StarCraft 2: $25000 Grand Finals - Maru vs herO! (Best-of-9)

[@vinucon]

man in the turret, thanks for all these little things that make your cast so much fun to watch.

[@emptycoast420]

epic rant.

[@biohazard9077]

Hi Lowko, this is everyone

[@wolfer5486]

Being in the missile turret is like living on a boat. You develop sea legs and get used to the motion. Once you step back on land you feel the lack of motion and have to readjust to normalcy. Also it’s nice that they keep the guys employed when hi-sec auto tracking ai research shows up.

[@kevinsiscoe]

A raven, A medivac, and a Cyclone walk into a bar... :D

[@tolamhin]

That bar must be HUGE to fit those three

[@alfo149]

​@@tolamhinthe medivac pilot has been trying to lose weight.

[@sashamakeev7547]

Funny cause none of them can walk XD

[@muzzicip530]

if is the actress playing Raven Reyes in the movie the100 , i shall walk in that bar too :DD

[@twinwolves143]

Aussie here, can confirm our missile turrets do spin backwards. This is mostly to avoid our Kangaroos from running into them😢

[@dmg8162]

Lowko certainly took a break and indulged in some of those dutch comodities between match five and 6

[@louistrinh3608]

You know the player is in trouble when you here "Ai yai yai" from Lowko

[@Agent_Chieftain]

I hereby propose that we refer to the 4 gateway blink Stalker build as the "4-Blinker" build from now on.

[@jayaskme2942]

Me and my friends always call it the Blink 4

[@douglasgoodwon8227]

About the 'upside-down' glasses- the brain *already* flips your vision by default: If there's a flashlight in the bottom of your field of view, that light is hitting the top of your retina(the back half of your eye that registers it)

[@NevermindThee]

'I, Mensk' (StarCraft II novel by Graham McNeill) My favourite Starcraft novel so far. Made the guy way more understandable and his fall so much more tragic.

[@Yyrix]

Can confirm missile turrets do spin the opposite direction for us. Terran Dominion can't take control of Australia because it doesn't exist, we are all paid actors. Fun fact though jokes aside, there is a desk in the Austrian Airport dedicated to people which book plane tickets to Austria instead of Australia lol.

[@randomstarscape]

What an incredible series. Definitely coming back to this one for future re-watches.

[@LHles948]

I highly appreciate you to cast a nearly 2 hour series. Along with all the other things that make your videos nice to watch, it's the minimum I can do to give the videos a thumbs up

[@Sslack_]

I loved the story time 1:14:00 :)

[@Spartsou]

same

[@mitchcahill3357]

'Received back feed' or 'got back fed' is what I would go with 1:38:30. I'm becoming a regular watcher. Love these video's Lowko! Also a RuneScape fan here!

[@Overgis4058]

34:37 I LOVE this topic because we see that so much in StarCraft. Back in, say, 2014 - 2015, when FlaSh was playing StarCraft 2, he had this crazy build where he would get his engineering bays SUPER early. I've adapted that build to LotV decently I think, but I still struggle to make it work outside of specific scenarios. It really makes you think that maybe the strategy works so well because it's a specialized build made by and for a specific player, so only they would really understand all the caveats.

[@GodTomAthurakai]

Lowko all talking about grow lights for "vegetables" and the World spinning xD

[@Mikivericks]

Thanks for the video, Lowko. Appreciate the hard work you do.

[@rodneyhinklejr.6106]

Lowko "maybe he's like a super saijain youknow. He's gotta get punched in the face a couple of times before his hair gets gold and starts levitating" then calming starts talking about probes and moves on. This guy rules!!!

[@CenJohan]

That game 3 worker pull was crazy

[@ErenisRanitos]

this was better than many movies I recently watched. thanks Lowko

[@iamgreysian4016]

Stutter-steppers should be damaging themselves half the time because when you look at them move, they are literally shooting below at their feet half the time

[@danielmata610]

I can’t wait for you to cast some more SC evolution. I’ve been really enjoying the whole SC1 vs SC2 dynamic.

[@mikewebsdale4777]

Wow, you showed the start of the games. It was nice to see that commitment . Change is good.

[@cyberhikikomori5326]

Great series! I feel like both players were very wary of the potential for long games so they chose lower tech, energy-conserving strategies. Which actually helps viewers too since the series wasn't as long as we could've expected it to be

[@Wavygravy0]

The second part of the upside-down goggle study is that after they took the goggles off, they saw the world upside-down again. Their brains had to re-adjust to normal vision.

