Protoss imba? The WHOLE TEAM investigates! | Is It Imba Or Do I Suck

[@lallarolle]

Many people don't know this, but Harstem had to re-do third grade for fifteen consecutive years, but not because he was stupid or anything he just got stuck with his foot in a radiator.

[@PotatoMussab]

Was this in Rotterdam?

[@talictdf4757]

Glad to see James May is a man of culture and watches IODIS ;-)

[@rahulshah1408]

@@talictdf4757 the James May with 24 subscribers. 😂😎

[@talictdf4757]

@@rahulshah1408 I choose to believe it ^_^

[@rahulshah1408]

@@talictdf4757 agreed! That man is so cool.

[@Harstem]

Balance whine song will be released in full next week somewhere. Had this one on the shelf for a few months already,.

[@VegitoJawbreaker]

Did john punch you yet?

[@jamesmears3419]

That song was fuking awesome

[@pavelfedorov2891]

You really got a good voice Kevin! A full album, perhaps?

[@jonbro32]

Amazing content, and it just keeps getting better!

[@mechanics7633]

I hope this song wont get DMCA'ed when played on stream

[@liamhelot8307]

man since IODIS started the production value has increased by at least 7%! crazy! ^^

[@andreasbuder4417]

7%?

[@ezet]

@@andreasbuder4417 if not even more

[@MDHDH-iy7nm]

@@ezet maybe even 8 or 9 %

[@flappy7373]

It feels more like 6.9%

[@boomerplaygames915]

28:35 was the most rad part of this entire video. Well done my friend

[@marcux83]

that was awesome

[@Antonsklv]

Kevin reached peak comedy

[@marcux83]

No he's not peaking there is bigger potential 👌

[@BeyondSorrowYYY]

I really like the editing. It’s so fun. Thank you Mr. Editor.

[@MegaShoutmon]

i actually am convinced terran is imba given how this guy plays and his mmr wtf

[@joshuadalton6063]

Yeah I'm truly baffled how I'm 'stuck' in Silver2 (well actually I'm doing quite well i just need to actually play some more games and get promoted). I know it is easy to armchair comment when you aren't in the pressure of the game, but I'm so confused how he wins games like this :/

[@mbzblue2458]

Is it an eu thing?

[@teahousereloaded]

I play like that guy as well 😂 Just staring at the fight and screaming at my figures, forgetting I actually have control. But I only play like 20 game a year and have the decency to stay in gold. :D

[@hatshot6057]

I'm Diamond and I played exactly like him once. When I was drunk after a tour of every pub in the city at 5am, my friends decided to have me show them what Starcraft is. On their PC with a different mouse and keyboard ofc.

[@maryjonzezulon3092]

As Zerg i m switching composition, defend my ovis spread everywhere, while this terran at diamond stay in liberation zones on diamond! :D But i am plat :(

[@Dusk-MTG]

"He lost 10 workers and killed 7" Ok, it's bad, but not too bad 29 supply, 20 workers at 5 minutes, all of that getting harassed by a single oracle Ok, I may have found the issue here

[@marcux83]

"Supply blocked" overlay is giving it away already from the beginning :P

[@caloreen1992]

The supply blocks were one of the lesser problems believe it or not.

[@Dartolus]

This is absolutely amazing. These interviews and comments insertions are pure gold. Editing is amazing as well. You can clearly see that Harstem put effort in these videos to make them more entertaining. Would smash like button again if I could!!!

[@drdorenton1060]

This had to be one of the worst replays we've seen in this series lol

[@Teferi66]

Yeah both of these guys are like really bad, like holy hell could that protoss have been any less efficient with his unit comp.

[@pantmagk3362]

@@Teferi66 the protos is trolling he knows he won the game from the oracle push in the beginning

[@ik107]

Yeah, would have been more appropriate for it to be in Bronze League Heroes.

[@Ougagagoubou]

This would've been interesting game for rank roulette as apparently they are low dia still, but parts of the game feel so much lower.

