Exactly, I'd love to see a big Tournament win but no matter what win or lose the content is always quality. Good mix of high level information and banter and humor.
I came here to learn the way of a cheeser, to better defend against one, and havent been able to leave due to the in depth thought process that you keep delivering. The videos you post of you commentating WHILE you play are truly impressive. Showing me that high mmr doesnt have to mean robot mechanics like Serral. Hoping to see you keep giving the top dogs a run for their money!
i truly believe you will be top 10 in no time, 2024 will be year of the Captain. I will always root for you to win. keep your head up and keep playing, well done anyways
Hard luck Harstem. You'll bring home the bacon next time. I think we all see how well you prepared for this tournament. Keep up the great work you've been putting in and you'll reap the rewards soon enough mate. Take care and don't be too hard on yourself.
Well played Harstem! You’ve been super strong lately and it shows. Being a Harstem fan couldn’t be easier! Also huge fan of Ekster! Thanks for sponsoring!
Your series against Reynor was soooo close, as frustrating as it was for you to lose I think it is something to build on and we sure enjoyed watching. I really thought you had it! It is not hard to be a Harstem fan at all your content is great.
I've never played pvp in SC2 but I believe always scouting is one of the keys to victory. The more info u have, the better ur chances are in winning. It is the information age after all. Serral is phenomenal at scouting and i think that's one of the contributing factors on why he is 🐐
big difference of what Wardi was saying, but Wardi says lots of strange things, just to say something (sometimes)...also don't know if you caught the move that Spirit made in the first game where he burrowed a mine near the ramp to catch your fleeing probes, and shot at many of them.
You're great player, but for the last 6 years I watch you, yeah, well, you become more assertive in your playstyle and gambling part, but still, a lot of work to do on soft and personal matter. If I may give you same advice I'm giving to my motocross students - to win a race you have to win at the first corner, to win at the first corner, when 30 other racers is trying their best to be first there is only one thing that will make you go first - accepting that you, and only you deserve that. Deserve to be first, deserve to win. That has nothing to do with actual skill and talent(although you have a lot of both). You just have to believe. P.S. Everyone of your subscribers believe in you being rank one, champion. Now it's time for you, yourself to discover it. Sometimes it feels like you becoming a psychopath, but you'll manage :)) With huge appreciation and respect, A.
In the last game, at 7:44 game time ( ruclips.net/video/rwvXVm1Dzf8/видео.html ) something actually appears on the minimap for a second, so your theory about the drop was probably correct.
If you forgive me some diamond level wisdom, I think in that second game pivotal battle a zealot flank could also do wonders, as the 1 angle battle was pretty close. With a flank, split tank fire, i think chances were good to win it. And i think you had the time to set it up.
@harstem, why would your proxy gateway build get scouted if he goes marine first? I honestly have no idea what the movement is supposed to be so that would happen while not vs the reaper first
With marine first, the Terran will often scout around his base as there isn't much for the marine to do before cybernetics core units are out. Meanwhile, with reaper first, the Terran will send the reaper to the protoss base for scouting + probe harass.
Hey Harstem, youtube has done away with the "Channels" tab at least in some countries. There's an affiliated links section in your channel's "About" page. Could you add the URLs? I believe you also have a channel called HarstemCasts or something along those lines, right? Would be much easier to find if we still had direct access from the main channel, rather than remembering it by name.
You mention that you got advice from your terran and protoss friends on what build to use. It seems like a lot of you are friends or friendly. Is there sometimes a conflict who helps who in a match? like if it were lambo v Skillous and both are asking you what you think? Id be interesed to hear about that in your next selfcast tournament game.
Imho you really played well in majority of the games in that tournament, you stepped up your skill level. Yeah it wasnt prefect, but what in life is? Onward, no discouragements:)
GG Captain, I think your analyses of your games are pretty accurate. I remember when you were playing Archon with MaxPax among others when you were macro he said you should take a base and you disagreed. Unfortunately lost that game so maybe that is something to try- to still be aggressive macro-wise even when not turtling and when fighting out on the map. Close this time- this is not the ceiling for sure
Whoever thought having stealth mines was a good idea 😂 They shouldn't be able to 1 hit workers, but then terrans would actually need to learn a strategy game
Watched this live, rough loss cap. Lots of small edge-of-vision coinflips that could've easily gone the other way. I think you had a great performance in the tournament, on another day you would've won this series.
Earlyame defende isnt too hard. Makes it nice for protoss as toss gets to mid/lategame easily and early terran bullshit becomes way easier to hold, thus toss is happy to reach the both sides equally bullshitting stage.
