This was a good one. You could kind of tell the opponents were not ready for how long the smaller armies were staying in the fights. That protoss especially was definitely perplexed at how hard the army was tanking the colossus.
@@henningbreede6428 but most opponents just dont check at all. They kind of just assume that at certain time intervals each race should have either 1/1 or 2/2 or 3/3 based on DOPE
@@applemacosx1 I have asked ChatGPT AI and it has multiple theories about it. I think that the one more suited for this is this one (quoting the AI): > It seems that there are several possible interpretations of the abbreviation "DOPE" in the context of estimating an opponent's upgrade levels based on time passed in Starcraft 2. Here are a few additional potential guesses: > Degree Of Potential Enhancements: This interpretation suggests that "DOPE" refers to the potential level of upgrades that the opponent could have researched based on the time passed in the game. By considering the resources available to the opponent and the time required to research upgrades, a player could estimate the degree of potential enhancements that the opponent's units may have. I have cut out other guesses because they seem to be irrelevant in this context.
I completely agree with the thing about limitations vs viable off-beat strategies that are supposed to help in a weird way and not just supposed to make it harder.
also agreed. Further, i think it enhances the experience more when the strategies exemplify a principle of the game. Taking a principle to the extreme, such as upgrade importance, shows its value in a new light and is good practice at imploying it and furthering understanding imo, even if its certainly not optimal in terms of effectiveness.
Please bring back the Mothership recall challenge! The one where you float into their base and recall the whole army in. I would love to see some of the older challenges redone again.
"It's like climbing up a building and then there being a block of cheese. Which you can't find with the elevator." - Harstem 2023 -_- Wise words indeed.
His team face is Jarosław Kaczyński (thus JAREK - short), unpopular in younger & more educated part of Polish society, leader of leading party. You might recall he is twin brother of Polish president who died in plane crash in Smolensk (Katyn) in 2010 (it was quite viral event)
I forgot how calming it is to watch this type of videos, and loved the build made me sub because your commentary is actually great to keep interested in and invested at the same time.
Whenever you make upgrades, or more bases, etc., make sure you get a lot of army. You've lost the first game because you went easy on reconstituting your army. Always create a powerful force, unless you know for a fact that the opponent already has less.
Quick note: you can start ebay at 24 gas so there is no delay. Best build so far i got is 3-2 upgrades in about 8:15 - you got 3 evacs with fully upgraded marines at that time. Also you can add tank as well for defense. You need to start second gas asap after rax so you can get your armory right in time to get +2 attack. Add second ebay when its possible. Yes - your CC is super delayed but its fun build, right? Works great in 2v2 or 3v3 probably. 1v1 you gonna die in leagues above diamond 3 i think
I love how you run your commentary straight from your thoughts. I like getting all that background thinking and decision making that's paired with the build.
There are 2 timings for a gas first build. You're doing the standard gas first timing at 29 sec. Try the gas first build, but build the gas at about 41 secs. It very subtlety, opens up a different tech tree. It works a lot better. Start +1 vehicles for tanks, before you get your +2 armor. Get the Second E-bay, after you finish +2 infantry weapons.
Upgrade rush just sounds scary. The way you called the builds was not confusing because 'plus' refers to upgrades part. I had fun watching the shredding😎 i think you're right about opponents going crazy on why you're not dying quickly 🤣 enjoyed👍🏾
I tried the build in the first video with my offrace. I hate TvT tankbattles, and I met a terran a lot better than me. The build worked great! I stimmed and won, then I doomdropped, stimmed and won harder. After multiple brutal fights of marines killing everything, my opponenet GG'd saying that my strategy was absurd.
With three forges the cost is 71 seconds base for all three then 138 seconds for level 3 I don't remember level 2 so let's split the difference and say 104 seconds. Before chrono boost which makes things 1.2 times faster i believe so 313 seconds base speed. So assuming constant chrono boost 251 seconds from start assuming perfect run
Running into the composition in the game which cares the least about upgrade differences, mass seige tank, in your first game seems like the game punishing you for your hubris.
Of course it's stupid stuff since it will be very hard to win with this at the highest level, which is how harstem judges things as stupid. Also people at this level all click on the opponents units to see the upgrades, so the point doesn't really make sense.
Isn't being up 6 upgrades the max difference incorrect? I mean TECHNICALLY for the matchup 6 upgrades is correct.. However, the MOST you can be up as a PROTOSS player you should know would be 9(3/3/3 vs 0/0)? Or does everyone collectively disregard shields as a valid upgrade?