[@wedgeantilles8575]

You are a very kind man! If you were mean you'd have casted another final Maru recently "played" in (not sure if "play" is the correct word here, since it implies that he actually participated. Which is questionable^^) Thank's for casting, looking forward to watch it :)

[@HaploBartow]

1:41:35 I got that reference! Runescape for life (although I go all the way back to RS classic where rune chain was the strongest armor in the game 😎)

[@greenthumb4271]

Fair enough, you love to see it

[@BRA1NST0RM]

I heard you need to win a Starcraft game of your girlfriend's father in Korea to marry her - imagine trying to marry Maru's daughter

[@enriquegarciacota3914]

Serral marrying Maru's 4 daughters

[@cmLMolde]

Imagine having to beat Serral in minigolf to marry his daughter?!

[@sebastianpetersen4669]

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[@Piechucker]

Hope you enjoyed your time off Lowko! and your ear mends up nicely!

[@alexw4482]

Regarding missile turret man; that much constant spinning would probably interfere with proper blood flow and cause a stroke or other seriously health problems after long enough.

[@battlefrog12]

If you listen to all of the cinematics in the campaign it teaches you quite a bit. The immortals are the consciousness of a former Protoss that has been saved and implanted into the purifier shell that is an Immortal, hence the name. Same thing applies to the Sentry.

[@Schacal6666]

Terran still as op as ever. Love it

[@ErugoPurakushiOne]

incredible series and the last game was the epicest! thanks for the HUGE BIG unload to the youtube!

[@CheshireKittyCat]

Lowko, the turrets don't cost supply, so there is no one in there! From the SC Field Manual, the turrets are "Capable of automatic operation".

[@15harney1987]

StarCraft was originally going to be a war hammer game, but the project got scrapped shortly before they finished. They decided to change some things around enough to not be copyright infringement, and released it as StarCraft. I’d recommend Heaven’s Devils by William Dietz and Devil’s Due by Christie Golden. Tells the story of Jim Raynor before the Sara planets get glassed by the protoss

[@NickCombs]

Anyone else think "best of (2x-1)" is the least efficient way to say "first to x" or "x to win"? Why make everyone do the math each time?

[@duszan2]

You make a lot of sense, brother. "Best of" is not the very efficient way of communicating win conditions.

[@whisk5724]

Thanks for uploading a best of 9!

[@y0sh1js12]

Surprised and glad to hear you reading Horus heresy. I read them all to, and when I tried to read one SC-Book, I got bored after 15 pages... So I hope im not missing much.

[@sachinmahendran320]

I believe immortals contain the consciousness of fallen zealots that were once in dragoons. The shrines that were used to make the conversation from zealots into dragoons (maybe high templar as well?) were lost when Aiur fell to the zerg, so the remaining dragoons were upgraded to Immortals with beefed up shields, etc.

[@IcariumGaming]

Fun fact, the gravitational pull is so low that the water doesn't spin the opposite direction in a different hemisphere. The water would drain dtraight down, but toilets have angled spoutd which direct the water either to the right or left. What matters is the direction that the water is ejected into the bowl. Those people on the equator collecting tips to show you the water going the opposite direction, is basically a scam and isnt actually located on the equator. They pour the water into the basin in the required direction, or for the basin "on" the equator they wait for the water to settle before pulling the plug to see it frsin straight down.

[@NickCombs]

If I was Missile Turret Man, I would be so dizzy

[@wEBMedPL]

@lowko about 54:00 - I suggest an experiment. Get into a missile turret replica, rotate 24/7 for a week next time you take a break from recording and let's find out if you adapt! 😂

[@therealfakecaptain7978]

I knew there were Bo7 in finals but a Bo9 is pretty wild.

[@Yasen6275]

Lowko If you want your mind blow, dig out why Warhamer had massive rename of military units some time ago

[@Spartsou]

Aha! What did I tell you? I knew Bo9's were going to be played sooner or later! With Maru?! *Chef's kiss* Thanks Lowko! 15:18 thanks Lowko, I was busy opening a gossner's boxed milk :D 44:12 The tamest variant, the greediest variant would be 4 Gateways. ;D 44:35 Lowko: StarCraft fans love when maps are created underwater, so things float up 44:58 Medivac: *and I took that personally* hahahahaha! Actually...why is it that some units float up, but not all? 1:00:56 don't worry Lowko, We're all insane, keep casting Bo9's....sparingly tho, lol if I remember correctly, Immortals are dead templar? I'm thinking of Fenix when I say this...... 1:13:46 Maru's looking at that fight....I'd say fatigue was definitely the factor there that missile turret guy story was insane! Also that last match.....very well played.

