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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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).
can someone explain to me a new sc2 player why Life always attemps to build (in the very beginning) a gas thing but cancel it again isn't it just minerals waste?
Life does this so called 'double extractor trick' to get more drones than the supply cap. Zerg has to use a drone to make a building so he makes and extractor(gas thing) or two which turns the drone into a building and makes it not count as a supply. Then he makes drones to replace those then he cancels those buildings to get the drone back thus he can get more units than the supply cap.
+JoeyThePhantom Yeah good point after they were nurfed they were phased out. Most protoss players go for adept all-ins against terran, oracle harass is still a thing, 4 gate obviously. But I barely see any deathball immortal styles. It has transitioned into stalker zealot sentry void phoenix w/o immortals. Some toss even incorporate disruptors regardless of their poor performance.
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.
STEFAN9484 What the not-so-kind Taylor meant was, there is a program called Shazam that "hears" what music is played on your computer and then analyzes it and tells what artist and title :)
Naniwa, my favorite player! If he got a good day, he crush everything. And his holdbacks? and forcefields?`my god. The most talented toss player. Coming from an swedish guy, Am tired too see korean wins.
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
How come all units in Starcraft 2 die within one second, while in brood war they lived much longer and the battlefield was 10x more exciting to watch? Or am I missing something?
Holy fuck. That defence from NaniWa third game. How
Jason Fontaine I know... it's a feast for the eyes.
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.
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~ :)!
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.
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.
Game 3 was legendary, life is serving life
Naniwa = maybe not the best player out there but some epick holds from that guy..... so respect, nothing less for him
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
Back when we still loved Life
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.
LIFE WAS ONLY 16 FOR THIS WHAT
Jason Fontaine Did you look at the date of the match? :)
he won GSL at 15...
1:52:34 the hatchery of the devil.
+.Hardcore xDDD i laughed so hard
I love this. Starcraft has one of the best communities of ALL TIME. Hands down.
43:50 that honor-speech about life put tears in my eyes - such an amazing player
Best final in the history of SC2 between two antiheroes.
watched the first day of this, then totally forgot about it until now. These uploads are great, i mean it they real real goooooooooooood :)
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!
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!
16 yrs old n dominated so hard, awesome!
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
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.
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
I love how as Life is about to gg, in the first game Naniwa wins, Life has a big smile on his face.
I feel sorry for Todd having to cast with that guy, you know, the one who thinks its a one show
9:39 look at left upper conner
When the cat plays with his half dead bird, the bird manages to slip away sometimes. Not for long though.
51:30 the map represent when Naniwa met the reportress
13:06 you are most welcome! :)
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?
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.
Life makes these grand final matches look like a standard campaign mission. I love life xD
1:19:36 One-hundred and twenty-ten supply.
10/10
Great Call!
alax1313 Well what would you say if you see "128", start saying one-hundred twenty and then see "130"? I think its pretty clever :)
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?"
Any1 knows whats the music playing in the backgroung of the victory each time?plz help,i cant find it anywhere!!!
Omg this game is so good when we get more videos ?
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
Does any one know why Zerg Drone players have their drones something a like a star outline on the map before building a base?
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.
My boy Life 2022 ❤️
What is that victory theme? That epic chant I mean. Anybody have any idea?
So much fun watching this games, unlike many other pros that are content with rolling around their death ball for half an hour.
45:00 maybe victory was for life but naniwa did the best defense i never seen
46:38 *nonchalantly "Breaking news.. Zerglings in teh third again.."
1:23:40
"the voidrays - he pulled them back with red health...how is he doing it?!"
rightclick pretty much
sooooooooDark :)
Michael Bauers I assume he meant it as a compliment to his micro skills as he had to accurately and quickly pull back the wounded rays
love the last song. im so making it my ringtone. suvs chasing . call me maybe
12:32 That guy in the yellow hoodie's face! Holy hahahahaha
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
1:59:10
rejected high five.
lol. he was just showing the way. His hand wasn't even that high.
This series is so sweet I watched it 3 times.
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!
Eh? Why didn't Naniwa resort to DT defense for the hydra queen attack? There were no detectos nearby.
can someone explain to me why naniwa never builds cannons at the wall?
hey, can we get a video of Naniwa Vs Polt from IEM Katowice?
