StarCraft: Brood War by 7thAce in  

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The support for this run has been incredible, thanks so much! Hoping for more awesome RTS runs in the future to feature at GDQ.

19:25 "hes not going to beat it deathless, only a weird guy would do that" Ok Mr Games.

It’s extremely unfortunate that this was on in the middle of the night instead of prime time where it belongs.

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I love the interaction between Ace, Ectar and Grant here, they just radiate wholesomeness. Ace's performance is also impressive as hell!

1:25:39 - "nobody has ever lost a professional Starcraft match to hallucinated units". Lol.

45:56: "The Overlords are flying units; they're clearly a Lyft, not an Uber" 10/10 word play

"Let's fuh- let's go!" LOL Awesome run

1:25:39 "nobody has ever lost a game to hallucinated units" LOL. poor idra.

Giant Grant Games is the reason for my appreciation for StarCraft and it was awesome to hear that he was on the couch!

1:20:01 this is the best gag of this run

8:35 That was probably the most elegant and graceful way to prevent an awkward lull in the commentary in any GDQ event I've seen thus far. Smooth!

2:20 His voice started and I really did a double take. It's GriantGrantGames!!! I watched his StarCraft 2 challenge runs on RU-vid, they're extremely entertaining! Very nice to see / hear him here :)

1:33:06 Biggest save in the run right there by Ectar.

I really enjoy the viewpoint switching during big battles. It's like, base > empty field > base > resources > ENDLESS WAVE OF CARNAGE > base

"He is not doing deathless run, only weird guy would do it" - Grant knows for sure)

'he's not gonna beat it deathless, only a weird guy would do that'

Loving seeing some Starcraft at a GDQ! Both Starcraft's are great games that hold up even today for both speedrunning, and regular play.

"He's not going to beat it deathless, only a weird guy would do that." Fucking Grant, you might just be my favorite person on RU-vid.

Absolutely loved the run, and the couch as well! Especially love the little references and jabs/jokes mentioned throughout (def never has a pro lost to hallucinated units… that would be ridiculous!) Thank you GDQ for hosting StarCraft content again!

31:24 Yeah, so units in Starcraft can actually face in any of 256 directions, but pathfinding to go anywhere that isn't extremely close is greatly simplified. Normally a unit will choose one of 8 cardinal/interacardinal directions to move within each pathfinding region, which combines with many other very drastic simplifications that cut down the search space for pathfinding to something reasonable. So it's not quite "up then left," it's more like "straight up, then diagonally up-left." That is, "north, then northwest, then north, then northwest," etc. It's actually much more complicated than that over any meaningful distance, but over short distances, you see that sort of pattern pretty often, changing each time it enters a new pathfinding region. This means the path ground units take across the map is usually much longer than the distance as the crow flies, something more like 40% longer in the worst case even without obstructions.

7:45 "whenever you get power there's two things you can do with it delegate it and abuse it" I gonna start to use that phrase a lot

Well done!

I was excited to see starcraft brood war on agdq. I was beyond happy to hear GGG on the commentary. Wish I had watched it live.

So good to see that. Especially with GGG on the virtual couch :).

I've watched a lot of professional StarCraft over the past 20 years but never any campaign speedruns. What I wasn't expecting from this run was the APM 7thAce was hitting in this run, pushing over 300 APM at times is genuinely pro-level. For those unfamiliar with RTS mechanics, just know that this level of play is *extremely* difficult and even 1v1 professionals would likely be very impressed with how tightly thought out the levels are and Ace's high level control. Very cool, I'll be following Ace in the future. Glad to see StarCraft still being relevant to many.

"Ph" in the chat for Phoenix

There he is, the man, the myth, the legends, the Ace 😎

To anyone not in the know about the joke at 1:25:30 about Hallucinations: Look up "Starcraft 2 Idra vs Huk MLG Dallas 2011" (game 2)

30:35 The buildup for Fenix was hilarious, well done to the commentators.

I'm here because Grant sent me. I do not regret coming.

I love the dedication to explaining both game mechanics and lore during the run. What an amazing job from the casters and from Ace!

Crazy to think that brood war is three years older than I am and is still alive and being played. It was my only video game as a child and holds such a special place in my heart

Grant pulling of the "unique" joke live was the best part of the run!

Run and commentary on point 👍 Thank you !

