The Longest Games In Esports History

For most players, being stuck in a match for anything longer than 40 minutes already gets annoying and exhausting. But imagine what happens when a match reaches one hour, two hours, three hours, or even days.
This is the story of some of the longest games ever played in esports history.
0:00 - Intro
0:18 - CS:GO
2:04 - League of Legends
4:22 - DOTA 2
7:16 - Starcraft 2
8:56 - Age of Empires 2
12:12 - Outro
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[@gilperry6782]

"do we get a bathroom break?" is fucking hilarious

[@krpp]

OD and purge really took that game from what should be a boring wait for the game to end to a work of art. Like I go back and watch the highlights of that game when I get nostalgic.

[@hmingmuana]

Shbvmbe ki

[@emilyg3758]

The poor casters LMAO, I can’t imagine casting a game 3 after that

[@DeertickDaniel]

I would pop off as a caster just cause it was over

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

I love that the DOTA 2 casters were playing Two Steps from Hell

[@BT10e]

Bro the caster was so happy when the game ended

[@turbofuss]

Strength of a thousand man is a fucking banger

[@Lestherparedes1995]

El que quiera perder su tiempo 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@xabtthenomadic8956]

Perfect moment to play str of k man. Both team exhausted, but pushing to max😂😂😂

[@sirMeghnadh]

OD Pixel is best caster that ever lived lol😅

[@romanniggli3043]

there is actually a longer starcraft 2 game: ZhuGeLiang vs Lillekanin went on for 4h 10min (won by ZhuGeLiang), it was so long that one of the casters decided to make pancakes during the game. this also happened fairly early during an open qualifier for the world championship series, so the schedule was... quite delayed. though it's also worth mentioning that back then (also when the firecake vs mana was played), the in-game time went faster than real time. so the 4h 10min game was "only" a bit over 3 hours of real time.

[@caelestigladii]

Isn’t that still the case today? I only play campaign and on “faster” game speed(in other games, it’s called normal), ingame timer is faster. Did they fix “faster” in mp?

[@romanniggli3043]

@@caelestigladii i think they changed it with legacy of the void

[@AEtherPi]

Definitely changed in legacy of the void

[@sudstahgaming]

I must of said wtf atleast 5 times in this single paragraph

[@sudstahgaming]

The age of empires game lmfao😂🎉

[@nafg115]

I'm proud to say that I watched part of that AOE2 game.

[@ramsesiv5342]

saaaaame hahahahahaha good days

[@GonzaloLozano-mb2sr]

"Ruben had to do so while Andre was sleeping" 😂😂😂 that AOE2 game was too crazy

[@MangaGamify]

Ayo

[@sorin_markov]

The glitches in the DOTA 2 game remind me of the one braindead strategy in Dead by Daylight where the killer's goal, yes their intended win condition, was to stall for TWO HOURS (or until the survivors made a bad enough mistake to throw you the game, or they gave up and let themselves die) which was when the server discontinued the connection and killed all the survivors. For non-DBD players, a DBD match is typically 10-20 minutes. A long one might be 35

[@tin-slayer-3368]

Don't wanna be that guy but It's 1h long after which server kills off all survivors. And u still can do it but after 3 gen nerf it's not quite possible :)

[@sorin_markov]

@@tin-slayer-3368 It's 1 hour now, but it used to be 2. They changed it because of cheaters holding people hostage. And yeah, I think after the 8 kick gen block it's not feasible anymore

[@jjwise12345]

Skull Merchant was not a well-designed character lol

[@ygs497]

I remember 2016 dbd beta. Oh the days when you could sit all day in the basement and the killer couldn’t find you or the high quality hatch stand offs. 😂

[@alexadams4017]

Chess meta. Call of brine, Eruption, Overcharge preventing a 3 gen to be broken. Circle of healing on the other side of the map so survs won't ever be injured on gens.

[@misfortune5091]

94 minutes of League in one game sounds like pure hell

[@jacksontheunnamedreturn]

94 minutes is basically shares a full length of movie running times

[@VanjesKos]

23 kills in 94 minutes btw Average of ~0.24-0.25 kills per minute or 1 kill per 4 minutes WE HAVE 10 TIMES BIGGER THE PLAYERBASE HEY DOTA 2 BIGGER BIGGER, yeah guess why you "get me instant emotions" 90iq eblan

[@TheWizardsOfOz]

The passion in the DOTA 2 casters is something else.🤣

[@NathanChambers]

How can you not love Dota 2?!?! :)

[@lokikokoko5833]

His voive even starting to crack lol. If 1more hour he probably need medical attention ngl. The commitment is respectable

[@tannatanon5331]

ODPixel the GOAT 🐐

[@samharold9022]

The team that gave us “no one has ever done that in the history of DOTA!”

