1 Terran Grandmaster vs 6 Silver + Bronze Players (INSANE CHALLENGE)

[@uThermal]

Hope you guys all enjoyed this new challenge! Let me know if you would like to see more of this and if there's any improvements you think I could make :) Also a quick note about the player with 3k mmr you guys are bashing ; he usually plays on another server and got 3k mmr after doing his placements, I checked his match history and he got a freewin against a diamond player and besides that only beat a bronze and a silver. From playing against him I don't think he lied about his rank ^^ Thanks for watching all

[@lukeaberdene-wallwork8029]

Ur the best, love watching you learn from your losses. A very good quality to have, GGs

[@RealProNoob]

What really made this episode wholesome was the chat towards the end. Its just everyone having fun and bantering a little bit. The "you found my little base" felt like a kid hiding behind the curtains while youre still able to see their feet. It just puts a smile on your face

[@vren5153]

Hey if you have planned to do this on higher ranks im Diamond 3 terran and I would love to play

[@stevenape377]

I would love to see more of this kind of challenge, it's fascinating! Another idea could be: "bronze to grandmaster". It's like the "win using only my mouse" challenge, except you don't get a mouse either, just a bronze player, who you would coach live :D Except you don't coach to help them get better, but just to get them to win. It would be cool to see how far that player could get, if you could get them into master league. And I would want to know after the challenge how much the bronze player's game improved due to all the experience they got on the show.

[@gs6103]

Facts. I placed into *Diamond* the first time I played ranked with only one real win and the rest auto-quits, and I didn't even know what all my buildings did.

[@nanogeo6105]

Their combined apm was exactly the same on that last game... 57+58+20+48+65+68=316 That's kind of an insane coincidence lol

[@Roberto577_One]

Sorry, 20 APM on one guy? No insults to that guy but how is it even possible to play the game with APM that low?

[@cicinho12345]

@@Roberto577_One He was killed off early on, I guess.

[@Roberto577_One]

@@cicinho12345 oh that's a good point. Didn't think about that lol.

[@aussj4link214]

Wow

[@sleepysnekk]

@@Roberto577_One friend of mine isn’t that good and his APM is around 20 yeah

[@jasperjackson8842]

The multi tasking is just unbeliveable

[@mizinsky]

Bunio here. I waited for this video! It was a great pleasure to play with you. Now, thanks to the video, I know what did happen because it was too quick for me during the game :) Sorry to my teammates that I was too passive in the 3rd game. I believed that my banshees would help, but it was too late (I was too slow). However, BCs and widow mines did some work! I am looking up to the next game! It was awesome. Thanks, Marc!

[@SpeakerWiggin49]

One thing I don't understand from the final stats is how his resource production was so much higher than everyone else's. Just the skill of faster clicking?

[@mizinsky]

@@SpeakerWiggin49 I have never been harassed in any 1v1 like in this game. The second thing, when I try to control my army, that's the only thing I am doing. He is harassing two players at the same time, defending and taking care of the economy :D

[@felixyt123]

@@SpeakerWiggin49 He was gaining more Resources because he had more bases running and if a base runs out he takes another one and so on. And Terran has Mules which you only get when you build orbitals. Most of the players build planetaries or build the orbital really late. That would have made a huge difference

[@SpeakerWiggin49]

@@felixyt123 Okay.

[@DrBonely]

GG!

[@oldoddjobs]

Thanks to the silver & bronze heroes for putting up a good fight

[@D64nz]

Yeah, gj from a proud Viva La Dirt league player.

[@TirpitzLuminare]

I don't even play Starcraft, but I can't stop watching your videos. I love these challenge runs the most.

[@JustSmileyFace...]

Eyyy, same

[@jpaschl]

It's a fun game to play as well

[@bigf0ot25]

Sc2 pvp is imo more fun to watch than play but sc2 has so much more than just the pvp stuff. Arcade and coop are both 1000s of hours of fun. Highly recommend

[@MichaelDuyy]

what's stopping you my guy

[@TirpitzLuminare]

@@MichaelDuyy I play Path of Exile, that takes up all my gaming time. I've played through the campaign back when they came out. I just kinda stopped playing anything competitive online, which is why I don't play. I love watching high level play though, to me it's like watching football or something.

