MLG Columbus 2011 Starcraft 2 - IdrA vs MC - Pool Play

[@eVoLewis]

watching in 2019 just to see Day9 and idra in starcraft again

[@RevolutionistThinker]

I miss Day9. Best caster of all time.

[@YoupGG]

@@RevolutionistThinker I miss this whole era of sc2 :'c

[@esjihn]

yep miss it here in 2020. back in 2011 i was competing and went to orlando 2011

[@LL-cz5ql]

@@RevolutionistThinker no.

[@LL-cz5ql]

Destiny was right about the game

[@Angel-hp1zz]

Here after 10 years, best sc2 era

[@petercriscuola]

The golden era of sc2. I miss WOL days! Sc2 was huge.

[@Loutripe]

yeah I miss those days too, dam I was top master in Eu, crazy to think about it

[@SicketMog]

The maps were more fun at least.

[@Ineedanaccountnow0]

Facts... Balance is hella gay now

[@thatonedavid1]

@ 16:56 One of the crowd members throws a sphere object and hits another in the head.

[@nLTwiGGy]

Lmao

[@alexandru6747]

6 min and 30 in: "Very early push" good old days

[@Synismyhero]

Oh how I wish IdrA still played

[@AscendedWarriors]

did he quit?

[@zukobro51]

ImplantedAgenda He retired last year after being released from EG. These days, he pretty much just streams Heroes of the Storm.

[@Zonekiller24]

+ImplantedAgenda yep

[@TheSanco26]

4 years later i answer you and say .. YES IdrA was a awesome innovativ player. Watching Metalopolis in 2018. The memories. Just played a game against bots on the map for the memories. Good old days

[@TheSanco26]

@King Croc Hell yea. Maps changed alot if you compare them to the maps we have now.

[@588holly]

I love it when a match gets drawn out with enormous armies like this

[@maltezz]

back when the sc2 scene was positive and awesome. mlg columbus was the best mlg ever.

[@isanyoneelseheretoday]

Yes

[@natecw4164]

100%

[@TheLoneFreedom]

This is the best!!!! those who did not watch these are missing out big time!!!

[@Tobigames1]

This was so fucking cool, want this back. Maybe Frost Giant will give us a new RTS game

[@eppinizer]

One of my favorite matches. I think i have watched it 3-4 times.

[@PCgamerChannel]

Watching this in 2024, this era is so nostalgic to me. I grew up on brood war then sc 2 love it.

[@natecw4164]

This game changed so much when the starting worker count went to 12. I miss the way the opening strategies allowed for so much flexibility. Yes the decision making here is suspect but still, so much less predictable than SC2 2022.

[@ArchangelAurora]

also these games can go so much back and forth. in lotv game is over after the first mistake

[@pointpurple]

Such a brilliant series.

[@TapTwoCounterspell]

This is bananas. I was here. Got a picture with iDra too. Holy memories.

[@Chaselabonne]

I dont play SC2 or WC3 anymore , and i never played games with such intensity as this . but i love to just watch them play its very entertaining

[@realfreakaynaughtay]

Boxer, NaDa, July, MVP, MC, and even IdrA were BW players. Boxer, NaDa, and July were among the very best to ever play it.

[@jambro18]

This is my favourite SC2 game ever.

[@ДанилаГавриков-д1ш]

That's PVZ that we need in 2022

[@Crossovahh]

best i can do is zvzvzvz finals for 5 years

[@BKunderated]

i dont know anything about this game but commentary makes it watchable and i like watching idra

[@turtlehater2]

I want to see this Idra come back. This is the Idra I've missed.

[@mozzaneek]

the thing to keep in mind here for newer players: back then when this game was played you actually needed to have an evo(lution) chamber in order to be able to build spore crawlers (anti air), nowadays in hots, you don't need that anymore and can just build a spore crawler anytime :)

[@bananian]

@ReachForTheHalo were we talking about consoles vs pc? Sorry I'm not sure.

[@easymoneyfromthe6]

@jabbernaut52733 the neutral supply depot acts like the "anti-ramp blocking". It prevents the player to block the path at the ramp.

