SC2 - Reynor vs. Zest - IEM Katowice 2021 - Finals

[@psa4026]

On a side note, kudos to Maynarde 💪🏻 for standing up to the occasion despite technical difficulties and losing his co caster on the final game of the final series, not an easy or comfortable situation to be in

[@Luvzilla4rilla]

Yeah, I was gonna post this if nobody else did. Dude turned into a literal machine for 5 mins straight when he had to solo. Thought his head might explode.

[@michaelcahill1450]

Dude is a beast

[@keizan5132]

And he took it away while maintaining the flow of the cast, that is world class.

[@Ragnarok6664]

A top bloke and supreme observer and commentator 👌🏻🙌🏻

[@10074a]

korean player was outplayed huh

[@TSQDreamscape]

Seeing how happy the champ gets at the end, and him being at home able to really show emotions was actually really satisfying

[@robbevanooteghem7429]

Great comment keeping spoilers in mind, good job

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

@@robbevanooteghem7429 The problem is that only one of the players tends to show emotions. From this comment, I can tell who won lol

[@jonkeeney4044]

All we miss is the trophy celebration

[@danieloyarzun000]

anyone will be happy wining with that imba race, not gonna say wich one is to not spoil, but you know what is the most broken race in SC2

[@Valhalla05]

@@danieloyarzun000 Every race has its strengths and weaknesses. But here, it was just a case of strategy. Zest kept hesitating to attack, and Reynor read that like a book, allowing him to strategize how he would approach the fight. Also, Zest made several crucial errors like investing too much into Gateway units and not building Immortals quick enough. Finally, non-Korean players are like the antithesis of the meta. Seriously, name one other person that can use Contaminate and Transfusion to win a big tournament like IEM. Name one other person who can push Queen/Lurker and win. Reynor outsmarted Zest the whole way through, and that's why he won, not because Zerg is IMBA.

[@zzasdfwas]

If aliens attack Earth, I'm throwing my support to drafting Reynor to be a real life Ender Wiggin.

[@teamredshirt]

I’m thinking it’s a group selection, Stats to build the wall, Reynor to run the army and Inno to head the production lines.

[@miasma529]

If the Zerg attack Earth, only the Protoss would save us, with the Golden Armada that is.. and probably the Spear of Adun too

[@AlleyCatGhost]

Enders game is a corny shit ass movie

[@DerChilluminate]

Hahahhahab just the problem the world army is not like the space marines

[@JoshuaBarksyOfficial]

YES THIS

[@dominiquefrechette8336]

PiG and Maynard are such an amazing casters duo. Great games by Zest and Reynor! Congrats Reynor on that big tournament win! :)

[@doktorbundy7279]

yes, I like them too, especially Pigs, who is not using actually, really and so on often.

[@joepetey]

Amazing tournament and performance by Reynor. Shame about pigs technical difficulties. Hope he doesn’t beat himself up too much. I would freak out when my connection sucked for remote learning let alone a grand final.

[@AtrociousNightmare]

So unbelievably happy for Reynor

[@carlosdelfino3589]

if anything, this video shows how important the commentators are in this E-Sports events... me personally would be reallly clue-less about the thought process and decition-making in this matches. You both did a great job.

[@Sontilios]

What an amazing mach. Very intense plays on both sides. God tier players for sure, so much respect! Very good casting too, Thank you ESL

[@zdenekmatula550]

Awesome tourney, thx everyone who was playing. :)

[@andiblau95]

SPOILER ALERT! ! ! ! ! reynor defeating stats, dark, maru AND zest in one fucking tournament is incredible

[@666pitmaster]

agreed. sometimes you can say "well they had an easy bracket" or some garbage like that during tournaments, but he beat all the big names (except Serral, I would love to have seen him battle Serral...)

[@chrismason1877]

Bro your forgot he beat TRAP too, absolutely insane

[@alltat]

@@666pitmaster We've seen plenty of Serral vs Reynor before, and while it can go either way, I don't think anyone can seriously say that Reynor isn't good enough to beat Serral.

[@mongolian242]

@Dole Pole huh. Zest threw all the cheese at reynor, but stylistically, zerg should win a lot if both play perfectly

[@danieloyarzun000]

Thats just shows how Broken ZERG still is... what a joke

[@somato2688]

great casters. so professional

[@meurtri9312]

i feel bad for pig but they were both very professional about it.

