As some of you may be aware, the Australian Protoss player Probe beat this time a few days ago, grabbing first place. This travesty has been fixed and I will be returning to the World Record slot as soon as my newest run is verified. Sorry about that!
It's basically the same idea as Zerg cheese strats in multiplayer with canceling a hatch into building a spine crawler on the small patch of creep it created.
It's used in PvP sometimes, you can make a spine crawler without needing sustainable creep to troll people You also do that, then make the spine crawler reroot itself on an opponent's hatchery's creep~
You can also sometimes use it against Protoss if you Hatchery block their natural for whatever reason, cancelling for an evolution chamber gives you a bunch of extra cockblock time. Scouting P is a giant red flag in itself(since overlords fulfil this role just fine) so be prepared for them to react in an unusual way.
@@amgonnabakeyobread "Scouting P is a giant red flag in itself" No, it's pretty common; overlords are slow and you can't exactly play distraction with them; nor prepare any proxy hatcheries if you're in to that
Yeah, the thing about your little intro, GGG. We weren't upset with you getting only third place because we were still in a state of shock that you killed so many of your own units. *AND NOW YOU ARE KILLING SO MANY ADORABLE ZERGLINGS!!!*
For the crucible Mission: The AI gets REALLY messed up if you spread creep around the level. The attack waves visit each creep tumor, both active and inactive, and trail a path around the level. This can delay them significantly, and in some cases cause them to stop spawning up until the final wave. I have no idea why this happens, but i use it every time and its hilarious. it even causes the two fighting armies to stop spawning as well. Note that this bug does not effect flying units for some reason.
Possibly because the sound waves are being more spread out as they go there for changing the message. IDK whether the effect is strong enough but this is so funny
I hear him say "I don't like- " the first time. Then I read your comment, went back, and heard him say "I like-" Then the third time I heard "I don't like-" again. It's "I like" but he says it stressing "I" in a weird way, creating this effect. Interesting.
Truth is, starcraft 2 is not a game usually speedrun. But even saying that, you must be good at the game and good at speedrun to try the run, so that's quite an achievement to be #1.
Idk about you, but there are only 10 records in speedrun website. This means there is no competition. I'm saying this because you said getting a world record in this game as if it's super impressive, but really there is no one else doing speedruns for this game, which is still commendable he got a WR, but isn't as impressive as you make it seem. It looks like your respect is for this niche game because you perceive it as difficult, but that only applies vs human players. VS AI this game isn't that difficult. He doesn't deserve respect for playing this specific game, he should be respected for his effort not for this specific game...
Congratulations on the world record! It’s awesome to hear you found some nice time saves yourself and the fact that there are some improvements you can make to the way you play just means your time can get even lower!
I've been trying to catch as much streams as I could with my schedule. Seeing you learn the route, and eventually get this WR on stream was freaking awesome. En Taro Grant
I started watching you really recently cause of your 0 deaths runs and i thought you were pretty good at the game already. Little did i know that you would get world record so soon. Congrats man you are awesome :D
Regarding the "With Friends Like These" mission. It's fully possible to do that way faster than current world record of 5m 02s. My personal record is 4m 33s. I did a way more sneak strategy like you mentioned. Basically ignoring helping the AI and just going for the end boss solo.
@@Erik_Arnqvist Oh nice, I didn't even look at that. Great run! I haven't looked at HotS for a while but I didn't think skipping level 3 on the Hyperion was viable
So I never heard of Starcraft or your channel until your challenge videos showed up in my feed. And you've made me a fan and I haven't even played the games yet. I spent hours reading lore and guides adn gameplay tips after watching becuase I was fascinated. Congrats on your win! I guess I'm buying Starcraft next paycheck.
Hey, don't be upset about third place in Liberty. Considering how long people have had to refine their runs, the fact that you managed to break top five is amazing. Could you do better? Yeah, probably. Should you be ashamed of getting third? Hell no, wear that badge with pride. And congrats on getting the Swarm record, as well as finding new optimisations for the run. Out of curiosity: Are you going to try for the Legacy record before moving on to more Deathless stuff?
