CHINESE GM AT AGE 75?! And he plays TERRAN?!?! | Is It Imba Or Do I Suck

[@DarkTemplar42]

Harstems analogies are top-tier

[@RePetesBees]

i love the constant analogies! and brutal reviews (but good tips to match) got my sub!

[@soulflame799]

@@RePetesBees brutal as in: brutal honesty.

[@SaiKisaragi]

He has some crazy idears with his analogies

[@davidsherlock5528]

And the gleam in his eye when he knows he has a good one.

[@anncoultable]

"most of you are worse than this" absolutely savaged the chat

[@jtsyo8364]

Why did he have to do us dirty like that. 😅

[@tarvoc746]

I haven't even played competitively since Broodwar. I watch Harstem like other people watch sports commentary.

[@bentosan]

I’ve never played competitively so I’ll never know just how bad I am, checkmate starfishies

[@Dragon-Believer]

The Terran is pretty good. And I don't actually play the game. So that is like saying that Harstem is better at StarCraft than Albert Einstein.

[@tarvoc746]

@@Dragon-Believer ...did you just compare yourself to Einstein?

[@MechMK1]

"This can't be real, because no one loves me." Man, Harstem is hitting a bit too close to home today...

[@zaubermaus8190]

when i dream something unreal, it's more like i get ripped apart by my inner demons while staying alive to feel all the horror :/

[@G3Dem]

Whatever u peeps think or what you care about. I hope you reach what you aim for, the power to be honest and that you find people who care about you as much you care about them. Take care

[@MechMK1]

@@G3Dem Yeah I appreciate it, but let's be real here chief. I'm 30 and aside from my career I have nothing. It's over.

[@xXiklititiXx]

There s something to learn from pain and fear. Trough it we can see destructive behaviour and change. Behavior, thought patterns and emotional responses. Needs some counsciousness doe. Gl hf in life

[@G3Dem]

@@MechMK1 I'm also 30 so I get what you are saying but everyones life is different and you have a career and something where you can start from :) Now give a shit about build orders and get yourself some hugs!

[@l.a.w.5738]

I am 58 and 15 times Terran GM since S1 in Vanilla :)

[@firestarter000001]

niiice then I got still some hope to advance in a decade or 2 from Diamond 3:)

[@l.a.w.5738]

@@firestarter000001 sure you can do! My APM is horrible btw (usually around 130-140) but I play mech vs Terran and Zerg. I kinda cheese vs Protoss (smth like 3 CC into 3 base rax to kill 3rd Nexus @5:30 and then push my eco advantage and end before lategame comps). Sometimes I also go into heavy BCs early since most protoss can't handle the sky air switch which I am also good at since I play mech so much. This game could be totally me, absolutly outplayed the Protoss on macro / early strategy and then failing to execute properly.

[@ToTheNines87368]

Did you play broodwar? Just curious :)

[@firestarter000001]

@@l.a.w.5738 Thats not nice, Im Protoss lol

[@l.a.w.5738]

@@ToTheNines87368 yes I did, I was at Korea at the time and this did start it all.

[@stevenguild1272]

"I don't think any terran above 3k MMR would attack up this ramp on curious minds." I beg to disagree

[@axh2]

This could have been such a good caution story about dangers of drug dependency! All of those marines would have lasted much longer, and maybe Vikings would be able to kill colossi in time, but the damage from drug abuse on those marines was just too high!

[@danielskrivan6921]

My Dad is nearing retirement and plays Protoss. However, I expect he would discover a new MMR floor.

[@xuyifan3703]

Speaking of getting beaten up by feather, feather dusters are one of the scariest weapons in the hand of an Asian parent. It’s like Mexican moms with those chanclas. So it wouldn’t be strange if pioneer is scared of feathers.

[@keizan5132]

Trust me, the feather duster is also used in some parts of Latin America.

[@hakobian2162]

Jackie Chan by himself, not super tough. Jackie Chan armed with a feather duster, Unstoppable!

[@DiverDrive428]

Yeah, also remember Zhuge Liang and his feather fan with which he sent armies into battle in Three Kingdoms.

[@bam3xs]

@@hakobian2162 Or Donnie Yen

[@gotentk4]

Harpie's Feather Duster is still banned since 2003.

