Thank you Winter for casting GDSL Season 2 Grand Finals, this was such a treat! Hope you all enjoyed watching these games as much as players playing them! This hasn't been announced yet so you read it here first: we are going to run 2 tournaments a year + a 3v3 team league in between. So more content to come for anyone interested in playing or watching!
Normal SCII as well. It's just a matter that you won't really do well if you focus on just one aspect of the game. Unless that aspect is your Macro I guess. You can climb to diamond with macro alone...
I am sure lots of DS fans are super-hyped by this video from legendary Winter with his wits and wisdom ))) It was a hell of a ride watching these series from him.
at about 1 hour and 30 minutes in is the best part so far. the music is just perfect, along with the changing/rotating cinematic camera view. this is what direct strike is all about. great job winter, hahaha this is awesome
I was blown away to see a zerg in the grand finals. I know I quit this game because I don't consider them viable, and I still don't think they are. Ultras have too many counters, as we seen ghosts melt them in the later half of the game.
@@yugonostalgia8961 They were a difference maker in some instances, but they also came up short often as well. I don't think they won their fights against a thor based terran.
It’s interesting for sure that the mass ravager held its own against bio. I was definitely impressed watching the ravages wipe the bio, then snipe sentries in the next wave which let the Terran ally fight without punching through guardian shield. The main issue with Zerg is it has no answer to thors at all.
This was a lot more back and forth than I expected. My criticism after playing hundreds of public DS games is that the comeback mechanic is almost non existent and any that occur is almost entirely due to either team mates getting carried away gassing and making units that are countered or a player leaving, causing existing compositions to no longer work. A proper arranged team of Desert Strike is completely different. It's a shame that pub games are nothing like this.
Those BCs in game 2 seem to be used really well. Getting the nexus shooting the enemies was really smart. It worked well until the BCs jumped behind the enemy army.
Desert Strike, Phantom Mode, Runling Run, Squadron TD, and Mafia were my go to custom games... tried getting back into DStrike but it's changed so much since Liberty that I got no clue what to do now lol
I just toss a literal shit ton of lings and that usually works out ground army's even with some AOE DMG after so Manny lings its ineffective except colosi they hurt
Game 2 was in the perfect spot to turn it and give the BCs the stalker treatment of keeping their DPS in play. But he threw em all away that woulda been legendary.
Fun fact about the sc2 custom game community: It is very toxic. Good luck if you are trying a new custom because people will be straight up toxic assholes.
this is goofy. never do players play 30 min and not gas, yet the rules of the tournament dictate different play. Ending a game abruptly like that is so bad, yet that is why they are not gassing more.
They don't gas because spending money on gas or tiering up can lead to lost waves. And while tiering up gives you access to cool units that can leak well (like ravagers that were used to snipe sentries, or libs, that are just op and stack easily), gassing gives you nothing until 5-12.5 minutes have passed.
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Thank you Winter for casting GDSL Season 2 Grand Finals, this was such a treat! Hope you all enjoyed watching these games as much as players playing them! This hasn't been announced yet so you read it here first: we are going to run 2 tournaments a year + a 3v3 team league in between. So more content to come for anyone interested in playing or watching!
I’M gonna
Love that you’re casting these custom game tournaments. The custom games of SC2 hold so much potential where gems like this game comes out
SC minesweeper
What I love about the arcade is that some games just enable you to focus on a single aspect you enjoy about starcraft.
Liked and commented.
Normal SCII as well. It's just a matter that you won't really do well if you focus on just one aspect of the game. Unless that aspect is your Macro I guess. You can climb to diamond with macro alone...
@@MegaOgrady you can hit GM with Drone micro
01:56
"Ok uh..."
I love how winter had the same reaction as I did rofl
I am sure lots of DS fans are super-hyped by this video from legendary Winter with his wits and wisdom ))) It was a hell of a ride watching these series from him.
Winter game 1: Super serious explanation of DS mechanics.
Winter game 3: Goes afk with music playing and the camera zoomed in.
at about 1 hour and 30 minutes in is the best part so far. the music is just perfect, along with the changing/rotating cinematic camera view. this is what direct strike is all about. great job winter, hahaha this is awesome
I love playing Direct Strike!
Loved the casting! Thank you Winter for the great entertainment!
Lovely video, I had so much fun watching the little movie you shot
Winter here really dumping on agreeds army in that last game after it kills 2 armies while the terran dies to half a wave XD
Nice video Winter, thanks for putting it out there! If sometimes you want to play in the in-house environment, feel free to join! Cheers!
That was intense.
Lol that mid game stairing at the dead bunker area.
Awesome cast, Winter! I really like these arcade games you put out, especially Direct strike! :D
There are some creators that you just love to see post multi hour videos, and winter is one of them.
"epenis" is a concept I wholeheartedly endorse.
I was blown away to see a zerg in the grand finals. I know I quit this game because I don't consider them viable, and I still don't think they are. Ultras have too many counters, as we seen ghosts melt them in the later half of the game.
idk zerg rly tipped the scales for both teams
@@yugonostalgia8961 They were a difference maker in some instances, but they also came up short often as well. I don't think they won their fights against a thor based terran.
