Maru vs Dark - Absolutely EPIC StarCraft 2 Series!

[@WinterStarcraft]

ANNOUNCED LITERALLY YESTERDAY (disregard my sad comments about Dark's last tournament): Dark been able to delay his service and has been picked up by a new team Talon Esports (he had a lot of offers) and is able to play throughout 2024! He will be playing in all major tournaments and probably every weekly tournament offering $14 and a firm handshake. The content will continue!

[@jennifer_dreamzzz]

Great news!

[@ParanoidxProd]

God is good, God is great!

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

That's great news! I am looking forward to seeing what he can accomplish and Katowice, and throughout 2024!

[@GoldenArbiter01]

Forcing Dark to do military service should be listed as a warcrime. Like the greatest fighter aces of WW2, he should be kept back in reserve, in order to bolster the morale of the people.

[@Erati243]

@@ParanoidxProd There is no god.

[@zachlong5427]

"It's not about being cost-effective, it's about being effective." Dang man, wise words. I think being obsessed with numbers games makes us forget this.

[@perrycarters3113]

Cost-effective is the long game, effective is the short game. If I lose 2x as many resources as your army and main are worth, but I wipe out your army and destroy your main, I'm probably happy with that trade.

[@Bananskuden]

Just like AlphaGo figuring out that winning by a single point is enough, or Italian soccer teams shutting down the game after 1-0. No need to optimize numbers that don't count towards victory.

[@WinterStarcraft]

I want to mention when I say best series, I mean FULL series, not just one highlight game. Both players play a TRUE best of 7, feels like they are playing each other directly more than Terran vs Zerg. The mindgames and emotional damage are absolutely real. IF you don't have the time for the entire match (it's worth it but still) I at least recommend the last two games especially - spoiler free timestamp below: 47:15 for some absolutely cinematic games thanks for watching, you're breathtaking

[@mirascael]

Do these annoying clickbait titles really help your channel in the long run? I personally regard them as insults to your viewers (and therefore also my) intelligence.

[@SD-jf7nb]

Best I've ever seen Dark, his biles were a bit off his usual, but everything else ticking like a clock! Liked so I can see another if these two show up at Katowice!

[@Daniel-rd6st]

@@mirascael They do and i have yet to be disappointed on this channel, you just shouldnt take the title too seriously ;-)

[@mirascael]

@@Daniel-rd6st I will continue to downvote annoying clickbait titles as they keep driving me crazy ;)

[@yugonostalgia8961]

@@mirascael Even if the title is annoying, this Bo7 was one of the top 3 starcraft series i've ever seen. well worth it~

[@TheZealo]

No matter how many times I get reminded that Dark ranked himself #1 it always makes me happy lol

[@BoxCox]

You really restrained yourself not to name this a series of the year, didn't you? We respect that.

[@SD-jf7nb]

Series of the Year!

[@scavyboi]

coxbox

[@BoxCox]

@@scavyboi ye

[@mickdavies396]

Winter is so clearly the most entertaining SC2 caster in this business. He's profoundly clever and witty. I wish him all the success.

[@Unlychosis]

I hadn't watched Starcarft 2 since Total Biscuit passed away because I hadn't found anyone else who could be as entertaining when casting. I found your channel and now I've been watching again every day, that's because of your color commentary and personality. If you want to add more technicality that is fine but keep in mind there are plenty of technical players/streamers but there are far fewer who figure out how to make it entertaining.

[@CrazedGamer117]

Or husky starceaft

[@daledadolphin]

In your last video I actually wondered if you were trying to explain more or not as I did notice it. I have watched a lot of your vids but I’ve never played StarCraft and you explaining stuff is actually super helpful. Even if I know most of the basics now, your context always helps put things together

[@skuamato7886]

Damn, this is the Maru I came to know and love. Aside from the famous YoloToss players, he really is the guy who plays his opponents rather then the game. He might not be the mechanical god that Clem is but he for sure is a strategic mastermind

[@quintyss1290]

1:21:21 'I'm gonna miss Dark so much...' Me too. Your casting and Dark's playstyle = the best entertainment :)

[@AndresSalas123]

I watch your videos every day at lunch. It makes my day a little bit better. Greetings from Ecuador.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

I don't think I've ever seen a more effective or well-timed Zergling run-by than game 7, what a knock-out punch. Wishing both of these players good luck in next week's star-studded, 4 day weekend extravaganza.

[@BrunsonMoody1]

Thanks for making my day just a little bit better.

[@michaeldoucet-morokael]

Single-cannonedly? You, sir, are a true master of the language. Never change

[@jambootful]

That dark win rate for last year is crazy especially over that many games. Love watching his games I'll miss him during his time in the military

[@timjackson4387]

If I had a dollar for every time winter said that a series was the best one he has ever seen, I’d be able to buy a new car

[@SteelValyrian]

It'd be a junker tho. Doesn't mean it can't get you through to a GSL tho....

[@theculturedgentleman3699]

Ill say this again. Winter narration and Dark games are a match made in heaven! At this point it should be illegal for anyone else to narrate his matches

[@WolfGangDealers]

I love it when we get good Bo7's. Dark and Maru are going to make this a great one.

