Imagine the Dominion going from "Zerg are attacking, everyone is going to die" to "The Queen of Blades is dead and we're saved" in less than two hours.
Units in the beginning: hey, it's commander Grant, he's known to not lose a unit in his wars, what a blessing, we're safe! Units after 10 seconds of gameplay: Oh no...
Two extreme forms of completing RTS campaigns. Speed running (sacrifice anything for the clock), or keep all your units alive challenge (take as long as you need).
Just to clarify what is bound to be confusion: When on the "Faster" speed, the game and clock run at 1.4x speed, this means that a "30 Minute" defense mission on faster takes 21 minutes and 45 seconds real time.
@@sigh6140 No it isn't. Believe me, I've done it and the mission continues. Zerg keep spawning out of nidus worms that appear constantly and flyers come from the corners of the map. You're probably thinking about "Welcome to the Jungle" or "The Dig", where destroying all the protoss structures will indeed end the mission early.
Raynor, having somehow lived through thousands of timelines where his revolution is met with varying degrees of success, has mastered all known possible art of being a commander, memorized down all events that might happen, and has had enough shit with Kerrigan.
The bridge in A Sinister Turn extends either at a certain time (3:30?) or when 5 units are produced - and it counts units the AI makes, so it trips early because you used the DTs to kill a bunch of Tal'darim in the right base and then the AI replaced them, setting off the trigger. I figured this from copying the strategy from the 'hard difficulty without producing units' speedrun on youtube for the 'Hurry up it's raid night' achievement and because the Zeratul missions are kinda shit so I like to just get them out of the way ASAP.
Also compared to regular runs of the play which involve sending huge armies to die in battle, he still only makes the minimal troop investment to guarante the fastest victory
*meanwhile on Korhol* Marine: Emperor Mengsk , we just heard the Zerg have returned and are wrecking havoc on the sector! Mengsk: QUICK, consolidate our forces and secure Korhol NOW! Marine: Wait milord, we just received a message that Raynor took out the Queen of Blades. Mengsk: well........ Crisis averted then. Carry on soldier.
This is Donny Vermillion coming to you live from UNN studios on Korhal with a breaking news report: Notorious Outlaw Jim Raynor has just butchered his way through Zerg Space and put to death their caretaker; the self-proclaimed 'Queen of Blades' Jim Raynor. Have you no shame? Your actions have directly placed an entire *lineage* of animals on the Endangered Species list. We go now to Kate Lockwell for an update live in-progress!
you're gonna be in for a treat though. Grant has been doing a "community challenge run" of wings of liberty and twitch chat is not kind. The rules are as follows: Every story arch twitch chat gets to ban 2 units ( except for the 1st arch which only has 1 unit ban) Twitch chat chooses Grant's research and mission order every mission, twitch chat comes up with and votes on some sort of challenge. this can be anything, and is only limited bytwitch chat's willingness to watch the same stupid mission for 2 hours (outbreak, moving out only at night, with hellions, hellbats and medics is not easy)
Managed to obtain the speedrunning achievement of Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty in under 8 hours, your video helped a lot, thank you for your work. Keeping up the great work, have a nice day
Fun facts since this video -- RedRyder (the other 5.0 run on that list, at 10th place) did a run a month later and jumped to 4th ('bout a minute and a half slower than GGG's time), and the month after that, ZPR (second place in this video) secured a faster time than Probe, securing first place. And GGG's still got third. And I... would be fighting a lot of people for 24th (aka not on the list) with my composite fastest times because I don't do speedruns, XD
And here we are, March of 2022. Since the video, they've moved to IGT (in-game time) times for Normal any%, GGG's now 6th, Probe and ZPR have both done runs and are second and third, and user Bloody is now first. User 'MasterMaul' is 4th, and 'blindseis' is 5th. WR is 1:34:55 IGT, 1:44:24 real time.
This was fun, I found you on the WoL deathless run, and I have enjoyed all your stuff since then. I generally enjoy analyzed speed runs like this if you decide you want to do more, it is hardly the only option however.