This is seriously impressive. Not only have you improved the run, you've done it by so much that even this time seems like it can be significantly improved
I really appreciate these videos. As someone who has only ever played SC casually and pretty much never touched the scenarios, it is so interesting to have these runs actually explained. After your Wings of Liberty speedrun video, I went looking for speedruns of HotS and LotV, but the runs were all basically without commentary and on very low graphics settings. It was super unsatisfying to watch. I hope we get to see a LotV speedrun sometime soon :)
Really like this format. I dont see most world record holders make a summary of their run like this, but I really like it condensed like this. Great editing!
I saw your videos on my recommended on RUclips and really enjoyed the first I saw. I’ve watched a good chunk already and enjoyed them so much that I decided to give StarCraft a try. It’s quickly becoming my one of my favorite games even though I’m trash at it. Keep up the great content!
Oh you commentated over this... I loved the live talking better... mostly because there was a pretty solid chunk of time where the word Mend was just about everything
Amazing man, incredible play. So I caught at the end that you are new to Speed running. my friend, when I was speed running DOOM (UV any %), I was new as well. So what I did and I am sure you did the same was watch what these guys were doing. After a few thousand attempts I got my record. I was "new" to speed running as well. It is all about practice makes perfect and those that have the drive to make things happen, well, they make things happen! So congrats dude, it takes a special person to watch speed runs and go outside the box and think of different strats, that is what you did and it is highly impressive.
Third place is nothing to scoff at - you've demonstrated impeccable skill and dedication. No one would laugh at an Olympic competitor getting bronze! It still proves that they were better than 99% of other competitors! Great job! Then to turn around and get the world record? I was proud when I made it into the top 100 crusader leaderboards on Diablo 3 - but for you to place twice - in two different races that play incredibly differently? Very nice!
I just watched this again and got interested in checking how long GiantGrantGames was on first place. I expected it to be a few month at most, but the speedrun record was only broken a month ago in Janurary 2023, meaning that he was somewhere between 1 and 2 years the record holder. That is kind of cool.
Mom, I want Stukov and Ultralisks! We have Stukov and Ultralisks at home. Stukov and Ultralisks at home: *Literally just Zagara and a group of swarmhosts holding up cardboard cutouts*
I think it would be really cool to see a brutal all achievements run of all three campaigns to unlock the one player portrait. Plus it could also turn into a new speed run category that would roughly be 6 hours long lol. Love the videos and hope to see more!
Now I come back to this video with the knowledge that Grant did this after rage-quitting the Sentinels Campaign Deathless midway because of Royal Guard stunlock BS and Couatl spam. He said this was easier. I am amused and at the same time impressed.
What a boss! He plays this world record explaining so much and how he does it and off hand why little things are important. And the whole time mentions each time he lost time and even implies there are more things he can do that no one has done in a speed run that he doesnt explain so if some one beats his speed run he will always get it back so try speed runners but i still got your number and know where you live lol.
Super late comment but I just had to say, this is probably my third time watching this because it is such a good Video, it has it all, explaining stuff, funny editing and overall just good "pace" of the video
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How often does he mend? I'm here to find out!
9:11 Unlocks Mend
9:12 Abathur tells him to Mend
9:28 Says Mend
9:29 Uses Mend
16:08 Swaps to Mend
16:08 Says Mend
16:41 Uses Mend
16:45 Uses Mend
16:49 Uses Mend
16:51 Says Mend
17:34 Uses Mend
17:35 TheRealRhyme asks if he can start timing out people in twitch chat who are spamming "MEND"
18:03 Uses Mend
18:28 Uses Mend
18:33 Uses Mend
18:37 Uses Mend
18:41 Uses Mend
18:48 Uses Mend
18:53 Uses Mend
20:29 Uses Mend
20:34 Uses Mend
20:36 Uses Mend
20:47 Uses Mend on Dehaka
20:49 Says Mend
21:02 Says Mend
21:02 Uses Mend
21:08 Uses Mend
21:11 Uses Mend
21:21 Uses Mend
21:29 Uses Mend
21:30 Says Mend
21:34 Uses Mend
21:54 Uses Mend
21:58 Says Mend
22:02 Uses Mend
22:06 Uses Mend
22:11 Uses Mend
22:16 Uses Mend
22:19 Says Mend
22:22 Uses Mend
22:28 Uses Mend
22:31 Uses Mend
22:36 Uses Mend
Did I miss any? Please let me know!
