I love Life's playstyle so much. He plays guerrilla warfare with zerg's mobility and taps away at this opponent's defenses, then once a crack opens, he just shifts into high gear and punches it. Such a treat to watch (but I still love you too, Naniwa
His English really is outstanding. Consider how fast he speaks - no hesitating, no searching for words - his vocabulary is better than many native English speakers, and he speaks at stream of thought speed. He's a terrific caster.
What an amazing game. Loved the attempt at cheeky proxy hatches by Life. Sue's song at the end is the cherry on the best series I've followed so far. What a great host! This series had everything! Naniwa was an amazing European, as well!
Game 1 (Polar Night): 13:20 Game 2 (Akilon Wastes): 33:57 Game 3 (Bel'Shir Vestige): 50:11 Game 4 (Whirlwind): 1:08:23 Game 5 (Yeonsu): 1:26:35 Game 6 (Frost): 1:50:50 I've been rewatching some of these old tournaments out of nostalgia. This stands out to me not only as a great set of games from a different time, but also as a reminder. NaNi and Life are both remembered only for their poor actions. Still - this matchup is one I watched at the time, and I miss the days of staying up late to watch a few games of StarCraft. Maybe some of you do too.
You've just won IEM New York! Well done! Now come up here on stage and collect your reward. Cool. Now... Because you've won... You get to stand around awkwardly with an oversize cheque while people dance around you and pat you on the back. That's how we treat champions here at IEM!
seems Naniwa has a good personality. At the end of the 5th game, Naniwa typed ''gratz'' for his opponent while Life did proxy hatcheries or so-called manner hatcheries. I watched the grand-final in search of Life's games but I got to like Naniwa.
as a zerg player its really exciting to watch life's games. his game sence is on a such high level. these strange combinations of units, like queens-infestors-ultralisks, oh my.. naniwa also played quite good. p.s. that trophy is so small, lol
some body queen ultralisk infestor is a well known army comp that kills most protoss armies unless toss knows about it well beforehand and spams immortals.
some body it's hard to pull it off. its one of the few army comp that requires zerg to play lategame, instead of disrupting toss at mid game. most toss will harass and macro well enough to gain their deathball faster with multiple bases for toss just working so much better in their favor. but yes i agree that it is his incredible game sense that allows him to pull off many victories (although often overly aggressive, but that's just the trait of most of successful z players)
some body Not sure it is game sense though or just an ability to control units while macroing perfectly. Naniwa's first game is a classic example of the opposite, he gets a great lead but totally blows it because of lack of army control and presence. Life just seems to be able to blindly macro and be totally aware and busy with his units at all times.
Crazy to believe that this was 10 years ago! I remember watching this life and was really rooting for Naniwa but back in that time, Koreans were unstoppable.
Lance armstrong as one example raised almost 500 million dollars for supporting people with cancer. Name a pro gamer that has donated even a fraction of that amount to ANY charity.
That game 4.... Poor NaNiwa. Wish I could hug him right there. He should have won. He did win in my eyes. Life is just another Korean. At least NaNiwa has a personality.
What the shit r u talking about rofl. This is about skills. This is competition. I cant understand ur point. If u r a guy and think that u r straight reconsider it. If u r a girl calm ur hormones.
doroza2lol Koreans are better because they play for 16 hours a day like robots. They may know how to play SC2, but watching them on tournaments is boring as fuck, because SC2 is the only thing they can think about and they're always so asian about it: "Oh I respect my opponent and I'll try my best". There are exceptions, like MC, but they're far and between. I'd rather watch a lower grade of SC2, but with some drama attached to it. NaNiwa is a badass, and he played really good in this tournament. I don't blame him for losing against a robot. That's the shit I'm talking about.
Iridar51 U just denied hard work. And u just put Nani to the second league and thats unacceptable for me becouse he can do better. U as his fan should support him and encourage him not by making him the first place by his personality(or his looking,which most of u fans r reffering to). And about that Life is korean is really sad if u think that so. What does he do to earn ur disrespect? Because he is hardworking? Because he is korean? Because he is good? I dont know if he is working 16 h per day, hm and whats the reason to know? Everyone wants to be the best at what they do. U probably have some skills(cooking, writting, drawing, pc gaming etc.) And u want to tell me that polishing ur own skills and reach the top (here in SC2 its just for 1 year) is not a good thing then u sir denied poeples hard work. Their time was wasted their respect is just a bluff that their family aint proud of them. Sir if u think that so u just earned my DISRESPECT.