Thanks for making these awesome SC2 videos. It's one of my favorite games and I enjoy your explanations of why/how things work instead of just showing us a speedrun with no commentary.
Dude, this is really cool, even though I'm from another country, I can understand you and calmly watch your videos without straining. It also helps to improve my English. you deserve a like. And you play great.
If you guys are wondering how op GGG is, after watching this video, i managed a 3 hour speed run of WOL by following his outline and I'm pretty garbage at micro and this game in general. It was super fun to do and see the actual final time :) Try it!
I remember both watching this the day it went live, and feeling super proud of myself for getting the "Hurry up, it's raid night" achievement way back before HotS was released lol
The reason the Blink didn't work in Whispers of Doom is because Zeratul needs to be right next to the wall, then you cast Blink on the space fog of war covered space. Edit: Look mom, I'm on screen!
I have a suggestion for a challenge, wings of liberty on brutal without buying anything. A joke could be needing beer money, or the TV at the begginning costing more than expected.
WHITE TEXT COMPILATION (because I enjoy watching videos podcast style, which means I miss out on a lot of the funny flavour text): Run Rules 0:36 "Prepare for the onslaught of jokes about units dying during the run" flashes momentarily as Grant explains the rules. The Devil's Playground 3:24 SCV: My facebook group says the lava is a hoax (he and one other SCV are promptly killed by rising lava). SCV: Damnit Karen! The Dig 7:11 Marine: Let me at em! (stims and runs it down into protoss the instant he exits the dropship) Marine: WTF NO HEALS!? (as he unsurprisingly dies) Whispers of Doom 8:31 Zeratul: I can't fit through! (after failing to blink through some rocks) Zeratul: Gotta lose some weight (after failing again) Zeratul: Are zerglings keto friendly? (after a third failed blink) Echoes of the Future 11:31 "This is fine" and "No problems here" appear onscreen as zerglings destroy Grant's base, albeit after he has already beaten the level. Shatter the Sky 15:54 Billy the Marine: You guys needed nukes and battlecruisers? Pathetic! (as he alone takes down a coolant tower while surrounded by zerg) All In 16:08 Medic: Where'd you boys learn to shoot so fast? Ghost: GiantGrantGame's deathless Wings of Liberty run, of course! (while rapid-fire sniping Kerrigan)
Whoa Probe is actually the first here that's unecpected if you guys don't know him he is a pro player / a nice Protoss streamer. Congratulation for the run, this is a really well made video !
Emperor Mengsk: "Jim Raynor is a criminal, and will be brought to justice immediately" Jim: "Time to kick this revolution into O V E R D R I V E" *2 Hours Later* Jim: "hey" Emperor Mengsk: "NOT THAT QUICKLY!!!"
It was interesting to see you speedrun Starcraft 2 after having done a no man left behind challenge for the Starcraft 2 Trilogy (though I'm still looking forward to the Legacy of the Void prologue and Nova Covert Ops), so I'm interested in what kinds of strategies you would use for speedruns of both Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void.
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GGG went from "no man left behind" to "no cost is too great" very quickly.
the Mengsk transformation xD
He switch from the raynor commander to mengsk
- "Do the lives of your soldiers mean nothing to you? Are you that mad?"
- "Do yours mean so much to you? Are you that weak?"
MrGreen Tabasco is that a dawn of war quote i smell?
@@nagashtheundyingking4404 It is indeed, it's from the Tau taking the space marine stronghold in Dark Crusade IIRC.
GGG: "We will complete wings of liberty again"
Marines: "Yay"
GGG: "By any means necessary"
Marines: "...oh no"
"This is your plan?!"
- SCV, The Outlaws, 2020
@@jonathansmith1281 SCV: "Whut, you run outta marines!?"
Grant: "In my army, EVERYONE's a marine!"
@@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 Mengsk co-op intesifies
"By any memes necessary"* big difference
Imagine the Dominion going from "Zerg are attacking, everyone is going to die" to "The Queen of Blades is dead and we're saved" in less than two hours.
