Hey everybody, sorry for the complete silence on the channel recently! I've been working on another video project (Hopefully done next month?) and it is the most ambitious and time consuming video I have ever made. Ended up deciding to make Zealots Only because I was taking too long with that project and I wanted to give people something to watch.

I hope you enjoy the video, and make sure to clear about 3.5 hours in your schedule for next month's release....

Grant: "War Pigs are marines"
Also Grant: "Fenix is not zealot"

In Marine only, it was Mengsk pulling his entire army to defend a side base, leaving a single missle turret to defend the objective.

In Zergling only it was that single siege tank completely shutting down the nydus strategy only to suddenly join the assault force several minutes later.

And now in Zealot only it was an overwhelming Zerg air force suddenly deciding the abandoned nexus on the bottom of the map was a more important target.

3 iconic moments that exist solely as a result of SC1's quirky AI.

Edit: fixed a brainfart moment, apologize for that

The reason the zerg air units left at 33:45 is because the AI was on the script that makes it hunt and search the entire map after your base and army(Send all Units on Strategic Suicide Missions), and because the AI first targets threats over nonthreats, and the 3 photon canons you had across the map were considered more threatening to the guardians and mutas than your entire 200 supply zealot army.

Overmind: I have the strongest Zerg defense in the game
Grant: I have... 42 mineral patches. And 20 gateways.

A part of my wants to see a Dragoons only. On one hand, they can hit air. On the other hand, pathfinding.

How the absolute hell, I never expected that Zealots only would be remotely possible in SC1!

In the last SC1 mission, you could have used SCVs for mining, instead of probes, so you could have had a whole 200 supplies strong army of zealots.

The reason why the game "lies to you" in the tassadar no build mission is because the beacons are rescueable in the campaign, meaning they belong to a "player" whose units become yours when you walk by, but the "location" (zone that triggers) that's on top of the beacon probably has a "Player 1 brings at least one unit" condition, which doesn't trigger with hallucinations.

The yoink at 12:27 was hilarious. The StarCraft 1 ai is beyond bizarre and I love it

"I choose to beat up the baby."

-Giant Grant, January 2023

12:26 A shuttle just Grabs the Reaver while the zealots start to smack it
Jesus

"A minor inconvenience of mutalisks" is like "a flock of seagulls" or "A murder of crows."

That ending - love the thematic throughline of SC1 AI's jankiness being the true hero here.

"43!!! THERE ARE 43 MINERAL FIELDS, IT'S ACTUALLY TOO MANY MINERALS!!! I TOOK THEM ALL!!! I TOOK A COUPLE OTHER BASES AS WELL"

I dont know why but that part had me rolling 😆

The definition of Starcraft insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the same result.

Man, the streams for this challenge were an experience.

Don't forget the fact zealots are unironically good in SC 1, they really do pack a punch. The problem is that marines can shoot and zerglings are just broken.

That Artosis pylon caught me totally off guard, well done Grant.

That tassadar-Jim Raynor trick at the 5:00 blew my mind.

it feels like the AI at the end got cocky and decided to not just destroy you, but flex on you, but they paid the price for their hubris by wasting too much time