[@thoeme6]

very entertaining duo indeed!

[@mobilemarshall]

Yeah they handled it perfectly.

[@yadday5153]

"Raynor is picking up what Zest is putting down." Nice one Maynard!

[@iQuitGirls99]

That’s the good stuff. Was actually routing for Maru but Reynor is on fire. Good show, GG, congrats to him!

[@fantasysportsnow2878]

I think the announcers pushed through this great! Well done guys as usual. Very fun finals but really its the announcers that hype it.

[@psywalker7973]

Love it, a player who gears up and backs his army in a punch for punch fight and takes out games quick, love that style especially with Zerg which I normally despise.

[@erik7271]

This commentary is a lot better then the one in later clips i seen recently

[@WiseSam95]

Just watched Reynor's push through the ro12, quarters, semis, and grand final again... absolutely inspiring and amazing. Reynor absolutely SLAYED this tournament.

[@josephwong2832]

I hate it when you can tell who wins based on how much time is left in the video congrats reynor too bad he couldn't hoist a trophy

[@doktorbundy7279]

me too, that is something ESL can do better.

[@doktorbundy7279]

@Håvard Rekdal you can upload every game as one video for example.

[@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649]

Just watch life.

[@StrategicGamesEtc]

I'd prefer extra dead time at the end of videos, not I know that messes with the algo.

[@dupaacct5956]

Man hes such a great kid, I couldn't of been happier for anyone other then serral. Such personality and spirit.

[@Aiphiae]

He's an arrogant little twat. Have you not heard him?

[@exnihilonihilfit6316]

@@Aiphiae It's not arrogance if you can deliver, envious little communist.

[@kyleschindler4239]

Love watching these guys. The first game was beautiful. Zest played a nearly perfect game until he showed his warp in. That was intense.

[@fiercehan6791]

Wow, is that really? Thank you!!!

[@affemitwaffe9057]

PiG: on fire. The internet: Nope.

[@bucherregaldomi9084]

*Pigshit

[@dubbyplays]

Reynor anche se non avessi vinto saresti rimasto comunque una gioia per tutti noi, sono fiero di te

[@benjaminjoeBF3]

holy sheat Reynor like a boss! Congrats world champ!

[@gusionproplay6412]

First comment and it spils the whole series for me. Im so dumb

[@benjaminjoeBF3]

Never over estimate yourself!

[@karlfranz8345]

CAMPIONI DEL MONDO!

[@gianfranco1035]

Non sento questa sensazione di essere campione dle mondo dal 2006

[@MHAAAAANZ]

Porcoddiooo

[@andreastrozzieri4199]

@@gianfranco1035 2013*

[@ref-i7w]

Alla fine ce l'ha fatta

[@gianluca281]

andiamo a Berliiiinnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@leolegendary3275]

Great games. Even better casters! Blizzard do not deserve your professionalism!

[@fijiwater3151]

Reynor had such a sick run this ESL

[@francescorogo9314]

Grande Reynor! sei tutti noi! :D

[@RandolphTheWhite1]

PiG's thoughts on what was happening was so incredible even the audio processor couldn't make it legible

[@hithere8753]

That was a great tournament. Congrats to Reynor.

[@genuinejoe2103]

Awesome set castes by awesome commentators!

[@addalittlebam]

I love Pigs commentary, sucks he missed part of it.

[@nomad8473]

How does he do.it without cursing?

[@ClassicalRenaissance]

@45:36 Best commentary line of the final: "Not enough room in the Prism for everybody!" Lol

[@crimsonlanceman7882]

too much light

[@SnowkillsGamer]

Grande Reynorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Sei veramente in migliore!!! 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@thomaschung5623]

damm... the kid did it. congrats buddy. You deserve it if you can run over maru in the semi finals

[@jacobmccammon4078]

It must of felt so good to have Maynard say that you need a pay raise casting the FINALS game.

[@KnorpelDelux]

must of....lol

[@stowgood]

it all went wrong from there.

[@just-some-menace6138]

Pig and Maynarde were great here. Probably one of Raynor's best tournaments, I honestly thought the Maru game would have drained him but he has energy for days.

