In case you haven't seen yet, here's my list of TOP 8 Epic fails in StarCraft 2 - kzread.info/dash/bejne/lKyNrbmLla7gf5c.html Check out Our new Project FGC Storyteller - www.youtube.com/@fgcstoryteller Check out my personal channels - www.youtube.com/@Gaming_Essays & www.youtube.com/@RTSCasts Timecodes: 00:00 The most intense microbattle 03:50 The nail-biting hold 05:20 The hidden trap 06:23 The terrible mistake 07:29 The best archon toilet

@fatbasterd5195

Жыл бұрын

****** [2020 GSL S2] Ro.24 Group B Match3 Dark vs Stats ******

Idra loosing to hallunications and Serral ending the Korean Dynasty would have been nice choises.

@dgconnelly

Жыл бұрын

I'll ne'er forget that Day9: "Wut??"

@eskurian8565

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about that Idra game too. From Serral, I remember a ZvZ (vs Dark??) where in the end they were skirmishing in the bottom of the map with just two or three drones and two roaches. It was a nailbiter!

@shinsekai101

Жыл бұрын

@@eskurian8565 would really like to know which one is that

@felipevasconcello8164

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping to see Serral winning blizzcon too, these can't be the greatest moments without the greatest player.

@TheLando011

Жыл бұрын

@@shinsekai101 I believe it’s at the global finals 2019

trap vs patience at kespa cup was one of the craziest base trades I have ever seen. One dt destroying 1 base with another defending and the other player could only blink and warp prism micro to try and destroy the base before the dt killed all his units. absolutely insane

@kimizor8193

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, to me this is the most legendary ending there was, I saw it live aswell which was incredible to watch.

@plasmapanasonic4741

Жыл бұрын

@@kimizor8193 Damn, hope this brah does a vid on it, would be great to watch

@kimizor8193

Жыл бұрын

@@plasmapanasonic4741 yup or about best proleague/kespa/gsl moments maybe ? x)

@JaharNarishma

Жыл бұрын

@@kimizor8193 SSL had some nice stories. Solar rewriting the rules of ZvP, the GSL vs SSL event where SSL dominated GSL etc.

@kimizor8193

Жыл бұрын

@@JaharNarishma Yup, remember the crossfinals xD

I often rewatch the game between Maru and Parting and the moment Maru nukes his whole army. Another moment I often replay is Stephano vs ForGG, when ForGG accidently blows four medivacs with his own widow mines. Stephano's smirk is a thing of beauty.

Honestly the Archon Toilet will always be a classic

Maru vs Parting with the nuke is one of my favorites. Long 40 minute macro game, with mining out the whole map resulting in each player poking each other back and forth to gain control of the last base on the map, Maru employing the occasional nuke while Parting tries to make him take even a little bit of damage on his vikings with storms... and it ends when Maru accidentally nukes his own vikings instantly losing the game. Incredible.

I always enjoy the match between Scarlett and DongRaeGu in which Scarlett played Protoss. The match was just perfect. Casted by Day9 and CatZ, the new nickname "the Queen of Psi-blades" was born there and in the end you can even see Harstem jumping in the crowd.

@Yngin

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Legendary match

Not as game-clinching but Maru nuking his own army vs Parting (I think) will always be one the best moments for me

As a zerg player, I have never been happier than when Scarletts trap went off!! Unbelievable setup and execution.

I enjoy the videos so much! keep going I need this kind of Sc2 content

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Oh man I watched that Scarlett Bomber match live. It was beautiful all the way from the beggining. Constant battles, frenetic rithm, classic 4M vs ling muta bane. Also day9's casting was great. Good times.

One of my favorites was Scarlett vs. DRG at MLG Anaheim where she offraced as Protoss while down 0-1 in a bo3 series against one of the best Zerg players in the world at the time... and took the game off him with a 7 gate all-in. I think she rode that momentum to take the series as well, but that game 2 was such a hype match.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Now Reynor does a lot of that! :)

@sergeigen1

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh i remember that one! I was watching it live and was so pumped

About Solar vs Maru, the commentators are wrong about Solar: he had indeed seen the nuke, and tried three times to target the ghost, but the first two times, he withdrew his overseers too quickly, and the broodlings could not damage the cloaked ghost!

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

It is still such a risky move, woulda done him good to just wait a couple seconds :D

I’ve always loved the Serral vs Has series with the oracle blitz. Astrea’s game with an offensive Nexus recall was awesome too.