[@chingompiew1]

This is the kind of thing that us novices always wonder in the back of our minds. How many of us at a time could a pro take down. It was really fun to watch regardless of the outcome and I bet it was really fun for the participants as well. If it were me and my buddies we'd probably laugh our asses off as we got owned!

[@ralphm4132]

One at a time? All of us. These guys were on teamspeak, I wish they could have synergised more effectively. Most distant players should have rushed something powerful, nearest 2 should have turtled, next two should have reinforced the near two...

[@Minecrack1942]

@@ralphm4132 they prob could guarantee a win every time if one guy goes proxy hatch to deny expansion, one guy goes reaper hellion cyclone to defend his teammates early including the proxy, two guys go roach ravager and marine tank to try and break through midgame and really put the pressure on and last two go skytoss/battlecruisers to a click secure the lategame win

[@yourwifi177]

I personelly think it would be easy if they all just rushed with their workers

[@chingompiew1]

@@yourwifi177 well yes then they would definitely win. But that has nothing to do with skill, just having a default higher # of workers and that would be pointless which is why everyone agrees to not do that.

[@itellyouforfree7238]

@@yourwifi177 they cannot do that, as stated multiple times

[@benjesterw]

I was really impressed by some of the bronze players, building Thors and Mines catching you out and managing to scan and hop into your main base in the first was honestly impressive work out of them. I love that they managed to take 2 games off you, but you managed to adapt and win the third.

[@DJSGarcia]

Amazing content as always! Way to keep the game fun/fresh this many years later.

[@thrldr3106]

Honestly I think it's probably one of the best challenges you've came up with. Hope it will grow to a full series. Also it seemed like in the last game the zerg player wasn't building any units at all. I was sitting on the edge of my seat the whole time expecting some giant army a-move but it just never happened.

[@KalaniMakutu]

Zerg player needed to relocate and ran out of money. Slowly trying to rebuild economy. UThermal did a great job of looping the map early with reapers to knee cap early eco.

[@altonito777]

Same thing for me but for the second game, 17 minutes both gold base and just had some lings and a few banelings i think

[@danewilkinson4143]

This crazy stuff is why I watch you. You take these crazy challenges and just have fun with it. Love your stuff keep up the good work.

[@roberttandy1956]

This was an absolute blast! I demand a rematch! (Thorfinn)

[@crawfordzlaw]

give rematch! i wanna join!!

[@Joyexer]

Vinland Saga fan huh? Great taste!

[@heptagram2108]

Was fun to watch

[@AtrociousNightmare]

This is so much fun omg. You're single-handedly bringing new life to SC entertainment. Your commentary is amazing as well, WHILE PLAYING AGAINST 6 PEOPLE! Insane.

[@danuk459]

After your first game I thought you'd taken a challenge that was just way too difficult. 6 players, all able to commuicate and micro all at once sounds insane. Yet what's even more insane is the speed at which you learn and realise what you're opponents are going to do, to be able to go from a relatively quick loss to a win in just 3 games is amazing! Its awesome to watch you complete these challenges!

[@DeanJarratt]

Great videos uThermal. Loving the entertainment. Would love to have been listening into the other players' chat. "He can't be attacking you, because he's attacking me". "Quiet you two, he can't be attacking either of you, because he's defending against me!". "How does he keep making units?". "He's taking a new base!".

[@DarkSaruman]

This is a fantastic idea! @uThermal, next time please do instruct one of the opponents to record their gameplay! I think it would be very interesting to watch the game from their perspective and hear what they said via voice chat.

[@ericqhochuli6004]

Just started the video, but I am genuinely hyped for this one. This is a great idea for a challenge.

[@TrashFiesta]

microing away that marine the tank targeted at 26:06 was very well played

[@kindlin]

I didn't even see it when it happened even tho he commented on it.

