My Sickest Spine Rush EVER - Proxy Hatch to GM #22

[@ArturGrigio]

“I was starting to get attached to that spine crawler” 😂

[@MrMCDiggles]

We all were.

[@gcl2783]

And the spine crawler was attached to the creep. Story of so many love triangles.

[@mikeballew3207]

@@MrMCDiggles o7

[@dizzypukas8410]

His spines were starting to crawl up me

[@nicklindberg90]

Hate to see it end, but it was a hell of a ride! Thank you!

[@mugen8602]

Just wanted to say I never played SC2 and never will, I only watch because of how entertaining and clear your narration is simultaneous to playing live which is pretty incredible. Thank you for the series! I've been watching since the start, sad to see it end but thank you for all the good content. Lifted my depression many times :D

[@CKPMJUNG]

You should play!

[@calebwilliams586]

@@CKPMJUNG skill floor too high

[@CKPMJUNG]

@caleb williams yeah and unfortunately so many players are toxic af, which sucks for new players. But I think you can practice against AI for your build orders and microing armies before jumping on the ladder.

[@mugen8602]

@@CKPMJUNG I have zero interest learning how to micro and do extremely tedious mental gymnastics on everything to keep in mind. Dota 2 is as far as I go in RTS terms. I'm more of a combat game enjoyer, but there's nothing really good.

[@calebwilliams586]

@CKPMJUNG I'll play coop sometimes because that group/culture of people is super chill. But ive only played one game of ranked and I was bullied verbally the whole time. The dopamine is just not enough to make up for the toxicity. Is there a way to mute the opponent that I don't know about?

[@MrMcSnuffyFluffy]

You need a short of the scv conga line from the last episode. You could also make one that's a mix and match of your overlords accidentally flying all over the map.

[@endersblade]

I second this!

[@lawrencewong6540]

Losing all the flying factories supercut

[@eclipseeffigy]

Throw in the flying factories from ghost to gm which then needed to be rebuilt for nukes too 😂

[@mattmbx5472]

that😂

[@alviworld]

5 push ups per dead ovie.

[@andrewquinn3157]

One of my favorite series you've done, thanks for all the amazing content thermy

[@jaredhouston4223]

I got an ad for spinal chord injury and I though uthermal was just doing some new cheeky editing 🤣 got about 20secs in before I realized it was just a very targeted ad. Touche KZbin, you got me.

[@dennischou8419]

its more fun to watch you play than to play myself. thanks for letting us live vicariously through your youtube videos!

[@adamhenrie3879]

UThermal: we only need one supply!! Me thinking: extractor trick UThermal: we must kill a drone it is the only way

[@Silversiren28]

Great series! I've got a couple of random ideas for challenges to possibly consider. 1. Dropperlords to GM 2. Proxy Mainbase to GM - Treat the original main as a throwaway corner base, build a new mainbase and all production in a random corner base and expand from there. If done as Terran, can always fly any buildings out of the old 'main' when done with it. If an offrace, maybe Protoss instead of zerg?

[@suyci]

Don't forget to breathe dude. The way you did this outro really shows that you put yourself in very high gear to do this. Taking deep breaths once in a while helps you to pace.

[@melvinthegiant5893]

Loved the first guys reaction when he realized it was you! An honor!

[@trevorserpas781]

Heya for the control group issue, on zerg you can ctrl click the eggs in the bottom pannel after you que up the units and then add those eggs to the control group it makes control groups 10 times easier on zerg imo

[@eclipseeffigy]

Absolutely gorgeous and some new spice how these games played out. Grand final delivers once again!

[@tutmondigo]

Feel like your zerg evolved in this final episode.

[@harveywallbanger]

Love all your content, it's so entertaining and I feel like its a great showcase of how the game can be played and enjoyed from many different strategies. I haven't played SC2 since Heart of the Swarm, but still like watching replays, especially these themed and challenge scenarios.

[@maximk9964]

All these games were beautiful! In first I really like how the protoss was hanging on till the very end, in the second one the mutas erasing everything was just so much fun, and finally, that sneaky nydas is a work of art.

[@taylordcraig]

I just had a really fun challenge idea. Two buttons! (Maybe 3, or dont include home base.) You can rebind anything to your liking, but you can only use the two buttons while building. Sofor builldings, advanced buildings, unit production-- it gives you a lot of wiggle room to decide which units to use but would interesting.

[@aerob1033]

I actually said "WHAT?!" out loud when you somehow managed to win that last game, I thought you were totally screwed! Amazing grand finale, thanks for the awesome series Marc!

[@TheRealBrasolis]

Sad to see the series go, I love some good cheese.

