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

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

Belgium4076 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.

Musicus

Germany23576 Posts

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

Gurbak

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

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.

AgonySC

7 Posts

July 15 2018 15:10 GMT

#1149

On July 15 2018 19:38 Gurbak wrote:

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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

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

Germany16062 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

435

39 Posts

July 16 2018 19:02 GMT

#1152

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

39 Posts

July 16 2018 19:04 GMT

#1153

On July 16 2018 00:10 AgonySC wrote:

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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

Canada8307 Posts

July 16 2018 21:05 GMT

#1154

On July 16 2018 00:10 AgonySC wrote:

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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.

SuperHofmann

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

D-light

Finland7364 Posts

July 17 2018 06:56 GMT

#1156

On July 16 2018 00:10 AgonySC wrote:

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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.

SwiftRH

United States105 Posts

July 17 2018 06:59 GMT

#1157

does anyone know if replays have been released?

Odoakar

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.