MASS REAPERS Is IMBALANCED Versus GRANDMASTERS?! | Beating Grandmasters With Stupid stuff

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  • @abagofwater1076
    @abagofwater1076 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    It truly is ridiculous that the hand held grenade doesnt displace a 100 ton robot.

    • @Jordan-Ramses
      @Jordan-Ramses ปีที่แล้ว +100

      There is a TH-camr who has a balance complaint form. He should send it in. Are Thors imba or do I suck?

    • @Jomi91
      @Jomi91 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      closer to 1000

    • @yasedky
      @yasedky ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Don't forget what he said next "as it should do :-😀)

    • @tarvoc746
      @tarvoc746 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jomi91 That raises A LOT of questions.

    • @labean112
      @labean112 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If those grenades could bounce a thor imagine what they would do to a marine...

  • @Hailanthedaddy
    @Hailanthedaddy ปีที่แล้ว +201

    "There is no more splash damage" (bashes the planetary with reapers)

    • @Rooachie
      @Rooachie ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Kevin is special. Thats why he always wears a bycicle helmet. Its invisible but its there, trust.

  • @biserrizov6863
    @biserrizov6863 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    "I don't deserve this loss" - said like a true terran :D

  • @damedley75
    @damedley75 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    He's not playing Mech, he's playing "what will stop 100 Reapers?"

    • @Jordan-Ramses
      @Jordan-Ramses ปีที่แล้ว +39

      'Is this for TH-cam?' Is a very polite way of asking if you are playing like an idiot on purpose.

    • @EternalHappElements
      @EternalHappElements ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Jordan-Ramses or, 'can I hurt you with more than one way?'

  • @jeffreywilliams3421
    @jeffreywilliams3421 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Hearing reaper spamming described as some kind of pyramid scheme was cathartic, somehow

  • @m3thisse
    @m3thisse ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "Apologize for playing that race" is a famous, even tho pretty old raging line from Idra. Pre Heart of the Swarm i think. (It's probably a joke because he knew who you are, that is, a protoss main)

    • @entropie-3622
      @entropie-3622 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah I feel like the Toss was just joking around since the comments were so over the top without using swears etc.

    • @m3thisse
      @m3thisse ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@entropie-3622 I would note that it's a joke in bad taste with someone you personally don't know, insta blocking the guy wasn't too far from adequate reaction.

    • @GoXDS
      @GoXDS ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yea, it was very, very likely a joke. but it's absolutely fair for Harstem to not be feeling it

    • @komet5420
      @komet5420 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he should have dropped it when there was no response, but he had to double down... man's gotta realize when he's not funny but just annoying.

    • @alpha-cf2oi
      @alpha-cf2oi ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GoXDS also depends on ur current mood, as he said he was alrdy tired and stuff, thats when u get annoyed of such things and dont see the joke in them as u would normally

  • @BreadAndGatorade
    @BreadAndGatorade ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The barcode was making a reference to your Idra story from yesterday by saying "Apologize for playing that race", lol

    • @pablovirus
      @pablovirus ปีที่แล้ว

      Ooh thanks for clarifying, I thought they were being a massive dick lol

  • @damedley75
    @damedley75 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I rarely root against The Captain but this performance has spared the ladder from a wave of mass reaper cheese.

    • @brianfhunter
      @brianfhunter ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I dont even play starcraft and I think mass reapers is extremely infuriating thing to deal.

  • @EternalHappElements
    @EternalHappElements ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Mass reaper as a opening was fine and I really think you didn't have to stick with it in order to finish your opponent. When banshee tanks come out you are just fighting uphills. Despite huge worker kills in the beginning. The rest is just painful. It could have been beautiful...now it becomes a grind.

  • @coaiemandushman1079
    @coaiemandushman1079 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I miss the time when the reaper had a grenade attack for attacking buildings which made them better.

    • @sevenpolar3483
      @sevenpolar3483 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      They removed that because it was imba, in fact reapers have received many, many nerfs since they started because of how Imba they used to be.

    • @Fragath1
      @Fragath1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sevenpolar3483 As far i remember in WoL reapers was not used at all. They costed 50/50 but required tech lab to build. In HotS they where redesigned - the granade attack for building was changed in to ability, they got a pasive heal ability, and not longer required tech lab to build.

