It is a great way to improve at any competitive game you play, gets you used to continuously thinking about what you are doing and why. Where as many people fall into the trap of repetition without reason because they typically don't have that inner monologue happening and talking out loud promotes it's creation.
These games just showed the complete skill and knowledge you have of this game. I know many have said it, but it still bears saying. Your knowledge of timing and ability to even blind predict unit positions is incredible. These games were a real treat for me, thank you for the excellent content!
Pretty much why I was a gold player at best. I had decent macro and micro but my knowledge and sense of what my opponents were doing was poor. You can only get so far executing your build order well and having good control of your units, but if you can’t react to what your opponent is doing you will always fall behind.
The only thing more entertaining than the gameplay is uThermal’s joyful commentary, he always sounds like he’s having a great time, which makes the videos a lot more fun to watch.
You made me feel sad for that guy. He had some very daring builds. Amazing how you predicted his plays based on map choice and reputation. I hope he watches this episode and learns from this to conceal his intentions.
I really love the mass raven. Taking 30 Ravens and just destroying everything in your path, is the most fun thing ever. I don't know if you can do it all the time, but sneaking it in here and there would be great.
This is the kind of gameplay you get when you spend thousands of hours learning the game. I can't imagine how many times you've had to fail and learn to be this good but god damn this is impressive gameplay.
Me: two videos per day from uThermal? That's too many to watch. Also me: checking if second video was uploaded 5 minutes in and watching it. And rewarded with a cool cheesy tournament!
I really really don't like SC2 and never have, but this dude and Harstem are super fun to watch. I like how much they talk and the way they talk. I feel like if I cared about the game I could learn a lot from them.
+1 for the duration of video, cutting a litle bit is always good, as video not too much short. So a mix is a good deal ! Thanks for the fun and have a good continuation uThermal !
Regarding spoiling things with video length - You could do what Total Biscuit did, he basically added a black screen to the end of his tournament casts, to make shorter matches more in line with the rest of the tournament. This way it kept the tension up while watching.
I'm in total support of this format. It's short, easy to watch and digest. It's also easier to find later, instead of loading up a long 2-3 hour video and find a game in the middle of that tournament. One suggestion is come up with a good naming format so people can easily watch the next part.
I usually just watch these vids when I'm eating so it doesnt matter if it's 10 hours long or 20 minutes, I can pause then resume later anyway.You will have more videos that way so good for you.
I usually don't watch videos that are more than 10 minutes long, from an unknown channel. I just recently discovered this channel and I'm really liking it :D First time after Husky retired, I'm finding Starcraft gameplays interesting xD
Would love to see you do fast hidden base expands in every game. Also, you could always add a random amount of padding (5-20 minutes) at the end of the videos to avoid spoilers on shorter videos too. Just snag an old game from an old challenge and throw it at the end so you don't have to do too much work.
If I'm ever on an airplane and it is going down, I hope Thermy is the flight attendant. Thermy: "noh need to werry, we'r having some miner troubles, but we're still going ti be fine here" - Me: "Sweet! arms up and bring me another tomato juice and svedka!"
I said when you asked that I'd prefer the video as one because of the whole story but I kind of don't mind them this way but maybe put them into a playlist in reverse chronilogical order if that's not too big of a hassle to keep them sorted, really good games, eagerly anticipating the follow up, cannot wait for the day that you win the weekly tournament.
thx for teaching us proper scout timings. I've won games vs proxy reaper by floating a factory into their base & making a hellion. and also defending roach/ravager all ins, then proxying a starport to lib siege them
Pro tip: learn what you can about your enemy. Throughout all your challenges, you manage to keep up to date intel on who you fought against, enough for it to allow decision making like you showed on the second series. That makes a pro player. The amount of possible losses converted to wins just because of awareness of your foe is enough to get most players a league above, I would say.
I don't really play Starcraft and was never interested in it, but I watch all your videos. Mainly because of your challenges, commentary and video format. I think that is the biggest compliment I can give. Keep up the good work!
