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  • Well I think Terran loses a lot of those counters in heart of the swarm

  • all u fags who say terran are op. ok think about this. you say marine tank all in or not even an all in just an openeing with a push involved is op. well say we don't push. then zerg and toss will rocket ahead of us in econ. so as a race how our worker production is set up we are automatically obligated to push and do some damage

  • @slolom001 a perfect example of this is nestea v mvp g5, they both went for 15 hach 14 cc and 12 mins into the game the zerg player had such a huge army that he could just steam roll the terran. the terran even had spread of his army and defenders advantage, it dosn't matter he didn't do any damage to the zerg and he got demolished

  • man i miss these games!! omg starcraft has evolved so much since!

  • HD is speaking like a retard lol

  • "It allows the Terran player to slowly push into the Zerg player"

    That's what she said.

  • terran whitewash. meh... as a spectator that only watches starcraft, i can tell that terran is way OP beyond protoss or zerg. tourney winners are usually terran. terran gets so many options in early harass, and strong anti-air options, as well as easier macro management than both other races. Terran also has hard counters to almost anything they go against. Well if SC2 is going to be a serious sport, then I hope people gotta start loving TvT since thats all thats going to happen in the long run

  • @TaintedFaith88 when everyone starts realising that other races are just not worth playing, since Terran just steamrolls them with hard counters. As seen in these few games, unless Dimaga was clearly PSYCHIC and has pre-cognition, there was no way he could have won. Zerg and protoss players are fated to always react to what terran throws at them. Just look at the records of good players i.e. Ogs.Mc. Win rates against everyting = >80%, but against terran = 60%. Comon terran players. Just admit it

  • Wow man finally a pro player who shows his class! Gratz Strelok!!! You showed that Zerg player who won against others due to their measly gameplays that he was not the top guy! You are the Top Strelok! Gratz man!

  • man those banshees they are always boss in this series Dimaga always trying to get that macro but sometimes its just impossible after an good raid

  • NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • "im asian i love my rice " lol i didn't see that coming

  • What an epic finale to the tourney. I was rooting for Strelok the whole way and seeing him claw his way back like that was just so awesome.

    Thanks HD

  • Strelok could probably have won more matches earlier this series if he just used banshees for harass instead of hellions, he even had better luck with reapers than hellions.

  • FUCKIGN SHIT A STUPID TERRAN PLAYER DOESNT DESERVE THE WIN

  • That match was won by Strelok just becouse zerg have worst anti air and no detection on at 8 minute. Banshee ALWAYS harrass becouse of this.

  • @Lechu86 That match was won by Strelok because Dimaga was a bit too greedy with his economy and didnt prepare adequately for Banshees, when he knew that Strelok was making heavy use of them. If he'd started Lair a little earlier, or built even 1 Spore Crawler a little earlier, the Banshees would have been shut down by the Queen count.

  • This was no super awesome series. Meh.

  • @HDstarcraft where can i get or download this replay?

  • The final series was the worse waste of time so far unfortunately. The games were just boring and repetitive. You can summarize it as follows:

    1. Terran goes for reaper and banshee/helions.

    2. Dimaga keeps macroing.

    3. Terran makes marines and tanks.

    4. Terran builds more marines and tanks.

    How did Dimaga get to the finals and keep falling again and again to banshees? I guess not all games that HD casts can be awesome but the finals were a serious letdown.

  • Is there a way i can download this replay?

  • I don't think it is really fair to have the players choose the maps. This game is a prime example why you should NOT do that. Come on, Crossfire, really? The one map that is so OP for Terran? I was hoping for an epic last game but then this happens. GG, I guess....

  • @spiderfiend you realise that dimaga chose that map right? So he pretty much shot himself in the foot.

  • @Gl4cierman More like in the head..

  • whats taters, hobbits?!

    like em raw, and fresh, and wriggling :)

  • Wow Dimaga really dropped the ball in the last few games.

  • got so pissed when i saw Dimaga GG, wantede to shoot my self

  • 10:20 "It allows the terran to slowly push his way into the zerg player."

    Um..did we really have to know that? :P

    Hide yo' lings, hide yo' queens.

