Feels so weird when Maru is called a veteran, even if he is one. But he is so young and maybe even smaller then me. But the series were grand. Especially the finishing move by Maru. Felt to me like a fatality move: "I can copy you and still crush you since I know everything about you ... everything"

I would have loved to see Maru Bio vs Innovation MarineTank though.
Maybe in the seasonal Finals, but there are still a few Terran heavy hitters left in both NA/EU that could go there as well. But Innovations goto strat when he gets beaten up in TvT is gone and I can't remember a longer series where he didn't need it. Hopefully he can adjust his play.

TronJovolta

United States323 Posts

July 31 2013 07:10 GMT

#82

Maru has some of the best micro I've ever seen. I wish I could remember who he was playing and when, but I remember watching some games of his like 8 months ago or something where he was defending a roach/bane all in and he was down to like a single marauder and a few medivacs maybe and held vs more than a dozen roaches with some of the most insane micro I've ever seen. It was in Code A I remember. And I remember this series he played against a protoss in which he used a lot of incredible ghost/nuke tactics that were super impressive. I've also always noticed how much of a stone cold killer this kid is. I feel like I've been watching him in GSL for 2 years, and I've NEVER seen him look nervous in the booth. Dude has a bright future.

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

July 31 2013 07:21 GMT

#83

On July 31 2013 16:10 TronJovolta wrote:
Maru has some of the best micro I've ever seen. I wish I could remember who he was playing and when, but I remember watching some games of his like 8 months ago or something where he was defending a roach/bane all in and he was down to like a single marauder and a few medivacs maybe and held vs more than a dozen roaches with some of the most insane micro I've ever seen. It was in Code A I remember. And I remember this series he played against a protoss in which he used a lot of incredible ghost/nuke tactics that were super impressive. I've also always noticed how much of a stone cold killer this kid is. I feel like I've been watching him in GSL for 2 years, and I've NEVER seen him look nervous in the booth. Dude has a bright future.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDYzNTA5MjI4.html

here are the two games i think

Incognoto

France10239 Posts

July 31 2013 07:27 GMT

#84

HotshotBogusGG

Reference to the LoL player or ? I don't understand this. :p

Ragnarork

France9034 Posts

July 31 2013 07:41 GMT

#85

On July 31 2013 09:56 Kitaen wrote:

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getting slaughtered in a bo 7 by a player that has never won anything but the heart of some fans will not help though

Before WCS Season 1 Global Finals, INnoVatioN had never won anything... Yet, he steamrolled Flash and Life, and that wasn't considered "upsets" at all....

When will people stop considering that only a tournament win gives you credit ? And let's speak of Jjakji, Seed, and Sniper, yeah...

Disengaged

United States6994 Posts

July 31 2013 07:49 GMT

#86

Pretty much Innovation just refused to adapt to Maru.

SuperMan9

United States5 Posts

July 31 2013 07:51 GMT

#87

Maru playing to win. Excellent series.

Zerg.Zilla

Hungary5029 Posts

July 31 2013 08:02 GMT

#88

Well,Maru deserved the win.HotshotBogusGG just played to greedy.

SuperEight

United States333 Posts

July 31 2013 08:03 GMT

#89

Congrats to Maru. I enjoyed the games last night. I hope Bomber makes it to the finals!

maru~

2345 Posts

July 31 2013 08:04 GMT

#90

Maru stronk

jeri

Germany335 Posts

July 31 2013 08:29 GMT

#91

got 3x cheesed in a row... omg bronze bogus srsy...:fp:

The_Unseen

France1923 Posts

July 31 2013 08:51 GMT

#92

nvm

Xarles

459 Posts

July 31 2013 08:56 GMT

#93

On July 31 2013 12:12 Bogeyman wrote:
I was channeling my inner nerd, staying up playing some games, and as I went to sleep Maru vs Innovation started, and I turned it on to watch while I fell asleep. Then I proceeded to watch all four games. Holy shit Maru, I hope you win it all!

Fortunately he didn't make you stay up for very long!

Hope he takes it as well!

I wonder how the Korean players reacted to Maru stomping Inno like that heh.

Naphal

Germany2099 Posts

July 31 2013 10:15 GMT

#94

did he not make a raven game 2 thinking "he will exactly the same"?

was a short, but shockingly entertaining series xD

Zealously

East Gorteau22261 Posts

July 31 2013 10:45 GMT

#95

On July 31 2013 19:15 Naphal wrote:
did he not make a raven game 2 thinking "he will exactly the same"?

was a short, but shockingly entertaining series xD

The way I saw it was that the Raven was kind of half-measure. In the "I should play greedy, or should I? Yeah, or... Well, I'll just make a Raven and hope things work out"-kind of way

laegoose

Russian Federation325 Posts

July 31 2013 10:55 GMT

#96

Maaaaaaaaaaruuuuuuuuuuuu

guitaraffa

15 Posts

July 31 2013 11:35 GMT

#97

I wonder how many people get the pun in the title... Not sure how many musical fans play SC2

opterown

Australia54784 Posts

July 31 2013 11:41 GMT

#98

On July 31 2013 20:35 guitaraffa wrote:
I wonder how many people get the pun in the title... Not sure how many musical fans play SC2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_on_the_Way_to_the_Forum

Seiju

Hong Kong23 Posts

July 31 2013 11:43 GMT

#99

Even though the skill level of Maru (and of INnoVation as well) is far beyond any question, don't you guys regret to see cheesing be rewarded even at the highest level? All things equal I will always support the guy who macroes against the one who cheeses, i.e who plays dirty to secure an easier win.

Don't get me wrong I'm not suggesting Maru couldn't have won without it. I'm just a little skeptical on the efficiency of cheesy tactics.

Aando

1304 Posts

July 31 2013 11:43 GMT

#100

On July 31 2013 16:27 Incognoto wrote:

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Reference to the LoL player or ? I don't understand this. :p

He's a well-known league player who never changed up his style during his years as a professional which hurt his team in the end. He's retired now but at the time of his retirement his style was considered extremely archaic.