doroza2lol DISRESPECT? Woe to me, how will I ever live with it. Yes, I deny Life's hard work, because his hard work is insane. Koreans have a different culture, it is acceptable for them to have no life and just sit and do the same thing over and over for hours to no end. NaNiwa could not win this because he does not want to commit ALL of his time to practice, and any sane person from non-asian culture would be the same. SC2 is extremely mechanical game. A robot can play it better than a human, so to win at it, you have to become a robot. Among humans NaNiwa is one of the best, and if he was playing against a human, and not a biorobot Life, he'd win.
Iridar51 Without those NOLIFERS idk if u could have this comfort right now. U think those inventors, artist, writters (without them hitler would have done much worse) doesnt earn respect couse they didnt spend their life as ur vision? Those poeple without a sleep just focused on their work and without this hardwork we would be in the world with slaves with technology that is so simple for us right now. That would put us decades back. This is general thinking not metaphore or what else. And i dont think so that only asians spend their life just for work. Think about what u r trying to deny pls. Because its really a shame that by ur thinking this world would be more fucked then it is now.
Whoever wins it's gonna be awesome. Naniwa has been always my favorite since the beginning of SC2 and as a zerg player, Life is just incredible. Love them both!
Zerg buildings use up the worker that builds them so at the beginning, when he has 10/10 supply, he builds an extractor to drop his supply to 9/10 so he can build another worker, then cancels the extractor(because you don't need gas early as Zerg).
this if my firts time whatching naniwa play and i like how he play, and i watched play life in others vids and i think life is 1 of the best players in sc2 right now
NaniWa really made some Epic games there! He could easily have been the one to win. GG! Please show up at Blizzcon and kick some asses and give more fun shows! Thanks!
Life: Japan has its tech and anime too at least we are not like some white people where the poor or those with no family ties, the lucky ones at least end up in third world countries, hopefully when he gets old Naniwa will not end up as one of these losers and end up marrying third world wife to take care of him. Who then is the master and who is the servant US or Europe, we will never know but as far as we Koreans are concerned we prevent our citizens from going and marrying in third world countries because it teaches them corruption and when they have children or come back to Korea they are tainted by this weakness and high standards that they cannot compete with the best of the best in Korea and their corruption weakens our society. Careful my friend at least we put class into our educational system you and Jon Stewart might think that you are sitting us but with China rising and Japan suddenly got a rude awakening holy shit from second largest economy to good knows who, somebody got DUPED Haha!
Crazy to think this has been played "only" 3 years ago... I mean that is Naniwa arguably in his Prime and Life even before he became the best player in the world (and the G.O.A.T., imo - sry MVP Fans). This feels like it happened 10 years ago.
PLEASE, upload videos in order of appearance. Or at least number them or something like that. I missed the Semifinal of Naniwa vs. Hyun, and that was spoiled here and in other "Intel Extreme Masters New York 2013 Highlights" vid. Good channel, but keep all vids in order. Thanks.
I love Life's playstyle so much. He plays guerrilla warfare with zerg's mobility and taps away at this opponent's defenses, then once a crack opens, he just shifts into high gear and punches it.
Such a treat to watch (but I still love you too, Naniwa
I don't want lame - I want the game!
13:15
33:56
50:13
1:08:04
1:26:37
1:50:51
thx
+maSkraPvlog you're the real mvp!
+maSkraPvlog I like your comment sir.
His English really is outstanding. Consider how fast he speaks - no hesitating, no searching for words - his vocabulary is better than many native English speakers, and he speaks at stream of thought speed. He's a terrific caster.
Naniwa = maybe not the best player out there but some epick holds from that guy..... so respect, nothing less for him
What an amazing game. Loved the attempt at cheeky proxy hatches by Life. Sue's song at the end is the cherry on the best series I've followed so far. What a great host! This series had everything! Naniwa was an amazing European, as well!
LIFE WAS ONLY 16 FOR THIS WHAT
Jason Fontaine Did you look at the date of the match? :)
he won GSL at 15...
Game 1: 13:14
Thanks.
THANK YOU
I am a Terran player at heart but it is still beautiful to watch the best zerg player play.
true
ikr
+George Scott :D hello fellow terran!