Anyway, this was a treMENDous video! Nice work Grant
ComMENDable
Commander Shepard eh, I truly don’t mend
@Wren Alger you broke the chain, you must mend your ways
I’ll stick with this train till the bitter mend
Oh mend how many levels you needed to get so much mending
As some of you may be aware, the Australian Protoss player Probe beat this time a few days ago, grabbing first place. This travesty has been fixed and I will be returning to the World Record slot as soon as my newest run is verified. Sorry about that!
why cant u play on ladder? whats your rank? silver? bronze league hero?
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@@kaplislemesis4789 What's your age? 14? 13?
@@johnnamkeh1290 1413
Congrats on reclaiming your record. No misclicks this time!
seeing units die in your runs feels wrong...
I was about to say the exact same thing LOL
Hmm what about a 'deathless speed run'?
@@natanoj16 oh god the pain
@@natanoj16 haha i think u didnt get the memo :P
this so much. An upvote to you to honor the death of every poor zergling!
That hatchery creep thing is clever, I never thought of doing that, might give it a go lol.
It's basically the same idea as Zerg cheese strats in multiplayer with canceling a hatch into building a spine crawler on the small patch of creep it created.
It's used in PvP sometimes, you can make a spine crawler without needing sustainable creep to troll people
You also do that, then make the spine crawler reroot itself on an opponent's hatchery's creep~
You can also sometimes use it against Protoss if you Hatchery block their natural for whatever reason, cancelling for an evolution chamber gives you a bunch of extra cockblock time. Scouting P is a giant red flag in itself(since overlords fulfil this role just fine) so be prepared for them to react in an unusual way.
@@amgonnabakeyobread "Scouting P is a giant red flag in itself"
No, it's pretty common; overlords are slow and you can't exactly play distraction with them; nor prepare any proxy hatcheries if you're in to that
@@CongaYT I suppose you're right. .I only really encounter this stuff in ZvR personally :D What's your mmr? Maybe we could practise some stuff
Zerglings: "Hey, GGG is playing campaign again! It must be a deathless ru-"
3G: "You all will be a great sacreface"
@@tigran010 (fyi: sacrifice*)
@@GnumpStonetoe *Meat Shield*
Yeah, the thing about your little intro, GGG. We weren't upset with you getting only third place because we were still in a state of shock that you killed so many of your own units. *AND NOW YOU ARE KILLING SO MANY ADORABLE ZERGLINGS!!!*
Haha well to be fair, he still managed to kill fewer units than you're normally expected to.
For the crucible Mission: The AI gets REALLY messed up if you spread creep around the level. The attack waves visit each creep tumor, both active and inactive, and trail a path around the level. This can delay them significantly, and in some cases cause them to stop spawning up until the final wave. I have no idea why this happens, but i use it every time and its hilarious. it even causes the two fighting armies to stop spawning as well. Note that this bug does not effect flying units for some reason.
Now that is extremely funny.
@@unexpected2475 neato
I played it this month but the enemy didn't deviate from their attack paths :( I did spread it almost to every corner on the map
@@ThiccomanMaybe it only works on a specific difficulty?
19:02 when you hear it from far away it sounds like:
”I don’t like Stukov and ultralisks”
but up close it sounds like:
”I like Stukov and ultralisks”
Possibly because the sound waves are being more spread out as they go there for changing the message. IDK whether the effect is strong enough but this is so funny
Trippy. How did you figure that out?
