• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 00:56
CET 05:56
KST 13:56
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT29Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289HomeStory Cup 28 - Info & Preview13Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info8
Community News
Blizzard Classic Cup - Tastosis announced as captains7Weekly Cups (March 2-8): ByuN overcomes PvT block4GSL CK - New online series18BSL Season 224Vitality ends partnership with ONSYDE20
StarCraft 2
General
Blizzard Classic Cup - Tastosis announced as captains GSL CK - New online series Weekly Cups (March 2-8): ByuN overcomes PvT block Weekly Cups (Feb 23-Mar 1): herO doubles, 2v2 bonanza Vitality ends partnership with ONSYDE
Tourneys
[GSL CK] Team Maru vs. Team herO WardiTV Team League Season 10 Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) RSL Season 4 announced for March-April Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
Custom Maps
Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026] Map Editor closed ?
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 516 Specter of Death Mutation # 515 Together Forever Mutation # 514 Ulnar New Year
Brood War
General
ASL21 General Discussion Are you ready for ASL 21? Hype VIDEO Gypsy to Korea BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Recent recommended BW games
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues IPSL Spring 2026 is here! ASL Season 21 Qualifiers March 7-8 BWCL Season 64 Announcement
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2 Fighting Spirit mining rates Zealot bombing is no longer popular?
Other Games
General Games
PC Games Sales Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Path of Exile No Man's Sky (PS4 and PC) Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Five o'clock TL Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Mexico's Drug War Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine YouTube Thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books [Manga] One Piece
Sports
Formula 1 Discussion 2024 - 2026 Football Thread General nutrition recommendations Cricket [SPORT] TL MMA Pick'em Pool 2013
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
Gaming-Related Deaths
TrAiDoS
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 2045 users

[IEM XIII] Katowice 2019 - Group Stage (RO24) - Day 2 - Pa…

Forum Index > StarCraft 2 Tournaments
Post a Reply
Prev 1 10 11 12 13 14 116 Next
imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
March 01 2019 12:01 GMT
#221
On March 01 2019 20:59 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2019 20:58 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:55 Charoisaur wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:53 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:51 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:47 Xain0n wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:41 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:31 Snakestyle11 wrote:
I dont want to jynx it, but it seems to be Serral is just on another level than any other player in the world. Literally one class above code S.

I have never seen someone dominate other top players in such a convincing fashion with no holes, no weakness. If sc2 can stay esports for a few more years, I wouldnt be surprised if Serral surpasses Flashs level of dominance in broodwar....

If he's so good where are his Code S titles? oO And as much as I don't like Flash his level of dominance is totally something different. Serral is nowhere near this. And Flash wasn't avoiding the Korean competition in WCS IIRC.


Serral can't win Code S if he never plays it; he might do it one day, deal with it for now.

Flash in Sc2 wasn't but a pale shade of what he is in BW; you can't compare him to Serral, only korean players are relevant in Brood War and they all play the same tournaments in the same scene.

Also, according to Letmelose Nada is the best player in BW's history and there is a strong argument for that.
Flash might be the best RTS player of all times but it's highly debatable, look at Moon's accomplishments in Warcraft III.

Obviously he was comparing him to Flash in BW and Serral is nowhere near this kind of dominance. Accept it.


I think he could be if he was playing Code S. But the way SC2 works he has 0 interest to play something else than the farmer league and global events.

Thus the case is closed, isn't it?


Comparing different games is stupid to begin with, even in the same genre (who's the best moba player, Faker or Dendi xD) and SC2 & BW only share the same name. They're very very different RTS that tests the RTS skills in a different manner so it's totally pointless to compare BW achievement to SC2 achievement. Except to have utter respect for people who were able to win titles in both.

However Serral will be closer and closer to the title of best SC2 player in the history if he keeps up this level of play. I don't remember anyone feeling as dominant as he is.

Zest, Life, Inno, Mvp...


Zest always had this PvZ shackiness, Life had some huge ups but no real consistency.
Inno early 2013 is comparable but he didn't have the same string of results (tilting and losing vs SK is something Serral has not done yet). Mvp 2011 was quite godlike but still not the same consistency.

What's the last boX lost by serral against a kr player (not even counting foreigner). Only disappointing loss in like a year is the 2-0 vs soO at NW.

