$75,000 StarCraft 2 Tournament - 2023 ESL SC2 Masters - Grand Finals

[@cavemantero]

Clem has perfected not only his micro game, but also Maru's defense, Cure's production, and Byun's multi-prong pressure as well. He has become the ultimate Terran player. Just crazy that he can do the impossible.

[@paulcho]

U would think it’s two players playing at the same time jesus

[@heavymetal3256]

That's basically it, he has taken the crown from Maru indeed!

[@lurpwgn]

Watching Clem play makes it feel like Terran is broken. But only in his hands. No one else pulls off what he does so cleanly and consistently. Crazy player.

[@stephenw4720]

Dropping a Super Thanks to express my support! I really enjoy how your Starcraft 2 commentaries inject a perfect mix of sarcasm and dark humor, adding a fun twist to my workdays. Keep up the fantastic work! Eagerly looking forward to more epic gameplay and excited to see your audience grow in 2024. Merry Xmas. Cheers!

[@josharcher3414]

This was a pretty epic giving. I must say that I absolutely agree. Winter, you are my move favorite commentator and I have been following your work for well over 7 years now. It is my goal (within the near future), to see a donation in a similar amount as this kind soul, as an expression of my appreciation. You have made hundreds if not thousands of my days, "JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER" over the years. Thank you

[@ericlivernoche522]

You're one of the best casters, Winter. It was really cool to see you casting the B stream of ESL SC2 Masters.

[@vladmatei1958]

Dark voting for Dark is so Dark.

[@jonsolo32]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how far the ability to play this game has improved since release. Incredible. Thank you Winter.

[@MarlonSolisFallas]

I feel like sc2 is never going away.

[@Douglas-nt7jd]

Best part was after game 1 the meme of Dark giving himself a medal.

[@paulogodinho3275]

There was someone in the crowd with that poster

[@AcidPower-y7i]

I thought that was a joke did they all really vote wrong

[@Neesmo]

Clem deserves this so much. I'm so insanely happy for him and all of his success lately. Playing at that level through until the end of Serral and straight into Dark while maintaining his insane APM and dodging, ducking, diving, dipping and dodging again throughout the whole 3 hours was truly impressive. Thanks for having that little segment at the end to let us all see how he was when taking the trophy. I don't think dark should vote himself a winner in the future haha PS: Winter, thanks for being such an amazing caster. I love watching these with your perfect commentary

[@geuros]

So happy for Clem, he's been my favourite for years, always cheered for him and finally he gets a big trophy. I hope this boosts his confidence so that he can deliver results like this more often in the future.

[@dragoda]

You are by far the best commentator. Love to see your games and comments on ESL.

[@havinfun44884488]

Winter thanks for casting. You have some of the wittiest, sarcastic ,and funniest comments. Love it!

[@Trytinion]

Clem has been really popping up recently, honestly my favorite player rn

[@kevinchang5082]

Patch terran

[@enriquegarciacota3914]

Popping like a widow mine

[@ziliestarrive]

well, some people are salty

[@vox5505]

Hmmmm.... Zerg gets all of its counterplay to marines nerfed into the ground, and widow mines get buff, and what do you know? The player who has been abusing Marine-Mine for the last decade suddenly skyrockets to to top. I'm sure he must be just putting in extra practice hours, right?

[@tatsuuuuuu]

@@vox5505 you serious? you think he wasn't playing every hour of every day as he pretty much said in his post game interview?

[@ClearAlera]

The frantic pace and constant action of both this series and Clem vs Serral feels like a new golden era of TvZ. It hasn't been this exciting since TaeJa vs Life imo. And yes the level of play today is better, but these are the series that raise the entertainment bar just like those series did back then

[@jakebrewable]

When Clem popped all those banes at 13 minutes in game 1 it almost made me explode

[@l4unchp4dgaming38]

Oh my...

[@aquaden8344]

It's the consequence of nerving the heath of banes. Now terran can kill banes with exceptional micro and zerg has the best tool against mass marines taken away. Banes are not able to close the gap!

[@jakebrewable]

@@aquaden8344 I got nerved once hurt me right in the bones

[@icoo44]

Jimmy demands more likes. Thanks for the casting Winter! Amazing games.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

No spoilers here (I haven't even watched the video yet), but I think the fact that Dark was the only top 16 finalist in this tournament who picked Dark as the #1 player in this tournament, and that EVERY SINGLE OTHER PLAYER picked Serral is one of the funniest things I've heard related to Starcraft, maybe ever. It's such a Dark response too. It made me laugh out loud, for real.