[@MegaShoutmon]

@@Ougagagoubou PARTS??

[@deabsoluteschwarz]

This must have been the biggest difference between two players in skill we had in IODIS. The protoss actually looks like a diamond, his execution isn't great but the ideas are there. The terran on the other hand... If this was rank roullette I would have guessed high silver

[@danielskrivan6921]

The best part is the editor gets the final say in these back-and-forths. Harstem can make any jokes he wants, but the editor's response is the end of it.

[@iridium9512]

28:07 I absolutely lost it here what a perfect chain of events, only to get roasted by your own announcer in the end, lmao

[@chikendoodle1628]

Incase someone was wondering, the correct answer to the game show question was: Bee

[@chinogambino9375]

Eatme was still winning at the end, he Idra'd his own winning game.

[@gunkanjima3408]

Idra. I appreciate your comment cause I was trying to remember that lil boys name that always rage quit on people

[@JusticeChan19]

Usually when a person files a Imba report, the part where they talk about themselves failing to meet a certain criteria of being good at the game is the reason why they suck

[@solvital4068]

omg, your editor ftw 🤣 i love all the little ui elements and comments/ jokes you add in. Cyclone YOU DIED, lol

[@BrEAcHxROWDY]

Shit almost had me fucking crying.

[@karstanb3157]

The CC was late because of the gas first. When playing gas first you typically open marine and get factory before CC, I think, so that your early pressure units come out faster with the trade off that your eco is slightly worse. At the very least you would get factory before CC even when getting a reaper.

[@fesser8137]

But eatme opened reaper and build factory after cc.

[@karstanb3157]

Yeah he messed up the build. Off of gas first your CC will be delayed no matter what which is why you go factory first and marine (that takes no gas) so that you can get the fastest factory possible. That is why he is floating so much gas while building it. He essentially played a barracks first build from a gas first which is really quite painful.

[@fesser8137]

@@karstanb3157That only confirms that he sucks and has no right to complain about anything :)

[@repit5014]

He got a gas first with a scv scout, AND a proxy scout of course he has no minerals.

[@magicall9596]

@@karstanb3157 It's definetely possible to play CC before factory, if you opened with reaper, that's a standard build order, but you usually don't scout with that

[@YeOldeManRiver]

This is one of the most embarrassing performances by both parties since the Scouting Mothership video.

[@Quadsallround14]

Harstem, you upload some consistently great videos, and your editor deserves a shout out. I don’t know how he spends so much time on these videos with such frequent uploads, but it really takes your vids to a completely different quality. Shoutout to you both bro, whatever you’re paying him I hope it’s a lot

[@hamster_designs]

Thanks mate! But I am only involved in IODIS and Rank Roulette at the moment ^^ The rest is done by my sensei - the king of premiere himself!

[@karamaswift5829]

I fucking love these cutaways, absolutely incredible content as always, sir. Keep it up Kevin, you are what the community needs.

[@Junebug89]

Not sure what it is with terrans and not using ghosts/complaining they're hard to control. High templar are slower, much squishier, shorter range, can do friendly fire damage with storm and don't have stealth, but you don't see many protoss going "oh it's too hard, I guess I just won't build high templar". I'm sure someone is going to come in here and say that it's cause they are microing so much else - let's be real, adding a few EMPs to a fight would do way more to help than any "micro" 90% of terrans do beyond stim + a-move. Lots of terrans actually make their fights worse with their attempts at micro.

[@ifbeast]

That was fascinating! So unique... I can feel the spirit and efforts, hopefully, it would be not only the best beginning of all your begins. In other words: "Please proceed"

[@IgnatRemizov]

This is the 25th episode, right? Man, what a great series!! Love all the cameos and the song at the end. Keep up the fantastic work. Will definitely buy your SC2-themed Bob Dylan cover album when it comes out :)

[@IceNineOcean]

To be fair, it is very difficult to control ghosts that don't exist. Also absolutely killing it on the production value, great vid Harstem/Hamster

[@jakub.anderwald]

This is the first case where IODIS ends up in finding an actual IMBA! Though it was the one who sent it rather than the opponent :)

[@kiwyldd7441]

I was wondering how these two were even matched, till I watched the Protoss trail his army a handful at a time into a defended choke point. Several times. That explained a lot, but he at least gets points for decent build.

