if I don't have 90 minutes now I will later in the week and will save the video for then, don't hesitate to post a good match because of play time these 2v2's are amazing!
That's what i often do with longer videos too. Or i overestimate myself, start one late and have to finish it the next morning... i'm fine with both though :)
@@stepanpicka 2x is the only way i live. But also it's unfortunate that for lowko even if we do watch it later it does tank the analytics and that does have an impact on other videos' performance.
You have the voice, you combine a natural calmness with yet an obvious passion for the game, and you take yourself with that grain of salt, and for that Mr you just got yourself a new subscriber! 😎👍
Crappy commentary. Lovko talked about all kind of random stuff, but the match. This is like a commentator talking about how well he pissed this morning instead of commenting soccer finals.
Serral and Oliveira's strategy is for Oliveira to sacrifice his early game for Serral's safety. Maru noticed this and kept targeting Oliveira. This games shows just how powerful Serral is. Solar is 4th best Zerg, yet the gap is so huge in their gameplay.
The game when serral held fire on the lurkers, waited for the full surround and absolutely crushed the joint army of Maru and Solar was an absolute master class. Up to that point they were behind nearly the entire game. Just incredible to watch.
"I know that not everyone necessarily has that long to watch videos all day" I love your longer videos! Best of threes are often spoiled by the end of the first game by looking at the timestamp. I like to watch the videos over the span of a couple days sometimes so I definitely like the longer format. Great video! Love the 2v2 content
that comment about "people" changing their names to Hamster made me laugh ;) Lowko claims he watches every Harstem video, at least to Artosis in rank roulet
2v2s are so fun and chaotic. I was curious per aligulac stats Serral and Time's average rating is 3198 and Maru and Solar's is 3233.5 as of the day this video was posted. So that's a really close match up basically almost all of the top ten have a wider gap between them. I was thinking that Time being on Serral's team would be really unfair for Serral, but honestly averaging things out it appears that he should be a large enough handicap to make the game competitive. And since the game went the distance that was apparently correct. I'm not sure if it exists, but I want to see Serral and Reynor vs Maru and Byun. 3392.5 vs 3396. That should be a match up for the ages. 3.5 difference lol. Plus the two best Zergs and Europeans vs the two best Terrans and Koreans. Would be one hell of a game.
Serral and Reynor suck in team games, from the past Archon and 2v2 games I've seen of them. They're too individualistic. There was an Archon game back then with Serral, Reynor, and one other Zerg in the same team and they lost a few times vs a lower ranked team. Serral and Time works because TIme is supporting Serral, with Serral the carry of the team. I doubt if Serral and Reynor would work well at all.
@@N0noy1989 but isnt archon basicly 1v1 with 2players each playing one race? i'm not sure you can compare these games properly since it's another different mode. But i do like your take on the whole team thing and 2 top individualistic players unable to work properly together :)
Fantastic video, have been watching this match-by-match intermittently for the past few hours, in between cooking and playing other games. Love your voice and game knowledge, very good camerawork and commentary on the micro/macro splits as well! I know precious little about game strategies so hearing you say what should and shouldn't be done when the players do different build orders is so lovely.
Yes we have bears in Switzerland. There are also a couple of them in the capitol, in a place called "Bärengraben". I hope you enjoyed your stay in Switzerland! Have been watching your videos for years. Thanks for the good work!
I always come back and finish these epic long best of 7 videos. Would love to see more!! There seems to be so much more diversity of strategy when the players have so many opportunities for cheese vs macro.
there are indeed some crazy builds on above 2 players! I remember how I've got together a group of 4 and we went into 4v4, all Terran. 3 of us went quadruple rax marine rush 1 of us went double rax marauder rush we won 10 games in a row and mined so much salt I am still using it in my cooking even after a year after the games.
The obvious recommendation would be the DPG/Seliveira bo9 finals. I do kind of recommend watching the live cast version of some of these games anyway if only to see how cheerful the players looked in their web cams and also the occasional team chat you could hear. Serral's "I am very poor now" line was particularly excellent.
HamsterTV would be a great channel for Professional Starcraft 2. Particularly, if it was an actual hamster doing the casting, but voiced by Lowko. Want to see it!
