The Ultimate Baneling Bust! - Wings of Liberty: Zerg Edition - Speed Rush pt.3

[@nahm321]

45:58 Yeah I gotchu Grant. The word dragoon (which originally referred to the European mounted infantry unit) does probably come from, specifically, the French word dragon. It means exactly what you think it means. The word first popped up at around the early 17th century. The name's origin likely derived from the type of musket they commonly adopted. There also exists conflicting explanations on the 2nd possibility; some claim the name is derived from the dragon head decorations they would fix on the weapons, while a minority derive the name from the weapons' fire-breathing imagery. A small number of sources claim the word was derived from this type of infantry's notoriously draconian disposition toward peasants. This is consistent with the word's verb-form meaning (to subjugate), but the verb-form's first known uses range around the late 17th century, suggesting an expansion of the word's meaning based on its already-existing noun-form definition, rather than the other way around.

[@somedm3080]

You're my new favourite person.

[@liamholt5623]

I always thought that Dragoons was a kind of mounted infantry that dismounted before they went into combat. Thank you for the clarification!

[@4564568b]

I sure love trivia time!

[@123mickymouse123]

For some reason I remembered it thanks to the origin of the name Dracula, which is weird since whilst both derive from dragon they're in different languages. What I didn't know though was what Draconian was derived from, which turned out to be interesting in and of itself. Always wondered why it was called that.

[@boomshockalocka]

Thank you for chilling out in the chat, random etymologist.

[@JinFreeks]

"Step on them ..... but in like the walking sense. Man I hate the internet!" Probably my favorite Grant quote of the series so far.

[@lucasriley1383]

I still don't think it beats the "We're doing the in-laws"

[@avinotion]

I usually have a sick mind. What's the non-walking sense?

[@JinFreeks]

@@avinotion Mostly "Step on me mommy" memes and their porn derogatory. So, sexual acts where one partner wants the other to step on them (perform physical violence) to get off.

[@darkness_visible7227]

1:13:07 Love how they started you with Kerrigan and a Queen so Tuchus' "ladies" comment makes sense. That's some attention to detail right there.

[@nightshade4873]

i love how Dehaka and Stukov are fighting over where they pull the units to, it's like siblings fighting for toys... during the loading screen of Engine of Destruction, the tooltip is just "Grant likes to break my maps."

[@inductivegrunt94]

Grant may have skipped the cutscene, but I love seeing the submarine Infested Siege Tanks. It always cracks me up seeing the Infested Siege Tanks come up from the water.

[@Pro_Triforcer]

0:56 The Alexander does have a crashing animation, so it should be pretty easy to do

[@communistdoggo7419]

You're very pleasant to watch. I like your humor, you're very attentive and intelligent, and your laugh is contagious. You deserve every sub ever

[@cyrian2591]

This sounds like such a bot post, but I haven't seen this comment before, so I'm on the fence with if it's real or not.

[@communistdoggo7419]

@@cyrian2591 im a real person as far as im concerned :/ i do see how you could think otherwise though

[@engineergaming6475]

​​@@communistdoggo7419it's kinda sad how coments like this considered nowadays a "bot post"

[@Sperber90]

I agree to this comment

[@perrymeril]

Grant is one of the jolliest creators out on the web.

[@BraUnY74]

Grant has went through Cutthroat so fast, he didn't even notice it was about hiring Dehaka, not Mira, lol. Who needs any mercs, though, when you can cliff jump tho

[@KaelDraykose]

Wait, does this mean that Dehaka is married to Izsha?

[@Zillionman2010]

@@KaelDraykose Everyone knows he's married to Raynor.

[@finalfun3641]

1:25:35 the tip from synergy is really something.

[@yessir6919]

34:30 I just love the chain abduct of just 1 unlucky Hybrid each wave, like it's always 1 guy that gets swung around until it dies, then onto the next poor schmuck. 39:08 The Hybrids got dragged into the mosh pit and disappearing one by one, yikes. 58:46 Lol. 1:13:39 *Grant:* It is my turn to be imbalanced. *Also Grant:* **Fungals a Perdition Turret**

[@squashiejoshie200000]

37:00 While correct for the most part, Terran buildings have the building armor upgrade which does apply to bunkers. They also have neosteel frame which lets you increase their damage density, and they benefit from infantry upgrades. Meaning that while zerg buildings get no benefit from upgrades, Protoss cannons get the benefits of shields, and Terran buildings have armor, damage, and damage density upgrades. Also on In Utter Darkness, I'm surprised he didn't grab all his worms at the beginning and re-place them closer in. And surprised he didn't use his bajillion queens to spread creep in his base at all.

