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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15988 Posts
September 08 2018 05:33 GMT
#261
On September 08 2018 14:21 Anc13nt wrote:
Yeah, I think he'll need to win this GSL and Blizzcon before he converts all of the non-believers.

If Maru wins GSL AND Blizzcon he'd be close but I'd still give Inno a slight advantage.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 05:37:33
September 08 2018 05:35 GMT
#262
On September 08 2018 14:24 Charoisaur wrote:
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On September 08 2018 14:18 Anc13nt wrote:
If Maru wins this one, I think it's pretty much incontrovertible that he is the GOAT.

Not even close.
Most dominant player sure but in terms of overall accomplishments Inno is still well ahead of him.


Yeah, as an Innovation fan, I would like to think that in terms of raw accomplishments, Innovation would still be greater even if Maru won this GSL. However, I feel like saying Innovation is greater than Maru based on that premise is kind of like saying Nada is greater than Flash, which is a legitimate opinion but definitely not the consensus.

Edit: Consequently, I would take back the word "incontrovertible" but I would instead say that, if Maru wins this, he would be considered GOAT by most people.
Latr02
Profile Joined December 2012
United States268 Posts
September 08 2018 05:38 GMT
#263
Personally I find it a bit weird that for all the talk of the "highest skilled era" that Artosis and many other pushed in S1 that Artosis himself seems so... nonchalant about Maru now. If this truly is the highest skilled era of the game then shouldn't this player be appropriately caster hyped?
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
September 08 2018 05:39 GMT
#264
On September 08 2018 14:20 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 14:18 Anc13nt wrote:
If Maru wins this one, I think it's pretty much incontrovertible that he is the GOAT.

Nah there is a cult around Mvp and no matter what current players do the cult of jürgen will never accept a new goat ever.


Which is funny because even MMA has the same number of premier tournament championships and more top 4 premier finishes than Mvp.

If Maru wins 3 GSLs in a row, he's definitely ahead of Mvp, who had a much shorter peak
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 05:42:17
September 08 2018 05:39 GMT
#265
On September 08 2018 14:33 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 14:21 Anc13nt wrote:
Yeah, I think he'll need to win this GSL and Blizzcon before he converts all of the non-believers.

If Maru wins GSL AND Blizzcon he'd be close but I'd still give Inno a slight advantage.

I think that's insane Not as insane as the Mvp cult but still

On September 08 2018 14:38 Latr02 wrote:
Personally I find it a bit weird that for all the talk of the "highest skilled era" that Artosis and many other pushed in S1 that Artosis himself seems so... nonchalant about Maru now. If this truly is the highest skilled era of the game then shouldn't this player be appropriately caster hyped?


Yeah especially artosis seems to dislike maru somewhat, i still remember maru winning gsl s1 but artosis hyping rogue a lot more in season 2 for whatever reason. Maybe because Maru is cheesy?
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
Togekiss
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada154 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 05:46:24
September 08 2018 05:43 GMT
#266
Not sure you can say 100% GOAT if he takes this GSL, but if he takes this GSL and then the WCS finals at Blizzcon, it would be pretty silly in my mind to even argue it any further... Korean Triple Crown + WESG + GSL 3-peat + Blizzcon. Again, I know a lot of this is all packed into a single year, and can be argued it is just "dominance" at this particular point in time.

Personally I'm intrigued how one-sided Maru is managing to make a lot of these recent GSL series look against some of the best this world has to offer.

PS: Oh yeah, most people would likely write it off altogether, but Maru's earnings will be far and away above everyone else if he takes this GSL + Blizzcon.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15988 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 05:50:49
September 08 2018 05:48 GMT
#267
On September 08 2018 14:39 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 14:33 Charoisaur wrote:
On September 08 2018 14:21 Anc13nt wrote:
Yeah, I think he'll need to win this GSL and Blizzcon before he converts all of the non-believers.

If Maru wins GSL AND Blizzcon he'd be close but I'd still give Inno a slight advantage.

I think that's insane Not as insane as the Mvp cult but still

If Maru wins Blizzcon and GSL:

Maru 5 Starleagues, Inno 4 Starleagues + 1 second place

Maru 2 weekenders, Inno 4 weekenders,
out of which Blizzcon for Maru and IEM Gyeonggi, WCS Season finals and GSL vs the World for Inno were tier 1 weekenders.
WESG and IEM Gamescom tier 2 weekenders.

Not to mention that more of Inno's achievements came during the Kespa era.


I don't see how it's insane, seems very close to me.
Take Blizzcon away and Inno is undoubtely ahead.