[@alexandrodl1371]

Thanks for the content! Ive been binging on the challenge series lately and they're all entertaining

[@uThermal]

Thanks a lot mate :D

[@foozychamp]

The interesting thing about this challenge, although you can adapt, I think the lower elo players can adapt better- They have so much room for improvement and if they all did just a couple things of things additionally, they'd sweep.

[@bellenber]

This is by far my favorite content you have produced. This should be a series.

[@decem_sagittae]

Would get old real fast

[@____GoMeZ____]

For next challenge, You, harstem, PiG and Mana go 4v12 on one of those insane 16 player+ type maps vs similar level players. Would be madness =D

[@_Clitoris]

Yes! 🤣

[@kindlin]

I think it would need to be 3x13, or even 2x14, if you can believe that. With 2 pro players, they can build massive synergy, while the extra 7th-14th low league heros are still just going to die. I think, funnily enough, if you give the other players enough games, they might start to be able to beat Marc. It only took Marc 3 games to find the right balance, and I bet he could keep winning. We'll see how vs 7 goes.

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

Isnt it max at 8 player in a map?

[@____GoMeZ____]

@@kindlin Maybe bump to goldies? Would be cool either way

[@____GoMeZ____]

@@theeraphatsunthornwit6266 There are custom maps that have HUGE player pools

[@Fungustus1]

This challenge is a pleasant surprise, love it!

[@qing-jaohan8641]

I really appreciate the real-time tactical commentary on these. Helps me think about what to prioritize and the pacing of everything, in a way that watching high-level commentary on pro games just doesn't.

[@philiproe1661]

I see that you had your apm counter on this time. Could you keep it on for all your games? I love to see the raw numbers of your performances.

[@vereor66]

This

[@datinator1200]

This

[@kindlin]

Oh, I've never seen/noticed that before. Thanks for pointing it out. (To the right of the control groups, for others curious)

[@anachronity9002]

I had fun playing 2v6 on Planetary Annihilation (as one of the six) against some of the top players in that game. It's an amazing experience. Not only is it fun having such a tremendous advantage and yet watching the small team somehow weasel themself out of it. It also really does require a different mindset while playing, and I found one of the most effective things I could do in that game is just scout out the two players for my allies. Less experienced players are unconfident and tend not to take risks they should (myself absolutely included). Scouting out the enemy and revealing where the weakpoints are was such a huge difference I could actually see it. Of the games we won, it was often due to a blindside against weakpoints discovered by my satellites.

[@gordias1046]

This was very enjoyable to watch. I like to see this type of interactive fan content from time to time, and it looks like everyone involved had a great time.

[@justinh4005]

hi uThermal - love this mode and appreciate the engagement with your followers. I find this so fun to watch not because it's insanely impossible but because it allows lay people a chance to participate playing with you. For me this is like playing with a Poker Pro on a poker table. I look forward to seeing gold levels maybe 3 gold v you. Just was so enjoyable and i hope to see more of these types of challenges

[@gabriel759]

Only pve player here and i dont know why i cant stop watching your amazing pvp vids bro. Its like a whole new starcraft game to me when watching u r harassing 2 player, take care of eco and tech at the same time. That was so fking insane game and really nice vides for me to watch. GG !!!

[@AKhardcore1]

I was wanting this challenge, what a pleasant surprise! Thx for the great content bro

[@standhaftgarithos3832]

This video was nuts. Kudos for keeping in your failed attempts and not just showing yourself winning. Joined your Discord because of this video. I'm a trash player, but I enjoy Starcraft and wacky games like this. Reminds me of the energy from back in the day when there was a queue for FFA games (can't remember if it was ranked, pretty sure it was unranked) which was so much fun. Real shame that they removed it, so much harder to find good FFA games in lobbies.

[@arvso]

uThermal over here just casually setting his camera's hotkey to the enemy's main like a boss lol 30:44

[@kozatas]

lol

[@macduc88]

I really like these sort of commentating challenges, keep up the awesome content!

