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On July 01 2019 03:53 HolydaKing wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:52 Elentos wrote:On July 01 2019 03:50 HolydaKing wrote:On July 01 2019 03:49 Geo.Rion wrote:
The event is running really late because of the downtime caused by connection problems. HSC always ended past midnight recently, no? Last HSC finals started 10:15 PM, no way we're making that with 2 more matches and the obligatory begging session. Unlikely, yeah. Although I wouldn't be surprised if soO vs Zest is over before that if the breaks aren't big. soO doesn't like to play long games after all.
soO doesn't mind long games as long as they're really long midgames 
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I hope soO wins now. He mighy be the best Zerg player in the world at every matchup.
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On July 01 2019 03:55 Need wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:53 HolydaKing wrote:On July 01 2019 03:52 Elentos wrote:On July 01 2019 03:50 HolydaKing wrote:On July 01 2019 03:49 Geo.Rion wrote:
The event is running really late because of the downtime caused by connection problems. HSC always ended past midnight recently, no? Last HSC finals started 10:15 PM, no way we're making that with 2 more matches and the obligatory begging session. Unlikely, yeah. Although I wouldn't be surprised if soO vs Zest is over before that if the breaks aren't big. soO doesn't like to play long games after all. soO doesn't mind long games as long as they're really long midgames
Yep, I guess that's true.
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On July 01 2019 03:49 Xain0n wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:07 AttackZerg wrote:On July 01 2019 03:03 Xain0n wrote:On July 01 2019 03:00 AttackZerg wrote:On July 01 2019 02:55 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:52 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:49 AzAlexZ wrote:On July 01 2019 02:46 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:44 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:43 deacon.frost wrote:
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With mass landed vikings and air only? What are you smoking? Not saying TY chose a good strategy this game but saying TY is not known for his late game is stupid. I like what Solar said - this is a built that if unscouted is an auto win for terran, and if scouted it's really hard in the lategame. serral had good scouting Serral won by the scout 30 minutes ago and you're defending him because of this game... again, what are you smoking? but Serral didn't win yet, you know why? cuz TY is great at late game (and mid game), get it in your thick skull buddy. If TY was a lesser Terran Serral would've killed him already, what does that tell you about TY's Macro and late game? Oh FFS, it's just a matter of time, the only way how to lose is to do some move command and die to stupidity. Get your thick skull tested, not mine, jeez On July 01 2019 02:51 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:46 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:44 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:43 deacon.frost wrote:
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With mass landed vikings and air only? What are you smoking? Not saying TY chose a good strategy this game but saying TY is not known for his late game is stupid. I like what Solar said - this is a built that if unscouted is an auto win for terran, and if scouted it's really hard in the lategame. serral had good scouting Serral won by the scout 30 minutes ago and you're defending him because of this game... again, what are you smoking? You're so obsessed with hating on serral. I never even mentioned serral. You think I did because you love debating about him in every single thread. I just said that saying TY is not known for late game is really dumb Jesus fucking christ, multiple times I mentioned he's top 4, he's probably the best zerg but hey, I'm the hater here. Stop being a blind fanboy and read what I write, not what YOU THINK I WRITE... You and Char and Xainon literally mess up every single thread talking about Serral. Even random threads that have nothing to do with it. Case in point: I didn't mention serral once and you think I did and started the debate. Let me be more nuanced: you don't hate serral. you are addicted to debating serral fanboys to the extreme. Every time I point out he MIGHT be the best zerg in all matchups ... they come out of the woodwork. Sc2 culture is so much worse then the bw scene was. I can't tell if it is age or just part and parcel of the whole internet getting stupider. These forums often barely differ from USEast. ... the public chat on west is actually worse then east. Dark times. Well, not speaking about Serral when Serral is playing a ZvT. I rarely introduce the argument, but I almost always speak when senseless things are said(quite often). I think the debate about best zerg is valid. I think many members on this forum have great perspective in both directions. Obviously, I am not talking about people who have valid commentary, having veteran sc2 players/members disagree with me is great, obviously they have valid reasons for disagreeing with me. I am totally fine with being wrong and learning why. It is the bandwagon of rage that shows up whenever he is mentioned. Is korean-0-phile a thing? Korean-centric? Dick riders? Not sure, but their is an anti-fan element that I lack good language to describe. If TRUE would have won what Serral did and played just like he does, WCS titles would still be compared to Olimoleagues but the atmosphere would be much more relaxed like it happens in Brood War forums and how it used to be during HoTS(my answer to what Opisska is saying).
