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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16021 Posts
June 03 2018 15:47 GMT
#61
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
June 03 2018 15:47 GMT
#62
Honestly I think Serral's ZvT has improved quite a bit...I really wouldn't mind seeing him vs. TY, Maru or Inno.
JD, Stork, Calm, Hyuk Fighting!
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
June 03 2018 15:47 GMT
#63
I think only hope for a non serral victory is now Mana and the big book of Protoss bullshit
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
June 03 2018 15:48 GMT
#64
On June 04 2018 00:46 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:45 Fango wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:42 Elentos wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:34 Soularion wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:30 Elentos wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:29 Soularion wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:28 mierin wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:26 Soularion wrote:
Serral is unreal. I don't know if a foreigner has been good like this before.


I'm definitely in the "Serral needs to get his butt over to Korea" crowd!

Nah, it's not worth it. Balancing WCS and GSL has never been done successfully, not by TRUE, not by Neeb, not by Scarlett.

Serral playing against Koreans more would tell us if a foreigner has been "good like this before" though.

He's played against Koreans a fair amount though. He's played 10 offline sets (counting both Bo1s vs soO as one combined set) so far this year, and will most likely finish somewhere in the high teens, including sets against both Classic and Maru when they were pretty much undisputed best in the world. Stephano in 2011 played 15 sets, 4 of those being Bo1, and only played 'good' koreans in Bo3/Bo5. He played a ton more in 2012 but if you trim the weaker Koreans from that pool it looks pretty slim too.

If you trim the weaker Koreans Serral played like 5 matches.

He beat Rogue 2-1, Trap 3-2, and Classic 3-1. That's about it in terms of beating top koreans

It was about playing not beating. And he played Maru & Classic again.

Getting ruined 0-3 doesn't help his status in comparison to koreans though.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Soularion
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Canada2764 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-03 15:50:01
June 03 2018 15:49 GMT
#65
On June 04 2018 00:42 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:34 Soularion wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:30 Elentos wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:29 Soularion wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:28 mierin wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:26 Soularion wrote:
Serral is unreal. I don't know if a foreigner has been good like this before.


I'm definitely in the "Serral needs to get his butt over to Korea" crowd!

Nah, it's not worth it. Balancing WCS and GSL has never been done successfully, not by TRUE, not by Neeb, not by Scarlett.

Serral playing against Koreans more would tell us if a foreigner has been "good like this before" though.

He's played against Koreans a fair amount though. He's played 10 offline sets (counting both Bo1s vs soO as one combined set) so far this year, and will most likely finish somewhere in the high teens, including sets against both Classic and Maru when they were pretty much undisputed best in the world. Stephano in 2011 played 15 sets, 4 of those being Bo1, and only played 'good' koreans in Bo3/Bo5. He played a ton more in 2012 but if you trim the weaker Koreans from that pool it looks pretty slim too.

If you trim the weaker Koreans Serral played like 5 matches.

If you trim the weaker Koreans, Serral played Rogue, Impact, Zest, Trap, Classic twice and Maru (and soO). You can try to argue against Zest/Impact but they're still Code S tier.

When I say trimming weaker Koreans from Stephano's results I mean guys like ReaL, JYP, Heart, GanZi, Rain, Daisy, KeeN, Revival, TheStC, CranK. These guys were fringe Code S at best in 2012, and Stephano played 18 sets vs them that year. That's a third of his sets vs Koreans.
Writermaru pls
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
June 03 2018 15:50 GMT
#66
On June 04 2018 00:47 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.


Oh be quiet
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
June 03 2018 15:50 GMT
#67
On June 04 2018 00:49 Soularion wrote:
they're still Code S tier.

In 2018 this is probably the most backhanded compliment you can give a Korean.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
June 03 2018 15:51 GMT
#68
Serral just too good
Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-03 15:52:22
June 03 2018 15:51 GMT
#69
On June 04 2018 00:47 mierin wrote:
Honestly I think Serral's ZvT has improved quite a bit...I really wouldn't mind seeing him vs. TY, Maru or Inno.

He's always been able to dominate the EU terrans. I like Heromarine but he isn't even on the same level as a Keen or aLive or Bunny.

The best korean zergs (soO, dark, solar) struggle to beat TY/Maru/Inno a lot of the time, and they get constant practice against them. I wouldn't have much confidence in Serral
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16021 Posts
June 03 2018 15:51 GMT
#70
On June 04 2018 00:50 Zaros wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:47 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.


Oh be quiet

?

You disagree that Serral is far better than the other players?
Not dropping a map thus far seems to indicate that pretty clearly.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
June 03 2018 15:51 GMT
#71
On June 04 2018 00:50 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:49 Soularion wrote:
they're still Code S tier.

In 2018 this is probably the most backhanded compliment you can give a Korean.

How do you rate Serral's chances vs Zanster and NoRegret?
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Soularion
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Canada2764 Posts
June 03 2018 15:51 GMT
#72
On June 04 2018 00:47 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.

