I Played In The Biggest StarCraft 2 Tournament Ever (No, Literally)

[@JudoStev]

I love the post tournament voice overs. Getting your thoughts and insights for both the games and just in general is a lot of fun. The fact that you're out there retired and meming and can still show up and make pro players sweat is amazing.

[@sergeanthattie9822]

"protoss hoping for the pc to blow up, never know" had me rolling

[@tankypally3583]

My power supply died earlier today, it can happen to anyone

[@zes7215]

wr

[@piotrek7628]

Awesome run for a retired underdog, don't boo yourself so much! So fun to watch and gave us that awesome game🎉😂

[@TurtleLover69527]

Seriously! I mean, I know how good you are and I still wouldn’t have been mad if you lost one of the first 2 series. Very nice effort, thanks for sharing this!

[@WoobertAIO]

Pro Tip: make sure to use the Classic Command Center skin so that the enemy struggles to notice whether your CCs are PFs or not 🗿🗿

[@iskandar7688]

Btw, I know it ain't new but thank you for setting up those ad breaks between games instead of in the middle of them ! ❤

[@toddfisher8248]

wow this is super fun to watch! after watching all the challenge games i think you got really good because you understand the game incredibly well.

[@piotrek7628]

@@toddfisher8248I fully agree, it's just that the other guys are cutthroat professionals on their peak performance Sometimes you just beat the 12h training schedule

[@simonriley8597]

honestly i love the chat being seen, keep it in a few more videos i love it, keep going man

[@StevenHanover]

"Slightly bad mannered scan."

[@justinlin7185]

☀️☀️☀️☀️

[@WackyGameEngineer]

😂

[@travisthompson5913]

Marc feeling the friendship no jutsu at the start of the 1st game of the 2nd set. We love you too, bro. Keep it up!

[@chrissmith834]

Marc, you can win this tournament. You're unpredictable and unconventional. A deadly combination no one else has. Good luck!

[@Kassplaylist]

He didn't qualify.

[@chrissmith834]

@Kassplaylist yeah I noticed haha.

[@klumzyee]

you know uthermals in his pro gamer mode when he starts drawing rally point stars!!!

[@majormarketing6552]

The best fear you because you are good enough to beat them.

[@AaronAzimov]

"it's like a Giraffe right?" - Marc, on the Colossus

[@EdselsBakedGoods]

You know. Like how missile turrets can hit Giraffes

[@YoshiKirishima]

Yeah it makes it a lot more fun to have the chat, just more stuff going on and more things to enjoy while watching lol

[@Reliquarium]

Well played, Marc! Lambo is an absolute beast, but you played some absolutely fantastic games. GG, and maybe next year you can go just as far as full Random!

[@varoonb6593]

So glad to see you motivated marc! Glad to see all the fun play makes you better at pro play!

[@ufftatabummbumm]

12:20 360 no scope

[@TyLockton]

Thank you for sharing the losses along with the wins, they are just as entertaining.

[@Jolly9988]

Great games, played your heart out thermy. Love the improved mental against protoss

[@lilkoolaidbro]

we love you Thermy!

[@seang8462]

Thanks for the videos, Marc! Love these tourny videos. Keep shining!

[@davidalaniz5637]

I have watched many, and your splits are gymnastic. I don't know how you do it so well.

[@stefenlunn113]

You have the goods Thermy! The last reaper fail I think has bitten a lot of us Terrans recently. The enemy has been burned by reapers so much they are hyper prepared for them now, but it's so tempting because you know how fast 5 reapers can destroy the economy. GG and I will cheer for you next time!

[@Dohyden2]

Amazing video Marc, I really enjoyed it. Top 16 is a really good placing and I think your final defeat was mostly just a problem with learning a new map. The kind of stuff that comes easier to someone on that competitive grind, which you're not doing. Thank you for sharing with us

[@ssstegel]

listening to your speach about the fans in the chat. happy to support, if it works for you!

[@theatomicclown7221]

i kinda like the chat being there

[@hangover89]

+1 for chat being there

[@Redtornado6]

I hate the chat being there

[@Redtornado6]

If I wanted a chat I would watch a vod on twitch

[@Kaboomnz]

@@Redtornado6 Are you gona be okay there little buddy?

[@Redtornado6]

@@Kaboomnz perhaps

[@BuddyWudzyn]

God some of these people in twitch chat should be embarrassed of themselves 😮‍💨. oh BTW you got a feature in the MEMES OF LIBERTY campaign mod, with one of your strats and a name shoutout, and also GGG said you were a solid dude

[@thelolzyone6582]

Which episode was that in?

[@Gilvad0]

@@thelolzyone6582 the one with Breakout in it

[@BuddyWudzyn]

@@thelolzyone6582 Jim raynors first StarCraft game on giantGrantGames archives

[@BuddyWudzyn]

@@thelolzyone6582 its called jim raynors first starcraft game on GiantGrantGames Archives

[@sherifnour183]

@38:00 gj keeping the secret mark XD

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for sharing these great games and the instructive analysis. ^^

[@patrickhuffman9632]

GG man. Thanks for this!

