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Dynge
Profile Joined July 2012
Denmark46 Posts
August 04 2018 07:55 GMT
#141
Keep it up! You can do this, Serral!!
Keeemy
Profile Joined November 2012
Finland7855 Posts
August 04 2018 08:20 GMT
#142
The king keeps doing his thing
Hello
SlammerIV
Profile Joined December 2013
United States526 Posts
August 04 2018 08:22 GMT
#143
Clean win over Inno, well done Serral!
Regorr
Profile Joined February 2011
306 Posts
August 04 2018 09:40 GMT
#144
LETS GO SERRAL CHANNELING HARD
Keeemy
Profile Joined November 2012
Finland7855 Posts
August 04 2018 11:56 GMT
#145
FUCK YES SERRAL IN THE FINALS!

Let's go!
Hello
Caerwyn
Profile Joined February 2017
23 Posts
August 04 2018 12:01 GMT
#146
What an absolute god
D-light
Profile Joined April 2012
Finland7364 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-04 12:42:04
August 04 2018 12:41 GMT
#147
Serral going the next HomeStory Cup apparently.

why even
Drake
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany6146 Posts
August 04 2018 18:44 GMT
#148
a final in korea and the foreign is the huge favorite xD thanks serral and now go and "finish" stats
Nb.Drake / CoL_Drake / Original Joined TL.net Tuesday, 15th of March 2005
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 04 2018 19:02 GMT
#149
The level of denial by so many people is honestly just weird. My favorite part is how many people are making excuses along the lines of "well korean play is the weakest it's ever been because sc2 is declining". absolute nonsense, the player pool may be smaller, sure. but simply by watching the games it is clear that the general level of play is the highest it's ever been, it just happens that serral is one of the best players we've ever seen in the world.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16057 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-04 20:44:09
August 04 2018 20:38 GMT
#150
On August 05 2018 04:02 travis wrote:
The level of denial by so many people is honestly just weird. My favorite part is how many people are making excuses along the lines of "well korean play is the weakest it's ever been because sc2 is declining". absolute nonsense, the player pool may be smaller, sure. but simply by watching the games it is clear that the general level of play is the highest it's ever been, it just happens that serral is one of the best players we've ever seen in the world.

Agreed, the mass retirements and disbandments of korean teams have increased the skill level drastically.
Also as the players get older their mechanics and reaction times are getting sharper and sharper.

edit: My intention is not to shit up the Serral fan club and this may be the wrong place for this debate but I just disagree so heavily with the "highest skilled era" statement that I couldn't let this unanswered.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
11cc
Profile Joined May 2008
Finland561 Posts
August 04 2018 21:08 GMT
#151
On August 05 2018 05:38 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2018 04:02 travis wrote:
The level of denial by so many people is honestly just weird. My favorite part is how many people are making excuses along the lines of "well korean play is the weakest it's ever been because sc2 is declining". absolute nonsense, the player pool may be smaller, sure. but simply by watching the games it is clear that the general level of play is the highest it's ever been, it just happens that serral is one of the best players we've ever seen in the world.

Agreed, the mass retirements and disbandments of korean teams have increased the skill level drastically.
Also as the players get older their mechanics and reaction times are getting sharper and sharper.

edit: My intention is not to shit up the Serral fan club and this may be the wrong place for this debate but I just disagree so heavily with the "highest skilled era" statement that I couldn't let this unanswered.

Your argument would be more convincing to me if you were comparing current situation to a hypothetical present time where those mass retirements and disbandments of korean teams didn't happen at all. The retiring players don't wave a magic wand to make the remaining players worse and the fact that people age isn't proof that they stop developing at all (also it's not like they're 40 years old).

I personally don't mind you making the argument, but I'm a bit annoyed by your sarcastic tone given that it's Serral fan club.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16057 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-04 21:21:34
August 04 2018 21:19 GMT
#152
On August 05 2018 06:08 11cc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2018 05:38 Charoisaur wrote:
On August 05 2018 04:02 travis wrote:
The level of denial by so many people is honestly just weird. My favorite part is how many people are making excuses along the lines of "well korean play is the weakest it's ever been because sc2 is declining". absolute nonsense, the player pool may be smaller, sure. but simply by watching the games it is clear that the general level of play is the highest it's ever been, it just happens that serral is one of the best players we've ever seen in the world.

Agreed, the mass retirements and disbandments of korean teams have increased the skill level drastically.
Also as the players get older their mechanics and reaction times are getting sharper and sharper.

edit: My intention is not to shit up the Serral fan club and this may be the wrong place for this debate but I just disagree so heavily with the "highest skilled era" statement that I couldn't let this unanswered.

Your argument would be more convincing to me if you were comparing current situation to a hypothetical present time where those mass retirements and disbandments of korean teams didn't happen at all. The retiring players don't wave a magic wand to make the remaining players worse and the fact that people age isn't proof that they stop developing at all (also it's not like they're 40 years old).

I personally don't mind you making the argument, but I'm a bit annoyed by your sarcastic tone given that it's Serral fan club.

