For those who want to skip directly to the matches. 1st match at 24:40 2nd match is at 33:11 3rd match at 51:52 4th match at 1:02:07 5th match at 1:22:32 and 6th match 1:36:35
+Carlos Condit Champion in 2016 And I don't think I saw any hydras? Not as surprising as no ultras in ZvT, but still, it probably could have helped keep some of the Vikings/Medivacs/Liberators at bay
darkdill Lurkers still eat marines like a fat kid eats skittles. I'm totally baffled by these choices of strategy. I did love this final because Snute and Polt are two of the first SC players I ever got interested in, but I do not understand Snute's inflexible builds. I am the one in silver league, so I should keep my criticism down, but I would love someone to defend his choices and at least give me some way to understand. As an aside: here's a Snute fanboy moment: He is a really nice and smart person outside the game, he likes to think and analyze and I think he is an awesome part-time addition to some of the SC casting/analysis tables. AND his real name is Jens Waller Aasgaard. pretty much the most boss name in history.
+Carlos Condit Champion in 2016 to be fair, snute was barely hanging in there against polts aggression in most of these games. If he had tried to go for hive, he would probably just have died even earlier.
Polt is great.. he makes starcraft interesting to watch.. He uses terran with such skill to over come the advantages the other races have over him.. Corrosive biles, fungals, unstoppable ultralisks.. and he overcomes it with his amazing multi-tasking, smart builds, army splits.. knowing when to attack and retreat.. hes the most interesting guy to watch.
+darkdill i think specifically against polt, they are not mobile enough. If there are lurkers at the 3rd, polt will just kill the main. as a terran, it is pretty easy to not never fight the lurkers. also you cant push into tanks with lurkers, they get outranged and 1 scan is enough to clean them all up.
Very happy to see Polt win, he's my fave SC2 player. Awesome tournament with an awesome finals. Big GG going out to Snute, he's crazy good and this won't be the last we see of him. Nate + Rotti = G.o.a.T Commentary. WoW sucks, Legion is going to be horrible. Week old piss > Holinka. Peace homies.
Polt is tough player but he play in the same strategy. He more likely playing bio and he is good in workers harassment. To overcome him need late game and try to survive at the early game.
+Matthew Nason cs is harder to keep track of imo. Up to 10 separate players doing their individual things. Obs often miss kill shots. On the other hand, starcraft is normally just main army and a side army. If only you can zoom out a bit more, casters/audience would be able to look at whole engagements nearly every time.
It is the beauty of SC2. Keeping track of a lot of things at the same time. Watching the match replay is the best way to see everything. If you like watching strategies in large scales, keeping track of mutiple assaults, SC2 is where it's at. I do watch some CS too though. Lightning reflexes is still amazing.
Did they really spend the first 20 minutes to "commentate" on predictions of the match before actually starting it? And they needed to pay 4 guys to do it.
+Waail Carvalho the Evolution Master Zerg that focuses more on having a highly-sophisticated air force rather than investing more into ground forces, which is the norm.
+Eirik Skogen Banelings are legit, but too expensive of an addition when you're going for the roach ravager composition. There's several successful uses of banelings vs terran in LotV, but they are played mainly with muta-ling, which has been nerfed pretty hard in ZvT due to the addition of the Liberator. Mutas doesn't have the same impact, which is probably why Snute goes for this style instead. Rip
WCS used to be a great thing. WIth qualifiers aired live, ESL Used to put em up. Currently, I find little interesst in this format, and I dont even finnish watching this. Pre-game chatter, seemed like a desperate attempt at hyping something worth less then words spoken. I don't know what went on leading up to Katowice, but snute vs polt is bah at best. Life would've eaten snute alive 4-0 in 15 min tops. Koreans live SC, rest of the world has it as a hobby
+Earauka Valion You can oversimplify any activity like that to make it sound dumb. "Guys running after a ball to put it in a certain place", "people spreading some colors on cloth". What's enjoyable here isn't the action of hitting the keys, it's watching the whole thought process behind it and the dexterity of the execution. If you feel like there is no strategy behind this, I'll infer that you're not familiar with the game. Hence my curiosity as to why you would come spit your hate about it?
For those who want to skip directly to the matches. 1st match at 24:40 2nd match is at 33:11 3rd match at 51:52 4th match at 1:02:07 5th match at 1:22:32 and 6th match 1:36:35
+mockingbird tyvm
+DemandsASongofFarts you are very much welcome
+mockingbird Thank you very much
Tyvm
Polt and Snutes are such great players, such great sportsmanship after the game aswell ! big probs to both players ! :)
what a crazy good game. so glad sc2 pro gaming is still alive and kicking especially with such great commentators.
+lavll88 the game is not dead yet lol
lavll88 it is now dying. rip sc2
Polt - so happy and optimistic person. Love him!
+Szymon Kucharski Agreed. So respectful in his confidence too!
I love watching Polt win. What a great, consistent player throughout the years.