And i'm a huge kr fanboy but he looks so much better than his opponent in most of his games it's unreal.

PvZ shackiness? So what is Serral ZvT then?


rock solid compared to Zest PvZ xD
Zest fanboy.
blooblooblahblah
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia4163 Posts
March 01 2019 12:01 GMT
#222
I thought Serral was completely dead, he's still behind but really feel like Solar should've just killed him.
Ganzi beat me without stim. Ostojiy beat me with a nydus. Siphonn beat me with probes. Revival beat my sentry-immortal all-in.
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
March 01 2019 12:01 GMT
#223
On March 01 2019 20:59 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2019 20:58 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:55 Charoisaur wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:53 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:51 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:47 Xain0n wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:41 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:31 Snakestyle11 wrote:
I dont want to jynx it, but it seems to be Serral is just on another level than any other player in the world. Literally one class above code S.

I have never seen someone dominate other top players in such a convincing fashion with no holes, no weakness. If sc2 can stay esports for a few more years, I wouldnt be surprised if Serral surpasses Flashs level of dominance in broodwar....

If he's so good where are his Code S titles? oO And as much as I don't like Flash his level of dominance is totally something different. Serral is nowhere near this. And Flash wasn't avoiding the Korean competition in WCS IIRC.


Serral can't win Code S if he never plays it; he might do it one day, deal with it for now.

Flash in Sc2 wasn't but a pale shade of what he is in BW; you can't compare him to Serral, only korean players are relevant in Brood War and they all play the same tournaments in the same scene.

Also, according to Letmelose Nada is the best player in BW's history and there is a strong argument for that.
Flash might be the best RTS player of all times but it's highly debatable, look at Moon's accomplishments in Warcraft III.

Obviously he was comparing him to Flash in BW and Serral is nowhere near this kind of dominance. Accept it.


I think he could be if he was playing Code S. But the way SC2 works he has 0 interest to play something else than the farmer league and global events.

Thus the case is closed, isn't it?


Comparing different games is stupid to begin with, even in the same genre (who's the best moba player, Faker or Dendi xD) and SC2 & BW only share the same name. They're very very different RTS that tests the RTS skills in a different manner so it's totally pointless to compare BW achievement to SC2 achievement. Except to have utter respect for people who were able to win titles in both.

However Serral will be closer and closer to the title of best SC2 player in the history if he keeps up this level of play. I don't remember anyone feeling as dominant as he is.

Zest, Life, Inno, Mvp...


Zest always had this PvZ shackiness, Life had some huge ups but no real consistency.
Inno early 2013 is comparable but he didn't have the same string of results (tilting and losing vs SK is something Serral has not done yet). Mvp 2011 was quite godlike but still not the same consistency.

What's the last boX lost by serral against a kr player (not even counting foreigner). Only disappointing loss in like a year is the 2-0 vs soO at NW.

And i'm a huge kr fanboy but he looks so much better than his opponent in most of his games it's unreal.

PvZ shackiness? So what is Serral ZvT then?


Nodoby ever won as many premier tournaments as he did in addiction to very good placements in the ones he didn't win, earned as much money and had a better streak in one year of Sc2; Serral's ZvT "weakness"? Lost one game against Maru at his peak while he still wasn't?
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
March 01 2019 12:01 GMT
#224
On March 01 2019 21:00 imre wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2019 20:58 Jasper_Ty wrote:
Are we just casually forgetting Maru winning 3 Code S's in a row? If we're talking about dominance then what Maru did in 2018 was almost completely unheard of in the history of Starcraft 2 (if we forget about Mvp 2011-2012 for a second).


problem is that Maru lost every other tournament in the meanwhile :/ but yes 3 code S in a row is crazy and what he did to the korean scene was incredible.


And he did that while Terran was weak, even more impressive. But he stole the last map to TY
TL+ Member
Muffloe
Profile Joined December 2012
Sweden6061 Posts
March 01 2019 12:02 GMT
#225
Solar ties it up!
romson87
Profile Joined May 2016
Poland487 Posts
March 01 2019 12:02 GMT
#226
He bleeds..
TL+ Member
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
March 01 2019 12:02 GMT
#227
And Solar takes the W in game 2!
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
stilt
Profile Joined October 2012
France2754 Posts
March 01 2019 12:02 GMT
#228
On March 01 2019 20:59 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2019 20:58 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:55 Charoisaur wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:53 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:51 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:47 Xain0n wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:41 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:31 Snakestyle11 wrote:
I dont want to jynx it, but it seems to be Serral is just on another level than any other player in the world. Literally one class above code S.