@@snowdrop9810 Its not at all, Harstem was just an idoit and didn't build any turrets he had the minerals for them. If you are ever playing a no scout greedy build forge down as you expand and a couple of turrets is a much better defence than a gate and 1-2 units.
9:54 400 float: drops can come, why not get 2 photons`? so cheap, buy you so much reaction time, gives vision, prevent f2 faults etc. as T you built 15 turrets bc you see viking production; on P i dont think ive seen you make a single photon before late midgame the earliest; and you lose SOOOOO many games on it.
10:26 also since you know you can't fight it and you focus fire, you are overkilling by 3+ stalkers; which should just have been 3 photons securing your bases instead... having this many stalkers here is a wasted.
10:52 cloak banshee. wonder what would have shutdown that with no micro or effort.. ow yerr PHOTON CANNONS ;P you got 12 stalkers out, where 5 does the exact same; you got 3 stalkers at home doing basically nothing; and you got zero detection and refuse to get some cheap photons that will ensure your bases untill like 12-14minutes in, where you should put down, at latest, 2-3 more on each base... Protoss does not have the supply efficiency to rely on units and not static for defence while attacking
12:24 when stalkers has map control use a probe to throw down 1-2 pylons to spot actual move out, cheapest spotter and you can reinforce cheeky if they are ignored. can also just put them as blocks on base points, same effect. again, units should not be used by P for what cheap buildings can do the same. P units are too expensive and extremely supply heavy, a T can fight a P at half supply so every 2 supply is a 4 supply advantage; 1 pylon is just better at this
12:42 roaming stalker groups should be 5 stalkers, oneshots everything within reason, you need like 10-15 and aggressive blink for bigger stuff than what 5 takes out. anything more is a wasted off resources that should have been at other points
When your football teams loses, you dont pick another team right? Get me a Harstem jersey! I'll go ahead and start setting dumpsters on fire. For reals tho, I'm on your side.
If Harstem has million number of fans i am one of them . if Harstem has ten fans i am one of them. if Harstem have only one fan and that is me . if Harstem has no fans, that means i am no more on the earth . if world against the Harstem , i am against the world. i love #Harstem till my last breath.. .. Die Hard fan of Harstem . Hit Like If you Think Harstem Best player & Smart In the world
Hasrstem should have just built 2 turrets one in each mineral line, for the sake of 300 minerals it would have been well worth it. He really played poorly as soon as the mines went down.
I will never stop being a harstem fan. If the captain sinks we go down with the ship. But when he inevitably wins god damn thats gonna be a cruise.
put so brilliantly :) 2024 year of harstem!!
pun master
I'm a fan of his content. He's funny. I don't like the way he plays SC2. That would be Gumiho.
@@Jordan-Ramses valid opinion but i completely disagree.
I really like these tournament videos. Cool to watch your performance and hear your logic/plans.
Good game Captain, it isn't hard being a Harstem fan, we appreciate all the work you do, you've got the best SC channel on youtube by a mile.
Exactly, I'd love to see a big Tournament win but no matter what win or lose the content is always quality. Good mix of high level information and banter and humor.
Gotta bump this comment due to agreement. Love the content Harstem better luck next time.
100%. I just put this video on as asmr while I played. XD
I do enjoy Harstem Vs Uthermal
Props for actually casting and commentating a round where you go down 0-3. Tons of respect.
You played your heart out in tthe reynor series. Was amazing to see you play so well. Can't wait to see you in the next big tournament❤
Being Harstem fan is a blast. Happy to see you bringing more diverse play. You may be top 12 in this tournament, but you are top 1 in our hearts!
28:00 Being a Harstem fan is a blast!! Tough match for you, but thanks for all the good times!
I came here to learn the way of a cheeser, to better defend against one, and havent been able to leave due to the in depth thought process that you keep delivering. The videos you post of you commentating WHILE you play are truly impressive. Showing me that high mmr doesnt have to mean robot mechanics like Serral. Hoping to see you keep giving the top dogs a run for their money!
Win or lose, you're a champion to us, Harstem! Thank you for the hundreds of hours of entertainment you give us!
i truly believe you will be top 10 in no time, 2024 will be year of the Captain. I will always root for you to win. keep your head up and keep playing, well done anyways
26:03 see that drop attempting to get by on the minimap? GJ captain
So close to catching it but not quite😅
Hard luck Harstem. You'll bring home the bacon next time. I think we all see how well you prepared for this tournament. Keep up the great work you've been putting in and you'll reap the rewards soon enough mate. Take care and don't be too hard on yourself.