[@Nazz-b7p]

They need to add .75 sec to the resume fire rate of terran bio on the stepback.

[@bentencho]

The reason why the Terran marines are similar to 40K space marines is because StarCraft was originally supposed to be a Warhammer 40K RTS. Blizzard couldn't get the license for it, thus StarCraft was born.

[@dexiedude]

Common misconception. By the time Starcraft was being developed, Blizzard and Games Workshop were far separated. I believe there is some truth to the story that Warcraft was supposed to be a strategy 40k game, but I'm not sure. I'd be happy to see a source for the claim, but I've never seen one, and every time I see the question, it is never backed up with any real evidence.

[@evanbasnaw]

To answer your lore questions, Dragoons, Stalkers, and Immortals are all cybernetic. They're injured or reborn Protoss now fused to a machine to keep fighting.

[@Mesos92]

Dragoons and Immortals house fallen protoss to continue their service for the emper- I mean aiur. Zerg are underpowered tyranids with kerrigan attached. Marines are imperial guard with big armor. They have power armor which is where the similarities with space marines end rather abruptly.

[@Rodrigo-vw8fy]

@lowkotv 18:05 I got it, you get lasered, you get blown away, smooth like a reaper going through a mineral line

[@sashamakeev7547]

1:03:40 and there you are standing in a turret in the middle of nowhere "giving vision" and enemy 140 supply rolls over you without any support from your army. Thats pretty grim fate) Unless you're the base turret. Then you just chill and scare off prisms and medivacs.

[@NickCombs]

What is on Hero's star icon? Are those angry eyes w/o pupils? It's weirding me out

[@lukaszpiwowarek8230]

If you ever feel bad about your day, remember that Vienna airport in Austria has a counter for people who thought they were flying to Australia.

[@deraltejager7777]

Really?

[@andrewr681]

As an Australian, I can tell you, Turrets would spin the way they were designed, not the way you would flush your toilet. True fact. Since they are not water based flushing in a direction.

[@dratejinn]

Thanks for the awesome vid! They should really put in a Culinaromancer map in sc2 so everybody can get your reference

[@jakeoff138]

Australia does have a lot of mountains Lowko. You could go skiing there this weekend if you were able to fly.

[@Rkiver]

Just recently finished the Horus Heresy in it's entirity. Great series.

[@Deathshade175]

55:27 To answer your question about the Terran Dominion. Whether or not they would take Australia. The answer is yes, because Terran buildings can fly and islands are op.

[@joeylehman9649]

Please more StarCraft Evolution Lowko!

[@UrsusTheDruid]

The dutch guy not knowing how deep the ocean is makes so much sense :D you feel the need to reclaim that land from the sea, don't you Lowko 😂

[@Deefoh]

28:00 I kept sending my prob out to build on one of these “islands”. And every time I’m like “what are you talking it’s blocked? I see it”

[@Sommerk91]

About the length of the game; there is currently a raid race going on in Destiny 2, it’s 18 hours in without a winner

[@Rodrigo-vw8fy]

51:55 @lowkotv actually we are flying on an object that moves and rotates all the time

[@ShazbotDesign]

I think the turret dudes would get used to spinning in the turrets. They'll have something like "sea legs" when you get out though. That's why Jack Sparrow runs like he does. He's got "sea legs".

[@JamesDevlin100]

Lowko always says that emp would be nerfed if it had a more "impressive" visual, but keep in mind it was nerfed a few balance patches ago where the emp radius was reduced

[@ryanwsu4]

I know you look at your statistics, and I have no doubt pro matches get more views than player submitted (I dunno why), but I’d LOVE more view submitted videos. The silliness is more entertaining to me. Love pro games too, but it’s almost just a game of counting the mistakes… which are few.

[@IcariumGaming]

But viewer submitted games are basically the opposite except worse... Do many mistakes and generally only entertain if there is salt or a wild nuke etc. Plus there is no continuity with the players. It is like professional sports, most people watch the professional league, despite the semi pros still having games. Watching these games isn't about counting the mistakes it is about seeing the very best moves and strategies that get pulled off. It is like going to the Louvre but for nerds.