Lowko, even without time we watch the games. I have a lot of fun watching your videos here in Brazil, in my opinion you are the best commentator. Please put more 2vs2 matches
I actually hope there will be more 2v2 tournaments in the future - they are brilliantly chaotic and fun to watch with so many different possible team combinations (e.g. Phoenix/Viking, zerg units being healed by Medivacs or running under a Guardian Shield etc.). There is possibly a horrible imbalance, but it's hard to pinpoint what without games at the highest level.
sometimes i comment but forget to press like~ thanks for reminding me fr This matchup is POGGERS THANK YOU LOWKO :D as for ideal time of your casts, ideally for me is always at least a 20+ min game everyday from proplayers (im disapointed when i see sub/viewer submitted games when i come home from work, maybe when u do a sub viewer cast you could do it live / 1 take and do a pro player game 15mins ish so i got something to watch everyday :D) Id love to see a 1h+ game every week or two, maybe tagged differently so i can browse them separatly
Hi Lowko.. As one of your lurking viewers here who comes and go now and then in your channel and with your videos, I want to let you know I appreciate your content, long or not as long as they are interesting games in your opinion. I know not every match is gonna be 10/10 but as long as its entertaining and exciting enough in your opinion, I will watch them if I have the time and need for good SCII matches.
Also, I am one of those who does not skip or NOT finish your videos, I tend to watch until at least gg is called. Just to let you know that there are a few of us who appreciates what you do regardless of what the stats from YT show.
Breaking news: a polar bear from a local zoo in Switzerland got loose. Lowko fell off a mountain while skiing, and instead of hitting the ground instead landed smack dab on that escaped bear, and broke his ankle in the process. In spite, the bear did eat him. Feeling bad about the situation, the bear, named lowfrost, will be taking over the channel. He expects to start new videos by the end of the month. Rip lowko, long live lowfrost.
On the point of sharing minerals, there's a game with Serral/Oliveira vs Rikka/Firefly I think where Rikka and Firefly pass resources to each other. But that as mostly because they couldn't dispose of it fast enough as they were getting destroyed. Serral and Oliveira do have a build where Serral builds an extractor for Oliveira for a faster reaper rush.
I've always thought that having map hazards would be a cool idea and add some much needed "spark" to every game, maybe even weather effects too. That huge anti-air turret at 38:25 just makes me want it more.
I enjoyed watching free for all matches when you casted those a few years back. (I've been watching for a few years now and I thought I would finally sub :)
So idk your analytics but these 2v2 casts seem pretty popular.. and I personally love them. More please 🥺 *edit* I know 'pros' don't play as much 2v2 but there are highly skilled players that play a lot of 2v2, and are maybe even better at that particular meta than the pros. Maplez, rocker, meomaika, astrea, practicex are all people I find myself playing against in the 2v2 ladder. Revive 2v2!!
23:36 "In 2vs2 you're doing the worst thing a Starcraft player wants to do. That is thinking." xD True. And that's also why Starcraft 2 isn't more popular. Not every player just wants matches to be decided on hand-eye-coordination.
Lowko u been having a lot of "senior moments" lately.... Hopefully you feeling better after your holiday. Nice to see another 2v2, nice amount of chaos. Also nice to see what maru or serral do when they don't have "full" control. btw can you please do some more archon matches soon.
The best way for 2v2 to win quickly, imo, would probably be if only player 1 builds tech and production buildings, does not expand, nor builds more than 22 workers, and their team mate player 2 is basically just expanding to give the money to player 1. Player 1's army should, I think, then, far exceed the opponents combined army in the early game.
Love the 2v2 games. If any more games available for the tournament would love to see them. I’m sure it would a challenge to cast (but also sure you are up to it) to see a viewer submitted team game.
I know it has been commented already, but just to emphasize it. 2vs2 are amazing and very entertaining to watch, would be awesome if you could get your hands on more replays. I like the longer play time too, more Lowko content is good stuff :) Also, I think 2vs2 low league matches might be funny to watch, pure chaos :D
on the creep spread, 2v2 is already A LOT to deal with. twice the unit counters, more fights, bigger maps, combos like scan into nydus you're not used to, etc. spreading creep is just another thing to deal with. add that there's a zerg on the other side that's also getting a movement speed buff and it's an easy thing to just let go of in the match
I was wishing the pro players would share resources and control over each other's units. This, as lowko's said feels more like a 2 1v1s rather rhan 2v2, couple months ago there were another 2v2 series which scarlet played there, and in that game her team had proper, and fun 2v2 strats. They also looked like they had a great teamwork
Can't pass the occasion to say, regarding my dear Switzerland, the "mascot" of the capital city, Bern is a bear, and they have some, or at least did. But very few to none in the wild.
So sloppy and hectic, but fun. It would be cool to have a more popular 2v2 pro scene, maybe where there is a 3rd person who's more of the general overseeing the wider battle and directing the players so they can focus more on execution. There must be some truly crazy synergies between different races. Something like Broodlords + Mothership would be hilarious.
I was only listening on the game from my earphones while I was playing PoE, cant believe it has been running for 40 minutes now lmao, looks like i'll have to rewatch it next time by actually watching it and not listening to Lowko's voice LUL