I have never seen someone dominate other top players in such a convincing fashion with no holes, no weakness. If sc2 can stay esports for a few more years, I wouldnt be surprised if Serral surpasses Flashs level of dominance in broodwar....

If he's so good where are his Code S titles? oO And as much as I don't like Flash his level of dominance is totally something different. Serral is nowhere near this. And Flash wasn't avoiding the Korean competition in WCS IIRC.


Serral can't win Code S if he never plays it; he might do it one day, deal with it for now.

Flash in Sc2 wasn't but a pale shade of what he is in BW; you can't compare him to Serral, only korean players are relevant in Brood War and they all play the same tournaments in the same scene.

Also, according to Letmelose Nada is the best player in BW's history and there is a strong argument for that.
Flash might be the best RTS player of all times but it's highly debatable, look at Moon's accomplishments in Warcraft III.

Obviously he was comparing him to Flash in BW and Serral is nowhere near this kind of dominance. Accept it.


I think he could be if he was playing Code S. But the way SC2 works he has 0 interest to play something else than the farmer league and global events.

Thus the case is closed, isn't it?


Comparing different games is stupid to begin with, even in the same genre (who's the best moba player, Faker or Dendi xD) and SC2 & BW only share the same name. They're very very different RTS that tests the RTS skills in a different manner so it's totally pointless to compare BW achievement to SC2 achievement. Except to have utter respect for people who were able to win titles in both.

However Serral will be closer and closer to the title of best SC2 player in the history if he keeps up this level of play. I don't remember anyone feeling as dominant as he is.

Zest, Life, Inno, Mvp...


Zest always had this PvZ shackiness, Life had some huge ups but no real consistency.
Inno early 2013 is comparable but he didn't have the same string of results (tilting and losing vs SK is something Serral has not done yet). Mvp 2011 was quite godlike but still not the same consistency.

What's the last boX lost by serral against a kr player (not even counting foreigner). Only disappointing loss in like a year is the 2-0 vs soO at NW.

And i'm a huge kr fanboy but he looks so much better than his opponent in most of his games it's unreal.

PvZ shackiness? So what is Serral ZvT then?


If I remember correctly it was more about pvt shackiness, after the nerf of the msc vision, he looked fragile in the mu while only 2014 soO and prime Life seemed to be able to beat him.
As for serral zvt, I found it very good at hsc despite some flaws, I don't think he is that much better in zvp.
imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
March 01 2019 12:03 GMT
#229
On March 01 2019 21:01 DieuCure wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2019 21:00 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:58 Jasper_Ty wrote:
Are we just casually forgetting Maru winning 3 Code S's in a row? If we're talking about dominance then what Maru did in 2018 was almost completely unheard of in the history of Starcraft 2 (if we forget about Mvp 2011-2012 for a second).


problem is that Maru lost every other tournament in the meanwhile :/ but yes 3 code S in a row is crazy and what he did to the korean scene was incredible.


And he did that while Terran was weak, even more impressive. But he stole the last map to TY


Terran wasn't weak early 2018 tbh. Late 2018 on the other hand...
Really looking forward to Serral vs Gumi & Inno, we'll know a lot more about his ZvT chances.
Zest fanboy.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
March 01 2019 12:03 GMT
#230
On March 01 2019 21:01 Xain0n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2019 20:59 Poopi wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:58 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:55 Charoisaur wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:53 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:51 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:47 Xain0n wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:41 deacon.frost wrote:
[quote]
If he's so good where are his Code S titles? oO And as much as I don't like Flash his level of dominance is totally something different. Serral is nowhere near this. And Flash wasn't avoiding the Korean competition in WCS IIRC.


Serral can't win Code S if he never plays it; he might do it one day, deal with it for now.

Flash in Sc2 wasn't but a pale shade of what he is in BW; you can't compare him to Serral, only korean players are relevant in Brood War and they all play the same tournaments in the same scene.