[@nilsdemello907]

Amazing conclusion to the series, I´m sad there won´t be more. Did you forget that you can generate creep with the overlords ? you could have blocked your opponent from building with an overlord generating creep, if he doesn´t have any units that can shoot up, also when using the Nydus and queens, placing a creep tumor inn his main really slows him down, but that´s just my strategy, I dunno how it works at the highest level :) If you looking for more challenges, you could try mass banshees ? The new patch makes them cheaper and easy to upgrade, also mass Cyclons with Ravens are really good with the new patch :)

[@reymarkasedillo5657]

That PF that survives with 1hp is one of the best battle I've seen at sc2

[@kyleosborne6536]

I’d love for one of your shorts from the magical nuke drop on Pride of Altaris LE in ghost to Gm against a Zerg on your own natural ramp toasted roaches perfect timing!!

[@fuchschrafter8512]

normaly i really dont enjoy watching 1v1 from the player side but uThermal... bro your just fun to watch love your videos

[@jasonauger2914]

The shorts are great, put up the one where you nuked the army on the stairs that walked right into it lol

[@MrFinkreg]

Hey, man! I'm not a SC2 player, but watching your videos is so much fun! Thanks and keep it up!

[@Tsnafu]

Beautiful ending to a wonderful series - GGWP Marc, looking forward to whatever comes next

[@imawizardirl]

I always think, nah that thumbnail is too clickbaity the match is probably a disaster. Then I remember that this is uthermal, the King! Long live the King!

[@jakke9719]

Thanks for a fun series! Glad you enjoyed some proxy fun.

[@aaronmmarty]

WOW! What an amazing sequence of games. Loved this whole series so much, Marc!

[@DrMattBug]

The shorts are really good for the channel, to get people more interested in what you're doing in your long form videos. Even as someone who prefers long form content, the instant gratification of shorts has it's allure. It feels a bit like a race to the bottom vs tiktok, but from a content creation point of view, it makes absolute sense to do more shorts.

[@joshdoldersum9132]

A suggestion in case you use the spine rush on another show: When you move out your 2 drones to make spines and you are nervous about getting spotted by the probe, stack the 2 drones on your extractor and then mineral walk them across the map. Even if your opponent sees you move out, it will only look like one drone to him.

[@Necroneer]

This was a nice end to it, looking forward to you revisiting this challenge.

[@Wezelkonijn]

Hey Marc, you could have done a gas extractor trick when you were supply blocked and wanted to make another ravager. You could have even made a spore or 2 if you really wanted more ravagers. This is a tip from a guy that is supply blocked in the most crucial parts of his build on a daily basis.

[@abualborz]

I love those shorts. You can always make more of them.

[@TheAussieLeo]

Man that was a fun episode! [EDIT: The episodes where YOU laugh are always my favourite :)]

[@inthefade]

"An honor, I suppose" I can imagine the mixed emotions of experiencing that loss.

[@portugeskiller7391]

The 3 hp planetary was criminal

[@Uttarayan]

Starcraft 2 decision making ASMR

[@117mercury]

What an awesome end to PH2GM! I can't wait to see what the next challenge is, hoping for some protoss craziness next. No rush, though. Take care of yourself, man! We'll be here when the next series starts.

[@johnlinari4927]

You content has gotten me back into SC2, it has been truly fire! Dont let the haters get you down :)

[@jurgenmayer23]

I dont play Starcraft anymore since i became a father but hell im enjoying all of your series it really makes me fun to watch the game without playing!!! ❤

[@Zyskow]

Thermey, you are solid. Thanks for being something I look forward to binging.

[@tromedlovdrolmai]

I'd love to see the 500 IQ play of nuking your ramp well in advance to stop the roach push from ghosts to gm as a short.

[@NoonKnite]

fun to watch and even more fun listen to you describe your thoughts as you play. thanks you for sharing.

[@flrn84791]

Absolutely crazy to see 3 base economy thrive on top of a proxy hatch and 5 proxy spine crawlers :D

[@MadMathMike]

I'm shocked you won that last match! 😂 Great games. Great series. Great content, uThermal!

[@mauro_weee]

looove to see you playing Zerg!! I was on a tunnel vision only tryiing to perfect standart play, it made the game very boring to me.... this serie remided me how fun SCll actually are! keep up! btw a Zerg instinc, you dont need to kill workers to free up 1 suply. Just build something like a extractor or spore then cancel it XD

[@SkorpionDnB]

This man always posts right when I’m about to eat lunch. Wizard

[@drimmlunk172]

Ha that was lovely. About the new Lowko-style title system, I hope it will boost your views, but it makes it harder for me to see whether I saw an episode before, as all those titles look alike!

[@majormajorasic]

Now we need a proxy hatchery into aggressive creep expansion to deny the enemy build space in their own base.

[@ipnonumbersiwastheipbeforeres]

What does he do against zerg?

[@majormajorasic]

@@ipnonumbersiwastheipbeforeres Burrowed zerglings everywhere!

[@nofooku]

ggs spine rush and pf rush have been my favorite series

[@gecgoodpasi1654]

"and im kind of stuck" he proceeds to say while absolutely crushing his last 2 opponents

[@eX0Noah]

Thanks for the series, it was awesome. Looking forward to your next series.