[@juniorputrafajar872]

OD pixel is among the best there is on scene 👍

[@epikshaowz]

This reminds me of a game I casted in a yugioh duel links team league that lasted 4 hours (games usually lasted 1-2 hours) due to a stall deck being meta. I also remember another game lasted that long and the caster fell asleep midway and woke up later lmao

[@mickeybat5816]

"It was supposed to be a wash" Proceeds to go band for band for a total of 88 rounds

[@kaijuhunter7458]

Not the Omega Strikers background music LMAO

[@EirenKjell]

Thought I was hallucinating that LOL

[@user-bs6ft5eg4i]

Bro nice to see omega strikers getting more recognition

[@jmaster4941]

How ironic that he used it during the League section considering the Omega Strikers devs were former League devs. It's a shame honestly. Loved Omega Strikers but it just couldn't retain players.

[@maxmbacon]

Rip Omega strikers

[@CJStrykr]

@@maxmbaconit’s very alive

[@pocpic]

I remember tuning into SFZ vs C9 around the 30 minute mark, thinking I just caught the end of a quick 2-0. What a surprise it ended up being.

[@isagi09]

u know league is trash when the kill score is only 15-8 in 93minutes

[@hellNo116]

how? is kills the only thing that matters in league? a mmo rts?

[@unclefudge4206]

​@@hellNo116then what is ? farming? you'd rather watch 90 mins of pure jungling than fucking clashes?

[@Takoartist26]

​@@unclefudge4206​​ Fr bro, i feel bad for the audiences who watched the players farming almost for the whole fucking game. 😂😂😂😂

[@tyronegundran4549]

Worst of all, this was ODPixels caster debut in such a big tournament along with his idol Purge. This being his first match to cast not at his home and most of all how long it is he had to make the game entertaining enough......

[@FarazMazhar]

I think in the end, it helped ODPixel's career.

[@tyronegundran4549]

@@FarazMazhar i guess youre right, people loved his casting and his organic passion for dota after that

[@asmerX100]

this game shot his fame to stardom

[@hemera5518]

How'd the AoE players time their rests? I reckon 4 days must've taken a toll on them. I can't even play competitively for more than 3 hours straight. That's just inhumanly cool! Props for the both of them

[@jimiyu.]

after the first day or so, it’s not like you’d have to actually engage with the game, just monitoring and reacting if the opponent does something, so probably less mentally taxing than what playing video games normally entails

[@NoobMicesters]

​@@jimiyu. Yeah, just sitting with AoE 2 open on a second monitor while they do other stuff

[@karelsirucek5767]

These players, after disconect actually fuckin' RESTORED the game.

[@lordlopikong6940]

Late game stalemate at Low armies require very little micro now. Because of all the defensive walls or castle. They can sleep just fine. The problem was when they should feel safe sleeping

[@-Raylight]

What a legend, saw that AoE2 game in other channel and it's just amazing. They're truly men of focus, commitment and sheer will xD

[@purplebunz]

In a recent competitive Gigantic event, one set took 5 hours It was a bo3. A normal match of Gigantic takes 15-25 minutes. 3 matches were played, each taking an hour and a half or longer because both teams refused to go for wounds and every rampage was at full shield.

[@Basuko_Smoker]

Oh shit, i got some emails from The beta not long ago from that game, fun times

[@SingaporeLyfe]

Well this video is talking about the length of one match instead of a set haha.. but that is seriously long nonetheless

[@milkiesLoverboi69]

I was tripping balls when I read Gigantic. I didnt know they re-released haha, sad is 20$

[@neminem233]

Really? Is there a link to the set?

[@kgregorius8550]

AOE2 players are just build diff

[@zlothz]

Excellent video as usual! Also, I see you snuck in some Omega Strikers music! 😉

[@boboyobo12]

hilarious video, great stuff

[@novelezra]

"most Starcraft games last 20 minutes" Not when I play. :c

[@Gulatzo]

🥲

[@boartank]

Cannon rush, fren. 8 mins tops.

[@lordlopikong6940]

I think the Ave. Time is 12minutes now. 20minute is too long nowadays pure late game

[@xandygameryt]

This reminded me of when I had enough time to spare as a kid to do GT4 endurance challenges, one just took me more than 4 hours to finish and I was "dead" after that long, and it wasn't the biggest race in the game. I can't imagine a pro match lasting that long..

[@PandaVsGames]

Loved this vid, more pls!

[@felipenachmanowicz9393]

It was so funny that a friend of mine that knows I play AoE sent me an article about that Rubenstock game one day after I had played with him.

[@Quinti22]

if rubbenstock vs andre isn't here you missed a big opportunity

[@WaleedNaeem]

Thank you for making awesome content brother, subscribed to you just now.