I like this shorter video concept. The thing is I don't have that much time to sit and watch for like an hour, so with longer videos I need to choose a place to split the video myself t keep watch later (and maybe I will have to end you mid-sentence, and even if i don't, it wont feel as satisfying compared to if you actually end the video). And great matches by the way, and you are very nice, calm and fun to watch!
that early mass marine to just wait to counter early zerg cheese was awesome. Love this guy. If starcraft was as popular as the top games currently, uthermal would have millions of subs. Only content creator that has a majority of his viewbase not actually play starcraft 2 anymore
Here's an idea to pad out the episode length if you want to avoid spoilers. Just include a few minute segment at the end of botched/rejected games that you normally wouldn't release. Like games you disconnect from halfway through or something. You can throw up an explanation about it too
Hi uThermal, I don't really comment but I do watch every vid and wanted to give you some feedback on video length. I personally really like your longer videos, I think it gives you a good spot in the SCII content lineup. I understand if you have to chase the algorithm with multiple shorter uploads but personally your longform content sets you apart from many creators that are doing shorter "more focused" vids. I like the fact that you just play for a couple hours - and the commentary is always insanely top notch no matter how intense the games are. Great stuff, keep it up :) I'm glad you're finding more success.
Something I think might be cool is what I call the split personality challenge where you alternate between extreme aggression and extreme greed each game.
One build I have only seen one and would love to see again is Clem's greedy quick 2-2 with Bio against zerg. It hit like an absolute truck (quoting Lowko!)
My suggestion for next week is sort of going to be the opposite of cheese: Defense only until you have expanded to half of the entire map. Then you can attack. Scouting is allowed, but you cant kill anything with scouts. I'm hoping this will produce a lot of epic macro games, and it should be a good challenge because the enemy will be left alone to build what they want to, so we'l get to see if you can counter that.
When I cheese, I fuckin CHEESE it, all the way in. I play as Terran, and I build on the far side of their triangular 3rd, use map features to my advantage, and get in their face early, applying pressure with like 3 marines in their natural. Usually if i build 3xRax with 2 reactors and 1 tech lab they are toast. Oh, I like to wall off my main early. If they resist enough I build my 2nd and 3rd bases etc on their side, effectively changing my position on the map to the top left or bottom right. Depending on how skilful they are, well I just keep building and expanding until either of us wins. THAT is what I call full-on :D
Man you beating reynor 2-0 has made me really want to see your absolute most focused, top level play. Like get a good night of sleep, healthy breakfast of eggs and avocado toast, and a morning jog to get the blood pumping. Then wrecking ball opponents with no inhibitions, whatever will win, you pursue. I want to see peak washed utherm, and watch the hearts break
Man, if I was Eleven and I got absolutely rekt by some guy during a tourney and then found a video online of them casually explaining everything that was going on while crushing me, I would be so embarrassed XD
there is one simple solution against Terran's reapers - zergling speed. Cost 100 minerals and 100 gas. and you need 3 zerglings to kill 1 reaper, and 20 zerglings to kill 10000 reapers.
Side-channel IDEA: Every game, no matter what, build a Fusion Core. You don't need to use it, but it will screw with the enemy's scouting seeing your fusion core . It's a silly additional effort but will be fun if some opponent gears up for BCs and then gets slapped by other units 😂
I would love to see one week where there are no gimmicks. Would be cool to see how a player (yourself) varies from a standard/meta build from the gimmick builds
Hi! I’m a new sub. I’d love to see you go goliaths and Vikings. Or at least a majority of machine units. Cyclones allowed. Thors and tanks allowed. You can have 1 Raven at a time for mobile detect, until your units have detect (I think Goliath’s or cyclones can get detect but I forget, it’s been a while). No bio except for bunkers.
Love to see cheese and even more I love to see cheese vs cheese. Is any chance you can share the replays (specifically vs second opponent). Purelly for educational purposses and possibly to collect some MMR
Challenge Suggestions: 1. Hidden base every game (if possible on opponents side) 2. Blueflame Hellion Opener Build 3. Mega Turtle Builds (good old GoOdy style)
Third time suggesting this but if you were to chapter the start of each match it would make returning to a long video and jumping to the next match quite easy. If you do have a long video I may watch 2 matches then return later but it's a bit laborious to find where I need to fast forward to. Some chapters would help to just jump to the start of each match.
