EPT[GSL Code S] Season 2 2017 Ro16 - Group D - Page 20
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TheLordofAwesome
Korea (South)2656 Posts
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DJHelium
Sweden13480 Posts
On June 03 2017 16:34 TheLordofAwesome wrote: Maru went 5rax reapers in 8 of 9 TvZs he played today, is that right? Didn't watch the two first series, but he did go proxy 2-rax marines in g2 vs Dark. | ||
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
On June 03 2017 16:34 TheLordofAwesome wrote: Maru went 5rax reapers in 8 of 9 TvZs he played today, is that right? No, he bunker rushed two games | ||
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RKC
2848 Posts
Unlike many top players (sOs, Inno, Zest, etc.), he rarely ever gets bopped straight up. He always puts up a fight, a show. He will be missed. | ||
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Meepman
Canada610 Posts
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
Yeah. Also not all the 3-rax reaper games had the 5-rax transition. In two (or three maybe?) of the six reaper games he transitioned normally. | ||
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Elentos
55594 Posts
On June 03 2017 16:24 lolfail9001 wrote: What was the last time that even happened, anyway? Full mirror GSL Ro8? This is the first ever. | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
It is the first time for any premier tournament though? I thought at least one tournament in the blink stalker PvP era would have had an all mirror round of 8 (by virtue of 6 of those players being Protoss), but I couldn't find any. | ||
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J. Corsair
United States470 Posts
On June 03 2017 16:27 Ej_ wrote: Dark opened 17/17/17 and got done literally nothing with it, then got supply blocked because his scouting ovie was killed right before speed finished. Maru this game: -forgot armory -was losing way too much in drop harassment -forgot 3/3 I think Dark's only misplay was sending too many zerglings to harass 3rd (probably expected an army there instead of a naked OC with SCVs happily mining). Uhhh... No. Maru barely lost anything during his extremely heavy drop play, and that amount of drop precision would regularly make other elite zerg players crumble. Dark did incredibly well just keeping the losses manageable. Maru didn't deal much damage, but you are wrong to infer that he lost anything unnecessary during the harassment. Just because he didn't kill tons of drones or snipe a hatchery doesn't make the harassment unsuccessful. He didn't lose any full dropships, didn't take any noteworthy baneling hits, and clearly he DID enough to DISTRACT Dark and continually deny the zerg 4th base. Each player made one big mistake this game; these mistakes being Dark's scouting supply block and Maru's mis-transfer of SCV's to his 3rd orbital. You also assert Maru forgot 3/3. Fair enough. But it appeared to me as if he knew that if he simply prioritized Liberators he would eventually choke Dark out of the game. I think his decision-making was spectacular in the final game, and the fact he won quite decisively seems to suggest that Maru was aware he simply didn't need to waste precious gas on infantry upgrades when he could invest in more liberators. And simply put, they won him the game. The SCV transfer mistake was undoubtedly that - a mistake. But it helped him in the end, and in elite competition the winner sometimes gets a smile from Lady Luck. Dark played great, but Maru played remarkably well. I've watched him fall apart in late-game TvZ so many times I was expecting nothing less here, but the speed with which he played combined with his seemingly improved intuition was pleasant to watch and that win was well-deserved. | ||
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Ej_
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The_Red_Viper
19533 Posts
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Elentos
55594 Posts
On June 03 2017 18:33 The_Red_Viper wrote: I feel like not getting 3/3 is still a mistake though, no? I mean you keep producing bio units no matter what, adding liberators a bit later seems better? Arguably yes, it gave the ultras a lot more strength. | ||
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Makro
France16890 Posts
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Aunvilgodess
954 Posts
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Ansibled
United Kingdom9872 Posts
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royalroadweed
United States8301 Posts
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Diabolique
Czech Republic5118 Posts
Rogue to the GSL final! | ||
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
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juicyjames
United States3815 Posts
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
On June 04 2017 04:47 juicyjames wrote: Any recommended matches? The only Maru game worth watching was the final against Dark which was decent. The others were mass reapers or bunker rushes. | ||
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