Every retiring player is a player that gets removed from the pool of top level players to practice with and makes the scene less competitive as players won't have to try as hard anymore to achieve a certain tournament finish.
I don't think I have to elaborate what impact the disbandments of korean teams have.
About the age thing - Well, in BW the oldest player who ever won an OSL was Jangbi with 23 y as the older players usually got overtaken by younger ones.
Also INnoVation himself admitted that he feels his mechanics getting worse with increasing age. + Show Spoiler +
Q: What do you think of Maru now?
Maru is a very good player, still young, while I am starting to feel my limits, my body and my brain are slowed down so I think the gap will continue to widen between us.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Rob-Zero
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany460 Posts
August 04 2018 21:20 GMT
#153
It´s really nice to see Serral compete with the best and even crushing them, remembers me of the feeling back when Stephano was in his prime, just even a bit better Excited for tomorrows games, but Serral already showed what everyone wanted to see, the outcome of the finals doesn´t matter that much (at least for me).
You´ve done great Serral, foreignerland is proud of you

@Charoisaur I see your point, but neither Inno nor Dark are very old even for a progamer. Sure the korean scene had some hard troubles to master, but for me that just means that the actual play would only be even better if all that didn´t happen. Because what you seem to forget is that nearly any sport is always getting better over time, bec of more refinement. And even more so with a relatively young sport like sc2. Just look at football for example, it´s played on a pro level for about a hundred years already, still it gets more refined. Players like Maradona, Pele, Beckenbauer, even Zidane, would not be that good today, the same will go for Messi and Ronaldo in ten years. Hard to imagine for me how you cannot see the refinement in sc2 over the past two years. So you really think kespa Inno from two years ago would beat Serral easily or what ?
Dark Age of Camelot - I miss you
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16057 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-04 21:30:15
August 04 2018 21:24 GMT
#154
On August 05 2018 06:20 Rob-Zero wrote:
So you really think kespa Inno from two years ago would beat Serral easily or what ?

No, Serral is definitely legit good. How he would fare against peak Kespa players is a hypothetical question that can sadly never be answered.
But saying the current era is the "highest skilled era ever" is just delusional imo.
We can admire Serral's insane skill and dominance of the current best players without making up such bs claims.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Rob-Zero
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany460 Posts
August 04 2018 21:31 GMT
#155
On August 05 2018 06:24 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2018 06:20 Rob-Zero wrote:
So you really think kespa Inno from two years ago would beat Serral easily or what ?

No, Serral is definitely legit good. How he would fare against peak Kespa players is a hypothetical question that can sadly never be answered.
But saying the current era is the "highest skilled era ever" is just delusional imo.


Ok, i don´t think so, but i also think neither could i convince you of the opposite, nor could you convince me, so i stop here and wish you a good night
Dark Age of Camelot - I miss you
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16057 Posts
August 04 2018 21:35 GMT
#156
Yeah I'm sorry for starting this debate in this thread, better we stop here.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
11cc
Profile Joined May 2008
Finland561 Posts
August 04 2018 21:35 GMT
#157
On August 05 2018 06:19 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2018 06:08 11cc wrote:
On August 05 2018 05:38 Charoisaur wrote:
On August 05 2018 04:02 travis wrote:
The level of denial by so many people is honestly just weird. My favorite part is how many people are making excuses along the lines of "well korean play is the weakest it's ever been because sc2 is declining". absolute nonsense, the player pool may be smaller, sure. but simply by watching the games it is clear that the general level of play is the highest it's ever been, it just happens that serral is one of the best players we've ever seen in the world.

Agreed, the mass retirements and disbandments of korean teams have increased the skill level drastically.
Also as the players get older their mechanics and reaction times are getting sharper and sharper.

edit: My intention is not to shit up the Serral fan club and this may be the wrong place for this debate but I just disagree so heavily with the "highest skilled era" statement that I couldn't let this unanswered.

Your argument would be more convincing to me if you were comparing current situation to a hypothetical present time where those mass retirements and disbandments of korean teams didn't happen at all. The retiring players don't wave a magic wand to make the remaining players worse and the fact that people age isn't proof that they stop developing at all (also it's not like they're 40 years old).

I personally don't mind you making the argument, but I'm a bit annoyed by your sarcastic tone given that it's Serral fan club.

Every retiring player is a player that gets removed from the pool of top level players to practice with and makes the scene less competitive as players won't have to try as hard anymore to achieve a certain tournament finish.
I don't think I have to elaborate what impact the disbandments of korean teams have.
About the age thing - Well, in BW the oldest player who ever won an OSL was Jangbi with 23 y as the older players usually got overtaken by younger ones.
Also INnoVation himself admitted that he feels his mechanics getting worse with increasing age. + Show Spoiler +
Q: What do you think of Maru now?
Maru is a very good player, still young, while I am starting to feel my limits, my body and my brain are slowed down so I think the gap will continue to widen between us.

Again, all this sounds convincing to me only if the comparison is between current time and the hypothetical current time where the scene never declined.
Silvana
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
3713 Posts
August 04 2018 21:54 GMT
#158
Cant believe this fanclub has only 8 pages! Granted, I didnt watch Starcraft during Stephano’s golden era, but I’ve never seen a foreigner play as well as Serral is playing now.

Sign me up please

Uberfather
Profile Joined June 2017
272 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-04 22:12:38
August 04 2018 22:00 GMT
#159
Didn't Stephano say (in a documentary during his time in Korea at the beginning of the year, i think), that if you compare his level of play now to when he was at his peak (of results/ ranking among his peers), how he is more skilled by far now than then? That its just that everybody is playing so much better?

I think this debate about the level of the era is healthy, as long as no one is hateful.

Edit: Here is the quote:

"If i compare my level that i had back then to the level i have right now... i'm 100 times... way better then i used to be"

Then he talks about it some more for some time
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 04 2018 23:19 GMT
#160
just pick 2 of the best games (the top players) from each year. compare multitasking, resource spending, crispness, decisionmaking. you can actually see the improvement over time.
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