Scarlett VS Bomber: The BEST Rivalry in StarCraft 2

[@EsportsStoryteller]

The player who got the MOST RIVALRIES vs others - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnjafmp8arKMi68 Check out Our new Project FGC Storyteller - www.youtube.com/@fgcstoryteller Check out my personal channels - www.youtube.com/@Gaming_Essays & www.youtube.com/@RTSCasts Timecodes: 00:00 Why Scarlett vs Bomber is the greatest rivalry 00:39 Who is Scarlett and Who is Bomber 01:55 Scarlett and Bomber meet for the first time: surprising first map 05:10 Scarlett shows amazing SC2 skills in Map 2 and Map 3 08:26 The rivalry transitions into StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm. Scarlett meets Bomber at WCS Finals 11:28 The greatest match of StarCraft 2 history ever 18:34 Idra casts Bomber vs Scarlett - the opponents meet at IEM Singapore 22:31 Who won the rivalry

[@allanturmaine5496]

I like how the drama was their skill, not their attitudes.

[@254zero]

That match on habitation station was simply incredible. When Scarlett pulled out that win when it seemed like bombers win was guaranteed was jaw dropping. Scarlett became one of my favorite players solely from that one game.

[@AConnorDN38416]

I totally lost it from that last baneling land mine. What a legendary moment. It’s funny that now Scarlett looks back at that game and just thinks about how bad she was back then. The pros have all come along way since the 2010s

[@rentristandelacruz]

Scarlett vs Water Bottle is intense. She initially tried to drink water from a closed water bottle and obviously failed. But after another try, she managed to open the bottle first then drink the water inside. A definitive victory for Scarlett.

[@alanclw6024]

He*

[@rentristandelacruz]

@@alanclw6024 Dude, shut the fuck up. You're really wasting your limited time here on Earth hating on trans people.

[@rentristandelacruz]

@@alanclw6024 This is from one of your reply to a comment in this video "Scarlett has 2 jiggle bells hanging down like a pair of cherries". You don't fucking care about trans people. You're here to hate and mock them. Stop with your cringe behavior, you pathetic loser. 🙃🌝😶

[@alanclw6024]

@@rentristandelacruz You are learning my young apprentice. How you feel about Scarlett is inconsequential, just don't use the word "she". I thank you for not encouraging mental illnesses.

[@depositinfohere8130]

@@alanclw6024 She. The norm in society is that we refer to people as their preferred gender term. Stop living in the past

[@AIRDRAC]

This was amazing to see, thanks a lot for the video! I've always loved Bombers style, especially when he went mad with Ravens instead of parade pushing marines for a bit, and showed how broken seeker missiles could be! And Scarletts creep spread is still amongst the best, if not the best ever! So impressive to deny 4th expo by blocking the entire map with creep!

[@couchpotatoe91]

Aah, that was such a nostalgic trip down memory lane, thanks a lot for these videos!

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

Scarlett vs Bomber was my absolute #1 favorite SC2 matchup during the the mid-2010's, when they were both at their peak, and not just because I am a Canadian myself. Neither of them were world champion contenders, but they were both so good, and so good to watch, that it was always the highlight of any tournament they were in together. I genuinely don't think, in the history of SC2, there was ever 2 more equally matched opponents, much less 2 who saw each other so frequently. Every game was such a nail bitter.

[@carsenarsen8634]

You're awesome for these videos man. Nostalgia everywhere ...

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Thanks!

[@woweezowee9203]

love what you're doing with this channel and these videos. not much content out there about sc2's past other than watching old vods. easy to forget all of the good stories after all this time

[@BouncingCow]

anyone else noticed Scarlett leaning back with her hands off the keyboard at 8:15 xD

[@manawa3832]

What set bomber apart was his rock solid unshakable play style. He would effortlessly swat away any kind of shenanigans his opponent threw at him. He would macro perfectly, by his day's standards. Then start the unstoppable force of wave after wave until he ground down his opponent. He would also make crazy trades or ballsy all-ins without any hesitation. You could really tell this player had a strong playstyle but also a strong character that was near impossible to break. He fell off after getting drafted into the military for 2 years. But the matches he played in his prime are still the best I have ever seen.