What other good foreigners even existed in 2012 when Stephano put up his GOAT case? LucifroN? VortiX? BabyKnight? You can't act as those guys are on another level compared to the likes of uThermal, Elazer, SpeCial, Snute, TRUE, Scarlett.
Writermaru pls
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-03 15:53:39
June 03 2018 15:53 GMT
#73
On June 04 2018 00:51 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:50 Zaros wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:47 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.


Oh be quiet

?

You disagree that Serral is far better than the other players?
Not dropping a map thus far seems to indicate that pretty clearly.

No, but the entire post reeks of your annoying, abrasive "fuck wcs" attitude like you had nothing better to do in your spare time than ragging on something nobody who reads your posts can change as if the god almighty was going to smite Blizzard down and paint words "CHAROSAIR WAS RIGHT, REGION LOCK KILLED SC2" on the sky
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17721 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-03 15:55:04
June 03 2018 15:53 GMT
#74
On June 04 2018 00:51 Soularion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:47 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.

What other good foreigners even existed in 2012 when Stephano put up his GOAT case? LucifroN? VortiX? BabyKnight? You can't act as those guys are on another level compared to the likes of uThermal, Elazer, SpeCial, Snute, TRUE, Scarlett.

Yea but at least there were some Koreans in the foreign scene tournaments back then to show some competitive matches
"Expert" mods4ever.com
Soularion
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Canada2764 Posts
June 03 2018 15:54 GMT
#75
On June 04 2018 00:50 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:49 Soularion wrote:
they're still Code S tier.

In 2018 this is probably the most backhanded compliment you can give a Korean.

I mean like, solidly Code S tier. Zest made more Ro8s than every korean I listed for Stephano combined, and Impact is still a pretty solid player. Just gotten some unfortunate luck having to face against Classic/Stats/soO/TY in Code S Ro32.
Writermaru pls
Soularion
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Canada2764 Posts
June 03 2018 15:55 GMT
#76
On June 04 2018 00:53 Die4Ever wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:51 Soularion wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:47 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.

What other good foreigners even existed in 2012 when Stephano put up his GOAT case? LucifroN? VortiX? BabyKnight? You can't act as those guys are on another level compared to the likes of uThermal, Elazer, SpeCial, Snute, TRUE, Scarlett.

Yea but at least there were some Koreans in the tournaments back then to show some competitive matches

Yeah and the Koreans were asscheeks. Put Serral up against Leenock, LosirA, KeeN, aLive, DoKyung, Cure and ByuL and he'd still look damn good.
Writermaru pls
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
June 03 2018 15:55 GMT
#77
On June 04 2018 00:51 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:50 Zaros wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:47 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.


Oh be quiet

?

You disagree that Serral is far better than the other players?
Not dropping a map thus far seems to indicate that pretty clearly.


I disagree with you calling the foreign scene a joke, yes Serral is dominant so far and is favourite to win but the skill level in the foreign scene is closer to Korea than it has ever been and the overall skill level is higher than its ever been. Foreigners can't take a map off Serral because he is as good as top Korean zergs.
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17721 Posts
June 03 2018 15:56 GMT
#78
On June 04 2018 00:55 Soularion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:53 Die4Ever wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:51 Soularion wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:47 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.

What other good foreigners even existed in 2012 when Stephano put up his GOAT case? LucifroN? VortiX? BabyKnight? You can't act as those guys are on another level compared to the likes of uThermal, Elazer, SpeCial, Snute, TRUE, Scarlett.

Yea but at least there were some Koreans in the tournaments back then to show some competitive matches

Yeah and the Koreans were asscheeks. Put Serral up against Leenock, LosirA, KeeN, aLive, DoKyung, Cure and ByuL and he'd still look damn good.

That's fine, would've at least been a better or more interesting match than we've gotten so far
"Expert" mods4ever.com
Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13322 Posts
June 03 2018 15:56 GMT
#79
On June 04 2018 00:55 Zaros wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:51 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:50 Zaros wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:47 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.


Oh be quiet

?

You disagree that Serral is far better than the other players?
Not dropping a map thus far seems to indicate that pretty clearly.

the overall skill level is higher than its ever been.

according to what?
BUNNYYYYYYYYY https://i.imgur.com/BiCF577.png
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16021 Posts
June 03 2018 15:57 GMT
#80
On June 04 2018 00:53 Ej_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2018 00:51 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:50 Zaros wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:47 Charoisaur wrote:
On June 04 2018 00:45 Noonius wrote:
Serral has not lost a single map yet. Am I seeing this right?

not surprising, foreign scene is pretty much a joke.
Last year Neeb, this year Serral - the skill level is so low that the few good players just dominate everything.


Oh be quiet

?

You disagree that Serral is far better than the other players?
Not dropping a map thus far seems to indicate that pretty clearly.

No, but the entire post reeks of your annoying, abrasive "fuck wcs" attitude like you had nothing better to do in your spare time than ragging on something nobody who reads your posts can change as if the god almighty was going to smite Blizzard down and paint words "CHAROSAIR WAS RIGHT, REGION LOCK KILLED SC2" on the sky

no idea what this wall of text is supposed to mean.
Region-lock obv didn't kill sc2 but I don't think the WCS events with Serral (and Neeb last year) just winning everything are turning out as Blizzard expected.
It just bores me that nobody can challenge the good players.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
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