artificial.

[@Arcadology]

What the heck are you going on about

[@jamespaguip5913]

Starcraft copied warhammer 40k.

[@jamespaguip5913]

Arcadology you forgot to mention Starcraft copied warhammer 40k.

[@legionofyuri]

With that logic Warhammer 40k copied Dune/Starship Troopers/Aliens. Do we have to talk about those other fictional media when we talk about 40k?

[@sipherys1961]

@@legionofyuri and Warhammer also copied the Zerg, due to the Tyranid designs changing after sc's success

[@arminbolt3683]

Great video

[@Arcadology]

Glad you enjoyed it