  • i love this vid i used the terran strategy on my friends alot and they still cant deflect it

  • what a great final series for a tournament. it's nice to get all the way to game 7 without having a clue who will win, it was so even.

  • Epic

  • That was a world class grand finals

  • Too bad the last game was the most one sided of the Grand Finals. But, it was awesome to see the Grand Finals go for seven games, and many of them were fun to watch.

  • @ironintel Another troll that spends his day on youtube finding comments to hate on.

  • The drones are getting ra-- ravaged! I wonder what word he really wanted to say :P

  • after watching the whole thing I'm surprised/disappointed that Idra,TLO & whitera was eliminated in the 1st round. Next tournament make it 32 elites and i'll even save you the time HD. 1.Sen, 2.Whitera, 3.Idra, 4.TLO, 5.Dimaga, 6.fruitdealer, 7.Strelok, 8.Huk, 9.MakaPrime 10.Kiwikaki, 11.Artosis, 12.NonY, 13.MadFrog, 14.InControl, 15.Socke, 16.BratOk 17.Axslav, 18.Jinro 19.Select, 20.Ret, 21.Julyzerg, 22.SlayerSBoxer, 23.QxC, 24.PainUser 25.Machine, 26.Catz, 27.Sliver, 28.TheWind, ...ect. 

  • @BullShitThat ...29.SLush, 30.Drewbie, 31.LzGaMeR, 32.Masq :D

  • @BullShitThat you forgot about Spanishiwa, sir

  • @Rwl3x he's still up and coming... he hasnt earn his place yet

  • @BullShitThat MadFrog doesn´t play anymore

  • @SirBaz00ka why are you trying to crush my dreams?,... 13.CheckPrime

  • HD i haven't watched your videos/ any starcraft for months, only to come back and see you've finally made the HDWT that you promised us last year. After 5days i've finally watched the entire tournament and I have to say I was impressed. Ignore all the hatin comments it was a well casted, well organized tournament overall. EPIC games, great competitors, only complaint... could have used more co-casters *cough* *cough husky* ;) i'm looking forward to see the next HDWT2 or HDH2

  • 1 yay for Strelok!!!

    

  • Terran is such a fucking joke.

  • @ppshchik ???

  • Spoiler, the Ukrainian player wins!

  • Damn, the race and player who i really want to win lost ):

  • loved the potato jokes in this series LOL

  • I laughed so hard at the banshee rush I started crying.

  • Recently I only watched TSL3 and HD. Thanks, man!

  • Thanks so much for providing this awesome tournament!

  • Potatos!!!!!!!!

  • @karzon70 What's Taters, hobbit?

  • @ZynSein i don't like potatoes by the way, i like only the word

  • @ZynSein PO TO TA TOES!

  • It was kinda dissapointing to see cloak banshees solely win games for a terran at this high level of play. I can see this kind of game in bronze.

  • Awesome tourney. Thanks hd. Maybe less potato jokes maybe? Awesome players!

  • boooooooooo this game sucked. Booo Terran Boooo !!

  • boooooooooo this game sucked. Booo Terran Boooo 

  • SPOILERS AHEAD - Grazt on victory, both players are definetly great!, but really lol terran. Bunker up - build random faceroll harass. Harass the crap out of your opponent. Build units while your at it. Roll your opponent.

  • Zerg is up....... Without any major mistakes, your knife cant even cut htrough Terran/Protos bred and butter .... :)

  • Lets hit that potatoes!

  • I don't even play SC or SC2 and I watched the entire tournament and a bunch of your other videos... good stuff HD.

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  • why would dimaga pick this map?!

  • @poo1ar Also, If people have watched 20 games of your tornament there realy isnt any use telling people about fundamental basics anymore reguardless if we play in masters leauge or if we are none players

  • finally!! i watched all the grand finals.. now sleep..

  • I don't even... I... wat.

  • Incredible match! Thanks so much for making this happen HD! Something I've noticed is that a lot of people smack talk you on your videos, saying that your commentaries are inaccurate or boring or you've gone downhill blah blah, but ignore them! Your commentaries are awesome, I love your excitement in the heat of battles and your sense of humor! Keep up the good work, don't let anyone talk it down because it's awesome and that's that! Thanks so much for contributing to eSports! :)

  • spoiler: protoss wins

  • how do i draw in SC II?