[@AlbertCloete]

As a Gold player without an orbital command, I can tell you it means nothing. I just didn't know any better 😆 I would love to hear a recording for the Bronze/Silver team's voice chat. Also, this map is insane for Reapers, wow. You can jump everywhere.

[@JSp4wN]

Your positive attitude is truly admirable. Cheers Thermy.

[@stevenape377]

This was incredibly entertaining! Wow! It's like, the battle of the learning curves.

[@limo1324]

Thank you so much for the level of commentary you bring, it makes your videos entirely unique from all the other starcraft vids out there and its something I've wanted ever since I got interested in the scene. Keep up the good work!

[@WingwaveSC2]

Ideas for challenges? You at the address) : 1) In the GML with an inverted screen (landscape, inverted), and the mouse cannot be inverted. 2) Defeat two diamonds that have a maphack. 3) Defeat 5000mmr with 50% health 4) Defeat 7 AI cheaters by giving them 3 (aircraft only). 5) In GML, without a mouse (reassign the "execute" command to the keyboard as with rapid fire). 6) In the GML, collecting the composition of the army, which is as vulnerable as possible to the composition of the enemy army.

[@cheesypuffs1342]

i bet the voice chat was hilarious! GGs to all the players

[@CombatMagic]

I liked that each had a personality in a way, that was fun to watch and your reactions to it, the planetaries were genius move. Fav player was that mining zerg, I figured that he was trying to strip mine the map and playing a supporting (sugar) role, a player that doesn't have to worry for upgrades and units will be able to just skyrocket the economy and send to his allies as needed~

[@Alexyrion]

It is much more interesting when you add the games in which you lose too, not knowing if you will win or not is super entertaining!

[@GrimOrdnance]

This is a fun challenge, especially since you always keep it lighthearted. It's really bringing life to starcraft, at least for me.

[@sathuros8670]

Crazy micro-speed and fast-thinking from uThermal! Best comment in part 3: "There are actually so many banshees they block out the sun!" This is just golden :D

[@drukharimatter2962]

Nice to watch you play against some bronze/silver players. It was fun to see them trading some jokes/banter back and forth with you. I find the higher tier players never seem to do that, ever, even after a match, unless it’s salt/rage!

[@stelliocantos4639]

This looked quite fun. Could feel the effort being put in by everyone. GGs all around.

[@pianomikey0]

I remember cheering for uThermal waaaay back in beta/WoL days if memory serves. maybe even SC1? Glad this showed up in my feed! This is really entertaining, u!

[@boreduser12]

Last time I played SC2, maybe 8 years ago, the bronze and silver were full of platinum diamond players who would purposely lose matches to stay in bronze silver

[@DrBonely]

My favorite video from you yet, and that is saying something because there are some serious bangers on your channel!

[@Jan4GER]

How can u just seemingly effortless talk while doing all this things, its just mindblowing. When I look at your eyes that jump around all the time it is just funny and impressive :D

[@birks7506]

I've refreshed a few times today waiting for a video. Must have more uThermal content!!

[@goseigentwitch3105]

it could be fun to impose your other challenges on the people playing in this challenge (and maybe yourself as well) like 1v6 everyone plays penguin brothers or something (probably no early reaper allowed for anyone then)

[@thecommonsensican]

Challenge though is that everyone has to be good enough to execute the builds? Makes me think of a 4-8 player ffa with some other pros for the 50k sub event

[@TeAnaMysterio]

hey Marc, thanks for the great contents as always. For the FFA thing you are planning to do may I suggest you invite GGG (GiantGrantGaming) as one of your candidates please? This could get the non-melee-game side of community involved plus he is a decent melee game player who always loves fun challenges too. Time difference and server latency might be an issue though, so all good if it can't happen, still love you and what you are doing for the community. Thanks and have a great day :)

[@torinsmith9867]

I would love to see more of these. They are so fantastic in concept and execution.