Caio Fleury I thought that him saying ”I DONT like Stukov and ultralisks” was weird in the context so I listened to it again up close
I hear him say "I don't like- " the first time.
Then I read your comment, went back, and heard him say "I like-"
Then the third time I heard "I don't like-" again.
It's "I like" but he says it stressing "I" in a weird way, creating this effect. Interesting.
he stretches the I in a "I----ud like..." Way. Which makes it sounds as any of the two things depending on your hearing.
Every sports coach ever:
"You can't be the best straight away"
3G:
"Try me"
Warimano I mean he is Masters 1 on ladder so that helps a little
He also practices a ton for his videos...
wronx
Any game u can't legit speedrun blind playthrough
Yes, sport coaches are like that. Sadly, i forgot my dash ability
Getting a speed run world record for games like this DESERVE respect
Agreed.
Truth is, starcraft 2 is not a game usually speedrun.
But even saying that, you must be good at the game and good at speedrun to try the run, so that's quite an achievement to be #1.
Idk about you, but there are only 10 records in speedrun website. This means there is no competition. I'm saying this because you said getting a world record in this game as if it's super impressive, but really there is no one else doing speedruns for this game, which is still commendable he got a WR, but isn't as impressive as you make it seem. It looks like your respect is for this niche game because you perceive it as difficult, but that only applies vs human players. VS AI this game isn't that difficult. He doesn't deserve respect for playing this specific game, he should be respected for his effort not for this specific game...
@@sasinmo completely agree with you. The run is far from being optimised either
yeah starcraft in normal settings is usually a multiple hour game for even one mission. and he makes the dlc with 10 missions in 2.
"Then I messed up"... 1st in the world....
Congratulations on the world record! It’s awesome to hear you found some nice time saves yourself and the fact that there are some improvements you can make to the way you play just means your time can get even lower!
He's actually alread moved on to LotV any%, his first practice run was today
It's not the world record though
I've been trying to catch as much streams as I could with my schedule. Seeing you learn the route, and eventually get this WR on stream was freaking awesome. En Taro Grant
Man just casually sets a world record in his free time while trying to make deathless runs, what a lad
it warms my heart to see SCII being played a decade later
We still do be playing
i started playing early this year and its just so good man
Actually watching this youtube channel made me want to play the whole story all over again
@@JoseGutierrez-jd8sswings is free
“As someone new to speedrunning...”
His runs are always about mastering the game. Fun fact though, mastery becomes speed.
3:35 I am the Swarm.
I am Thor.
"Summoning Salt wants to know your location"
Keep up the Startcraft Content! I can only watch Pro-casts for so long. Your Starcraft 2 special runs are a great fresh take on a decade old game.
I started watching you really recently cause of your 0 deaths runs and i thought you were pretty good at the game already. Little did i know that you would get world record so soon. Congrats man you are awesome :D
Sometime someone so OP that the whole community shut their trap and cheer in awe at how incredibly awesome he is. That's you my dude GGG, you madlad
I feel like things learned during deathless helped these runs loads.
Congrats man, I enjoyed watching it live last friday :D
mend?
Your videos helped me get through a really rough recovery from jaw surgery. Thank you, and keep up the good work!
Congratz!
Regarding the "With Friends Like These" mission. It's fully possible to do that way faster than current world record of 5m 02s. My personal record is 4m 33s. I did a way more sneak strategy like you mentioned. Basically ignoring helping the AI and just going for the end boss solo.
I'd love to see a video of that. That record isn't too great but 4:33 is really fast
ZPR Oh hi recognize that name. Yeah it’s on my channel
@@Erik_Arnqvist Oh nice, I didn't even look at that. Great run! I haven't looked at HotS for a while but I didn't think skipping level 3 on the Hyperion was viable
Thanks! I’ve even tried skipping level 2 but has so far been unsuccessful lmao
@@Erik_Arnqvist Do you want me to put it on the leaderboards? You can also just submit it on speedrun.com yourself
Hell yeah, grats! Also, thanks for the highlights it's really interesting.
