Blizzard In-House Tournament Grand Finals - Game 5

[gillettecrackers]

Appears that Dayvie is not as good at Zerg as the other races. Or maybe Zerg is underpowered.

[ThreatFromAbovee]

he splits his army just fucking kill it

[TheRyanruby]

That other guy should have won

[stygn]

About this map... I'm confused.. Sometimes I hear that 1v1 will always spawn diagonally, but then I randomly see a game where you have the "smiley zone of death" where they spawn North-East vs North-West, or South-East vs South-West... So, lets clear things up here... Did I see stuff from an older patch, or is it possible for players to spawn "next to one another" on this map?

[TheRealYngin]

@stygn They will never spawn over and under eachother, always one on the right and one on the left. Only top or bottom is random, so you either have diagonal positions or smiley zone of death. :)

[stygn]

@TheRealYngin Ah, ok : ) Thanks : )

[Slothrop91]

I guess this goes to show that true ballers play random.

[GoodVeggies]

If this was a serious pro game, the lings that got in the main at the beginning would of been GG, although I doubt I could do better :p

[mosteanuv]

you don't always spawn across, actually i think most of the times it happened to me to spawn right next to my opponent with the backdoor between us !!

[SuperHeroR]

Nice! This had better not be a reason to nerf Zealots more...

[ALTW7]

@SuperHeroR dont understabnd why people call zealots op when a single marine or roach could take out down jus run hit run hit, i didnt even mention they are cheaper. if anything is op is the marauder and their gay concussion shells plus stim?

[legitiment]

Op for the win lol...fucking joke

[kwang1imsa]

Davie was weak. He could have easily won in the beginning cause he had zerglings surrounding the probes in both the main and natural of Gnome. If he just attacked those probes, the economy would have been destroyed, focusing Gnome to turtle a bit just in time for a bunch of mutas to spawn for davie.

[khijon86]

@kwang1imsa

gnome had zealots in his main and natural mineral line. the zerglings would have targetted the zealots if he just attacked moved the lings. to achieve what you said davie would have to select four zerglings at a time and target fire a single probe just to destroy a single probe. anybody who plays starcraft could tell you how its next to impossible to do this

[porechewgull]

@kwang1imsa Don't comment if you don't know anything about the game. Makes you sound stupid.

[CraZZZygunnerFilms]

you know gnome is matt cooper the lead designer of starcraft 2 and 1 not just some random guy lol

[asdf1234jk]

10:40 lol pretty day9

[asdf1234jk]

10:40 lol pretty day9

[asdf1234jk]

10:40 lol



[asdf1234jk]

10:40 lol

[244asdf442]

i see a toss nerf coming... :(

[Nutriment6464]

@244asdf442 lol wtf,watch the gsl ok? Half of the players are terrans and protoss have a win lose rato of 1:1, get your facts right.

[AGuyWhoPunkUMama]

shit ... Gnome's play looked rather messy and unorganized. I didn't think he could win that one!

[hootis8]

so I'm assuming David kim loses as shankaras is not in the rotation any more :))

[RayX77]

I just like how both of them doesn't scout in cross-position immediately WHILE day9 was talking about the fact that you always spawn in cross-position in this map

[xPeeWee93x]

@RayX77 you can spawn adjacent to each other too

[icomposeeflats]

@RayX77 By "Cross Position", he means "Not Vertical Position". You can still spawn Horizontal or Diagonal.

I usually refer to it as "not close position", because vertical is close and horizontal/diagonal are equally distant and much further by ground.

[RayX77]

@icomposeeflats thx for the clarification, I just misunderstood

[zalem95]

hahaha dayvie lol :D:D:D:D:D:

[MattAndi]

I hate when I only have two in the gas.

I like having thee in my gas.

[RomanceBlitz]

Woot protoss ftw

[Atuor]

Now all Protoss players should expect some kind of nerf.... :(

[123456789040564]

gay "bad breath" commercials

[Oreoclan]

Man... The mistake that killed dayvie was when he walked right past the open half of GnoMe's army not once, but TWICE and trapping himself as a result, losing ALL of his Zerglings. If he took out Gnome's army, he would've been free to tear through GnoMe's economy, defend his base, and deal with Stalkers. (which allows his Mutalisks to freely do massive damage).

[nbeckster1]

I believe gnome is in the top 200

[ADHDart]

1:33 stole a joke from husky =/

[ltsjack]

@ADHDart Believe it or not, just because husky said it, doesn't mean he said it first....