I wonder why that might be... Maybe because TRUE doesn't have as fanatic fanboys as Serral?
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On July 01 2019 03:50 HolydaKing wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:49 Geo.Rion wrote:
The event is running really late because of the downtime caused by connection problems. HSC always ended past midnight recently, no?
I was there 3 years ago and had to basically run after the finals to catch the last tram out of Krefeld. It's really not perfectly thought out, because it's on "weekend" but with not much allowance for the impeding Monday.
Anyway, Elentos is a weakling, I am sure you don't need to sleep to work.
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On July 01 2019 03:54 Pandain wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:46 Elentos wrote:After all the technical difficulties please don't waste so much time I wanna see the finals but I also have to go to work tomorrow  Well there are two more series and a fundraising run before the final so i hope you have at least 3 hours to stay up
At the current rate the finals start in 3 hours. And watching them then wouldn't be very productive for my work tomorrow.
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On July 01 2019 03:55 Ej_ wrote:
I hope soO wins now. He mighy be the best Zerg player in the world at every matchup.
I really wish we get a Zest vs Serral grand finals
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Namshar casting! 
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On July 01 2019 03:49 Xain0n wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:07 AttackZerg wrote:On July 01 2019 03:03 Xain0n wrote:On July 01 2019 03:00 AttackZerg wrote:On July 01 2019 02:55 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:52 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:49 AzAlexZ wrote:On July 01 2019 02:46 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:44 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:43 deacon.frost wrote:
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With mass landed vikings and air only? What are you smoking? Not saying TY chose a good strategy this game but saying TY is not known for his late game is stupid. I like what Solar said - this is a built that if unscouted is an auto win for terran, and if scouted it's really hard in the lategame. serral had good scouting Serral won by the scout 30 minutes ago and you're defending him because of this game... again, what are you smoking? but Serral didn't win yet, you know why? cuz TY is great at late game (and mid game), get it in your thick skull buddy. If TY was a lesser Terran Serral would've killed him already, what does that tell you about TY's Macro and late game? Oh FFS, it's just a matter of time, the only way how to lose is to do some move command and die to stupidity. Get your thick skull tested, not mine, jeez On July 01 2019 02:51 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:46 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:44 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:43 deacon.frost wrote:
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With mass landed vikings and air only? What are you smoking? Not saying TY chose a good strategy this game but saying TY is not known for his late game is stupid. I like what Solar said - this is a built that if unscouted is an auto win for terran, and if scouted it's really hard in the lategame. serral had good scouting Serral won by the scout 30 minutes ago and you're defending him because of this game... again, what are you smoking? You're so obsessed with hating on serral. I never even mentioned serral. You think I did because you love debating about him in every single thread. I just said that saying TY is not known for late game is really dumb Jesus fucking christ, multiple times I mentioned he's top 4, he's probably the best zerg but hey, I'm the hater here. Stop being a blind fanboy and read what I write, not what YOU THINK I WRITE... You and Char and Xainon literally mess up every single thread talking about Serral. Even random threads that have nothing to do with it. Case in point: I didn't mention serral once and you think I did and started the debate. Let me be more nuanced: you don't hate serral. you are addicted to debating serral fanboys to the extreme. Every time I point out he MIGHT be the best zerg in all matchups ... they come out of the woodwork. Sc2 culture is so much worse then the bw scene was. I can't tell if it is age or just part and parcel of the whole internet getting stupider. These forums often barely differ from USEast. ... the public chat on west is actually worse then east. Dark times. Well, not speaking about Serral when Serral is playing a ZvT. I rarely introduce the argument, but I almost always speak when senseless things are said(quite often). I think the debate about best zerg is valid. I think many members on this forum have great perspective in both directions. Obviously, I am not talking about people who have valid commentary, having veteran sc2 players/members disagree with me is great, obviously they have valid reasons for disagreeing with me. I am totally fine with being wrong and learning why. It is the bandwagon of rage that shows up whenever he is mentioned. Is korean-0-phile a thing? Korean-centric? Dick riders? Not sure, but their is an anti-fan element that I lack good language to describe. My two cents is that people can't stand the fact Serral was undoubtly the best in the world(and most likely still is atm) despite not being a korean. If TRUE would have won what Serral did and played just like he does, WCS titles would still be compared to Olimoleagues but the atmosphere would be much more relaxed like it happens in Brood War forums and how it used to be during HoTS(my answer to what Opisska is saying). Serral's is not especially great at lategame ZvT considering how strong he is overall, but he still is one of the best in the world, korean level. Ej, if I'm not wrong, said ONLY Dark could win a ZvT played the way TY did and Chairo said that was because only top players can beat top players(this way, Serral not capable of beating TY is like saying Serral is not a top player, and that's what triggered me). This time specifically, I kind of agree with Mariano, TY's TvZ(including lategame) is not as good as Maru's or Inno's.
