How A 'Normal Man' Won The StarCraft 2 World Championship
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- In one of the most emotional post-game interviews ever, Oliveira talked about his struggles and how close he was to retirement. In fact this was set to be his last tournament. He said that him winning the world championship as just a normal man meant anything was possible. Absolutely beautiful moment.
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I was hoping you'd point this out because the casters also missed it, but when Oliveira goes for the insane base invasion around 23:00 he also simultaneously does medivac drops in both of Maru's most active bases. When I watched it live I didn't understand where the 35 SCV deaths came from considering there were none in the main and only a couple in the third, but Oliveira somehow killed 35 with that push. It was unfortunate that this brilliant move that completely cemented his victory was overlooked by the casters who instead praised Maru for holding the attack when in reality he fell even harder for Oliveiras tactics and lost his entire economy in catastrophe. And yes these drops were really the winning move because if he didn't get those 35 SCVs Maru would be at a slight worker advantage with a slightly smaller, although better army. I haven't seen anyone point this out over the multiple breakdowns of this game mostly because there was something else to focus on at the time, but Oliveira's tactics were even deeper than catching Maru off guard and invading his base. At that moment he was 2-3 steps ahead of his opponent who is considered to be the GOAT. Honestly I think that entire sequence by Oliveira is one of the most impressive and legendary moments in any ESport, and I hope it gets the complete recognition it deserves.
I never noticed this before! Thank for pointing it out, what an incredible move by Oliveira.
I think winter at least mentioned it in his cast.
Damn! I'd never have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out! Incredible!
was it medivan drops? looks more like a single lib at two bases no? am I blind?
wow yeah just rewatched it, you can see medivacs come in to the expansions around 22:30 then watch scv count just drop
This tournament was the best so far in sc2 history. As someone who's been watching since WoL this was the strongest showing I've seen.
Mate im with sc2 since beta and I agree 100% its on pair with xpeke kassadin iem moment or daigo block in sf2
And I watched it live in Katowice he he he 🎉❤
Ehh
@2:42 Oliveira has his scv in the bunker which allows his marine to move to the high ground... 200 iq move here because it stops Maru from going into the natural and it gives Oliveira an extra unit to defend high ground from the reaper jump-up point
Man, if he can do it, we need you back uthermal, don't retire this early, please come back :)
Then we lose our sweet TH-cam content, so no, uThermal don't go back to the pro scene
This is what I imagine: uThermal goes back to the pro scene as a random player that exclusively uses his challenges. Opponents fall to him left and right as they have no viable way to truly prepare for him.
He enjoys content creation a lot more and said he won't go pro again 😊
if uthermal goes back to pro, we wouldnt have banshee raven rush or sth like that anymore. no more fun content :(
Maru is my favorite player ever and definitely the GOAT i wanted him to win katowice so bad but holy lord Oliveira's run was so incredible i didn't even mind. i watched him trounce reynor, hero, and then maru all in the same day it was one of the most incredible things i've ever witnessed.
just watching the "best" player of each race just slack jawed in between games going "how the hell do i beat this guy?"
Oliveira (Time) was practising 15 hours a day, and he had beaten the best players in each race (Raynor, Hero and Maru), so it's a well deserved win! And the way he was cheering for each win, even on the group stage is truly inspiring, and he even started crying when he lifted the cup. Such an amazing story!
The crazy part is that unlike others, Olivera has no coaches, no assistants, no sponsorships, all by himself.
and as he stated he lives in a country that he doesnt have a partner that talks in Chinese and can help him with doubts in the game. He was practicing with Serral and Clem to get some feedbacks but having some language barrier issues as well.
SCV and a dream, baby!😎👍
He had no professional coaches, but he had assistants. He practiced with Reynor, Serrral and many other players a lot. Coffee and Nice were with him, discussing the tactics before the match.
Fun facts: During the after match analysis streaming, Oliveira said that, Coffee predicted that herO would go for stargate in the first game, so Oliveira blind countered the build. In fact, herO went twilight, but Oliveira's build happened to counter this build too. He didn't realize the mistake until the streaming.
He also has sponsorship (KaiZi Gaming, or more precisely, SCBoys and their friends). And he is from a riiiiiich family. If he retires he will have to inherit the business.
@@pablosrf3881 Language barrier is not a big issue for him. He took the interview after the match in English. He can communicate with Serral in English in 2v2 matches. On the other hand, most Korean players (except Solar afaik) doesn't speak English well.