JaedenFromTheJTJ Hello there~ :)!
watched the first day of this, then totally forgot about it until now. These uploads are great, i mean it they real real goooooooooooood :)
16 yrs old n dominated so hard, awesome!
I feel sorry for Todd having to cast with that guy, you know, the one who thinks its a one show
Best final in the history of SC2 between two antiheroes.
I love this. Starcraft has one of the best communities of ALL TIME. Hands down.
Game 1 (Polar Night): 13:20
Game 2 (Akilon Wastes): 33:57
Game 3 (Bel'Shir Vestige): 50:11
Game 4 (Whirlwind): 1:08:23
Game 5 (Yeonsu): 1:26:35
Game 6 (Frost): 1:50:50
I've been rewatching some of these old tournaments out of nostalgia. This stands out to me not only as a great set of games from a different time, but also as a reminder. NaNi and Life are both remembered only for their poor actions. Still - this matchup is one I watched at the time, and I miss the days of staying up late to watch a few games of StarCraft. Maybe some of you do too.
I didn't know Nani was known for poor actions. What did he do?
@@ZC.Andrew In short, he was a sore loser. But still, good memories. Both were phenomenal players.
You've just won IEM New York! Well done! Now come up here on stage and collect your reward. Cool. Now... Because you've won... You get to stand around awkwardly with an oversize cheque while people dance around you and pat you on the back. That's how we treat champions here at IEM!
This series is so sweet I watched it 3 times.
I love how as Life is about to gg, in the first game Naniwa wins, Life has a big smile on his face.
Thanks so much for uploading! :D
That last song so awkward
It sure was... Hahaha! Lmao!
Aaron Logan She MUST have lost a bet or something.
+Aaron Logan HAHAHA THAT WAS golden.
+Aaron Logan
only if you make it awkward
When the cat plays with his half dead bird, the bird manages to slip away sometimes. Not for long though.
esports are awesome, I hope they become more popular in the future
How do you feel about the state of eSports after almost a decade?
43:50 that honor-speech about life put tears in my eyes - such an amazing player
seems Naniwa has a good personality. At the end of the 5th game, Naniwa typed ''gratz'' for his opponent while Life did proxy hatcheries or so-called manner hatcheries. I watched the grand-final in search of Life's games but I got to like Naniwa.
as a zerg player its really exciting to watch life's games. his game sence is on a such high level. these strange combinations of units, like queens-infestors-ultralisks, oh my..
naniwa also played quite good.
p.s. that trophy is so small, lol
some body queen ultralisk infestor is a well known army comp that kills most protoss armies unless toss knows about it well beforehand and spams immortals.
mj probably it was. but noone plays that style nowadays, so i was surprised.
(i'm following sc for ~6 month)
some body it's hard to pull it off. its one of the few army comp that requires zerg to play lategame, instead of disrupting toss at mid game. most toss will harass and macro well enough to gain their deathball faster with multiple bases for toss just working so much better in their favor. but yes i agree that it is his incredible game sense that allows him to pull off many victories (although often overly aggressive, but that's just the trait of most of successful z players)
some body Not sure it is game sense though or just an ability to control units while macroing perfectly. Naniwa's first game is a classic example of the opposite, he gets a great lead but totally blows it because of lack of army control and presence. Life just seems to be able to blindly macro and be totally aware and busy with his units at all times.
Thank you dear.
Crazy to believe that this was 10 years ago! I remember watching this life and was really rooting for Naniwa but back in that time, Koreans were unstoppable.
So much fun watching this games, unlike many other pros that are content with rolling around their death ball for half an hour.
These games were amazing.
It's funny how these guys are viewed as having "no life" and athletes are cherished as "hard workers" and "heros"
Funny indeed
Lance armstrong as one example raised almost 500 million dollars for supporting people with cancer. Name a pro gamer that has donated even a fraction of that amount to ANY charity.
Dang what a stupid ass comparison
@@BaconSenpai Name a pro player that have even seen a fraction of 500 million... smh
Best ending to any tournament I've ever seen. great song from the presenter
Life wins and his face is like meh. No korean, too easy.
LOL so true tho
i see you comment on all sc2 replays : p
I love the extra zoom out!
That game 4.... Poor NaNiwa. Wish I could hug him right there. He should have won. He did win in my eyes. Life is just another Korean. At least NaNiwa has a personality.
