If you look really close at the slowest speed you see that it didn't hit directly the mine. It could be some glitch but the projectile from vulture travels at same speed as the mine (at 1:06) and the mine was destroyed without beeing shot at its place. AT 1:07 mine explodes but the grenade is still significantly behind to lower left side.
It doesnt mean that was a fast reaction...he could have clicked on the mine before it got out of the ground, since he sees his own mines when they are burried
He shot the mine when it still was in its burried location...stop att 28 seconds u might see it if you look att the right vulture and his ammo (whatever vultures are shooting).
Doesn't necessarily have to be about reaction-time, he most likely saw what was going on, and then he JUST moved the vultures right up there as the mine was lifted, by chance that is, and not by reflexes.
and this is why tasteless sucks. hes a so called 'professional' yet he doesn't point out cool micro like this. I doubt he even notices, he's probably too busy plugging his shirt website and talking about how he ran out of water.
@attackfighter That seems like some quiet abritrary reasoning; I do not think that most people will get that, especially when they're bent on commentating rather than observing the actual game. Do you think any commentator would've gotten, or really thought of that right off the bat? The answer is a rhetorical: No.
"have u concidered that xellos ordered the vultures to kill the mines BEFORE tempest tried to drag em with the dt? Or just coinsidently the both things happened at the same time and xellos wasnt really reacting to anything, which is the more propable explanation" i agree theres no way he could react that fast. pressing the hotkey itself woudlnt even be enoiugh time. let alone targeting a moving mine
have u concidered that xellos ordered the vultures to kill the mines BEFORE tempest tried to drag em with the dt? Or just coinsidently the both things happened at the same time and xellos wasnt really reacting to anything, which is the more propable explanation.
that wasnt inhuman reaction time.. he seen that the dt was going to trigger the mine which is why he did it.. he attacked it before it was triggered..
I bet Tempest (Protoss) still won the game. He had 3 expansions going. Thats why we didn't see the end of the video. Xellos is only good with the mouse :p.
Lol, not to downplay what is one of the most epic things, but he did have some fore-warning. The exact thing had just almost happened, and he was probably thinking about killing the mine anyway. When he saw the blur move toward the mine he probably decided to do it. Damn impressive timing though!
the frags shoot out before the mine even moves. the vulture has to turn around to shoot, so chances are after the first DT failed to minedrag, he expected him to try again with the second DT and was already planning to kill the mine as the second DT was walking over. the mine died well after it popped and started to move, but he probably told the vultures to attack the mine, THEN the mine popped. but its def not as the mine was moving because the frags go to where the mine was BEFORE they moved
It's not as amazing as it looks, since it was his own mine, he can target it from while it's still sitting in the ground. Vultures don't even react that fast if they're doing something else. Relax.
Korean pros do a lot of crazy things. I am really impressed by Koreans' passion towards this game. I mean I am Chinese and my people, along with players from many other places, do well on this game too, but it's the Koreans who push this game to higher and higher levels. Have to raise the hat to these people who are so talented and put so much effort in Starcraft.
Xellos definitely predicted that tempest would try and drag the mine into the scv line and was prepared to take it out - there really is no better explanation
The most likely explanation is that Xellos sniped the mine when it was still in the ground. The delay between the command and the the actual hit allowed for it to look like he attacked it after it started moving.
Starcraft is a precision game. There's absolutely no missing, except scarabs and high ground. The animation may look like a miss but the damage goes through, every time.
This highlight shows Xello's almost instantaneous reaction time and pinpoint accuracy. Though with the first DT already attempting a mine drag and detection available anyways, Xellos may have simply targeted the mine before he even saw the DT move.
you guys are stupid, it exploded and it ended up being a dud, due to it hitting the mineral patch with no scvs on it
if you can see the vultures miss the mine, it shoots slightly slower, u can see it a little bit under where the mine exploded. u can see 2 explosions going on almost at the same time witch means the mine exploded and the vultures shot and made an explosion at where they shot and missed.
are you guys serious, it even slows it down for you guys it explodes on the mineral patch u can see the explosion, i garentee if any scvs were cloes to that explosion they would have died. you guys are perfect example if ignorant smart asses that the internet is infested with. AzNx)aS( on east mabe ill respect u if you beat me at least 2 times.