[@teodoreh]

Watching idrA's playstyle, I realize that if you leave out of the equation the emotional meltdowns, Serral is pretty much, Idra v2.0

[@xaositectz]

nah Serral is a much more complete player than Idra. Idra was very bad against certain type of plays, he refused to evolve with meta, his drop defense and allin defense and scouting were not good enough.

[@Marc98338]

Lol so not true. Idra's only skill was to macro well. His strategy was very poor, his decision making poor and his multi tasking also poor.

[@whattoput100]

does anyone know where to get those funky headsets ?

[@FAiRWAYx]

@PremusRed i think hockey takes a lot more skill than a running marathon as well

[@xxxCRAZYLOVExxx]

@Soulfulshreddify what made u watch this?

[@varelamarco16]

That's AWESOME!!!!! now how do you play?

[@Roadrash03]

I have no idea what is going on but I still enjoy watching these

[@gudiyolol]

@gudiyolol Usaste el traductor de Google para contestarme?

[@jonathan1613]

Anyone watching this again in 2021?

[@dylonburton8002]

This was the best zerg i've ever seen that was the most entertaining thing i have ever watched hahaha

[@soju69jinro]

@ET3RNA4 you mean besides the fact that america had 1 year more gameplay than korea right? SC2 was released 1 year later than korea.

[@Grockern55]

where is that series!??

[@patak60]

Wow, things have really progressed alot since 2011. Man, if serral or maru from today were to play these guys. They would get rolled

[@lordlopikong6940]

Maru was in this but not as good as you think he was. It's simply amazing how back at 2010 we get these kinds of games and now at 2021 we got full action builds and intense late games

[@Marc98338]

Serral played back in those days. Used to play alot with his brother Protosser. But yeh, if they played with the knowledge of now they obviously wouldnt lose 1 game.

[@PickyMcCritical]

I don't even understand this game and I like watching it...

[@iambored4life]

its there to stop double blocking off and its just a part of the map added by blizzard.

[@НикитаАнтоненко-в8ю]

Thx this gues for such games !

[@kerk1234567]

Has anyone noticed that protoss rhymes with proboss?

[@SkarabCZ]

very beautiful gameplay by both players.... awesome macro vs. awesome micro...

[@jamchew1982]

when was this played??

[@foee]

is he still streaming?

[@soulmarxfan]

What map's the first one?

[@PhysicsMathMan]

anybody know why MC didn't finish off the hatchery with the three zealots?

[@kavinh10]

depends on how u view it fps are more on reflexes where as RTS rely on staying calm and making decisions while at the same time not falling behind in ur economy

[@herrfugbaum2685]

Sry who did win the final ?

[@swedishfished]

how are you watching this then?

[@HourOfOurTime]

this is some sam and frodo level difficult, oh day9 how you make my day.

[@PremusRed]

@CrumX7 I would disagree. They have 2 totally different skill sets, its like saying hockey is so much harder than running marathons.

[@xDGKx1]

How do you win?

[@MrNoobslayer123]

@Reileyje probably because starcraft 2s better known and rts on the pc is much better than on console. But essentially in structure they're very similar.

[@pruane2isgod]

@ReachForTheHalo so why can I play cod for the first time and get a 2.5 kill/death, but play starcraft and lose in the first 6 minutes?

[@fandomkiller]

broodwar and early years of sc2 will never be beat

[@tHmCS]

Such a sneaky Sly Racoon . Day9 is a Sly player. Love him for life now

[@iGlaube]

@MyrZeth I have no idea either - but I watched the whole thing anyway lol

[@ZC.Andrew]

MC had so many games where he lost a shit ton of units because he's not paying attention. :( it is crazy to see the skill difference between pro players 9 years ago. Great games though!

[@NewCandyCane]

720p? There's no way. If I squint my eyes then maybe there's like close to 640p

[@soulmarxfan]

Thanks man :D

[@DomClancy]

No I think the point of not saying cross-genre is that RTS like Sc2 ask a person to plan a lot more and to multi-task. FPS require more spontaneity, leadership skill (in teams).

[@Brikmaker567]

@wry2crazy Its an RTS.