What the shit r u talking about rofl. This is about skills. This is competition. I cant understand ur point. If u r a guy and think that u r straight reconsider it. If u r a girl calm ur hormones.
doroza2lol Koreans are better because they play for 16 hours a day like robots.
They may know how to play SC2, but watching them on tournaments is boring as fuck, because SC2 is the only thing they can think about and they're always so asian about it: "Oh I respect my opponent and I'll try my best".
There are exceptions, like MC, but they're far and between.
I'd rather watch a lower grade of SC2, but with some drama attached to it. NaNiwa is a badass, and he played really good in this tournament. I don't blame him for losing against a robot. That's the shit I'm talking about.
Iridar51
U just denied hard work. And u just put Nani to the second league and thats unacceptable for me becouse he can do better. U as his fan should support him and encourage him not by making him the first place by his personality(or his looking,which most of u fans r reffering to). And about that Life is korean is really sad if u think that so. What does he do to earn ur disrespect? Because he is hardworking? Because he is korean? Because he is good? I dont know if he is working 16 h per day, hm and whats the reason to know? Everyone wants to be the best at what they do. U probably have some skills(cooking, writting, drawing, pc gaming etc.) And u want to tell me that polishing ur own skills and reach the top (here in SC2 its just for 1 year) is not a good thing then u sir denied poeples hard work. Their time was wasted their respect is just a bluff that their family aint proud of them. Sir if u think that so u just earned my DISRESPECT.
doroza2lol DISRESPECT? Woe to me, how will I ever live with it.
Yes, I deny Life's hard work, because his hard work is insane. Koreans have a different culture, it is acceptable for them to have no life and just sit and do the same thing over and over for hours to no end.
NaNiwa could not win this because he does not want to commit ALL of his time to practice, and any sane person from non-asian culture would be the same.
SC2 is extremely mechanical game. A robot can play it better than a human, so to win at it, you have to become a robot. Among humans NaNiwa is one of the best, and if he was playing against a human, and not a biorobot Life, he'd win.
Iridar51
Without those NOLIFERS idk if u could have this comfort right now. U think those inventors, artist, writters (without them hitler would have done much worse) doesnt earn respect couse they didnt spend their life as ur vision? Those poeple without a sleep just focused on their work and without this hardwork we would be in the world with slaves with technology that is so simple for us right now. That would put us decades back. This is general thinking not metaphore or what else. And i dont think so that only asians spend their life just for work. Think about what u r trying to deny pls. Because its really a shame that by ur thinking this world would be more fucked then it is now.
1:52:34 the hatchery of the devil.
+.Hardcore xDDD i laughed so hard
Holy fuck. That defence from NaniWa third game. How
Jason Fontaine I know... it's a feast for the eyes.
Whoever wins it's gonna be awesome. Naniwa has been always my favorite since the beginning of SC2 and as a zerg player, Life is just incredible. Love them both!
Life makes these grand final matches look like a standard campaign mission. I love life xD
Awesome! You're insanely helpful, no way I would've been able to figure this out on my own, certainly deserve top comment!
I watched this live and it was awesome
Damn, great games. Game 4 was absolutely sick
Awesome commentating Apollo!
love the last song. im so making it my ringtone. suvs chasing . call me maybe
Thanks
Omg this game is so good when we get more videos ?
Zerg buildings use up the worker that builds them so at the beginning, when he has 10/10 supply, he builds an extractor to drop his supply to 9/10 so he can build another worker, then cancels the extractor(because you don't need gas early as Zerg).
My boy Life 2022 ❤️
Great games by both sides !!!
45:00 maybe victory was for life but naniwa did the best defense i never seen
So crazy that life would get caught swinging games soon after his rise.
Fantastic games
The Clarences love & support NaNiwa vs. Life - Grand Final - IEM New York - StarCraft 2!
this is grand finals ! i love how naniwa kept denying the manner hatch .. and i love how naniwa is playing ..
great match up. well played form both players in the tourny
51:30 the map represent when Naniwa met the reportress
this if my firts time whatching naniwa play and i like how he play, and i watched play life in others vids and i think life is 1 of the best players in sc2 right now
What is that victory theme? That epic chant I mean. Anybody have any idea?
I crave for that Overlord cap that the staff guy wears :D
Back when we still loved Life
“Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way” Malcolm- Jurassic Park
Any1 knows whats the music playing in the backgroung of the victory each time?plz help,i cant find it anywhere!!!
hey, can we get a video of Naniwa Vs Polt from IEM Katowice?
