Harstem Talks: Saudi Money in StarCraft, and KR vs EU, "Serral is an outlier, overall KR is better"
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Published 2024-02-08
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Harstem and I had a wonderful chat and he gave us some spicy takes. Hearing from the Captain is always a blast. I hope everyone likes this piece as much as I do!
Harstem's Twitch: www.twitch.tv/harstem
Harstem's Youtube: / @harstem
Harstem's Twitter: twitter.com/HarstemSc2
SCHistorian Twitter: twitter.com/SC2Historian
Chapters:
0:00 Coming Up and Intro
1:15 Getting into RTS
2:18 From Warcraft to StarCraft
3:35 Playing High Level SC2 While Content Creating
7:50 New Era of EU Talent in SC, and EU vs Korea
9:45 Proudest Moments in SC2 Career
12:23 Goals As a Player and Content Creator
15:20 State of Balance in SC2
16:25 New RTS Renaissance, Criticizing Saudi Investment in Esports
20:45 Birth and Growth of Shopify Rebellion
21:40 Effect of Microsoft Ownership of Blizz
23:15 Stormgate Expectations
25:18 Closing Words and Outro
All Comments (21)
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Good video baby face
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I am a random American who plays Starcraft at night with his married buddies at a Platinum level (and definitely no higher). We still have a blast after all these years. I love watching Harstem. He is hilariously cocky as a fun act, but, when genuine, he is a serious professional with real humility.
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Harstem is such a smart guy. It is nice to hear his opinions about different themes related to RTS. He is also humble, he doesn't comment on things he doesn't know about. That is a lot of self-awareness! Kudos for his channel and hard work there, we really enjoy it and admire his dedication! Kudos to you also, you have good interviews question and great figures in your channel, I subscribed!
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I am flabbergasted that they recreated Harstem's lighting settings from his studio so accurately. Could be in front of a greenscreen and he is just at home, haha.
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Smart of you to snatch this interview early in the year of Harstem, before he becomes too famous and powerful!
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Since my friend linked an IODIS video two years ago Ive watched a ton of Harstem's videos. He was a massive breath of fresh air in the YT scene- very grateful for his consistency, he always brightens a day
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'The Saudis are just throwing money at it, without really having an idea of what they're doing.' Damn, gotta appreciate Harstems absolutely honest bluntness lol. Even when honest might not be smartest thing to be.
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gotta give props to Harstem for not overhyping the saudis influence in the sc2 scene
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13:25 This is one of the reasons Harstem is so likeable. There is no struggle for viewer/sub count with him.
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Harstem's funny videos always add a nice touch to my day, either at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. I hope he gets where he wants to be both in competitive play and as a content creator.
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What an excellent interview. Kudos to Harstem ... such humility. A really nice inside view from enjoying Harstem's content. He's still funny as f*ck lol
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It's still the year of Harstem and that will never change! We Proud!
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7:56 lol at that eyebrow raise
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honor guide me!!! yes chieften. TC was an iconic wc3 hero for sure :D
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A few years ago I watched Harstem casting a B stream, his commentary was so enlightening. He is definitely my favorite analyst.
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Harstem is one of my favorite content creators, great dude and so witty!
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Much love for Harstem <3<3<3
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I'll never get over Harstem's lustrous lips. Whenever I see his face I just can't stop staring at it, lol.
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Maybe a personal nitpick but I think the question cadence or inflections and follow ups could use refinement. Cheers, thanks for the interview
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man, I love the Starcraft 2 community, I played a bunch of sc2 teamgames
