EPT[GSL] GSL vs. The World - Day 3 - Page 57
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iamho
United States3347 Posts
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TentativePanda
United States800 Posts
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KingofdaHipHop
United States25602 Posts
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
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Colouss
United States501 Posts
On August 04 2018 23:14 Fango wrote: People are really calling Serral the best player in the world already after beating INno and Dark? It's impressive but not that shocking. I'm not sure if someone like soO did the same that people would even think they're top 5. Hell Solar beat both of them at Katowice and didn't make most people's top 10. Solar did not look even remotely as dominating as Serral did beating both of them though. When you see that even Dark has problems defending against Serral's multi-pronged attack, you'd need to cast aside the player's nationality and acknowledge their skills. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On August 04 2018 23:19 Colouss wrote: you'd need to cast aside the player's nationality and acknowledge their skills. That's exactly my point. If you swapped soO and Serral's positions and results in this tournament people still wouldn't call soO the best in the world. Nationality doesn't mean anything, my point is that beating two top koreans (both got ro16 or higher in the GSLs this year) isn't convivincing enough for anyone except Serral. | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On August 04 2018 23:14 Fango wrote: People are really calling Serral the best player in the world already after beating INno and Dark? It's impressive but not that shocking. I'm not sure if someone like soO did the same that people would even think they're top 5. Hell Solar beat both of them at Katowice and didn't make most people's top 10. It is overhasty to call Serral the very best, but there is context that makes it understandable. He's been crushing the WCS circuit all year, and people have pointed out that his ZvT was his weakest match-up and rather untested against top opposition (and rightly so). So a crushing victory against an INno who just beat Rogue says a lot to people (also the other people hailed as best in the world didn't have a great tournament so there's a vacuum at the top). | ||
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Noonius
Estonia17413 Posts
On August 04 2018 22:21 TheBloodyDwarf wrote: I didnt imagine there would be this many buthurt people after some foreigner success losing LB's do strange things to people | ||
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TentativePanda
United States800 Posts
Terran -> Maru Zerg -> Serral Protoss -> Stats The only reason I wouldn't say Serral is best is that he hasn't shown enough games against Koreans. I wouldn't argue for or against Serral being the strongest. However, it definitely could be a case of the old "triangle" where Serral can beat Stats (he is favored to tomorrow), Stats beats Maru, but Maru beats Serral (he very well could). Just based on their matchups and playstyles | ||
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immanentblue
Denmark110 Posts
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dankobanana
Croatia244 Posts
On August 05 2018 00:00 immanentblue wrote: now lets have him actually move to korea and go through a real gsl :D never gonna happen | ||
Poopi
France12986 Posts
On August 04 2018 23:26 Fango wrote: That's exactly my point. If you swapped soO and Serral's positions and results in this tournament people still wouldn't call soO the best in the world. Nationality doesn't mean anything, my point is that beating two top koreans (both got ro16 or higher in the GSLs this year) isn't convivincing enough for anyone except Serral. soO mechanics are nowhere near as good as Serral tho. He is too old now and his spirit is crushed | ||
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terribleplayer1
95 Posts
Serral just didn't beat innovation and dark, there's a long history of him absolutely terrorizing the foreigner scene, and doing really well vs top koreans, he just dismantled 2 of the top 2 korean players back to back in dominating fashion. The other hilarious thing is "Korean zergs are bad" when Dark has trounced foreigners harder than anyone else. | ||
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immanentblue
Denmark110 Posts
dont you think a win tomorrow might ignite a spark of desire for the ultimate glory that is inherently his destiny, inside his cold emotionless finnish heart | ||
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dankobanana
Croatia244 Posts
On August 05 2018 00:25 immanentblue wrote: dont you think a win tomorrow might ignite a spark of desire for the ultimate glory that is inherently his destiny, inside his cold emotionless finnish heart nope. it makes zero financial sense | ||
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droppanda
Australia176 Posts
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ETisME
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TentativePanda
United States800 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany16084 Posts
Then why are other foreigners competing in GSL? | ||
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