He doesn't need a sponsorship because he's far from a "normal" person. He's bankrolled by his very supportive dad. He never had to worry about not making enough prize money which is a big plus for a pro player. It's a running joke in the CN Starcraft scene that if Oliveira failed to get champion he will have to retire and become a "normal billionaire".
After the first game when Maru cheesed I called "gg" in chat thinking he was just going to get steamrolled. Then he kept winning, and winning. The last game when he caught the tanks at the end I damn near spat my drink out. Dudes game sense is next level
Yeah it was looking so bad for him after that first game!
I believe 22:34 was the point where Oliveira sealed the game. While the main attack was happening in Maru's base, Oliveira split 3 liberators to Maru's 6 and 10 o'clock expansions. Let's just consider the main attack as a break even for both players (debatable) Oliveria set himself well ahead with a 35 scv margin. Only after the fight at 22:58 did Maru check his expansions and finds out.
Stop riding that other guys comment and acting like you knew about this before. Delete your comment.
@@brandon0981 give him the benefit of the doubt
@@brandon0981 The other guy thought it was a medivac drop.
@@brandon0981 now THIS is virgin energy
@@brandon0981 who are you again? lmao
uThermal is currently my favorite youtuber. Next level commentary
Its actually wild how great the content is. pulled me back in to the SC2 scene after a 6 year hiatus hahahaha
This is probably one of the best underdog to ever win a grand finals in any sport… think about it. NFL, NBA, etc .. insane run by Oliveira
Thank you for your contribution to SC2, I have learned an invaluable amount from your videos.
Another crazy move that Oliveira did was during his crazy rush into maru's main, he also sent liberators to Maru's 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock bases which racked up the 35 SCV kills while Maru was scrambling to reclaim his main. The game was so chaotic that the observer, uthermal and even indeed Maru himself seems to have missed this until both minerals were cleaned out.
And you can see how insanely well timed this 3 prong was:
22:24 - liberator arrives at 9oclock base from the north and sieges to the west
22:26 - oliveira's army arrives at Maru's main ramp
22:49 - liberator arrives at 6oclock base from the east and sieges to the southwest
They were closing Starcraft servers in China, his friends were telling him to quit and get a regular job in China, his dad encouraged him to keep going, and he spent hours every day training.
It's amazing to see far a man can go with motivation in his sails.
Epic dad.
Marc these feelings you're having about this underdog story are the exact ones I had when Neeb won Kespa cup.
Cheers for covering these awesome games!!
I still feel gutted for Maru, though. He played like a God and then finally made it to a Katowice final. And it was poised to be 'his time, finally'. I was so let down that I felt sick for a day or 2.
I wanna see him win Katowice in my lifetime.
Your expertise and analytical skills are outstanding and perfectly complement your engaging personality. Watching your videos is incredibly thrilling, and we appreciate you keeping us entertained. Thank you!
This reminded me of ForGG beating Life at Dreamhack. A guy who wasn't sure he would ever win another tournament in his career, had a super emotional interview after his big win.
Then again Life might have lost that on purpose
Was waiting for this! Knew your expert Terran analysis could tell us exactly how incredible taking down Maru in a mirror is.
I really felt like Maru's ravens weren't effective at all and he built way too many while the vikings and ranged libs dominated
I haven't played SC2 in well over a decade...until now. Thank you, man. I've been loving the good vibes around here. Keep bringing that fun cheese and general positivity. Keep mining that salt as well, since, ya know, all resources have their place 😂👍👍👍
I really enjoy your channel and your fun and fresh perspective on all things SC2. Thank you and please know that you are appreciated and respected for your efforts.
I’m so happy I came back since 2015 starting my FPv drone racing career to be able to come back to you Uthermal as a oh now and watching you videos and build and being able to watch Iem katawice live
Amazing game. Well done Oliveira. I didn't know anything about him really, though I've watched a few games of his. Amazing trades. That last attack was perfect.
Oliveira does something so clever in this game after the initial back and and forth. He starts of with ravens, switches to mass tanks then mass vikings followed by liberators which is forcing Maru to react to his build. Every time Maru engages Oliveira has an advantage and targets down one element of Maru's army upsetting Maru's army composition and forcing Maru to react to his builid. All of the engagements are done in the center of the map for map control. Finally Maru sees an opening to attack Oliveira's production and the trap is set. Oliveira moves his main army forward and attacks Maru's Main with twin attacks on his income at the same time. This is a masterclass of strategy made so much more impressive performed under the pressure of such a high paced game. Sun Tzu would be impressed.