12:32 That guy in the yellow hoodie's face! Holy hahahahaha
anyone knows the soundtrack after every game ending? times... 30:22 , 47:40 ,1:05:28 , 1:24:37 , 1:42:06 , 1:58:59
At the end you can see Naniwa behind everyone in the backstage, he thought he'd go on to the stage but he wasn't invited.
13:06 you are most welcome! :)
I witnessed the best SC 2 games with Heart Of The Swarm
that fail award presentation... beautiful games though, never seen such impressive ling control
After a little research on Naniwa, I feel great that Life put some Hatch on his face
The best games of starcraft!
NaNiwa have one big flaw.
White skin.
Preach 'em brother
NaniWa really made some Epic games there! He could easily have been the one to win. GG! Please show up at Blizzcon and kick some asses and give more fun shows! Thanks!
That last game was intense with all those zerglings.
Life is such an exceptional player. Now with Flash and Zest at KT Rolster they seem untouchable. All Zerg players need to study this young man.
When attacking at the last moment of the forth game, Naniwa should build the third base. It would make difference.
Well in Starcraft 2 lingo PvP usually stands for the Protoss vs Protoss matchup. Perhaps the term you want is a melee match or ladder match.
If you look at the expressions of the faces you will realize that the Korean enjoys playing so well miss smiles. Another thing is BOMBER ...
Who was the guy that won on the stage? The one that looks the most confused and not that happy, must be full of Life =)
The winner of this event is quite the dancer!
and the next day Life goes home and tells his dad: "Dad, I won Intel Extreme Masters... can I go out on a date now?" dad: "No. Go study in your room!"
lol
..but then his mum shouts "SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS!"
+Detc0re hes probably made more than his dad ever did. If i were him i would do whatever i wanted lmao
Life: Japan has its tech and anime too at least we are not like some white people where the poor or those with no family ties, the lucky ones at least end up in third world countries, hopefully when he gets old Naniwa will not end up as one of these losers and end up marrying third world wife to take care of him. Who then is the master and who is the servant US or Europe, we will never know but as far as we Koreans are concerned we prevent our citizens from going and marrying in third world countries because it teaches them corruption and when they have children or come back to Korea they are tainted by this weakness and high standards that they cannot compete with the best of the best in Korea and their corruption weakens our society. Careful my friend at least we put class into our educational system you and Jon Stewart might think that you are sitting us but with China rising and Japan suddenly got a rude awakening holy shit from second largest economy to good knows who, somebody got DUPED Haha!
+Detc0re More like "You doctor yet?"
Holy shit. the second match was BEAUTIFULLY PLAYED
hi guys, just wanna ask what's the song at the beginning?!
Such a remarkable performance with those zerglings ^^ GG Life u deserve it
Being down 2-0 and then coming back 3-2 in previous rounds took skills and that's what we like about him.
Crazy to think this has been played "only" 3 years ago... I mean that is Naniwa arguably in his Prime and Life even before he became the best player in the world (and the G.O.A.T., imo - sry MVP Fans).
This feels like it happened 10 years ago.
"..storm to the right, storm to the left, storm to the centar.. !!!" nice...
I might be wrong but isnt that mask supposed to be Nite Owl's?
Anyone know what the intro song from 0:00 to around 0:30 is called? Thanks :)
very nice matches
It's ex warcraft3 and current protoss player/caster, ToD.
man these days were so epic haha
the guy who noone ever knows behind the sound mixing desk had a hard job letting her sound as good as possible
Excellent play by Life :) inspiring game
during the last song, I'd be very tempted to walk off stage if I was Life
46:38 *nonchalantly "Breaking news.. Zerglings in teh third again.."
PLEASE, upload videos in order of appearance. Or at least number them or something like that.
I missed the Semifinal of Naniwa vs. Hyun, and that was spoiled here and in other "Intel Extreme Masters New York 2013 Highlights" vid.
Good channel, but keep all vids in order. Thanks.
Does any one know why Zerg Drone players have their drones something a like a star outline on the map before building a base?
soundtrack pls someone please give me the soundtrack in the beggining of the video,i really need it!
Eh? Why didn't Naniwa resort to DT defense for the hydra queen attack? There were no detectos nearby.
Naniwa looked so nervy the whole time, and Life looked so chill
Put the flare out! your f**king up my buffer!