Great build. But it seems you were lacking tanks in second game. A few long range shots would force your opponent to react, instead of you attacking against batteries.
That guy face on the Nexus is Jaroslaw Kaczynski Polish ex prime minister from strange Political Party PIS. Person who ppl hate and blind followers love.
Deffo felt like alot of the fights wouldve gone better if you had just a few more units, which I guess is the downside in you delaying your production for upgrades.
@@AntiDoctor-cx2jd i forgot the "against". Sorry. Still, as it turns out, when you do 40 odd damage in AoE a shot, and a marine has about 55HP, it doesn't matter how much armour they have, they die in 2 shots regardless, and it doesn't matter how much attack they have, either they die before getting in range or you can't shoot them a second time regardless.
This was a good one. You could kind of tell the opponents were not ready for how long the smaller armies were staying in the fights. That protoss especially was definitely perplexed at how hard the army was tanking the colossus.
Definitely not perplexed given that you can see your opponents upgrades.
@@henningbreede6428 but most opponents just dont check at all. They kind of just assume that at certain time intervals each race should have either 1/1 or 2/2 or 3/3 based on DOPE
@@kevinnguyen290 havent played sc2 in years could you explain what is DOPE?
@@applemacosx1 I have asked ChatGPT AI and it has multiple theories about it. I think that the one more suited for this is this one (quoting the AI):
> It seems that there are several possible interpretations of the abbreviation "DOPE" in the context of estimating an opponent's upgrade levels based on time passed in Starcraft 2. Here are a few additional potential guesses:
> Degree Of Potential Enhancements: This interpretation suggests that "DOPE" refers to the potential level of upgrades that the opponent could have researched based on the time passed in the game. By considering the resources available to the opponent and the time required to research upgrades, a player could estimate the degree of potential enhancements that the opponent's units may have.
I have cut out other guesses because they seem to be irrelevant in this context.
@@esuil Thank you that makes the most sense AI saves the day.
I completely agree with the thing about limitations vs viable off-beat strategies that are supposed to help in a weird way and not just supposed to make it harder.
also agreed. Further, i think it enhances the experience more when the strategies exemplify a principle of the game. Taking a principle to the extreme, such as upgrade importance, shows its value in a new light and is good practice at imploying it and furthering understanding imo, even if its certainly not optimal in terms of effectiveness.
26:40 that is Jarosław Kaczyński, basically unofficial ruler of Poland :P is a short for "Jarosław"
Jebać PiS!
can't believe Kaczynski from StarCraft is ruling over pole land
Revisiting this strat with Protoss would be very entertaining again 🙂👍
Technically, you could anti-armor missile units and get even more than 6 upgrades ahead
True but surely nobody can count that far.
Medivac: "Somebody! Get me out of this mess!"
Harstem: "I don't even care that much about my medivacs honestly."
Medivac: )_:
Being a marine in Harstem's army be like: 5:37
Please bring back the Mothership recall challenge! The one where you float into their base and recall the whole army in.
I would love to see some of the older challenges redone again.
quickets and crickets
he left the typo in title to bait correction comments i bet
@@sakesaurus That's it!
"It's like climbing up a building and then there being a block of cheese. Which you can't find with the elevator." - Harstem 2023
-_-
Wise words indeed.
He truly is the cheesiest man alive
What is the timestamp?
His team face is Jarosław Kaczyński (thus JAREK - short), unpopular in younger & more educated part of Polish society, leader of leading party. You might recall he is twin brother of Polish president who died in plane crash in Smolensk (Katyn) in 2010 (it was quite viral event)
Super fun build, looking forward to a bit more exploration of this build order! Thanks for the content!
26:43 It's Jaroslaw Kaczynski aka "Mr Duck" 😂
I forgot how calming it is to watch this type of videos, and loved the build made me sub because your commentary is actually great to keep interested in and invested at the same time.
You could be up 8 upgrades if you made some Ravens and put the Anti-Armor Missile on your opponent's army ;)
Whenever you make upgrades, or more bases, etc., make sure you get a lot of army. You've lost the first game because you went easy on reconstituting your army. Always create a powerful force, unless you know for a fact that the opponent already has less.
Quick note: you can start ebay at 24 gas so there is no delay.
Best build so far i got is 3-2 upgrades in about 8:15 - you got 3 evacs with fully upgraded marines at that time. Also you can add tank as well for defense.
You need to start second gas asap after rax so you can get your armory right in time to get +2 attack. Add second ebay when its possible.