1:25:39 "No one has ever lost a professional game of StarCraft to hallucinated units." Shout out to the one guy in the crowd who understood this joke

This blows my mind. As a casual player I can easily take 90 minutes to finish a macro mission and he beats the whole thing in 90. Great work

The British "Kinder Surprise Egg" is still illegal in the U.S. However, Kinder has introduced another chocolate egg in the U.S., the "Kinder Joy Egg" (already available in a number of countries) that is compliant with American law. It is very different from the Kinder Surprise Egg, with no chocolate egg at all, but rather just the filling and some other stuff in a plastic case. One side of the case is the white chocolate-based filling, and the other is the toy. They are separated by packaging to comply with the law and to save a few toddlers' lives. And they taste surprisingly good, despite the incredibly disappointing appearance when you first open them.

This is exactly the type of run that I love, tight gameplay and incredibly good and informative couch commentary

this was an absolute joy to watch, thank you for this hope to see more campaign speedruns in the future!

Thank you for this speedrun! Nostalgia at it's best, you guys are awesome for this!!

my favorite part of the whole run was the jab at Idra there at the end haha!

Thanks for putting more Starcraft in GDQ. Love this!

The performance from 7thAce is fantastic. Those puns were great.

This is crazy, just 2 nights ago I was thinking "I wonder if anyone is speedrunning Brood War" and here you are.

This was so fun to watch and the commentary was hilarious. I played through the broodwar campaign a few months ago, but this makes me want to give speed running it a shot.

Man this takes me all the way back . One of the first games I legit feel in love with bsck in the day when I saw my friends brother playing it online . Amazing memories from an amazing game

This run made my day. Thank you so much!

All of these guys are really into it, and doing a great job on the commentary, love it!

So happy to see Starcraft kept alive in AGDQ - thanks for the run!

Great run, fantastic commentary!

19:23 Came here just after watching Grants deathless run, that gave me a chuckle.

First time seeing a Starcraft run, and it was awesome. The level of skill is truly noticeable even just in the sheer apm achieved here. Hope to see more at future GDQs!

The game design for this game is insanely good, so much player agency while still being clear and simple to understand but with endless depth and optimization

Grant's sense of humor is the best thing ever and I love it for this run.

So happy to see this featured. Brood War forever!

This was a fucking blast thx to everyone!

This was a really really great run! Awesome commentary and fun gameplay.

Starcraft run on GDQ? Hell, it's about time!

One of the best runs!

Excellent commentating team and run. Much love!

Awesome run. Nice commentary

This was so awesome

The fact that nobody seems to have mentioned the Day[9] "Hello everybody, it's Monday....." reference is an actual shame

11:58 So that's why Fenix is so overpowered. He IS the capitol of Arizona after all.

Insane run, good job Ace, excellent commentators.

Really impressive run especially seeing the strats on true colors.

This was great!

Great run. Happy to hear giant grant on commentary.

Idra reference about hallucinated units! Ah the good old days!

Fantastic job for a great cause! a privilige to have whatched it!

Couldnt watch it live, but I am beyond happy that this happened

1:19:48 is the start of some of the best humor to exist

Amazing run!

Yeah!! Giant Grant!! You’re the reason I tried StarCraft.

This is one of the most entertaining Starcraft videos I have ever seen

my boy grant just took over the internet what a champion

Great couch!

that was legitimately incredible

Starcraft!! Love this game

omg i never saw brood war here on GDQ this is so awesome i love starcraft

Hell yeah. After playing these campaigns over and over with cheats, I'm always so impressed with these speedruns. Some of the most impressive stuff you'll see all week (with one of the best stories in games). Great commentary, too, both informative and entertaining. Honestly one of my favorite runs this year.

great vibes

Idra is raging hard ~1:26:00

56:11 "really we captured the leader of the dark templar and are holding her against her will" Nah, Raszagal is not being held against her will at all. :) All she wishes is to remain at Kerrigan's side.

The red bull ad popping up after the monster energy comment was amazing...

AMAZING!!!!

I love that GRANT is commentating this! :D

dope run

So sad I missed the ticket cutoff for Pittsburgh... would have LOVED to see a SC run in person. My former GM status just twitching a bit lol

Should've expected Grant to be at a StarCraft speedrun event, but was still caught off guard.

I watched the whole thing while doing housechores. You made a boring activity much enjoyable !!

19:21 "He's not going to beat it deathless... only a WEIRD guy would do that." - A weird guy, aka GiantGrantGames, regarding ANOTHER guy who has been rather weird before

Gosh, that nuke seems so cute and tiny after watching Grant play all the Real-scale campaign mods lmao

GGG "on" the couch? Amazing

Brood War is the best RTS game ever made

Re watching this for the 3rd time thanks for sharing

One of the best games ever created

The objective of AGDQ is super unique.