[@exodere9105]

We can all agree on the fact that Scarlett is the best at hiding her banelings

[@A7xFo]

His

[@Jerry-tg7zx]

@@A7xFo Hx

[@sethmoyer]

PartinG vs FlaSh was my favorite SC2 rivalry, I think it also usually had amazing games.

[@Anthony-eo3ro]

I like these videos, keep up the good work.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Thanks!

[@1wayroad935]

The one thing I always remember from Scarlett matches is how fast she can just cover the map with creep

[@calise616]

@Aluzky Aww, are there still such stupid motherf***ers out there? Get a life, scumbag.

[@tomfrost1713]

@Aluzky Oh hey, it's dog-fucker again.

[@lunaserafina5477]

@Aluzky she*

[@lunaserafina5477]

@Aluzky *she

[@thefelipelacerda]

@Aluzky OMG if SHE wants do be called as SHE, SO SHE IS SHEEEEEEEEEEE! Is it so hard to understand?! You have nothing to do to her life bro... To be stupid like you are, you must be from the US, for sure

[@MaxKbro]

Hey man. Found your channel and binged all your videos! As someone who was very invested in the early StarCraft 2 community your channel is a treasure. If you take any requests at all I would love a video on MC and his persona at early StarCraft. And second would be a video on Boxer aka Foxer aka MarineKing and how he invented the marine split in early GSL. To this day MarineKings rise gives me goosebumps, it was such an exciting time! Or ActionJesuz 6 pool 😄

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Thanks! I'll do all of the requests for sure!

[@Dainurian]

Legends of the game for sure, that g3 at Red Bull Battlegrounds was one of the most intense games in sc2 history. Bomber is the player I think of when I remember the era of 3-base Terran parade pushes dominating TvZ, absolutely relentless. Scarlett is the player I think of when I remember the days before Serral where foreigners who could punch above their weight were few and far between, and she was always one of the greatest foreign hopes.

[@Zharghar08]

I personally think of Innovation for that era, but Bomber is the one I think of when I think of mine-less parade pushing. Always loved him for that.

[@Dainurian]

@@Zharghar08 I agree with you tbh, I mostly say this because because Innovation was a fixture at the top for so long I don't really associate him with any one "era" of SC2, while when I think Bomber I instantly think of a dude making marines like zerglings haha.

[@Zharghar08]

@Aluzky Scarlett identifies as she, get over it. We've known this for a decade.

[@Zharghar08]

@Aluzky For someone spouting facts and logic you sure did pick an illogical direct comparison there. People denying the curvature of the Earth is not the same as people giving base respect to trans identity. I would've thought a self-professed "zoosexual" would at least be understanding of a differently minded group and capable of the simplest forms of respect toward them. Guess not.

[@tomfrost1713]

@@Zharghar08 Don't bother Zharghar. Aluzky is a pretty infamous person online, known for having sex with their dogs (or their "wives"/"husbands" as he says), as well as his beliefs of lowering the age of consent down to preteen-level. These aren't baseless accusations either, as much as I wish it were not true. But if you look up Aluzky -- or look at his channel -- you'll see he's a pretty twisted Zoophile. Best not to engage and brush them off as another crazy with internet access.

[@AbduCola]

Lmao 12:09. The way you say Habitation Station 😂

[@snaffu1]

2:04 Look at that gamer stance: leg up, playing in a tournament, no time for proper posture, I got games to win. Legend.

[@rsbandbj1]

Almost 10 years ago, 12:00 Day9 said the match between them was the best SC2 match in history. You can see the match on his channel too.

[@Bayesic]

11:28 The greatest match of StarCraft2 history ever indeed. I am so glad I got to watch this live (as opposed to a VOD I mean)

[@josephchadhuachacachavez7599]

Hoping to see what happened to LIFE after the match fixing scandal.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

I'll do it for sure

[@kaceydillin7367]

@@EsportsStoryteller Life, THE greatest Zerg to ever live. I remember that match vividly. Even I as a Gold Zerg knew that match was fixed, when Life didn’t kill that wide open base and ran past.

[@fuzzyechoes]

@@EsportsStoryteller How about one of naniwa and kiwikaki?

