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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.

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

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4 comments from Hacker News

@pohuing2024-01 · in “Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees”

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: ▶ this video

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@otherme1232022-08 · in “Tough times on the road to Starcraft (2012)”

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 ( ▶ this video ), and the comments are beginner friendly.

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@porphyra2021-03 · in “Mastering Real-Time Strategy Games with Deep RL: Mere Mortal Edition”

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. ▶ this video

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@__s2020-06 · in “How much did AlphaGo Zero cost? (2018)”

▶ this 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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