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mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
July 15 2018 02:04 GMT
#1141
On July 15 2018 03:40 Dav1oN wrote:
So basicly we need Tastosis combo into a standart caster/analyst stack to get more viewers


Honestly I like their GSL style better. It's like between HSC and WCS...you could tell today they held back and tried to be "professional".
JD, Stork, Calm, Hyuk Fighting!
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
July 15 2018 02:12 GMT
#1142
lmao we actually got Has in the final
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Terra1
Profile Joined June 2018
Philippines312 Posts
July 15 2018 04:26 GMT
#1143
Has may have lost the finals but I'm sure he has won our hearts, with that cheese + weird plays. Ranked 7 now. He needs a couple more to stay on track for Blizzcon.
GreatTrash
Profile Joined December 2017
24 Posts
July 15 2018 06:20 GMT
#1144
On July 15 2018 13:26 Terra1 wrote:
Has may have lost the finals but I'm sure he has won our hearts, with that cheese + weird plays. Ranked 7 now. He needs a couple more to stay on track for Blizzcon.


If he wins the next Taiwan challenger, that's 200 points for the challenger + 100 points for automatic top 32 finish in Montreal. At that point I think he'd need to be quite unlucky to miss out.
fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4106 Posts
July 15 2018 08:45 GMT
#1145
i am scared to think that if Serral wins Montreal he'll set the bar for best foreigner on unreachable level.
Drone is a way of living
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-07-15 10:00:05
July 15 2018 09:58 GMT
#1146
watched the vods, damn Has, what a run, but Serral is just a god

the champagne got him good though lol
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Gurbak
Profile Joined January 2017
France622 Posts
July 15 2018 10:38 GMT
#1147
On July 15 2018 17:45 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
i am scared to think that if Serral wins Montreal he'll set the bar for best foreigner on unreachable level.

only if he can win tournaments with koreans like stephano
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
July 15 2018 14:31 GMT
#1148
On July 15 2018 17:45 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
i am scared to think that if Serral wins Montreal he'll set the bar for best foreigner on unreachable level.

WCS aren't the most difficult tournaments available to foreigners though. It's surpassable.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
AgonySC
Profile Joined March 2018
7 Posts
July 15 2018 15:10 GMT
#1149
On July 15 2018 19:38 Gurbak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2018 17:45 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
i am scared to think that if Serral wins Montreal he'll set the bar for best foreigner on unreachable level.

only if he can win tournaments with koreans like stephano


Yep. Winning tournaments in which Koreans are banned means nothing. He won all these foreigner tourneys yet didnt win IEM or WECG... surprise surprise.

Casters hype him up so much, wonder what they'll say when hes swept at GSL vs The World.
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
July 15 2018 16:55 GMT
#1150
Even if Serral wins every region locked WCS for the next 5 years, if a foreigner won GSL and then did nothing ever again the GSL win would still be a bigger achievement same with Blizzcon and IEM Katowice.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16084 Posts
July 15 2018 16:58 GMT
#1151
On July 16 2018 01:55 Zaros wrote:
Even if Serral wins every region locked WCS for the next 5 years, if a foreigner won GSL and then did nothing ever again the GSL win would still be a bigger achievement same with Blizzcon and IEM Katowice.

and Kespa Cup
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
435
Profile Joined March 2018
39 Posts
July 16 2018 19:02 GMT
#1152
On July 16 2018 01:55 Zaros wrote:
Even if Serral wins every region locked WCS for the next 5 years, if a foreigner won GSL and then did nothing ever again the GSL win would still be a bigger achievement same with Blizzcon and IEM Katowice.