    • @sevenpolar3483
      @sevenpolar3483 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Fragath1 it depended when you played WoL, reapers got a lot of nerfs during WoL before the redesign, the redesign was clearly a response to how difficult the unit was to balance

    • @Burt1038
      @Burt1038 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sevenpolar3483 Yeah but a lot of the imbalance was because back then a lot of main bases only had a single cliff to jump so the Reapers could come in from anywhere.

    • @nathanbarnhart7823
      @nathanbarnhart7823 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Fragath1 dude they used to go 5 barracks report with the speed upgrade. They were so broken.

  • @mihanoid_sc2
    @mihanoid_sc2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "Protoss players are the most mannered"
    Also Protoss players:

    • @Mike-dm5ut
      @Mike-dm5ut ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pretty sure it wasn’t a tos main but a barcode off racing

    • @mihanoid_sc2
      @mihanoid_sc2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mike-dm5ut an agent of the cabal seeking to sow the seeds of hatred between terrans and protoss

    • @nikitosha1000
      @nikitosha1000 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just remember that Harstem is a protoss player, and he waited for a pause even after that starting messages.

  • @BreadAndGatorade
    @BreadAndGatorade ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Don't build reactors with mass reapers. You have excess minerals so just build barracks

  • @kirbyfan135
    @kirbyfan135 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The harstem curse, any time you say "i see no world where im not completely dominating this game" and then proceeds to watch 3 tanks and 20 marines show up on his doorstep while he has 7 reapers... or just loses outright

  • @mrm95
    @mrm95 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Virtuous cycle is the opposite of the vicious cycle. 😉

  • @chir0pter
    @chir0pter ปีที่แล้ว +2

    35:42 this is a great and very healthy attitude to have to harassment or annoyance in general. If we could all learn that at an early age we'd all be better off

  • @Nargon604
    @Nargon604 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Being an SCV in Harstem's army is dangerous

  • @davidhodge9355
    @davidhodge9355 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the fact that you are humble and human enough to post losses as well.
    I'm not fast enough to play past AI but I do enjoy watching skilled player

  • @nashobadickey-souza6907
    @nashobadickey-souza6907 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hastens discovery of the upward spiral is legendary.

  • @romerlausa7805
    @romerlausa7805 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love seeing mass reapers move. Multiple active jetpacks looks cool.

  • @whateverppl1229
    @whateverppl1229 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    a little tiny grenade trying to push a MASSIVE thor, yeah ok bud. SURE, that's logical

    • @Mike-dm5ut
      @Mike-dm5ut ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cause everything else in sc2 is logical

    • @Sunnysideanyway
      @Sunnysideanyway ปีที่แล้ว

      Suspension of disbelief, my friend. It is a video game.

    • @agressivemarsupial6048
      @agressivemarsupial6048 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      a nydus network provides travel faster than light. logic doesn't matter.

    • @TransTess
      @TransTess ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Massive units being immune to knockbacks and lifts are one of those times 'logic' actually makes good gameplay through counters.

  • @nguyenhoanglan9081
    @nguyenhoanglan9081 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I geniuely thought on the thumbnail that this is one of an IODIS episode.

  • @TritonTv69420
    @TritonTv69420 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Damn its impressive you can talk as fast as you do while DESTROYING your opponent.

  • @rbotnevik
    @rbotnevik ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thors are Massive units my man 😅, so same goes for Archons and UItras

  • @dogfoot1874
    @dogfoot1874 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You should allow bunkers with marines for defence

  • @CanDellJack
    @CanDellJack ปีที่แล้ว

    After the first 5 minutes I kept just repeating "Vikings. Vikings. _Vikings._ Like, two friggin' Vikings!" to myself and hoping you'd counter the banshees.
    And then it was BCs trying to catch Banshees. My little Mantra didn't come to fruition.

  • @wgkgarrett
    @wgkgarrett ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would love to see a BGMWSS with a high tech zerg rush, getting to ultra's or broods as quickly as possible.

  • @TransTess
    @TransTess ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Reminded of my experience in bronze facing mass reapers. Very frustrating... Till I started rushing defensive cannons, then it's just very funny watching them leap into surprise cannon fire :D

    • @henningbreede6428
      @henningbreede6428 ปีที่แล้ว

      That should be an autoloss for you.

    • @TransTess
      @TransTess ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@henningbreede6428 In Bronze, nothing is an autoloss.