[@demonlucius3586]

Hey Thermy ! We need a video on your mechanics specific ! The way you play the game ! Like micro etc Analysis how you press every button on your keyboard like in slow motion to understanding the cycle your did or not, the way your altern group 1 to group 4 etc... Plz plz my friend !!! True fan here wanna play like you 😢😮😊

[@HackerArmy03]

Please keep the twitch chat! Makes it more hype! :>

[@dajosh42069]

Broooo I slept on this video, and I shouldn't have!!! Amazingly well played!! You're, by far, one of my FAVORITE SC2 players... I never miss a challenge video. I still really wanna know... Why do you always select an ebay before you build a barracks???????

[@uThermal]

An ebay is cheaper so you can get your mouse in the right position before having money to build a barracks

[@dajosh42069]

@@uThermal Thank you for the answer, by the way. I read it 4 days ago, but forgot to reply and thank you for telling me why you do that. I've always wondered, but it makes perfect sense now! :) I hope that one day, I can play as well as you do.

[@boorockt]

The games were very entartaining. Thanks for the video.

[@sloanNYC]

That Strange match was very fun.

[@andywilson4789]

Serral probably so mad the first million dollar tourny happens when he goes to the military

[@wedgeantilles8575]

According to liquidpedia Serral is qualified and will participate. :) (But obviously he will have less training than if he could do his usual training for this tournament, so it is a big disadvantage.)

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@wedgeantilles8575 He won the ESL spring tournament so apparently hes still the best even with his military service taking up a lot of his time.

[@zes7215]

wrg

[@wedgeantilles8575]

@@TheSuperappelflap Yeah, you are correct, but remember, that was quite at the start of his military service. And now we have a new map pool. This stuff adds up - the longer you can train less than you normally would do (especially if there are some changes to maps / balance) the more noticable it will be. Has Serral chances to win? Of course! He probably is still the favorite. But without his military service, his chances would be even better. But let's hope he overcomes this disadvantage and he will add another triumph :)

[@Secre.SwallowtailYT]

idk to me the tempest seemed normal, he went stargate so to break your siege he went the next step of stargate the tempest, which in my mind is basically air artillery, they outrange your turrets and can easily kite and poke your turrets/tanks down.

[@TheBodyDisposal]

U bring this game so entertaining dnt stop keep going bro

[@davismccarty6424]

I like the chat! I hope you keep it going forward :)

[@CreepingTerror]

Definitely like the after the fact commentary vids!

[@Koshak87]

Very good games and commentary. Haven't watched so much Sc2 in one go in a while. Thank you. A bit of unlucky draw though.

[@朕是神]

Game #1 I can't believe he only had 18 probes back home behind that push lol.

[@gingy2222]

fun! thanks for playing

[@jorgereyes3110]

That TvP was absolute masterclass. Btw was encountering Lambo bad luck or is it just expected from this level of qualifiers?

[@spitezor]

Wow, Astra mentally imploding. Who could have seen that coming?

[@wallrik6330]

Look ma, I'm on TV! 😁 I was looking forward to this video after watching the stream live. I'm surprised that you used the stream to comment over instead of replay files. But I like it! However, the first round against Strange has some useless political chat which take away from the video, for me at least. But still a great video! Good job on the tournament!!! 👏 Would have been fun to see you go further, but it is what it is.

[@pDrake01]

Wow, didn't know Strange was still playing. Last time I saw him play was back in 2018-2019. 😅😅😅

[@forrestjemming3148]

It’s cool to see the occasional try-hard tournament gaming. Flex those Terran muscles !

[@MichaelNatrin]

Great matches!

[@discursion]

Hey Marc! Have you played against Harstem (Kevin) at all? You both are from the Netherlands and the only SC2 KZbinrs I watch. I'd love to see a PvT between the two of you.

[@iskandar7688]

Yes he did from time to time; he's harstem first opponent in this video : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnyxZoumocR6asksi=-n8e8ijyiaAFt6WZ Harstem is still active as a pro though, so he try hard a lot more than thermy. Well, at the time of the video I linked at least, I'd be curious to see a new match between them now that Marc is being more serious competitively ! =)

[@Robothuck]

Many times, although its not always easy to tell unless someone point it out in the comments because they often use different in game names and dont realise they are playing each other

[@discursion]

@@Robothuck Riiight! Makes sense.

[@discursion]

@@iskandar7688 Agreed, but he also has entire cheese series where he's more laid back. But you're right, I just watched his latest livestream and gosh he's a machine.

[@giancarlocorlazzoli5527]

That chat was wild!!

[@dabootvv]

I crossed my fingers so hard my left hand is my right hand now

[@NukaDiLucca]

Wow that nuka guy in the chat is just wonderful.

[@Tom_Tom_Klondike]

Love the tournament videos!

[@theriwen7863]

Amazing to see the hight of your level as a ex pro

[@LachFlex]

YEAH THERMY!