Also, according to Letmelose Nada is the best player in BW's history and there is a strong argument for that.
Flash might be the best RTS player of all times but it's highly debatable, look at Moon's accomplishments in Warcraft III.

Obviously he was comparing him to Flash in BW and Serral is nowhere near this kind of dominance. Accept it.


I think he could be if he was playing Code S. But the way SC2 works he has 0 interest to play something else than the farmer league and global events.

Thus the case is closed, isn't it?


Comparing different games is stupid to begin with, even in the same genre (who's the best moba player, Faker or Dendi xD) and SC2 & BW only share the same name. They're very very different RTS that tests the RTS skills in a different manner so it's totally pointless to compare BW achievement to SC2 achievement. Except to have utter respect for people who were able to win titles in both.

However Serral will be closer and closer to the title of best SC2 player in the history if he keeps up this level of play. I don't remember anyone feeling as dominant as he is.

Zest, Life, Inno, Mvp...


Zest always had this PvZ shackiness, Life had some huge ups but no real consistency.
Inno early 2013 is comparable but he didn't have the same string of results (tilting and losing vs SK is something Serral has not done yet). Mvp 2011 was quite godlike but still not the same consistency.

What's the last boX lost by serral against a kr player (not even counting foreigner). Only disappointing loss in like a year is the 2-0 vs soO at NW.

And i'm a huge kr fanboy but he looks so much better than his opponent in most of his games it's unreal.

PvZ shackiness? So what is Serral ZvT then?


Nodoby ever won as many premier tournaments as he did in addiction to very good placements in the ones he didn't win, earned as much money and had a better streak in one year of Sc2; Serral's ZvT "weakness"? Lost one game against Maru at his peak while he still wasn't?

FFS even he admitted this last year he doesn't have good practice partners for ZvT and they have to archon the Terran. Don't be such a fanboy.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
March 01 2019 12:03 GMT
#231
On March 01 2019 21:02 romson87 wrote:
He bleeds..


He often bleeds, especially when he tries something like this Nydus.
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9221 Posts
March 01 2019 12:04 GMT
#232
Mech vs Bio TvT is so cool.
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
March 01 2019 12:04 GMT
#233
Serral confirmed slump
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
March 01 2019 12:04 GMT
#234
On March 01 2019 21:01 Xain0n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2019 20:59 Poopi wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:58 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:55 Charoisaur wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:53 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:51 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:47 Xain0n wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:41 deacon.frost wrote:
[quote]
If he's so good where are his Code S titles? oO And as much as I don't like Flash his level of dominance is totally something different. Serral is nowhere near this. And Flash wasn't avoiding the Korean competition in WCS IIRC.


Serral can't win Code S if he never plays it; he might do it one day, deal with it for now.

Flash in Sc2 wasn't but a pale shade of what he is in BW; you can't compare him to Serral, only korean players are relevant in Brood War and they all play the same tournaments in the same scene.

Also, according to Letmelose Nada is the best player in BW's history and there is a strong argument for that.
Flash might be the best RTS player of all times but it's highly debatable, look at Moon's accomplishments in Warcraft III.

Obviously he was comparing him to Flash in BW and Serral is nowhere near this kind of dominance. Accept it.


I think he could be if he was playing Code S. But the way SC2 works he has 0 interest to play something else than the farmer league and global events.

Thus the case is closed, isn't it?


Comparing different games is stupid to begin with, even in the same genre (who's the best moba player, Faker or Dendi xD) and SC2 & BW only share the same name. They're very very different RTS that tests the RTS skills in a different manner so it's totally pointless to compare BW achievement to SC2 achievement. Except to have utter respect for people who were able to win titles in both.

However Serral will be closer and closer to the title of best SC2 player in the history if he keeps up this level of play. I don't remember anyone feeling as dominant as he is.

Zest, Life, Inno, Mvp...


Zest always had this PvZ shackiness, Life had some huge ups but no real consistency.
Inno early 2013 is comparable but he didn't have the same string of results (tilting and losing vs SK is something Serral has not done yet). Mvp 2011 was quite godlike but still not the same consistency.

What's the last boX lost by serral against a kr player (not even counting foreigner). Only disappointing loss in like a year is the 2-0 vs soO at NW.

