StarCraft 2: Harstem's TERRAN Clown Fiesta!

Epic game of Terran versus Zerg between Harstem (TheCowboy) and EliteAI. In the pursuit of trying to outsmart the opponent, Harstem decides to go for a super late Battlecruiser into Terran Mech opener while the opponent switches to Muta Ling Bane.
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[@csmlouis]

"OMG, Protoss player forgot to attack move??" "Lowko you are so funny" - everybody (maybe Harstem)

[@Halu_Miodis]

I han hear that so easily in my mind with Harstem's voice

[@zes3813]

wrr, no such thing as funnyx or not, laugh , say any nmw

[@jasonlynch282]

16:20 Hartstem realizes Terran does not have recall. XD

[@sheauwn6974]

A battlecruiser costs approximately 3 mules. And mules are free.

[@LowkoTV]

Gotem

[@henryviiifake8244]

But the Mules cost Energy and Energy costs time and time is money, so the Mules cost money. 🤓

[@snowdrop9810]

Mules cant mine gas.

[@szymonsabat8272]

@@henryviiifake8244 joke arrow you?

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

Quick Maths

[@crimsoninsomniac]

"The best counter to mass thors...... is usually thors." - Lowko 2021 15:55

[@LowkoTV]

Neural!

[@MsHojat]

Thors, unless you're protoss then you either ragequit or get immortals.

[@mantree8047]

I mean duh! A single thor killed thanos. What else can counter thor himself? Other thorsm

[@rice9224]

@@mantree8047 alcoholism

[@mho...]

Drugs are Bad,hmmkay?!

[@joshuahutchins5651]

The opponent was playing random, and Harstem was trying to trick him into admitting what race he was by blindly accusing him of being Zerg.

[@RogerValor]

So the maphacker accusation was a funny joke showing voluntary admittance of a correct guess. This is so meta.

[@sciencetube4574]

Man the AI has gotten really good lately

[@Flamethrower426]

He’s so good at beating bots, he should come to Instagram

[@sciencetube4574]

@@Flamethrower426 Appropriate nickname

[@Gnomadalu]

Loved the THor moment : "Get me back into the fight", "I´m here, click me" }

[@benjaminhildebrand4842]

I've had a pretty crap day so I'm happy to just lay down and chill and watch a lowko vid. Helps a lot today, thanks for making these man.

[@RomanShigapov]

Epic match and also a great commentary from Lowko.

[@mossblomma]

I can't believe Harstem, THE rank 43 best starcraft player in the world, lost against an Elite AI! Also, I didn't know the starcraft 2 AI was capable of banter now, it's crazy how fast things progress nowadays.

[@henryviiifake8244]

"EliteAI" **

[@Syagrius91]

Maru's Terran is in fact his worst race. He just plays it in tournaments, so others have a chance of winning.

[@pavel9652]

That long-range Yamato cannon shot at 07:25, halfway across the map. This is what I call weapon refit! ;)

[@prens7380]

Lowki: Are they Joking? TheCowBoy: Si senor!

[@Ritsuka-Eru]

I'm still new to the game and learning every day, my hat's off to Lowko for making the learning process of this game very fun

[@scxizm7828]

Good luck, dont get carpal tunnel

[@Ritsuka-Eru]

Thank you, I'll be careful

[@ireallycant4416]

enjoy your average 86 apm

[@Ritsuka-Eru]

Honestly tho, looking at average 350 apm make my head spinning

[@ireallycant4416]

@@Ritsuka-Eru you'll get use to it fam, sweating is not that bad afterall... go snort some g fuel and go back grinding ranks

[@talesseed]

Harstem guessed EliteAI's race (he was random), hence the bm

[@nar2130]

I would really love to see your non-Starcraft related podcast with Harstem

[@daethalion1725]

Wow, that is the first game I've seen at the pro level that was fought to the bitter end.

[@thetraveler010]

That was absolutely amazing. Both were playing so well I was uncertain who had the advantage the whole game

[@greaterFool3765]

Who is the best random player? Whoever of the top 10 is playing the most off race.

[@Daniel-rd6st]

Now i want to see a tournament with maybe a 1.000 $ pricepool with the rule that everyone has to play random :p

[@kajetanmalinowski892]

@@Daniel-rd6st Or at least their off race

[@Daniel-rd6st]

@@kajetanmalinowski892 That would probably be more fair :-)

[@stormtrooper421]

Love it when Lowko does the Terran unit lines. "I'm here, click me!" so funny.

[@Lumberjane37]

That was freaking cool to watch! AI was like a daring swashbuckler dashing to-and-fro, while the armor-clad Harstem laid traps to catch and kill AI, until finally… Well. Thank you for the commentary!!

[@danielskrivan6921]

400/300 - I've known that number since before Clem was born.

[@quwarq]

OMG Story of my life! Played Starcraft longer than Clem is alive!

[@the_rabidsquirel]

So I saw this video in my subs and just read the title and first part of the description, and without paying much attention thought it was one of Harstem's videos. Hearing Lowko when I clicked on it was some minor whiplash, haha.