So I never heard of Starcraft or your channel until your challenge videos showed up in my feed.
And you've made me a fan and I haven't even played the games yet. I spent hours reading lore and guides adn gameplay tips after watching becuase I was fascinated.
Congrats on your win! I guess I'm buying Starcraft next paycheck.
just so you know its free
11:20 "Flurst flash freeze" - a bit of a tongue twister. Congrats on the record regardless ☺️
Replaying all the campaigns "with you" and because of you. Thanks
Hey, don't be upset about third place in Liberty. Considering how long people have had to refine their runs, the fact that you managed to break top five is amazing. Could you do better? Yeah, probably. Should you be ashamed of getting third? Hell no, wear that badge with pride.
And congrats on getting the Swarm record, as well as finding new optimisations for the run.
Out of curiosity: Are you going to try for the Legacy record before moving on to more Deathless stuff?
Damn, you beat a nearly year old record with a minute and a half time save? That’s insane.
That was an awesome overview of your speed run. Nice work there Ender Wiggin.
This is seriously impressive. Not only have you improved the run, you've done it by so much that even this time seems like it can be significantly improved
Loved watching this live, was well worth ruining my sleep schedule!
This was such a fun run, so hype when you won the world record :D
MENDMENDM;NEDMNEMDNEMNDMENDMNEMNDMENDMENDMENDMENMDNEMDNEMNDMENDMNEMDNEMNDEMNMD
Congrats man! Now get the other 2 as well :p
Congrats on the WR gj
14:42 Hey, you didn't even mention the RNG repair bot spawn from one of the fighters! That was exciting as well.
I shit you not, half an hour ago I was thinking about when I could see another video from you. Talk about timing man.
Your videos are insanely high quality, keep up the good work!
I really appreciate these videos. As someone who has only ever played SC casually and pretty much never touched the scenarios, it is so interesting to have these runs actually explained. After your Wings of Liberty speedrun video, I went looking for speedruns of HotS and LotV, but the runs were all basically without commentary and on very low graphics settings. It was super unsatisfying to watch. I hope we get to see a LotV speedrun sometime soon :)
Congratulations! very impressive
All throughout the run: "so I fucked up this and that"
Still gets WR.
*B O I*
If you look a the leaderboard he presents there was like a 50 min gap between people, run seems super unoptimized
Really like this format. I dont see most world record holders make a summary of their run like this, but I really like it condensed like this. Great editing!
i LUV the comments by units flashing up always makes me go back 5 seconds just to read again :D
I saw your videos on my recommended on RUclips and really enjoyed the first I saw. I’ve watched a good chunk already and enjoyed them so much that I decided to give StarCraft a try. It’s quickly becoming my one of my favorite games even though I’m trash at it. Keep up the great content!
I appreciate you. Watching your videos has made me way better at Starcraft. I only play the campaigns but that’s all I’m into
Oh you commentated over this... I loved the live talking better... mostly because there was a pretty solid chunk of time where the word Mend was just about everything
Amazing man, incredible play.
So I caught at the end that you are new to Speed running. my friend, when I was speed running DOOM (UV any %), I was new as well. So what I did and I am sure you did the same was watch what these guys were doing. After a few thousand attempts I got my record. I was "new" to speed running as well. It is all about practice makes perfect and those that have the drive to make things happen, well, they make things happen! So congrats dude, it takes a special person to watch speed runs and go outside the box and think of different strats, that is what you did and it is highly impressive.
I love your content. Great editing and very pleasant voice. I hope you do more campaign content!
Third place is nothing to scoff at - you've demonstrated impeccable skill and dedication. No one would laugh at an Olympic competitor getting bronze! It still proves that they were better than 99% of other competitors! Great job!