Sun Tzu would be proud. A step ahead in every battle indeed.
i know thermy's a great coach, but during IEM Katowice finals you should be watching the greatest players duking it out (this tournament is such a great learning resource for Terrans). :D
Maru was the final boss in Katowice 2023 but he was more similiar as Saddler of RE4. Congragulations Oliviera
Og winning The International in dota, is contender for greatest underdog champion story of esport history. Thanks for cast! And all other stuff you do!
You are my favorite sc2 player and commentator!
Oliveira's win reminded me of Byun's win. Nobody believed in them when they did it, Not sure for Oliveira, but Byun was teamless, not even a sponsor or anything. Such great stories.
@4:16 another 200iq move from Oliveira. He saw the critter moving aggressively towards his bunker. He thinks Maru is there so he investigates with his marine.
This is a great series! Hope you post more videos on Oliveria's games
This is just his humble statement, he is a talented player in China, a rich second generation, people in the Chinese interstellar circle put a lot of resources into his training, build a club around him, find suitable teammates for him to improve his practice strength. This is by no means a normal person can do.
Awesome game and really interesting analysis. Most of the pro commentators are capable enough players but you never get an in-depth look like this.
Best commentary. Period.
i just like it when you talk
best season for years, simply incredible level of play and so many upsets
Those engagements were the hardest hitting I've ever seen.
Look at him select just the right amount of marines at 12:48 to finish off that 1 tank!
What a beautiful game to win a world championship…
I love it, this game is better than chess man.
Thanks uThermal great commentory
he's my fan favorite even before this tournament. Time, ByuN and Heromarine are my favorites sc2 pro players
Hope this story can be made into a movie
New challenge idea: only marines and medivacs with speed upgrade. You either attach your opponent in sneaky fashion (attack from many directions with fast medivacs, dropping on tanks, etc.)...if the opponent is too compact to attack this way, you harass all his bases at the same time - again with marine medivac. Constant terror. Guerilla style.
Suggestion : Do a nydus spine crawler im your speedruns or at 4 or 5 mins make lots of spine crawler for the nydus along with ling drop.
you can't transfer spine crawlers through nydus, and they take too long to build + cost too much to start building them in your opponents main base after transfering drones through the nydus
7:41 Oliveira actually admitted that attack was a bad move in his game review with his Chinese fans.
Greatest underdog story since Leicester City
Air superiority is actually so fucking big. The counter attack was really painful for Maru because the Viking count was almost two shotting the medivacs.
I was watching the other week some of this and never heard of Oliviera at all before and watch it a lot at times…Find it unbelievable what he did though. My 2nd favourite player now 😅
Edit: of course I know TIME.. didn’t realise it was him. He’s been around for a while but was never a championship contender 😂
Hope you do more of these! Amazing video :)
very cool story and game! thanks
I love it how, after seeing the same people in the top spot, especially Koreans, a pretty unknown player won the world championships!
2:16 Oliveira put the SCV in that finished bunker，2000 IQ
This reminds me Australian Open 2014 won by Stan Wawrinka
Watching a mortal defeating on 3 gods Raynor, Hero and Maru 😳😳
14:20 That stupidly brave marine...
Maru was mentaly crushed after g3 and g4. You could see the lack of confidence in him in that last game. Nevertheless, he did pull of nothing short of a miracle, cleaning that high ground drop on his main, but overall, a lot of uncharacteristic blunders throughout the entire series clearly show, that emotions actually got into him.
He was actually outplayed, I don't think we can call it Maru blunders. Probably stings worse that he played well, not like when Rogue kicked him to the curb with very unlikely roach all ins.
Your commentary was better than the actual casters haha
2:42 a bunker with a SCV scares away a reaper and a helion
22:34 I've watched 3 versions before this, was hoping at least uThermal would show how liberators off-screen killed 35 workers. Don't have the game installed, would love to check the replay myself otherwise.
Dude how I miss this stuff? Why is there never a YT stream???
The power of Let-go.
just a normal man, just a normal terran!
