History VisualNovel / SC2VN

* ShoutOut: Tons of them. The protoss player [=JangL=] is [=JangBi=]. Shock T1 is SK Telecom T1. The English casting duo are longtime GSL casters Artosis and Tasteless. The layout of the community site that shows the drama news is identical to that of Team Liquid and even has the same topics. Female Mach gets a message on a website that looks an awful lot like Website/{{Twitch}}.

* AWildRapperAppears: Team Temp0 does a song in the ending credits.

* BadBoss: Accel has to put up with one- the coach for team Crash lets Accel do all of the actual coaching and then blames Accel whenever anything goes wrong. It doesn't help that the coach has probably never played a game of Starcraft in his life.

* DuelsDecideEverything: 1v1 Starcraft matches decide (almost) everything.

* FantasticRacism: Starcraft players choose from one of three races. Rivalry among races is very common.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The in-game KPGA is a barely-disguised version of the real-life KESPA (Korean Esports Association). VSL and VSTL are the game's versions of GSL and GSTL, the premier Starcraft 2 leagues in Korea.

* NostalgiaLevel: The whole game. It's set in the early days of [[VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty Wings of Liberty]], and even uses music from [[VideoGame/StarcraftI the first Starcraft]]. The game is still young, Starcraft 2 is ''the'' rising Esport, and the scene is full of hopefuls looking to make a name for themselves.

* ShownTheirWork: The developers are all familiar with the Starcraft pro scene. Most locations are based off of actual places in Korea, and the trials Mach goes through will be very familiar to anyone who's followed Starcraft.

* VastBureaucracy: KPGA acts as this for the Brood War scene. At the time the novel's set in, they haven't moved to Starcraft 2 yet.

* ViewersAreGeniuses: There's an in-game glossary for Starcraft and eSports terms, but a lot still goes unexplained. Lampshaded in the commentary, where they try to cover a few more, like 'dishwasher' [[note]]Roughly translates as 'B-teamer,' a low-level player in a team house. Dishwashing is part of their duties.[[/note]]

''[=SC2VN=]'' is a UsefulNotes/RenPy-based [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin visual novel about]] ''VideoGame/StarCraftII''. You play as Mach, an aspiring [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming pro-gamer]] living in UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}, UsefulNotes/{{South Korea}} in the early days of [[VideoGame/StarcraftII Starcraft 2]] (circa 2011). The game follows his (or [[CharacterCustomization her]]) journey as you try to impress pro players, join a team, and make the Esports dream come true.

* AudibleSharpness: Used during Starcraft games to depict protoss attacks [[note]]Protoss units use wrist-mounted energy blades.[[/note]] Outside of Starcraft, it's used to depict sudden anger, usually for comedic effect, and usually involving [[FieryRedhead Jett]].

* GameOver: Make the wrong decision in a game, and you'll be told [[AC:the dream is dead]]

* SelfImposedChallenge: First, [[spoiler:Bolt]] offers replays of his past games to taunt [[spoiler:Mach]]. Then, [[spoiler:Mach]] refuses them. Accel approves.

* DeadEndJob: Discussed as a source of angst. Progamers can move on to become coaches or commentators, but it's still not the most promising career.

* BadBoss: Accel has to put up with one.

* Evil Foreigner: The hype for [[spoiler:the final match]] tries to cast Mach as this.

* EvilForeigner: The hype for [[spoiler:the final match]] tries to cast Mach as this.

* FanDumb: A recurring theme. Machs of both genders have trouble dealing with it.

A prequel is in the works, focusing on Jett and Bolt's respective careers back in the [[VideoGame/StarcraftI Brood War]] days.

More info can be found [[http://www.sc2vn.com/ here]]

* [[LetsPlay Let's Play]]: [[http://brokenforum.com/index.php?threads/how-to-make-it-big-in-esports-let-us-play-sc2vn.9845/ One]] by [[WebVideo/BarockEntertainment Barock Entertainment]].
** More recently, LetsPlay/{{Rythian}} has done a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOqSZZIByKc complete]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScXae6soWGE playthrough]] on the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} Twitch channel.

VisualNovel/{{SC2VN}} is a UsefulNotes/RenPy-based [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin visual novel about Starcraft 2]]. You play as Mach, an aspiring [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming progamer]] living in UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}, UsefulNotes/{{South Korea}} in the early days of [[VideoGame/StarcraftII Starcraft 2]] (circa 2011). The game follows his (or [[CharacterCustomization her]]) journey as you try to impress pro players, join a team, and make the Esports dream come true.

