Following up on our breakdown of Esports taking place at the Asian Games 2018, with titles such as Pro Evolution Soccer (PES), League of Legends, StarCraft II, Hearthstone, Clash Royale and Arena of Valor, which are all on display as demonstrational titles, we now take a closer look at StarCraft 2 on a competitive stage at the Asian Games.

About StarCraft II

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the long-awaited sequel to the original StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment’s critically acclaimed sci-fi real-time strategy game. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is both a challenging single-player game and a fast-paced multiplayer game.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty was designed so that players can learn the basics with ease; you’ll be building bases and commanding armies in no time. StarCraft II is a strategy game played in real-time. You see the action from a top-down perspective and command your armies to gain control of the battlefield and ultimately defeat your opponents. The game’s single-player campaign focuses on the Terrans, but you can play multiplayer matches as any of the three StarCraft II races: the Terrans, the Protoss, or the Zerg.

Each race has access to unique units; these units fill specific roles on the battlefield. Combining different units to form versatile armies is one path to victory.

The most basic units at your command are your workers. They harvest the resources you need to expand your base and to add more units to your growing army, and your workers also create new buildings. More advanced units become available once your base meets certain requirements, such as having constructed certain buildings or researched certain technologies.

In multiplayer matches, you win the game when you’ve wiped all your enemy’s buildings off the map or if the other players surrender to you.

Sri Lankan Representative Amruth Alfred

 

Amruth “AmyPie” Alfred is a StarCraft II enthusiast who has been training vigorously over the past 3 months to solidify a top spot for Sri Lanka at the Asian Games where the StarCraft II qualifiers kick off today, the 15th of June 2018. Catching up with Amruth, this is what he had to say about Esports being introduced as a demonstrative sport as well as his expectations for the StarCraft II qualifiers.

“I think it’s amazing that Esports is being recognized on larger and larger scales, this is something that’s needed to educate people on Esports, it’s not just sitting in front of a computer and pressing buttons, its much more. Being introduced into an Olympic event gives it the recognition it deserves, and allows players to develop their potential instead of being shunned away from gaming. As for my expectations, I only started StarCraft 2 around 3 months ago, but I have a strong passion towards it so I have been constantly learning and practicing, and this allowed me to rapidly increase my skill level. Still, the players in this tournament, on average, have been playing for years, so it will be a tough competition, but I’m sure I can give a good game at the very least.

Amruth has shown a rapid increase in skill over the past 3 months, we hope this will be enough for him to claim a spot at the competitive qualifiers that he will be participating in alongside other competitors from South Asia.

We wish Amruth “AmyPie” Alfred the best of luck knowing that he will do his country proud with the effort he has put into StarCraft II.