In a timeline where Raynor wasn't kidding when he said "I'm the man whose gonna kill you"
Units in the beginning: hey, it's commander Grant, he's known to not lose a unit in his wars, what a blessing, we're safe!
Units after 10 seconds of gameplay: Oh no...
RUN! HES SPEEDRUNNING!
Eric Brown ooh if they run I can shave of 3 min
Got it! Go there and grab the artifact! Then what? ... Grant? ... uh oh.
It is a good day to die
@@mariaealfaro3300 the best
Moment of silence for all the units that were used as literal meat shields.
I'm having Ender's Game flashbacks.
Two extreme forms of completing RTS campaigns. Speed running (sacrifice anything for the clock), or keep all your units alive challenge (take as long as you need).
you are just used to no death runs :D
@@dailydoseofpuppiess that was a nice plot twist, wasnt it
That's so weird on this channel, where no-death has been the selling point for a while xD
Just to clarify what is bound to be confusion: When on the "Faster" speed, the game and clock run at 1.4x speed, this means that a "30 Minute" defense mission on faster takes 21 minutes and 45 seconds real time.
Does calling the marauder upgrade kinetic form help?
Edit: sorry about the cringe, I couldn't figure out a clever way of mentioning that little detail
Your stuff is really neat, helped me wings of liberty on hard
Actually, 21 minutes, 25 and five sevenths seconds exactly. (Assuming the 1.4x speed and 30 minutes base time are both exact.)
Zero hour is skippable; if you clear the enemy bases the level ends.
@@sigh6140 No it isn't. Believe me, I've done it and the mission continues. Zerg keep spawning out of nidus worms that appear constantly and flyers come from the corners of the map. You're probably thinking about "Welcome to the Jungle" or "The Dig", where destroying all the protoss structures will indeed end the mission early.
Me, watching units die- Wait, that's illegal.
How about nova campain no dead :< im still waiting
@@TungNguyen-sp2qd we all are
Nova Covert Ops Deathless Run
First Mission: Stone being such a Dissapointment
Refer to rule 6
ITS BEEN ILLUSION ALL ALONG
Raynor, having somehow lived through thousands of timelines where his revolution is met with varying degrees of success, has mastered all known possible art of being a commander, memorized down all events that might happen, and has had enough shit with Kerrigan.
The bridge in A Sinister Turn extends either at a certain time (3:30?) or when 5 units are produced - and it counts units the AI makes, so it trips early because you used the DTs to kill a bunch of Tal'darim in the right base and then the AI replaced them, setting off the trigger. I figured this from copying the strategy from the 'hard difficulty without producing units' speedrun on youtube for the 'Hurry up it's raid night' achievement and because the Zeratul missions are kinda shit so I like to just get them out of the way ASAP.
14:46 The objective of Shatter the Sky is very unique...
The bookmarks and second tab at 16:36 are incredible.
First run: "No one is allowed to die! I will save you all!"
Second run: "Die so that I may save 5 seconds!"
I love how you are in E-Mail-Contact with Mengsk 16:35
Good eye! Now that's a nice Easter Egg.
single queens near you btw
Tychus Speedo pics... Damn, he's sexy.
WebMD zerg infestation.
how DO you build probes tho?
Man, really puts a spin on the "Time to kick this revolution into overdrive" thing... jeez
Jokes were great. I especially liked that 'You can see the ueen of Blades' one.
*Queen
"my facebook group says the lava is a hoax"
"damnit karen"
Marine: GiantGrantGames is here! We're all going home alive!
5 seconds later:
To be fair, the marines got all kinds of VIP treatment because they do damage. It's the SCVs who got screwed.
Also compared to regular runs of the play which involve sending huge armies to die in battle, he still only makes the minimal troop investment to guarante the fastest victory
"So you know how we unlocked that orbital strike research? ...you're on suicide nuke duty."
"This is your plan?!"
- SCV, The Outlaws, 2020
This and the "no unit loss" videos are basically Mengsk's lore in a nutshell.