[radjer107701]

@ADHDart Husky stole the nose joke from him. ALL OTHER THOUGHT IS HERESY. But day did mention it in his daily like a year ago.

[ADHDart]

@radjer107701 oOOoOoooO okay ty

[xxbobusxx]

This just in, Protoss warp gate units get a huge nerf

[Neotericity]

That was actually really fun to watch

[Koshi1987]

I hope dayvie was drunk. Such bad play...

[pinoystarcraft]

This is the greatest rivalry ever.

[fistman4]

6:10 its a beautiful trap!

[ncleppe]

Is it gnome, or is it gknow me? You wouldn't think he would capitalize the last 2 letters of his name if it had no meaning.

[Limebottle07]

And it all comes down to the fact that he spawned as zerg...

[shadowogge]

% great games, thank you for casting them Day9. Keep up the good work :)

[Zgembo1223]

thx 4 epic series

[Winbond]

Zerg got pylon blocked :)

[BTape]

I dont get why he went for mutas they are terrible in this matchup especially when you see 6 warp gates

[merathy]

funny follow day9 on twitter he said once the same :) plus why dont u give me the name of ur sc2 acc to show me what kinda highlevel pro u are

[Blassreiter815]

wtf did dayvie cheese his way to 3300points in 1 v 1? that was fucking bronze level play

[Limebottle07]

@Blassreiter815 An army of zerglings is not considered cheese. 6-8-10 pools are cheese. He went for a legitimate strategy where he split his army in half, yes that zergling army. Zergling is not a cheese unit. And tried to confuse his opponent who already had an army. When you cheese your opponent should not be able to have an army or any offensive units outside.

[UncelEselwantsYOU]

horde icon neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­d !

[WindxStrife]

Is it just me or were these players.... really bad.

[FrostTwig]

@WindxStrife It's just you

[DanielAntonsen94]

Is it really a 100% chance to spawn cross positions? I've played this map A LOT and I don't always spawn cross position.

[vas2702]

@DanielAntonsen94 cross positions as in never under you for ex always diagonal or side t oside but never under

[DanielAntonsen94]

@vas2702 Ah... I see!

[merathy]

@whatboutjosh u right but the koreans start to disappoint me with all this cheese bullshit

[Blassreiter815]

@merathy rofl noobs calling everything cheese

[NickVids1313]

I JUST HAD SEX, AND IT FELT SO GOOD, FELT SO GOOD,SHE LET ME PUT MY PENIS INSIDE OF HER

[xHassassin]

Patch 1.2: Zealot warp in timer increased from 30 to 35.

[jengo1]

incoming toss nerfs!

[Dreamoen]

Really fun and entertaiment casting,. . . . oh yeah well some ppl was playing there. Great job!

[gareth5533]

Balance designer loses to blink stalkers... *sigh* please dont nerf

[ajtakpetr]

day9 is THE beast :-) ooooooooooooooooh lol

[stevz0r]

ballaaaa gg

[bgreen88]

*It is also possible to spawn horizontal to your opponent on Shakuras Plateau.

[Zeuts85]

Not only is 6-gate good against zerg, but davy was a fool to build so many zerglings. He should have a had a roach warren and spent those larva on roaches and drones. That was immediately obvious when Gnome had more than 5 zealots.

[DroopyDog17]

both of these players are nubs

[dirtydave169]

i had to keep changing the video quality just to hear day9's "O" sounds

[Achielles]

"and theres the goog game! eahhhh!!!" day 9 shrieks lol 10:40

[oIIBLACKOUTIIo]

wtf best of 1??? thats gay

[irprOh]

@oIIBLACKOUTIIo

It was best of 5.

[addisonwilson]

Wanted dayve to win...

[youis78945612]

The blocking pylon of the front door was excellent. First, he split his force to make zerg feel he can go through the front door by his lings, and surprisingly found it was blocked. OH, it is a so clever move...! Thank for day9 casting such a good game. Plus I prefer your short video like this, although your passion on long video is amazing.

[symatic]

does anyone else find gongkia2000 annoying? just wondering

[Rogerdof]

@symatic :D

[gongkia2000]

does anyone else find day9 annoying? just wondering

[Delpifo]

@gongkia2000

If you find day9 annoying, i just have to congratulate you for being a total idiot for watching his videos. Just saying

[PCGamerPortal]

@Delpifo have you ever done anyhting annoying? ever? then you are a total idiot too, amirite?