It’s interesting for sure that the mass ravager held its own against bio. I was definitely impressed watching the ravages wipe the bio, then snipe sentries in the next wave which let the Terran ally fight without punching through guardian shield. The main issue with Zerg is it has no answer to thors at all.
@@zaxtonhong3958 they cleared the field so terran could hold it
I think zerg could have been used more efficiently on those cases, so there is no need to give up on that :)
Thank you for making a direct strike video.
This was a lot more back and forth than I expected. My criticism after playing hundreds of public DS games is that the comeback mechanic is almost non existent and any that occur is almost entirely due to either team mates getting carried away gassing and making units that are countered or a player leaving, causing existing compositions to no longer work. A proper arranged team of Desert Strike is completely different. It's a shame that pub games are nothing like this.
It’s been a while since the last arcade on the channel. I like it once in a while
more of that please! :O
This was so stupidly fun to watch
This was weirdly more fun to watch than actual SC2 matches.
Those BCs in game 2 seem to be used really well. Getting the nexus shooting the enemies was really smart.
It worked well until the BCs jumped behind the enemy army.
With great micro comes great disaster.
Direct strike will bring even the strongest computers to their proverbial knees come late game.
And then you play it yourself and you team goes "hey i will build extractor first, income good unit"
@11:10 skip the entire explanation and watch where the game actually starts.
thank you
gg toss very gg great taktic very wp😛😛😛😛😛
Ooo interesting cast
Hmm different kind of content, but over 2 hours of winter? yup time for popcorn
First game I'm seeing red pushing hard, yellow holding well, and zerg making everyone say "Why is he playing zerg?"
Desert Strike, Phantom Mode, Runling Run, Squadron TD, and Mafia were my go to custom games... tried getting back into DStrike but it's changed so much since Liberty that I got no clue what to do now lol
Best Arcade mode. Such a chiller.
What a trip to hear incursus called out
Honestly having a risk legacy 1v1 tournament would be lit
Enjoyed the cinematic part a lot. Do that more often
i love this game we need more out of that
I still want to see marines using ultras as mobile bunkers. Not sure in what context, but sounds fun.
winter should broadcast from his own radio station, he's got the best soundboard by far.
Geez, that was a grind of a video!
While yelling at the guy who spoiled, you spoiled it for everyone that didn't read it!
i have played a 1000 times on this mod, there is more meta than you think, you have to play around IA, pretty solid mod, i love it
What a treat, we you need to cast Zerg Hex next.
The cinematic section is beautiful.
This looks like my standard SC2 game - rally production to enemy base... just usually my outcome is much different.
@33:18 very important side note
this is castlefight in wc3 ?
This game is fun. Nice to relax with 9 APM
Wow glad we missed the nexus death really fun.
I assume it's a lot more fun to play than it is to watch
Ohhhhhh shit!!!! Let’s go!
What about micro tournament?
throwing shade on AoE 4 all the time was amazing. And justified of course. Bloody Lelic
I'm a big desert strike original fan.... I have thousands of hours on it lol
are they goona nerf terran lol, 0 protoss after the first game
who learn overstim/ what is ?
Liked and commented. Can’t wait for Winter to commentate Madden tournaments next!
"Is this AOE4? No, this is a modern RTS" rofl
I hope this does well so you make more, not one person making high quality direct strike videos
I just toss a literal shit ton of lings and that usually works out ground army's even with some AOE DMG after so Manny lings its ineffective except colosi they hurt
How am I 7 minutes in and only 7 seconds has elapsed in the game?
EDIT - 10 Minutes.
11:00 for those looking to skip to the gameplay beginning
...would they have won first round anyways or was there some kind of hidden mechanic?
This makes me long for End of Nations
well, I know now why they flamed me calling me gas noob and went afk. Thanks
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I much prefer desert strike but direct strike is fun
Game 2 was in the perfect spot to turn it and give the BCs the stalker treatment of keeping their DPS in play. But he threw em all away that woulda been legendary.
check out weekly brawl and commander versions of DS, so much fun
God the 20 mins of a shitty zoomed in camera missing half the fights...
First game two terrans no tanks.....
Same shirt
Fun fact about the sc2 custom game community: It is very toxic. Good luck if you are trying a new custom because people will be straight up toxic assholes.
That bait comment about AoE IV Hahhaha
Gonna watch some of this winter but its by far not my fav mini game for starcraft, I actually prefer evolution
gg
this is goofy. never do players play 30 min and not gas, yet the rules of the tournament dictate different play. Ending a game abruptly like that is so bad, yet that is why they are not gassing more.
They don't gas because spending money on gas or tiering up can lead to lost waves. And while tiering up gives you access to cool units that can leak well (like ravagers that were used to snipe sentries, or libs, that are just op and stack easily), gassing gives you nothing until 5-12.5 minutes have passed.
10 min intro is rough
I would like to see zerg wars.
But i think the tournament ended
A little time to "develop" your strategy ;p
Ok Ok I won't be that lazy... F, click, F
Direct Strike... the only way I can be decent at Starcraft.... THE WAY NOOBS CAN FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORTH A DAMN! Thanks Direct Strike.
These guys are a joke . I wonder why real players are not on this tournament!?
Is this how you actually talk or is it a casting voice? it’s freaking annoying
I am having extreme difficulty trying to recall a single autobattler that requires unlocking lootboxes
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