Sons of Korhal by itself was pretty much conviced to not take much casulties
I dont think Mengsk was caring about some "meat marinez"
@@tigran010 hello
*meanwhile on Korhol*
Marine: Emperor Mengsk , we just heard the Zerg have returned and are wrecking havoc on the sector!
Mengsk: QUICK, consolidate our forces and secure Korhol NOW!
Marine: Wait milord, we just received a message that Raynor took out the Queen of Blades.
Mengsk: well........ Crisis averted then. Carry on soldier.
Korhal
10 minutes later the queen of blades bursts through the door, while the protoss have to separate from the Kala once again.
@@tonnentonie2767 imagine the heart of the swarm takes 10 minutes lmao
This is Donny Vermillion coming to you live from UNN studios on Korhal with a breaking news report: Notorious Outlaw Jim Raynor has just butchered his way through Zerg Space and put to death their caretaker; the self-proclaimed 'Queen of Blades' Jim Raynor. Have you no shame? Your actions have directly placed an entire *lineage* of animals on the Endangered Species list. We go now to Kate Lockwell for an update live in-progress!
"Yeah, the enemy just sorta waltzed into our base not caring about our overwhelming force."
"Fudge, that's scary. Let's just leave."
Just when I thought I had nothing else to look forward to on this channel.
you're gonna be in for a treat though. Grant has been doing a "community challenge run" of wings of liberty and twitch chat is not kind.
The rules are as follows:
Every story arch twitch chat gets to ban 2 units ( except for the 1st arch which only has 1 unit ban)
Twitch chat chooses Grant's research and mission order
every mission, twitch chat comes up with and votes on some sort of challenge. this can be anything, and is only limited bytwitch chat's willingness to watch the same stupid mission for 2 hours (outbreak, moving out only at night, with hellions, hellbats and medics is not easy)
@@meeperdudeify we need vods of this on youtube
@@SargntSagara twitch has VODs gamer, and grant is making a VOD channel
Marine: Ah... It's the commander from last time, we are glad to work under you again....
GiantGrantgames: Hey guys i have a different plan this time!
0:37 "Prepare for the onslaught of jokes about units dying during the run"
Well, we got that part down
3:23 Underrated scv conversation there lmao
I've been rewatching your deathless runs recently, and am super hyped for this video. Can't get enough of Starcraft 2 campaign shenanigans.
Managed to obtain the speedrunning achievement of Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty in under 8 hours, your video helped a lot, thank you for your work. Keeping up the great work, have a nice day
Grant "I beat all the campaigns without losing a unit"
Also Grant "I try to avoid loses, but its inevitable"
Looking forward to more speed runs. It's one of my favorite hobbies to watch.
"Jim Raynor's army on cocaine" should be the name of this run
Stimpacks for everyone!
... this is just kinda how Terran work by default?
"Prepare for the onslaught of jokes about units dying during the run"
Let's get this party started!!!
1:36
I try to avoid deaths, but they are inevitable when I am Russian!.. Wait...
...
...
Stalin: That's right!
I remember that I finished the Moebius mission pretty quickly cuz I had the Hercules reaserched so I just flew it with my army to all objectives :D
Fun facts since this video -- RedRyder (the other 5.0 run on that list, at 10th place) did a run a month later and jumped to 4th ('bout a minute and a half slower than GGG's time), and the month after that, ZPR (second place in this video) secured a faster time than Probe, securing first place. And GGG's still got third. And I... would be fighting a lot of people for 24th (aka not on the list) with my composite fastest times because I don't do speedruns, XD
And here we are, March of 2022. Since the video, they've moved to IGT (in-game time) times for Normal any%, GGG's now 6th, Probe and ZPR have both done runs and are second and third, and user Bloody is now first. User 'MasterMaul' is 4th, and 'blindseis' is 5th. WR is 1:34:55 IGT, 1:44:24 real time.
8:45 that was only me trying to close the help boxes like a idiot? XD
that's really impressive, especially for it being a very early try. Great work!