There's an SCV RIGHT NEXT to the mine explosion. If it had just exploded, then it would have killed the SCV. Mines don't fucking explode from being next to minerals. What the hell are you talking about?
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u must be a real noob to think stats really matter. if you dont have anything to say thats intelegent, dont try to be a smart ass and say what ever u can to "diss" me because u will only look stupid to the people that are axually intelegent
dude mines don't missfire. if a mine does not reach its target or something else kills it's target first it simply goes back into the ground. it didn't blow up on the mineral patch at all. reaver shots path finding however messes up sometimes when an scv manages get a head start fast enough. but mines either always drag or they go back into the ground, period.
Wow stephank lol... If the vultures missed, then what did it hit? Exactly. You are the true noob. Don't go around thinking that you are so pro saying,"you guys are stupid." The vulture did hit the spidermine. Yes it doesn't seem like it did but there is no way that those scvs can survive a direct hit with a spidermine. People! put a thumbs up if you think this is right.
I think he knew ahead of time that dt was going in that's why he shot it down before. there was another unit that had done the same thing so he was aware of it. that's why he shot it down when the dt started to move in that direction.
watch?v=EqsSrWZciY0
Puts this video to shame. Times a hundred.
superman32101 2 weeks ago
More plausible explanation is he was already directing his unit up there because he saw the vult lay the mine. Derp derp. This video is stupid.
CaptainCrunchOwns 1 month ago
Holy fuck! This is insane!
Foxstab 1 month ago
bye XellOs, you will be missed.
CaptainPengu 1 month ago
What the fuckkkkk! I didn't even see what happened till the second slowed clip...
Apollys 2 months ago
lol 0:32
tony5r000 2 months ago
glitch or distance or 2 vultures control to destroy that mine (if you look closely, those vultures attacked mine, not the DT)
monoko258 4 months ago
i tot my hd failure with that loud USB remove sound lol
03127 4 months ago
And so begins the journey to find stephank's comment...
neozxa 5 months ago 6
If you look really close at the slowest speed you see that it didn't hit directly the mine. It could be some glitch but the projectile from vulture travels at same speed as the mine (at 1:06) and the mine was destroyed without beeing shot at its place. AT 1:07 mine explodes but the grenade is still significantly behind to lower left side.
Vlakpage 5 months ago
Holy crap. I didn't realize what it was until i read a couple comments. Damn! To be able to catch a spidermine mid-crawl...
SamusFreek1 7 months ago
What happened?
0YtsanBlowout0 7 months ago
At first I was thinking, well I didn't see anything happen. The Dark templar died. So what?
( I thought the dark templar attacked the mine without it exploding )... after all those playbacks, I realized what happened
xDarkxJonx 7 months ago
@0:47 laaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggg!!!!
adrian428able 7 months ago
probably was already going for the mine anyway before he noticed the dt dragging it.
TomValedro 9 months ago
@TomValedro naw, if you do look carefully the attack command was given the moment it uprooted
Nameless2k7 8 months ago
Holyyy crap, I understood the video, when it was slowed down to "Even Slower".
tofusauce 9 months ago
It doesnt mean that was a fast reaction...he could have clicked on the mine before it got out of the ground, since he sees his own mines when they are burried
spiritgerm 10 months ago
tasteless :D
CaptainPengu 10 months ago
lan = no lag ;P
baDnewS997 10 months ago
? wasnt reaction time, was luck that the scv was just there
GraniteAge 11 months ago
@GraniteAge he ordered the vulture to kill the mine so that it doesnt explode his scvs
Louis43thebeastmast 10 months ago
@Louis43thebeastmast holy fuck, now I got it. Thanks
GraniteAge 10 months ago
mighty impressive, had to see it in slow motion to understand what happend
HighlandYuki 11 months ago
amazing, good ol' xellos
lostone982 1 year ago
Tastless turned into jabba the hut!
jsnpark 1 year ago
He shot the mine when it still was in its burried location...stop att 28 seconds u might see it if you look att the right vulture and his ammo (whatever vultures are shooting).
