Bad Mannered Players And Pacifist Zealots | Beating GrandMasters With Stupid Stuff

These games are great. One kid tried to ruin it, but I think we showed him real good.
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[@Harstem]

The last game I play here is honestly the most fun I've had doing any video so far on this channel. Intense stuff.

[@thomasmchenry4527]

The pacifist side of you joined the justified destruction of a BM player

[@andreasbaumbach8504]

Maybe start a fundraiser for a new SSD?

[@flint3030]

send the last game to lowko dude HAHA

[@DjTrustNo.1]

That was more than wild, was like watching a runner take a final sprint for a perfect score, well played!

[@JeremySmith-wc4lh]

1dislike after 5 hours! Nice

[@TransTess]

Zealots: "War is never, under any circumstances, justified" Harstem: "They BM'd us though" Zealots: "MY LIFE FOR AIUR!"

[@SitrisMonkey]

As they run into lurker spikes and all die lol

[@TheBehm08]

Harstem: “Oh-Arr “😂

[@wosnqlwkdken3840]

Hahahah

[@beng2080]

That moment when harstem is such a timing oriented player that he analyzes the timing of his opponent's glhf

[@tarvoc746]

Son Goku: "Actually, I'm wearing weighted clothing." Dread Pirate Roberts: "Actually, I'm left-handed." Harstem: "Actually, I still have a crapton of chargelots in my base doing nothing."

[@shize9ine]

40:30 *goofy harstem chill play* 41:05 fury unleashed, APM increases to 600

[@EdoardoTarani]

Ahhahahah exactly

[@serious-rc933]

True true 😂

[@TheDba82]

Beast mode!

[@ScrapDMX]

*typing intensifies*

[@ScrapDMX]

​@@wild2994 I was referring to apm, know your memes dude

[@mostevil1082]

"always cancel stuff at the last moment to trick your opponent that you're slow" I personally cancel just after the last moment, confirming that I'm slow.

[@Kriogenic_PixelMan]

Petition for Harstem to abandon his challenges every time against BM . Also, I love how you can hear the increase of APM after that gl hf haha. The most satisfying game ever.

[@flappy7373]

exactly what i thought. after he got BM'd, his apm doubled. it was hilarious. i'd LOVE to see the replay so we can see what the average APM was before, and what it was after.

[@jokrproductions224]

41:00 Notice how APM increased by 200% when Kevin got mad :p

[@VirtuelleWeltenMitKhan]

haha, yeah ....it is :D

[@acatfrompoland5230]

Reving up the engine at that moment.

[@christiandang8695]

I love how the pacifists rethought their beliefs for the sake of justice. Amazing episode.

[@psychicbot9748]

And then died immediately

[@benjamindeh873]

@@psychicbot9748 Kinda proves them right? :p

[@ALPHACKER2]

When "beating grandmasters with stupid stuff" turns into "beating stupid grandmasters with stuff"

[@VirtuelleWeltenMitKhan]

underrated comment :D

[@radd7105]

>Walks whole army into 10 storms >That race is a joke Kek

[@missbelled6700]

"I PLAYED THAT PERFECTLY HE NEEDED EXACTLY THOSE STORMS TO WIN"

[@Somerandomegamer]

@@missbelled6700 isn't that only something you say plating card games, lmao

[@jasoncook5166]

I came here to say this, but knew in my heart that it had already been said

[@black_squall]

Brenda was screaming "ITS A TRAPPP" but it was too late.

[@vinnieg6161]

anything that counters A move is a joke and imba according to noobies

[@phlfm]

36:11 "How is this balanced?" Is it IMBA or does Harstem suck?

[@maximalsakerhet7930]

Lol immediately thought the same hahaha

[@danielskrivan6921]

That's what I thought when he complained about tanks.

[@johnbangg]

To be fair he cant use zealots...

[@joshuadalton6063]

Well hydras do have insane dps, and I don't think they are armoured so the immortals wouldn't have been doing that much damage? to be fair though, if he landed some great storms like he did in the last game, all those hydras would have died too. Just comes down to micro and timing!

[@TrippleDartBtd]

more like "is it imba, or does no zealots can attack and every 5th unit you make is a zealot suck?"

[@peterdessev536]

seeing Harstem destroy BM Zerg is well worth him breaking the Challenge

[@kingsinnlos2934]

2:50 "You guys might be familiar with the name Botwinnik..." Me: "Ah, yes, that one Chess world champion." 2:55 "...As I played him I believe last week" Me: ...

[@noahnee2309]

KingSinnlos lol when he said that I immediately went to the comments

[@sethmoyer]

There is a SC2 player whose nickname is "Botvinnik," and yes he did choose his nickname based on the chess player. He was a pro until 2016.