And i'm a huge kr fanboy but he looks so much better than his opponent in most of his games it's unreal.

PvZ shackiness? So what is Serral ZvT then?


Nodoby ever won as many premier tournaments as he did in addiction to very good placements in the ones he didn't win, earned as much money and had a better streak in one year of Sc2; Serral's ZvT "weakness"? Lost one game against Maru at his peak while he still wasn't?


Problem is you cant judge his ZvT since he didnt have to play against the very best terrans ( TY and Maru ) in a big tournament except when he lost, unlike his ZvP ( Stats twice ) , and ZvZ ( Rogue Blizzcon ).
TL+ Member
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12911 Posts
March 01 2019 12:04 GMT
#235
On March 01 2019 21:01 imre wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2019 20:59 Poopi wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:58 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:55 Charoisaur wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:53 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:51 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:47 Xain0n wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:41 deacon.frost wrote:
[quote]
If he's so good where are his Code S titles? oO And as much as I don't like Flash his level of dominance is totally something different. Serral is nowhere near this. And Flash wasn't avoiding the Korean competition in WCS IIRC.


Serral can't win Code S if he never plays it; he might do it one day, deal with it for now.

Flash in Sc2 wasn't but a pale shade of what he is in BW; you can't compare him to Serral, only korean players are relevant in Brood War and they all play the same tournaments in the same scene.

Also, according to Letmelose Nada is the best player in BW's history and there is a strong argument for that.
Flash might be the best RTS player of all times but it's highly debatable, look at Moon's accomplishments in Warcraft III.

Obviously he was comparing him to Flash in BW and Serral is nowhere near this kind of dominance. Accept it.


I think he could be if he was playing Code S. But the way SC2 works he has 0 interest to play something else than the farmer league and global events.

Thus the case is closed, isn't it?


Comparing different games is stupid to begin with, even in the same genre (who's the best moba player, Faker or Dendi xD) and SC2 & BW only share the same name. They're very very different RTS that tests the RTS skills in a different manner so it's totally pointless to compare BW achievement to SC2 achievement. Except to have utter respect for people who were able to win titles in both.

However Serral will be closer and closer to the title of best SC2 player in the history if he keeps up this level of play. I don't remember anyone feeling as dominant as he is.

Zest, Life, Inno, Mvp...


Zest always had this PvZ shackiness, Life had some huge ups but no real consistency.
Inno early 2013 is comparable but he didn't have the same string of results (tilting and losing vs SK is something Serral has not done yet). Mvp 2011 was quite godlike but still not the same consistency.

What's the last boX lost by serral against a kr player (not even counting foreigner). Only disappointing loss in like a year is the 2-0 vs soO at NW.

And i'm a huge kr fanboy but he looks so much better than his opponent in most of his games it's unreal.

PvZ shackiness? So what is Serral ZvT then?


rock solid compared to Zest PvZ xD

Yes but I think it's really unfortunate we didn't get to see him play more ZvT when he was that dominant. I think he had the mechanics skills to be great in it but he didn't face enough top terrans to be as proficient as Dark/Rogue in the MU during WESG. They showed ravens terrans were not that unbeatable whereas he was a bit clueless, then the match-up became Z favored afterwards (bar 2rax shenanigans) and we didn't even get to see him play good terrans in that setup.

Anyways it's unbelievable considering sc2 history that we are even arguing on a foreigner being the best in the world, things have changed.
WriterMaru
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
March 01 2019 12:04 GMT
#236
On March 01 2019 21:01 DieuCure wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2019 21:00 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:58 Jasper_Ty wrote:
Are we just casually forgetting Maru winning 3 Code S's in a row? If we're talking about dominance then what Maru did in 2018 was almost completely unheard of in the history of Starcraft 2 (if we forget about Mvp 2011-2012 for a second).


problem is that Maru lost every other tournament in the meanwhile :/ but yes 3 code S in a row is crazy and what he did to the korean scene was incredible.