+Nicholas Schweizer And a good sport too, it's nice to see him being friendly with his opponents (granted, it's easier when you win ;) )
Love the gg hug at the end. Very good final game
Biggest game trophy ever. Every game this final was close and good.
What an amazing tournament!
This is so much better than watching your typical standard sports on TV.
From Romania, all my respect for Snute - formidable player - now my favorite number one, all times!
You've got to appreciate that in this series Snute gave Polt 40% of the losses he took in the entire tournament.
I love Polt so much.
+Jack Beckman
Get a room.
I want to be defeated by Polt and I want him to come over and hug me. No homo
TvZ final , and not a single ultralisk was made
+Carlos Condit Champion in 2016
And I don't think I saw any hydras? Not as surprising as no ultras in ZvT, but still, it probably could have helped keep some of the Vikings/Medivacs/Liberators at bay
+E Hop No Lurkers either. What the crap? They used to rape Marines in the Brood War days.
darkdill Lurkers still eat marines like a fat kid eats skittles. I'm totally baffled by these choices of strategy. I did love this final because Snute and Polt are two of the first SC players I ever got interested in, but I do not understand Snute's inflexible builds. I am the one in silver league, so I should keep my criticism down, but I would love someone to defend his choices and at least give me some way to understand.
As an aside: here's a Snute fanboy moment: He is a really nice and smart person outside the game, he likes to think and analyze and I think he is an awesome part-time addition to some of the SC casting/analysis tables. AND his real name is Jens Waller Aasgaard. pretty much the most boss name in history.
+Carlos Condit Champion in 2016 to be fair, snute was barely hanging in there against polts aggression in most of these games. If he had tried to go for hive, he would probably just have died even earlier.
+E Hop AASGARD!!!!!
Oh man, I got hook on Starcraft because I watched Polt's game, he is definitely one of the best out there, love him
First Game at 24:40
+holo wolf 51:52 second match
+holo wolf ty both
+yagami41 2nd match is at 33:11 3rd match at 51:52 4th match at 1:02:07 5th match at 1:22:30
+mockingbird thank goku sorry my bad
+yagami41 no problem. currently watching as i missed the live event. :)
Polt is great.. he makes starcraft interesting to watch.. He uses terran with such skill to over come the advantages the other races have over him.. Corrosive biles, fungals, unstoppable ultralisks.. and he overcomes it with his amazing multi-tasking, smart builds, army splits.. knowing when to attack and retreat.. hes the most interesting guy to watch.
He is so good! When was the last time someone was this consistently successful?
Excellent commentary
These announcers are quite good!
Great game and great sportsmanship!
Wasn't this already posted?
No
Oh I knew who won before I watched it But I didn't watch it live
+Jake Thomas Yes, sadly
+Jake Thomas , Yeah :|
my favorite terran player was marine king. this man could come back 100 supply down. i had to respect that even as a zerg main
Two things i love this game for - Spectacular gameplay and - what is more important - money doesn't play .
Even Snute is not a Big Deal for Life.
Yeah but I don't think Life plays anymore because he was match fixing
FAN desde COSTA RICA.🙋
Question: Why are Lurkers never used against Terran? Slow projectile speed?
+darkdill i think specifically against polt, they are not mobile enough. If there are lurkers at the 3rd, polt will just kill the main. as a terran, it is pretty easy to not never fight the lurkers. also you cant push into tanks with lurkers, they get outranged and 1 scan is enough to clean them all up.
what is the end song name when a player win a round ? style of dubstep music
Very happy to see Polt win, he's my fave SC2 player. Awesome tournament with an awesome finals. Big GG going out to Snute, he's crazy good and this won't be the last we see of him. Nate + Rotti = G.o.a.T Commentary. WoW sucks, Legion is going to be horrible. Week old piss > Holinka. Peace homies.
+Robert Schwartzback LotV sucks too, all new expansions of all games of Blizzard suck nowadays.
+CognacLover BW lul
Match starts at 24:35
Polt is tough player but he play in the same strategy. He more likely playing bio and he is good in workers harassment. To overcome him need late game and try to survive at the early game.
What's a good zerg counter against late game protoss air?
mass queen corrupter but you shouldn't let them get maxed otherwise your only hope is that you have an upgrade lead someway and better control.
I didn't think anyone could beat the zerg players. Well done Polt and good job with the interview.
Polt is a LEGEND! and He is so funny too!
Crazy look at that crowd at the end !!! Polt is like a rock star !!! LOL ... good to see him back in shape! GG
Why don't ESL add some information, e.g. worker numbers on the top right
AlphaGo vs Polt pls xD
are they playing lecagy of the void?
I respect polt and snute alot
the zerg is pretty OP only Polt can beat it
How do people keep track of so much at the same time? I think I'll stick to cs haha
+Matthew Nason cs is harder to keep track of imo. Up to 10 separate players doing their individual things. Obs often miss kill shots. On the other hand, starcraft is normally just main army and a side army. If only you can zoom out a bit more, casters/audience would be able to look at whole engagements nearly every time.