    • @whateverppl1229
      @whateverppl1229 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just make oracles, I'm a rat so after dealing with the reapers I see it as an opportunity to go carriers

  • @purpleganja2
    @purpleganja2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This reaper and bc game looked like a Han & Horner game without airstrikes and flying reapers ;)

  • @henryraymond9003
    @henryraymond9003 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best of luck tomorrow vs Nice!!!

  • @oliround
    @oliround ปีที่แล้ว

    Congratulations on your success :)

  • @andreashalbfeld7671
    @andreashalbfeld7671 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're a content MACHINE!

  • @thwompalot5000
    @thwompalot5000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I recommend submitting this replay to IODIS for imba review of thor.

  • @collindwebb
    @collindwebb ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you should be able to do reaper + thor instead of reaper + b.c. -- thors are just big reapers, so tall they can hit air units. like how colossus are long zealots.

    • @damedley75
      @damedley75 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤯🤯🤯

    • @pablovirus
      @pablovirus ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahahha made me chuckle at the thought of colossi just being longbois

  • @Crit305
    @Crit305 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was painful to watch to say the least, but congrats on the win in the end lol

  • @HENTAICOMBO
    @HENTAICOMBO ปีที่แล้ว

    The first game really Epic didn't expect reaper cheese turn in to an Epic game
    That game seem really fun to be in

  • @brandon0sh
    @brandon0sh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Local top 10 european starcraft 2 grandmaster learns that a tiny bouncy grenade doesn't toss 59 ton zerg eldritch horrors with tusks like skyscrapers

  • @megadeth-1a885
    @megadeth-1a885 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sketchy how homeboy came back from 0 SCV's and was able to afford 6 tanks plus banshees

  • @bofaybaykweh
    @bofaybaykweh ปีที่แล้ว

    The captain forgot about raven buffs in game 1, lost so many turrets for it 👀

  • @The1nOnlyFelix
    @The1nOnlyFelix ปีที่แล้ว

    Should file an IMBA complaint Form that a reapers hand grenade doesn't knock back a 150 Ton machine

  • @KiR_Tank
    @KiR_Tank ปีที่แล้ว

    "it's like a pyramid scheme, but it works, trust me" Finally some honest guy, take my minerals

  • @wowscortcher
    @wowscortcher ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I guess now it's myth busted for the Protoss players being the mannored, royal, superior human beings :))

  • @pirds102010
    @pirds102010 ปีที่แล้ว

    also good in this situation in TvT, when you have more bases than him, but he has thors, go basetrade the orbitals with the battlecruisers and go ghosts and mines or even banshees. Nukes could have changed this game a lot

  • @asdfasdf-mn8iu
    @asdfasdf-mn8iu ปีที่แล้ว

    No massive unit can be bounced by the grenade, ultras even more so because they are frenzied and immune to any displacement or slowing. They're not slowed by marauder grenades, can't be abducted, can't be neuraled, can't be lifted (although that also applies to massive units).
    Also i'm fairly sure thors don't really counter BCs well, do they? If you teleport on top and just yamato them down, they should beat thors, no?

  • @Federico-1
    @Federico-1 ปีที่แล้ว

    *This man is tournament ready*.

  • @inigofreed4373
    @inigofreed4373 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your grasp of basic mechanics is hilarious to me. I'd just like to clarify you are better at sc2 than me.
    reapers hit twice for 3 damage, so +1 is amazing for them but thors have so much armor reapers do almost nothing to them, despite the fact that a swarm of light units also takes little damage from a thor, reapers don't counter thors. I learned this playing the zerg hex custom game vs Scarlett.
    also grenades don't bounce any massive units. That is a core part of the massive tag.

  • @OldSpaghettifactory89
    @OldSpaghettifactory89 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Harstem has a lot of feedback on the reaper for the next balance summit at least

  • @BabaSboy
    @BabaSboy ปีที่แล้ว

    thors weighs a ton hahahaahhaa
    Good Job! Keep up the good work Lodi!

  • @pvaupe2729
    @pvaupe2729 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good luck in your game tomorrow, when exactly will u play?

  • @jimnguyen6337
    @jimnguyen6337 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    why mute last guy, i think its fun for the viewers to feel his rage

  • @kirkarseneau3008
    @kirkarseneau3008 ปีที่แล้ว

    @30:50 SAAAAVED!!!

