PrintF was really generous with his time. The least I can do is to try and shine a light on the awesome stuff he does: www.twitch.tv/Quasarprintf kzread.info/dron/HkQTEInf2NXaMCDuJ3q-Ng.html

@mcreyfonacier1982

4 жыл бұрын

youtube channel not found

@blooblooblatt6526

4 жыл бұрын

bad link

@slavkolinic6713

4 жыл бұрын

Considering what he's been doing the last few years I don't think he values his time much

@quentinultramegadroiteradi7345

4 жыл бұрын

Hey harstem ARCADE MICRO TRAINER PRINTF Could u send their names here plz ? Btw if I put those words in caps it’s because I wanna u to see It, think some ppl would like to try em

@vladr8968

3 жыл бұрын

Well, I came here from Pritntf's channel. So might as well use it to get back.

"warp gate is just 50 gas that isn't void rays" what a guy

@quentinultramegadroiteradi7345

4 жыл бұрын

What it’s totally true

@thugnificent9090

4 жыл бұрын

The gospel of Florencio

@MrPizack

4 жыл бұрын

@@quentinultramegadroiteradi7345 It's just so non-meta that it's funny. Conventional wisdom dictates wg asap.

@samuelhaines3685

4 жыл бұрын

With these builds you never need the gateways, so you don't need warp gate. That fifty gas is huge in how fast you get void rays.

@MrPizack

4 жыл бұрын

@@samuelhaines3685 I'm not disagreeing.

I've always thought that for a guy who has dedicated himself to cannon rushing, PrintF is an incredibly likable and decent person.

@gewinnste

4 жыл бұрын

Watch his 7-partite tutorial where he makes CR out to be a science - whereas there's nothing new after a couple of details he stretches over the the 1st and the 2nd part - and keeps on rambling about how dumb his opponents are. This guy has issues.

@comandantethorn9929

3 жыл бұрын

@@gewinnste details are the reason he is grandmaster though xd

@gewinnste

3 жыл бұрын

@@comandantethorn9929 Well, what I said was that he stretched the content on 1-2 parts over 7 parts.

@dinkcash1309

3 жыл бұрын

@@gewinnste you sound like you've been cannon rushed one too many times bud

@FPMHamma

3 жыл бұрын

@@gewinnste The thing is there is way more to it that you, as you are showing us, can comprehend. Since your argument is "OP, please remove" and not, even trying to critically think about it.

Came to learn how to defend against Cannon Rush... Learned how to properly Cannon Rush...

Fear not the player who has practiced a thousand strategies once.... fear the one who has practiced one a thousand times

Its pretty cool of PrintF it explain how to completely wreck his play style so well.

@th365thli

4 жыл бұрын

I think he's willing to do it because you need micro that people in his mmr range don't have. He even briefly mentioned it, that at his mmr he waits for someone to slip up. So even if you know exactly what to do one mistake and he wins. Really interesting video, and props to printf.

@slavkolinic6713

4 жыл бұрын

Lack of play style you mean

@josephchristensen1756

4 жыл бұрын

@@slavkolinic6713 If it wins it's legit.

@slavkolinic6713

4 жыл бұрын

@@josephchristensen1756 ???

@gewinnste

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephchristensen1756 If an overpowered strategy wins, it should be removed from the game. But this here is a great example for what kind of people the SC2 community consists and why it will never be removed: 9 upvotes for your comment and 1 (now a 2nd from me) for the other guy's.

time to do a "beating grandmaster with cannon rush" episode

"Yeah, I am way better than him, I'm glad he acknowledged it" LOL!

This was so cool to watch the learning process. Lots of laughing and humility. Printf comes at the game from a totally different perspective, I really appreciated listening to the dissections of the game and how you took the information and adapted. TY this was fun.

Ahh yes my favorite, the harstem hour and 7 minutes.

I love the idea of that mini series. You could call it "The Captain's Cannons" or something cheesy like that. Maybe you make an MMR goal for yourself to reach by only cannon rushing on one of your lower ranked accounts.