[@clee89]

i feel like typically playing two opponents of the same race back to back can be a disadvantage because your second opponent can study your playstyle. however, in this instance, it almost felt like clem was playing vs serral to both beat him and intimidate any other zergs who may want to challenge him

[@schach6666]

Amazing run from Clem. Defeating Solar, Serral and Dark in one go is incredible.

[@Ulti_H]

it was dark, who picked... dark 💀 I love this man

[@level99nn50]

Clem is clearly overloaded on adrenaline lol. He was so overwhelmed he forgot to kiss the trophy lol

[@SaccoBelmonte]

Seeing Dark being dismantled is a very rare occurrence. Congrats Clem!!

[@ArmstrongAlley]

This kind of hurt my feelings as a Zerg fan, honestly. It didn't feel like Serral or Dark really had an answer for the late game compositions that Clem was putting together.

[@rush8222]

clem is probably top terran right now, but can't deny this was a patch win lol. Its harder for zerg to defend than terran can. Ghost is one hot key and can attack ground, air, long range snipe brood lords, infestors, ultras. It can also emp infestors and high templars. EMP works just in general for all protoss cuz of shields. If you paid attention serral was playing standard+some aggression vs clem didn't work out. Serral tried to use nerf fungals but clem literally just one click scan everything no skill needed. Dark was very aggressive to try to keep clem on the back foot in his games but it didn't work. They literally played all options you could against terran and still lost lol. Oh i forgot literally one of the games mules literally carried clem to the victory against serral even though he had like no workers lol. But no one can deny if they were in serrals and darks position that they couldn't find an answer to this either lol. They been nerfing zerg cuz serral was playing like a god and didn't have a unit that can counter everything lol.

[@cloudsmith7803]

@@rush8222 Zerg has fast supply edge, fast army maxing and re-maxing. This is complete nonsense that zerg can't defend against terran. Of course zerg had to be rebalanced, attacking with 200 supply over & over again is skill?

[@rush8222]

@@cloudsmith7803 I never said zerg can't defend against terran. I said it's harder it you reread it. Also remaxing doesn't mean it counters an army at all. You said nothing that defended against ghost countering almost everything. You are literally non sense.

[@motan7864]

Such a beautiful victory, well deserved for Clem, hard work pays off, he improved to muchit's inssane, and defeating the Final Boss in the finals... CONGRATZ!!!

[@slavengineering8344]

Dark picking himself is peak Dark. Love the guy

[@IceGlade86]

Stimpacks helps to stabilize the recoil so the marines can shoot faster

[@ragetotheend]

What a sweet kid. He totally pulverized everyone. Good job french bro.

[@choncis8318]

I already watched it live but of course I have to see it with commentary from Winter 😉

[@remyouellette1181]

Congrats Clem! Bien joué et agréable à te voir dominer!

[@the_spice_miner4306]

Clem was beyond perfect

[@MusicGodAndMyLaptop]

I still very much enjoy the Hearthstone Cards and nicknames. Winter is my go-to for SC2 content.

[@doublem1nt]

hurray to al non-zerg champs, clem you a beast

[@Vlad_85]

Excellent casting of some excellent games. My day’s been made better. Thanks.

[@youtheneyes]

Me sitting here watching this, playing Valheim, wearing shoes. :X

[@tatsuuuuuu]

why didn't clem finish off the zergling speed upgrade? that would have set dark so far back.

[@Compulsive_LARPer]

He likes the challenge lmao.

[@bottlewishez7889]

Like you, I had a silly grin on my face at the awards ceremony at the end. I'm so very happy for Clem. Thanks for posting this. Incredible!

[@khanhmai5006]

“T is super OP, look how Clem destroyed Dark”, from a salty cry Toss 😂

[@LockeElite]

What a tournament marathon! Watched it both live and your cast. Thanks for casting these amazing series.

[@flameofthewest5119]

Very well played, congrats on the win Clem!

