Starcraft 2 Without Building ANYTHING?! (Wings of Liberty) 

This is the timeline where Mensk's propaganda was so successful that Raynor wasn't able to hire anyone other than his closest friends.

15:05 "'i send my factory on a sneak attack behind enemy lines" -GiantGrantGames not something i expected to hear from any run of starcraft before

Something grant mentioned on stream about this run: It REALLY feels like you’re just a scrappy band of rebels, using every strategy, weakpoint, and position to your advantage. As if the campaign was made to be done with this challenge in mind. (Though no one except grant would do something as absurd as this)

21:39 Ah yes, my favourite unit. The Cattlebruiser.

I like how defending the drill until the temple door falls is suicide because they’re too powerful, so instead you decide to completely decimate the enemy base and destroy their army

I'm amazed that "A Sinister Turn" was possible with this ruleset, you're a legend!

The story of the best damn six probes throughout the entire history of Protoss.

The objective of a No Production Wings of Liberty run is super unique. There are 26 missions you need to complete without building anything, each guarded by a progressively stronger force of enemies.

I love how fire extinguishers end up being a key part of saving the galaxy

WHITE TEXT COMPILATION (because I enjoy watching videos podcast style, which means I miss out on a lot of the funny flavour text): The Other Evacuation 5:15 Truck APC: I will save the colony! (the driver has parked the APC on the starport ramp and is holding the line against the zerg instead of evacuating colonists) The Great Train Robbery 5:42 Francis the Firebat: FACTORY! Francis the Firebat: My old nemesis! (begins attacking the factory instead of engaging the diamondbacks currently attacking the train it is supposed to escort) Francis the Firebat: Our feud ends today! (by now, all other escorts have died) cuThroat [sic] 7:09 Battlecruiser: Jerry... Battlecruiser: You can't just invite another planetary fortress over without telling us (Grant has lifted a CC into Orland's base and transformed it into a planetary right next to Orland's own planetary). Battlecruiser: Not cool man. Piercing the Shroud 12:19 Hybrid: Uhh die please? (is attacking two medics healing each other) Medic #1: nope Medic #2: no way Hybrid: Seriously? (still clawing at the medics) Breakout 12:29 Tosh: Why dey put da hotkeys next to each other like that? [is calling a nuke at his feet because Grant fat fingered the hotkeys for mind blast (b) and nuke (n)]. The Dig 14:09 Factory: I didn't beat Francis the Firebat just to die here! (is brought to red hp by protoss while acting as a spotter for the laser drill) A Sinister Turn 19:04 Zealot: I wonder where those probes went? (is standing idly as said probes are right next to him and are freeing a preserver). The Moebius Factor 20:03 Spartan Company: You'll come back to get us, right? (has been dropped off in the safe spot behind the second data core) Spartan Company: ...Right? (as the medivac flies away) Safe Haven 22:07 Viking: It's over nexus! Viking: I have the high ground! (while shooting the nexus from an elevated position) edit: btw, all the other GGG videos up to this one also have white text compilation comments. gl finding them.

“I send my factory on a sneak attack behind enemy lines” sends actual autorepairing factory to scout for laser drill. Genius

The amount of effort put into an optional mission in A Sinister Turn is ridiculous. Great job (both Grant and the trigger editor helpers) on figuring it out and being the most ridiculous mission solved yet.

This video is cool because given Raynor and his raiders are rebels, lore wise he’d probably only have these handful of units to send on missions. Realistically he could probably only afford to send 2 medics and 2 fire bats to go help evacuate a colony. I think it makes sense lore wise at the very least. Like on the Odin mission, Jimmy probably has an old hanger in the Hyperion with some dilapidated Wraiths and that’s all he can spare and that can keep up with Tycus

"The mission objective is extremely unique" cracks me up every time xD

"They will die" and "the mission objective is extremely unique" are my favorite recurring lines

The game: You have to build pylons to power up the buildings! Grant: We don't do that here!