I was at the bomber/Scarlett game. Bomber was outside for pictures IMMEDIATELY after and I was the first one on line. Had a buddy at that tournament that had never seen pro starcraft before. Amazing experience.

best moment for me is still 2019's Katowice with soO completing his revenge on Stats with a sweep to become the iem champion after being down 0-2 and clearly a little shaken. and that's while ignoring all the crazy bracket that he has after barely squeezing out of group stage

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was really cool, he also defeated Serral 3-2 on his way

I love how Maru’s expression doesn’t move in the slightest when the nuke hits

It wasn’t a pro moment but my favorite is “you can’t leave!” The 2v2

I really like Classic vs Rogue from the world finals at blizzcon 2019. It’s the dark templar hatchery snipe

One moment I will always remember was a zvz...funnily I do not know who either player was. It was one of the rare occasions when it got to to a later game in a zvz. One player got more ahead and ahead with his muta count and also upgrades and bases I believe. At some point, he was so ahead that he said to himself, "fuck it, I will kill him." So he attacked into one of the last of his opponents mining base. It was at the time when spores were just buffed to 45dmg to mutas so he lost 30+ mutas to like 6 or 7 spores as he was not yet used to the new power of those towers. Then he lost the game very quickly.

@joka5829

Жыл бұрын

🦓💙

The moments I remember most is one of Partings PvTs where the Terran had him cornered, outnumbered and laid down mines. Parting however walked one blink stalker over one of the mines into the bio and blinked out as the mine shot went off killing the squad of bio leading to a Parting win. Also great content FGC content would also be good to watch no shortage of stories there.

Great video! Those are indeed 5 top moments, however I would make it a Top 8 and include Idra halluc rage quit, Idra tapping out after the opponent killed his own CC, and Kiwikaki double mothership recall on Lost Temple(?). All legendary moments in SC2 history!

Maru's reaction to landing the best nuke ever : 😐

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

He's like "That will do"

It’s not an “Epic” match by any means, but the most spectacular strategy I’ve ever seen was when SoS built a nexus in the base of Bunny to make it appear that he was going to recall adepts, but it was actually to build one probe to hide in the side of the base and build a proxy pylon to warp in DT’s. It was such a ridiculous strategy I couldn’t believe it.

Duuude, bomber! The emperor, what a legend

FINALLY THE ARCHON TOILET!!!! Thank you!!!!

what NaNiwa did is never forgotten. he almost made sc2's great history even though he failed but he still won in our hearts.

There was this one game of Maru vs Jaedong where Maru killed an army that was over double in army supply just with good micro

Thanks for making these "documentary" like videos that remind me of those good old days! There are a lot to be covered, like others have mentioned. I was thinking of a trilogy: Serral ending the Korean era is definitely a good storyline, as well as the story of the Korean second-place king, Soo. And the fact that Serral's straight wins was first taken down by Soo in IEM 2019 Katowice (and the later eventually winning the whole thing). Would love to watch more GSL content, including: - The era of four horsemen - How Byun single-handedly cause the nerf of reaper - Scarlett as the first female player to win a premier tournament is a good pick too For memorable senses, I can't remember when but I am sure they happened: - a TvT match (should be played by any two of TY, Maru and Cure) with a top-level game-sense to medivac drop to the main base of the opponent when he was fairly behind and winning the game. - Lurker hold fire, just like the effect of borrowed banes in the video, by Scarlett also? - Mass DT Shadow Stride by Stats?

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions!

another one in such short time. keep em comeing your work is awesome

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hearing Day9 cast makes me wanna cry lawdy

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Nostalgia:(

That NaniWa game will always be my favourite

3:37 look at the guy in the background just open mouthed at that wild game! I had that same face when that game happened!

Nice list honestly good work. Perfect amount of explaining vs action thank you

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Some of my favorite moments used to be from Life's games. Its a shame how that story turned out.

Gumiho's Battlecruisers versus SoO and Classic, and his comeback against Reynor are several of the highlights. Oh, and Gumiho's sniping of Serral's Broodlords too!

Mine isnt an esports match. It's episode 39 of husky's bronze league heroes when zerg destroyed the enemy's final building with 1hp on their spine crawler

One of my fav game is Time vs Reynor. Best current Terran vs best current Zerg player. The match was problably one of the most intense back and forth, i still couldnt believe Time can fought his way out of that position and won that match.