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

1:02:45 perhaps not high fives at the speed the train was going, but the encouraging butt smack you get:"Go get 'em!" 😀

[@DainRiffgin89]

Coach Z approves of this strategy.

[@martinhorenovsky5016]

I am sad that Grant didn't notice Orlan missions was a fight over Dehaka contract, not Mira as usual.

[@jell0goeswiggle]

Clearly it's W for "pWimal extractor".

[@petrowegynyolc7108]

Then Cloak should be V for "veVy quiet" when you try to SNEAK UPON THEM!

[@derdomino828]

Shouldn't that be "pwimal extwactow"? :D Also, that just gave me an idea for Heart of the Memes: The UwUltralisk (UwUtwawisk?)

[@communistdoggo7419]

nono its W for "VVespene"

[@Ghi102]

More seriously, it looks like the hotkey if you use a set hotkey setup: hotkeys are always qwer asdf zxcv So extractor is always w

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

@@derdomino828 A weapon to surpass Shadow Furries!

[@jplayah5264]

"These banshees are the perfect choice for anti-air!" Most cursed statement I've heard all week. Can't wait for the aberration high-five line mechanic in Heart of the Memes, by the way. These memes really do write themselves.

[@BobMcBobJr]

"We unroot and then land, that's so weird" Well land is just another word for ground which is what you're doing.

[@MrMojo240]

The original fire bug returns!

[@Ryasiko]

Not the hero we wanted, but the hero we deserved

[@Warclam]

OK, I love Izsha the Leviathan. That's brilliant.

[@tehy123]

POV: Stukov reaches the final tendril and communicates with the ghost of Admiral whatshisface

[@Mar_Marine]

Admiral Gerard DuGalle.

[@BoaPython]

Grant coming up with a justification for calling an Impaler Larry; when he called one Vlad earlier (which I thought was an A+ joke)

[@UserAgreementNoodle]

For the first and probably last time, Tychus's raiding party to steal Odin was indeed, ladies-only.

[@BesfrenOnlinegamerz]

These types of videos is what I really like especially when they aren't limited to 20 mins a piece as I am sure no one, and I do mean no one, likes a cliff hanger.

[@Luckysquirrel1256]

Wouldnt the Lurkers names all start with H since they were born as Hyrdralisks? Henry the Hydralisk becomes Henry the Lurker.

[@indominusrex1652]

Most of the lurkers change their names to start with L so they get benefits from being a lurker and don't get the hydralisk tax

[@Marxon1134]

Something Something don't deadname the lurker lol.

[@ARCEUS493ZELDA]

26:59 i mean considering he was the guy behind "are you saying that they are SHITTING........ solarite?" im inclined to agree

[@Thk10188965]

I wish to note the infester on the Marr mission's neural parasite didn't specify anything it didn't work on, so it is possible he could have just mind controlled Marr, which would have been hilarious.

[@AetherOfAspiredHeaven]

45:58 There already is a comment on dragoon and dragon's etymology, but I want to show you the complete etymology of these words (excerpts from Wiktionary): Dragoon: The noun is borrowed from French dragon (“dragon (mythological creature); type of cavalry soldier, dragoon”) (originally referring to a soldier armed with the firearm of the same name (sense 1.1)),[1] ultimately from Latin dracō (“dragon; kind of serpent or snake”), from Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων (drákōn, “dragon; serpent”), possibly from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see, see clearly (in the sense of something staring)”), from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”)). Doublet of Draco and dragon. Dragon: From Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”). Displaced native Old English draca a doublet of dragon, so too are Draco and dragoon.

[@nahm321]

@@AetherOfAspiredHeaven Thank you for filling in on what I missed during my impromptu rambling, other etymologist in chat.

