StarCraft Tournament Season 1 Ended

StarCraft Tournament Season 1 Ended is the story today, and it is the kind of late-April 1999 news blast that makes the pre-E3 season feel like someone kicked the hornet nest. The first leg on the road to Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft: Brood War World Championships came to a close last night with the conclusion of the tournament’s Season 1 competition over Battle.net. Throughout the course of the tournament, Blizzard is providing more than $20,000 in cash and prizes to recognize the world’s top gamers. The top 16 gamers from Season 1 will battle in a single-elimination, round-robin, regular season finals competition to determine the Season 1 champion. These regular season finalists will compete for more than $3,000 in cash and prizes and a spot in the upcoming 1999 World Championship to battle for an additional $14,000 in cash and prizes.

It may not be the same thrill as a fresh demo, but this stuff shapes what actually reaches players. Boring paperwork today can turn into games on shelves tomorrow.