[@masteryourbusiness2849]

Love the cutaways to all your new staff members :)

[@jacobsvensson8193]

lol the job half done comment at 7:15 cracked me up, harstems comedy gets me

[@SomeRandomGuy121]

You forgot to notice he missed his second depot and supply blocked himself for about 10-15 seconds.

[@Abandon-art]

Marauders don't need a home or food because they're gonna be stormed anyway :p

[@Junebug89]

My man the editor thinks that's just part of the build order because Harstem does it in so many games. "First game of the day guys"

[@jorymayer707]

watched you for years, not really a "subscribe to stuff" kind of guy. You know how it is. That song got me though. Absolutely subscribed. You goddamned hero.

[@LeLapinQuiPete]

@3:15 mad acting, love it

[@dmitrysivashchenko856]

Terran complaining about Protoss been OP... classic.

[@krisnhamurti7441]

Toss is easier to play, micro and have better quality of unit early and end game. so yeah outside pro league me and my terran friend think they are imba (not OP).

[@dmitrysivashchenko856]

@@krisnhamurti7441 respectfully disagree. Micro maybe, although you always watch your Colossus attacking wrong targets and disruptors missing without proper micro. P need to target ghosts to feedback, ghosts can just through emp without targeting. You have plenty of ultimate units like tanks, tors, bcs, libs. Single Marine is best unit in the game. You have free detection, mules, best harrasments which is painful to counter. Races are +- balanced and if not, i would say terrans are a bit more op.

[@pizzacarl6955]

@@krisnhamurti7441 how long was it since protoss won a tournie?

[@rice9224]

@@pizzacarl6955 he did say outside of pro league, so he might just mean at a lower level of play protoss finds more success. then again, terrain is also like HMMMM MORE MARINE. MMMMMMM DRUGS

[@krisnhamurti7441]

​@Vinnie G so this game is just for grandmaster above?? the definition of imbalance is if the same level of player play TvP, toss is at advantage. and yeah im suck with toss and their cheese and late game unit like carrier, mothership

[@МихаилМаринов-п1ф]

The guitar playing part was amazing! Harstem coming with the spiciest SC2 content on KZbin!

[@AxelDerAlptraumraech]

About the 23:43 Nexus thing, got to get that one out. TL,DR: Is Latin Grammar OP or does Harstem suck? ;P It's 1 Nexus, 2 Nexus. Plural one is with a longer "u". "Nexi" would be like wrong latin, "Nexuses" is just beyond wrong. Also on the topic: It's 1 Colossus, 2 Colossi. Not 1 Colossi. Hearing that in some of the other videos (well, every one where a colossus is involved). End of rant, video was still great :D

[@EricLancheres]

The production value of this video is great. Thanks for really going above and beyond the regular vid Harstem (and team!)

[@user-wg3gc5uz1g]

I totally thought Nicolas Kondening was LowKo in disguise until Harstem started talking lol :D

[@alexchoi5835]

Great episode! The savagery in your commentary was brutal and I loved it! Haha. Cheers!

[@donmeswimee]

Loving the vids recently!

[@AB-xo3pl]

Loving the vids always!

The amount of turrets this Terran built just to protect two bases... feelsbadman.

[@Perserus]

Well done with the NEXUSES Harstem. I am delighted that you have accepted this criticism and are attempting to adjust your behavior towards the correct. Please keep it up! By the way, it's also possible to use NEXUS as plural as well as singular if you prefer that brevity. Although, that choice will face you with further complaints from troglodytes ignorant of Greek inflection.