[@KuroiRenge]

@Kacey Dillin He was great for his time, but he's not the best Zerg ever. Dark, Rogue, Reynor, and Serral are all world champions (I believe Rogue and Serral twice now) have all become demonstrably better. But there is a caveat to what I'm saying here. That is that Life never got a chance to keep playing because of his scandal. He robbed himself of a potentially truly legendary career. It still is, but it truly could have been more, which is the saddest part.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

@@KuroiRenge Speaking as a big fan of both Dark and Serral, I believe the career of Life, however short and controversial it may have been, cannot be overlooked. Life WAS a world champion, for his time, and a legit one too. And an owner of not one, but TWO Triple Crown awards, all by the ripe old age of 18. Life threw his career away, and imo it doesn't deserve to be mourned, simply because of the nature of what happened. Nevertheless, I have no doubt in my mind a player of his caliber could have easily grown into the greatest Zerg player, if not the greatest PLAYER, of all time, had he stayed legit. I mean, think about it, Maru started younger than him, and he is now the #2 player in the world. Byun was a world champion in 2016, now almost 30 years old, he stands a completely reasonable chance of doing it again. Imagine if a player like Life had followed a similar trajectory? Could have made players like Reynor look like a chump.

[@CarterBartram]

Oh man, I was at that Red Bull Battlegrounds. Insane stuff.

[@igorbonifacic424]

Recently discovered your channel and I've been loving the SC2 history lessons. Between Starcraft and Dota 2, 2010 to 2013 was such a great time for the communities of those games.

[@Oiusea]

I really enjoy the content of this channel. I would really like to see a summary about TLO, a very entertaining German player with a corwd favourite, intense playstyle and WhiteRa, who always came up with special, unique unit compositions.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Thanks! I'll do TLO in January

[@lecheparavaka]

Scarlett vs Stefano was also very good. I'm always cheering for her

[@Eliteownage]

Those baneling land mines were a blast😏

[@samkerr6029]

I knew it was coming but I still reacted the same way i did back in 2014(?) when those baneling bombs took out those last marines

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Yes,, this moment never gets old, always looking great

[@TheJerbol]

Man Polar Night had some epic games for sure

[@dgasg4304]

wow just wow scarlet used to be pretty scary, and bomber i never heard of the guy before , he's play like now a days Maru.

[@Norrieification]

Scarlett is just such a great player to be a fan of. Her match vs DRG in one of those MLGs, where she was so frustrated about protoss that she played DRG as Protoss and beat him was amazing, then there was after so long that incredible first place in IEM Korea prior to the 2018 winter olympics, where I believe she beat sOs in the finals in a year where sOs was still absolutely terrifying and maybe the best protoss at the time.

[@django8451]

His/he*

[@Norrieification]

@@django8451 Sorry I don't respect your pronouns Django. Cope and seethe about it.

[@Flavioftac]

@@Norrieification Pronouns doesn't change biology. A woman/man born as a woman/man and will die as a woman/man. Cope with reality.

[@Norrieification]

@@Flavioftac Rage harder, you literal quivering vagina.

[@Flavioftac]

@@Norrieification "literal" ... It's clear the lack of education and so the foolish attempt to deny reality is expected. So in your case it's more than appropriate the terms ignorat and coward.

[@Talentaire]

I remember those burrowed bannelings !

[@ericskimchiddong]

i still remember how OP those stupid ass infestors were back then it was crazy

[@apdelgado96]

Damn those banelings mines were insane!

[@blamasterk]

nice video man thanks

[@yodaslim8509]

love the sc2 stories thank you

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Thanks!

[@Noa-xs5vp]

well made and enyojable video!

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Thanks!

[@zenmaster8826]

Insane rivalry from both these guys

[@colegrey123]

Great video! Might want to ask your accent coach to work on “bomber” a bit :) the second “b” is silent.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind :)

[@AntiDoctor-cx2jd]

It's true that Scarlett is much hotter than most SC2 players, making her rivalries the hottest rivalries.

[@Tyler-qh9jm]

Gay

[@xvhkgreen6297]

her

[@neoian94]

Best video on your channel.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Thanks!