@@jamiereid7428 you have to accept the format. Unless you want to put in a bunch of dead time to standardize the video length (which he could then add random chapters to music or whatever) you just live with the fact it's TH-cam.
Challenge: 1. Can't win under 30 minutes even if opponent quits early 2. Can only destroy 2 bases between the 10-20 minute mark. Can't destroy any command centers, nexuses, or spawning pools before 10 minutes
Thermy been doing single build challenges so long I forgot he can actually play SC2 like a normal person
Only a psycho would call these builds playing "like a normal person" 😂
@@hendrik1834 LOL fair enough
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This man casts his own game as he's playing it. Respect
It is a great way to improve at any competitive game you play, gets you used to continuously thinking about what you are doing and why. Where as many people fall into the trap of repetition without reason because they typically don't have that inner monologue happening and talking out loud promotes it's creation.
These games just showed the complete skill and knowledge you have of this game. I know many have said it, but it still bears saying. Your knowledge of timing and ability to even blind predict unit positions is incredible. These games were a real treat for me, thank you for the excellent content!
Pretty much why I was a gold player at best. I had decent macro and micro but my knowledge and sense of what my opponents were doing was poor. You can only get so far executing your build order well and having good control of your units, but if you can’t react to what your opponent is doing you will always fall behind.
@@PT-qe2rb with good micro and macro you can safely reach diamond. Actually with just really good macro you can reach diamond
@@gabrielcamiloanunciatodeol2566 Yeah, I'm plat with macro only, and not a perfect one, far from it.
@Vespr come on guys cut him some slack :D
@Vespr "stop coping bro." 🤓 idk why nerds started talking like gym bros but it's cringe.
Cons of playing against uthermal: getting rekt
Pros of playing against uthermal: free build advise
What? He doesn't give the people he verses build advice.
@@TheMoistButDroopyLongCrotch If they get rekt by someone spamming marines, then yes, they get build advice.
@@livedandletdie that's literally not what advice is.
@@TheMoistButDroopyLongCrotch But it really is, teaching the guy what TO do and what NOT to do
@@TheMoistButDroopyLongCrotch its called experience. The best teacher is getting your ass kicked. As long as your paying attention to whats going on.
"I'm not gonna be proud of this build as a whole"
Maury shows up reading from a card, "The smile on your face determined that this was a Lie"
To be fair: if I eat a whole pizza, I'm not proud, but I'm sure as hell gonna enjoy it.
The proxy hatch hard counter is peak entertainment
I think it's insane how you can live commentary your gameplay while effectively micro-ing your units. Amazing!
The only thing more entertaining than the gameplay is uThermal’s joyful commentary, he always sounds like he’s having a great time, which makes the videos a lot more fun to watch.
Exactly the opposite of Artosis.
You made me feel sad for that guy. He had some very daring builds. Amazing how you predicted his plays based on map choice and reputation. I hope he watches this episode and learns from this to conceal his intentions.
the blind build order counter was insane!!!
The fact you can do crazy good commentary while playing at such a high skill level is so awesome
Man that was disgusting, that 2nd guy got shutdown so frickin hard, i can feel it in me bones
I really love the mass raven.
Taking 30 Ravens and just destroying everything in your path, is the most fun thing ever.
I don't know if you can do it all the time, but sneaking it in here and there would be great.
This is the kind of gameplay you get when you spend thousands of hours learning the game. I can't imagine how many times you've had to fail and learn to be this good but god damn this is impressive gameplay.
Me: two videos per day from uThermal? That's too many to watch.
Also me: checking if second video was uploaded 5 minutes in and watching it. And rewarded with a cool cheesy tournament!