  • @tux8000
    @tux8000 ปีที่แล้ว

    TBF I think Vikings would probably be a decent addition for mass Reaper just to cover AA needs and as high-ground vision.

  • @onyxthedark
    @onyxthedark ปีที่แล้ว

    must have been Serral getting back at you

  • @caiobastos9085
    @caiobastos9085 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should have built 1 viking at home to stop those banshees

  • @paulyap4057
    @paulyap4057 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The English term for the opposite of a vicious circle is a "virtuous circle ".

  • @AndreasIndustriePro
    @AndreasIndustriePro ปีที่แล้ว

    the word you're looking for is "snowballing"

  • @timbarker5206
    @timbarker5206 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ahhh a Virtuous Circle...

  • @NanoLT
    @NanoLT ปีที่แล้ว

    I think that protoss said, Sorry for the pause and Say, say when R to play

  • @jeffr3773
    @jeffr3773 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well now I reakon I ain't never seen nothing quite as STUPIFYING as all of this here. Well done!

  • @colemantanner9360
    @colemantanner9360 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was truly upsetting to watch.
    I'll watch the second half latter

  • @philipchen9367
    @philipchen9367 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sorry harstem , my head wasnt in it that day , i shouldnt had acted in that way

  • @jepasdenom7643
    @jepasdenom7643 ปีที่แล้ว

    15:18
    Well if the guy goes full banshee tanks, you can full BC ngl

  • @dirkbester9050
    @dirkbester9050 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just tried it and can confirm that grenades are broken for all buildings as well. No bouncing! I wonder how far and wide this bug is?

  • @fatdumbledore1337
    @fatdumbledore1337 ปีที่แล้ว

    u should go for medivacs additionally if they turtle up.

  • @ashot11223
    @ashot11223 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOOOOL this is like the payback for uthermal lololololoool

  • @sycariummoonshine7134
    @sycariummoonshine7134 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mass reaper is always pure entertainment.

  • @benjamindeh873
    @benjamindeh873 ปีที่แล้ว

    45:15 salty toss after playing kinda cheesy

  • @IcedLance
    @IcedLance ปีที่แล้ว

    So there are Silver League Turrets, turrets that defend wrong stuff.
    Then there are Diamond League Turrets, turrets that defend the important stuff.
    And then there're Masters League Turrets, turrests that defend nothing at all.

  • @shadowsift
    @shadowsift ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought harstem was playing today in the esl! Did I miss it?

    • @bobbyd7159
      @bobbyd7159 ปีที่แล้ว

      He plays at 7 am US Eastern time on Wednesday. Little over 8 hours from time of this comment

  • @HENTAICOMBO
    @HENTAICOMBO ปีที่แล้ว

    No captain you should not mute anyone that toxicity give me a good day

  • @kshibby43
    @kshibby43 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should send that first game into harstem is it imba or do I suck?

  • @davidogles8749
    @davidogles8749 ปีที่แล้ว

    Captain, I'm starting to think the name of this channel should be "Losing to Grandmasters with stupid stuff" ha :)

  • @nickrowles103
    @nickrowles103 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did we ever find out who the barcode at the end was? Hopefully Reynor.

  • @starnostras
    @starnostras ปีที่แล้ว

    Reaper Ponzi Scheme?
    Sign me up.

  • @devon752
    @devon752 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did you lose that first one smh my head

  • @oxXBubbleXxo
    @oxXBubbleXxo ปีที่แล้ว

    love how the first game harstems macro made him able to just bindge insane amounts of units into the terran and still fail to win :D
    Shoutout to my plat boys

  • @WeirdViking
    @WeirdViking ปีที่แล้ว

    You cant be serious he thought thors would bounce :D

  • @Supergoon1989
    @Supergoon1989 ปีที่แล้ว

    New idea for BGWSS: Gas-Sabotage. Focus All effort on destroying your opponents Gas mining facilities (Extractors/Assimilators/Refineries) and prioritise killing their workers that are mining gas before other workers. I'm thinking a lot of good micro drops might be able to get this done, and then pick up and go to a new base and do the same thing.

    • @damedley75
      @damedley75 ปีที่แล้ว

      He did this at least once. Disastrous when it forced Terran to just build stim marines and thrash him! 😅

  • @donw7962
    @donw7962 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kinda feel like you missed a great cheese opportunity to show a marine and hit with 10 reapers

  • @MrStevegibb
    @MrStevegibb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OK so I know it dishonourable but when you are base trading with an opponent you have air they have ground you need to fly your cc to a corner and then wipe out there base before they realise they can't get to all your buildings.