[@SnyperMK2000JclL]

Wow, I think this I the first pro game where it actually went down to the last structure... amazing...

[@nabusvco]

"Another BC will pop out of the battlecruiser" - Lowko 2021

[@isitha8255]

"Babe, a new Lowko video came out. Time for your daily reminder of how much a Battlecruiser costs!" "400 minerals and 300 gas, honey"

[@HaveANceDay]

This game has *the* dream baneling explosion

[@adicacid]

Dang that was so close. I feel that Harstem could have won if he managed to safely escort that first Factory.

[@jasonlynch282]

He could have won if it was a mobile OC to drop mule to repair. Also mine. Though zerg had map control and drones to mine faster. So Zerg probably would win anyways.

[@thetraveler010]

That's true but you can see why he made that decision, since Zerg was still mining and had enough to make bases the longer he took to kill the structured the more units they could make while he was stuck with what he had left. Since they structures fly so slowly all he could do was try and kill the enemy as fast as possible and hope they were close enough to defend

[@Celdaric]

14:20 BOMBAS!

[@rytan4516]

10:00: Battlecruisers cost 400-300. Speaking as a Zerg main.

[@megiemaster]

I hope they do all random tournaments. Really really.

[@SrMorua]

Thanks Harstem! That was indeed an enjoyable match!

[@georgieacero7043]

This was the most fun game I have watched in a minute! Thanks Lowko!

[@lynk5902]

Props to you Harstem for sending in a loss!

[@henrikravn6050]

There was no detection in the end. A few burrowed infesters would have won it to... There even was an infester the got killed at 19:54 (game time).

[@glowyboi7175]

How would that have helped? Neural Parasite was not researched.

[@SnyperMK2000JclL]

Is harstem mech-in this happen Aah Lowko, you will make a great father, you got the dad jokes on lock my man... xD

[@legion8863]

First time see a zerg win a base race against terran

[@thepredator4207]

What an amazingly entertaining game to watch. I had no idea I was going to be this committed at the end of this video!!

[@derekschaper2659]

10:02 Battlecruisers cost 400 mins 300 gas

[@МарсельМарсель-т9ч]

Keep in mind that you need to build a special building for a bc, so playing mass bc is a huge commitment

[@glowyboi7175]

Cant' tell if that's a joke...? 😄 Terran can safely get that "special building" much sooner than the other races get their top tech buildings. The only reason its a huge commitment is the cost of BCs.

[@NakedSnake1807]

@@glowyboi7175 Which can teleport in and out and be repaired. Making them cost efficient aswell!

[@suracha8130]

@@NakedSnake1807 repairing costs a fair bit of minerals and gas

[@NakedSnake1807]

@@suracha8130 How much out of interest?

[@МарсельМарсель-т9ч]

@@NakedSnake1807 i think for a full repair half price of a bc

[@MagicMan3K]

Kinda wish Zerg had their own capital ship like the BC/Carrier-Tempest (& Mothership) that was actually worth it. Sure you might count Vipers/Brood as such but those aren't really capital ships... Err, units. Would be nice to have a miniature leviathan that was 300/400 that specializes in anti air, that would help immensely with PvT. It'd be limited like the Mothership but it could also be given a slight buff like a bit more life regen and/or increased armor (maybe with it's own upgrade in an upgraded spire) which would be nice. I would also like to see a bit of a rework with the BC, maybe give it a special upgrade in the armory after getting +3/+3, maybe a slight buff in terms of damage to buildings, possibly +2-4 more.

[@supercasual4950]

Protoss don’t attack move they move and attack. Simultaneously

[@Dimythios]

This was a great game. I've been watching starcraft since 2010. I personally think our "Cowboy" was limiting himself on purpose. I do this all of the time when I play Overwatch. He could have upgraded anytime during the game but limited himself to +1/+1. I he was working on his game mechanics as well has having fun in the process.

[@Axeiaa]

Who knows, he might have been trying some BGMWSS (Beating Grand Masters With Stupid Stuff) challenge and sent it to Lowko instead of using it for his own video. Or just Harstem being Harstem and forgetting something haha

[@TritonTv69420]

Yeee haw! The cowboy. Also congrats on the rank roulette

[@cxrunner1178]

Omg! That was a good game I didn't see that comming at all.

[@natecw4164]

Not an ending I've seen more than a few times in SC2 history.

[@bencekovacs3397]

i have heard how costly bcs are so many times that I already memorized how you tend to start telling it.. stooop :D

[@boondlebee]

On June 18th, I sent you a replay titled: 2 factories, 1 hatch. It's nearly identical to this. I'm flattered😁

[@brasshouse-og]

I probably think Harstem calling his other account 'The Cowboy' is funnier than he does. I just always imagine him wearing a tiny cowboy hat and furiously mashing the keyboard.

[@masumasumasu]

that match was hilarious and clutch as Fuzz!

[@YutaSuzukitv]

Yeah make fun of him!! Destroy him!!! He does that on every cast

[@jirivaltr560]

That surrender was unnessessary :( Kind of spoiled the ending :D What did he achive? Saved 20 seconds of his life :D Proper ending is worth much more.