[@remix012]

why didn't he take out the hatch in the beginning?

[@jabbernaut52733]

im a starcraft 2 noob, can anyone tell me why there are supply depots at the ramps? theres no terran...

[@CrunchyMuffbag]

@PickyMcCritical get the starter edition, it has no timelimit so its good for trying out :D

[@Walguior]

for the game?

[@litleize]

Dat Quality?! o.0

[@jbsmetal8419]

man, doubling the starting workers in LotV was a great move, just not enough happening in the early game in WoG

[@freshobsessed]

@Liston360 Can't find it.

[@freddiet8639]

Honestly what happened to gaming? Kids thess days playing fortnite...

[@joaopadua7134]

Watching this in 2020 wondering why didn't MC went for the wall on the low ground but then I realized that it doesn't have the ravine all maps have now at days

[@IAmApplePie000]

HOLY BEJESUS those were some great games

[@THEQWERTY0218]

I agree. I thought of that too. Maybe he tried to kill the queen but got stuck.

[@MrNoobslayer123]

@Reileyje naw its just the xbox version

[@MLGplasmamonkey]

me no understand were is battle rifle gun and st8 rippin

[@Muckduck92]

Never ever played SC1/SC2, yet I find this SO fuckings fun to watch!

[@ecwfan93]

whats a zerg?

[@the1onlynoob]

in my books, creative thinking, strategies and mind tricks > insane reflex fast headshot.

[@PixelSlayer247]

Those were WONDERFUL games

[@wazzobazzo]

I still don't understand why MC doesn't just sacrifice the lots for the hatch at 23:30 ish...why attack the queen and lings? Just move around the hatch, kill lings only and kill the hatch no? And why he doesn't kill it at 29:00 ish is...weird?

[@doddydwi9850]

Is this an amateurs league ? or beginners league ?

[@Complete420]

That was a sick game

[@jakkeeeeec]

@jabbernaut52733 Its so protosss cant wall a zerg off with pylons.. its a trick that protoss used in early patches to deny zerg of expanding

[@myboybovice]

@thevvvgaming me too! i just love watching idra 2-0 almost everyone

[@Reileyje]

@MyrZeth one of the most popular most competitive games up to date in E-sports weird if u havent heard of this its one of the most popular PC games

[@FAiRWAYx]

This takes so much more skill than Cod and Halo combined

[@TheUnbeatableSpartan]

i didnt think pucket would be less enthusiastic than this guy

[@joointcrasher]

Anyone else watching this all these years later and thinking, omg PLEASE BUILD QUEENS IdrA in game 1?

[@potter695]

no offence but than how did you get here?;p

[@sagitswag1785]

Anyone in 2018?

[@andrewchang4640]

Sagit Swag reliving the good times :D

[@KaosDragonLOC]

@MeowMaster17 Not at the world level because everyone there has practice a lot so u have to play your best all tournament.

[@hicrayert]

what does MC stand for

[@BLoading_]

amazing match.

[@patrickhoughton7514]

lol 32:34 Day9 probably choked on his coffee :P He didn't talk for another 45 seconds!

[@webbyman415]

great commentators

[@bacalavidaloca]

17:00 - 17:01 guy in green on the audience got headshot with a ball :D

[@turtlehater2]

I didn't realize I had to explain myself after so many people already have. I've been playing FPS for almost 13 years now and I just started playing SC2 7 months ago. The skill level of the higher players in undeniable. In FPS, you can easily cheap 1 or 2 kills off really skilled players with a bit of luck but in SC, there's no way you can touch higher level players.

[@xxxCRAZYLOVExxx]

damn this matchup was crazy!!!!! epic gameplay by Idra!!!!

[@53YGIVEU5]

i said the same. but now that i'm thinking about it i think he was trying to kill the queen and lings and then kill the hatch, but didn't think on how many lings he had...

[@rangerfan26]

Who cares about which game is better? or which takes more skill? point is, thank god for MLG

[@TheMichaelBoerman]

Metolopolis, perhaps the most famous and most balanced SC2 map (1:43 Day9 says the map too.)

[@RexAzog]

IdrA vs MC and IdrA wins! man that is a long time ago :P