Nicoract is from Russia but choses not to represent the russian flag on liquipedia, opting instead for the non-representing white flag. GGbond is the chinese player SCV.

@aaabatteries9948

16 күн бұрын

That's so pretentious tbh. Just because of the current war and political situation does not mean that you should be embarrased of your country, Russia is so much more than that....

@jakubliska4730

16 күн бұрын

@@aaabatteries9948 Yea it has also a rich history of slaughtering their own people too! And all the great communist thinkers like Lenin or Stalin

@whatsgoodmiley1456

16 күн бұрын

@@aaabatteries9948hundreds of thousands of lives that will never get to experience life without war, and only because of greed. Regardless of vodka, samovars, caviar, and troikas, I’d be ashamed, too. Russia will be lucky if their shame only lasts a few generations. Nothing pretentious about it when you gain even a surface level understanding of the suffering of war. And add to it just how unnecessary this war is.

@DamianSzajnowski

15 күн бұрын

​@@whatsgoodmiley1456 Disagree. That's form stuff, it's like denouncing American flag in times of Vietnam. Great sign of protest but arguably overkill and still a bit pretentious.

@ck9103

15 күн бұрын

In my mind it is one of the mildest and least pretentious ways to protest. He's voicing his opposition to the current state of Russian politics by doing just slightly more than absolutely nothing.

12:40 That's a soul sucking disruptor shot right there.

Road to rank 1 has been my fav series since the start

4:22 into the valley of death rode the six... four reapers

Nicoract is russian, but because he's not happy about the Ukraine situation, he prefers to be thought of as "stateless"

>forgets name for cloak >forgets for a short moment how marines are called he's getting old ;) Some insane trades, esp. first game. That final purification nova at game #1 was rather enjoyable.

@Wwillswords

16 күн бұрын

More likely its early on a monday morning and his brain is operating a 3/4 capacity.

@vigilanterorschach2600

16 күн бұрын

@@Wwillswords He was recording at 11 PM, he even mentioned it multiple times in the video.

Hey Harstem, I tuned in live for your games vs Clem yesterday, and I would love to see your first person analysis of those games. I thought your micro and tactics were very good in those games, but would love to learn more. Looking forward to the rest of your tournament run :)

@AbusingBots

16 күн бұрын

i agree that would be a good video

@Hairintd

16 күн бұрын

those game were so fast and breathtaking. also second was very tight, some more practice against those youngsters and Captain will be on top of the world!

nothing i like more on a monday morning than mystery protoss

It’s amazing this Harstem guy is improving so much I can’t believe he was master league yesterday

I liked the : "it's empty!" Lmao

I would love to see the double dark shrine idea!

Loved the deep vs shallow state rant. Amazing that Harstem can play at such a high level while doing comedy rifts.

That Americans in the European server rant is beautiful. That shade is pristine my man, like the pattern of an eclipse.

Nice games. Love your disruptor play as always.

Shadow ladder shenanigans

The trick you've described about fake dark shrine. Something similar I think Reynor tried (with Lambo's guidance?) vs Serral(?). He built a roach warren back in the main and then puts a second roach warren in his wall in the natural while the first one is already done. Then hits the opponent with earlier than expected roach push. It was a nice play.

@thecoolkid440

16 күн бұрын

I was thinking you could do a neat trick with roach burrow. Harass the unit plugging a hole for a second leave as burrow finishes out of vision, burrow, and pop up at the mineral line when they have no vision. Probably not overly viable since vs roaches they are probably already considering detection.

Monday morning got DT rush. Typical first ladder game

would love to see some games where you mix in a few DT when there isn't detection, and pull them back as base defence when he gets detection; and if he push to hard make them into archons. i think a DT or 2 on each base semi early would be an incredibly strong anti-harass; and you so often see players not get detection, lose it or misuse it (generally people just throw awy their invis unit once detection is there, which seems like a major mistake, much much better to pull them back to safety; can even form an invisible block in your "open/defenceless" wall with it, anything is better than just losing it bc it wouldnt get harass anymore ;P

amazing matches well done

13:39 Captain, I think GGBOND is a Chinese player for two reasons. The first reason is that GG Bond is a Chinese animated fantasy television show, featuring a smart and mischievous anthropomorphic pig living in a world where fairy tale magic and modern society merge (searched by copilot). The second reason is the timing, if they play StarCraft in the morning, you might be sleeping at that time.