The only difference between the two is that Inno seems to have a lot of haters who try to belittle his achievements but try to be objective for a moment and you'll see that Maru still has a long way to go.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
September 08 2018 05:50 GMT
#268
On September 08 2018 14:48 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 14:39 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On September 08 2018 14:33 Charoisaur wrote:
On September 08 2018 14:21 Anc13nt wrote:
Yeah, I think he'll need to win this GSL and Blizzcon before he converts all of the non-believers.

If Maru wins GSL AND Blizzcon he'd be close but I'd still give Inno a slight advantage.

I think that's insane Not as insane as the Mvp cult but still

If Maru wins Blizzcon:

Maru 5 Starleagues, Inno 4 Starleagues + 1 second place

Maru 2 weekenders, Inno 4 weekenders,
out of which Blizzcon for Maru and IEM Gyeonggi, WCS Season finals and GSL vs the World for Inno were tier 1 weekenders.
WESG and IEM Gamescom tier 2 weekenders.


I don't see how it's insane, seems very close to me.
Take Blizzcon away and Inno is undoubtely ahead.

The only difference between the two is that Inno seems to have a lot of haters who try to belittle his achievements but try to be objective for a moment and you'll see that Maru has still a long way to go.


If you only look at tournament wins maybe, but that is way too simplistic + we have to add proleague as well.
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 05:55:29
September 08 2018 05:52 GMT
#269
Expected result

@Charoisaur : very true
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15988 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 05:53:39
September 08 2018 05:53 GMT
#270
On September 08 2018 14:50 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 14:48 Charoisaur wrote:
On September 08 2018 14:39 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On September 08 2018 14:33 Charoisaur wrote:
On September 08 2018 14:21 Anc13nt wrote:
Yeah, I think he'll need to win this GSL and Blizzcon before he converts all of the non-believers.

If Maru wins GSL AND Blizzcon he'd be close but I'd still give Inno a slight advantage.

I think that's insane Not as insane as the Mvp cult but still

If Maru wins Blizzcon:

Maru 5 Starleagues, Inno 4 Starleagues + 1 second place

Maru 2 weekenders, Inno 4 weekenders,
out of which Blizzcon for Maru and IEM Gyeonggi, WCS Season finals and GSL vs the World for Inno were tier 1 weekenders.
WESG and IEM Gamescom tier 2 weekenders.


I don't see how it's insane, seems very close to me.
Take Blizzcon away and Inno is undoubtely ahead.

The only difference between the two is that Inno seems to have a lot of haters who try to belittle his achievements but try to be objective for a moment and you'll see that Maru has still a long way to go.


If you only look at tournament wins maybe, but that is way too simplistic + we have to add proleague as well.

They were both insane in Proleague so it won't really favor anyone. What else should be looked at? ro4/ro8 finishes? There Maru has probably a slight advantage but not enough to put him clearly above Inno
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Odoakar
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia1837 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 06:01:01
September 08 2018 05:59 GMT
#271
watching vods now, that 2nd game for zest, how can a semifinalist play so poorly...


also, i hope this proxy meta can be countered by something and players stop doing it.
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
September 08 2018 06:02 GMT
#272
On September 08 2018 14:53 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 14:50 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On September 08 2018 14:48 Charoisaur wrote:
On September 08 2018 14:39 The_Red_Viper wrote:
On September 08 2018 14:33 Charoisaur wrote:
On September 08 2018 14:21 Anc13nt wrote:
Yeah, I think he'll need to win this GSL and Blizzcon before he converts all of the non-believers.

If Maru wins GSL AND Blizzcon he'd be close but I'd still give Inno a slight advantage.

I think that's insane Not as insane as the Mvp cult but still

If Maru wins Blizzcon:

Maru 5 Starleagues, Inno 4 Starleagues + 1 second place

Maru 2 weekenders, Inno 4 weekenders,
out of which Blizzcon for Maru and IEM Gyeonggi, WCS Season finals and GSL vs the World for Inno were tier 1 weekenders.
WESG and IEM Gamescom tier 2 weekenders.


I don't see how it's insane, seems very close to me.
Take Blizzcon away and Inno is undoubtely ahead.

The only difference between the two is that Inno seems to have a lot of haters who try to belittle his achievements but try to be objective for a moment and you'll see that Maru has still a long way to go.


If you only look at tournament wins maybe, but that is way too simplistic + we have to add proleague as well.

They were both insane in Proleague so it won't really favor anyone. What else should be looked at? ro4/ro8 finishes? There Maru has probably a slight advantage but not enough to put him clearly above Inno


Depends how you value ro4/ro8 finishes. Proleague is close indeed, but maru still has a slight edge there.
I will give you that "insane" might have been a strong word though.

IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
ValM
Profile Joined May 2010
India408 Posts
September 08 2018 06:04 GMT
#273
On September 08 2018 14:33 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 14:21 Anc13nt wrote:
Yeah, I think he'll need to win this GSL and Blizzcon before he converts all of the non-believers.