[@Phoenix-zu6on]

im glad Maru is back, starcraft feels weird without Maru and TY popping up from random bushes every now and then

[@konstantinalpatov1221]

Omg, da Vinci, the scouting muta, was a genius play.

[@lord_libra1156]

'And a Predator Drone for moral support'

[@Phoenix-zu6on]

i feel like, whereas other players run out of steam the longer a series progresses, Dark gets better. if hes falling behind, its like a cornered animal ramping up the aggression, if hes ahead, like a master swordsman honing in on his enemies weakness with each strike.

[@tori5111]

oh my gosh, that was a great series, but that last game was peak starcraft, i have never seen anything like it ! thank you for your diligence winter on covering so much starcraft, it does make my days better, i know i always have a fun watch in store for when i feel down 👌

[@yugonostalgia8961]

Only 5 games in. Not clickbait at all. Well chosen, Winter

[@EspacX]

The series are getting SO GOOD lately. I'm really looking foreward to this years' Katowice. Great casting as always!

[@squidofwata]

this is the best Starcraft cast ive ever watched in my entire life

[@mirrorimage2866]

4:24 "Singlecanonly" 😂

[@_Wai_Wai_]

Cannonly?

[@mirrorimage2866]

​​​@@_Wai_Wai_sry wrong time, 4:24 not 14 'the liberator singlecanonly keeping maru in the game' i just liked the play on words

[@shairuno]

Nice pun 😊

[@peterk2735]

Thanks for explaining more. I haven’t played competitive SC since 2015 and I don’t watch too many games, so the extra insight is appreciated!

[@BlitzAngel808]

The lack of a Raven always seems to bite Terran players in the ass 100%.

[@matthewledesma186]

I swear, that moota pic never gets old 😂

[@JackSparrow-gn1zn]

Dark saw there was no wall on the ramp in that game 5 and that was all he needed, he was already spending the victory money in his head

[@_Wai_Wai_]

4:32 Liberator Single Cannonly , keeping Maru in the game!

[@simianbarcode3011]

"the grenade that broke the camel's face" LMAO

[@kjwong4730]

Thanks for casting these pro games. Very enjoyable to watch’s. The commentary is awesome, funny and sarcastic at times, which I love. Keep up the great work

[@WiseWik]

holy shit, that last fight in game 6 was incredible!

[@MrColo91]

"is a love hate thing....without the love' ...:-)

[@yugonostalgia8961]

The masterful muta bait & switch in game 1, Maru's proxy mindgames in game 2, Dark's decisive timings, Maru sniping ZERGLINGS in game 6... already so good

[@R1po]

Baiting him with the Spire to produce Marines and then going Roaches was a nice move. His reconnaissance before 8:55 could've been better and his targeting with the Ravagers was bad. But a nice first game.

[@drewdubose2941]

10/10 Sumo analogy. Spot on!

[@Minstrel1]

I always get a nice laugh during Darks announcement

[@Catharsis-lu5xr]

What a game. Between Maru and Clem, I can't decide who I enjoy more.

[@psychaoticproductions3994]

Longer video, Bo7, Maru vs Dark. Oh boy oh boy, we love you winter

[@ridiculousruke]

just wanted to say thanks for the entertainment man

[@awilliamson76]

we love you too Winter Thx you for the amazing casts

[@jonsolo32]

11:10 The best description of Darks gameplay ever.

[@jesperwikner4849]

Winter. He made Starcraft great again.

[@0itch0]

Every time I watch one of your videos my day gets a little bit better

[@curtisbrown2281]

The game of the year of game of the years!

[@somafiles]

These commercials I get before the video give me brain damage

[@windboysheep4315]

Thank you for your video with lots of your own spirit inside. Make my night better😂

[@wind1309]

love the videos, great series, keep it up you legend

[@fredericbouchardwong4596]

I am going to miss Dark so much too. Just my favorite player of all time. Him and Rogue are my two favorites!!!

[@Mindwave416]

200k subs lets see it

[@visceraljourney]

The last game was just jaw-dropping!

[@Gandalf1232]

Forget about yesterday's Game of the Year folks, it's already been dethroned! Load me in for the new GOTY chief! 😂

[@TheHalogen131]

4:30 singlecannonly, good one.

[@youtubeshadowbannedmylasta2629]

never saw a unit go to heaven before.

[@verdtre4573]

"He's like a sumo wrestler" "the sheer biomass of Dark" Are you calling Dark fat?

[@AtheistMartyr]

Sooooo good. Thanks Winter!!

[@Nifty_10]

Been a year or so since I watched much sc2. Caught one of your casts and I’m back to it. Love the random memes, some of them are pretty good. WTB Warcraft 4…

[@real_MacrocosM]

Best GSL SuperTournament final ever too.. 2020 Marr Marr.. vs Darr Darr

[@mylucyrk]

I can imagine Dark throwing his last 100 games of the year to get his win rate down to 69%

[@NosslraC]

Doing great job!! keep it up

[@yungchim3027]

The commentary is great work

[@iKonks]

Love-hate relationship without a love LMAO

[@Gredddfe]

Maru learns over the course of 7 games that reactored cyclones and mass ghosts are pretty good.