[@patximartel]

Me, a protoss: viking is overpowered. Terrans: viking is underpowered.

[@rozmarinideas5340]

Why do you think it's op?

[@hinoro1632]

@@rozmarinideas5340 Yeah I don't think I ever heard this one.

[@You-ul8qw]

@@rozmarinideas5340 idk good vs stalkers ig. Maybe terrans in silver and gold league watch too much of Uthermal's penguin brothers and people are facing mass vikings.

[@moneygrab610]

@@You-ul8qw A lot of Protoss below Platinum play solely Skytoss. They won’t even make a unit before their Stargate finishes. Probably just a lot of blind counters.

[@xuyifan3703]

@@You-ul8qw I mean pretty much all Terran units beat unmicroed stalkers… except hellions/hellbat. So just beating stalkers can’t really make a unit imba

[@marshie1337]

I've never seen a pair of headphones fit the content creator as perfectly as these fit you harstem. You're truly a treasure to the SC community and I'm thankful I was here to witness your greatness. Much love bud

[@allhailderpfestor4839]

It is interesting to find imba form complaining "X is garbage" Its usually almost always "X is op as fuck"

[@LounoirRecords]

viking is suck is probably the best starting line :D

[@reinux]

Viking is suck and colossus is vacuum.

[@AJKiesel]

"most of you are worse than this." Just as I thought about how I could see some things like this in a replay, but probably couldn't play myself out of wood league. Harstem can read minds in the future confirmed.

[@dpend]

15:37 hamster memeing on Latin pluralization… ya love to see it 😆

[@AngryDrake]

That's brilliant!

[@chrisw7964]

Also going ham in calculations by putting in the repair costs @ 8:30 xD (But the gas sum for Terran must be wrong!)

[@hamster_designs]

@@chrisw7964 Yeah. I am still confused by that... But that is what the replay said ^^

[@Rafael_Fuchs]

@@chrisw7964 It looks about right. Units that cost gas also have their gas cost factored into the the total repair cost. Repairing equal up to 25% of the unit's cost based on total health percentage repaired. So, you'd have to fully repair a unit 4 times from 1hp to cost the same as if you just made a new unit.

[@J0mCD]

AK47 to scratch your back is an S Tier analogy

[@KubeSquared]

*slowclap* at 15:38 for zealoti/sentri/observi/colossi/disrupti. Also maraueders

[@peacefultyranny8981]

10:28 He wasn't actually overstiming. His medivac was a little out of position for the first few seonds, hence less health

[@baltoandtogo]

Harstem, thank you so much for taking the SC2 Coop code that TangorCraft wrote for the bug fixes from CtG and getting them to Blizzard! This week, Coop was patched because of your coordination and support. There is a whole community of Coop players that owes you thanks and really and truly appreciates your involvement in this effort! GGWP!

[@spairus4492]

What patch number was that,I can't find anything

[@baltoandtogo]

@@spairus4492 Good question. It wasn't for all SC2, just Coop, so it didn't get a patch number posted on the BattleNet login page. The community just became aware that a laundry list of bugs were suddenly fixed. It took a while to pass from TangorCraft to CtG to Harstem to Blizzard, but eventually, they implemented the code, and several lingering bugs were fixed. Of course, we're hoping for more in the future!

[@baltoandtogo]

@@spairus4492 For example, one of the big ones was to fix the Han and Horner improved death effects mastery. It never worked, but now it does.

[@chengcao418]

The Chinese name for the protoss although literally mean "little strong (man)", it actually probably means roaches as they are referred to as such because they don't really die easily

[@_Wai_Wai_]

Xiao, Jian Qiang? means little strong determined?

[@spacecat8748]

Lil' Roach

[@vinnieg6161]

google translate is of 0 use when trying to translate ='D

[@min009]

It's the classic "I am way ahead, let me just trade and win" mindset.

[@danielskrivan6921]

I wonder if Harstem's been playing tennis lately? Because this is the 2nd IODIS he's mentioned it.