[@edwardshim5760]

@9:54, the nuke red dot indicator was positioned right next to the anti-air turret's red light indicator. Great placement

[@jacobgirling7739]

Haha uthermal there is a league bug rn which means that players just get given bronze 3 NA if they are below 3k MMR or so. Though it only affects some players weirdly. Bronze is 0-1900 MMR Silver is 1900-2400 MMR. That 3k guy is plat 2

[@hunterb412]

Holy crap! Your APM was the exact same as all of theirs combined! Gg

[@DeusExMachina251]

It's probably the first gameplay video i watched till the end and didn't notice the time! Man, you're insane player and speaker, which is twice harder, I think!

[@gianfrancochacondelgado2997]

Yo! I really enjoyed this challenge so much. Great video UThermal, insane multitasking. I'm a protoss player but I enjoy and respect your plays as a Terran. Keep it on, man 🙌🏻 Greetings from Perú 🇵🇪

[@mcguppals1]

Crazy to watch, always happy to watch and learn just how efficient one can be against any odds.

[@BabyHuey173]

"Two people eliminated....that is what progress looks like!" Excellent quote!

[@imperialmarchinhumanbowels5726]

When he said “auw” from the mind hits instead of “ouch” I suddenly remembered that he's actually Dutch. It's quite amazing how fluent some of the can be at a second language. One completely forgets while watching that he's commentating his own game while playing in a second language.

[@Willdreynolds870621]

love the challenges. keep it up! found you from PiG. so glad you guys keep the game evolving

[@dwilburn]

Speaking of greedy cheese, years ago I played a 4v4 Monobattle with some guys I used to go to a LAN party with. I chose Battle Cruisers. Everyone on my team was like "WTF are you doing?!" and generally pissed at me until I started roaming the map with a ton of BCs and SCVs set to auto-repair. After that was over they told me that I couldn't play with them again. lol

[@siniy812]

Awesome, as always. I would also like to see in Archon mode a game against six gold players. You present wonderful challenges, it is a pleasure to watch you.❤️

[@peterpiksa5130]

It is just amazing to see how absurdly good you do ten things at a time and then still have enough mental capacity left to actually properly comment on all the things happen. Absolutely mind blowing. 😯

[@Novocane23]

The fact that you're able to last this long against them is impressive on it's own. It seems that if all of them just agreed to build their basic unit and attack move them to your base they could just overwhelm you with sheer numbers regardless if they micro'd or not. So impressive either way.

[@Ramusculus]

they would also win with a worker rush

[@PiotrthePhrog]

KZbin in 2022: "INSANE CHALLENGE" is now a mandatory part of every video title ever.

[@gabagool44]

is uThermal being such a nice friendly guy very comforting to anyone else?

[@gabagool44]

not to be all parasocial lmao but man his manner of speaking is great

[@peterjansen4826]

In the last game the 6 players together had exactly the same APM as µThermal. Quite a coincidence. :) It surprised me a bit that µThermal did not take the gold base until the end while it was just one base further than where he already was and he already beated the opponents nearby that base. It is only a 400 mineral investment and it seemed to me that he could miss that at that moment.

[@rustytaco8412]

Oh my God, this is what I have been wanting my entire life. Lol I have been wa ting a grandmaster vs. Noobs since I was little.

[@drmuk7777]

Bruh whaaaat. You mad lad. Eventually these challenges are going to reach "Terran Grandmaster vs 7 other cheater enhanced grandmasters" 😂

[@Scawtsauce]

here's a challenge, play archon mode with like hero marine or something and do archon mode or 2v6 against some platinum players

[@CKPMJUNG]

Ooo that would be fun

[@bossyk0]

Enjoyed this challenge tons keep them coming!

[@jujucasar2003]

3k mmr is platinum but with the bug 2984 puts ppl in bronze if u drop from plat 1 mmr leave league and rejoin which is what he did to get into ur game. So u need that guy to be replaced by a 2200-2400 mmr player. Note that on EU 2360 is the highest silver. The bronze bracket doenst count keep them all in silver or if they r bronze under 2500 mmr. Then u prob can do a 1v7

[@Lightwait321]

‘I’m going to go for who ever I find first and obviously that person is going to be a little bit sad.’ The sweetest trash talking I’ve ever heard 😂

[@michaelelliotbrownle]

I don't play starcraft. I have no idea what is going on. But my god is it satisfying to watch this man practice his craft... well done!