[@shotpulehod]

The editing level and commentary on these are godlike, love watching this stuff

[@jakubkahoun8383]

From CZ too, curently hidden within woods, hidden from other people :D (pretty bad covid situation) :D Ofc i have there eltricity and SC2 + internet with decent ping installed! This game tough, I cant belive they have probably slightly higher MMR => they are better than me! So sad 2 ghost academies tough, never used.

[@eulefranz944]

Woooow the production quality!!!!:D love it

[@joshknowles8299]

One of the best youtubers around genuinely try’s hard to make quality content harstem and lowco are the best SC2 content creators

[@Oxcorp]

Is there more of this SC2 vocals + guitar? Gimme a playlist of Harstem singing about imba any day of the week

[@anon_9221]

This was one of the greatest episodes so far, nice work from you and your editor.

[@Collapsonauts]

Harstem the man with the high plat/low GM singing voice! ♥

[@macstievie]

small remark: you could set the graphic settings higher when you do a replay analysis? not that you care, but hey... :p

[@sakroface5267]

This is so cool to watch. So fun and positive! Great job, Harstem!

[@shorok9333]

3:13 Nice "ahoja" shirt :)

[@Anolaana]

He doesn't even know what control is! 27:00

[@michaeljackson765]

"no gg no skill"

[@NeoBladeSC2]

3:25 "Kevin? I told you I'm on holiday YOU IDIOT!!!" ... :D Brilliant! :-)

[@eduardocaca9142]

Im only seem the first 3 second of the cideo and when he said that protos is bronken i knew that was a terran

[@imbanana]

typical terran players, not expanding and relying on mules, not doing anything until 200 supply. Expecting to win when the enemy loses an attack. Just another singleplayer Terran right here

[@derrickmelton5844]

@@imbanana pfffft real Terrans just drop depots from space when they are supply blocked. This fool played like a silver leaguer on the US servers just learning about unit comps after cheesing their way to diamond.

[@joaopadua7134]

Harstem just keeps getting better and better

[@日本トーマス]

Great vid. Love all the different "characters" used in the video

[@TheBrutaline]

Production values through the roof in this one. Great work

[@rafterman23]

Song is Bob Dylan's "One Too Many Mornings", it's a classic!

[@lllMedoxlll]

gonna upvote for the comedy!

[@BhuliBhuli]

Love this series! I have asked a few SC channels about casting 2v2 games, and the response I often get is that 2v2 is really imba. People say it's because of dual cannon rushes, dual 12 pools and such. If I could get your opinion on the imba of 2v2, it would be greatly appreciated. Personally I think it's not that imba, it's just that people tend to suck.

[@LL-cz5ql]

You suck

[@BhuliBhuli]

@@LL-cz5ql I know, that's exactly why I doubt the imba claims.

[@theonden5041]

FULL VERSION OF TIME TO BALANCE WHINE ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (please) One verse for each race would be awesome.

[@hamster_designs]

I can promise you the lyrics are AMAZING! We have been sitting on them for so long already v.v

[@lawrencemorgan1424]

epic vid loved all the special guests

[@Actaris80]

My son showed me your video today for the first time, I find you hilarious. The period comments and the guy having 2 kids.... Then the 3rd wheel medivac... Omg... Laughing so much. I can only pray I never see you commenting on my games...😂😂👍🏼

[@CoachJEFF_CG]

Wait... I'm ahead??? GG. Protoss Imba

[@sonicshaman2997]

the editing's getting better and better, i love this show.

[@aNugget100]

man this is some quality content. Cracking me up

[@Draemn]

Impressive the quality of games that you find for this series.

[@loganbeam7878]

End of financial year green screen gags

[@LachimusPrime]

"I just nuked his entire army, oh crap, that was mine!" 😭😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😭 "You suck, dude. Hehehh" 😂😂😂 Gold!!!👍

[@SnkobArts]

"Putting the condom on after the fact" lemayoooo XD

[@mostevil1082]

Gj Mister Editor! Gave me a few laughs.