Thank you!!, we need more SC1 videos pls

Good picks. the top 3 could easily be on my favorites list as well if I had one.

Legendary moments for sure!

I remember the scarlett bomber baneling bust happening in real time.. soooo good

I hope you get to 100k soon all your videos are so enjoyable

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I remember when Innovation was on the top and seemed unbeatable with his relentless macro and parade pushes vs zerg. Then he faced DRG who already seemed like a washed up former champion and DRG went toe to toe with Inno's macro play beating him straight up in extremely intense back and forth games.

That archon toilet was insane.

IMO WhiteRa vs MC and some other games of him were so special... mainly on the World vs Korea when he was the only Protoss trying to counter 4Gate instead of doing the same in the mirror.

I'd say DRF vs life game 4 Iron Squid 2 is missing, i'd say this tournamnet had one of best grand finals EVER. Legendary Life's reverse sweep, game 4 and game 7 realy memorably. Game 4 when he was 0-3 and went for crazy ling attack into lings + queen on ramp of DRG, eaven Day9 calling it a realy bad move, and somehow he actualy get the win there, proceeding to win 2 more games, going into game 7 when DRG went for all-in (smth like 6 pool or so, dont remember exact timing) while life went for hatch first, resulting in 6 lings in life's base before his pool is finishted, and somehow microing his way to victory in this game.

Absolutely epic :)

I only remember number 2. Was it Maru who also nuked his own army in GLS? There was also a game in the GLS final between MVP and TOP, super long TvT, my favorite.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Maru indeed nuked his army once :)

Now, Oliveira winning IEM Katowice has to be number one.

i remember these moments, awesome video you didnt include jaedongs spine defense! love it nontheless

The idra ragequit better be here. XD

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

It was here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/lKyNrbmLla7gf5c.html

I like that blizzard was so inept that he wasn't able to compensate other races for nuke in 10 years or make ultras usefull.

God I miss the Archon-Toilet strategy!

I'm not sure why the community ranks the archon toilet so highly. The mechanic was borderline cheese and so imba that it had to be patched out of the game entirely. Maybe I'm biased because I hate Protoss but I would rank Scarlet v Bomber as #1 simply because it was such a jaw-dropping end to what is imo the best game of SC2 ever.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the archon toilet was op, but it was still epic to see sometimes

fantastic channel love it!

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hah, I immediately noticed the last clip is casted by artosis

Maybe it was fruitdealer or some other zerg idk who but i remember one replay of the first time a zerg player tried mass queens and totally surprised his opponent.

TY mass mines wiping out Soo broodlords

The recent fight between Serral and Showtime. Serral winning against multiple tempests voids and oracles using _burrow_.

Funny iff the BC have tactical jump like now day they can just tele out off the Archon toilet

Could you cover the Harstem verus Maru series, especially that game on romanticide, that's a banger.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

I'll check it out!

Great

Idra. Hallucination.......how is that not on the list.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

It was in blunders :) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/lKyNrbmLla7gf5c.html

Bly’s proxy hatch against Neeb.

I was confused looking at the Jinro vs Choya fight, thinking 'the terran army just straight up wins that fight anyway, right?'. And yeah, even before the nuke hits, P was basically dead. 4 collossi doesn't beat that huge concave of bio- it only killed 4 collissi and 2 stalkers. The bio +emp had already dealt with the zealots, the templar and the archons

@Lanzetsu

Жыл бұрын

Templars used the Storms on the Vikings before and were EMPed... Zealots without shields against that much bio was hard, the real battle started between the Ghost vs Templars, and Ghost won while the Templars were being used to kill the Vikings

@Yngin

Жыл бұрын

IIRC this was one of the first times in SC2 tournament play that a nuke was used this successfully, so it was down to the wow-factor as well since it was not seen before

Didnt Maru nuke himself like in the same series vs Solar hahah......watching that was halarious, he just grinned.

@stevepeterson4154

Жыл бұрын

oh it was S3 vs Parting :D

mma drg final never forget

Omg scarlett.... he did it !!!

One moment that I recall more recently was a game between soO and TY, involving a 80+ supply mine drop in the middle of a fight. Here's Lowko's casting of the event: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6hqo5mIla7OorQ.html

Nestea winning a gsl without dropping a map is the biggest moment in sc2 history imo.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

That's a long one though :D

very nice vido

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Iono why but WoL matches had more hype. Could just be my nostalgia talking, of course.