[@Blazieth]

I remember you playing A Sinister Turn on the Stream when you played this before (the one that didn't make it to the Archive). I remember you being really, really unhappy with this faction, and I felt at the time, and especially do now, that you probably were struggling to _understand_ the faction, and realize what it can do. I remember you getting angry, but also largely ignoring Infestors, which particularly made me sad. When I played through this, I _bullied_ Maar ruthlessly with a swarm of marines and a few Infestors, particularly when I was holding the bridge while preparing to push into the enemy base. Disabling Cloud on that bridge chokepoint with a concave of marines is just savagery.

[@Photoloss]

Yeah, must have been a really bad day for him because normally he praises stuff like Nightmare to high heavens despite being extremely challenging and sometimes "unfair". And this faction is "quirky" but far less complex than the Chinese stuff he also seems to love (Eyeser comes to mind: "oh, tempest attacks storm half my army to death in an instant, cool!" vs "wah, most of these units are Armored and die to vanilla immortals ")

[@DetectiveCheese]

I mean, to be fair to Izsha yes, it is numberless, as long as you keep clicking it looks like you can get infinite units since it ignores minerals, gas, and supply so spawn it.

[@NathanMunson-e6t]

izsha's numberless flock WAS numberless grant....because she could keep spawning them forever ignoring the supply cap

[@SergeyKorolkov-i6c]

Seeing Grant not claiming second bunk and not getting second pair of swarmhosts was REALLY painful to watch.

[@Photoloss]

Knowing two fully loaded bunkerlisks satisfy all your AA needs in that mission is even more painful.

[@Desticia-Sisenna]

37:28 They go like 'oh you a turtle? well too bad.'

[@majormajorasic]

1:13:13 Grants doesn't see the mega-cheese tactic of splitterbanes and baneling healing combined with kerrigan's summon banelings.

[@API-Beast]

Man, the Game Design on all these missions is really on another level. Synergy is just plain the best mod maker.

[@TheAzorg]

Original Fire Bugs are back! Soo cool!

[@augustjernberg2512]

'Welcome to the family, son!' -Grant Baker

[@Shtoops]

Creep Spread on point for In Utter Darkness 💯💯 Gave him great vision just like he asked for at 33:25.

[@DainRiffgin89]

1:02:37 Grant: "Dustin Browder is going to be so happy! :)" Dustin Browder watching this: "Dude, WHAT THE FU-?!" 1:12:09 Dustin upon witnessing a jumper Bane cheese: (even louder) "WHAT THE FU-!?!"

[@thest0mpa]

24:10 you did queue it up, but only with 1 queen and the queen has a cooldown on the tumor so it placed the first one, went to the 2nd place and was on cooldown so it moved to the 3rd and was still on cooldown

[@Photoloss]

Yes, unfortunately that's a limitation of the engine. Happens with any ability which has a cooldown, including e.g. vanilla Psi Storm.

[@Cobra100]

Tychus calling them ladies... such a gentleman

[@RockyBauer]

you can eat overlords for energy!!!!! so underrated, it only puts them to half and you get alot of energy. makes me sad he doesnt do it😭. But still love you grant

[@majormajorasic]

1:00 Would be very easy to do, there's that arcade tug-of-war mod that has crash animation for the Alexander.

[@tabula_rosa]

This first mission made me realize if the zerg spread creep via flying queens who spit a creep tumor that upon landing has no model, cant be selected, doesn't spawn new tumors & is invulnerable, i would like the creep spread mechanic way more. Like a permanent version of dewiradu(?)'s creep spit spell from 7 player hots coop but on a flying spellcaster

[@Photoloss]

Would be stupidly OP if there was no way to remove it. Even if it's just painted creep without the tumor granting vision it could still be used to permanently block non-zerg players from expanding. WC3 had something vaguely similar but fair: Undead structures spread Blight and require it for placement, but other races can build on Blight and their structures dispel Blight upon completion. Items can place a patch of unbound Blight, and area dispels can remove any Blight not near an active source. This wouldn't work too well in Starcraft though because there is no established framework of AoE dispels or comparable mechanics for other factions to get rid of the creep.

[@indominusrex1652]

@@Photoloss it could technically be done since in coop you can build on creep and in Memes of liberty the hellion cleared the creep faster so maybe combining those into one and applying it to every non zerg building could work

[@Photoloss]

@@indominusrex1652 That would require a complete rework of other factions' interactions though, not just a quick tweak of the zerg's ability to spread it like the original comment suggested.