[@hamster_designs]

Probably just a big fan of womens tennis for unknown reasons ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@L莫岚]

LOL the protoss is a quite famous semi-pro gamer in China, who is around 6k in KR server. That`s not an unexpected lose

[@zorchlp]

Noticed all the plurals with 'i's in the trade info for protoss. Nice touch Hamster!

[@SaiKisaragi]

Ah, so even grandmasters have “goofy ahh” early games. Their MMR isn’t the only thing that’s high.

[@tologd5761]

My dad now and then plays on my pc if he has time and he bunkers on terran and build bc's " like ive been always doing in brood war"

[@ZAWARUD00]

That's one of the worst strategies. Whenever I see a Terran doing that (I'm in Silver), I'm happy because it's a free win. It loses against any decent macro play, because by the time the opponent has a maxed army, you only have way too few BCs.

[@countarchvile]

@@ZAWARUD00 Obviously, but dads are complacent, they like their comfort zones and have just as much fun doing the same thing even if it doesn't bring back super good results.

[@lambdasixtwo8808]

Congrats on your retirement Harstem, its was a great 8 years watching you lose to Serral

[@donjuan3296]

"Most of you are worse than this" ahahaha, I love when he insults us with truth.

[@jasonsammons9]

In the US, senior often times indicates 4th year. In secondary school (high school in the US), the senior year is the last year in high school. In university, the senior year is the last year in university. If he learned English from Americans, he may simply be indicating that he has played SC for 4+ years.

[@jeffreyboone9450]

This guy likely had google translate that paragraph. His english is pretty terrible.

[@snarkysnarksson3002]

21:00 is a cosplay of scottish mocking british soldiers from braveheart movie

[@Galahad54]

In China, Pioneers are age 6 to 14 and source says is the youth branch of Chinese Communist Party. Senior might not be 65 or older at all, but 14, as in last year as a pioneer, or also age 15 or older, as a retired Pioneer. Language and culture difference. But maybe I missed an actual age in the IMBA. Unevenness of game could be either youth or age. Parts brilliant, parts confusing.

[@eulefranz944]

Complaining about the *viking* is mega random Why not complain about disruptor? Or say "I killed the third twice how does he habe enough eco?" How did they come to the conclusion that the viking was the key problem?!?

[@missbelled6700]

I think the train of thought is "he has colossus, I have vikings, I still lost the fight, viking is suck"

[@crashtiansClips]

TBH just happy to see a complain about someones own units for once instead of the players units.

[@nmgaro2156]

@@missbelled6700 yeah like the colossus could even fight against vikings...wich is also super weird, that a skyscreaper tall unit can shoot to the ground with massive destruction laser beams, but is not able to shoot in a straight line on the sky...things that science cant explain

[@jamomoritz6763]

@@nmgaro2156 true, but I think, colossus would be really imba, if they could. But I see the point.

[@朕是神]

@@nmgaro2156 From the guys that is so advanced that they can make personal forcefields yet doesn't know how to repair bruised machines? It's more or less expected that they are this dumb lol.

[@luminica_]

1:27 Apparently not, because the question is: Does the Viking suck or do I suck?

[@jeffreyboone9450]

imba just means imbalanced. it can mean either it's too good or too bad lol

[@unixtreme]

Why not both :D

[@luminica_]

@@jeffreyboone9450 Yes, but imba does not mean suck, if vikings were OP then the answer would be vikings are imba, but if the question is do vikings suck the answer is no, they are OP they don't suck, as you can see imba =/= suck, if something sucks it is imba but if it is imba it doesn't necessarily suck.

[@jeffreyboone9450]

@@luminica_ yes, just like I said it can mean either it is too good or too bad. The context we are talking about he used the term imba correctly because he isn't saying vikings are overpowered or underpowered, just that the old guy sucks lol

[@andreashalbfeld7671]

You're a content MACHINE!

[@zaubermaus8190]

i reeeeally would like to hear what pioneer would say to the captain after this roasting of a lifetime ^^

[@MrBattleMage]

@Harstem at 4:50, about target fire - he just wanted to refresh shield regeneration cooldown on the second stalker, no?

[@henningbreede6428]

That doesn't make any sense in this timeframe.

[@MrBattleMage]

@@henningbreede6428 that's right, but in player's mind it might have been "oh, must stop should regen", he switches target literally for 0.1 sec

[@ThePoDeNutella]

Congrats on 100k subs boi !