[@sistane]

I HEAR THE OMEGA STRIKERS SOUNDTRACK IN THE BACK (this alone has earned my sub)

[@chiiing8288]

love the Omega Strikers music in the background.

[@MoscleBrog]

3:00 i was happy that i was hearing Omega strikers OST game music it felt so good for the missed opportune game

[@PunCala]

This is brilliant. Suggestion: make a video of the most kills in shortest time across the same games featured in this video. For example: WorldEdit's world record 37 frags in ~18 rounds vs Echo Fox. I remember the casters going "I'm not even going to get excited unless they kill WorldEdit".

[@Mawthu]

3:18 being omega strikers OST, woah chills

[@luciferdiablo4890]

The only gripe that I have is that the league one is kinda wrong seeing as we had a series that went 8 hours, earlier this year

[@ChillwithAster]

The DDos era of LCK 2024 should get an honorable mention. I feel so bad for the people that had to sit for hours

[@betakale]

In case your wondering the music from the leauge of legends section is from Omega Strikers, man I wish that game didn't die.

[@jakewhite4574]

I love the background omega strikers music

[@fhjunior6183]

Thanks for the vid

[@calvin8759]

it's only fitting that it's eternalenvy's C9 that had the longest dota 2 game AND lost against a t2 team

[@asmerX100]

C9 also involved in the shortest game in The International vs team DK they lost that game

[@montygraham6264]

As a dota player seeing a 94 minute LOL game with only 24 kills is wild to me. That can't be enjoyable to watch

[@MilkJugA_]

those particle glitches in the dota 2 game happened as a result of some sort of memory leak or overflow, triggered from how those specific heroes in that game had a lot of spells that generated particle graphics. i doubt anyone had seen that glitch before that game, because matches were never meant to last that long, and even if they last long, its no guarantee the right heroes are picked for the particle bug to occur. This glitch really enhances the aesthetics and legend of that one match

[@olliemcdowell4503]

great video :)

[@lufoxdio]

Omega strikers music hell yeah

[@reptile5167]

hell yea

[@Breakingfasst88]

Small Correction 5:19 it's Heart of Tarrasque, with an S.

[@zerefuuutv]

It's silent 's'. Like "tesserasque", it's pronounced without sounding the 's'.

[@darwindelrosario3785]

i remember that dota 2 200 minutes game holy.

[@davidgoldstein729]

No mention of the OWL match that was paused for several hours due to what started with a seeming hardware glitch and cascading into a long series of technical problems trying to resume the match?

[@colinmcintyre9074]

yeah it was Dallas fuel vs Guangzhou charge

[@willmcclard206]

Imagine being the dude who lost your team a three hour game

[@bakajanai.]

The last game took the term Real Time Strategy to a whole new level

[@jomavillar]

great vid

[@gertfourie3283]

Dota caster growling or dying holy shit

[@jy-li1jq]

One of the guys on that aoe game went date during that ranked game

[@tacticaloof6407]

Never thought I’d be hearing that opening background music anywhere other than College Gameday 😂

[@MJD-lf2mb]

You can hear the voice of the dota caster straining.

[@VroomApex]

Ahh yes, the “whose adderall will run out first?” matches

[@longduong1590]

I was there when C9 VS SFZ happened. There were many reasons for the long game. EternalEnvy's C9 was quite bad at finishing a winning match. C9 had another game again VP before that which last more than 2 hours. The meta of that time was picking sniper. He was really good at holding high ground.

[@xShabba]

Dota 2 casters derserve a raise after this

[@RamonLourenco-bw2le]

Nice Omega Strikers soundtrack

[@winterwarden]

league: "70 min game omg this is crazy" dota: "just kill me now I don't wanna play anymore"

[@0pallll]

I never realised boaster was in that damn match

[@thecoconathunter]

should add the fact that the match 3 for the dota match only last 20 ish minute xd

[@TayfunOmer]

2 funny things in that dota2 video. 1 ) The game was still on source 1 engine, a buggy POS, many games if they were longer than 90 mins started bugging. 2) OD Pixel was on his debug there, he got famous for that game, where he got 2 titles - rapgod and -hypegod.

[@keithgoh123]

AOE2 casual players: we're pro at ironman gaming.

[@MrScientistification]

“The commentators were the first to go” killed me lmao

[@AlexGuaikTV]

Fin fact 90mins game happen quite frequent in Dota 2

[@razorback9999able]

As an upcoming indie developer, I found Swarm Hosts in HOTS egregious that it's not bad game balance, *it's terrible game design.* Free units should not be as powerful or frequent than a Marine or a pair of Zerglings.