15:54
Damn that boy must have had infinite ammo and a godly gun to continuously shoot without running out of ammo or overheating
What an absolute legend, your content is something out of this world.
This was fun, I found you on the WoL deathless run, and I have enjoyed all your stuff since then.
I generally enjoy analyzed speed runs like this if you decide you want to do more, it is hardly the only option however.
Wow Man ! That was amazing
Thanks for making these awesome SC2 videos. It's one of my favorite games and I enjoy your explanations of why/how things work instead of just showing us a speedrun with no commentary.
The amount of strategy involved in this game and the skill cap that allows things like this is actually amazing
Dude, this is really cool, even though I'm from another country, I can understand you and calmly watch your videos without straining. It also helps to improve my English. you deserve a like. And you play great.
Your Speedrun Showcase helped me a lot for beating the game (WoL) with 100%
Me, spending nearly 1 day or two on Achieving the raid achievement.
Grant: Done in 2 hours.
it would be nice to do a "KILL EVERYTHING RUN"
Also, Congratulations for being the third
"I put my SCVs and Medics in Front to soak damage"
SCV: You sure about that?
that scan then dropping the mule was sick, great work.
Lol that was like the most obvious thing you could do on a starcraft speedrun
@@sexysalmon4411 I just thought it was kind of clever.
@@philip8673 not trying to drag you down, i just found it fumny that of all the exploited bugs you're impressed by the simplest thing :D
Congrats the that time and personal best! Here's to a world record!
Never reallt been a speedrun watched but i liked this run great video
The ending is too wholesome for my taste 😁 thank You man, for providing such an entertaining videos 😊😊
got scared thinking of how many times you had to reset when units died
then i realized it didnt matter here
Congrats! This is what I call quality content~
Something about your videos are so calming I cant stop watching them
I just got the Hurry Up it's Raid Night by using a couple of tips that you have in this video! Thanks GGG
Congrats dude, waiting for your next video!
I feel like there's not enough people talking about how disconcerting A Sinister Turn would've been for Ma'ar.
Dude I was looking for a speedrun for the last few days, this is beyond Google listening to me, you felt mt heart. Yeeeeeees
Would love a speedrun on legacy of rhe void and heart of the swarm 😉❤️
Great Stream, Great Video, Great Run... It's like you're good at this or something.
If you guys are wondering how op GGG is, after watching this video, i managed a 3 hour speed run of WOL by following his outline and I'm pretty garbage at micro and this game in general. It was super fun to do and see the actual final time :) Try it!
I remember both watching this the day it went live, and feeling super proud of myself for getting the "Hurry up, it's raid night" achievement way back before HotS was released lol
i have never been so ready and exited to watch a video in my life
The reason the Blink didn't work in Whispers of Doom is because Zeratul needs to be right next to the wall, then you cast Blink on the space fog of war covered space.
Edit: Look mom, I'm on screen!
I comment solely for the into. Thanks man, speed running is a niche thing and should be supported.
Medic: Stimulant Deploy!
Jim: Let move, boy we have a empire to topple.
Man your content is so Pog, I'ts such a shame these aren't coming out faster
Really awesome. 😁finding out the best positions is one thing...but remembering it is a completely different. i couldn't even remember one.
I was set on waiting for Warcraft 3, but suddenly this magic came. Thank you for that :D
now that we're stray from no man left to die
let's go to the other extreme and beat every mission with only one man left to tell the tale
This run was so amazing to see it happen live :D
Amazing man! Waiting for your ascension on the list.
Congratulations for the charity action and the awesome run ! Good continuation !
Thought i was watching a normal challenge run. End up watching a top 3 world speedrun. GG well played.
Gratz on 3rd place good shit
Also congratulations on the first actually enjoyable to watch starcraft speedrun lmao
I have a suggestion for a challenge, wings of liberty on brutal without buying anything.
A joke could be needing beer money, or the TV at the begginning costing more than expected.