Grant: This is not mathematically possible with this ruleset. Viewer: So what you need to do is change the rules. Grant: What? No! What we need to do is *change the math!*

"I fear no man" *6 probes who kill the progenitor of the hybrid* "But that thing. It scares me."

1:30 "Attack waves going in and out of my base" I imagine that when Grant isn't looking, his marines just tell the zerglings zo get lost, pretend to throw a bone and watch the zerg doggos run off, searching for the bone they hid behind their backs.

This is guide for players who don't like macro missions

You know it's a hard challange when GiantGrantGames has to play on Normal difficulty

Sometimes, winning is a matter of meticulous preparation and in-depth knowledge of the game's mechanics. Sometimes, it's a matter of bashing your head against a wall until you break through. And sometimes, it's both.

That 'A Sinister Turn' victory is utterly amazing! The patience and 'never-give-up' attitude that must have required just goes so beyond what most people would even consider attempting. Very well done Sir!!

These runs just keeps getting more and more impossible, I clicked this video thinking that I would get some explanation about why half of the campaign is not possible without building, but somehow you wizard your way through, no idea how.

Those vikings deserve a promotion.

I remember looking through the triggers for Sinister Turn and Haven's Fall and I've never seen any code more spaghettified in starcraft 2 than these two missions

There's saying "This mission can't be done with this ruleset", and then there's Grant.

Haven's Fall: When the enemy goes to infest a colony, if you clear the defenders and let the virophage finish and then kill it (and the colony buildings, but you can clear them while the virophage builds), then you never have to deal with that colony again. Rinse and repeat until all colonies are infested and then easily cleared and you no longer need to scramble or clear overlords.

30:25 I will steer the Battlecruiser into a collision course with the Cooling Tower Some Tassadar vibes you know Damn, man, this run is incredible, Im so hyped about it, half of the missions strategies are insane, genius, I felt like watching some Ocean's 12 during the video, that deep analysis of Sinister turn is sick, I couldn't imagine challenge runs be so fascinating, hope you can do more, that's some high quality content, good job, man, all my respect goes to you

I knew that deathless wouldn’t be the end, but I totally didn’t expect this absolute spark of genius!

Ok, this challanges are geting more crazy with each upload.

I thought the Ghost rapid-fire Snipe technique (where you work keyboard/mouse settings) was the most advanced as you can get but Grant checking the editor for triggers and looking through the mission's programming is unbelievable. And with just probes. Lol

The positioning you used on Outbreak and All-In was stellar, and really cool strategizing. Hope we will get to see some of your other recent challenge runs here soon too, I have been watching them on the other channel.

Aw yeah, this should be a fun one

Okay tough guy, i've got some challenges for you: -Can you beat any of the campaigns without pressing the "attack move" key or using any groupings? -Can you beat any of the campaigns, but taking a half shot of 70 proof vodka after every mission? -Can you beat wings of liberty brutal without spending any credits or research points? -Can you beat any campaign using only your index finger from each hand? (Pinky allowed for grouping units) -Can you beat any two campaigns at the same time on casual? I love watching these playthroughs and hearing your commentary. The starcraft 2 campaigns bring me back in the best possible way.

15:04 "I send my factory on a sneak attack..." is a line I would never imagine to hear.

I love how you named zero hour "zero fun" in the time stamps :D

I thought you'd do something remotely sensible like only making new units and not new buildings, but this… you're a madman sir.

I just realized, that after playing this campaign several times, I never opted for the air version of All in, I didn't even know there was a leviathan, I just didn't want to deal with mutas and broodlords.

Can we all just appreciate the fact that this game is so well designed / dynamic that it is even possible to do this kind of run. Also, your a mad man. My sanity would have been lost 5 runs ago XD. Good stuff.