Layon86 1 year ago
Doesn't necessarily have to be about reaction-time, he most likely saw what was going on, and then he JUST moved the vultures right up there as the mine was lifted, by chance that is, and not by reflexes.
somedump 1 year ago
Finally, american starcraft announcers
nbakings7 1 year ago
@nbakings7 check gomtv.net, only americans announcers there.
tripletoro 1 year ago
@nbakings7 That's Tasteless, Day[9]'s brother, his full time job is casting.
dabomb1357 1 year ago
and this is why tasteless sucks. hes a so called 'professional' yet he doesn't point out cool micro like this. I doubt he even notices, he's probably too busy plugging his shirt website and talking about how he ran out of water.
attackfighter 1 year ago
@attackfighter That seems like some quiet abritrary reasoning; I do not think that most people will get that, especially when they're bent on commentating rather than observing the actual game. Do you think any commentator would've gotten, or really thought of that right off the bat? The answer is a rhetorical: No.
Rawnesss 1 year ago
@attackfighter
absolutely disagree with you
xunap 1 year ago
me: i saw it without the slowdown and replay. Pretty nice micro right there.
selvmordspilot 1 year ago
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"have u concidered that xellos ordered the vultures to kill the mines BEFORE tempest tried to drag em with the dt? Or just coinsidently the both things happened at the same time and xellos wasnt really reacting to anything, which is the more propable explanation" i agree theres no way he could react that fast. pressing the hotkey itself woudlnt even be enoiugh time. let alone targeting a moving mine
xXEMOXROXx 1 year ago
have u concidered that xellos ordered the vultures to kill the mines BEFORE tempest tried to drag em with the dt? Or just coinsidently the both things happened at the same time and xellos wasnt really reacting to anything, which is the more propable explanation.
TomValedro 1 year ago
that wasnt inhuman reaction time.. he seen that the dt was going to trigger the mine which is why he did it.. he attacked it before it was triggered..
DeSTRoYeR992 1 year ago
if it was wc3:TFT, the bullet would've followed the mine, but this is '98 SC fgs.
kisochi 1 year ago
@kisochi vulture's attack sprite doesnt follows the target, other attack sprites do follow
Thremle 1 year ago
thats a real pro player!!!
therick20091 1 year ago
LOL is he really a human and non-computer? such amazing..
JanJanNik 1 year ago
Holy Shit!
andthatsforthewin 1 year ago
wow...
icefall1793 1 year ago
Wow, only one person noticed it's spelled RIDICULOUS
saturnv3 1 year ago
Important to note that the commentators don't even realize what he did or don't care.
d4n13lr0x 2 years ago
Who ended up winning?
I bet Tempest (Protoss) still won the game. He had 3 expansions going. Thats why we didn't see the end of the video. Xellos is only good with the mouse :p.
DjMillaz 2 years ago
what beast accuracy
CsAnnihilationII 2 years ago
he attacked his own mine so it wouldn't explode and destroy his scvs. So he prevented the mine drag by killing the mine before it exploded
Lubie225 2 years ago
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probably an accident, i really doubt anyone can snipe that especially some1 as bad as xellos
TomValedro 2 years ago
wat reaction are u tal;king about
Rectiony3 2 years ago
He's gonna get that mine in there.
OnlyKurial 2 years ago 88
@OnlyKurial
Heeeeeee's gonnnnnnnaaaaa geeeeeeet thaat miiiiiine iiiiiin theeeeeere...
I swear, the second best part after the mine-snipe is the slowed down announcer.
Sonar009 1 year ago 2
Lol, not to downplay what is one of the most epic things, but he did have some fore-warning. The exact thing had just almost happened, and he was probably thinking about killing the mine anyway. When he saw the blur move toward the mine he probably decided to do it. Damn impressive timing though!
Dracklen248 2 years ago 2
Xellos is such a baller i pretty much missed his reign
TheCalololo 2 years ago 2
Tasteless sounds better in slow motion
zornor 2 years ago
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probably an accident, i really doubt anyone can snipe that especially some1 as bad as xellos
joebmaster 2 years ago
the frags shoot out before the mine even moves. the vulture has to turn around to shoot, so chances are after the first DT failed to minedrag, he expected him to try again with the second DT and was already planning to kill the mine as the second DT was walking over. the mine died well after it popped and started to move, but he probably told the vultures to attack the mine, THEN the mine popped. but its def not as the mine was moving because the frags go to where the mine was BEFORE they moved
Da1337ed 2 years ago 2
@Da1337ed yea i see it now, so it wasnt actually aimed at the dt, the vultures aimed the mines first then dt afterwards right?
asswhupper 2 years ago
lol command was given before mines pop up relax guys
Albin007 2 years ago
no he didnt
coldinfusion 2 years ago
Is not just his reaction time but also his accuracy on A the mine
lemonbone 2 years ago
lololol at the commentator on slow motion.
