starcraft ii
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AI Masters StarCraft II, Ranked Higher Than 99.8% Of Human Players
1DeepMind’s AlphaStar artificial intelligence was recently put to work trying to master the real-time complexities of Blizzard’s StarCraft II. Which it successfully managed in just over six weeks, becoming the first non-human to reach the rank of Grandmaster in the game.
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StarCraft II’s Current World Champion Is The Player To Beat At This Weekend’s Tournament
It’s not every day there’s a big StarCraft II tournament going on, and this weekend’s could offer a rematch of one of last year’s great showdowns.
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StarCraft Anniversary Stream Was Part LAN Party, Part Reunion
Last weekend marked the 20th anniversary of the StarCraft franchise and a couch of StarCraft personalities including Sean “Day9” Plott, Nick “Tasteless” Plott, Daniel “Artosis” Stemkoski, and Geoff “iNcontroL” Robinson led yesterday’s festivities. Names from throughout the series’ decades showed up to play showmatches, including HuK, WhiteRa, Idra and Ret.
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StarCraft 2 Just Had One Of Its Best Tournaments In Years
StarCraft 2 might not pull in the massive viewer numbers of Overwatch or League of Legends, but a tournament in Poland this past week proved that Blizzard’s real-time strategy game is still thriving as an esport.