[@iskandar7688]

@uthermal I love your usual vidz where you live comment, and it's impressive as f*ck but to be frank, I prefer this type of vid. Because we get the best of you on both front, commentary And gameplay! Anyway, I love all your content, continue being you, you're awesome and a big thank you for your content ! ❤😊

[@sorrymyfault9309]

Missed the mines against Lambo

[@gcl2783]

Riveting games. Excellent content.

[@oletramekaf5603]

1:17:15 Extremely premature quit. Being behind before 4 minutes is absolutely something that can be turned around. Just as one can make a mistake, so can the opponent later on. Besides, the most challenging and exciting games are the rare ones where the player surpasses his own expectations. But a player who gives up easily will hardly ever give himself the opportunities to surpass and play the most exciting matches one can play.

[@AntonioLopez-kw3ev]

He had no units it was as over

[@cannogabang1999]

was that THE BikeRush in the chat???

[@blu-manchu]

What a run!!

[@ericbee240]

GGs

[@cavemantero]

props to both you and lambo but 1:13:13 just shows you how stupid banelings are and why they shouldn't be in the game...seriously....you can't expect anyone other than AI to be able to survive that...it just doesn't belong in the game where 3 seconds wipe out your entire army

[@S3IIL3CT]

Thinking about skillous I'll always remember the Bongcloud - sorry

[@liquidpropaganda]

The real question, what do protoss taste like?

[@hanheelee2383]

3:33 how the probes dead with only 1 cyclone attack????

[@craig4811]

Thanks Marc.-!

[@DuppyBoii187]

Sportswashing cup

[@whateverppl1229]

a diamond would struggle to do a push like that protoss did. so clearly hes for sure 4-5k Pretending to be plat to try and win a tournament is kinda of insane and scummy. but honestly, I respect the hustle.

[@bboyjmillz-g2g]

👍🏼💯 GL --- 😂 Hawk Tuah has entered the SC2 scene, beautiful!

[@deratmendemannmarcelvondre6023]

Which play wins the tounrnament and won the 1 million❤exzellente video

[@Gromic2k]

F*cking legend

[@KobesCribOfficial]

The dude defs could be a smurf but I dont think assuming that because of someone's micro you can assume theyre a smurf I have been accused of smurfing on ladder games for having really good micro and abnormal APM for a plat player but i peaked like plat 1 all time in sc2

[@bobby4tw]

Why do uThermal ALWAYS first select a Engineering Bay when he intends to build a Barrack?

[@HeavyLiftGaming]

🎉❤🎉 let's go!

[@HeavyLiftGaming]

😢 rough end

[@ding0389]

First opponent is a smurf?

[@wikihoolima8988]

It was an amazing run! I’m proud of the progress you’ve made so far. Thanks for the awesome videos, looking forward for the next ones. 🫡✌🏻

[@richardd312]

Nice

[@joeb787]

Cant change the video quality settings for the last few videos grrrr

[@NepTunez-ff9bp]

👏👏👏

[@randommcranderson5155]

protoss good unit

[@goseigentwitch3105]

yup

[@gingeral253]

Esports World Cup…

[@birkavese]

Did you paly T? Liquipedia bracket shows R

[@maximk9964]

These were great games, I'm pretty sure I said it before, but I love the challenge builds (looking forward to blink dt to gm 😅) but it is fun to see a normal play sometimes too

[@crazyscientist8834]

Love your videos, uThermal. Just my opinion, I love when your silhouette is in the video. Can u just put yourself in the video even if you are making a voice-over, ps 🥹🥹🥹

[@engineeringyoudotcom]

sunscan 🌞🌞🌞😎😎😎

[@DeadAzLast]

why do you click the same thing so many times? is there a benefit?

[@altonito777]

APM (actions per minute) pros keep clicking and are constantly going fast to stay alert and ready to play rapidly, kind of a constant warm up if you will xD

[@darkalley8595]

gg wp friend

[@lunix5438]

Yo, thermy...i would love to see you go pro again. You have so many fans now ❤

[@Vitimismo6969-tz5ih]

protoss is very broken

[@KaizenHydraxis]

Live streaming a competitive game with ppl in chat seems questionable.

[@TheSuperSushiMaster]

Early squad!

[@godcomplexlynx]

first

[@mcblanc900]

No, not literally. This is not the biggest tournament man, inflation matters a lot, especially recently. Im really surprised that people are still fooling themselves at nominal values. It's maybe third or fourth biggest tournament, not biggest. If we had tournament 100 000 $ and then we had inflation 500% 1 year then we need 600 001 $ tournament to tell "this is the biggest tournament". Guys, please. But yeah, it's pretty big anyways. But don't confuse yourself and others. In reality inflation was much higher than official data, there is a new methodology. In reality after 10 years 1 dollar then is like 2,5-3 dollar now. Just look at the prices then and now. So it's far from biggest prize, just remember about it. You can forgot about inflation during low inflation years, but not when inflation was high.

[@godofthegaps6741]

🤓

[@derka_james]

You could write all that. Or realize that it is meant as 'the most eyes on it' type of biggest. Or is nominal value the only answer to anything? Ill inflate myself out now 😂

[@MTechnikM]

washed