1 Terran Grandmaster vs 3 Platinum Players (INSANE CHALLENGE)

[@blakeblake5127]

Hey I'm one of the Terrans (Thor) in the first game... one thing I think people don't realize is just how difficult it is to adapt against a vastly superior player until you're in that situation. Yes I've dealt with reaper harassment before, but never against such perfect micro (and macro behind it too.) yes I've dealt with marine drops and tank pushes before, but never with such perfect movement. I think I'm a decent plat player (only started to play sc2 a few months ago,) but It really just goes to show on how different a level pro players are xD Uthermal made me feel (and look) like a much lower level player out there... had a ton of fun doing this though haha! For those wondering, yes we were in voice chat trying to coordinate our strategies, but he was simply too good!

[@deepvoid2871]

dude you did good. im diamond 1 and it wouldnt changed a damn thing. maaaaaybe annoyed him a lil tiny bit more and thats it.

[@erikhaynes5506]

Do you think it would have worked to just contain him with your reapers without attacking in? The moment he tries to expand or move out with his reapers then attack. Meanwhile the zerg is free to macro the map.

[@matthewmurphy4820]

Yall put up a good fight. Those infantry upgrades might have helped get you all get into the late game. You all might have been able to break him if you'd sacrificed some infantry to get the vikings and ravagers on top of his liberatorsbefore he started pumping tanks out. Tactically speaking, you all played very well. His mechanics are just too well honed. The longer the game goes, the more little mistakes he can punish. GG.

[@blakeblake5127]

@@erikhaynes5506I don't think that would have worked because it is hard to coordinate reaper movement between 2 players. Uthermal will just go after one of you and kill all your reapers without losing any (which is kinda what he did here.) even if you could contain him a little, the moment that helions/cyclones/tanks come out he would break free. Who knows though, gota try it out haha!

[@blakeblake5127]

@@matthewmurphy4820thank you!! Yeah I figured our best chance was to win with a combined cheese, but I overestimated our ability to coordinate attacks and underestimated his reaper micro

[@nukecorps740_9]

I'm Vloxal from the first game, had a great time being obliterated after my horrible reaper micro. 10/10 would lose again

[@eclipseeffigy]

Good effort! And hey, you showed everyone who said to just cheese with numbers advantage that it's not that easy... 😄

[@SeekAndDestroyTM]

Vloxal I think the key against Marc is to play safe, keep your bases safe until you can all get on 3 bases, then max and go. For example, zerg should be building lots of queens and get on 3 bases in 3 minutes, Terran should be getting marines and a couple tanks, and Protoss should be 4gate blink. Once Protoss and Terran are maxed, zerg should go 14 mutas and just pile on the mutas, playing for nonstop harassment while the other 2 slowly push Marc's base. Well played BTW - before this game, I thought a 3 player cheese was the way to go. But to be fair, it could have worked with like 4 ravagers. Everyone needs to push at once maybe?

[@nukecorps740_9]

@@eclipseeffigy Thank you! Although I'll admit I don't proxy Reaper very often so I bet there's way better platinum players at it than me lol

[@nukecorps740_9]

@@SeekAndDestroyTM I agree. I think everyone playing conservatively and preventing worker losses from early Reaper and drop harass would be ideal. Then push out with a giga army he can't defend (Somewhat reminds me lf his 1v7 cheater AI challenge, except we're intelligent opponents lol). As for the reason I cheesed the other Terran suggested it so I figured it was worth a shot. I think it could have been more effective if we pooled a couple reapers first though.

[@SeekAndDestroyTM]

@@nukecorps740_9 TBF zerg should have gone pool first and pumped out several queens for the time you bought him.

[@Zhuclam]

uThermal vs 3 platinum guys is indeed an insane challenge... for the platinum guys

[@jamiereid7428]

😎

[@VenturiLife]

He had them surrounded.

[@jeremychollar]

“Call an ambulance! …But not for me”

[@empirate100]

"I'm not locked in here with you - you're locked in with ME!"

[@ralphwarom2514]

lol. I just think they needed to attack more. They all went too greedy and did a lot of wierd stuff.

[@redmongoose9557]

I think Uthermals secret is to shout encouragement to each unit. THIS LIBERATOR IS DOING AMAZING. THIS SEIGE TANK IS REALLY GOOD TOO, oh look at this pack of marines this is going to be amazing. Very entertaining to watch GJ

[@SeekAndDestroyTM]

And Billy. Billy the hero.