I really really don't like SC2 and never have, but this dude and Harstem are super fun to watch. I like how much they talk and the way they talk. I feel like if I cared about the game I could learn a lot from them.
Somehow had this recommended even though I haven't played SC2 for years or watched any content. Thoroughly enjoyed watching it!
+1 for the duration of video, cutting a litle bit is always good, as video not too much short. So a mix is a good deal !
Thanks for the fun and have a good continuation uThermal !
Idk when it happened but you def became my favorite SC2 streamer… thank you for all the great vids keep up the good work!!! Shows in the sub count!!!🎉
Thankyou for cutting up the videos into parts - , it makes it so much more exciting not knowing the result until the end.
can we just appreciate the animation of death of the ravager at @6:38 ?
This reminds me of the match where byun sniped a queen in the air with his reapers back in the day before he got them nerfed lol
Regarding spoiling things with video length - You could do what Total Biscuit did, he basically added a black screen to the end of his tournament casts, to make shorter matches more in line with the rest of the tournament. This way it kept the tension up while watching.
I'm in total support of this format. It's short, easy to watch and digest. It's also easier to find later, instead of loading up a long 2-3 hour video and find a game in the middle of that tournament. One suggestion is come up with a good naming format so people can easily watch the next part.
I usually just watch these vids when I'm eating so it doesnt matter if it's 10 hours long or 20 minutes, I can pause then resume later anyway.You will have more videos that way so good for you.
The 45-60 minute videos are perfect. I watch them when I get off work to wind down before bed
Challenge idea: Compete at a tournament without a challenge!
hahahaha
@@OMIMreacts it's not that funny
It's very funny murRAAY
I mean he’s an IEM champion he has nothing to prove lmao. Him making content like this is far less stressful and makes him way more money.
I usually don't watch videos that are more than 10 minutes long, from an unknown channel. I just recently discovered this channel and I'm really liking it :D First time after Husky retired, I'm finding Starcraft gameplays interesting xD
Would love to see you do fast hidden base expands in every game. Also, you could always add a random amount of padding (5-20 minutes) at the end of the videos to avoid spoilers on shorter videos too. Just snag an old game from an old challenge and throw it at the end so you don't have to do too much work.
yeah padding would be nice
Pure joy to watch your skill and listen to your commentary. Thanks.
If I'm ever on an airplane and it is going down, I hope Thermy is the flight attendant. Thermy: "noh need to werry, we'r having some miner troubles, but we're still going ti be fine here" - Me: "Sweet! arms up and bring me another tomato juice and svedka!"
Your micro is so good. you speak well and think and react fast. you are a talented my man
I said when you asked that I'd prefer the video as one because of the whole story but I kind of don't mind them this way but maybe put them into a playlist in reverse chronilogical order if that's not too big of a hassle to keep them sorted, really good games, eagerly anticipating the follow up, cannot wait for the day that you win the weekly tournament.
thx for teaching us proper scout timings.
I've won games vs proxy reaper by floating a factory into their base & making a hellion.
and also defending roach/ravager all ins, then proxying a starport to lib siege them
Love waking up to some good HONORABLE Terran videos
Pro tip: learn what you can about your enemy. Throughout all your challenges, you manage to keep up to date intel on who you fought against, enough for it to allow decision making like you showed on the second series.
That makes a pro player. The amount of possible losses converted to wins just because of awareness of your foe is enough to get most players a league above, I would say.
I don't really play Starcraft and was never interested in it, but I watch all your videos. Mainly because of your challenges, commentary and video format. I think that is the biggest compliment I can give. Keep up the good work!