[@kingsinnlos2934]

@@sethmoyer Ok, Thank You

[@gregoryyeager4675]

Wondering why the zealots are such pacifists, and then immediately upon them agreeing to fight, they are forced to charge into burrowed lurkers. Ah, now I get it.

[@rocksellerman]

winning games against BM'ing opponents feel soooo good. I love how thats true even for progamers like Harstem

[@black_squall]

I remember beating a BM player that was like 250 MMR higher than me. Never matched that feeling haha.

[@GuilhermeFudo]

I was cheering like crazy on the last one hahaha

[@blacknyellow962]

Those brave pacifists took up arms to fight that war criminal at the end there. Their noble sacrifices shall not be forgotten. That was a great last game to a great video "gl hf" lol

[@timchambers7068]

Me when I play SC2: intense games, constantly forgets to build twilight council, super tense Harstam: Critters really enhance the gameplay, it makes the early game boring if there are no critters

[@marcinlelen4664]

I love how you sped up when he wrote gl hf

[@migueljuan5374]

Just wanted to add: Never insult Harstem or he'll seriously beat you, like that.

[@movementjesus]

when someone bms, just scrap the challenge and beat them up and show 'em reaaal good

[@allmhuran]

Oh my god that storm massacre at the end was absolutely disgusting.

[@Zaudunyani]

Watching that cycle of storms got my wife pregnant.

[@billylion3073]

@@Zaudunyani omg lmfao!!!!

[@bogdanov930]

That race is a joke! Especially when u almost lose to guy with AFK zealots on his base. 😂😂

[@joki9121]

That last game was amazing. I love the little speech you gave to the zealots as they went into battle.

[@iridium9512]

49:20 this moment alone deserves a thumbs up

[@curtislarsen5950]

Plot twist: Mixu (last game) sends in this replay for IODIS

[@bclayton9539]

When you won the last game you looked happier than you did when you beat snute in that 2015 sc2 finals

[@alexanderlee2261]

Here's a challenge. All buildings must be built in pairs. The second building in each pair has to start before the first one finishes.

[@dingledln]

I'm imagining Double gateway into double cybercore, followed by double expand quickly saturating 6 gasses to afford double stargate with both air upgrades researching as a weird build that this might cause.

[@maximilianrediger98]

Sounds nice

[@flowenfan9678]

DOUBLE DARK SHRINE!

[@TheComicChild]

omg its gonna be like pylons and shield batteries EVERYWHERE. good challenge idea tho. Actually. *marine voice* Outstanding

[@fabricechapuis2813]

DOUBLE NEXUS

[@BukovTervicz]

10:37 The heavy sigh when he looks at the useless lazy zealots, lol

[@kylezpetrovich]

The zealots should be protesting for the terrans to stop fighting as well.

[@jiayojames]

The lesson here is don't push a pacifist to breaking point because you might regret when they show their strength

[@Monkeyheadtpc]

Pretend you are AlphaStar. Phoenixes that don't attack, overprobing, random army movement... The whole nine yards.

[@randomdude7052]

Don’t forget never to set off not enough minerals

[@Florian-qm2xv]

and fail ur wall

[@Tronous117]

Those two zealots saw the horrors of war and decided to become pacifists. I want a movie about their story.

[@pockettoos]

When an opponent drops a '%#$U you' even the pacifists gotta join the fight haha- what a game

[@fuba44]

F'ing funny, also remind me to never piss off Harstem. Loved every minute of it.

[@KABOOMFIN]

The campaign player: Every 3rd unit you must build a cannon or shield battery for defense

[@Dusk-MTG]

I don't know if I'm more impressed by Harstem winning this challenge or by someone actually coming up with this.

[@Wirmish]

Harstem winning.

[@UncleRaeMong]

I liked this video when he starting singing the Zealot protest song.

[@TheComicChild]

sweet home

[@jamesk3914]

@9:05 "Ah dangit I accidentally built a bunch of zealots, oh well, you know what to do guys" made me lol

[@MrKingDunk]

Hey mate its my Birthday this week and I got a guitar as well! Would love to see it but you seem to have forgotten after that godly game haha

[@HowToLoves]

"He pissed me off now" **clicking intensifies**

[@Fidabulous]

This is the most entertaining SC2 content I have watched. It's so good when its a fight for putting an early BM'er to task. DO MORE OF THESE

[@hew2629]

thank you for beating that last guy

[@uncalled4games875]

By far my favorite of your vids man, literally yelling at my screen cheering you on after the BM, WELL PLAYED. Happy to see you convince the pacifists to fight for your honor!