Open mouth Mvp is the GOAT

I would have prefered that you give the year and the version (WoL, HotS or LotV) for each moment

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

I'll do next time, thanks for the tip!

REALLY expected the greatest mindgame (halluc army into ragequit) to be here...imho a way better moment than the Huk vs Naniwa battle which was very intense, but also very bad by todays standards.

What about Huk vs Idra and and the halucinated voud rays?

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

This is in fails :)

"Most memorable": okay, that's subjective, so it's fine. "Greatest moments of SC2 esports history": Nope, any list that doesn't include Serral becoming the first non-Korean world champion ever is wrong.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but Serral becoming the champion is a long series of event, a whole process. Hard to capture in one moment/one fight/one map

@bonjovi7399

Жыл бұрын

It's quite obviiously moments within a game

A top play should never include a completely broken ability plus move command some archons. 😂

Yaaaay

Love these uploads! Brings back a lot of good memories

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Idra's Fuck off is still the best :D

For me, #3 is my #1.

For me #1 is SoS beating Jdong. Real life Anime story

Were you a pro at some point?

@OpticallEffect

Жыл бұрын

He was

@henryjoseph3584

Жыл бұрын

@@OpticallEffect what was his handle

@OpticallEffect

Жыл бұрын

@@henryjoseph3584 basset, it’s in the description

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I was semi-pro in 2019 and my highest record was 6400 mmr on EU ladder as zerg. In mid 2020 I stopped playing competitevely and focused on my RU YT channel (kzread.info). As for StarCraft 2 experience, I've been following the scene actively since 2011-2012.

@henryjoseph3584

Жыл бұрын

@@EsportsStoryteller dope work man. I hope you keep getting bigger.

Lol. Day9 commentating the Scarlet Bomber game

WTF was that thing in the last game? I've never seen that spell used in any game I've been in.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

It's a vortex ability by mothership, it was removed in 2013 because it was kinda broken mechanic

One of my favourite moments in SC2 must have been the friendly fire mines from ForGG vs Stephano kzread.info/dash/bejne/jHVt1bGyfZfXh7g.html

the moment that i remember the most is when maru nuked his own army in a game against parthing in gsl kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJ-kxbt8ltO_YrA.html enjoy

metal gear music??

Not a big fan of the archon toilet highlight. It was a wildly broken mechanic that was rightfully removed from the game. At least baneling landmines, micro, and nukes are still a thing.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

True but it was still an iconic moment. I agree though the mechanic is broken anyway

This was a better Bomber moment. Dying to buried banelings isn't that interesting. This was an entirely new strategy. kzread.info/dash/bejne/rJ55zcl8crCwYLw.html

Best moment is when terran wins.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Yes

6:10 how they die?

@EsportsStoryteller

10 ай бұрын

Burrowed banelings

@MrNightfate

10 ай бұрын

@@EsportsStoryteller ohhh that was dope!

And, I think this was also a big deal. MVP vs Nestea, when ghost snipe first appeared in a major way. kzread.info/dash/bejne/rGh3xdpvpsLLZ9o.html

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was a beautiful moment too

arcon toilet was the worst thing in starcraft....

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

Well... It was somewhat fun to watch

@trollololol3034

Жыл бұрын

@@EsportsStoryteller I disagree. It was 45 min of nothing happening then bam. Toilet and game over.

@EsportsStoryteller

Жыл бұрын

@@trollololol3034 Yeah it was too much for one spell. As a comeback mechanic it was sometimes fun to watch, but overall I agree it's better that it got removed

IdrA FF game to illusions

would have probably been better to just put writing on the screen or get someone else to comment as your voice is not suited.

@fabiancalderon6729

8 ай бұрын

Not asian enough 😂

When MKP first came into the scene, he entered a tournament with the name BoxeR. Everyone thought he was the actual BoxeR from sc, until later they found out he wasnt. They nicknamed him FOXER (As in Fake Boxer). Anyways. This was the match who put him in the map. It was in the early seasons of WOL, i actually catched the match live. It was unvelievable (Marine spread wasnt a thing yet). The other guy, quickly dissapeared after a couple more tournaments. Snip from the game watch?v=Xec_WamfWG8&ab_channel=Genome Soon after the match, he renamed himself to MKP. Edit, complete game. 1 of 5. watch?v=ceNt-USzxg0&ab_channel=GOMTVNET