  • Taters? They are from the Americas!

  • Great series but the last map should been one that favors no particular race.

  • what an epic series thnx HD for creating something this awesome :D

  • Meh, I don't really feel like it was a fair win, because of the banshee rush.

    It was deserved, but not fair.

  • @Roadster5555 iam not sure what you are talking about!? so building banshees is not fair? i am not particularly fond up rushes in a strategy game either but it's just a fact of this game.. :)

  • @Roadster5555 That's so much bullshit, if nothing else Dimaga should have been ready for the Banshee rush. Strelock did it the last 4 games in a row!

  • @Roadster5555

    If zerg doesn't over-econ, it can avoid major losses to banshee. Econ spam is just as cheesy and punishable as early all-in rushes, and at the high levels of skill top players prove it. Banshees are easily countered for less cost/time than what terran spends to make them...IF the zerg plays it safely or scouts it.

  • @TheMelnTeam With the size of that map, there no way Dimaga could have had an overlord there in time to scout the banshees. I think this last map favored the Terran very, very heavily.

  • @DefiantFerric

    Then you have to play it safely. Even so...Dimaga chose this map...for some reason.

  • @TheMelnTeam Thats bullshit!!!!! Zerg depends on pumping as many drones before setting up a 3rd. If they are forced to make a bunch of units that dont do a ton of damage they are FAR behind.Thats not cheese you f**king noob. Terran doesnt depend on workers as much and in fact transitioning out of banshees is incredibly easy. And you say "If zerg scouts it" as if zerg isnt the hardest race to scout with.

  • @dafunker00

    So, in other words you just want to sit and make non fighting units for the first 5-8 minutes. That's nice and all, but the pro scene doesn't exactly abide by "NR x minutes".

    Everyone balances their production with defenses and scouting, and some races are better at some aspects than others. Zerg can put up a hell of a lot more workers after the opening minutes than other races, but they're more vulnerable if greedy.

  • @TheMelnTeam Lol nice i see what you did there. Set up a strawman arguemnt and sidestep the issue. Ur acting like the zerg player made absolutely nothing but drones.

  • @dafunker00 You're acting like he should be able to do that. Tell me, how does a banshee get through 3 queens? It doesn't. How many good 2 base zerg don't get at least 3? Not many. Zerg player is a few overlord positionings away from seeing inbound banshees in time. There are always spore crawlers or overseers to help too, and those should be a priority unless zerg sees the terran going FE or fast bio for sure.

    Zerg can and in recent major tournaments HAS beaten this harass. Repeatedly.

  • @TheMelnTeam Multiple queens are the counter to fast banshees! haha youre not worth talking to if you dont even stick to what you were originally saying. not even coherent... you just sound like someone who doesnt admit to being wrong... how rare on the internet "Banshee rush easily countered" LOOOOLL

  • @TheMelnTeam the funniest part is that dimaga got queens AND spore crawlers.. shaddup noob!

  • @dafunker00

    The funniest part is that pro zerg stop banshee harass very often, so take your qq elsewhere if you can't handle reality.

  • @TheMelnTeam

    Why does Zerg need to work so HARD and Adapt PERFECTLY to every terran move while the terran

    can just build whatever they want and let the Zerg do the thinking and hard work? HMMMM Now

    thats what you call balance?

  • @umadbrow

    Care to give something other than old, canned arguments? People can just say that Terran has to work so HARD (that's what she said) and adapt PERFECTLY to the zerg, somehow knowing exactly how the larva are being used (drones vs early military) and denying scouting information that will cause banshees to fly into 3+ queens and spores. This game isn't easy at high levels. For any race. Or, if terran is so easy, why don't you take them to masters? I don't main terran anyway(toss).

  • @TheMelnTeam

    Why give terran a flying dark templar that can be used so early while the enemy cant have any way of detection?