[@billylion3073]

watching him bait the guy into storm after storm blinking up ledges storming the ramp running with isolated temps and punishing the chase was so frigging fun to watch Harstem is a legit hive mind haha

[@zenoen]

I would recommend a challenge. The twin challenge - Every unit has to have a twin made at the same time and when one of them dies the twin has to go berserk and just charge the enemy with no regard for self-preservation. Would be really interesting to see I think. :)

[@navi2710]

i've been looking for this for a while now. Must rewatch for the rage/bm at the end.

[@daltonschoenle8041]

That ending has made this my favorite video from you, I knew you would convince those pacifists against BM

[@xMoff]

That last game was SO GOOD. I shouted at the end in celebration with the "That race is a joke". Amazing

[@rafaelrafaelrafael]

Suggestion: the completionist challenge. You're only allowed to attack the opponent when you have at least one of every unit (and all possible structures). Obviously, defending and taking bases is fine. But you can only try to beat them if you have all units available in your army.

[@vitas75]

Trolling grandmasters with stupid stuff: every fifth unit must be a sentry. You can only use those sentries for hallucinations. You cannot let them sit on full energ. You cannot have hallucinations with main army.

[@vitas75]

Another challenge: Your front line must be made of pure hallucinations. Doesnt matter if they have detection.

[@davidyu4998]

Happy birthday man! Keep producing awesome content :D

[@EManBN]

"Every 5th unit must be a Zealot..." ...proceeds to build 10 Probes straight

[@EmperorMengsk]

Fav Harstem video. And I watched it first time in 2022. Well done, Captain!

[@henrypappas7095]

My god that giggle when his opponent said that his race was a joke. I was laughing alongside him! Amazing match Harstem

[@Wojtecher]

So glad I found your channel, legit the most hilarious sc2 player I've seen.

[@codyheiner3636]

That speech was inspiring, I think you can be forgiven for sending the zealots in.

[@talictdf4757]

"My life for Harstem" the pacifists are IN xD How salty was that guys on a scale of 1 to 10... 14, 49? lol

[@Maadhawk]

That guy gave Harstem enough salt to last him the rest of the year for all of his cooking needs.

[@xidjazulix]

as a zerg player, i felt that when ole boy said "that race is a joke"

[@lukex1337]

That last game was so epic against the BM guy. I felt your victory at the end haha wp!

[@grahamelliott9506]

employer protoss : "look me in the eye and tell me you will dive on a baneling or widow mine for this company" zealot: "damn we need a union..."

[@sorenlarssen27]

absolute cracking game Harstem, well played

[@stumpelrielzchen4143]

Zerg: gl hf Harstem: *so you have chosen death*

[@krunkcleanup2949]

Every time you attack the enemy base, 10 probes have to lead the charge.

[@hectoraguilar1832]

55:32 is the precise moment where you can hear the Pacifist Zealots start singing We Are The World ~There comes a time when we head a certain call, when the world must come together as one. There are people dying and it's time to lend a hand to life, the greatest gift of all~

[@124horst]

just watched the last game twice. So glorious, one could make a AAA hollywood movie out of it

[@Parkanian]

May I humbly suggest the The "A Hobbit's Tale: there and back again challenge" Any unit composition, but you must go "there and back again" on the map before using the unit, effectively tripling the crossing-time of the map. This applies to both harass and main-army units. TL;DR, the map length for you is 3x what it is for your opponent. GLHF!

[@mikeokismall3831]

I like how it went from every 5th unit to 5th of the army supply lol. The end was worth it. Nice.

[@flappy7373]

0:45 my mind immediately asks, "on aiur, pacifism is punishable by death.. and those game rules don't specifically state that you can't.. pacify.. your pacifists." i mean, the rules don't technically state that you can't kill them, right? so, just make every 5th unit a zealot, and then kill it. aiur has no room for cowards! that last game was absolutely delicious. after he said gl hf, i could hear the increase in your apm.. i'd love to see the replay so i can see what the average apm was before he said it, and what it went up to after. it sounded like it doubled.

[@colly9888]

That last game was amazing! Harstem pulled the boys!! Hooray!!!!

[@tehguitarque]

lmfao the raise in AMP when he decide he will END him. I was hoping for an accidental F2 in one of these games where the zealots just show up out of nowhere and wreck gg

[@brian3634]

Absolutely amazing game at the end! Sometimes even pacifists have to set their principles aside to defeat a bad enough enemy.

[@aligaro5185]

Silly idea: Probes take the drone aproach. Everytime a probe builds a building. It no longer takes part in the game. Just standing there. Getting no commands for there on.