It is the beauty of SC2. Keeping track of a lot of things at the same time. Watching the match replay is the best way to see everything. If you like watching strategies in large scales, keeping track of mutiple assaults, SC2 is where it's at. I do watch some CS too though. Lightning reflexes is still amazing.
I SHOULD BE DOING MY ACT TESTS, BUT SCREW THAT, IM FREAKING WATCH SC2 CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT!!!!!!!!!!!! YEEEEHAAAAA
17 ultras didnt like this
Amaz playing on the SC2 finals?
Too bad life doesn't play anymore
the stage looks great, the video quality is good, why is the sound still so terrible? btw I still love esl!!!
1:49:37 marine: "NO come back, no no come back." =]]
Grand Final is not PvP? WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?!
lol.
Polt-Craft 2 👊👍👏💪
How much did Polt win for this?
Did they really spend the first 20 minutes to "commentate" on predictions of the match before actually starting it? And they needed to pay 4 guys to do it.
Chino csm weno por la rechucha . que wea le dan de comer al larry. Impecable ql la raja, mis respetos From Chile We love you
being able to pick up sige tanks without delay its so dumb
people still playing starcraft? like the old one? i used to play that shit A LOT when i was a kid
It looks like Snute hasn't played with SkyZerg yet. SkyZerg absolutely owns terrans as far as I've seen.
What on earth is Sky Zerg?
+Waail Carvalho the Evolution Master Zerg that focuses more on having a highly-sophisticated air force rather than investing more into ground forces, which is the norm.
Alexander Reeves ah nice, though, I go bl infestor every game :) nice to see some diversity
+Waail Carvalho the Evolution Master it's like zerg, but in the sky
Just imagine if Snute used a simple thing such as banglings... might have went 4-0 over Polt
+Zaq Pasley I was thinking the same. Not viable in legacy of the void?
+Eirik Skogen Banelings are legit, but too expensive of an addition when you're going for the roach ravager composition. There's several successful uses of banelings vs terran in LotV, but they are played mainly with muta-ling, which has been nerfed pretty hard in ZvT due to the addition of the Liberator. Mutas doesn't have the same impact, which is probably why Snute goes for this style instead. Rip
Snute seems to be tired
polt is awesome
I miss Polt
Captain America YEAH.
GG Polt.
WCS used to be a great thing. WIth qualifiers aired live, ESL Used to put em up.
Currently, I find little interesst in this format, and I dont even finnish watching this.
Pre-game chatter, seemed like a desperate attempt at hyping something worth less then words spoken.
I don't know what went on leading up to Katowice, but snute vs polt is bah at best. Life would've eaten snute alive 4-0 in 15 min tops.
Koreans live SC, rest of the world has it as a hobby
snute might've won
ну что тут комментировать)) терраны имба)))
+Антон Сметанин Корейцы ИМБА.
casters 10000000000000000000000000000X better than the maynard/valdz combo.
corrosive bile is terrible against a decent zerg
POLT NEEDS TO BE DEFEATED 😡
Man, fungal op.
+DarthSironos Nothing an EMP cant fix
Now can infested terrans get upgrades blizz?
Playing this RTS + CCG game on PS4 which feels like SC meets LOL
blog.asia.playstation.com/sg-en/3330/2016/04/whats-on-psn-this-week-19-apr/
GG Polt
gets irritating when commentators are being biased:(
yeah, but they are hoping the underdog will win.
WHy isn't Snute using those busted ass Banelings? they destroy rines
third game hillarious....u c a buncer on the front door and the terran wont let u see a sh*t u build roaches and spores and no drones-.-
POLTU-SAMA!!!!!!
What Kinda Zerg player does not use Hydras and mutate into Impalers or Lurkers!? WTF? this guy is weak and he left himself wide open! :-\
Terran OP
Terran is OP
+yeweidaniel No, Terran defensive is OP
you know what's good against marines? Banelings. :l
Like banes can go near tanks without blowing up prematurely
+Kawaii Potato (The One and Only) That's what an adorable potato said
+Christopher Beckett daww
Why is Messi casting this?
kiddos hitting the number keys and spaming units, zero strategy. Pathetic
+Earauka Valion You can oversimplify any activity like that to make it sound dumb. "Guys running after a ball to put it in a certain place", "people spreading some colors on cloth".
What's enjoyable here isn't the action of hitting the keys, it's watching the whole thought process behind it and the dexterity of the execution.
If you feel like there is no strategy behind this, I'll infer that you're not familiar with the game. Hence my curiosity as to why you would come spit your hate about it?
LOLZZ ARE ASOME
Kinda disappointing performance here from Snute.
The fifth game looks faked.
Koreans man...
First
+Navitasz Eh, who cares...
i hate rotterdams voice
twitch.tv/napzteryoo !!! :D
GG polt