14:35 it would be a shame to go to bed with such fast hands!

awesome cast GGWP

as a 'merican i can confirm our brains are at once empty and dense. However, i think you may be developing early onset dementia.

What microphone do you use? It's really good.

According to chinese starcraft 2 forum scboy forum, the second protoss player is SCV.

@vorsichtig1235

16 күн бұрын

..which is funny, since he is playing for Mystery Gaming

I dunno way but nicoract dm’ing you ‘gg’ after the one ‘g’ made me crack up.

11:39 that's how collos should always performe, this is tank lvl effect :P

@Erebus2075

11 күн бұрын

12:41 5-6 shot completely miss, but all worth with that one hit XD why do people always shoot disruptor and then pull their units back? it allows the oppenent to know exactly whats happenind while preventing you from doing dmg while he has to retreat, its basically like a terran using stim then running away; while it can have merit; in most cases its just wasting ehp and dps and giving up vision ^^

🫡 ⚓️ the captain hat on the thumbnail ⛴️👨‍✈️

From the shadows he came

I launch the video and hear a gamer telling he knows how players are called by their moms. It'll be a good one.

😮😮😮5800 really. That is top 50 gm player what a epic pvp amazing army movement and there are so many engagement can go horrible wrong for any side with small mistake or slightest hesitate decision. Best game of the month❤

31:16 need some archons instead off dt suiciding. also 4k mineral, throw down an extra 6-8 gates to reinforce faster, if not your 90+ probes are wasted

@Erebus2075

11 күн бұрын

33:06 it wasnt close, you had 50 zealot and like 5 archons in banked resources while he was dirt broke :P just needed more gates to use it :D :D the zerg within you need larva! _

I am just here for the Harstem sweat

Is it possible to cheese with zealots to get faster disrupters?

Nicoract is a russian terran, iirc correctly, he's from Tambov.

@Hairintd

16 күн бұрын

yeah, and he was moderator at Alex007sc2 channel sometimes ago, not sure about now

What a pickle

does harstem stream ever? wondering where i could get more content?

@zerger2419

16 күн бұрын

A few weeks ago, I found him streaming on the KZread on this channel.

@Madgistr8

15 күн бұрын

He streams less during tournaments

hard games!

Thanks!

First to see the 🧀 EST man 😂

Hartsem makes me sweat every video ;-)

Where is the gg-counter

your stunning looks are making me sweat 🥵

second

Consider training to improve your speed if possible.

I feel like you've humbled down now that you're in the proper pro circuit, or at least trying to get in there. Really starting to like watching, as the only thing I didn't like before was too much pride :)

@firestarter000001

16 күн бұрын

What? "Proper pro circuit" "trying to get in there" ? You know Harstem is 33 world player on Aligulac? Surely you dont think sc2 has 30 pro players lol?

@ImaITman

16 күн бұрын

@@firestarter000001 I'm not sure you understand the SC2 pro circuit, or perhaps you're fuzzy on the definition of professional. Either way, I'm not sure how to answer your nonsensical comment considering your lack of ability to put together a proper question.

@firestarter000001

16 күн бұрын

@@ImaITman cheers, felt the same way about you.

@ImaITman

16 күн бұрын

@@firestarter000001 The difference being I didn't ask a question....so I'm not sure how you felt a lack of ability to put together a proper question....when I didn't ask a question. Is English your 3-4th language, or are you simply incompetent in your ability to facilitate a conversation?

@firestarter000001

16 күн бұрын

@@ImaITman You have trouble reading your own comments? you wrote "I'm not sure how to answer your nonsensical comment" I felt the same way about your initial comment for a moment, it just didnt make sense to me. So it makes perfect sense. Btw this is one of the sillier discourse i have had in a while. A normal person would just write why he thinks im wrong, just like I wrote why i think you are wrong. But i guess you wont go past vague insults, because you got no arguments.

man I heard spending money is #1 skill and I see you are floating about 2900 resource, so pls focus on it next time

@Kawabongahlive

15 күн бұрын

He's either supply capped or heavily microing his army and winning the trades when this happens.

@candyboober

15 күн бұрын

@@Kawabongahlive I valuate your humor skill at 1/5, go learning