[@abadok23]

Maynarde carrying this cast

[@louel9272]

That game 5 is one of the few protoss wins I've seen with Carriers

[@ruidasilvamartins]

Pig is soo cool and I realy enjoy to listen to him, I can understand very well what he says and that's realy cool for a non first or second language learning for english

[@e7venjedi]

What a road for Reynor, love that kid, love his playstyle [lurkers seem a little too strong right now but w/e], extremely well deserved.

[@Filmaniacs]

Bravissimo Reynor!!!! :-) Il terzo game fantastico!

[@RandomTheories]

beep boob - best commentary duo, wp Reynor, GG 👌😎

[@Devilfish6666]

Extraordinary tournament and matches by Reynor, what a player

[@milesmurphree2364]

Great games and great casting. Shame pigs internet crapped out but they both Maynard was a champ

[@2hourgameplay2minutereview52]

Congrats to the winner!

[@bornouttarespect3656]

This is why you don’t pause in the middle of 1st BIG fight in 1st Game of Finals. Tilted, God Mode on. Game over. 😎

[@ahareally]

Congratulations!

[@Smelly13]

I mean, Blizzard barely deserves being represented by their logo by now....

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

Yeah, I mean the entire game they're playing isn't even made by Blizzard.

[@mihaih3344]

@@Ole_Rasmussen but by who

[@azsolus7845]

MihaiH the people who’ve made SC2 have all left Blizzard and the company has given up on the game

[@spacebrain1944]

@@azsolus7845 Blizzard is Activision now truly

[@mihaih3344]

@@azsolus7845 that is really sad

[@alexbecks9215]

The Feed Raynor Foundation gets a good donation from Zest.... 😂🤣

[@tommasoguiducci1091]

Grande ragazzo!!!

[@danielchan4699]

great solo casting. as impressive as the players themselves.

[@cloudjin893]

good to see a finals thats not a zvz

[@coheedmonstar33]

always a sad sight to see a protoss lose, amazing showdown though.

[@chopstikz127]

Wow the casting was so good, sucks the technical issues happened

[@Meschi-]

there are pheonixes in this game

[@nicknic28292490]

Hat's off! That was big.

[@bmjhayward]

well earned Mr Reynor. Epic games

[@mathewwillner1]

I love watching this.

[@tylerromero255]

Reynor in every clutch! gj kiddo!

[@lupusprobitas]

Great match and great casting, just a shame the overall production values aren't quite what they used to be in this tournament as a whole.

[@lanthiandokenhennes1805]

The third game clearly shows why you should do a regular insight into the enemy base and that buildings alone will not provide you with defense against the enemy army. You create buildings, army, upgrades and security at the same time, or you die trying to leave any of these things for later.

[@purestuffgamespurestuffgam9582]

The kid is the main export product of Italia now. Beating Ferrari and Lamborgini. GZ!

[@davefardgaming5248]

wow that was so wonderful..congrats to the young kid reynor..

[@maspring415]

Great series.

[@ICEMAN-fp9zn]

*holds up his bring back corsairs and arbiters sign* 😇

[@Digibullet32]

ive been just randomly clicking these for a week now ....is there any non zerg matches lol

[@AlejandroGonzalez-ks5ln]

Seems like zerg always win. Its annoyimg they need to get nerfed.

[@advancedmonkey7702]

Reynor must be using a huge monitor, look his head go, that can't be good for his neck in the long run.

[@coheedmonstar33]

two monitors, one micro, other macro

[@crossbowcarrol4408]

@@coheedmonstar33 rly? u can do that?

[@coheedmonstar33]

@@crossbowcarrol4408 haha tbh I dont know, I wonder if it would be beneficial or if it would hinder you. If it is an advantage its most likely against the rules. Also youve already trained your muscle memory to use a single monitor by switching between control groups so if you were in a situation where you normally used two and you had to play with one like in a tournament, then you would be super at a disadvantage. So i dont think its a thing.

[@crossbowcarrol4408]

@@coheedmonstar33 so ur full of shit

[@ralphwarom2514]

Not certain if results of an online tournament are indicative of who is DA BOSS. But loved the games.

[@feorh1919]

Reynor, the Italian stallion, man Stallone is spinning in his grave.

[@residencialitalince8154]

Zerg always won first position.... I hope this race is really OP....