[@OpticallEffect]

Бассет, шикарный канал. Скорость выпуска видосов просто поражает. Удачи! Пожалуйста, сделай видео про Джейдонга! Во времена WCS он был наверное моим любимым игроком

[@justincronkright5025]

Wasn't it Scarlett & Hero, I remember coming back to watch this & that & it was always those two against one another in finals usually.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Yes I believe they also had quite some encounters vs each other

[@stoogemaster7000]

Man thank God they got rid of infested terrans, honestly such a ridiculous free op unit

[@carsenarsen8634]

Remember when they got upgrades too??? 🤣

[@MrArxmag]

@@carsenarsen8634 3/3 infested terrans WTF

[@abeard1]

Maybe ep about MC? Or Polish scene like Nerchio,Mana,Elazer? Btw I love the channel!

[@EsportsStoryteller]

I plan to make MC soon. As for polish, I'll start with Nerchio as soon as I feel it's time :)

[@alexdenslow7095]

Red Bull Scarlett Vs Bomber Game 3 on Habitation Station is THE BEST game of SC2 of all time. Hands. Down.

[@TheJerbol]

Please do when Scarlett went Protoss against DRG

[@EsportsStoryteller]

I will

[@duross101]

Has Bomber smiled a single time in his life? Dude is a great player but damn is he emotionless

[@xvhkgreen6297]

Just 2 dudes duking it out

[@pharaohthutmosis7803]

a gaming love story

[@mareksicinski3726]

I would say Serral vs Reynor has been a crazeir rivalry

[@abcdef2069]

bomber's grand scale sc2 play was always the best to watch, now why did he retire? his arch nemeisis scarlett is still playing sc2, if anyone doesnt play terran i dont watch

[@bunyu6237]

I would love a story about the rise of Maru, Serral, Rogue, how the greats of our time climb and become number one

[@EsportsStoryteller]

I'll do Maru soon, Serral will be in first half of September :)

[@RealBentusiII]

the army comps are so strange to witness from today's perspective. And then there's the many patched abillities~

[@oliverhughes610]

This is driving me nuts... who is that casting with Day9 in the MLG series? His voice is so familiar and yet I can't place it.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

It's Axslav I think

[@oliverhughes610]

@@EsportsStoryteller Axslav!

[@matteofontana_]

will you ever cover the stareagle vs grubby game (hilariously casted by Vasa)? maybe in a grubby video it is the funniest throw ive ever seen

[@EsportsStoryteller]

I haven't watched this certain match, but I'll check it out!

[@matteofontana_]

@@EsportsStoryteller it is an Italian cast that became a small meme

[@Biskawow]

You should have included the wins when she switches to protoss to kill top Korean zergs (life, drag iirc) I mean, Scarlett episode could last 2 hours tbh. That crazy gsl run where she killed all top Koreans to get to round of 8 comes to mind as well.

[@Biskawow]

DRG not "drag"

[@matteofontana_]

@@Biskawow the video is about the rivalry, not just Scarlett

[@earlgrey2130]

Sc2's biggest rivalry is without a doubt me vs. My roommate. You wont convince me otherwise.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Hahahaha

[@TheCholeski]

both boys play great

[@drobert1741]

It takes a lot of balls to play the way Scarlett does.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

lol

[@RogerPodacter]

Didn't he cut them off?

[@glados4765]

You win the game once you get 7-8 scan centers as Terran.

[@TheJerbol]

Me waiting for the channel to moderate their own comments lol

[@EsportsStoryteller]

I usually don't interfere 😁

[@enriqueshockwave]

Just 2 dudes duking it out

[@potatopc9205]

wait i just read some comments that scarlet is a male???

[@EsportsStoryteller]

She's a transgender woman

[@potatopc9205]

@@EsportsStoryteller thank you i still love her

[@Tyler-qh9jm]

@@potatopc9205 ^already busted a nut; coping with gay.

[@DAMND3Xx]

Do one on iNcontroL please.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

I'll do him one day!

[@spaceorbison]

gonna be weird if scarlett goes bald

[@Lykyk]

Cool dudes all around.

[@microjackson6038]

Maru?

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Soon

[@turkeyman631]

I'm not the biggest comp SC fan, but Scarlett is really amazing. I guess it's just a bit easier for a girl to make it in a solo esport rather than a team sport as living with a bunch of dudes 24/7 would probably get incredibly uncomfortable.