[@BardKeepseasy]

you dont loose full mineral line of mules, if they time out before banelings connect. Smart

[@geuros]

Such game once happened to me as well, I played marine medivac thor against mutas, in the end I had no SCVs and had to split army as well. Luckily I managed to win but that is Platinum league...

[@Justbleed434]

Maru splits his zealots like MMM

[@ddrzss]

What a game! Love base race.

[@damedley75]

2:45 OMG ling micro

[@lancelindlelee7256]

Terran should have attacked his own factory at the end. Would be the funniest way to lose the game.

[@AD-lr6pc]

Lowko’s turn to roast harstem

[@afendi2565]

I feel you enjoyment over H’s loss here :)

[@Serenity23582]

"so, the best counter to Thors .. is Thors!"

[@zachayres4959]

Amazing video. Great casting, and intense game!!! Makes Harstem losing the icing on the cake 🍰

[@MsHojat]

13:40 "And this is a _really really_ expensive army for the terran player here to lose" so he says *while the zerg loses like 27 mutalisks or so* And I guess his point was also that terran has less eco (and zerg can rebuild units quicker as well), but still.

[@mantree8047]

When you say something and refute your own words yourself 🙄.

[@reue100]

I like the text quotes on screen lol

[@MostlyUnreadArmchairExpert]

*DEFINTELY NOT EDITED* Battlecruisers cost 400 minerals and 300 gas.

[@deadpwner99]

lowko when you were discussing the way zerg need to play against this match up i kept just thinking so this is just play against skytoss

[@Merumya]

Referring to Harstem as "viewer submitted" instead of "pro gamer" the BURN

[@cdaannngggg]

That was an awesome ending lol!

[@Necroneer]

Felt like the Zerg would have killed the army of Terran there if he made use of the 3000 minerals in his bank to make unupgraded lings, guess he didn't have larva though and he won anyways so gg, also first time seeing a contaminated structure flying like that.

[@rob3at896]

Lings could not kill that army. too many Hellbats. And even without them you wold need a lot of larva for enough lings, especially since the lings were not upgraded further than speed.

[@elijahcheon6352]

The cost of battlecruisers are 400 Minerals and 300 Gas. (Terran player)

[@leonristic5158]

OMFG what a game part 2.

[@AD-lr6pc]

Wow what a game

[@TheTrueReiniat]

Terran is the hardest race to play

[@IM_GOING_TOO_HAM]

Lowko should host a random tournament for the pros.

[@tobiashou7044]

yay not 3 days late for another awesome Lowko games for once

[@barforlifebarforlife6019]

A battle cruiser costs are like a carrier + a reaper :)

[@jacobclasper3642]

Harstem isn’t a clown he’s the entire circus

[@cosbusta]

I also hate it when my opponents in TvZ happen to be Zerg. I mean, what are the chances of that happening?

[@twicebaked7420]

That was an excellent game.

[@pangzixuan4634]

i almost got baited that he is actually playing vs a eliteAI

[@asdfasdf-mn8iu]

I mean, 400/300 for a BC and what, 350/300 or something for a carrier, but half the interceptors have to be built? Those numbers are close. Ultra is about 300/200 or something like that? Imo those numbers are easy to remember because they're all pretty similar and kinda make sense.

[@brethitchcock5885]

Well played game

[@kajetanmalinowski892]

SPOILER ALERT Strongly agreed - great respect for Harstem for sharing a losing game vs non-pro. There is no shame in it and it was a really interesting game to watch

[@chir0pter]

legit annoyed harstem didn't pull that off

[@realNaniByte]

Good play from the zerg.

[@Akirilus]

The Capitain is a special man.

[@andresortiz2653]

10:01 Son 400 minrales y 400 de gas. Jugador de Zerg. xDDD

[@noksura6312]

the only random player i can even think of in sc2 tournaments is balloon... and I haven't seen a game of his since TB cast it

[@morkgork3060]

400 300, also, a nice way for you to go up the trends youtube

[@saxus]

Lowko, you clearly forget to show the Imbalance Report Form. Or it isn't an IIIODIS episode?

[@MrHabibi3]

300 minerals and 200 gas

[@kiranthind138]

Had to be done after rank roulette

[@firstwolf1389]

Harstem made a mistake? This I gotta see!

[@danielellertson8261]

400 minerals 300 gas

[@jaumesinglavalls5486]

Lowko every time a battlecruiser appear: trivia question, how much cost a BC? pause the game and write it on the comments... Did you have it saved the audio in your computer and you enter in a post edditing it?

[@hansgerch4571]

i think that is the captain´s "present" for you after he roasted you with his iodis-episodes. this one here is kinda reversed iodis with the complaint "ling bane run-by´s are way too powerful and what can you do against 1000 mutalisks?! is it imba or do i suck?" lowko, it´s your turn to answer :-)

[@Strategic_Samurai]

As a silver random player I believe a battlecruiser costs 400 minerals and 400 gas

[@HiopX]

Lowko, you're so funny

[@rinkurikara]

so terran buildings burning kinda offsets flying, never thought about it that way