Yes - your CC is super delayed but its fun build, right? Works great in 2v2 or 3v3 probably. 1v1 you gonna die in leagues above diamond 3 i think
I love how you run your commentary straight from your thoughts. I like getting all that background thinking and decision making that's paired with the build.
There are 2 timings for a gas first build. You're doing the standard gas first timing at 29 sec. Try the gas first build, but build the gas at about 41 secs. It very subtlety, opens up a different tech tree. It works a lot better.
Start +1 vehicles for tanks, before you get your +2 armor. Get the Second E-bay, after you finish +2 infantry weapons.
At 12:21
Harstem:
Announcer: Additional supply depots required!
Announcer: Additional supply depots required!
Harstem: You know what I need?
Announcer: Additional supply depots required!
Harstem: Medivacs!
26:45 it's actually a famous polish politician jaroslaw kaczynski lol
Upgrade rush just sounds scary. The way you called the builds was not confusing because 'plus' refers to upgrades part.
I had fun watching the shredding😎 i think you're right about opponents going crazy on why you're not dying quickly 🤣 enjoyed👍🏾
I tried the build in the first video with my offrace. I hate TvT tankbattles, and I met a terran a lot better than me. The build worked great! I stimmed and won, then I doomdropped, stimmed and won harder. After multiple brutal fights of marines killing everything, my opponenet GG'd saying that my strategy was absurd.
I miss when this was using Quicket's theoretical upgrades strategy, but I guess getting the Quickest possible upgrades makes sense.
13:45 "This is absolutely no problem right?" Maybe send in marauders first? 😅
I would love this to be done as Protoss. I wonder how quickly the upgrades can be done since the new patch?
With three forges the cost is 71 seconds base for all three then 138 seconds for level 3 I don't remember level 2 so let's split the difference and say 104 seconds. Before chrono boost which makes things 1.2 times faster i believe so 313 seconds base speed. So assuming constant chrono boost 251 seconds from start assuming perfect run
So by min 7 you can be up by 9 upgrades
9:00 HAHAHAH i'm Dying like 3 marines pushing back a MEch based Army. HARSTEM, MAKING A SONG FOR YOU AND LOWKO. peace hommie
Quickets? Crickets? Brickets? Brisqets? :P
Difbets
@@st4ndby difbets deez nuts
"I actually think I can fight this". Everytime fail.
That Flexy is a pure clown. Go for giga turtle the whole game and don't do any thing, as Protoss and as Terran, lmao. Damn that was so lame.
Harstem: the tank is the core unit for terran...
Clem: the fuck is a tank?
XD
A block of cheese makes pretty much anything better, even an analogy.
11:26 it's possible for protoss to be up 9 upgrades!
broodlords benefit from melee upg too, so its possible to be up 12 upgrades
@@ieaturanium574 how 12, the Brood Lord doesn't have an air attack so it only counts for ground melee+ground carapace+air carapace
wouldn’t ultras be capable of 8?
@@sakesaurus but it does have an air attack. trust the science
@@sakesaurus The broodling fling is its own attack that deals 20 damage and gets +2 with every air attack upgrade.
How scary would it be for those marines to charge into 20 sieged tanks, just a meat grinder. RIP marines in game 1
26:46 ish, i think that's the queen of england lol
Only the real ones watched this video while the title still said "Quickets"
All i could hear is quickets
I’m imaginary.
@@torak456 aint we all..
Harstem, you should add some flavor at the 2 min mark just say "Proxy Rax?, Proxy Gates?" to see how your opponents respond xD
Running into the composition in the game which cares the least about upgrade differences, mass seige tank, in your first game seems like the game punishing you for your hubris.
Fast upgrades isn't really stupid stuff imo. It's always a good strategy to make your opponent think they can take a fight when they actually cant
The problem is that often they just can take the fight because upgrade rush isn't optimal so you just trick yourself.
Of course it's stupid stuff since it will be very hard to win with this at the highest level, which is how harstem judges things as stupid. Also people at this level all click on the opponents units to see the upgrades, so the point doesn't really make sense.
The smiling dude hovering over the Nexus in second game is Jarosław Kaczyński BTW.
Sometimes I enjoy pure marine fast upgrades and never stop parade push.
Cool vid as always. Maybe try a 7min 3 base adrenal glands rush?
This face at 27:00 is jaroslaw kaczynski leader of the Polish goverment :)
26:45 - it's Kaczyński. Leader of the largest Polish party 'Law and Justice'
That face on the base wasn't Jeff Bezos but Jaroslaw Kaczynski, he is leader of Law and Justice ruling party in Poland called PiS.