NauTiiLink 2 years ago
jajajajaja XD
RedSkye87 2 years ago
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he woulda killed like 3 or 4 scvs with that mine.. no biggies
lllshokoboylll 2 years ago
Actually even just 1 scv can give the other player a big advantage.. Not to mention the DT's had already managed to destroy a few of them + buildings
xeal 2 years ago
It would've killed like 6, and even 3 or 4 is a big deal.
Ym1r 2 years ago
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taxe0 2 years ago
Were you talking to me or Shokoboy, cause you replied to me :[. I said it is a big deal.
Ym1r 2 years ago
Whoops i read ur comment wrong X_X
taxe0 2 years ago
shows how little you know then. :P
Flartz 2 years ago
actually yeah.. im decent at lows, pro at UMS and gosu in fastest.. aka noob
lllshokoboylll 2 years ago 2
UR GOSU FASTEST LOL PRO.
Ym1r 2 years ago 2
his move control caused the templar to cut a corner at the minerals, he meant to move into the scv's
youngs1ncere 2 years ago
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all he did was hit MOVE he didnt even micro the templar when the mine went off he just moved in time and the scv blocked the mine
youngs1ncere 2 years ago
Holy shit dude that's amazing. I would never have caught that.
Dangazm 2 years ago
amazing
kujiisz 2 years ago
It's not as amazing as it looks, since it was his own mine, he can target it from while it's still sitting in the ground. Vultures don't even react that fast if they're doing something else. Relax.
Deveiel 2 years ago
I agree, pushing i then a real fast in a half a second is ez.
WrestlingX 2 years ago
So big in your mouth, yet you're not the one pulling it off and being a progamer in starcraft.
lolcakewut 2 years ago
Korean pros do a lot of crazy things. I am really impressed by Koreans' passion towards this game. I mean I am Chinese and my people, along with players from many other places, do well on this game too, but it's the Koreans who push this game to higher and higher levels. Have to raise the hat to these people who are so talented and put so much effort in Starcraft.
xx765 2 years ago
Xellos definitely predicted that tempest would try and drag the mine into the scv line and was prepared to take it out - there really is no better explanation
PyroDexlessX 3 years ago 4
everyone forgets tree miss ratio 25% (stand above tree in shadow, 25% miss vs missile)
surrealmax3 3 years ago
if im not wrong it should be 30%?
iwanabana 2 years ago
ridiculous*
UnluckyGambler 3 years ago
The most likely explanation is that Xellos sniped the mine when it was still in the ground. The delay between the command and the the actual hit allowed for it to look like he attacked it after it started moving.
bronx43 3 years ago
no he targeted it after the mine came up
coldinfusion 2 years ago 3
Hey stephank when you attack and destroy a spider mine they explode as if they were detonated...if you played starcraft maybe you would know that...
ecchisan3 3 years ago 3
it doesnt do any damage though
mike4837 2 years ago
Starcraft is a precision game. There's absolutely no missing, except scarabs and high ground. The animation may look like a miss but the damage goes through, every time.
This highlight shows Xello's almost instantaneous reaction time and pinpoint accuracy. Though with the first DT already attempting a mine drag and detection available anyways, Xellos may have simply targeted the mine before he even saw the DT move.
quantum386 3 years ago
Forget that, I watched it again. He clearly targets it after the mine had popped up. My mind has been blown.
quantum386 3 years ago
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you guys are stupid, it exploded and it ended up being a dud, due to it hitting the mineral patch with no scvs on it
if you can see the vultures miss the mine, it shoots slightly slower, u can see it a little bit under where the mine exploded. u can see 2 explosions going on almost at the same time witch means the mine exploded and the vultures shot and made an explosion at where they shot and missed.
stephank 3 years ago
Lol mines dont end up being duds. You don't follow where the grenade launcher bullet is going to hit, you just see it lock on.
It's just the way starcraft was designed. The vulture did indeed kill the spider mine, saving who knows how many scvs
orochimaruisugly 3 years ago 4
...Have you ever played Starcraft before?