[@wicem4]

Under his control they're all superheroes

[@njdarda]

it's crazy that you can overcome such a massive difference against players who sort of know what they're doing.

[@Anttown123]

If you watch the game its very easy to see what they are doing wrong and he right imo.

[@drassisback2949]

They aren’t harassing at all. If youre 100% on control of the game you can pull a lot of’things.

[@peterhardie4151]

Plat is still 1000 games or more i think. Must be at least 80 IQ and 10 fingers too.

[@drassisback2949]

@@peterhardie4151 wdym

[@peterhardie4151]

@@drassisback2949 plat players are good. Experts. 10 fingers, 80 IQ and 1000 games or so.

[@YeOldeManRiver]

These out-numbered challenges are quickly becoming my favorite content.

[@benihanah]

What a show of force to mark your 100K subs on your main channel! The showmanship, commentary, and mental dexterity to outplay six opponents. Seriously, you deserve every single sub you get and I hope your channel continues to grow. GGWP!!!

[@VenturiLife]

He was actually considering things from the other player's perspective as he dismantled them.. Clinical pro. "Quite hard to bile over this strange high-ground area..." etc.

[@oliveralbicker1523]

Great fun to watch that challenge! Thx a lot man

[@FinLogan]

19:05 "I feel like this is finally the kind of army I can push forward with" Has maxed out supply

[@tinytan2688]

Have a nice vacation and get well soon :)

[@nroz7284]

Mark, keep this up and it will eventually be, "Defeating 3 grand masters at once". Love your vids man.

[@wicem4]

Is it even possible

[@mugglebungle]

@@wicem4 no, ha

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

With practice he might. But only in a free for all

[@friendlysynapse]

Congratulations to 100k, i love your videos!

[@matthewsmith4710]

How did he put three players on the back foot at once? Insane skill man

[@Szokynyovics]

While narrating!! O.o

[@torinsmith9867]

Uthermal is has the best reaper micro I've ever seen.

[@limonbattery]

I don't play SC2 but this guy is like fucking Napoleon in this series.

[@wicem4]

One missed cheese and enough army to defend it counter on the 2 other players who are unprepared somehow

[@orimoreau3138]

It's faked

[@berenger1002]

Congrats on 100k thermy, been here since 14k amazing so fast you have grown....

[@jamiereid7428]

I was like Damn, 47 minutes? They did pretty dang well for themselves! Oh, you crushed them twice Lolol

[@patrickrichard4908]

Cannot overstate how entertaining this was. Super well played, your best video yet

[@Beep2bleep]

Def fun to watch. It really seems like if there was some planning and coordination the 3 plats should be able to hold. If there had been some static D (spines, cannons, bunkers) near the mineral lines then he would have had a hard time chipping the econ early. After that you could specialize with one Terran pursing pure air starting with vikings patrolling everywhere to stop drops and another focusing on tanks to start pushing in the ground slowly. The third player could either try to grab some cover for tanks or just pump money to either ground or air Terran. By splitting the army between air and ground you'd also get a good upgrade advantage. OFC you'd have to work to coordinate but with a tiny bit of practice I think it would be very hard to get enough damage done to the econs to keep it from spiraling out of control.

[@corallein]

The problem these challengers keep running into is that they're playing like it's a 1v1. They keep playing into your strengths by allowing the early Reaper harass, the midgame drops, and suiciding into tank lines with ground units. I feel like a simple focus early game defense with one person quick teching into air superiority like Tempest/BC that can break tank lines would be a fairly simple but reliable strategy with this kind of numbers advantage.

[@Wow-673]

yep thats exactly what the problem is. Everyone was trying to do their own thing without working as a team. Team sc2 is a different game compared to 1v1. And when playing with a number advantage you take that advantage and run with it either with a quicking timing all in or 2 players focus on defense and one techs to carriers.

[@SeekAndDestroyTM]

"I've learned that platinum players all suck at something different." ~Marc about a month ago

[@Sacredheals]

Love these challenges where you go against several lower-skilled players!!

[@ichbinshaltne]

But these we're Xtreme lowbobs.

[@noctyd9322]

I really love your grandmaster versus 4 silvers video. Looking forward to see how this one plays out! Your videos are always very exciting and enjoyable to watch

[@DrMJJr]

Entertainment worthy of a subscription!!! Absolute pro!! Wow!!