[@LinhNguyen-zf9ww]

The way just 10 characters in dota 2 but 3 hours compare to the rts game is crazy

[@ashigaruenjoyer]

"Пока смотрел игру проголодался и жена принесла перекусить, а до игры я не был женат"

[@fabianarredondoponce5360]

Katana Zero Music, god damn; that hits hard

[@juanospitia]

I saw the title and immediately said "starcraft 2 is in here, isn't it" lmao

[@WinArmendal]

4 days for tournament, what a dedication they had.

[@ZeBear]

Back then in CSGO OT was BO10, that's why the match was able to take so long, if it used today's ruleset it would have ended much sooner

[@Jaded1221]

"For myself" famous last word.

[@fezthedracky8468]

The JAGW and SKT T1 matches weren't even surprising. Teddy hitting 6 items and brute forcing a win with pure mechanics late game was their core gameplan. It was what they did. And it was amazing.

[@jooperW]

that might be the best call i have ever heard in esports at 7:00 😭😭😭😭

[@ceruleancooper9365]

I clicked on the video thinking it would be about Potato Salad and now my day is ruined 😞

[@DaMoK7757]

Honestly, the most surprising thing on this list for me is that the League game ended with a score of 16-8. Why the hell do people even watch that?

[@XAllelujahXxx]

That's the kind of shit said by people who watch UFC for knock outs, and get sad when the fights on yhe ground.

[@Vaenus.]

Reminds me of a Halo Wars I played that was 3v3 I think we started it at like 10pm and didn't end up finishing until like 5am in the morning and I had to go to school that morning lmfao I remember we only won because I switched from strictly Air units to Infantry units because I had spare resources and that ended up beefing our offensive attack.

[@keepingcompany8196]

I would end my life before I played 88 straight rounds on inferno... Holy moly...

[@Ezmyi]

Funfact: in the longest cs match the player Boaster on excel is now one of the best igl in Valorant.

[@Michael-or2cn]

My boy called himself out for lying about stats respect...

[@Samlem14]

Is that the omega striker soundtrack I hear??

[@LXnobia]

my longest dota2 game is 2hr10min its crazy because it only 3k mmr lobby but none of us want to quit. i was playing invoker againts AM and pre rework techies, i cried after that because we’re lost

[@raikajiporo]

Man that’s so sad!

[@salmonie]

Lol sounds like a big wqste of time 😭

[@nolife874]

pushing a game meant to end in 20mins to the limit making it last days is crazy

[@francisvallejera6242]

what's the name of the background sound on intro?

[@lyl14ghost]

I mean it's OD Pixel and Purge lmao, Purge is used to talking 3 hrs straight.

[@mackyme001]

Him: Make sure to stay till the end of the video . . . . Me: *skipped to end*

[@quelldieu7263]

doctors and astronauts can do this easily, with no bathroom breaks XD

[@Yato_q]

did i just hear omega strikers music in that video? blessed game

[@kartoffelman1663]

Yoo Katana Zero music less goo.

[@johncross4642]

Dota2 has recently broke the record 5 and a half hrs. lmao

[@Daniel_Frise]

Ignored the Overwatch League toilet bowl smh.

[@Fr3unen]

No superboomfan vs gerson (ssb)?

[@Ganymede686]

u should actually add the series of ESL One Birmingham that just ended recently, the China Close Qualifier Azuray vs G2.IG BO5, where the series ended spanning nearly eight hours in total or 5.5 hours of actual in-game duration. and 2 of that 5 game ended in more than an hour, and the rest 3 games is pretty late game.

[@zacsubach]

The Xnova curse lol. He also played in RNG vs Entity in TI11 on the main stage for more than 2 hours for 1 game. And he did that playing alone on stage while his other teammates were quarantined due to covid. He played next to teddy bears on stage lol.

[@NathanChambers]

"Much like the Dota 2 match we just talked about, the commentators were the 1st to go". idk why that made me laugh as much as it did xaxaxaxa.. Seriously though, much love to all the commentators out there, that shit ain't easy!

[@jeanpaulkassdale]

3:20 LoL game 7-6 at 50 minutes

[@onlystamina5932]

Awesome video; it's "Heart of Terrasque" not "Heart of Terraque" though

[@lenowoo]

The madnass of war 😂

[@aikenyao7239]

Welcome back

[@mrpinguimninja]

You could have added boom's smash 64 match agaisnt alvin (iirc in here)

[@blackystar2399]

Advance wars: hold my beer!

[@arctangent3533]

I'm kinda disappointed you didn't mention LR5 SuPeRbOoMfAn vs Gerson game 1 in smash 64, the game took roughly 52 minutes and 15 seconds, average smash 64 game time currently is around 4 minutes and back then was 6-8, and is one of the major reason smash 64 went from 5 stocks to 4 and is now modded to have a timer in tournaments.

[@Krab17]

haha I remember that. That game is the only reason why they considered a timer for SM64.