    Aside from that you also give them a chance to Perfectly block of their ramp after trying a stupid banshee cheese

  • @umadbrow

    Can't have detection?! Lair tech costs less gas than starport (and you always need it eventually). Lair + overseer is significantly less gas than merely reaching banshee tech and training 1 banshee, and that's BEFORE cloak which is expensive. On top of all that, zerg can just plant a few spores w/o lair tech and reasonably cover its mineral line + tech structures with 1 at each base as an alternative.

    A banshee harass that doesn't do good damage leaves the terran very behind.

  • @TheMelnTeam

    But zerg have no way of scouting if terran goes banshe fucktard cheese. You say sac an overlord? Every terran with at least 20 IQ knows to put marines in the perimeters to deny scouting.

    So youre basically telling me that zerg needs to invest blindly in spores and early lair seer tech every game because of a threat of a banshee harass that might not even come?

  • @umadbrow

    1base terran can only mean a few things, and zerg can scout the gas timing on almost every map using a drone if they opt to do so aggressively.

    Are spores bad against drops? No. Are evo chambers useless? No, you want those upgrades too. Are well-positioned spores a significant deterrent of drops that forces them to land further out? Yes. What do the vast majority of good terrans do? Drops.

    If the terran is 1basing it it's not like you'll fall behind playing safe.

  • Ukraine FTW :D

    No racism included :D

    Finally i'm proud of my country

  • HOW DO U DRAW!? =O

  • @Rokhorn1 There are bunch of scenarios, and I can give you one of them: one player has photon cannons and the other player has some units that are weaker than cannons, no probes, and no nexus. When there are no kills for a period of time, the game is a draw.

  • What? i cant hear youuuuuuu, mouzthorzain + mouzstrelok FTW@@@@@@@@

  • i can live just live with pomelo potatoes and rice im seriously asian (ill get my water from pomelo juice

  • damn i wish this tournament ended with something other then a banshee rush. i was hoping that dimaga was gonna win but strelok played really well and he deserves the win. THANK YOU HD THIS TOURNAMENT WAS FUCKING AMAZING.

  • banshee rush at the highest level....to win? thats lame.

  • @cuzfuz7 all is fair in war and games. that's why scouting is so important

  • @cuzfuz7

    Have you ever heard about spoilers?

  • Very entertaining series ... congrats to the winner!

  • All around great tournament but the final 7 games were epic. Exceptionally well played T vs Z grats to both players and big thanks to HD!

  • I love my rice, I'm Asian.

  • @knowncolor rice ftw

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  • Thank you so much for this tournament =D

  • Awesome tournament. Great show, HD. Already looking forward to the next one.

  • wow... I feel like a life period just ended ;D watched all games in the HDWT but didn't had time to watch the final for almost a week! Congratz to the winner! Spoiler alert: TLO playing Protoss wins

  • Very very nice so good like this! I was for the winner... And the other winner in here its starcraft... Spreadin all over the world! keep it up guys!

  • Very nice Tournament. :P .. Ps: New Daily Ladders!! x.X

  • Gratz to both , thanks for the tournament HD

  • Thanks for the tournament HD =D

  • Love the series, but the last map was totally for Terran. No way that should have been the Game 7 map.

  • @Henlarious Well, Dimaga chose the map :P

  • i want daily ladders u_u

  • New casts?

  • great work HD

  • Thanks HD. great series!

  • I love rice and patatos @.@

  • Grats Strelok on exploiting cliff mechanics that totally hinder ZERG and no other race.

    Grats for doing the same build over and over, and winning, because Terran has the most absurdly pumped Tier 1 units.

    Grats for being super boring and not doing anything extraordinary at all except maybe some cute medivac micro, or marine micro here and there.

    and Grats to Blizzard for making Zerg the hardest race to play just in the fact that you need 1+ bases and 15+ drones MORE than your opponent.

  • @staphinfection Go check Spanishiwa videos to look "how to play hardest race" and dont cry here about zerg only coz u fail in micro

  • @staphinfection QQ harder bro. btw, you're first point is silly

  • @staphinfection

    Lol, you couldn't pull off strelok's "cute marine micro" in a million years, and the fact that the races are pretty damn balanced is why this series went to a game 7. The only point i agree with you on is that this map favors terran.