[@tabula_rosa]

@@Photoloss A) dont care about PVP, just give campaign a different ruleset. its always different anyway, not like protoss gets spinlots 2) could just as easily give the other races an ability that dispels the creep. put it on the CC so aggressive creep spread saps CC energy to counter, and give the flying queen something economic to do with her energy so persistent creep clear suppresses the zerg's economy in back

[@Kevkoss]

In Utter Darkness is very fun mission when you play it for the first time. The concept alone - your goal is to die - was mind blowing when I first played it those 14 years ago (god, it's longer now from release of SC2 than it was between release of SC1 and WoL). But I agree that playing it for nth time makes it a chore.

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

24:36 was not expecting that lmao

[@Viper40758]

Its zergin time!

[@aguiaia1]

Grant trying to remember frenzy name, made me think how funny would be if the ability was called "mild annoyance" instead.

[@darmorel549]

You know, one day you should do a max% style run of In utter darkness just to see how long you can survive

[@TheGreasygoblin]

Damn Jimmy! Are those nothing?

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

The Infested Banshee is literally just a Zerg Liberator lol

[@argokarrus2731]

Did anyone else think the infested terran in the thumbnail was a face bent over backwards and screaming?

[@Pigraider268]

I hope we get Stukov and Infested Terrans as a faction in Starcraft 3 ^^

[@expepem189xl3]

24:35 isnt : 1. That was a different Overmind, created by cerebrates after fall of first one. 2. Stukov was killed during that time.

[@infested4494]

The second Overmind, created by fusion of Cerebrates, was on Char at the time of its death.

[@damiens4601]

One day grant is going to try grid and have a revelation xD

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

37:37 if that is true then why +2 armor AND planetary fortress for Terran? XD

[@Photoloss]

I think the idea was that terran has no "innate" lategame/multi-base defensive perk, where protoss gets warp-ins (and convenient spammable cannons) and zerg gets creep movespeed, tumor vision, and nydus worms. Also the PF, like warpgates, stemmed from early "it'd be cool if" WoL alpha designs and may have been kept more for coolness and theming while not being overtly harmful rather than for being an actively good contribution to gameplay (other such early ideas include the Odin, diamondback, shockwave banshees but with like 3x the AoE width, and various abilities we see on campaign motherships)

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

@@Photoloss yeah, and because they cost a lot the PF are actually more useful as positional blocks with additional firepower to take down heavier units. They are not the center piece of defense, just a good thing to have to change the battleground favorably.

[@CascaDEER]

Oh my, it does feel like the fourth day is going to be pretty stressful

[@uroghai3439]

Will that Subsorian super trivia quiz be going up on KZbin?

[@SpidoriT]

Worms can deep tunnel to anywhere with creep right? Does it have to be /your/ creep? Because being able to spawn camp the enemies as they walked onto the map with a combined wall of worms, queens for healing, swarm hosts for locusts as free HP sponges, and bunkers and Lurkers for backline support seems pretty OP. Toss on some Banshees for devoted anti-air and you've got yourself one hell of a wall

[@Photoloss]

There is no "ownership" of creep. The worms probably require vision too, and spawn camping this type of mission usually carries a risk of having a full surround spawned on your "back"line, but there's definitely nothing stopping you from trying. With this faction the best option would probably be sieged tanks for more responsive AoE, with a frontline of bunkerlisks for self-healing AA support (Grant did not show them off but they have an attack similar to the IT rockets against air). Vanilla zerg units are unreliable as they're only available from the hero events and the bonus, and swarmhosts are too slow when you're literally sitting on the spawn point (but great at holding chokepoints).

[@SeriousApache]

Dominion forgot to build an orbital on the train mission, just like bronze player he is

[@BladeWinters]

56:40 Sad Aberration got left behind

[@ghost_curse]

Tomorrow's vod is going to be a chonky boi

[@ChristopherMallonMusic]

In Utter Darkness - I know you didn't want to pass 2800, but I'm pretty sure it was counting baneling explosions as kills for you so that's what did it.

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

I remember seeing the first misson here before. I have very strong memories of grant getting frustrated and rage quitting it because he didn't like how the faction was all armoured, which was not at all enjoyable to watch. But hey, at least we get to see it all in full today.