Yoooo same
I like this shorter video concept. The thing is I don't have that much time to sit and watch for like an hour, so with longer videos I need to choose a place to split the video myself t keep watch later (and maybe I will have to end you mid-sentence, and even if i don't, it wont feel as satisfying compared to if you actually end the video). And great matches by the way, and you are very nice, calm and fun to watch!
that early mass marine to just wait to counter early zerg cheese was awesome. Love this guy. If starcraft was as popular as the top games currently, uthermal would have millions of subs. Only content creator that has a majority of his viewbase not actually play starcraft 2 anymore
Here's an idea to pad out the episode length if you want to avoid spoilers. Just include a few minute segment at the end of botched/rejected games that you normally wouldn't release. Like games you disconnect from halfway through or something. You can throw up an explanation about it too
Oh man that third game counter cheese was so good lmao
Thermy: "Watch me speedrun an entire tournament, lmao"
Lol i love that he knows his opponents well enough to blind counter in his own base and call it perfectly. That was cool
Back in my day, we didn't call this cheese. This was a pretty calm, aggressive strategy
That cheese vs cheese! 😋 such a good set of games.
whenever he says "that sounds pretty stupid or crazy" i recognize my builds lol
That video was so cool, happy to see part two :)
Hi uThermal, I don't really comment but I do watch every vid and wanted to give you some feedback on video length. I personally really like your longer videos, I think it gives you a good spot in the SCII content lineup. I understand if you have to chase the algorithm with multiple shorter uploads but personally your longform content sets you apart from many creators that are doing shorter "more focused" vids. I like the fact that you just play for a couple hours - and the commentary is always insanely top notch no matter how intense the games are. Great stuff, keep it up :) I'm glad you're finding more success.
I love the long videos and the short ones too, Marc!
Something I think might be cool is what I call the split personality challenge where you alternate between extreme aggression and extreme greed each game.
nono DURING each game!
One build I have only seen one and would love to see again is Clem's greedy quick 2-2 with Bio against zerg. It hit like an absolute truck (quoting Lowko!)
thanks for the episode. if it was a long episode, i would have to watch it later. but i would still watch it.
My suggestion for next week is sort of going to be the opposite of cheese: Defense only until you have expanded to half of the entire map. Then you can attack. Scouting is allowed, but you cant kill anything with scouts. I'm hoping this will produce a lot of epic macro games, and it should be a good challenge because the enemy will be left alone to build what they want to, so we'l get to see if you can counter that.
When I cheese, I fuckin CHEESE it, all the way in. I play as Terran, and I build on the far side of their triangular 3rd, use map features to my advantage, and get in their face early, applying pressure with like 3 marines in their natural. Usually if i build 3xRax with 2 reactors and 1 tech lab they are toast. Oh, I like to wall off my main early. If they resist enough I build my 2nd and 3rd bases etc on their side, effectively changing my position on the map to the top left or bottom right. Depending on how skilful they are, well I just keep building and expanding until either of us wins. THAT is what I call full-on :D
Man you beating reynor 2-0 has made me really want to see your absolute most focused, top level play. Like get a good night of sleep, healthy breakfast of eggs and avocado toast, and a morning jog to get the blood pumping. Then wrecking ball opponents with no inhibitions, whatever will win, you pursue. I want to see peak washed utherm, and watch the hearts break
Ah yes, egg breakfast to fart whole day kekw
No, breakfast of prime ribeye steak and a tall glass of fresh milk
"Sometimes a little bit of luck is all you need I guess"... love it.
Man, if I was Eleven and I got absolutely rekt by some guy during a tourney and then found a video online of them casually explaining everything that was going on while crushing me, I would be so embarrassed XD
Well, when the opponent is a high GM and among the top in the world, is it really that embarrassing?
@@lynk_1240 haha good point. I think it would sting a bit at first but then rapidly turn into “ooooooh he makes some good points”
Wow. All the games in this video are a treat to watch!
I have literally no clue what is going on in this game but its fun to watch none the less
I love how happy you sound when you play this game
I'm watching vids that I didn't entirely finish since Thermy got sick. Get well soon!
there is one simple solution against Terran's reapers - zergling speed. Cost 100 minerals and 100 gas. and you need 3 zerglings to kill 1 reaper, and 20 zerglings to kill 10000 reapers.
Man you are great at talking while playing.