  • @pirds102010
    @pirds102010 ปีที่แล้ว

    in the first game you could have waited way longer with the engagement, lift the third, scv up and reaper up, make even a viking and set up a 360 surround thanks to the reapers and when he seeges your natural, THEN attack. Your lack patience is your barrier man. And your fear to lose also, just play the game and switch tech

  • @strateeg32
    @strateeg32 ปีที่แล้ว

    The opposite of vicious circle is a virtuous circle

  • @badoverwatchhighlights7614
    @badoverwatchhighlights7614 ปีที่แล้ว

    a vicious cycle or a victorious cycle or both?

  • @kurtremislettmyr7108
    @kurtremislettmyr7108 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    you could have ended the game earlier if you weren't so afraid of entering his base. you basically didn't use the best feature of the reaper, the cliff jump.

  • @leeyu8619
    @leeyu8619 ปีที่แล้ว

    grenade should bounce a thor? that wouldnt make sense. but then again it doesnt make sense that a grenade can bounce a cyclone. how silly would it be if you could grenade a command center and have it temporarily lift of the ground or even knock back away from a mineral line xP

  • @AndrewArts
    @AndrewArts ปีที่แล้ว

    Used too many scans on those banshees early on instead of mules, I feel ravens would have worked way better than the BC's. They could have disabled the tanks and thor's and you could have gotten more minerals for more reapers!

  • @lagtowns
    @lagtowns ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, I don't even play this game, but I am screaming that he's not going after the full base trade and keeps engaging with the Thors in game 1.

  • @oo-bb4qs
    @oo-bb4qs ปีที่แล้ว

    Terrible early turret placement and no splits vs the tanks hurts to watch. Sensor tower?

  • @user-ob1sb1wf5p
    @user-ob1sb1wf5p 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's an idra quote!

  • @januszkurahenowski2860
    @januszkurahenowski2860 ปีที่แล้ว

    This tiny grenade that deals like 5 damage doesn't bounce a robot the size of a skyscraper? Ridiculous, Blizzard you have to fix this because this is clearly a bug

  • @MrCreed145
    @MrCreed145 ปีที่แล้ว

    Game one would have been an easy win if he would have actually put reactors on any of his barracks haha. Building just reapers one at a time from only 5 or 6 racks. 17 minutes in he started reactors. If he would have treated them like Zerglings he would have won like 8 minutes in. Only ever had like 20 at a time though.

  • @Supergoon1989
    @Supergoon1989 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd prefer it if you hadnt blocked that protoss player, I kinda wanna see what he said. I bet there was some absolutely delicious salt at the end of that game, and now all of us will never know... :(

  • @EmperorMengsk
    @EmperorMengsk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thors are heavy AF

  • @elijahpeck3540
    @elijahpeck3540 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol massive units are exceptions to many effects

  • @TheHadMatters
    @TheHadMatters ปีที่แล้ว

    Can someone who play StarCraft explain the first game to me? How does the opponent come back after having his economy completely wiped 5 minutes in? Is it just because of the reaper's restricted usefulness?

  • @yasedky
    @yasedky ปีที่แล้ว

    Why you didn't clear the depots
    This could helped a lot in the first gMe

  • @waggerdagger2831
    @waggerdagger2831 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dont get how he can do a comeback when you in the beginning wipe out all his scvs like twice...

  • @colkiwi
    @colkiwi ปีที่แล้ว

    wow harstem didn't even know that reaper grenades can't bounce thors? what, he's never even used mass reapers to fight tons of thors before? what a noob

    • @SD-jf7nb
      @SD-jf7nb ปีที่แล้ว

      Like me when I dicovered you can't neural ultras, and fung doesn't even slow them down, likewtf?

  • @SuperSullyVision
    @SuperSullyVision ปีที่แล้ว

    This is just gross. Enjoyable, but gross. Should add ravens for turrets after 10 mins and a max of 5 on the field just to zone out prisms... Or reaper with 5 bc's great content

  • @holysaintknight343
    @holysaintknight343 ปีที่แล้ว

    GG

  • @xelnaga4576
    @xelnaga4576 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mass reapers and BCs to GM. BeastyQT moment stuff.