Well played Harstem! You’ve been super strong lately and it shows. Being a Harstem fan couldn’t be easier!
Also huge fan of Ekster! Thanks for sponsoring!
Happy to see you playing more cheese in tournaments. Gotta stay unpredictable!
Your series against Reynor was soooo close, as frustrating as it was for you to lose I think it is something to build on and we sure enjoyed watching. I really thought you had it! It is not hard to be a Harstem fan at all your content is great.
Best tactical commentary of the game by a mile and a half. Keep grinding !
20:58 bring the probe over, throw down 1-2 shieldbat and keep exchanging shield for HP and units, when tank come out, sack the bats and next stage
I've never played pvp in SC2 but I believe always scouting is one of the keys to victory. The more info u have, the better ur chances are in winning. It is the information age after all. Serral is phenomenal at scouting and i think that's one of the contributing factors on why he is 🐐
big difference of what Wardi was saying, but Wardi says lots of strange things, just to say something (sometimes)...also don't know if you caught the move that Spirit made in the first game where he burrowed a mine near the ramp to catch your fleeing probes, and shot at many of them.
One day The Captain is gonna absolutely crush a tournament and it’ll be one of those great days in SCII history.
You're great player, but for the last 6 years I watch you, yeah, well, you become more assertive in your playstyle and gambling part, but still, a lot of work to do on soft and personal matter.
If I may give you same advice I'm giving to my motocross students - to win a race you have to win at the first corner, to win at the first corner, when 30 other racers is trying their best to be first there is only one thing that will make you go first - accepting that you, and only you deserve that. Deserve to be first, deserve to win. That has nothing to do with actual skill and talent(although you have a lot of both). You just have to believe.
P.S. Everyone of your subscribers believe in you being rank one, champion. Now it's time for you, yourself to discover it. Sometimes it feels like you becoming a psychopath, but you'll manage :))
With huge appreciation and respect,
A.
It's a rare player who's humble enough to show this, respect man!
In the last game, at 7:44 game time ( ruclips.net/video/rwvXVm1Dzf8/видео.html ) something actually appears on the minimap for a second, so your theory about the drop was probably correct.
Harstem getting sponsors, get that money man. You deserve it!
Bro we love being harstem fans. Win or lose we are with you to the end of the line:)
It’s great being a Harstem fan! Go on Kevin 😊😊
If you forgive me some diamond level wisdom, I think in that second game pivotal battle a zealot flank could also do wonders, as the 1 angle battle was pretty close. With a flank, split tank fire, i think chances were good to win it. And i think you had the time to set it up.
@harstem, why would your proxy gateway build get scouted if he goes marine first? I honestly have no idea what the movement is supposed to be so that would happen while not vs the reaper first
With marine first, the Terran will often scout around his base as there isn't much for the marine to do before cybernetics core units are out.
Meanwhile, with reaper first, the Terran will send the reaper to the protoss base for scouting + probe harass.
That was quite a long winded answer to a yes/no question...
Great stuff though, love Harstem casting Harstem
Great run, Harstem! I think trying new things is already paying off so keep pushing forward!
You're great Harstem =p I think its really easy to be a fan, you have such good outlook and strive to be better. See you in the next one! Keep it up
Hey Harstem, youtube has done away with the "Channels" tab at least in some countries. There's an affiliated links section in your channel's "About" page. Could you add the URLs? I believe you also have a channel called HarstemCasts or something along those lines, right? Would be much easier to find if we still had direct access from the main channel, rather than remembering it by name.
0:55 ooh Nexus before Gate
Don't worry Harstem, you live in our hearts and without needing MMR!
Love the format of these videos!
You mention that you got advice from your terran and protoss friends on what build to use. It seems like a lot of you are friends or friendly. Is there sometimes a conflict who helps who in a match? like if it were lambo v Skillous and both are asking you what you think? Id be interesed to hear about that in your next selfcast tournament game.
GGs captain. Keep improving, you definitely leveled up recently.
Imho you really played well in majority of the games in that tournament, you stepped up your skill level. Yeah it wasnt prefect, but what in life is? Onward, no discouragements:)
keep making videos and keep up the training. We love you and appreciate you. Go Hastem
man, seems like a bunch of stuff just went spirits way this match
looking at the minimap at 26:03 it seems like your instincts were correct
GG Captain, I think your analyses of your games are pretty accurate. I remember when you were playing Archon with MaxPax among others when you were macro he said you should take a base and you disagreed. Unfortunately lost that game so maybe that is something to try- to still be aggressive macro-wise even when not turtling and when fighting out on the map. Close this time- this is not the ceiling for sure
Whoever thought having stealth mines was a good idea 😂 They shouldn't be able to 1 hit workers, but then terrans would actually need to learn a strategy game
Die hard HARSTEM fan forever!
