This crazy double swarm host strategy guarantees CHAOS | Smooth Brain Stephen #3 - StarCraft 2

Stephen won Season 2 of the Smooth Brain Auditions with his Spawning Pool off creep game, which was 100% glassy. This new series is dedicated to his smoothness.
How Stephen won Season 2: • WTAF Spawning pool off...
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[@Vaasref]

That was a wild ride. Must have been so exhausting for both of them.

[@stephencraig3176]

No idea how runamok felt, but I find games like this exhilarating rather than exhausting. But that’s probably one of the reasons I play this type of style :)

[@PiGstarcraft]

@@stephencraig3176 that's cos you're a monster Stephen :D

[@jeremythemaxwell]

@@stephencraig3176 thanks for sending this in man, this was the first game of yours I've seen and I'm excited for more 🤣

[@jeremythemaxwell]

@@PiGstarcraft and Pig fantastic casting, that's crazy hard to do for a game like this!

[@Tijnas617]

It's games like these that remind me of how important BOTH commentator and players are. Yes, this was an exciting back and forth with plenty of harassment etc. but Pig's ability to keep up with the important events and bring it to the attention of the viewer in an entertaining manner makes these games so much more fun to watch! Thanks again for constantly providing us with top tier entertainment Pig

[@snavesinned]

22:25 I speak smooth brain. That spore was placed off creep to catch unsuspecting medivac drop not expecting a spore off creep.

[@stephencraig3176]

You got it in one :D I used the creep from tumors which were killed up there to place it, and from memory was planning to transfuse it a couple times to keep it up, he went over that spot many times with medivacs thought could catch him

[@snavesinned]

@@stephencraig3176 that's exactly the read I got after Pig's excellent recast. You brain so smooth.

[@stephencraig3176]

Every game, pig says I have a shit economy :( only time he’s said my economy was great was when I had 7 drones vs vagabond. Guess need to reduce the drone count to make him happy :D

[@PhuVinh030609]

sadge

[@ceceandharvey]

Great game mate!

[@jameskierans4245]

this game encapsulates so well why I love watching sc2, and why I'll never go back to playing it

[@TeleClassy2]

one of the most entertaining games ever

[@lukeaberdene-wallwork8029]

Holy crap, thatt has to be one of the most intense games I’ve ever watched!!! Good job casting, idk how you were able to keep up with that. Thx for the daily quality content pig ur the man.

[@Sparky31388]

Stephens Style is so fun to watch

[@malcomclark2261]

I really need to see more of this dude

[@stephencraig3176]

@@malcomclark2261 there are now 3 games in this series of my games + the audition. And i was also in a pile of the old icyfars. :)

[@heyyo7082]

damn that's some serious multi tasking power

[@mnoukadlo5745]

That was probably the best game I have ever seen :) Good job catching most of the action, it was very enjoyable cast :)

[@milesanderson491]

These types of games that players try different strategies are my favorite. Good game good casting!

[@Sildokaj]

I love watching games like these - i think everyone does. Would be awesome with a 'chaos game' segment :d

[@petrowi]

any game where PiG is holding his head is a great one :D

[@InterwovenElements]

Hahaha, those two swarm hosts deserve a medal.

[@AndrewArts]

Terran did great but honestly ravens would have saved him so much headache of scanning for those swarm hosts 😂

[@stephencraig3176]

When I use to play consistently I had 2 Terran practice partners. It got to the point where every game we played they would add a Raven at some point, sometimes before I even researched Burrow :D I love burrow it’s invisible stuff without that really bad feels bad moment when the invisible stuff kills everything you own. It requires a lot of attention to work and it lets players seperate from one another on how they use it

[@atrtsh]

@@stephencraig3176 IMO burrow is highly underused. There's a reason it's a T1 upgrade but people only tend to get it as afterthought hive tech. So powerful and tactical.

[@SirNuwanda]

Had a lot of fun with one! Thx for sharing!!!

[@aaronw6820]

holy shit what a game, took a bit to get going but like on a rollercoaster the longer the ascend the longer and faster the ride

[@cameronsmith1232]

That was one of the best games I’ve seen! GG

[@Hurtone]

Fantastic game. More Stephen plz

[@TheReinardFox]

Wild games, multipronged swarm host harrassment looks super fun!

[@MrYago-xd7um]

Josh did incredible.

[@whitem00gle]

That was a pretty decent game. I like the smooth brain series.

[@JGeMcL]

This does make me wonder why I don't see burrow more in high level play. It seems like a small cost for the flexibility it gives.

[@Laezar1]

Yeah even forcing a scan on a couple of zergling regularly starts paying off pretty quickly. It's insanely micro intensive though

[@Laezar1]

though I'm pretty sure a pro player would also quickly build mobile detection to deal with that and control it well enough that it reduces the efficiency

[@Zeuts85]

Hunh? But burrow gets used all the time in high level play.

[@JGeMcL]

@@Zeuts85 well I don't watch a lot, but I do remember watching a tournament with Scarlet and wondering why she never used burrow. She was the queen of zerg at that time and didn't burrow once.

[@jkkim6928]

This is the fastest paced game i’ve seen including pro matches..

[@wherethetatosat]

I don't even think this was a smooth brain game, just atypically good!

[@Pr4n4v13]

This was so much fun. Gives me hope as a Zerg

[@waterzoip]

Stephen is such a troll god

[@TheAzure4]

stephen is my absolute hero. aspirational

[@Jolly9988]

That was the zergiest of zerg games

[@cjfletcher325]

So intense nice

[@TeemoPwnstar]

great game!

[@jasonlynch282]

Locust down under!

[@happyscrub]

What terran get for not building a raven

[@BloodBlight]

GG!!!!

[@zackrodriguez6653]

Stephen supremacy

[@zer0nix]

Zerg that actually feels like an endless swarm!

[@MrCreed145]

The most annoying zerg in the world?

[@tygrontix]

"zerg is balanced" 🤓

[@bigfatemails]

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