  • @staphinfection unless your pro player i dont think u should consider game mechanics as why u suck yet

  • @staphinfection grats for being an idiot. Strelok had amazing micro/macro all 7 games, just like dimaga. The races being balanced properly is the reason this series got to 7 matches. And you need more drones and bases as zerg, that's true, but it's also easier to get them than other races.

  • Wait, your Asian?? o.O

  • Protoss wins

  • africa doesnt gives a crap about sc2

  • just exactly how many potatoes can you buy with one grand?

  • @Reiverbell21 With one grand of what? sand?

  • @JurekOK firstly, that doesnt really make sense...secondly you know what i meant =P

  • hd misunderstood the baneling nest and roaches at the beginning so bad... that was standard defense against a 1 base terran... and he wasnt even behind after the attack lol

  • Could someone please tell me why HD and Husky never co-cast anymore?  Did I miss something?

  • @Astorix101 yea I'm confused too

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  • Holy crap this match was like the Canucks vs Black Hawks game 7

  • @Purp1eMonkey Too soon :<

  • DONT REVEAL THE ENDING

  • wow strelok was so cheap

  • The same old fast air you see in gold level games. This is an area that is too easy to exploit VS Zerg. Simply block your entrance and the Zerg is forced to make a blind gamble that can easily cost the game. Not to take anything away from the Terran, he played amazing and deserves the win. Great match and a great tourney.

  • I love Crossfire! I'm a huge fan of starcraft HD nice job keep it up

  • I'm so glad that it came down to an Ace match. While not my favorite players they played well and deserve to be in the Grand Finals. GG. =)

  • gg this one; entire tournament was nice, gw hd. still i enjoyed those games with two casters a little bit more than others ;)

  • sic micro

  • sigh all zerg players look like shit after watching spanishiwa videos

  • @TheLazything you obviously dont follow starcraft, spanishiwa is an average zerg, no where near even being competive against top players, dimiga is a far superior player to spanishiwa, all the games you have seen spanishiwa play are against subpar talent, trust me spanishiwa is not that good

  • @Mrvoodoochild1 he is good but most definitely not a elite player

  • @Mrvoodoochild1 how can you draw that conclusion if they have never played.... Stop making claims without any evidence to support them.. Spanishiwa played TLO and beat him 4-0 in a best of 7... That has to mean something

  • @TheLazything no evidence? spanishiwa has done nothing in his career, thats all the evidence i need, hes never won a tournament nor even played in a meanfullgame that wasnt a showmatch, hes prob not even a top 10 zerg in the world, zergs like dimaga,idra,july,zenio,nestea, fruitdealer, sen are far better then spanishiwa

  • @Mrvoodoochild1 yea well all those names are at or above their mid 20s.. Spanishiwa is 17-18.. give the guy a chance to get himself established lol.. Only then can he compete in the tournies.. People have only started hearing about him for the past few months..So if he can beat TLO like he did in that short period of time imagine after a year or so..... calm the fuck down and stop hating XD

  • how the hell do you do to counter streelok..? i mean hellions/reapers force grond ,,then comes the banshee ..then comes the marine tank ...!! omg i cant think =)

  • @chapisimo i would try lings then fast mutas

  • @chapisimo Try the spanishiwa build. hold off on gas for a ridiculously long time, defend with queens and crawlers, then transition into infestors, then ultras. Queens/ spines hold off helions/reapers, queens/infestors hold off banshees, ultras/infestors push to win. plus, the no gas till like 35 supply means a huge eco lead, and getting all four gasses at once after that creates an influx of gas that allows for fast tech with upgrades. FOR THE SWARM!!!

  • nice one strelok... terran rulezzzzzz

  • Loving the casts hd Keep it up!

  • SPOILER ALERT

    Someone wins =D

  • What's taters, precious?

  • @kaczan3 Mash 'em, boil 'em, stick 'em in a stew. Nice golden chips and a nice piece of fried fish.

  • @kaczan3 PO TA TOES! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew! :D

  • @kaczan3 Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!

  • @kaczan3 POTATO!....BIOL,MASH EM, COOK EM IN A STEW!

  • Anyone know the opening choir / orchestra music from 00:01-00:33???

  • Amazing tournament keep up with the good job HD