[Delpifo]

@PCGamerPortal

If i find someone annoying, i generally dont visit their channel, but thats just me. Clearly alot of people like yourself take the time to do that, and that's cool if you're into that.

[PCGamerPortal]

@Delpifo I very much enjoy day9's videos, I just defend the right of some dude to come to this video and mention how much he thinks it sucks.

[DeathBaneSC]

@kloudd, you try playing perfectly in a tournament in the GRAND FINALS. Not too easy.

[Balgore8]

lol scream at 10:43 is pretty girly day9 :P ;)

[debilka2]

@Balgore8 granny

[Balgore8]

@debilka2 lol what? That literally doesn't even make sense :P.

[connorwoman]

good series :D

[Denamic]

Queue Protoss nerf.

[kloudd]

got dang that zerg player was terrible.... horrible micro and little macro

[MentalSentinel]

@kloudd yeah. He's the number 3 random player in the entire world. pretty terrible.

[phpking]

GnoME is also a high ranked player: us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/4­69690/1/GnoME/ladder/4477#curr­ent-rank

[DeathLisk]

Why the hell are people so stupid to thumb up the spoilers, yes in the comments you (should) discuss the game and if scroll down first and find a spoiler, its your own damn fault. but why are people so stupid, bored and brainless that they deliberately spoil the game for others.

[JvDam]

0:01 to skip the ad.

[omarjuul]

@JvDam that, or you just get Adblock Plus :D

[brackpersian]

i can win dayvie

[idklolunruhe]

That was the worst zergling micro I've ever seen :D

[WhatboutJosh]

North Americans are nothing compared to Koreans in Starcraft.

[Pleasebuff]

@WhatboutJosh Koreans are also people with no souls.

[emikochan13]

@WhatboutJosh david kim is korean :p

[ImPhoSho]

gnome is a bigger baller then kobe b

[Merto6]

david is noob thats why the game is unbalanced

[xPloSiVgT]

amazing game, neveer faced tis 6 gtae myself

[92keys524]

I think Im gonna start smoking just to spite these KILLAZ ads!

[omgwtfitsjesus1]

zerg=dayvie's worst race

[xRobx6968]

@omgwtfitsjesus1 Zerg = most under powered race

[lamby130]

@xRobx6968 FruitDealer and NesTea both won the GSL as Zergs

[jarredcactus]

yay! i can has zerg buff?

[bboy2143]

go for the probes.. not the nexus.. GG dayvie

[TColeTrainT]

Omg Thank you Day9 I enjoyed each of these games!

[alpaw2]

from this article sclegacy.com/feature/3-events/­427-my-day-at-blizzard-2

[alpaw2]

Why people call gnome "just some guy from blizzard". It is a Matt Cooper, he played games in Battle Reports, and he is obviously a good player. And it seems he is balance designer too

[jeanschyso]

errr... sorry but I remember an extremely close match I played a while ago PVZ and we both started on the left side.. soooo yea.. you can spawn on the same side

[demonsoulzx]

@jeanschyso no. you can't. either you're a dumbass or you're a dumbass.

[hiimjerome]

@jeanschyso "a while ago"

[really5555]

@jeanschyso not possible buddy

[nicobimba]

Dayvie got fired after this right???

[SnolleB]

Thanks for a spoiler @nicobimba ........

[MrDildoez]

@nicobimba I never read comments before watching the video itself, but this one time when I accidentally scrolled down there's a fucking thumbed up spoiler. Good work, guys...

[Mustainexd]

THERES THE GOOD GAME ... OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[kriblets]

Protoss FTW

[adamd61392]

this was very disappointing, davie made so many mistakes

[ElvenNoble]

@adamd61392 Yeah, he had a good strategy, but he chose poor targets for the zerglings he snuck into GnoME's main. (e.g. targetting the main nexus with a hanful of zerglings when GnoME had a force plenty strong enough to fend them off nearby? Really?)

[Nemesis000000]

Happy face cannot be unseen

[Pwncakes1966]

Gnome's play always confuses the hell out of me....

[aqsrelax]

i like how they make so many mistakes, making day9 so nergasmic and the game so exciting lol

[Bloodthr0e]

Davie had a perfect opportunity to do a surround and wipe out half of gnome's army @ 6:45 but instead he does a fail zerg rush into the main and loses half of his own army. The game could've gone a different way.