It's insane that Maru lost that last fight because of the tanks rallied on the top
This time normal man, next time youtube man.
this is great and all but i still prefer to watch u being a silly goose (aka your normal games❤)!
"Just play like Maru" ...and he did!
Let's go!
Why did Maru not attack main base in the final attack?
Instead he circled the entire map. He went from centre to left to his base and to right. It’s like he even missed the base at 11 on purpose ?
I belive you can too mate, you can beat 7 insane AI nothing can stop you!
That one marine at 19:33 got Kerrigan'd xd
19:30 poor marine 😢
A super rich "Normal Man" who paid all of spending by family business even in his rest of life.
Cool !
You could really see Maru falter under the pressure of being down 1-3 this game. He made so many uncharacteristic mistakes. On the other hand Oliveira played a very clean game throughout his run and got a well deserved win.
>"Normal Man"
>Ranked 21st
22:33 see how those scvs died.
Its multitask liberator harass
super key move!
Who decided to have coaching session during finals??? )))
Who schedules a coaching session at the middle of the world finals?
What a game
24:38 - Actually losing to tank pathing
Oliveira = 100
Marc, let me ask you a question. Is it worth use blue flame helions against this marine tank composition?
Sensei, do you think the last patch weighed on Maru's playing style in these games? or was it something more mental? I say this because whenever I watch Maru's games, when he tries to be aggressive and fails, he changes his style to something more defensive and carries the game into lategame, with ravens, vikings and tanks. But with this new patch with ravens being nerfed to the ground, that became impossible. What do you think about?
Maru was slow to adapt to patch changes. After the patch it has become clear that viking+liberator+tank > mass raven+marine+tank.
The proof is: a few days later, in World Team League, Maru was defeated by Spirit (Oliveira's teammate) in the same way that he lost the last game against Oliveira.
Also it seems that Maru was always hit by liberators. In the game that Maru lost to Spirit, he had to build 4 turrets around a command center to cover all angles, after constant liberator harassments.
Maru's performance in WTL playoffs was abysmal. 1:1 against Spirit (narrowly escaped 0:2). When the chance to take revenge on Oiveira came, he stepped back. Finally, in the ace match, he lose to Reynor (who was having a fever from COVID) in a diamond-class match.
Was this not the late game? 7 bases over 6, maxed out armies?
13:03 win tank - marines trade and killed CC on left side, wow
I dont think a normal man puts in 12-15 hours a day. Great achievement !! grats.
Dude, this isn't a "regular guy." This is TIME with a new handle. He's one of the most experienced SC2 players in the world! Why on Earth do people keep acting like he's become a completely different person suddenly!?
Would you call Uthermal a "normal man", probably not, he's way more experienced than Time and probably had a better tournament record than Time before this last run.
Can you see Uthermal beating the best of the best to win the world championship, absolutely shattering his tournament record in the process? I think not
Between his rapid rise over the last few years and his record shattering world championship tournament outing, I'd say it's almost impossible to frame the Oliveira run incorrectly by overexaggerating his accomplishment.
Ah you tube being weird again showing Harstems user icon here again and uThermal on some else’s channel
4:00 It was just a reaper dude...
He is everything but normal bruh...
So its called an artosilope :) first time ive noticed that
Hold on, the prize was 150,000 usd?!
I mean, it’s just TIME..
Why not making like 2 thor in your 1 million tank to just zone out viking and libérator in tvt ?
Greatest eSport Underdogstory was OG.Topson in DotA2.
yeah.. was. xD Just kidding!
There is nothing normal about him... he won the World Championship haha He must be superhuman.
i misread it to woman man. But wtf do u mean by normal man? uthermal yes, oliveira no. He has won many major tournaments in China and has also performed quite well in international tournaments lately tho.
It was Match fixed. The koreans played to lose. You can actually see it in their plays. Watch maru vs byun, vs maru vs time
Honestly, I think it was entirely intentional that a very major patch overhaul + new map set was timed so shortly before IEM. It was expected that Europeans would be the quickest to adapt to changes, so it was supposed to improve their performance in the tournament. I am glad that it backfired so heavily. Maybe now they will not make such stupid moves shortly before the final tournament of a season.
It's as if an athlete competed a whole year to get a ticket to Olympic games, and then just two weeks before the OG new rules for the sport are made, making a completely random guy win the OG. And people even call it a great underdog story. Wonderful...
He paid off his competitors