[@bossyk0]

I love that you are brutally honest and explain his gameplay and mistakes all in great detail then roast your viewer while doing so lolol

[@NuclearCincy]

Amen

[@DiverDrive428]

This replay basically proves that you can literally macro your way up to 5k mmr with horrible micro. Anyone below grandmaster is just macroing too poorly.

[@ahall9839]

Pro tip: You can make your sentence mean exactly the same thing while also sounding 100% less aw tis tick by removing "literally".

[@DarkxCrown]

no need to imagine it IS 40°C outside

[@eparcyll]

Turning 40 years yesterday and still loving the game !

[@MrkBO8]

51 today

[@kaotheold8507]

I think the protoss player in this game is a terran player whose english id is dragon

[@davidbodor1762]

16:42 - Omfg I audibly gasped at that disruptor shot, damn that was a brutal one.

[@Zeffary20]

H: Imagine it’s 40 degrees outside and you need to put sunscreen on (Me confused in Freedom units)

[@SchemingGoldberg]

It's 104 freedom units, by the way.

[@MrMonsterAddict]

@@SchemingGoldberg oh, it's AZ degrees F

[@balazsfenyes3880]

16:41 You can see in his eyes the disgust of 0 microing into loosing 20 supplies to a disruptor hit.

[@ragemydream]

the reference to bringing an AK47 to a knife fight... hahahaahahaha

[@geessaess1707]

He is a Uthermal viewer and doing the penguin brodders challenge.

[@dylankuzmick3122]

Penguin brothers says otherwise... 😃

[@_Wai_Wai_]

Im a 44 year old Diamond player. I hope to achieve masters soon. And I am from the China region.

[@hamster_designs]

Let's GO!

[@elliotbennett3917]

I don't play SCII. I haven't played RTS since AOEII. But damn these videos are fun to watch

[@chiepah2]

Wow, to casually announce your SC retirement like that, you now officially see yourself as a KZbinr.

[@VascovanZeller]

When does he say this?

[@evandaniel6198]

An AK47 in a knife fight lol.

[@Sara_Feingold]

Happy retirement, Harstem :)

[@Ljokerz]

CONGRADULATIONS on a 100K subs :) from a plat protoss player :3

[@boomerplaygames915]

At 8:29 I felt personally attacked

[@wanderhillen2435]

Probably true though. Join us and embrace the

[@olli-mattiheilio4554]

Truth hurts

[@Avendros]

jesus.....he killed us!

[@hortehighwind8651]

"It's Yuuuge" "Larger than the grand canyon" Shouldve attacked the third before I think.

[@Blandco]

Harstem's dream analogy really shows the depth of his inner Harstem. It's a shame that all the most likeable people assume everyone doesn't like them.

[@crashtiansClips]

an IMBA complain for UNDER POWERED is rare.

[@EternalHappElements]

75?! Maybe I can still hope

[@_Wai_Wai_]

Thing is, Pioneer quit the game with close to 6000 resources in the bank.... SMH.....

[@zor8952]

11:56 Yes I often dream of flying and saving the world. However the second I realise everyone loves me, I know that I am dreaming. 😂🤣😭

[@HomicidalTh0r]

Senior was very impressive! A little bit if fine tuning and I bet he'll be a terror in top tier ^.^

[@ZergIingLover]

Zerglings are the best unit, period.

[@victornunes900]

Hmmm... feels sus

[@JFox4587]

Pretty sure everyone knows marines are the best unit, it’s not even a question. They have atom, shields, crazy damage output, can heal from medivacs, and cut thru workers like butter. Lings can run by. Banelings are far more imba than lings, but they aren’t the same thing.

[@ZergIingLover]

@@JFox4587 no.

[@fruitytuesdayz5760]

holy based

[@bitspider4180]

I like to put random widow mines around the map to kill zergling armies for free

[@quineloe]

8:37 - 1 tank 1 cyclone 1 liberator 1 viking = 50 gas. oops?

[@missbelled6700]

Is It Imba or Am I Suck

[@keizan5132]

Underrated comment, hahaha!