Thanks so much for uploading! :D
Naniwa was an arrogant punk, his beef with Polt showed his true colours.
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).
Best ending to any tournament I've ever seen. great song from the presenter
Awesome! You're insanely helpful, no way I would've been able to figure this out on my own, certainly deserve top comment!
can someone explain to me a new sc2 player why Life always attemps to build (in the very beginning) a gas thing but cancel it again isn't it just minerals waste?
Life does this so called 'double extractor trick' to get more drones than the supply cap. Zerg has to use a drone to make a building so he makes and extractor(gas thing) or two which turns the drone into a building and makes it not count as a supply. Then he makes drones to replace those then he cancels those buildings to get the drone back thus he can get more units than the supply cap.
soundtrack pls someone please give me the soundtrack in the beggining of the video,i really need it!
Anyone know what the intro song from 0:00 to around 0:30 is called? Thanks :)
“Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way” Malcolm- Jurassic Park
Why is Life alway build and then cancel an extractor imediately at the start of every game,is there any meaning to this?
I love the extra zoom out!
sickest void ray micro by NaNi!!
1:19:00
These games were amazing.
hi guys, just wanna ask what's the song at the beginning?!
hat happened to the casters face?
Thank you dear.
why do p players never mass immortals? i don't play much but i thought they were solid units
+Garen Crownguard They were pretty solid in HotS true... Now they suck by my oponion
JoeyThePhantom so they were nerfed? sucks. what's the 'standard' army comp now?
I am not Protoss player, but standard now i think like Stalkers/Void Rays/Colossi
+JoeyThePhantom Yeah good point after they were nurfed they were phased out. Most protoss players go for adept all-ins against terran, oracle harass is still a thing, 4 gate obviously. But I barely see any deathball immortal styles. It has transitioned into stalker zealot sentry void phoenix w/o immortals. Some toss even incorporate disruptors regardless of their poor performance.
+Garen Crownguard because they are expensive and can be easily countered by lings, marines (mucho more easily massed and cheap units) or flying units.
I think relakzy was referring to Player vs Player.
Awesome commentating Apollo!
Who's that badass at the end dancing?? Someone must know who he is.
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.
can someone tell me the soundtrack from the beggining of the video please? i really want to know,please someone
fucking download shazam.
Taylor Hawley to do what?download shazam?who is shazam?
STEFAN9484 What the not-so-kind Taylor meant was, there is a program called Shazam that "hears" what music is played on your computer and then analyzes it and tells what artist and title :)
Jamie Moeller thank you sweet angel.
Childish Gambino - Heartbeat (Proper Villains Remix) Here you go :)
Best players of Universe!!!!
I might be wrong but isnt that mask supposed to be Nite Owl's?
No post-game handshake / gg? BM...
Why did NaNiwa not make Observers or Cannons in Game 1??
Most likely thing he could stop it with just zealots and tech up but it was the wrong move.
ok. Thanks.
can anyone tell me: what's the name for the song sang by the asian girl?
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 =)
Damn, great games. Game 4 was absolutely sick
Wonder if they had a song for each winner. So GG Maybe =P
Anyone know song at beginning?
Thanks
song at the start of the vid?
Naniwa, my favorite player! If he got a good day, he crush everything. And his holdbacks? and forcefields?`my god. The most talented toss player. Coming from an swedish guy, Am tired too see korean wins.
Final match... Lets go mass lings, booooring! fuc k zerg :D
Adam Löfqvist
You mad??? :)
Akif Çelik No, im not mad :) Im just a naniwa fan :)
k
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.
um why hatch 2nd enermy exp slot then cancel?
Do you need spire for Vipers? :D
The Clarences love & support NaNiwa vs. Life - Grand Final - IEM New York - StarCraft 2!
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
How come all units in Starcraft 2 die within one second, while in brood war they lived much longer and the battlefield was 10x more exciting to watch?
Or am I missing something?
What happened to poor artosis? Did he have an accident?
what's the korean girl's name?
Sue
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.
music at start?
So crazy that life would get caught swinging games soon after his rise.
13:05 is when the game starts for any of you wondering...
that fail award presentation... beautiful games though, never seen such impressive ling control