[@BabinSquared]

10:54 I've never heard Maar say this line??

[@TheBookOfAkersGaming]

I've always hated how grant never wants to see how long he can survive with all the cool modded units The protoss defense mission.

[@memkoz]

1:12:37 ok Synergy

[@tasuelxd687]

R.I.P. spine crawler family 🙏🙏😔😛

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for swarming! ^^

[@quox3987]

So, on engine of destruction, Grant Neural Parasites a Raven. Lorewise, how? There’s no pilot to snag. Hell even in HoTS Kerrigan talks about how Zerg can’t hack.

[@Photoloss]

Zerg interfacing with technology is very arbitrary. They have no issues intercepting communications even in SC1, and Neural Parasite has always worked on various mechanical and robotic constructs (e.g. probes) in SC2. Neural also works on widowmemes which probably do not have a "life-like neural lattice" controlling them (and perhaps not even terran-grade "AI"). Regarding Kerrigan you'd also think she would at least _consider_ simply capturing terran military hardware and hacking it using her skills as a Ghost, or telepathically dominating Dominion officers for intel. Arcturus Mengsk was established as having very effective mental defences against telepathy even in SC1, but that was also described as fairly uncommon. Of course there's also viper Aduct, which has a far more fundamental problem than attempting to interface with electronics.

[@quox3987]

@@Photoloss Yeah gameplay story segregation.

[@chillaah2000]

Is there a campaign where you can play as amons faction with hybrids?

[@Photoloss]

Amon doesn't even _have_ a real "faction", and all custom Amon/Hybrid-themed projects I know of are still WIP. As is WoL:Reversed I believe.

[@somedm3080]

48:04 Grant, did you mean a *Seppuku* button? I don't think playing math game would make you die any faster.

[@ghost_curse]

Nope, definitely Sudoku

[@Photoloss]

@@ghost_curse (in Minecraft)

[@robert1529]

@53:32 Impaler Summit

[@muggs105]

what a team on that mission hahahaha xd

[@cruye9633]

I was really hoping the Odin would be a brutalisk instead

[@ki3657]

Walking infested buildings are so cute n derpy 😍🥺

[@nuudles982]

Where i can find and play this mod?

[@Photoloss]

In the Arcade.

[@Eonflare55]

Does anyone else just get an Overlord to follow each Infestor? Good HP source for energy, not high priority for enemies in a fight, pretty easy to keep topped on health with Mend.

[@kabob0077]

46:56 Grant, Izsha can't count.

[@ShadowVR2]

1:27:46 "Mutali--"

[@LeavingNight]

Being on par with Wings of Liberty Protoss isn't really a compliment. 😂

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

The slappening!

[@SquaredSmith]

W for Pwimwal Extwactwer

[@Photoloss]

!grid

[@Znwarp]

The Loki wasn’t heroic right?

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

46:54 iszha didn’t take up any supply…… :( you didn’t even check her other abilities. Dude just why? :(

[@benedeksikura3267]

hello there

[@collindwebb]

4 isn't a number

[@somedude4087]

*MUTALI-*

[@jarlarchjernraua719]

Hello

[@noahfischer3088]

Well hello there

[@noahfischer3088]

Have you ever heard of that place that sells human skin bags for rich people really interesting to look into

[@momom6197]

Why so many dislikes? Is someone dislike bombing Grant's videos?

[@Kevkoss]

Don't look at the bar, look at the number. Bar sometimes doesn't update immediately.

[@anbedaton]

you can see dislikes?

[@Kevkoss]

@@anbedaton there's plugin for Chrome and Firefox. It doesn't show accurate number but close enough imo. Calculation is based on extrapolation from people using plugin and historical data. And it shouldn't show number higher than actual count of dislikes if it works as authors describe it.

[@anbedaton]

@@Kevkoss how the name of this program?

[@Kevkoss]

@@anbedaton "Return KZbin Dislike"

[@Ikses21]

i think i played this campaign on my own lot time back, coz it was avaible on arcade and quit on these protoss missions, coz i really didnt understand how you suppose to play it, every unit just feel bad

[@noahfischer3088]

It's 2 :00 fucking o clock why.