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[OSL] Grand Finals WCS Korea Season 2 2013 - Page 198

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Le Cheque Zo
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
Spain133 Posts
August 10 2013 10:54 GMT
#3941
On August 10 2013 19:43 vult wrote:
Rain looks fucking destroyed.

he now knows how zergs feel. jk

grats maru. damn rain i rooted for you
Wingblade
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1806 Posts
August 10 2013 10:55 GMT
#3942
I'm so depressed dang it I'm gonna go cry myself to sleep. Not really but I might kidnap Artosis... GG WP CONGRATS Maru.

PartinG fanboy to the max, Rain/Squirtle/Dear/Scarlett/Bbyong are cool too. I don't always watch Dota2 but when I do I have no clue what's going on. GOGO POWER RANGERS
Darrkhan
Profile Joined February 2012
Finland1236 Posts
August 10 2013 10:55 GMT
#3943
On August 10 2013 19:50 Xorphene wrote:
Pretty underwhelming too how Terran playstyle doesn't change between matchups. Strongest race because of it imo.

Well played Maru, fantastic mental strength.

Favourite games were game 1 and game 6.


? It does change in every matchup or am I not getting your point?

Great finals nonetheless. Maru played brilliantly and sure did show everyone that he is more than just the scrub who cheesed innovation out. I think we couldn't hope for better finals!
Rain played also well but seems it just wasn't enough in the end

My favorite games were: Game 1, 3 (dat game changer :O) and 4

GZ Maru!

+ Show Spoiler +
anyone got a picture Maru hugging his sister? so cute :D
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
August 10 2013 10:55 GMT
#3944
On August 10 2013 19:53 DJHelium wrote:
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On August 10 2013 19:47 PoP wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:45 {ToT}ColmA wrote:
hm, not really a fan of the series, rain had some kind of mental breakdown that reminded me of bomber.


I'm actually surprised at how so few people seem to mention this. This is the entire story of these finals.

Of course an extremely slick Terran play from Maru starting from game 4 kinda "helped", but still. Rain is confident, wins two easy games, gets cheesed, loses control, loses everything else. No game was even close.

This is why the BW bonjwas were so amazing. They had some actual mental fortitude.


Did Mvp ever lose control like this? I can't remember. Game 7 vs Life he did a weird attack but I just think it was a bad call, thinking he teched/droned more and had less units.


He overextended and lost his tanks, which is rather common for even the best players. It was only a 3-2 into 3-4 though and the games weren't bops like this one
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stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-10 10:55:17
August 10 2013 10:55 GMT
#3945
On August 10 2013 19:53 felisconcolori wrote:
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On August 10 2013 19:51 NovemberstOrm wrote:
Who would have thought....
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[image loading]


Based on Twitter... Mr. Chae, apparently.

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Jungwon Chae
@GSL_Chae
FYI Maru attended 2010 GSL Open Season 1 and qualified to Ro.64 He is one of the most experienced player in SC II scene.


I wrote that in my preview of Maru. Youngest player. Oldest Veteran. Last player from the first GSL Open to be competing in Code S.
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DidYuhim
Profile Joined September 2011
Ukraine1905 Posts
August 10 2013 10:55 GMT
#3946
On the bright side of things, I don't get to listen to Khaldor overhyping Maru in Code A for another season!
below66
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1761 Posts
August 10 2013 10:55 GMT
#3947
On August 10 2013 19:50 lichter wrote:
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On August 10 2013 19:49 DrPandaPhD wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:49 figq wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:47 Weavel wrote:
All my feels

been meaning to ask... how did the whole "feels" craze began?

like a week or two ago people would not use this "feels" thing so often - it must have started from somewhere?

two? you are not much of a redditor are you? they have spammed it for months now


I registered for Reddit today and didn't know what to do with it

It is a horrible place


It's such a horrible place that 6% of all online users flocked to it, yea it must be bad. Only someone with no capacity for thinking would be able to turn down a place with such enlightening and in-depth conversation on such a wide variety of topics. Learn to stay away from the main defaults.
LimitSEA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia9580 Posts
August 10 2013 10:55 GMT
#3948
On August 10 2013 19:53 DJHelium wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 19:47 PoP wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:45 {ToT}ColmA wrote:
hm, not really a fan of the series, rain had some kind of mental breakdown that reminded me of bomber.


I'm actually surprised at how so few people seem to mention this. This is the entire story of these finals.

Of course an extremely slick Terran play from Maru starting from game 4 kinda "helped", but still. Rain is confident, wins two easy games, gets cheesed, loses control, loses everything else. No game was even close.

This is why the BW bonjwas were so amazing. They had some actual mental fortitude.


Did Mvp ever lose control like this? I can't remember. Game 7 vs Life he did a weird attack but I just think it was a bad call, thinking he teched/droned more and had less units.

Mvp's always had pretty strong mental fortitude. He'd have to, to keep succeeding without wrists.
Long live the King of Wings
Chengakz
Profile Joined January 2012
United States163 Posts
August 10 2013 10:55 GMT
#3949
On August 10 2013 19:46 Vindicare605 wrote:
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On August 10 2013 19:45 Chengakz wrote:
Woke up in time to see Prime tossing Maru.... Congrats to them. But what happened? Did he all in 4 games?


No.

Lost two straight games to Rain.

2 raxed him on Bel'Shir.

Beat him late game on Star Station

Held an Immortal Sentry all in on Newkirk

Defended a DT drop on Whirlwind.