[@SamtasticOnline]

The quality of your gameplay matches the quality of your commentary. Your videos are always really fun to watch, and these fan challenges are really cool. Keep it up, my dude!

[@Arkon111]

i used to play brood war and sc2 so much back in the day. I thought i was good (was master) but definitely not this good. Its insane how fast you are, very impressive to watch. Im enjoying it a lot! Just subscribed :)

[@TheElijman]

This is top tier content. Great job!

[@MrMcSnuffyFluffy]

Two vs. ten would be super entertaining! Make that one happen.

[@deepvoid2871]

with harstem lmfao

[@quocphantruong]

imagine being the Zerg player in the 2nd game. "Why don't you just finish me, Thermie ~~!"

[@ralphm4132]

I like how even though the Zerg was crippled and abandoned, he kept spreading creep and spying with the overlords!

[@Sparky31388]

Congrats on 100k subscribers!! Best SC2 content in the world. Thanks UThermal

[@Supergoon1989]

13:43 LOL 'im gonna split' is american slang for 'i'm gonna leave', which is exactly what they just did with the medivac. You meant 'split' as in micro.

[@videoboysayscube]

Thermy so good. I wouldn't mind seeing a 1v3 with diamonds though. I want to see what it takes to stop him!

[@SeekAndDestroyTM]

At 11:41 I thought I saw a muta top left, so I watched it again. And again. What was I seeing?

[@pinkfloyddwc]

Thought so too… just a queen waddling away

[@SeekAndDestroyTM]

@@pinkfloyddwc thanks!!

[@erikhaynes5506]

Where is Uthermal? I look everyday for more videos but nothing.

[@helgardmeyer2954]

Awesome content Champ!* Really enjoy watching!

[@keysurfer2003]

Congrats on the 100k subs Marc! Keep up the good content!

[@backgammongoldfish9472]

Thanks for the great content. Perhaps it would be fun to see you team up with another (weaker) player(s - different races), the goal to win but with both players surviving. Maybe without discussing strategy first so that communication, resource sharing, army sharing - joint or independant defence, harass, adapting, scouting etc. would be variables to be considered. It would be great content and very instructional. I realize that this would make your solo-multi plays more difficult as adversaries would copy your style, but I imagine it could be fun and if anyone can do this well I believe it to be you. I've seen other pro players play some team games, but these games are often less interesting to watch than professional 1:1's as ultimately they often lack real communication skills or any deep strategy, mostly just combining some units and attacks. The fact that you are playing with a weaker team mate could add layers to this.

[@niiksaak]

One solution to that is having a weaker player fly his command center to uThermal's main and sitting there while he plays the usual 3vs1 😅

[@attawesome7902]

uThermal: INSANE CHALLENGE Also uThermal: does it twice 😳

[@TheAussieLeo]

That was great to watch, and I hope the Plat's gained some insight from those replays. Maybe you could do a mini lesson after to teach all of us wood league plebs what they 'could have tried' in those situations? Especially the reaction to mid game.

[@YellowRanger911]

He should try playing as 2 different races at the same time in a 2v2. I don't know if it's possible, but I can't think of anything that's actually a challenge to this man anymore.

[@nicklindberg90]

Digging this series! Please keep it up!

[@00holokast00]

This is bringing back memories, I have not seen good SC2 content since bronze league heroes.

[@screes620]

Imagine if all 3 of them did a different one of your signiture cheese's. 1 does PF, 1 does thor drop, 1 does BC/Mines

[@phar4oh]

This is fantastic content. Anything goes, no mercy, fight for your life. Brilliant!

[@amythystmiriel]

That terran repeatedly muling the gold base in game 2 hurt my soul

[@clifflenoir4323]

kind of makes me realise how OP u_thermal is against anyone under GM on the ladder in the other challenges. Like he can win just with reapers against 3 diamonds at once...

[@andreash2254]

Love these challenges :)

[@korakys]

Interesting, I thought the opposite: only way to win is to go hard defence.

[@yourbiggestfan395]

Spire, cannon, bunker, or all three.

[@e7venjedi]

5:00 "Oh wait... we forced him to make 10 reapers... maybe that's not what we wanted" XD lol especially when you lose 5 of yours for free!