"I'm a master of the archive, I already know everything that will be on this video, tremble before me mortal" After the section of the video on the mission "a sinister turn" "I ... I didn't forsee this ... This is impossible ! How could he has done that !" Gg as always mister GGG

I love watching these runs man. The creative solutions you come up with are great. I'm curious, do mules count as construction or an ability?

Omg these challenges are killing me. I used to go, "nah, there's no way you can get through this without losing a unit." or "It's impossible to go through all this with only zerglings." But at this point I can't even tell where the line is that somethings *does* become impossible. Next challenge it's gonna be "Can you beat >insert RTS< without playing it." On a more serious note, this is extremely impressive.

Wow, "Sinister Turn" was something. I remember watching it in archives, so I thought it would be "mathematically impossible" as was concluded. Who would have thought that you just need to do some 5d chess to break that math of our boring realm into math of Grant-Is-Very-Cool realm.

Seeing unit die in the video just feels like this is a failed deathless run sometimes...

I was kind of hoping for you to talk a whole bunch about how you needed 25 protoss research before the BC mission to get the Drop Pods and then realize that they're useless for this run.

Holy smokes, the way you and your community figured out how to beat A Sinister Turn is jaw dropping.

23:11 This is it. He finally said it.

Super pleasantly surprised that you made this into a main channel video! Wasn't sure what to expect after all the Deathless and Main Unit Only challenges. I watched a lot of this as VODs on the other channel, but wasn't expecting you to make it a main channel video. This video really reminds me why I love this style of edited content. Hearing the explanation of 'A Sinister Turn' was a fascinating experience, and something that can be easily missed amongst 8-12 hours of VODs. I have started watching a lot of your VODs on the other channel, and I don't plan to stop, but I will always be super excited for any main-channel video you post for all the fascinating insights you have about this game.

Now we're learning all the secrets of the game. Thanks, Giant Grant Game and his teams

Oddly enought that makes the whole thing more realistic because lets be honest building a tank at the frontline or training new recruits in the liddle of an active battlefield is not something you would normaly see

28:44 Imagine if you had C&C unit experience mechanics? The same ones copy of which were tested during development of SC2 and were later on given to coop commander version of Mengsk

I like the structure and storytelling in this one

I watched this run on the archives, and I didn’t know that you were eventually able to beat A Sinister Turn. Your commentary on that mission was fascinating. I wonder why they would make that mission first, especially since they knew that the first campaign would be a Terran-centered campaign. Was that mission just a software test which they eventually put into the game? Or did they plan the Zeratul plotline before making any other missions? I’d love to hear more about this.

Well, you did in fact produce something: An excellent video, showcasing a fascinating challenge :) Thank you, and I hope you have a great day ^^

Thank you Grant. I've been watching your channel since HOTS Deathless and enjoying it so much I got into playing Starcraft Coop with a mate of mine. And your strategies and cheese have saved me during missions several times. Just the other night, I was playing A Sinister Turn and we were STUCK. Maar kept respawning too quickly and I broke my army on the enemy's main base. It looked like a reset, but I thought what would Grant do? So I pulled the boys, dodged Maar, rushed through the enemy base and parked them behind the Preservers. Then I did the same trick you did in this vid, taking down preservers with drones and then hiding from Maar.

This challenge is completely insane. Between beating a mission with literally 6 probes to using the AI’s complete map vision against itself. This takes a complete mastermind to pull off.

I've already watched the streams and vods of this but the video is still crazy. I'm amazed that a way to beat A Sinister Turn was actually found.

No fair, I have to study, oh well, my scores can wait another 30 minutes

A sinister turn might be the craziest thing you have done, except maybe the blindfolded run. What the actual fuck. The entire segment I was just waiting for you to move on, and was confused why you would take so much time explaining why it didn't work, it should have been obvious with 6 probes..

Watched the VODs of this stream as they were released. You never fail to impress me, Grant. Good stuff.

