SCMDraft 2 is a widely used and superior map editor, and we decided that. We’ve been working towards this (in collaboration with the author of SCMDraft 2) for the last couple of years.
~60 people worked on it for almost 10 years (the project started in the WarCraft 3 engine - they shifted it over to StarCraft 2 when that was released). As explained here: StarEdit Deprecation in Patch 1.23.0 we’ve recently deprecated our support for StarEdit in favor of SCMDraft 2. If you experience technical problems visit our Troubleshooting Installation and Patching article or our Technical Support Forum. They did a phenomenal job - completely blew me away. StarCraft and Brood War are free to download on our website and do not require any DVD or activation code. It's a fan done project - they remade all the StarCraft and BroodWar campaigns in the StarCraft 2 engine, including levels that were cut, only available on the N64, or only available by download. The 1v1 ladder is the most competitive it's probably ever been, but it'd be nice to have new blood in the lower leagues.If all you want is the original SC campaigns, you should play StarCraft Mass Recall. The campaign stories aren't as good (I would argue) but the multiplayer is a lot of fun and still going strong with the latest expansion that came out a year and a half ago. I'm hoping this might generate some new interest in Starcraft 2. For those who watch the occasional Brood War pro game out of South Korea, Remastered will be a real boon. I'm sure I'll do some multiplayer with my friends who I play Starcraft 2 with now, once Remastered is out, but frankly I'm spoiled by having rally points and multiple building selection in Starcraft 2 and even Warcraft 3.
I tried playing a bit of SC1 again recently when they were doing the public test of 1.18, and the ancient UI was a lot more clunky than I remember from my childhood.
I will be getting Remastered when it comes out, but mainly just for the campaigns.