@BeyondSorrowYYY

4 жыл бұрын

KEVINlikesXBOX that would be so fun

@Dman40000

4 жыл бұрын

boring

This is the most informative Cannon Rush video in the history of Starcraft 2. And in the words of our host, Harstem, "I'm all for it."

this is gonna be a classic. Amazing guest. Thank you for the introduction.

A harstem hour actually an hour? You spoil us harstem, we don't deserve you

I like how the first void vs void, it looks like harstem can't ever do anything to win and then the next game it looked like it's impossible for printf to win.

The way I found out printF is his micro arcade game. Those are great, try them

Awesome video. I love this. I'll definitely check out that minute micro series, that's probably just what I need.

Wow this is such an important video for any Starcraft player. This is probably the most educational video I've ever seen on Starcraft, so thorough from the professor of cannon rushing. Every starcraft player needs to see this! You guys are the best for sharing this information with us, 10/10.

Good stuff! There was one glaring mistake that was very strange during your Death Aura games - if you've gone reactive forge like you did and kill the high ground probe, you can just hold the ramp with your first cannon by placing it on the not-cannoned side of the ramp (print's low ground cannon doesn't reach it and his first pylon doesn't allow him to build a cannon where it could - this is the fatal weakness of starting on the ramp). The way you place your first cannon actually doesn't achieve anything (it doesn't hold ramp, and it doesn't deny high ground cannons as you saw in the first few games), and so you end up having to waste a chrono (= 10s slower SG unit) and a stalker (50 gas is especially relevant) to achieve what the first cannon should have done. This change alone would put your stargate ahead by such a large margin that your first unit out of the SG could be an oracle that wipes Print's mineral line (or at any rate deny his gas mining for his own SG units) and end the game. Or just get ahead by a voidray and win in the head on engagement (especially with a super battery reaching so far into the nat). Print's first pylon there is the 'pub-stomper' which kind of says 'you won't be able to kill this high ground probe so I win' which against higher level players is definitely not as good as just starting low ground on this map. Pylon/Gateway/1st gas scouting to deny the one good low ground spot is the cheapest non-meta way of ensuring not insta-dying on Death Aura. Big up the cannon content and keep up the amazing work o7.

@samuelhaines3685

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I generally don't think you can often get away with high ground on this map vs a really good player, and thankfully you don't need to per say. Also nice to see your face around here grimmy.

Been waiting for a cannon rush guide for a while! Definitely well worth the wait.

It should be mentioned that, unlike stated pretty much everywhere, *4 workers are not enough to kill a warping pylon before it finishes* . It's 5 if they are there right the second it's warped in, so most of the time it's *6 per pylon* ! Note that Harstem, here, talks about pulling 12 probes against a 3 pylon wall - not enough at all. Btw, only 3 probes are needed to kill a cannon before it goes live (4 if you're late).

The mini learn how to canon rush series sounds really good. Can’t wait to see that

Look forward to the "How to Cannon Rush" followup!

Maby the best video this year. Very interesting and cool!

I dont know who I appreciate more printf for spreading his knowledge OR a competitive gamer who ALSO streams to take what this guy showed him and put it for everyone to see INCLUDING those who are his opponents. GREAT content that Isn't ever dove into like this. P.S. I watched till the end AND smashed the like button

13:23 lmao love that Key and Peele reference

This was very informative, thank you both

"Don't pull 12 probes." Pulls 10

This was a great video. Printf giving up his play book just so we can learn.

Been watching your videos for over a month now. Honestly its given me an urge to play Starcraft again for the nostalgia. All I really want to say though. Dammit Harstem where were you year 1 when we all needed your videos.

very high quality content, good job kevin

"You messed up A-Aron!" had me laughing

one of the most helpful videos ever made

Great fun to watch!

This was utterly fascinating

1:03:00 Aww, he messed up. F Oh wait, he imprisoned your drones, hilarious XD

i'm legit excited to learn how to cannon rush when you make that series i'm more excited by the idea of you coaching printf and raising him to be a real GM macro player

i saw printf not too happy about the new patch. poor fella, i liked the idea of someone who cheesed only.