[=SC2VN=] is unique in that it uses in-game screenshots and sound effects from [[VideoGame/StarcraftII Starcraft 2]] for the protagonist's games. Players can follow along as Mach plans build orders, executes timing attacks, and loses to cheese. Some liberties are taken for the sake of narrative, but it's pretty close to what one might find in an actual game on ladder. [[Creator/BlizzardEntertainment Blizzard]] has wholeheartedly endorsed the project, in part because it is completely [[FreewareGames free]].

!! SC2VN contains examples of:

* EurekaMoment: Stunt is the team's only protoss, and his macro isn't good enough to provide good practice. What to do? Have Reva and Stunt control the same side, with Reva handling the macro. Also serves as advertisement for Archon Mode in the upcoming [[StarcraftIILegacyOfTheVoid Legacy of the Void]].

* NostalgiaLevel: The whole game. It's set in the early days of [[StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty Wings of Liberty]], and even uses music from [[StarcraftI the first Starcraft]]. The game is still young, Starcraft 2 is ''the'' rising Esport, and the scene is full of hopefuls looking to make a name for themselves.

VisualNovel/{{SC2VN}} is a UsefulNotes/RenPy-based [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin visual novel about Starcraft 2]]. You play as Mach, an aspiring [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming progamer]] living in Seoul, South Korea in the early days of [[VideoGame/StarcraftII Starcraft 2]] (circa 2011). The game follows his (or [[CharacterCustomization her]]) journey as you try to impress pro players, join a team, and make the Esports dream come true.

VisualNovel/{{SC2VN}} is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin visual novel about Starcraft 2]]. You play as Mach, an aspiring [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming progamer]] living in Seoul, South Korea in the early days of [[VideoGame/StarcraftII Starcraft 2]] (circa 2011). The game follows his (or [[CharacterCustomization her]]) journey as you try to impress pro players, join a team, and make the Esports dream come true.

* AllUpToYou: [[spoiler:Mach has to win a showmatch to prove that he's a worthy progamer and save his new team's sponsorship.]]

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Mach thinks he's on the verge of victory, only to get ambushed and destroyed by hidden enemy units.]]

* [[UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest The Bechdel Test]]: Jett has a special conversation with the other girls of the team about what it's like being a female progamer. You only get to see it if you choose female Mach, though.

VisualNovel/{{SC2VN}} is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin visual novel about Starcraft 2]]. You play as Mach, an aspiring [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming progamer]] living in Seoul, South Korea in the early days of Starcraft 2 (circa 2011). The game follows his (or [[CharacterCustomization her]]) journey as you try to impress pro players, join a team, and make the Esports dream come true.

* AWildRapperAppears: Team Temp0 does a song in the ending credits.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: A player is Master league is in the top ~2% of players, but Mach still refers to them as 'casual' and easily beats them. Mach, in turn, is in Grandmaster league (top 200 ladder players in the region), but still gets stomped by actual pros.

* AudienceMurmurs: Part of the background sound whenever you're in a PC Bang. As an added bonus, you also hear the rapid keytapping that playing Starcraft requires.

[=SC2VN=] is unique in that it uses in-game screenshots and sound effects from [[VideoGame/StarcraftII Starcraft 2]] for the protagonist's games. Players can follow along as Mach plans build orders, executes timing attacks, and loses to cheese. Some liberties are taken for the sake of narrative, but it's pretty close to what one might find in an actual game on ladder. [[Creator/BlizzardEntertainment Blizzard]] has wholeheartedly endorsed the project.

* BilingualBackfire: Mach speaks and understands Korean perfectly well. Most people you meet are momentarily surpised by this.

* DuelsDecideEverything: [[spoiler:A duel decides whether the team gets a sponsorship and Mach's dream lives on.]]

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VisualNovel/{{SC2VN}} is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin visual novel about Starcraft 2]] . You play as Mach, an aspiring [[ProfessionalGaming progamer]] living in Seoul, South Korea in the early days of Starcraft 2.

* ConfusionFu: Mind games are a big part of the game, when pro players try to read into everything to gain an advantage. It wins several games.

-->''"The community is what keeps the game alive. I know it's wrong to loathe it. But knowing that doesn't make it any easier."''

* FusionDance: Reva and Stunt playing a game as one. Stunt lampshades it.

* InnocentCohabitation: [[spoiler:Reva]] sleeps at your place after a long night of practice. One teammate lampshades it, and another warns you that inter-team relationships are a bad idea.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Averted. It's made clear that you don't go into progaming for the money.

-->'''Intro:''' Hundreds spend their best years chasing the eSports dream. One in fifty makes it. This is for those who don't.

* AwesomeMusic: The VSTL intro music is part of Koreans' "weird fascination with alt rock"

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] when [[spoiler:Accel decides to publicly burn bridges with his former team. Accel thinks the publicity is fine, but Jett is worried that it will discourage sponsors.]]