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Google's DeepMind AI vs StarCraft 2 World Champion - Game 1

Google's DeepMind AI vs StarCraft 2 World Champion - Game 1

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ArtosisTV's commentary on Game 1 of DeepMind's AlphaStar (Protoss) against top Zerg player Serral at Blizzcon 2019. Artosis analyzes the match with beginner-friendly commentary.

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Cited as footage of AlphaStar beating a top human StarCraft 2 player, and for accessible game analysis.

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otherme123 · 2022-08 · rec

AFAIK, it beat Serral, but he said the setup wasn't optimal (not his keyboard nor his mouse). The games are in the Artosis channel ( [VIDEO] ), and the comments are beginner friendly.

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pohuing · 2024-01 · rec

The world's best starcraft players got smashed by Deep minds AlphaStar a while ago. The only way to win was by limiting the apm. Turns out with perfect control you don't need very complex strategy. One of the games if you're interested in an anaylsis: [VIDEO]

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__s · 2020-06 · reference

[VIDEO] At the last Blizzcon they had it around. The setup wasn't ideal, so Serral (won world finals in 2018, reached semifinals in 2019) wasn't really happy with how he played, but it won This was also a version where they'd worked on preventing its ability to micro at quadruple digit apm

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porphyra · 2021-03 · reference

At Blizzcon 2019, Alphastar beat Serral, undeniably a top player (although he didn't get to use his own keyboard and settings or get to prepare). Serral was able to beat the Terran agent though. [VIDEO]

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