[@snowdrop9810]

You could have an all female team or a multiple female (mixed gender, roll a die or something type of team) team. But those havent done well so far, which is extremely confusing to me. Same with women & chess. Why? I dont understand this, women dont have a major biological difference (unlike physical sports where >2000 men are better than the Female GOAT just due to biology) when it comes to brains as far As I am aware.

[@JohnnyBoy144]

But was there an actual verbal rivalry?

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Bomber was a bit salty with dropping manner mules and putting down buildins in front of her, but we never saw public verbal stuff

[@CRUSHader726]

i come for some trash talk.. dissapointed :D

[@jthomas7453]

Kinda sad to hear how many times the casters misunderstood Scarlett tho :/

[@bartoszpyrzanowski3163]

This is a strong women i can respect :D

[@ViolaNightingale]

It's kinda a shame you can't find a single video about scarlett without them being swarmed by comments pointing out the fact they're transgender. Can people not just appreciate the gameplay? It's getting kind of old now

[@EsportsStoryteller]

It puzzles me a bit too, as If everyone is getting a tinder match with her :D . Scarlett isn't highlighting or pushing her gender anywhere, She herself back in 2011 stated she wants her gender to be a non-issue and really wants viewers to focus on skills and achievements.

[@thefelipelacerda]

@@EsportsStorytellerSHE's just living her life. Playing her games. Paying her bills. Being a NORMAL WOMAN. A great one actly. She isn't pushing her gender ANYWHERE, like you said. I think what explains all this hatred is a simple word: "HOMOPHOBIA"

[@zenmaster8826]

@@thefelipelacerda Normal woman? Scarlett a boy

[@Biskawow]

Scarlett is the best foreigner in gsl ever

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Now we'll see how Reynor performs

[@Glass_Half_Full]

Wish she qualified this season. I can never forget how she cheesed Rogue after winning the previous season's title.

[@teeee8534]

@@EsportsStoryteller washed up

[@briandenis7645]

I miss wings of liberty and early hots era of sc2 legacy of the void trash

[@justinkemp4019]

Do you mean its the hottest rivarly because of thier skill or because its 2 men?

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Skill of course :D

[@stefanc4520]

Starcraft 2 sucked so bad they had to remaster Broodwar to get ppl to come back lmaooo😂

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Well Brood War remaster is jus to milk some money I think

[@RogerPodacter]

Is that the guy who pretended to be a gal?

[@captainfordo2780]

Ah yes. Bomber a B tier terran and Scarlett a B tier zerg.

[@jetsamjetsam]

its not a she

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Well I just call Scarlett as other casters do

[@Fabel555]

If this person truly feels like a she and doesn't advocaat some left wing schizo ideology than respect that person's perceived gender

[@maxscherzer9521]

>she No.

[@Fabel555]

Bruh, I don't like the woke shit either, but she's OG trans. Respect her

[@xvhkgreen6297]

@@Fabel555 @Fabel555 no, you like the woke. gayyyy

[@xvhkgreen6297]

@@Fabel555 respect is earned, not nagged like a nagging wife.

[@edbusta5982]

Wtf is that title? Scarlet is a guy.

[@tomfrost1713]

Biologically, yes. But I think the title is alluding to gender, not biology.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

I was referring to their matches

[@TheRastil]

@@tomfrost1713 If anything it is alluding to a fact that thing is mentally ill

[@charlesnewborn3760]

its a shame that we let a guy whos transitioned still count as a "female" pro sc2 player. Girls can never be mechanically as good as guys. plus its just disgusting.

[@silentotto5099]

Sigh... Children...

[@SicketMog]

@@silentotto5099 Found the groomer!

[@silentotto5099]

@@SicketMog Yawn... If you want to find groomers, I suggest you look where white Christian nationalists congregate. You'll find plenty.

[@EsportsStoryteller]

Well, she doesn't compete in female-only tournaments anymore. I believe that no matter how you see gender issues, the games brought by Scarlett are just amazing and enteratining, there's so much skill and talent in them.

[@SicketMog]

@@EsportsStoryteller Are you replying to me? If so... I don't care that people have mental issues and believe themselves to be the other gender. You do you. Just don't expect me to adhere to some special language to make you happy. It IS funny that the "best female player" is a dude...