Why does it make me happy to know that not only did Davey Gunface do this first, but Grant decided to do it because the two talk and are friends. I feel like that's really sad that it makes me happy to know they're friends and likely toss ideas off one another, but I don't care, you did a great job here dude, I'm realyl unsure if I'd ever be able to do so myself. I could probly do a "no building additional structures" challenge but unsure about a "No building anything at all" challenge xD

I can't believe you figured out A Sinister Turn. It looked so obviously impossible that it is mind-blowing that you can do it.

As always, Grant, the video is fantastic, and your tactics simply brilliant. I’m not sure a whole lot of other people could have had the patience to deal with that as you have and still come out loving the game as much. You and the community really have put the passion back into the SC2 campaign and I am incredibly grateful for that.

I miss your stories about why your challenge exists in cannon. I liked learning that the mercenaries that Arthas hired went on to lead happy lives.

GGG, I cant tell if you are a genious, a masochist, absolutely insane or all of the above.

This has got to be one of the more impressive challenges you've completed.

That's what I love Grand for! Absurd strategies and insane stubbornness Thanks for the work, dude:)

watched this already in the archives, but it is such a crazy concept. take all the macro out of an RTS. love it though. such a good run

last time i was this early my scvs haven't built anything

now I know why that one viking in the cinematic thought he could take that ultra, he must've been one of those 140+ kill vikings from this campaign

You managed to pull off A Sinister Turn!? Holy crap dude, well done!

man beat sinister turn with 6 probes smh

Really good video, always fun when you and the viewers come up with the insane strats. Btw I wish for more warcraft 3 content, though I do know that you are still a bit scarred after the no death run, but I hope you will return to it someday as long as you are having fun ofc.

This is, strangely, a great guide to someone who is new to starcraft and struggling with the campaign. good work.

I watched these vods and have been looking forward to this series to show up on the main channel! As always the production value is high and the stories of each run are so fun

6 hero probes.

I swear at some point he's gonna go like "can you beat starcraft without breathing"

At this point you're becoming an expert on fighting Kerouac Kerrigan. You know what her abilities are at each stage, how her AI works, what her weaknesses are

This is probably one of my favorite of your playthroughs! GG Grant!

Can you beat SC2 without making us look like prehistoric monkeys?

Everybody: Dude, you've beaten this game like a joke. Can you just chill out and play as it was intended? GGG, doing another crazy run: I'LL FUCKING DO IT AGAIN

This is beyond amazing. I love it. Thank you for even thinking of the possibility of doing this!

Expertly done as usual, Grant. Frustrating as they are in the moment, I always enjoy your main-channel explanations of the hardest missions, and how you finally managed to find a way to beat them.

This channel rocks

Without knowing what the heck is going on, I automatically assume this is gonna be fun

These are such awesome runs that I'm back, 3 months later, watching for about the 4th time, and still as giddy as the first.

I just came from your warcraft 3 deathless run videos, and have only just started this one, but your strategy in these games is surreal. its incredibly impressive.

Will there be other passes from the archives on the main channel?

The lost Vikings before: *Killed a guy named after a vegetable* The lost Vikings now: *Hero of the rebellion, slaughterer of infested*

Another wonderfully done video, not to mention the wacky strategies and control to make this challenge work. Well played Grant, well played.

Wow insane commitment. Well done!

I love all these incredibly unique missions with four things around the map. Truly a masterclass of mission design.

And here I am dying on normal mode with building units. You sir are a legend

6:13 the things you come up with are just brilliant and funny.

We are back! Love the videos and the editing

Extraordinary in every possible way. You glorious madman. GG

Really crazy to see that something like that could be done. Thanks for the great content

Epic video, I'll consider myself privileged for having to watch this on the first day it came out... Still come here to watch it once in a while. Gives hope for life. If this is possible, so are a lot of things.

So happy that you went back and finished sinister turn. Figures the missions after it would be easy. Also a lot of fun to watch this run on the archives!