[@ryanwsu4]

@@IcariumGamingfor you, that’s what you enjoy.

[@UnknownRenegade]

"Digging a moat w/ planes" lowko logic 😂

[@NickCombs]

They should make distrupter novas move just a lil bit faster

[@LSN1977]

I find your missile turret man discourse fascinating 😀

[@rjawiygvozd]

I'm sitting here being like "wait, have I ever checked for a monster under my bed?... I don't think so..." So thought provoking

[@dxamphetamin]

1:09:00 starcraft was actually supposed to be a warhammer game but got cancelled last minute. blizz decided to retouch and publish anyway

[@cmLMolde]

Nodding along to the buildup, dark archons... dragoons... wait... what year is it?

[@LSN1977]

"Immortals! We'll put their name to the test!"

[@almightyhydra]

A raven, a medivac and a cyclone walk into a bar. They turn on their heal and walk out the caw.

[@miikkas4723]

4 blinker had me cracking up 😅

[@victorolsen1]

You did a good job of making videos in advance! did not even notice you was gone :D! Like i know you talked about it in some of the other videos! but still! Just saying Good job Lowko. ^_^!

[@hughjass5494]

The only way Protoss players flush value faster than donating motherships is by delivering a steady stream of disruptors directly into a gunline without even launching a nova. It's more heartbreaking than watching bad Terrans lead a push with their siege tanks and/or running the bio behind them during the engage.

[@arvinjancruz5175]

great series!

[@HaploBartow]

1:45 minutes seems long but we've had lots of games in best of 5s or best of 7s that last ~40 minutes.

[@toddgreener]

are you suggesting that missile turrets spin due to the coriolis force?

[@maxsmith3580]

both loko and her0 missed the sick reaper micro at 55:45.

[@Owlr4ider]

I like your notion that Hero is the best worst SC2 player in the world.

[@therealfakecaptain7978]

Do missile turrets men dream of spinning command centers ? Your REM cover was pretty neat, ngl.

[@edogelbard1901]

1:09:50 "what are you doing, step-prism?"

[@MrTBSC]

cyclones feel like they wanted to be vultures, but then the hellion said .. no you can't be as fast as me ... then they thought hmm maybe they could be an anti-air-unit ... but then the thor looked angry on them ... ... they can't be a siegetank .. cause he's already there ... ... so they feel like they are stuck with no real role and fell into thinking they would be a dragoon ... with less AA ... mechunits in general feel a bit weird ... hellion, a "mech"unit transforming into a "bio"unit as the hellbat for no reason ... thor shoulder artilleryweapon being used for ... antiair ... ??? hellion being used primarily for mineralline harassment, i think primarily against zerg .. but otherwise i don't think i see them often used ... ... widowmine ... that is not a mine but a missilelauncher ... .... WhY iS iT cAlLeD a MiNE ???

[@LadderLeader]

Could you please do an video ranking of each unit or one with all three races as I think it would be very interesting

[@somaloll]

32:00 hero must just enjoy microing stalkers 😂

[@rjawiygvozd]

I actually did read some StarCraft books a long time ago, and my english was just barely enough to read an actual book in english at the time, but they're not terribly complicated books. Don't remember them being heavy on the lore but there are some new stories and even new characters. One of the books was just retelling of starcraft 1 episode 1 campaign though, that was pretty lame.

[@roskavaki]

had the turret spin at the same speed as earth, the turret guy would be going 1600km/s

[@stuartmunro2474]

The biggest difference about Australia is that strippers go counterclockwise around the pole - that and the softness of the guys' hands - it's the lanoline.

[@craven3190]

The missile turret operators would be in the bottom of the turret, not in the spinning part.

[@empese1127]

Ten years laters and Marauders still turn 'Toss to goo.

[@archiqm]

great one! another!

[@zapoyou2]

RuneScape reference. Respect.

[@karendarrenmclaren]

I found a new meaning of SCV. It stands for star craft viewers. Ain't we all just SCV's now? And it's your fault, Lowko!

[@jayaskme2942]

@Lowko I never realized just how much i need your cover of "Man in the turret" til this moment. name your price ;-)

[@gustie3644]

How high was Lowko during the missle turret/australia tangent?

[@julianthor4988]

It feels like in the lower leagues there are very much protoss player that play good. But in the absolute high class it seems like protoss is the one race where you have absolute zero tolerance for failures. Is it like i feel about it?