@Shadowboost

4 жыл бұрын

Battery overcharge is a bit too powerful for cannon rushing

@D1Dune

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shadowboost I don't think it plays a big role. By the time you get it, the outcome is often decided already

@Joffrerap

4 жыл бұрын

@@D1Dune no it changes voidray vs voidray battle. it is pretty big

@D1Dune

4 жыл бұрын

@@Joffrerap PvP is still his best matchup for a reason

@samuelhaines3685

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It's crazy. But, being decisive still usually can get you the win.

You should definitely do a 2probe-2pylon-fake-cannonrush-nexus-first in bgmwss

No joke, I watched this and the first game I jumped into I got cannon rushed on Becket. I didn't panic-I got a defensive cannon on high ground, took my gasses, built a couple voids, and walked through my opponent. This video was insanely helpful, thanks!

"never lose to cannon rush again!" loses the first try

IM JUST A SOUL WHO'S INTENTIONS ARE GOOOOOOD OH LAWD PLZ DONT LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD

I feel so early. Love these videos

What a great teaching video thx guys

Great stuff !

Loved this video.

Harstem: "I'm Protoss, two syllable words maximum" Me: "But syllable has three syllables in it...

Thank you sooo much. I always lose to cannon rush

Very informative video on how to make or avoid a cannon rush. Well made, well done, you earned my subscription sir Harstem. But I wonder, how many times you would be able to defend his cannon rush if you did not know that it is going to happen. Because u r clearly preparing for it >_

the first game harstem won was so satisfying to watch!

11:20 I believe the word is 'contrapositive'

@QuasarGamers

4 жыл бұрын

not a bad guess, but I was actually thinking of litote

@fqstr

4 жыл бұрын

@@QuasarGamers I was about to comment with that word but since you remembered it I guess I can't look like a smart ass anymore!

@tommydashed4205

4 жыл бұрын

@@fqstr you could have still looked like a smart ass by correcting the spelling to *litotes.

In a tournament, (the sea duckling one, bronze - diamond) got to the semi finals and I look at my next opponent's match history and see that he is a cannon rusher. Thanks for this vid harstem I think its really gonna help. I am the player You if you want to watch it and judge me on my poor responses

Ah, the poop man hour. Greatest hour of my week.

@krioni86sa

3 жыл бұрын

why?

I have never clicked a harstem video so fast in my life.

Game 2 definitely had some opportunities for a warcraft 3 style surround on the probe, that actually shuts down cannon rushes quite often on my games.

I know I would do it a lot worse, but it was pretty hilarious watching you repeatedly use 6-8 probes to chase around one probe.

Last time I was this early I made a lip joke and might still be shadowbanned MonkaS

Most effective way to beat cannon rush. 9 pylon scout. If you see forge (or any other shady build), take both of your gas, build your 2nd pylon with your scouting probe and rush a voidray to their base. You will win 99% of games.

Lol him losing the first one made me laugh so hard

Harstem how do you defend against cannon rush as toss there is another version of cannon rush where they start the rush on the low ground and do not wall off your high ground so you do not scout their cannon rush until their cannons are almost done??

This is the content i signed up for

its just like fighting with/against the devil himself

Harstem attacks man bung like a fiend!

So wholesome

How do you tell they're going into void rays? Should I just always go stargate after holding off a cannon rush?

50:33 you got it!

That game three you were not nearly aggressive enough with your void rays. You had a lot of shield batteries, you could afford to take some shots before you backed off

In the second two games- you micro'ed the stalker away from the ramp... like 20 times! You allowed that probe to run up the ramp and reveal your high ground to the cannon, so much damage could have been prevented by just "hold" position of the stalker at the top of the ramp!!!!!

I think the word he was trying to think of was epitome

Captain's going to be ready for Has at some point

HAS enters the chat : are you sure about that ?

I love Harstem

33:10 I feel you could just walk down with the stalker and kill the probe

Thanks for the winks.

