What region should I choose for Starcraft 2?

Question

North America or Europe?

I'm from EU, but I heard that the US region has more players, maps etc. is that true?

Asked by Katie

Answer

There doesn't seem to be any significant difference between number of players/skill levels at the lower tiers.

Maps cannot be uploaded to the EU server by, let's say, an NA mapmaker without an EU account, but they can be shared across the Internet via other means, and be uploaded by people from other regions once they get their hand on them. Some mapmakers do, however, have multiple SC2 accounts in different regions, which facilitate the spreading of the maps they make across all these regions. So based on that, there is a very good chance that the difference in map availability is minimal across regions.

Also, with the exception of SEA (Southeast Asia + AusNZ) accounts, each copy of Starcraft is restricted to the region it's purchased in. See here for confirmation.

Answered by James Jiao

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