[@michaeldoucet-morokael]

Super Bowel. Nanites. Blue 'Garound'. "Look at it!". This is why I show up. Love it

[@hugosantos7180]

If dark was a RPG boss: You defeat him once Choir music intensefies You defeat him twice Rock music kicks in and the arena is set on fire You defeat him a third time As you drink ur final potion the arena crumbles and an evil laugh is audible in the background

[@NotInformedOfficial]

11:51 the heck! Chef's kiss micro

[@Thomas-wf8qv]

Everyone go back and watch Winters best of 2022 Video so that it gets enough views to justify him doing a best of 2023 video!

[@eldenbling2615]

Sup Winter, great cast thanks for covering all these games

[@d4slaimless]

8:52 This was interesting "battle report" window. What is it, some extension?

[@go0stav]

I’m writing this 3 minutes into the game. I think Clem will win after seeing him against Serral yesterday.

[@vigierjean4543]

same here after the bo5 with Seral i really saw how clem have step up this year...i'm so happy for him. He deserve this prize

[@NoName-kf1cy]

I'm starting to warm up to clem. I need to see him play Maruti tho

[@natecw4164]

"Anyone can backseat quarterback" ... Yup, Winter's sports credentials check out 😂

[@cavemantero]

25:44 Clem: Ah yesz...dees eez dee SC2 azzhole mou-ment. 26:23 Dark: No...THIS is how you do the azzhole moment!

[@jkw6259]

1:33:56 even a shout out to Winter. NICE!

[@brycecox8249]

Clem and serral looking near related now days. In the years to come I look forward to Clem paying tribute to the finisher with the skinny bicep flex

[@DogmaticAtheist]

I've played way more than 20 ladder games in the last year

[@TomasWatchReviews]

what a performance from Clem, incredible..

[@jaytea6516]

47:42 singular time where i have seen a widowmine's effect being negative as opposed to N times positive

[@NathanielNow]

Dark is still my favourite, but I'm happy for Clem. He's clearly earned it from when we first met him.

[@mathieularocque1953]

Dark would really benefit from mixing a couple of hydra in his army composition, since the roach dont attack up a dozen hydra would help to mitigate the air and medivac count...

[@Keaggan]

Holy freaking crud! Clem is making my Zerg rethink life 😢

[@firestarter000001]

That was a beautifull addition at the end...even if im a Protoss player...:)

[@yomekatsuma5532]

Finaly, Clem does it

[@ddenozor]

Mines getting the faster burrow/unburrow buff. Maybe we can have the same treatment for ravager biles? Just 0.1 seconds faster to land would make the unit worth something.

[@lionrock2023]

if you think about it.. people should always burrow panelings at where one expects the Terran to drop .. and the Terran always drop in the same places. mineral lines... or to attack an expoed overlord.

[@NoName-kf1cy]

Thanks for putting that in the video. The ending was great!

[@zapoyou2]

“As long as your opponent drowns first”😂😂😂😂

[@NoName-kf1cy]

Well deserved

[@sward0483]

The hardest thing about playing at LAN is getting used to people watching you. Sure, you might be used to people watching your online games via the broadcast with commentary, or a direct connection to server as a spectator. Like in counter-strike we had HLTV. Basically it connected to the server as a spectator with a 3 minute delay and then people can connect to the HLTV to watch the match. It gives you free roam cameras and first person cams for all the players etc. Point is even if you're used to tens of thousands watching your games online.... it pales in comparison to even just 10 people standing there in person watching you play.

[@johncrichton5767]

I think I laughed for a minute straight when I saw that hand drawn medal ceremony image between games 1 & 2.

[@joec7238]

I tried watching this live.... Couldnt handle hearing anyone else announce this other than winter

[@ChristDuque]

I don't understand why Zergs never build defenses at their base... A few spore crawlers at key points will block all possible drops. They cost a bit of money, sure, but instead of losing dozens of drones and a few queens, plus the larvae it cost to replenish them... I think it's worth it. Thoughts?

[@JollyGreenWizard]

1:07:05 Winter searching for his red card 😂

[@EnVee215]

Starcraft a game i enjoy watching more than playing

[@Mike-fl3zx]

Thanks for the ending, Winter, It was great!

[@IsaacFNghost]

Finally one for Clem!!