[@tommytwotacos8106]

>CC 15 sec late >chrono boosted a building producing nothing and here I thought NA was the Clown Fiesta server.

[@freddesk1693]

Lets be honest here, those last replays were just people trolling to get a spot on the show... That or, they are lying about their MMR. Its just getting ridiculous

[@eatme3924]

I do not lie in MMR, but the toss was 4300 on my loading screen, which is crazy high, and I think he was meme'ng me the whole time :) but yes, I oversold it a bit to get casted :))

[@Helmut__7]

haha, the whole team is investigating. Btw, in this videos i can see much hope for me personally to improve. i think everybody can, but you have to work for it, and thats the only point that i am constantly failing, because i stuck, because of me, in dia1/m3

[@zacman2702]

How does this man make the best videos on KZbin?

[@balazsfenyes3880]

No GG no skill was the best roast in the replay.

[@baptiste2863]

Oh man i laughed so hard at the medivac third wheel. Thank you for your amazing content. I need to get back into starcraft and send my replay xd

[@colborn8905]

The gas first and the double scv scouting delayed his CC

[@zeratul8372]

how did this only get 23k views you deserve more my friend

[@geoffreyboulanger2028]

OK I saw the enhanced shockwave upgrade, but did he built a single ghost this game ? I've failed seeing one. So actually both ghost academy were only to make an useless upgrade since he won't give him even the chance to play it

[@jadinstevens]

Harstem: idk why that cc is late, and I don't know why my music isn't playing.

[@KeppyKep]

Holy crap that was so good. I have a new favourite song

[@noobo56]

Is Nicholas Kondening talking into a deodorant bottle, or what is that?? The production value this episode is legendary, well done by both the hamster and the poop man

[@LachimusPrime]

I thought it was a torch 😂😂😂

[@turtletrading4207]

Dang Harstem loves his coat and for a reason! It looks very good on him ^^

[@mitchmarvinmartian]

This is the greatest thing I have ever seen!

[@MickDedley]

This was your best video yet!

[@visoroverwatch3247]

Protoss is the most OP race ever. They have so many path's to victory like cannon rush. Mass Stalker or void ray is insanely powerful early game and easy to mass produce. I mostly play Terran and BattleCruisers just get wrecked by voidrays stalkers ez. Not to mention tempest/Carriers. Thors gets melted just as fast and all the other units suck. Mass Marines? a few collosus melts them all.

[@benmark2353]

Harstem are you gonna do the game Railgan sent in? His video is pretty funny, he plays against the 120 apm toss player in GM and is mad about it.

[@quaza8515]

Oh yeah, please do. It could really be the first replay that is proven imbalance.

[@benmark2353]

@@quaza8515 I think it's close but I don't think that protoss is imba, Railgan definitely had opportunity to take a bigger lead and he didn't execute it. But he does make a good case to be fair.

[@mrmist3763]

comedy at its best. Amazing Hamster, thank you Harstem

[@kai45654]

12:38 pls cast it if you still have the replay

[@DarknessDShadow]

What happened, I watched a lot of IODIS from the start of the year and Harstem was just roasting players to a crisp and now he is so friendly and helpful and just points out mistakes all friendly. I'm not saying that's bad, I just noticed quite a difference

[@mathieugrenier27]

You are a diamond league guitar player keep up the good work !

[@OmgMyutubeaccount]

this was def a higher level toss vs his diamond friend and the toss was just messing with him lmao

[@ericswartz9238]

Awesome episode!

[@novq8591]

Harstem deserves more subs

[@cestlezooicimw]

A terran with an absolutly horrible macro vs a protoss with an absolutly horrible micro, damn

[@SakiKazue]

that was a fckin beautiful song. Should be the new SCII intro song.

[@whisped8145]

27:20 He's not even attack-moving. he's just clicking on specific targets with the entire group. Look how the units get stuck at the wall and not even attack the wall... That's not sniping, that's getting stuck.

[@lobo3091]

can you post the song on spotify and apple music