FLABREZU 3 years ago
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are you guys serious, it even slows it down for you guys it explodes on the mineral patch u can see the explosion, i garentee if any scvs were cloes to that explosion they would have died. you guys are perfect example if ignorant smart asses that the internet is infested with. AzNx)aS( on east mabe ill respect u if you beat me at least 2 times.
and to flabrezu.. have you ever had freinds?
stephank 3 years ago
There's an SCV RIGHT NEXT to the mine explosion. If it had just exploded, then it would have killed the SCV. Mines don't fucking explode from being next to minerals. What the hell are you talking about?
FLABREZU 3 years ago 4
I looked you up on Battlenet. You have over 400 more losses than wins. Very impressive.
FLABREZU 3 years ago 3
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u must be a real noob to think stats really matter. if you dont have anything to say thats intelegent, dont try to be a smart ass and say what ever u can to "diss" me because u will only look stupid to the people that are axually intelegent
stephank 3 years ago
Try and learn to actually spell correctly before you act "intelligent"
KpBoy07 3 years ago
@stephank Well if you're going to tell people to be smart, spell "intelligent" right "smart ass" rofl.
CsAnnihilationII 2 years ago
dude mines don't missfire. if a mine does not reach its target or something else kills it's target first it simply goes back into the ground. it didn't blow up on the mineral patch at all. reaver shots path finding however messes up sometimes when an scv manages get a head start fast enough. but mines either always drag or they go back into the ground, period.
Beowulf117 3 years ago
Did you ever played starcraft? Unit cant miss unless they are shooting at high ground (or dead scarabs).
megadethqc 3 years ago
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i see your are not a terran player, as iv seen vultures miss on flat ground.
stephank 3 years ago
They just cant miss on flat ground, unless the other unit is completly hidden behind a tree.
megadethqc 3 years ago 3
I love you stephank.
Helps prove my theory about Youtubers.
olawd actin' tuff on teh interwebz.
TelicNotionX 3 years ago
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now im gona brauden your intelegents by telling you, its not just youtubers. its the whole net that is infested
stephank 3 years ago
omfg stephank...what the fuck...i think u ever played starcraft so stop acting like u know everything.
UnitedAbominations69 3 years ago
Wow stephank lol... If the vultures missed, then what did it hit? Exactly. You are the true noob. Don't go around thinking that you are so pro saying,"you guys are stupid." The vulture did hit the spidermine. Yes it doesn't seem like it did but there is no way that those scvs can survive a direct hit with a spidermine. People! put a thumbs up if you think this is right.
NoobsGetOwned4Life 2 years ago 218
Yeah, Blizzard should probably fix the attack-landing animation.
eMooseSC 2 years ago
@NoobsGetOwned4Life i put a thumbs down because you asked for a thumbs up
IKnowWereYouSleep 1 year ago 2
@NoobsGetOwned4Life what about zerglin then? I saw a zerglin survive a mine in one vid no shit!
LucaTurilli89 1 year ago
@LucaTurilli89 No youre dumb.
Fdragon 1 year ago
@Fdragon you are dumb I swear I saw one in a clip I can send it if somebody reply to my comment there!
LucaTurilli89 1 year ago
@NoobsGetOwned4Life shit dont miss in sc1 except if there's trees or ramps lol
GGRSC 1 year ago
@GGRSC there is actually a very small chance that a projectile will randomly miss built into the SC1 engine.
maegnis 1 year ago
@maegnis confirmed, i've seen even anti-air attack missing air units
Thremle 11 months ago
@NoobsGetOwned4Life I've seen multiple times a zergling being hit by a mine and survive... Nobody explained this to me yet :(.
LucaTurilli89 8 months ago
lmao, this is pwnage
YorkeKin 3 years ago 3
1337
needv118 3 years ago 5
I think he knew ahead of time that dt was going in that's why he shot it down before. there was another unit that had done the same thing so he was aware of it. that's why he shot it down when the dt started to move in that direction.
FireBatLover 3 years ago 5
Awesome micro =]
And the toss players ID is Tempest, not Fantasy!
PltO 3 years ago
If I didn't know xellos, I would say it was impossible.
rocharlzzzz 3 years ago 2
That's amazing.
Stevo1149 3 years ago