The sc:bw scene in early to mid 2000s was absolutely awesome. I only hope I can find that sense of community and competition in something during my retirement years in a few decades.
Age of Empires 2 had a wonderful revival in 2020 and has a huge European following where the top streamers have some 300k subscribers on YouTube. The plays are on par with BW in its prime. Only difference is the first half of an Age game is slow - it focuses on the macro, and then later the micro