d22-soso Talks SC History - The Start of SC1, The Foreign Scene, and Being The First World Champion

One of the best players of the earliest days of StarCraft 1, D22-soso has a ton of stories about the early influential foreigners of Brood War. https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/Soso Timestamps: Early Gaming Background (0:08-0:54): D22-soso started with Command & Conquer and Warcraft II using KALI (an IPX network emulator) to play online, achieving top rankings in both before discovering StarCraft. 1:00-2:01- Start of StarCraft 2:28-3:16 In April 1998, he participated in what was likely the first StarCraft tournament at Matchplay/Neutral Ground Mountain View, winning against Gadianton in the finals and a subsequent rematch. He went on to achieve number one rankings on Case's ladder and Battle.net for 1v1 and teams. PGL and Content Creation 6:09-10:01: After initially planning to quit, he was pulled back into competitive gaming by Gadianton and became involved with the Professional Gamers League (PGL) as a content creator, specifically with battle reports for Gamers.com. He highlights Dennis Fong (Thresh) as a major inspiration for esports competitors (7:01-8:10). 12:45-16:04: Exhibition Games and StarCraft's Rise 21:29-27:50 D22-soso details his victory in the Battle.net Season 1 Ladder/World Championships, which he considers the first Brood War World Championship. 34:33-36:00: Transition and Future of Esports 40:13-44:17: Evolution of RTS and Personal Reflections 44:17, D22-soso wraps up his discussion about Command & Conquer, acknowledging his friend and mentor, Bill One (William Mesidis), a former top player who later achieved significant success as a CMO. 40:13-42:00: describe the RTS landscape in the late 90s for the audience ---- GLHF Merch - https://streamlabs.com/zombiegrub/merch GLHF Discord -   / discord