[@semicedevine6918]

22:16 "he's gonna break these spines now but keep in mind I actually made a few reinforcement spines over here", me: *notices the 8 extra spines in his natural* LOL I thought that was funny for some reason

[@thackthack177]

Been watching these every night for a week, keep goin!

[@justpickles]

30:10 Extractor trick :( you know it exists! No need to kill a drone

[@florianr.3858]

I loved this series and especially that one, thank you

[@Francis_UD]

30:30 this scene has become my zerg norm bruh 😂😆

[@hamburgers7817]

Great series! Thanks Marc

[@Rakstawr]

Great challenge! This one took me by surprise!

[@bukworm2k4]

Thanks for this amazing series!

[@crabapplemcnasty3546]

This was such a fun challenge, great work as always Mark.

[@alk672]

We definitely need a short of that insane high ground nuke on roaches from ghost to GM.

[@kennethbecker2206]

The nuke on the ramp omg

[@JinzoTK]

Those spines were a thing of beauty. Even if they were killing my beloved protoss.

[@DrBonely]

Idea for a short...a compilation of all the scouting factories destroyed during ghost to GM, along with the realization that meant no more nukes!

[@Tom_Tom_Klondike]

Shorts have been great. They've been getting recommended to me already :)

[@mieux_seul]

when you need 1 supply for a ravager you can do the extractor trick. Happens to me a lot :S

[@milletmongoose]

That time you nuked a bunch of roaches at your ramp could make a good short. It was gorgeous. Don't remember the episode though. Someone help! :P

[@Rippi__]

Uthermal, king of cheeses, the humble one ❤

[@damnplaylist]

Thanks!

[@roberwin1093]

9:08 "If you guys liked that, if you want to relive some of those best moments, be sure to check out my shorts." -uThermal

[@corybrown1498]

Thank you for the awesome entertainment Marc!

[@Batmane812]

Loved this challenge, amazing stuff Thermy

[@jkkim6928]

You don’t need to kill drones to free up supply. Extractor or spore trick does that

[@tobias9702]

IN THE FREAKING FINALE AGAINST GMS HE SAYS "ah yes what a fun warmup"????????????? THIS MAN IS A BEAST

[@simp4kate_denson639]

U inspired me to do challenges, so I started doing void ray/immortal to gm, cz I love immortals, love your videos!!!!

[@j0rp]

Congrats on the top 100!

[@DavidKFZ]

1-2 shorts per full video is a smart way to do it

[@UnrivaledAegis]

“I didn’t trade efficiently” Marc, when your resources lost is equal to a Protoss, you traded efficiently. You could have 30% more resources lost and still be considered even.

[@TheSASNemikarXII]

In my opinion right when you strike, they create huge defense and lose a lot economy. I would start in that time imidiatly second hatch.You can go hard or just containe them. Better economy more larva and they have to deal with hatchery there. First game was great example! Good video ;)

[@eclipseeffigy]

It's not that obvious. In the first game they didn't hold, but if they do hold with a huge defense that means they now have a huge amount of units and can attack, if you eco'd hard you won't have enough units to defend.

[@EssDubz]

You should make a compilation series. Each video is just 3 of your favorite games put together. Could do 2-3 video per challenge? Also I'd like special videos that are like "rage compilation".

[@gh6365]

Uthermal's overlord placement legit gives me anxiety.

[@Josh-99]

Man, that first game was just brutal. Once you have 5 spines in the base, what can a Protoss even do about that? All of their low-tech units just get annihilated by Spines, and with his economy in shambles it took way too much to get the Immortals out (and they take forever to build).

[@Thyruh]

PiG followers don't deal with cheeses, he has got to teach us how

[@TheAgamemnon911]

Definitely the one where you're bongclouding and the other guy calls you a cheater. X-D

[@Norrieification]

"An honor I suppose". Oof, my heart o7

[@youtubnm]

Fantastic final games, thank you!

[@____GoMeZ____]

Next up, "Siege Units Only" challenge! Mines, Tanks and Libs!

[@marlborosigara]

I click the like button at the first second because I already know I will like it.

[@jonnozomboid2649]

Awesome, mate. GJ!

[@Rhyside]

Wow that second game protos with Artosis Pylon at 4 gateway heh.

[@ToiletTennis]

Hello Mr. Thermal I hope you are enjoying your morning tea

[@enriquegarciacota3914]

This was *chef’s kiss*

[@eliashjelm8685]

Loved the first rush, would love to see proxy Nexus (or any protoss series)

[@uThermal]

You'll like my video tonight then :P

[@cyberkekosis]

Marc, i've never seen you doing a LURKER rush

[@fate711]

GG's I would love to see a nydus if the terren lifts any of their buildings. The best is swam host they lift they Orbital and you put a nydus right under it. It takes forever to kill the nydus and wait for creep.

[@simonvinogradov3931]

great challange, my favorite one! still dont know how its possible: so many wins with this (:

[@stephenchew1665]

You should make the next challenge: No attacks! Only winning by defending!

[@josephjvr6509]

thaat was a sick finale