[@Gredddfe]

Also walls. Walls are good.

[@MyNameIsXYlp]

@WinterStarcraft The single proxy rax in game 2 is a less commited hardcounter to taking the goldbase

[@CrimsonA1]

Dark earning that much money before reaching adulthood by playing games has to be the biggest flex on video-game haters I've ever heard of.

[@anonymous-k2l6n]

We enjoy watching you Winter 😀

[@nioofida256]

On this episode of The Supply is Right, contestant Dark guesses “One muta, Bob!”

[@maasl3873]

Terran and Protos need more units so that they have the variety of Zerg that has an overpowered unit for any time of the game, like ravagers, mutas, lurkers, and infestors. And Zerg is the only race that can burrow all ground units.

[@elgar7252]

Now we can cite Game 5 whenever Zerg's cope at Terrans and Protoss for spamming Marines and Zealots. 100 Zerglings in Maru's base and an army at the front still able to stop Maru's from counter pushing despite taking a massive Macro loss in all his queens for larvae injecting. Sure, Zerg is fine.

[@cathulionetharn5139]

Thank You Om nom nom

[@IronJoeHorn]

love Starcraft 2 when it's > 1080p

[@Jerome...]

Zerg loosing with 5300 gas in bank. Unexpected.

[@victorivanov2619]

the last is one of the best game I have ever seen

[@asqwert2121]

Amazing set of games

[@saiyajin61]

hi bro greetings from Turkey I enjoy watching my favorite game.

[@XionDarkblood13]

So I don't understand a meme I see sometimes on Winters board. There is the Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow and I get the joke about Terrans have no courage and Protoss have no brain but what does the Zerg has no heart mean? I also will keep mentioning this until Hard Lead is no longer a map but I love the implication that Terran need a mech version of a Ghost because they need to have TWO pure playstyles, Bio and Mech, and Ghosts are needed for Mech but are obviously not a mech unit. So Terran scientests are hard at work making a Thor that has cloaking and casts spells. Probably codenamed "Loki". :P I will say it's abilities are: 1. Cloak: Obviously. 2. EMP Field: Creates a field at the target area that drains energy and shields. 3. Tactical Strike: Long range, targets enemy unit dealing heavy damage after a short cast time and does a small amount of AoE, extra damage vs psionic. Just need to bring back the Pre-Alpha version of the Thor, The Odin, that has to be built by an SCV and you can only have one but can launch nukes on a cooldown and does the channeled Barrage and we can have the whole family on the field! And Terran will finally stand a chance against those other nasty races because CLEARLY Terran is weak and needs more units and buffs. I know we have to wait for 46 new versions of the Cyclone but one can only hope that they will hire another intern for Starcraft 2...

[@davidstud3952]

7 banes for a single Ghost? You gotta be kidding me. Feels they are worth their money even without spells since they are so good in combat.

[@YorkshirePirate]

Thanks Winter. Another banger!

[@AndrewBryanSapigaotarsonis]

Oh my. Did you say "sniping the lings was offensive"? Well, they took care of business in the last game.

[@jesperwikner4849]

Winter for president.

[@artemirrlazaris7406]

Heavy tank line wit ha forward marine to utlize taht 13 range, and 5 range of marines... gives a 7 range difference meaning the tanks can be out of bile, if the marines have to retreat, you unsiege, by the time the biles can fire they can drive forward and ahve incredible dps and throw in a two scvs to repair, its a force ot be reckoned with

[@mikerosene8904]

Commenting to appease the KZbin gods. Good game for this fan!

[@Cellus5000]

Where do the nukes go when the Ghost perishes?

[@zerg_burger]

unclicking full screen to like, then re clicking fullscreen took me like 3 apm

[@okensiuk5300]

This will be great

[@anonymous-k2l6n]

I wonder if Maru needed time to figure out the latest patch.

[@cracgor]

I appreciate your explanation on why stim makes automatic rifles fire faster. Can you now explain why combat shield increases marine health in a way that is healed by medivacs and is reduced by stim? Isn't it just a shield they carry?

[@SD-jf7nb]

Biosteel man gah

[@xshymex]

I just wanna play some coop with Winter :))

[@davidblass9808]

lotalty points for starcraft fans and customers and gamers : - ) zerling rush

[@davidblass9808]

hmm

[@davidblass9808]

97'- 2024' starcraft the loyalty

[@davidblass9808]

fau library activision revival - 10'-11'-'12'

[@waburger8591]

can jimmy pop onto camera real quick LOL

[@vgmms]

bruh too epic 35:35

[@ragetotheend]

😢

[@eldenbling2615]

Whatever happened to Rogue?!?! He was so good

[@frankthetankkk7]

Winterrrr

[@thedog5k]

41:40 Even when i was shit at sc2 i knew hellbat pushes were bad

[@jglaab]

2200 matches in a year is 6 professional matches per day in on average. Where is he finding all of these tournaments??

[@matthewkalamane6607]

ONE MUTA?!?!?