If Maru wins GSL AND Blizzcon he'd be close but I'd still give Inno a slight advantage.


I dunno if that was sarcastic....
The Terran Prince is now the king. Maru | MMA | Mvp forever
xelnaga_empire
Profile Joined March 2012
627 Posts
September 08 2018 06:18 GMT
#274
Even if Maru wins this GSL, he will not be GOAT. Before this year, Maru won OSL in 2013, and SSL in 2015. So that's 1 OSL, 1 SSL, and 2 GSLs so far for Maru. He did win Proleague in 2016 and he has always performed in Proleague. Having said that, Innovation has won more Proleague titles than Maru and Innovation has always performed in Proleague as well.

If Maru wins this GSL and Blizzcon, then Innovation and Maru will be close for GOAT. But Maru needs to win both. Even if Maru loses this GSL and wins Blizzcon, I would still consider Innovation to be the GOAT.
dummy1
Profile Blog Joined April 2018
420 Posts
September 08 2018 06:21 GMT
#275
On September 08 2018 15:18 xelnaga_empire wrote:
Even if Maru wins this GSL, he will not be GOAT. Before this year, Maru won OSL in 2013, and SSL in 2015. So that's 1 OSL, 1 SSL, and 2 GSLs so far for Maru. He did win Proleague in 2016 and he has always performed in Proleague. Having said that, Innovation has won more Proleague titles than Maru and Innovation has always performed in Proleague as well.

If Maru wins this GSL and Blizzcon, then Innovation and Maru will be close for GOAT. But Maru needs to win both. Even if Maru loses this GSL and wins Blizzcon, I would still consider Innovation to be the GOAT.

Dude, go and ride a pony.
https://www.youtube.com/c/DepressingStarcraft <- Maru VODs and stuff | END REGION-LOCK NOW
xelnaga_empire
Profile Joined March 2012
627 Posts
September 08 2018 06:47 GMT
#276
On September 08 2018 15:21 dummy1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 15:18 xelnaga_empire wrote:
Even if Maru wins this GSL, he will not be GOAT. Before this year, Maru won OSL in 2013, and SSL in 2015. So that's 1 OSL, 1 SSL, and 2 GSLs so far for Maru. He did win Proleague in 2016 and he has always performed in Proleague. Having said that, Innovation has won more Proleague titles than Maru and Innovation has always performed in Proleague as well.

If Maru wins this GSL and Blizzcon, then Innovation and Maru will be close for GOAT. But Maru needs to win both. Even if Maru loses this GSL and wins Blizzcon, I would still consider Innovation to be the GOAT.

Dude, go and ride a pony.


What's wrong with you? This is my opinion. You have your opinion too. Relax and breathe in. Get a chill pill.
dummy1
Profile Blog Joined April 2018
420 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-08 06:53:11
September 08 2018 06:52 GMT
#277
On September 08 2018 15:47 xelnaga_empire wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2018 15:21 dummy1 wrote:
On September 08 2018 15:18 xelnaga_empire wrote:
Even if Maru wins this GSL, he will not be GOAT. Before this year, Maru won OSL in 2013, and SSL in 2015. So that's 1 OSL, 1 SSL, and 2 GSLs so far for Maru. He did win Proleague in 2016 and he has always performed in Proleague. Having said that, Innovation has won more Proleague titles than Maru and Innovation has always performed in Proleague as well.

If Maru wins this GSL and Blizzcon, then Innovation and Maru will be close for GOAT. But Maru needs to win both. Even if Maru loses this GSL and wins Blizzcon, I would still consider Innovation to be the GOAT.

Dude, go and ride a pony.


What's wrong with you? This is my opinion. You have your opinion too. Relax and breathe in. Get a chill pill.


My Apologies.Ok Ok. I'm just tired to read so many goats-not-goats-because. It doesn't get it better for starcraft.
https://www.youtube.com/c/DepressingStarcraft <- Maru VODs and stuff | END REGION-LOCK NOW
Noonius
Profile Joined April 2012
Estonia17413 Posts
September 08 2018 07:00 GMT
#278
On September 08 2018 14:21 Anc13nt wrote:
Yeah, I think he'll need to win this GSL and Blizzcon before he converts all of the non-believers.


not all of them
Terran forever | Maru hater forever
GreasedUpDeafGuy
Profile Joined August 2018
United States398 Posts
September 08 2018 07:00 GMT
#279
So many awful best of seven series in Starcraft over the past few days. It must be that time of the year
Cant catch me. You're wasting your time
Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
September 08 2018 07:20 GMT
#280
Is our period really considered highest skill area?
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
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