[@Kingsman51895]

8:33 Thanks your remind Harstem 🥲

[@SapphirosCZ]

Harstem: Porotoss player with the name i cannot read. Jingles: His name is Dave.

[@true_xander]

Another day on the internet, another youtuber is roasting an old men on public... Love this place

[@paliyander]

6:08 hamster i still think you should make an iodis form from one of the capteis turnament games xD

[@istasi5201]

now we have concluded that harstem have retired, does that make him a senior as well ?, senior reacts to senior gameplay?

[@hamster_designs]

Thanks for next weeks title!

[@cheetahman2830]

Thanks for reminding us that we are worse than this... Oh and congratulation to your retirement btw.

[@ToTheNines87368]

I wonder if I should get back into this game again.. is what I think every time I watch a Harstem video. Also congrats on the 100000 subs. I don’t know if this is news or not, just first time noticing :)

[@hamster_designs]

It's been a few day, but it's still fresh ^^

[@xiaodai7355]

F91 (the guardian of the pro, one of the most famous sc2 player in China , now still in the DPG)have said the senior victim is usually 30-40 and the victim in the video is also a Chinese ex pro

[@Fimbu1vetr]

Lmao @ all the units lost for toss ending in -i @15:50

[@Antidiarrhea]

What did pioneer even claim was IMBA? Is this the “this unit sucks or do I suck?” Show?

[@matthewhartman1855]

Normalize elderly gaming

[@johnnovak6386]

This is definitely a top 3 of the series for me 😂

[@mnoukadlo5745]

Great analogy with the sun :D

[@doublecrossedswine112]

75 year old GOD! My new favorite player!

[@cariyaputta]

Hey, interesting avatar!

[@enlightenerr8342]

He propably made that one shot to stalker shield, so the shield would not regenerate. In this case it had no good effect, but in other case it could have a good effect

[@darkdez]

You might be too harsh on this one. Friendly Asian grandpa just wanna enjoy some video games!

[@colossaldonut5190]

This guy is literally Sun Tzu!

[@Broformist]

Well that would make him a bit older than 75...

[@bballca03]

the bait is real with this one

[@Croyvile]

@12:15 As a frequent lucid dreamer, I feel attacked.

[@AlexanderVoroncov]

Wow he is cool consider his age.

[@Bourinos02]

12:18 Gotta love the small hesitation there :D

[@MWTan-nr6zl]

So protoss can invoke the might of the sun, and zerg can't transfuse off creep Last balance patch was designed by protoss

[@Samissa806]

What did toss got from the patch?

[@Paradox3121]

12:03 XD

[@sharquimetal]

"It's like having an AK-47 and using It to scratch your back. I'm sure It feels really good but It'd be better If you shot people with It" LOL

[@AntiDoctor-cx2jd]

You always say you've never been disappointed in a chinese replay

[@wackaflcka]

Dissapointed u didnt make a joke with his name. :( otherwise very good! Nice to have u harstem

[@vinnieg6161]

that random sentry attacking killed me

[@VIIx22]

His lvl of demoralizing ppl that send in video is master class.

[@excitedme530]

As chinese myself i can always revert the google translated english text back into chinese, and it still is pretty hilarious lol.

[@Kingsman51895]

小坚强=little strong 😂

[@BuMBLB23]

8:27 on iodis. Harstem: you all suck

[@marcux83]

I just love this series

[@EsportsStoryteller]

The video title is actually puzzling

[@keizan5132]

Oh; nice to see you here, buddy :).

[@Sanguinarius9999]

In the letter the guy says he is a "senior" sufferer , senior is a person who is usually retired / on a pension , over 70

[@EsportsStoryteller]

@@keizan5132 :)

[@TheNipSnipper]

I'm amazed someone from the chinese servers is even allowed to communicate with us on the other side of the red curtain. Makes me happy to see that at least for now we can still play games with each other and communicate.

[@RKNGL]

Bypassing the great firewall is the way.

[@captaintaco2845]

yknow you can jsut go to china right? it’s very authoritarian there but it’s not north korea

[@ErenisRanitos]

ok so... this was not about protos being imba, but about terran being suck? 👀

[@candidate3512]

Hes not playing zerg :O