[@invisuu6280]

I watched both matches against Serral and Dark and really loved it. What incredible matches, unbelievable. Congrats to Clem and thank you Winter for your amazing casts. One question though; how is the event organized that Clem had to play them both back to back, this seems unfair and a bit inhumane even. These matchups must be draining, Dark was already ahead from this perspective...

[@cathulionetharn5139]

Thank You Om nom nom

[@jrgros635]

I’m rooting for dark just because you root so hard for Clem. Haha great cast!

[@simonkeen9776]

Bold of you to assume I'm even wearing underpants nevermind shoes Evan

[@REDRAGON12345]

Good to see underpowered Terran finally win a game or two at the highest level

[@yugonostalgia8961]

underpowered? what? Terran units are by far the best in the game wth

[@REDRAGON12345]

@@yugonostalgia8961 I once thought as you did, in blissful ignorance of the truth.

[@yugonostalgia8961]

@@REDRAGON12345 What? Terrans have weaknesses for sure - namely, otherwise great production that takes a longgg time to scale up, marines or mech not being good without investing in the upgrades first, overpriced factory - but the units themselves are hands-down the bests in the game. The only meh/mid tier unit they have is the hellion. Marines, Ghosts, and Mines are all S tier for a reason

[@yugonostalgia8961]

@@REDRAGON12345 Unfortunately there's no way to deal with this unless you remove disruptors and banelings from the game too, though that would be nice :/

[@monteprestwich8820]

If he had run out a marathon he would be out of breath. That is an amazing feat though. Congrats Clem!

[@alexandrequintin1434]

Bravo Clem. Tu nous rends fiers.

[@TKGameGuy]

Great cast and well deserved congrats to the players!!

[@jasonnealreed]

Nobody talking about Serral also ranking himself #1

[@Jackbrick101]

Ah yes, my two favorite players... Initiative Initiative Initiative vs Clem!

[@trislassis]

amazing cast Winter!

[@EllipticalReasoning]

After so many standout games, I have just one question about clem: Does his hair actually look like that?

[@ziliestarrive]

Would would win? The final boss of SC2 vs the European bug spray

[@thezzach]

Great job again Winter! TY

[@thesilentmajority2765]

ah never knew thats why terrans rallied to the depots. thanks winter i always learn something new in this game

[@Undeadangel]

I just wanna say it makes me giggle every time you say "get x likes and ill do another... ill probably do another anyways" HAHA every video!

[@leerollins7555]

Amazing play by both sides, great win though

[@Cephalopopo]

Dark picking himself is the only right thing to do. All of these other guys should have picked themselves as well.

[@noahr1523]

Great caster, better than the talk real fast non stop talking ones that did the cast live.

[@odiseezall]

Clem is a beast.

[@bongkem2723]

sooooo happy to see "le bogos" wins ;))

[@Lolong01]

were is the flame thrower of terran?

[@jammasterlee]

"Tennis shoes" Winter? I know you're from the Midwest dude!!

[@quidiep8642]

How to beat the top 2 Zerg players as a terran - micro like a mofo with near perfect execution like Clem or pre-wrist injury Byunn.

[@Warden_RS]

While I am a terran hater, I cant help but theory craft clem into the role of the book / movie “Ender’s Game” where humanity is using a gifted child to command terran units in this case against the zerg to prevent invasion. The only catch is clem still thinks he is playing the game, sacrificing as many terran units as necessary for the greater good………

[@reloadingdontshoot1]

Nothing against Clem, but he's the #1 Terran in the world? Did Maru die? Or did he not participate Edit: Just saw he lost to Hero in the Knockouts....always his bane. Damn

[@FamSisher]

It only took a major Zerg nerf to get him here

[@IVIune]

The fact that two zerg players were in the semifinals is not a signal that the zerg race was over-nerfed.

[@redalert6847]

They nerfed the Zerg to the point where if the other player doesn't make mistakes the Zerg never wins.

[@johnny5731]

I always put on shoes to watch Winter

[@italianbaboon9970]

legit CLEM beat the GOAT only normal to grab the trophy

[@eestlane24h]

popping aderall to beat dark or serral is basically like cheating.

[@rush8222]

@@eestlane24h lol we also know this was a patch win. Serral and Dark play different styles but had no answer for ghost lol.

[@Trytinion]

49 minuites ago?!?? WINTER YOU HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN MY SUBSCRIBE BUT MY LIKE, MY LIKE IS HERE FOR YOU TODAY