Isn't being up 6 upgrades the max difference incorrect?
I mean TECHNICALLY for the matchup 6 upgrades is correct..
However, the MOST you can be up as a PROTOSS player you should know would be 9(3/3/3 vs 0/0)?
Or does everyone collectively disregard shields as a valid upgrade?
I've been doing this since the new patch as protoss, it's hilarious having +3 attack Vs a 5 rax push. (7:20ish)
Thank you for your videos! They improve my day :)
26:45 I believe it's Jarosław Kaczyński, a member of the Polish Sejm and a brother of Lech Kaczyński.
newb and all but: Shouldn't you have upgraded the CC first to start generating energy?
That face. Not Jeff but Jarosław Kaczyński. The player must be Polish. ;)
I like this build, very fun and confuses the opponent
that 1 marine killed so many probes
Great build. But it seems you were lacking tanks in second game. A few long range shots would force your opponent to react, instead of you attacking against batteries.
Loved this one!! Super fun
How about Beating grandmasters with stupid stuff: beautiful base
When I send a imba complaint form with fast upgrades I get called stupid but when he does it now it's okay.
Salt flows through me.
You got called stupid.
Now think about what this series is called.
Please feel stupid again.
The word stupid is in the title, to be fair. It still is even with the Captain in the driver's (pilot's?) seat lol.
You're a content MACHINE!
should go enge bay before barracks
or is the armory not in time?
That guy face on the Nexus is Jaroslaw Kaczynski Polish ex prime minister from strange Political Party PIS. Person who ppl hate and blind followers love.
"I think I can fight this, no?" - Harstem just before taking the worst fight you've ever seen
can you do a protoss version of this ?
bgmwss idea: try having at least one of each unit in your army. Surly that's the most balanced army possible no?
Why not switch the marine out at 6:20 let the medivac heal him?
Fastets upgrades !
You said you’d check a +1 marine vs a reaper in the unit tester. Can anyone confirm how the marine does?
I dont think it matters since repaer comes faster than upgrade finishes
i was thinking about droping/sneaking ghosts behind mineral lines and sniping all workers
Ghosts 2shot worker with autoattack, so that isn't very useful.
@@henningbreede6428 They're even worse against SCVs as well since they're not Light. 5 shots to kill an SCV!
@@henningbreede6428 i think snipe one-shots, so opponent doesn't get the alert. This, or i played too much broodwar recently...
Quickets. Also, 4k plz!
I find your lack of Vikings disturbing, Captain.
@harstem you have a typo in your title, its Quickest, not Quickets
26:43 Kaczynski 🤣🤣🤣 leader of ruling party in Poland
maybe mass gate no warpgate bw style games could be fun?
Deffo felt like alot of the fights wouldve gone better if you had just a few more units, which I guess is the downside in you delaying your production for upgrades.
Mass Banshee/Viking?
tanks are more important in tvt imo.. theres just no way marines marauders beats mass siege tank unless you micro better than a 1000 APM bot
He did not seem to rush stim and combat shield. So, I felt the build was not that good at all.
I came for the quickets; where are the quickets?
Scammed
26:40 its Polish politician Kaczyński very disliked among normal people :D
Send first game to Angry Coach
Upgrade speedrun
thx
"Quickets"
prediction - it works will because terran upgrades are imba.
Terran stupid stuff is imba
Outcome: it works terribly because terram upgrades don't do anything terran.
@@Santisima_Trinidad I disagree with your point that terran upgrades don't do anything
@@AntiDoctor-cx2jd i forgot the "against". Sorry. Still, as it turns out, when you do 40 odd damage in AoE a shot, and a marine has about 55HP, it doesn't matter how much armour they have, they die in 2 shots regardless, and it doesn't matter how much attack they have, either they die before getting in range or you can't shoot them a second time regardless.
@@Santisima_Trinidad please spread the word, terrans have been buying upgrades since the game came out in 2010. What a waste!
that was definitely not jeff bezos lmao
Quickets!
This was Jarosław Kaczyński, the ultimate wappon against your economy. Greetings from Poland.
8:50 - this is really crazy )
why not nuke a turtle terran?
are you higher than a kite or what?
Depot before ebay
Clickbait title smh
so true
just FYI captain, might wanna fix title to Quickest instead of Quickets. 👍
nice
Tank viking
can't hear anything but the quickets ...
Quickest* or fastest*
stekciuQ
Respect harstem for never smurfing 🫡
Isn't he kinda always smurfing on Main by playing weird builds? :D
His main is his smurf account, kind of.