Thanks... Damn, sorry I missed it. I hoe Maru doesnt slack off now.
For Aiur!
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
August 10 2013 10:55 GMT
#3950
So I got very strong asthma today, had to stay at home, thus watched the finals. Thank you, deficient lungs!
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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HeroWeDeserve
Profile Joined June 2013
69 Posts
August 10 2013 10:56 GMT
#3951
On August 10 2013 19:55 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 19:53 felisconcolori wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:51 NovemberstOrm wrote:
Who would have thought....
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


Based on Twitter... Mr. Chae, apparently.


Jungwon Chae
@GSL_Chae
FYI Maru attended 2010 GSL Open Season 1 and qualified to Ro.64 He is one of the most experienced player in SC II scene.


I wrote that in my preview of Maru. Youngest player. Oldest Veteran. Last player from the first GSL Open to be competing in Code S.

losira?
DJHelium
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden13480 Posts
August 10 2013 10:56 GMT
#3952
On August 10 2013 19:54 DustbinBieber wrote:
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On August 10 2013 19:45 robson1 wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:42 DustbinBieber wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:39 robson1 wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:39 Scribble wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:36 Godwrath wrote:
Maru beats Innovation and Rain for his title, and people will still call it a fluke.


He 4-0'd Innovation to get to this point and this thread is full of people calling it a fluke. Of course they're going to call this a fluke, too. Just laugh at them and enjoy the satisfaction of knowing they're idiots.



you know. There were guys like you who told me that Sniper totally was going to get at least 5 gsls.


how foolish do you have to be to compare late-WoL Zerg titles to current championship wins?


Not foolish at all. Sniper was a fluke just like Jjakji or Seed. (and many other who made it to the finals and lost it, aka Genius, july, inca, Top, TsL_Rain). As you can see, those flukes happened through the entire history off SC2 and will happen again. Maru over performed, and he got kinda lucky with his opponents not playing up to their full potential. That does not take anything away from his victory, he deserves it, and deserves to be proud. He still will have to prove that he can hang with the best of 'em consistently.


I'll delete inca, top and rain from your list (SC2 was too far from being settled) and am willing to forget the fact that you've just called July a fluke. Sniper was playing Zerg and had a fine mirror match-up, that's what got him his title. Seed and especially Jjakji are a lot harder for me to explain though (luck on draws with Jjakji not getting to face any T in the playoffs?).
Let alone all of this, Maru has been here forever, has had a very progressive and noticeable learning curve and is mechanically/strategically a much more impressive player than all the ones mentionned above. I'm pretty sure he's not a fluke.


I think Jjakji just was on fire at the end of 2011-beginning of 2012. Didn't he face a couple strong terrans in the IPL tournament of champions (at least Polt iirc), winning that thing.

Imo it's just that he was one of the best for a while, then fell off the map. Could be several reasons why. The way he played that GSL makes me think he could've won against strong terrans as well.
#1 player in the world atm: J-god | Follow me on twitter! @DJHelium
SneX
Profile Joined June 2012
Sweden377 Posts
August 10 2013 10:56 GMT
#3953
Congratulations Maru. Wp. Lets hope for a toss to win the WCS EU.
felisconcolori
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States6168 Posts
August 10 2013 10:56 GMT
#3954
On August 10 2013 19:54 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 19:53 felisconcolori wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:51 NovemberstOrm wrote:
Who would have thought....
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]


Based on Twitter... Mr. Chae, apparently.


Jungwon Chae
@GSL_Chae
FYI Maru attended 2010 GSL Open Season 1 and qualified to Ro.64 He is one of the most experienced player in SC II scene.


uhhh most LR regulars(hardcorefans) knew this


Yes, but it's always nice to have that exclamation point at the end.
Yes, I email sponsors... to thank them. Don't post drunk, kids. My king, what has become of you?
Hryul
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Austria2609 Posts
August 10 2013 10:56 GMT
#3955
On August 10 2013 19:54 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 19:53 Hryul wrote:
On August 10 2013 19:41 Celerity924 wrote:
I voted Rain but I'm glad Maru won, he def. deserved it.

Congrats OPTIMUS PRIME!

i also voted rain. damn it, i should listen to my heart.


No you should have listened to Artosis and then bet the opposite.

that too.
Countdown to victory: 1 200!
Erraa93
Profile Joined December 2012
Australia891 Posts
August 10 2013 10:56 GMT
#3956
[image loading]
Dwayn
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany949 Posts
August 10 2013 10:56 GMT
#3957
As expected the games weren't good, TvZ and to a lesser extent TvT are the only matchups that can deliver exciting, action filled games on a fairly regular basis. But the upset made it an ok finals.
dabom88
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States3483 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-10 10:56:58
August 10 2013 10:56 GMT
#3958
You know what? I don't normally use twitter, but I feel we should try and get #ArtosisCurse trending just for this occasion.
You should not have to pay to watch the GSL, Proleague, or OSL at a reasonable time. That is not "fine" and it's BS to say otherwise. My sig since 2011. http://www.youtube.com/user/dabom88
negativedge
Profile Joined December 2011
4279 Posts
August 10 2013 10:56 GMT
#3959
On August 10 2013 19:54 Jacmert wrote:
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On August 10 2013 19:39 Kommander wrote:
Polt was OptimusPrime I.

I guess Maru is now OptimusPrime II. He has inherited the throne of Optimus.

Well, obviously if Polt is OptimusPrime, then Maru must be HotRodPrime.


yep. I'm probably going to call him that for a while!
Darkthorn
Profile Joined September 2010
Romania912 Posts
August 10 2013 10:56 GMT
#3960
As it was seen in the artosis prediction on the preview here http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=424670 ...artosis did all the hard work for maru.
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