[@Hejeheihihi]

Noo, zerg weakest

[@R0binah00d]

I called him becoming World Champion when I first saw him at Nation Wars 5. Super exited to see I had my Smarty Pants on that day : )

[@baietiisandu5887]

amazing game thanks

[@laurielutchman8101]

Rip InControl. Your jokes are missed

[@TIRK125]

where tf were Tasteless and Artosis? Kept waiting for them to show up towards the end of the tournament

[@tigera6]

ESL dont ask them to cast the DH events, so they only do GSL.

[@octaviusceasar1315]

I remember the very first time i played starcraft, it starts with the Terran campaign. the very first time i saw a zerg creep, i was like "WTF IS THAT??!" exactly the same sentiment as Raynor and his marines at that campaign.

[@stowgood]

I remember the first time I saw a tumor making another one I thought I was playing against a cheat. I thought only queens could drop them!

[@tilmanvogel2387]

51:38 Whaddya mean Pig, "no Phoenix in this game"? ;)

[@elmalandrin7219]

ORGOGLIO ITALIANO! VAI COSì BELLO MIO

[@aidanmorgan4630]

I think Reynor deserved that after what happened with Dark in 2019

[@azsolus7845]

What happened

[@tigera6]

@@azsolus7845 Reynor beat Serral to get to the Blizzcon Finals, only to get smashed by Dark.

[@sikkouvol.1996]

Is this the biggest event of the year?

[@mightbezard]

How many pauses for Zest this time?

[@arestalon4730]

OUR PROUD 🇮🇹

[@TricoliciSerghei]

Well deserved Reynor!! Congrats!!

[@petey309]

Maynard and Pig commentating like bosses

[@MHAAAAANZ]

Grande Reynor un bacione

[@nickmatthewsmusicstudio]

Congrats Reynor! Shout out to the observer! Three years in a row, Zerg takes the top spot at the global championships. And SC2 just went into maintenance mode XD

[@alinmeleandra3175]

Not the Zerg, but Serral and Raynor... These two guys are nuuuts....

[@therandomheretek5403]

@@alinmeleandra3175 Didn't Rogue win the previous Iem?

[@nickmatthewsmusicstudio]

@@therandomheretek5403 And Dark won WCS last year

[@mercurial4854]

And Soo won IEM Katowice 2019

[@tomleszczynski2862]

best race: it's overcompensation. Logically nwbtoss would be the best, and some critters would be just fun to shoot. A handgun would wreck the entire swarm. So they make flappy wings faster than jet propulsion. If zerg were EVER worse, it would collapse because then the whole game would be real and logical. So expect it to be the dominate race forever.

[@yurihung9244]

reynor and serral r the best sc2 players in the world

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

Reynor and who? Some rando who couldn't even make RO4?

[@InfinityReptar]

@@Ole_Rasmussen nice bait

[@lemonnexus]

serral seems to have lost his mojo recently, seems like the energy is different now. It's sad to see serral like this :'( but it's also nice to see up and coming talents shine, hopefully Clem can be a force in the future too

[@tigera6]

And Clem beat BOTH of them in the EU tournament, he should really be the best in the world then.

[@Smelly13]

where's the portable burrowed sensor tower skill on the raven?..111

[@sergeantwhiskeyjack4580]

I just can't figure out how they win it looks like the Victory screen just pops up

[@HappyTwoBe]

I don't know what happened to Zest in game 3. He has money and can probe up the 3rd for so long. When dt's fail there was no real transition.

[@bratSebastian]

52:11 Did he say something about artificial pandemia here?

[@hikerieger6319]

I have almost no knowledge of this game but now I know some terrifying swarm tatics lol

[@MrLimemusic]

Commentator coming back half naked after the 4th match!

[@juanmisanchez4316]

campeonato para Europa, sí señor!!!

[@Nazz-b7p]

In the first game, just would've used the voids to clear the overload farm a bit. can't make lings xD

[@NerdLantern]

When I do tournaments nobody plays like this everyone sits in their homebase

[@DerChilluminate]

What why so fast rounded?? I thought the pros will play a match for hours

[@eladioman]

It seems to me, that zergs are much stronger than protoss and terrans. Is it balanced??

[@ianwhitchurch864]

Zerg is balanced. The same cannot be said by Serral and Reynor - same as Terran and Maru, honestly.

[@zimonslot]

Why dont protoss use photon cannons anymore?