Then to turn around and get the world record? I was proud when I made it into the top 100 crusader leaderboards on Diablo 3 - but for you to place twice - in two different races that play incredibly differently? Very nice!
The hatch trick of the bone mission has been uncovered at last.
I just watched this again and got interested in checking how long GiantGrantGames was on first place. I expected it to be a few month at most, but the speedrun record was only broken a month ago in Janurary 2023, meaning that he was somewhere between 1 and 2 years the record holder. That is kind of cool.
Wrong, click on Filters, Obsolete runs Shown on speedrun site and you will see it was beaten in less than two months
GG Dude. Looking forward to see you pushing the WR even further by optimizing the routes even more.
This is the best SC channel ever! Love your idea of interesting content and great commentary.
Mom, I want Stukov and Ultralisks!
We have Stukov and Ultralisks at home.
Stukov and Ultralisks at home: *Literally just Zagara and a group of swarmhosts holding up cardboard cutouts*
I think it would be really cool to see a brutal all achievements run of all three campaigns to unlock the one player portrait. Plus it could also turn into a new speed run category that would roughly be 6 hours long lol. Love the videos and hope to see more!
Good run, good production quality on the vid. Narration. Editing. Chapters. Nice.
16:48 those 4 overlords be simping hard for Kerrigan.
shouldve named it "can you beat hots wihout loosing an hour?"
GRATS!
From a fellow speed runner im proud of you!
Congrats on your WR! I've enjoyed your SC2 videos a lot.
Man! I really admire your incredible ability to analyse and optimise these games!
Very impressive run, Grant! Congrats on the world record!
It's so fun watching this kind of videos , keep the good job
Now I come back to this video with the knowledge that Grant did this after rage-quitting the Sentinels Campaign Deathless midway because of Royal Guard stunlock BS and Couatl spam. He said this was easier.
I am amused and at the same time impressed.
Congrats! Really nice summary of the run too!
Dude i love how you sound and games you play, thanks very much for your videos
were those skyrim references with that umojan marine? that guy needs to get his hearing checked, i dont think hes fit for active duty
What a great video editor excellent content dude. Really look forward to you vids.
Congrats! I love watching speedrunning and it's neat to see you do so well so fast
So stoked for you! Nice work!
The campaign in sc2 i feel is extremely well made and underrated, kudos to you bringing the attention it deserves.
Keep up the good work
Hell yeah dude good job
Your voiceover is so relaxing to listen to :) Nice video and congrats.
Good job
Great job dude!! That tactic in Fire In The Sky is genius
Amazing run. Congratulations.
What a boss!
He plays this world record explaining so much and how he does it and off hand why little things are important.
And the whole time mentions each time he lost time and even implies there are more things he can do that no one has done in a speed run that he doesnt explain so if some one beats his speed run he will always get it back so try speed runners but i still got your number and know where you live lol.
i used that strategy you are using on the last mission to finish the campaign on brutal years ago, couldnt be asked to do it the intended way haha
Well now you have to take ur 1st place back again :D got beat yesterday lol
love that your playing the excellent, criminally underrated SC1 zerg ost
OMG I love these challenge videos please keep uploading them
i love your content always exciting to see you've uploaded
Congrats dude! That's a great achievement!
Congrats Dude !!!
Gratz Grant! Holy crap that's amazing.
Very nice showcase of talent and thought process, I love it!!
Hot damn, a full minute, nicely done man!
glad i found your channel, so fun :)
This is great content SIr Really cool! Keep making more
Amazing run! Welcome to speedrunning, i hope to see more!
Congratulations on the WR!!
Lets go he posted 😃
i want that meme of the guy walking around slapping people but with giantgrantgames and all the people being defensive lines
Congrats man!
This is so fun to watch honestly. I love it!
Congratulations man, well deserved 👏
Super late comment but I just had to say, this is probably my third time watching this because it is such a good Video, it has it all, explaining stuff, funny editing and overall just good "pace" of the video
Hey keep up the good work, this is really impressive.