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Oh man, I loved watching BitByBit. Not because he was good, but because I always knew what was coming, and I enjoyed seeing how everyone dealt with his all-ins.
7:50 lmao 2 boiz at the front still carrying gas canisters, it's like the "drop everything WE'RE GOING TO WAR" moment from starship troopers. There's something inspirational about a couple of blue-collar space-forklift-drivers rushing off to give their lives to defend their home without a second thought.
He didn't invent anything, this build was around since 1999 lol. "BitByBit might have made it further in GSL than me, but I know I know more about SC than he does" - Artosis
@@bladeorade12 ha, I wasn’t good enough at the time to tell what made good/bad maps. More nostalgia for an earlier time (regardless of objective quality).
i feel the same nostalgia lol no idea how they compare to current maps tho i was terrible at the game back then (and i'm still pretty bad lol) but I played most of my games then.
Actually he's a genius, the simplest way to win high level games with big balls. As simple as it went! If you look and think with attention this is really incredible performance.
Just going to say I'm loving your content. I followed a bit of Broodwar (I remember being a stork, bisu and jaedong fan) and stopped when SC2 came out. Then started following SC2 a bit out of curiosity exactly when serral started dominating. So I love all these early SC2 days - most of them are new to me. I also love your style - you have just the right balance of information and silliness. Keep at it and I'm looking forward for more. Thanks!
The early days of sc2 were a true mixed bag, but they were a lot of fun. I actually watched tasteless' first casts with GOM back in the day, but forgot about it for a while, until about 2009. When sc2 came out, I immediately started watching Huskey and HD's beta casts, and when GSL started up I watched it almost religiously (which is mind-blowing when I realize the matches started at 3 or 4 am depending on DST) Since the game was so new, some of the maps were absolutely stupid, and some of the builds were more wishful thinking than actual builds. But that could also lead to some truly hilarious moments.
I think bits strad is pretty solid. His biggest mistakes in most of those lost games (atleast to me) seem to be a poor microing/extremely bad scouting. Especially where he got his whole army to be in the perfect spot for 200 banes lol. Personally I really enjoy players actually trying to play differently, I mean if you had to watch 1000 games of pros just doing the meta you probably would die of boredom. Its like watching paint dry aggressively with high APM.
what a throw back! glad to see haypro on there also. BitByBit was on a pro team too, which also mean he must of had obtain his gaming licsense through similar means, or at least I would like to think so, making his cheesey strat even more funny.
Just started watching your channel and im getting big nostalgia for the early SC2 scene. One question, where do you find replays of these old GSL's? Any website you go on specifically to find VODs?
I usually first check liquidpedia liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League . If you open match details, they sometimes have YT icons with each map. Most famous matches should be mentioned there or at the bottom of the page. However, it's not always available because a lot of stuff from 2010-2013 was just lost or there's just no record on liquidwiki. In that case, I look for it on RU-vid, trying to hit the keywords or dates on different channels (GOMTV sometimes names matches with numbers and dates instead of players' names for some weird reason). If that doesn't help, I just google anything that I can find on forums or older websites.
Please do a video on partings immortal sentry all in from HOTS when he ran through the tournament and literally told everyone what he was going to do. You should also do a top 5 builds or something, I want to sew the Korean 4gate in action!
Wrong, i stopped playing SC for many years, came back and did only scv pool with marines, and got diamond, i could even get master If i could micro properly, but my micro is terrible
I literally went 12 pool zergling from bronze to diamond in like 2 days while only really using the mouse. That was only a year or so ago. Cheesy well done builds still do win a absolute ton of games. Being good at macro and micro is what you need but if you can somehow be so good at micro you can out micro any enemy player and win. Its just a better grind, but its a huge risk/reward scenario.
This is so funny LMAO I think BitByBit is actually really smart. With normal build order, normal player will certainly lose to pros. But with this, u at least have a chance and it worked really well lol
@@Gubers Data-mining, calculator sites and apps, "add-ons", video-walkthroughs, TAS runs, mouse macros, etc. etc. Eventually it will come full circle and people will remember what games are for, and start to challenge _themselves_ again - instead of letting the game play itself for them.
Seeing bases without any defenses in the mineral lines now feels like watching bronze league, just shows how the level of the average SC Player went up.
Honestly, that second game between BitByBit and Moon, BBB should have WON... He just mis-microed at the end at Moon's base, not managing to focus down the baneling eggs on time... I'm pretty sure that he mis-clicked or something...
Heypro could have easily won game 2. He should have never sent his main drones into the defense, and just saced his 2 base while building defense in the main. Then it would be each player on one base but BitByBit having basically no SCVs.
love the frequent uploads ♥️ made it my nightly routine to watch one of your videos! some video ideas if they're worth anything; - video about destinysc2 / elky and his poker career / special and his past bw history
Watching those old replays just show how people good now compared to then. There is almost no micro compared to current pro stage. Their micro back then looks like avg. plat player now :D
WOW love the starcraft stories.. I was was subbed to TheScore Esports but since they changed host they stopped talking about starcraft or any esports older than 3-5 years. Kinda sad.
OK, this is one of those moments where I feel totally LOST, despite having been present right there and then from the start, ever since EARLY BETA... I honestly have no recollection at all about any such cheesy plays, especially such that even became a MEME, by BitByBit. The only player who became somewhat of a MEME in those early days was MarineKing, who became famous for, you guessed it, very precise and cheesy M+M+M massing plays. Honestly, just WHEN did all this take place? There was a brief period where I wasn't following the game and its pro-scene, which was between mid-2012 and the release of HotS. Could THAT be the moment when all this happened? But then again, it still doesn't make sense, because at that point in time, such flimsy cheeses should have LONG been figured out and trumped. Actually, to think about it, they should have theoretically already been discovered AND beaten in Beta...
I know it's a echo chamber i'm speaking into, but blizzard games really helped shape and mold my life growing up. I've been playing diablo and starcraft since release in the 90s. I really hope that Blizzard can get their shit together.
tons of nostalgia from this channel, played and watched sc2 religiously during uni years in 2010-2011, sad to see that the game is practically dead in 2022