Really loved that last one - good ol static defense with a twist
dude his brain is overclocked like its running 3 times faster than normal big brain indeed
Challange: call your Mom or friends everytime you destroy a base
Pro tip: if you ever feel lonely playing tournament you can destroy your own base
I dont know if anyone made that joke already, but there should be a viking voiceover with uThermals voice: "Ready to blunder"
If you do cut it up, I think its important to title them in a good way so that its easy to watch them sequentially.
Thanks!
I like how you're basically trolling some of the best players in the world and winning like it's nothing 😂
I like this format, and this was fun.
Side-channel IDEA:
Every game, no matter what, build a Fusion Core. You don't need to use it, but it will screw with the enemy's scouting seeing your fusion core . It's a silly additional effort but will be fun if some opponent gears up for BCs and then gets slapped by other units 😂
I like that I had toasted sandwiches with three kinds of cheese while I watched this and Thermy had FOUR kinds of cheese! Mmmm, cheeese...
I would love to see one week where there are no gimmicks. Would be cool to see how a player (yourself) varies from a standard/meta build from the gimmick builds
hon hon hon, a beautiful day for cheese with fine wine
That soul read at the last series my god the destruction
Hah you forget that I am a fool and immediately forget the runtime the moment i have clicked on the video!
thx 4 that med&thors...perfect execution there (was my dream to see thor with med+workers surround )
i don't play starcraft myself, but your commentary makes it very entertaining
Every Player defeated: I will find the channel of that TH-camMan... and might as well subscribe
I like the long format for these videos.
nice commentary while you are playing. good games as well. lmao, everyone who tried to cheese you got rekt
I like the shorter versions because I love you but I gotta watch other shtuff too :)
Hi! I’m a new sub.
I’d love to see you go goliaths and Vikings. Or at least a majority of machine units. Cyclones allowed. Thors and tanks allowed. You can have 1 Raven at a time for mobile detect, until your units have detect (I think Goliath’s or cyclones can get detect but I forget, it’s been a while).
No bio except for bunkers.
uthermal in this guys head rent free.. holy.
I like this format way more. Gg’s.
Love to see cheese and even more I love to see cheese vs cheese. Is any chance you can share the replays (specifically vs second opponent). Purelly for educational purposses and possibly to collect some MMR
I like this format for tournaments much better!
Your a beast, love the videos brother! Big brain plays haha!
I would love to see uThermal using his challenge builds in a Tournament (he can chose each game from the challenges he has done).
This IS a tournament already.
Challenge Suggestions:
1. Hidden base every game (if possible on opponents side)
2. Blueflame Hellion Opener Build
3. Mega Turtle Builds (good old GoOdy style)
Waching U thermal makes me satisfied, i don’t waste time playing game, i have the same goosebumps watching this for a half hour a day.😅
All I heard during the intro is there was going to be some fine cheeses on this video.
I think mass seige tanks would be a pretty goofy strategy i wanna see
This is the content we need!
Third time suggesting this but if you were to chapter the start of each match it would make returning to a long video and jumping to the next match quite easy. If you do have a long video I may watch 2 matches then return later but it's a bit laborious to find where I need to fast forward to. Some chapters would help to just jump to the start of each match.
It sounds like he doesn’t like spoiling matches, which is the only downside of chapters
@@jamiereid7428 you have to accept the format. Unless you want to put in a bunch of dead time to standardize the video length (which he could then add random chapters to music or whatever) you just live with the fact it's TH-cam.
The only thing more unexpected than the 12th consecutive cheese is the 13th consecutive cheese
Challenge:
1. Can't win under 30 minutes even if opponent quits early
2. Can only destroy 2 bases between the 10-20 minute mark. Can't destroy any command centers, nexuses, or spawning pools before 10 minutes
if i played this game for 2 years i probably still wouldnt know whats going on. not sure why its so fun to watch no idea whats happening
I call this "Thermy's cheese plate - serve with sweat of your opponents"
I love me some good, nasty smelling cheese😀
Nice hold on PhleMaster. I do so badly when zerg cheeses me- it's always nice to see how it's done!
Cheese vs cheese is always fun to watch. Who will win, the one using a traditional finely aged cheese, or the one using a zesty fresh cheese?