This was such a great video. My main complaint is that it is only an hour long

Fun video

@cynicle

4 жыл бұрын

;)

11:25 litotes is the word i think he's looking for

printf is THE king

did you enjoy getting melted by that void-ray battery infront of your base? Man, fun game.

i didn't expected u didn't know to never push more than 4 probes on pylone or canon for this cheese build. Seeing u with all your probe losting time and eco to not destroy the probe inbase and the pylone inbase was very surprising. That's why I always build my 1st pylone and gate near the ramp in order to wall in case of cannon rush.

@codyheiner3636

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, using that building placement will get you crushed by a decent cannon rusher. Proves you are in a low league :)

@IvZDaMatrak

4 жыл бұрын

@@codyheiner3636 of course im in lower guild , im not gm: that's the point! Every decent players knows the 4 probes/building and have a sight on ramp, that's the basis on this cheese. Harstem didn't do this on the 1st parties, it was surprising. He did that since the 3rd party. It's like he's searching or experimenting that while as gm he should already knows that.

I love the fact that he has these 2 Replay files saying "weird" and "wanker" xD xD

Back in the day, the spawning pool was 150 minerals, and every zerg player was opening 6 lings, the 50 minerals expense changed all that. But since SC 1.0 they dont seem to mind nerfing this stupidity. It even became stronger with the addition of starting with more probes. Sick and fun killing (cheeses should be prevented by Blizzard).

I usually build counter cannon to stop his expand, then immortal with some stalkers to take out the rest. Does this not work at high level?

YOU HEAR THAT JAIMIE? HES PUNCTUAL!!?@?!@ PrintF the new bestie in town

A whole hour of being cannon rushed ? O.o

A well deserved Like from me good sirs!

Nice series. Maybe Harstem could optimize a bit by: 1. After getting a cannon, build a fast shield battery near the ramp to quickly use offensive battery overcharge, 2. In case of many voids, make one oracle to harass his base and force a recall if you can't attack low ground, 3. Make only three shield batteries for the void ray battle?

@codyheiner3636

4 жыл бұрын

An oracle seems like a poor idea. The game is completely decided by gas as printf explained, and by going oracle you're investing gas into something that can be countered by minerals.

@AB-xo3pl

4 жыл бұрын

@@codyheiner3636 Well, building a pylon and a cannon at the gas takes a very long time. If he doesn't recall a void, Harstem could snipe a lot of the probes and stop all of the mining. Even before the recall finalises Harstem can probably kill several gas mining probes. The opponent might not even have recall due to chrono boosting.

In the first two games it is very clear that Harstems miro of the probes is lacking. To be more precise: he should lead the probes much more; while they can't overhaul the other probe... & probes react slowly/ with lag. So always try to do the pincher move (2 sides).

But i smashed the like way way before you told me to :) EDIT: Despite not even being a P player and thinking that PvP sucks to watch, i watched this entire one with enthusiasm! Thanks for this episode, it was awesome =D

The first one dude get obliterate haha

In fisrt game , you need build by to prevent probe into your main base right now

Since this I've won every canon rush thrown at me ( ~3300MMR don't expect this reaction at all). I used to win most of them still with immo + batteries but it's just so efficient to be able to defend and then send the void Ray's straight up to the main, no need to deal with a stupid canon battery full wall

I think Harmtem chased with too many probes throughout the sessions. I think for a diamond and below player, you could follow set probe chase and building destruction counts. 2 probes on the worker at all times, 3 probes on each turret/pylon without worrying about too much micro, other than keeping those numbers consistent once things are killed, and getting probes back on the mineral line/gas.

Yes do the Canon rush series

what do you do when enemy is random and you make a low ground pylon gate... it's impossible to defend...

Thank you Harstem for this guide. Have died to cannon rushes and I haven't done any successful cannon rushes recently. When I successfully defended the rush recently, I flamed the player for cheesing me though we became friends after. You can even use your opponent's gateway as part of a wall for a cannon rush.

Can we have another one of these for the new maps?

Most cannon rushed are "all-in". I always have a probe outside and if I see a cannon rush, I build a 2nd base, pretend I am panicking, and then recall all my probes to the new base. The cheeser never has a follow-up planned and I can whack his base with a couple of zealots.

Good

Imagine how much better printf would be if he smerfed and people couldn't blind counter him.