Watched this live, rough loss cap. Lots of small edge-of-vision coinflips that could've easily gone the other way. I think you had a great performance in the tournament, on another day you would've won this series.
First map is so rough for toss
Earlyame defende isnt too hard. Makes it nice for protoss as toss gets to mid/lategame easily and early terran bullshit becomes way easier to hold, thus toss is happy to reach the both sides equally bullshitting stage.
@@snowdrop9810 Its not at all, Harstem was just an idoit and didn't build any turrets he had the minerals for them. If you are ever playing a no scout greedy build forge down as you expand and a couple of turrets is a much better defence than a gate and 1-2 units.
Top 8 in my book
#1 next year, you got this captain
Imba or not, I hate mines.
My biggest advice handling them is, when you see one, say "A *mine*!" in Gimli's voice.
Love the vids.
Made that comment before you said "Hard to be a Harstem fan"-not true! 😄
Always a joy watching you fight, captain! ❤
Better luck next time! Keep rolling
Our boy harstem. Played like never before, lost like always ❤
ggs Harstem! Not the result you were looking for, but well fought.
cant get a win? get a sponsor! guaranteed win!
fyi Rådhuset station is a subway station in Stockholm.
Nice job Kev
those Eksters are sick btw
Any doubt about skills should be answered by the games against reynor.
Kevin! Love to see your games
9:54 400 float: drops can come, why not get 2 photons`? so cheap, buy you so much reaction time, gives vision, prevent f2 faults etc.
as T you built 15 turrets bc you see viking production; on P i dont think ive seen you make a single photon before late midgame the earliest; and you lose SOOOOO many games on it.
10:10 yup thats a 12 second pull=120minerals and a lost probe=170... all avoidable by that 1 photon.... i just dont get it
10:26 also since you know you can't fight it and you focus fire, you are overkilling by 3+ stalkers; which should just have been 3 photons securing your bases instead... having this many stalkers here is a wasted.
10:52 cloak banshee. wonder what would have shutdown that with no micro or effort.. ow yerr PHOTON CANNONS ;P
you got 12 stalkers out, where 5 does the exact same; you got 3 stalkers at home doing basically nothing; and you got zero detection and refuse to get some cheap photons that will ensure your bases untill like 12-14minutes in, where you should put down, at latest, 2-3 more on each base...
Protoss does not have the supply efficiency to rely on units and not static for defence while attacking
12:24 when stalkers has map control use a probe to throw down 1-2 pylons to spot actual move out, cheapest spotter and you can reinforce cheeky if they are ignored. can also just put them as blocks on base points, same effect.
again, units should not be used by P for what cheap buildings can do the same. P units are too expensive and extremely supply heavy, a T can fight a P at half supply so every 2 supply is a 4 supply advantage; 1 pylon is just better at this
12:42 roaming stalker groups should be 5 stalkers, oneshots everything within reason, you need like 10-15 and aggressive blink for bigger stuff than what 5 takes out.
anything more is a wasted off resources that should have been at other points
We Kick Butt Everyday, Yeah
When your football teams loses, you dont pick another team right? Get me a Harstem jersey! I'll go ahead and start setting dumpsters on fire. For reals tho, I'm on your side.
You always improve my mood
Champ of the hearts!
Widow mines imba
All protoss is good at transition to commentary, if you know what I mean.
Let's gooo, I hope it did!
OV chipkaart als een baller
Pls do another afk series, thumbs up if u wana it too!
If Harstem has million number of fans i am one of them . if Harstem has ten fans i am one of them. if Harstem have only one fan and that is me . if Harstem has no fans, that means i am no more on the earth . if world against the Harstem , i am against the world. i love #Harstem till my last breath.. .. Die Hard fan of Harstem . Hit Like If you Think Harstem Best player & Smart In the world
yes!
mines are more balanced than ghost... xD
Unlucky
You really gotta get out of your own head.
Why not get cannons for detection.
Perhaps you'd still be ahead..
u mean the first game? Cap didn't have a forge ):
Yeah terran pretty broken and toss extremely underpowered
Hasrstem should have just built 2 turrets one in each mineral line, for the sake of 300 minerals it would have been well worth it. He really played poorly as soon as the mines went down.
He forgot to build an engineering bay. Sloppy play really