[@Acct1941]

Really fun to watch the multi-prong and multi-tasking here : )

[@Senosh613]

100K buddy 💪, congratulations 🎈🎉🎊, NZL

[@Maichd2847]

CONGRATULATIONS ON 100k!! 🎉🎉😊🎉

[@Aryan_homophobe]

As Terran first thing I would make at the start of the game would be a bunker right in the mineral line with a turret as soon as possible. Would it be useful at the ladder? Doubt it but against the harassment of the player with the superior micro? Yep.

[@HistoryFacts5]

Awesome video from uthermal! Congrats for 100k subs 🎉🎉🎉

[@DiscipleofVenser1992]

Love this series. Thermy sees this , hard challenge... sure. Let's go again. Hahaha it's a true joy to see.

[@Nihiliste-]

Bronze: Players that either have very low logical field intellect, or trolls that farm the tournaments. Very low skill in all fields Silver: Players that grasp the basics of the game, complete beginner with at least slight talent may start at that bracket. Gold / Platinum: Players that start to learn build orders, but don't have enough skill to execute them at acceptable timings / production rate. Diamond 3: Either Micro OR Macro isn't enough to improve. Problems to multitask. Timings are decent but the follow-up in the mid game shows why Diamond 3 aren't higher. Overall solid rank, players know what they are doing but lack execution & consistency. Master 3-2: Players have superb mechanics, but their multitask isn't at Master 1 / GM level. Very strong players. Master 1 / GM : Players that are just perfect on every part of the gameplay, but lacks the genius of the above players which are ... ... top GM: the most talented players in the world. Player with absurdly good mechanics, multitask, and vision of their gameplay. They just think far faster than the other players below.

[@Broockle]

That reaper beginning looked so effortless and smooth 😲 I figured someone would BC rush but that never came. These guys should at least agree on a few things before the game starts 😆

[@diazalex5314]

Ideas A. Support zerg, focus on making bases to provide resources and vision B. Protos early game cannon rush to distract C. Terran quick BC Mid game A goes full roach B goes full upgrade on capital ships C focus on harass Late A focus on zerg nydus B capital ships + zealots C BC harass + tanks

[@e1917]

Bro really opened the video with "F*ck around and find out" calling everyone out 🤣

[@seitavw]

rofl, 28:03 i really expected utherm to say 'come at me bro'

[@Willdreynolds870621]

you should do 1v4 in archon mode. pig did it and turned out to be a banger. love the video

[@quocphantruong]

damn, this reminds me of the old days of playing campaign missions.

[@FasterThanLightOreo]

Great games! Respect for the opponents as well! Must be difficult to play against Thermy.

[@string2155]

“Not the ovies man” 😂 Because it was his only job left.

[@robotman2530]

The number 1 unit that gives players below pro level a hard time is tanks IMO, and uThermal seems to understand that quite well. Obviously these games emphasize how hard tanks can be without being countered. Many units can be dealt with by using un-optimal units with decent enough success, but sieged up tanks must be countered, which really stresses a player's multitasking/apm. uThermal's opponents played well and I commend them for lasting as long as they were able. I am always surprised to see how much better players in gold through diamond are than they used to be years ago.

[@Hazelthenerd]

The skill ceiling is so high in this game its crazy, made 3 mid tier elos look like bronze league noobs LOL. Good effort guys ❤

[@Kurt25252525]

That moment in game 2 when the zerg player wrote 'ummm...' and minutes later you realize it's probably because the other 2 stopped giving him minerals. I feel for him because it's not like uThermal was targeting him 1v1 like he would in premier tournaments.

[@ivanfarias1399]

Love these. I'd really want to see some where you lose them too. Just to keep it a bit more suspenseful

[@bgrbgrmeisterbgr]

Man, I need a replay of that discord call between those 3 players.

[@thc2stoned619]

CONGRATS ON YOUR 100K KZbin PLAY BUTTON 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@JasonAuger-gs4ve]

You had me a triple cheese. Digging in now for what I'm sure will be a banger.

[@NeverDie853]

Wait I thought you were the narrator playing starraft while talking is insanely impressive

[@grillbottoms]

Is this a map with increased mineral value or is it normal ladder amounts?

[@wind1309]

INSANE because it’s also written in the video title to emphasise that just like the other videos

[@sebastianmolina9943]

how does he micro those medivacs to drop marines while moving? how do you do that?