Well you only think glory here I think so. But players think more prize money. If you win all WCS Circuit events you will make more money than winning just only one GSL event. I think for Serral it is wise to this year "only" win all WCS Circuit and do the best in Blizzcon. Perhaps next year he aims for GSL. Probably first want to win a house worth of money first. Also joining GSL make some costs and it is more stressful to join both GSL and WCS and may decrease your chances, or whatever other consiquences there might be. Perhaps if you calculate all ods concentrating only winning all wcs circuit events is better bet.
435
Profile Joined March 2018
39 Posts
July 16 2018 19:04 GMT
#1153
On July 16 2018 00:10 AgonySC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2018 19:38 Gurbak wrote:
On July 15 2018 17:45 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
i am scared to think that if Serral wins Montreal he'll set the bar for best foreigner on unreachable level.

only if he can win tournaments with koreans like stephano


Yep. Winning tournaments in which Koreans are banned means nothing. He won all these foreigner tourneys yet didnt win IEM or WECG... surprise surprise.

Casters hype him up so much, wonder what they'll say when hes swept at GSL vs The World.


Serral didnt win IEM or Wesg but in WESG he was 3rd. He won 3rd place after beating Classic 3-1. Sure this means a lot and tells alot about his skill.
TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8313 Posts
July 16 2018 21:05 GMT
#1154
On July 16 2018 00:10 AgonySC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2018 19:38 Gurbak wrote:
On July 15 2018 17:45 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
i am scared to think that if Serral wins Montreal he'll set the bar for best foreigner on unreachable level.

only if he can win tournaments with koreans like stephano


Yep. Winning tournaments in which Koreans are banned means nothing. He won all these foreigner tourneys yet didnt win IEM or WECG... surprise surprise.

Casters hype him up so much, wonder what they'll say when hes swept at GSL vs The World.


He didn't win IEM or WECG, and so you conclude that he'll be swept at GSL vs The World? Your logic is flawed. He won his group at IEM beating Rogue, Impact, Neeb, Zest, and Nerchio, and beat Trap in the bracket stage to end up in top 4 before losing to Classic, who he beat to end up 3rd at WESG.
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
SuperHofmann
Profile Joined September 2013
Italy1741 Posts
July 17 2018 03:54 GMT
#1155
GSL is for the glory, WCS is for the money. I don't disagree with his choice of going for the second one. Being realistic, GSL doesn't pay too much and you can be knocked out pretty easy. It is not worth it. It is big achievement for sure but I don't blame him, he alreadymade hostory winning 3 WCS in a row
Vasacast always in my <3
D-light
Profile Joined April 2012
Finland7364 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-07-17 10:29:29
July 17 2018 06:56 GMT
#1156
On July 16 2018 00:10 AgonySC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 15 2018 19:38 Gurbak wrote:
On July 15 2018 17:45 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
i am scared to think that if Serral wins Montreal he'll set the bar for best foreigner on unreachable level.

only if he can win tournaments with koreans like stephano


Yep. Winning tournaments in which Koreans are banned means nothing. He won all these foreigner tourneys yet didnt win IEM or WECG... surprise surprise.

Casters hype him up so much, wonder what they'll say when hes swept at GSL vs The World.

It probably does mean something though. For example even at his peak year (1.10.11-1.10.12) when he won IPL 3 and NASL 3 Stephano wasn’t as dominant against fellow foreigners. He had a 350-89 overall record (79.73%) and a 148-18 record (89.16%) in bo3+ series. While during the last 8 months, after the 4.0.0 patch, Serral is 208–39 (84.21%) and 66-5 (92.96%) against them.

But yeah Serral only managed to get 3-4th and 3rd in those two tournaments with Koreans because he lost a series against Classic and Maru after beating other quality players. The hype for him by casters has mostly been completely appropriate. It’s not like they’re saying Serral is now the best player in the world or the best foreigner of all-time.

A sweep would obv. be a disappointment even with the quality of the competition.
why even
SwiftRH
Profile Joined August 2013
United States105 Posts
July 17 2018 06:59 GMT
#1157
does anyone know if replays have been released?
Man MODE!
Odoakar
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia1837 Posts
July 27 2018 18:09 GMT
#1158
On July 15 2018 03:38 rotta wrote:
I have not launched SC2 since 2016 but this event restored my passion and I'm updating right now.


heh this is so true for me as well. haven't watched sc2 in quite a while, but hearing about this tourney and watching all the VODS...i'm installing sc2 again.
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