And he did that while Terran was weak, even more impressive. But he stole the last map to TY


I'm still glad I turned off the stream before that last point. Was just excruciating. And probably the tightest timing ever
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
Gandie
Profile Joined October 2010
158 Posts
March 01 2019 12:05 GMT
#237
12 pool, Serral wants to get this done.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
March 01 2019 12:05 GMT
#238
That's more like it Gumiho
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
March 01 2019 12:06 GMT
#239
On March 01 2019 21:03 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 01 2019 21:01 Xain0n wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:59 Poopi wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:58 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:55 Charoisaur wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:53 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:51 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 imre wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:49 deacon.frost wrote:
On March 01 2019 20:47 Xain0n wrote:
[quote]

Serral can't win Code S if he never plays it; he might do it one day, deal with it for now.

Flash in Sc2 wasn't but a pale shade of what he is in BW; you can't compare him to Serral, only korean players are relevant in Brood War and they all play the same tournaments in the same scene.

Also, according to Letmelose Nada is the best player in BW's history and there is a strong argument for that.
Flash might be the best RTS player of all times but it's highly debatable, look at Moon's accomplishments in Warcraft III.

Obviously he was comparing him to Flash in BW and Serral is nowhere near this kind of dominance. Accept it.


I think he could be if he was playing Code S. But the way SC2 works he has 0 interest to play something else than the farmer league and global events.

Thus the case is closed, isn't it?


Comparing different games is stupid to begin with, even in the same genre (who's the best moba player, Faker or Dendi xD) and SC2 & BW only share the same name. They're very very different RTS that tests the RTS skills in a different manner so it's totally pointless to compare BW achievement to SC2 achievement. Except to have utter respect for people who were able to win titles in both.

However Serral will be closer and closer to the title of best SC2 player in the history if he keeps up this level of play. I don't remember anyone feeling as dominant as he is.

Zest, Life, Inno, Mvp...


Zest always had this PvZ shackiness, Life had some huge ups but no real consistency.
Inno early 2013 is comparable but he didn't have the same string of results (tilting and losing vs SK is something Serral has not done yet). Mvp 2011 was quite godlike but still not the same consistency.

What's the last boX lost by serral against a kr player (not even counting foreigner). Only disappointing loss in like a year is the 2-0 vs soO at NW.

And i'm a huge kr fanboy but he looks so much better than his opponent in most of his games it's unreal.

PvZ shackiness? So what is Serral ZvT then?


Nodoby ever won as many premier tournaments as he did in addiction to very good placements in the ones he didn't win, earned as much money and had a better streak in one year of Sc2; Serral's ZvT "weakness"? Lost one game against Maru at his peak while he still wasn't?

FFS even he admitted this last year he doesn't have good practice partners for ZvT and they have to archon the Terran. Don't be such a fanboy.


It's his worst matchup, and he didn't have to play the best T in official tournaments once he rose to dominance as well. He 3-0d Inno and beat Maru at GSL vs the World; he won HSC essentially against T while never losing a single series.
If that is weakness...
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
March 01 2019 12:06 GMT
#240
On March 01 2019 21:05 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
That's more like it Gumiho

So Inno stil slumping? Bah, TY confirmed as the only hope.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Prev 1 10 11 12 13 14 116 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
00:00
GSL CK - Day 1
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RuFF_SC2 168
ProTech143
mcanning 93
StarCraft: Brood War
GuemChi 3421
Leta 260
-ZergGirl 101
ggaemo 69
NaDa 29
Bale 15
Noble 11
Icarus 7
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm100
League of Legends
JimRising 734
Counter-Strike
Coldzera 1589
taco 406
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox590
Other Games
summit1g12024
WinterStarcraft475
C9.Mang0317
Mew2King52
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick317
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH225
• davetesta16
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Rush788
• Stunt407
Other Games
• Scarra1219
Upcoming Events
The PondCast
5h 4m
WardiTV Team League
7h 4m
Replay Cast
19h 4m
Replay Cast
1d 19h
CranKy Ducklings
2 days
RSL Revival
2 days
WardiTV Team League
2 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
2 days
BSL
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
3 days
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
3 days
WardiTV Team League
3 days
BSL
3 days
Replay Cast
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Wardi Open
4 days
Monday Night Weeklies
4 days
WardiTV Team League
5 days
GSL
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-03-11
WardiTV Winter 2026
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Jeongseon Sooper Cup
BSL Season 22
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

CSL Elite League 2026
ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
2026 Changsha Offline CUP
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
CSLAN 4
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
NationLESS Cup
CS Asia Championships 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.