The Story Of StarCraft's Greatest Player

For twenty years, one country owned StarCraft. South Korea built TV channels for it, stadiums, an entire industry. Then a quiet kid from Pornainen, a Finnish village of around 5,000 people with one restaurant, took it all from them. This is the story of Serral: the four-event WCS sweep of 2018, the final against Stats in Seoul that went to game seven, and the day he became the first non-Korean to win StarCraft's world championship. Who is the most dominant player in any game that you know? Tell me in the comments. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:44 The Empire 2:12 Two Brothers 3:51 The Rise 6:48 BlizzCon 9:10 How Far Ahead Is He? 11:02 How? 11:43 The Verdict Footage and sources (used for commentary and criticism) StarCraft Esports: WCS Signature Series: Serral; 2018 WCS Global Finals (Dark vs Serral, Stats vs Serral) SOOP (GSL): GSL vs. the World 2018, Serral vs INnoVation and the Grand Finals, Stats vs Serral Major League Gaming: Serral vs. Rogue, WCS Global Finals, BlizzCon 2018 ESL Archives: Serral vs. Maru, IEM Katowice 2024 Grand Final EWC Extra: Classic vs Serral, Esports World Cup 2025 Grand Final StarCraft Historian: Serral interview KoskiK: Pornainen drone footage Korean broadcasts: SKT1BEST, TEN, nevake, ironfrost312 StarCraft and StarCraft II by Blizzard Entertainment Korean press: Inven, Kukinews, Kookmin Ilbo Data: Aligulac.com, Liquipedia, ENCE, Esports Earnings, TeamLiquid.net Player photos: Liquipedia Sound effects: Mixkit #starcraft #starcraft2 #esports