[@mikehebert71]

I'm so freaking glad you used the zealots that was eating at me the whole time XD

[@LordEvilreaver]

Completionist: No tech units until you have all tech structures, no attacking until all research complete

[@albertomorenojunquero9595]

41:45: "Of course you stay true to your challenge.." hehehhh inb4 zealots harassing every base rofl best content i've seen here so far

[@schmuben8580]

I like the teaser addition!

[@eliasc-f2289]

Harstem "Wait why does he have hellions?" Botvinnik "Wait why does he have zealots?"

[@TheDuncskunk]

This is too funny. Good content.

[@sinanc.4635]

That last game though...it was satisfying to watch him balance complain.

[@oblahuwtf5786]

new challenge: "I AM THE TERRAN NOW!" Since you have some experience with playing terran as off-race, it's hard to keep track on wich race you are actually playing. The challenge is to play protoss but use typical terran build orders (marine drop, tank push, bc rush) and unit movement just like a typical terran. Here is a suggestion on how your protoss units could be translating to terran: Marine = Zealot Marauder = Stalker Reaper = Adept Ghost = Dark Templar Hellion = Sentry Cyclone = Archon(??) Widow Mine = High Templar (with Storm) Siege Tank = Disruptor // Immortal Thor = Colossus Medivac = Warp Prism Viking = Phoenix Banshee = Void Ray Raven = Oracle Liberator = Tempest Battlecruiser = Carrier Observers are free (like scans) but you are not allowed to build a mothership (terran doesn't have such an op unit ;). Would be fun to see you play some terran openings as closely as possible, with your weird looking futuristic skin. Hope you have fun as well :D

[@whirlwind872]

mothership kinda sucks mate wdym such an op unit???? for such a supposedly high-tech unit it doesn't really do much anymore and dies immediately, it's not even a detector :/

[@whirlwind872]

actually it really sucks, just tested and literally 4 hydras with no upgrades will kill a mothership. And if mothership is 3/3/3, it only takes 6 hydras. Mothership is trash

[@MrCh0o]

@@whirlwind872 My man, I think you forgot to bring detection Sarcasm detection

[@whirlwind872]

@@MrCh0o very possible, I'm just salty cuz it could be such a sick unit, but instead it sucks :( I mean vortex was definitely OP, but there's got to be some way of making it more useful without making every game a rush to mothership

[@blinkanddie3397]

game 3: "gl hf" *Harstem's APM goes through the roof*

[@DarrylGlen]

Haha, Harstem sounding like Mengsk at the end of that last game. "This war leaves no room for civilians!"

[@crashtiansClips]

"did he just bad manners?" *apm goes over 9000*

[@aikenumholtz3539]

The critter discussion was gold

[@Treksh]

Hahaha that last game man, epic!

[@LukeAps]

Holy shit, that was the best thing I've ever watched. Pure. Fury. Victory through will. God bless.

[@BRJoinGames]

For that tease to work well i feel like it needs some kind of transition, it doesn't need to be anything fancy, just to make that change from tease to the beginning of the video. Nice vídeo btw, love u Harstem!

[@MatrixLike33]

That last game made me chuckle heavy!

[@vonhoenhine1922]

Opponent: GL HF Harstem: *keyboard screaming intensifies*

[@flubjig903]

such a sick episode i love it when you knock someone out who bms u it's the best

[@juanbotero4154]

BM player: gl hf Harstem: *so you have chose death*

[@Jasonmoofang]

Harstem hour on mapmaking dedicated to the intricacies and subtleties of critter design and placement please.

[@stefancloete8130]

That one dislike must be the last BM guy 😂 Must feel bad becoming content in such a fashion. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes...

[@jamesschmu1735]

Challenge Idea: Protoss Pilgrimage Every 5 minutes _all_ your army units start their pilgrimage to the enemy main base. They are allowed to defend themselves (including micro of course) but are only allowed to move along a direct path towards the enemies main until they reach it or die. (Additional rule: +-1 minute between the pilgrimages for each loss/win)

[@Kantuva]

Harstem, know this, the Mapmakers have been duly informed to add more Critters under penalty of physical punishment So hopefully they will comply, otherwise they will have a hard time sitting down for a while given all the paddling they'll receive Regards dude!

[@TheDaaabou]

Don't care about that comment, it's for personal use, just to quickly remember how I reasonably should switch to PROTOSS 12:50 and 15:18 Harstem's D I S R U P T O R S 30:17 wonderful hatch snipe 49:20 Best moment 52:10 nice move 57:39 wow This was great entertainment!

[@zuido9715]

58:01 what a glorious moment. that last match was the best.

[@melvin0o708]

Pls do more previews of games as a sort of intro to the video. I can feel the salt already from the start