How Scarlett stunned Bomber in one of StarCraft's greatest series

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Published 2018-09-20
Sometimes, great moments are not born from a perfectly-executed display of skill between two great players, but from a singular well-timed blow in what could otherwise be described as a slugfest.

Other times, those moments are created when a player bucks the norm and decides to play their way, instead of the established, so-called best way.

But in a few cases, it’s both. And we saw a perfect example in StarCraft II, when Scarlett and Bomber faced off at Red Bull Battlegrounds NYC in 2013.

Written by Josh Bury (@ThrownGauntlet)
Edited by Miles Hackett (@miles_hackett)
Interview by Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)

Footage courtesies:

Scarlett vs. Bomber Game 3 (higher res)
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Scarlett vs. Bomber Best-of-3, Red Bull Battlegrounds NY 2013
   • Red Bull Battle Grounds NYC | Bo3 Bom...  
Courtesy: ESL

INnoVation vs. SoulKey - Asian Qualifier - IEM 2014 World Championship - StarCraft 2
   • INnoVation vs. SoulKey - Asian Qualif...  
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The Road to a Championship - Sasha "Scarlett" Hostyn | SC2 IEM PyeongChang 2018
   • The Road to a Championship - Sasha "S...  
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WCS America PL Ro8 - Scarlett vs aLive - Game 3
   • WCS America PL Ro8 - Scarlett vs aLiv...  
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2013 GSTL Season 1 Pennant Race WK3, Match 1 Set 1
   • 2013 GSTL Season 1 Pennant Race, Week...  
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MC vs Bomber - MLG Dallas 2013 QF, Game 1
   • MC vs Bomber - Game 1 - Quarterfinals...  
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Jaedong vs. Bomber WCS Season 2 Grand Finals
   • Jaedong vs. Bomber - Grand Final - WC...  
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Red Bull Battlegrounds Austin Grand Finals Game 6
   • Red Bull Battlegrounds Austin Grand F...  
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Bomber vs. Goswser - Game 2 (MLG Dallas 2013
   • SC2 - Best seeker missiles ever! Bomb...  
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Scarlett vs. Bomber QF, WCS Season 2 Finals
   • Scarlett vs. Bomber - Quarter Finals ...  
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Scarlett Burrowed Banelings Crowd Reaction
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All Comments (21)
  • @dustinholtz9183
    Disappointing that the final baneling detonation to win the game was not shown more clearly. We didn't get to see Scarlet select the few banelings from the running pack of units and burrow them just before they came into the vision of Bomber. It was a crazy play that was the apex of the game but the video editing completely missed the opportunity to show it. What a shame.
  • That last second when she unburrowed those banelings and caught even the casters off guard. Magnificent.
  • @Gemini19
    Thanks for including my footage of the crowd towards the end :D
  • @StevenYang506
    Wow. Extraordinary. You are historians of my favorite past-time. Great job.
  • Great content and research as usual. I think you guys are the new standard for esports journalism. Thanks for upping the game.
  • People that can play high level RTS are really impressive. Starcraft is so well balanced.
  • Please keep doing vids The amount of effort you guys put in every single video is amazing huge fan
  • @alesicamara7202
    Do you remember that day when Scarlett switched from zerg to protoss and won? That day was crazy
  • @DarkFlame666
    FINALLY!!! THANK YOUUUU!!! :3 i've been waiting on you guys to do starcraft for sooo long. this is awesome!!!
  • @remotegod255
    I knew the second I saw the video title in my feed EXACTLY the moment it referred to, the ramp pointing downwards to the southwest, full of marines, the game, the series, the tournament - it's imprinted upon my memory. I was watching live for this tournie - two of my all-time favorite players - and it's one of my favorite moments in all of StarCraft history without hesitation. The spine-chilling hype of that series and in particular, that one moment, cannot be fully captured looking backwards - it was lightning in a bottle. Truly great, great StarCraft
  • @shapowlow
    Agreed with Dustin. You should have also included Day[9]'s cast when Bomber used up his remaining minerals and lifted up all of his buildings. He really invoked the tension with "FINAL PUSH ... this is the final push from Bomber, Scarlett needs to hold on for ONE.... FINAL... ATTACK!" This line sent chills to my spine then the unthinkable happened: Scarlett has no time and space to burrow banelings so she ran away then did the clutch burrow split second before bomber's sight gets in range then the ultimate detonation that will ring half a decade later happened. One of the best matches of all time.
  • @DarkfireTV
    The big days of SC2 were amazing! More SC2 Content pl0x
  • @nocableoj1221
    Watched this game a few years back and immediately became a Scarlett fan. Her, Jaedong, Bisu and many others are always fun to watch. Whenever i see a game she's played I want to watch it. Every zerg player dreams of that perfect of a bane detonation.
  • @xXMc1ovinXx
    I remember watching this live, the hype was so unreal, literally everyone was just freaking out, not only did she win, it was a truly amazing match, back and forth, so even, to be broken by burrow, something so rare, now that is why we love the game
  • @rk9515
    Dam, never heard of Scarlett before. Thanks for keeping me in the loop with good players.
  • @then00mer
    "...she'd been playing against Koreans in Korea for months, which was unheard of for Western Starcraft 2 players at the time..." What? There were Western SC2 players in Korea at the beginning of SC2 on account of the fact that they had been there since the Brood War days.
  • @Ireniicus
    i still get chills watching replays of this...watching it live was extraordinary
  • @l0rch785
    Great piece. I'm really loving your SC/SC2 content. Please do more historic sc/sc2 pieces!