[@Legendalvin]

I'm impressed that in 2022 you still managed to find 6 players that are this bad....same strategy for 3 matches in a row and not single one of them try to counter you , like building an early buncker near mine ? Simply some air force will destory you at all...

[@ineedammo8167]

awesome games! I hope everyone had fun playing. I had a great time watching. Congrats to all who played

[@frenziedpotato4131]

I always get a kick out of your challenges and your strictness to adhere to whatever rules you create for them.

[@jawadsabih4979]

Elaborate

[@frenziedpotato4131]

@@jawadsabih4979 If you look up his videos he has many challenges ranging from ravens to gm, marines to gm, 1 v 7 insane ai etc. Each of those challenges he outlines what units or playstyle he will use and will stick to it. The only time he may go off and create a new rule is if some type of cheese just auto wins if he doesnt break a rule.

[@xeruexe1624]

Well played for everybody. Maybe as a follow up the players can be asked to be all Zerg, all Protoss, all Terran, or a mix (3 Terran 3 Protoss or 2 of each race). I think it has a potential for a monthly series or so.

[@bakajanai.]

Some effective strategy that might help beating uthermal -Greedy BC/Thor rush -Scatter widow mines around the map -Invisible/Cloaked units to waste scans -Zerg feed teammates with gold bases?

[@javmar86]

Holy crap, this was fucking intense, loved every minute of it, best video ever of yours, was on the edge of the seat many times !

[@thesparrow8333]

This looks so much fun , wish I was free that day :( . yet another great video!

[@sun650]

Watching your level of skill doesn't even look real. Amazing that you can make that many actions so quickly and with such muscle memory.

[@chasedunn9957]

You beat 4 diamond players my dude, Havnt even watched the vid yet and I know you are going to CRUSH bronze/silver's

[@alextilson9741]

All they have to do is worker rush you and you're screwed lmfao

[@TerryJaki7]

Ur so entertaining bro love you keep it upp👍❤️❤️

[@tatatatartine2588]

I guess if the opponents coordinates their strategy, it would be quite impossible. Like: the closest one SCV rush, one other 4 barracks proxy, the farthest doing battlecruiser rush, another going for invisible unit (DT or banshee...) You can't defend it all

[@RedFragmentation]

The one rule was no worker rushes ;) None of the players were too experienced as most were low leagues on the ladder, you're right, but the fact they werent as coordinated is the only reason it's possible

[@lars6706]

I really like your commentary, many things that you are doing better than the other sc2 KZbinrs

[@Cantouchthis1234]

This content is so so so good. Great for the algorithm too, one thing that would be cool is capturing the voice chat of the other players.

[@stephencooney1768]

This was fun to watch! Can't wait for the 1v7!

[@12inchcharge38]

This is crazy good so far *edit* Just finished the video. Damn that's some crazy skills

[@cjamesfox]

3000 MMR is plat... its just the NA matchmaking bug that shows "bronze" for lower than 3K MMR

[@SiriusPP]

This was very entertaining to watch. It'd have been fun being in it haha

[@korakys]

After seeing this I believe that 7 vs 1 might actually be possible. Amazing video!

[@catbert7]

I love this challenge! Surprised you didn't expand to the right on the 2nd game. Can't believe that guy in the 3rd game had that many Banshees just sitting around. Definitely could have got the win, if he used them well.

[@williamlee7829]

they have achieve what I can't !!! (winning a best of three)glory to them XD

[@whoshotyaxox]

I never understood how you could win this, its like they can have a 6 times bigger army? crazy game! nice content

[@nearlyleglessmick4950]

With the last game, the apm of all the players added up was exactly 316, we take those moments.

[@phar4oh]

I love how positive you always are. So refreshing. Mind you, I haven't seen you react to someone stream sniping :)

[@minigoal4672]

Oh do please make more of these! Very entertaining and looks super fun! Hope I might be able to join one also.