[BTape]

@Bloodthr0e He probably would have done really well with it if gnome hadn't pylon blocked his own ramp. Great trick play.

[aqsrelax]

i like how they make so many mistakes, making the game so exciting lol

[AngleBladeXP]

nah its just 6 gate FE is just too good againest zerg, dayvie didnt react enough againest the 6gate FE. plus i think the only way to beat a 6gate FE are just mass zerglings and roaches and try to out mass the toss but 6gate fe usually is hard to stop even for dayvie. if he is terran or toss, he would have won this match.

[TheTruthHurts129]

@AngleBladeXP i think a standard roach hydra ling would kill a 6 gate toss. roach hydra usually beasts through gateway units unless theres a ton of chokes for epic FFs

[AngleBladeXP]

@TheTruthHurts129 hydra usually comes in later in the game, and 6gate push usually start at the 7-10 minute mark, and at that time, probably the zerg just either finished the lair or just started hydras. even if they attacked before 7-10 minutes mark, the zerg wont have enough unit to deal with the 6 gate. The Key to stop 6gate push is just scout it out around 5-6 minutes mark... seriously which zerg can scout toss's base when its canoned in, maybe with changlings(most zerg dont get overseers).

[TheTruthHurts129]

@AngleBladeXP do they start with a 4gate and continually put pressure until their FE allows them to support 6 gates? i havent faced a 6 gate before, but id imagine that itd be hard to make 6 gates more effective than 4 gates before an expansion starts getting saturated.

[AngleBladeXP]

@TheTruthHurts129 you are missing the point, 6gate is a strategy that specialy againest zerg players. 4gate is a strategy that usually works againest most races. 4gate vs wall off terran doesnt work. 4gate vs 6pool doesnt work. 4gate vs korean 4gate doesnt work. 4gate has lots of flaws. 6gate FE isnt a strategy that works on every race with a 100% winning chance. also 6gate FE only works if the other opponent is FEing which most zerg does. That is basicly why 6gate FE is so good againest zerg.

[Pwncakes1966]

PvZ Race Wars FTW!

[NationalHQ]

That was terrible play by Dayvie.

He could've micro'ed those lings waaay better.

[AnetteOlzonForever]

Balance that dayvie!

[amilkar123456]

probes and pylons probes and pylons is how u won in life ;D

[RichColours]

David Kim sucks. He was bad in SC2 Alpha and that has carried over to here.

[RichColours]

When is 16+16+6≠ 38?

[ambassador1022]

@RichColours In base 16?

[Livingvapour]

@RichColours its 16 + 16 = 32 + 12 = 46?

[PKjoo]

@RichColours When humans turn away from a base 10 system of math

[KalbiKing]

@RichColours non-euclidian geometry.

[NIMHFS]

@RichColours

Now:  16+16+6=37

[NIMHFS]

How, HOW did Terran win this game!?

[chrisjk123]

@NIMHFS omg spoiler :(

[Rangergfx]

@RichColours for example in hexadecimal numeral system?

[Rangergfx]

@RichColours

[PCGamerPortal]

@RichColours in base 20 for example

[Fyreswing]

@RichColours Sometimes man.... sometimes.

[TheAwesomeAleks]

@RichColours 16+16+6=38

[TheE113]

@TheAwesomeAleks Watch the video first

[TheAwesomeAleks]

@TheE113 i saw the video, and he said 16+16+6 often = 38. and thats true

[G1ad3r]

@RichColours

In base 16 (hexadecimal) 16+16+6 = 32 for instance ;)

[DruzzillandRo]

...and this is why Sharkuas Platue was taken off of ladder maps.

[TheNeCafe]

yep... terran and protoss will be nerfed badly in the next patch...

[SuleyBR]

@TheNeCafe Shouldn't it be called Zerg boost rather than Terran/Protoss nerf?

[KlauzAlAkir]

Bad play by dayvie in this game. ;(

[leobelkin]

gnome is a boss.

[GeminiStarCraft]

And the celebratory mass spine crawler fireworks!!!

[ihavenousernamelol2]

zerg buff+protoss nerf coming...

[cuguy1]

@ihavenousernamelol2 I'm praying for that

[SpikeZantren]

That pylon trap was sexy.

[acidosen]

zerg player would have had this game in the pocket if he wasn't so undecisesive with his zerlings in the beginning.