[@mr_clean575]

What would be really cool for your Tournament Challenges would be if you had a wheel of a bunch of different challenges and you spin it to pick a new challenge for each match

[@user-ur4nl6dq2x]

My dream: uThermal + another pro VS 1 Bronze + 1 Silver + 1 Gold + 1 Plat + 1 Diamond + 1 Master + 1 Grandmaster 😊

[@ralphm4132]

How about uThermal and another pro Terran, vs 6 Zerg Diamonds?

[@dakkath414]

2v10 sounds amazing, I definitely wanna see that

[@diazalex5314]

Idea 2 Full Turtle A,B support terran focus on making pf bases while making small defensive mech C protoss focus on making tons of defensive cannons while focusing on late game capital ships

[@hipsterparadiseltd]

The terrans should’ve made all planetary fortress. How would you win then, with reapers? 😂

[@whateverppl1229]

to all players out there, if you're going to reaper rush, the worst thing you can do is lose reapers. if these guys (assume two terrans at this point) just piled up there reapers, they could have attacked with maybe 6 reapers each, having so many more reapers than our god uthermal, that perhaps even he would fall.

[@ashot11223]

i can imagine the team chat, ok 2 guys def the early rush and 2 guys on bcs, then the 5 proxy baracs die and everything rolls over

[@ENRIQUEGOITIA]

I only ever played StarCraft 1. Is it normal to start with more than X4 scvs or is it custom because it is 3v1?

[@shen_zhuoran]

I think marine rush is actually way stronger than reapers since they don't need micro. Just have one guy make a orbital, scan the factory timing, and command everybody to F2 A-move right before the first factory unit pops out. Zero micro, zero macro, zero defense, zero chance to make any mistakes.

[@epicsensi]

that protoss in the 2nd game got u with some 200 iq storms Marc

[@szymonmoleda8680]

Most fun series to watch for me, cant wait for another episode

[@booshmcfadden7638]

That Reaper Harass is ridiculous. I have no idea how you pull it off.

[@ChavaYang]

I hope your feeling better Uthermal! Missing my dose of penguin bros.

[@jonathansaxton9954]

Incredible. Great work.

[@TheArtanis7]

We all talk about micro and macro. But forget one major thing this gentleman have - awareness and decision making.

[@Szokynyovics]

Thermy and reapers is really a match made in heaven.

[@tremolo6940]

Wonder if you could defend an instant worker pull but lifting your CC to the ramp

[@zuruumi9849]

When uThermal had the ton of sieged tanks and enemy wikings over them I wondered, can you snipe the tanks by friendly fire by landing a single viking in the middle of them?

[@Chris-si9in]

Uthermal how many scv do you usually make for this ?

[@lawrencebacosa5194]

Reaper master class! I think only Maru and TY can match that level of micro.

[@chingompiew1]

And Byun too!

[@korakys]

I think the strategy to beat uThermal would be: 1. Hard focus on early game defence, like building static defence and never attacking. 2. Team talk beforehand to figure out who will scout what, e.g. observers, creep to spot drops, then scans to read his build. 3. Think about going air so it's easier to move between bases to help each other defend. 4. Only move out when everyone is ready and armies are maxed. 5. Move slowly, no sudden attacks. Try to dry him out of minerals rather than overwhelm him with wave attacks. The most important thing is step 1. Maybe don't even build any workers for the first two minutes, just defence. Batteries, bunkers, spines, queens, cannons, widow mines, etc.

[@Beep2bleep]

Yup if he couldn't use reapers to chip off a ton of econ he wouldn't be able to weather the combined armies late. He has to rotate hurting each econ constantly but if even one could develop without interruption he'd have a hard time. Early static D would preserve the econ advantage of 3v1.

[@curtisarchambault5346]

Congrats on 100k bud!

[@lukeedge9557]

I've seen a few of these games now but I've learned that against him you need cannons/spines in your mineral line as fast as possible lol 😂😂

[@florianleonhardt620]

gratz on 100K ! Finally

[@alexeyzhitkovich3418]

what are the possible continuations? 2 low diamond players (diamonds 3) + gold/plat? I think this approach might be good because diamond is the biggest league(if we don't count Gm and bronze)

[@mastodor2000]

Congrats on 100k!

[@benjamineidam]

Damn fine work mah man!

[@shaunshutes7442]

From beginning of video More like golds I get annihilated by in my plat 3 league have a profile summary of diamond leagues 😭 it was a rough stretch yesterday. Excited to watch! Demoralize us plats