I've been watching a bunch of your "no kill" runs so seeing all these marines getting mowed down is terrifying.
Thank you Grant! I got that Pesky achievement "hurry up it's raid night" by watching your video for tips to shave off my times.
Great content as always!
Minsk I think it's a fine day to take a holi-Raynor let's kick this Revolution into overdrive!
at 16:35 his top bar and his favorited are great, "tychus speedo pics" XD
“Single queens near you” I’m dead
WHITE TEXT COMPILATION (because I enjoy watching videos podcast style, which means I miss out on a lot of the funny flavour text):
Run Rules
0:36
"Prepare for the onslaught of jokes about units dying during the run" flashes momentarily as Grant explains the rules.
The Devil's Playground
3:24
SCV: My facebook group says the lava is a hoax (he and one other SCV are promptly killed by rising lava).
SCV: Damnit Karen!
The Dig
7:11
Marine: Let me at em! (stims and runs it down into protoss the instant he exits the dropship)
Marine: WTF NO HEALS!? (as he unsurprisingly dies)
Whispers of Doom
8:31
Zeratul: I can't fit through! (after failing to blink through some rocks)
Zeratul: Gotta lose some weight (after failing again)
Zeratul: Are zerglings keto friendly? (after a third failed blink)
Echoes of the Future
11:31
"This is fine" and "No problems here" appear onscreen as zerglings destroy Grant's base, albeit after he has already beaten the level.
Shatter the Sky
15:54
Billy the Marine: You guys needed nukes and battlecruisers? Pathetic! (as he alone takes down a coolant tower while surrounded by zerg)
All In
16:08
Medic: Where'd you boys learn to shoot so fast?
Ghost: GiantGrantGame's deathless Wings of Liberty run, of course! (while rapid-fire sniping Kerrigan)
Whoa Probe is actually the first here that's unecpected if you guys don't know him he is a pro player / a nice Protoss streamer.
Congratulation for the run, this is a really well made video !
Amazing video! Really hope to see other campaigns speedruns
I love how his other tab at 16:52 is an email from Emperor Mengsk that says "Just nuke them"
Can you beat StarCraft:Mass Recall without losing a unit ?
Sodnom Mandarov that’s impossible because revers are a thing
TheDragoon 771
Any time you fight reavers, you have air units available iirc.
Theoretically you could abuse drop micro to dodge shots too.
ur such a pro at this game. excited to see Warcraft 3 campain without losing any units
GGG: My fellow Terran! I have come to save you!
Terran: Hooray! It’s GiantGrantGaming!
GGG: *WITH SPEED!*
Terran: Oh no, it’s GiantGrantGaming.
I dont think ive ever seen anyone bother to edit their speedrun. Much more watchable
I love your Videos and I can really see the effort you put into what you do. Keep up the great work^^
Congratulations man, i'm very happy for you.
Third place? Thats really damn good, great work man!
Rewatching this video about 2 years later, i just realized i discovered Lowko through your sneaky jokes on the result screen :D
I fucking love your voice. I could sleep with it and the Starcraft's musics.
Emperor Mengsk: "Jim Raynor is a criminal, and will be brought to justice immediately"
Jim: "Time to kick this revolution into O V E R D R I V E"
*2 Hours Later*
Jim: "hey"
Emperor Mengsk: "NOT THAT QUICKLY!!!"
That was well played, congrats mr. GiantGrantGames.
Hell yeah dood, congrats on hitting that top 3 spot guy
Grats on 3rd place! Going to watch the full vod soon I hope.
Side note.
Seems your making up for all the units that couldn't die in the last series.
Conrats on your placement!
Kerrigan: Jim, what the hell are you doing?
James Raynor: taking speed baby. WHOOOOO
Keep up the great work GiantGrantGames
It was interesting to see you speedrun Starcraft 2 after having done a no man left behind challenge for the Starcraft 2 Trilogy (though I'm still looking forward to the Legacy of the Void prologue and Nova Covert Ops), so I'm interested in what kinds of strategies you would use for speedruns of both Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void.