I would argue Maru is the lategame TvZ specialist and that Inno's truest strength is in protracted middlegame - push games.
At this point, why is it so shocking a top player isn't korean.
It has been 9 years of world wide competition, I am not surprised a top player isn't korean.
I think it is a tribute to how fucking good and talented the korean baseline is.
In chess all of the old monopolies have fallen at the very top (despite Russia having by far the most GM's, IM's and FM's).
I don't buy the genetic arguments (not saying you said put forth one) in mental sports, I do buy into the cultural and linguistic advantages of some regions thou.
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On July 01 2019 03:56 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:49 Xain0n wrote:On July 01 2019 03:07 AttackZerg wrote:On July 01 2019 03:03 Xain0n wrote:On July 01 2019 03:00 AttackZerg wrote:On July 01 2019 02:55 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:52 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:49 AzAlexZ wrote:On July 01 2019 02:46 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:44 Pandain wrote:
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Not saying TY chose a good strategy this game but saying TY is not known for his late game is stupid.
I like what Solar said - this is a built that if unscouted is an auto win for terran, and if scouted it's really hard in the lategame. serral had good scouting Serral won by the scout 30 minutes ago and you're defending him because of this game... again, what are you smoking? but Serral didn't win yet, you know why? cuz TY is great at late game (and mid game), get it in your thick skull buddy. If TY was a lesser Terran Serral would've killed him already, what does that tell you about TY's Macro and late game? Oh FFS, it's just a matter of time, the only way how to lose is to do some move command and die to stupidity. Get your thick skull tested, not mine, jeez On July 01 2019 02:51 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:46 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:44 Pandain wrote:
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Not saying TY chose a good strategy this game but saying TY is not known for his late game is stupid.
I like what Solar said - this is a built that if unscouted is an auto win for terran, and if scouted it's really hard in the lategame. serral had good scouting Serral won by the scout 30 minutes ago and you're defending him because of this game... again, what are you smoking? You're so obsessed with hating on serral. I never even mentioned serral. You think I did because you love debating about him in every single thread. I just said that saying TY is not known for late game is really dumb Jesus fucking christ, multiple times I mentioned he's top 4, he's probably the best zerg but hey, I'm the hater here. Stop being a blind fanboy and read what I write, not what YOU THINK I WRITE... You and Char and Xainon literally mess up every single thread talking about Serral. Even random threads that have nothing to do with it. Case in point: I didn't mention serral once and you think I did and started the debate. Let me be more nuanced: you don't hate serral. you are addicted to debating serral fanboys to the extreme. Every time I point out he MIGHT be the best zerg in all matchups ... they come out of the woodwork. Sc2 culture is so much worse then the bw scene was. I can't tell if it is age or just part and parcel of the whole internet getting stupider. These forums often barely differ from USEast. ... the public chat on west is actually worse then east. Dark times. Well, not speaking about Serral when Serral is playing a ZvT. I rarely introduce the argument, but I almost always speak when senseless things are said(quite often). I think the debate about best zerg is valid. I think many members on this forum have great perspective in both directions. Obviously, I am not talking about people who have valid commentary, having veteran sc2 players/members disagree with me is great, obviously they have valid reasons for disagreeing with me. I am totally fine with being wrong and learning why. It is the bandwagon of rage that shows up whenever he is mentioned. Is korean-0-phile a thing? Korean-centric? Dick riders? Not sure, but their is an anti-fan element that I lack good language to describe. If TRUE would have won what Serral did and played just like he does, WCS titles would still be compared to Olimoleagues but the atmosphere would be much more relaxed like it happens in Brood War forums and how it used to be during HoTS(my answer to what Opisska is saying). I wonder why that might be... Maybe because TRUE doesn't have as fanatic fanboys as Serral?
having a rough night, huh?
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On July 01 2019 03:56 opisska wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:50 HolydaKing wrote:On July 01 2019 03:49 Geo.Rion wrote:
The event is running really late because of the downtime caused by connection problems. HSC always ended past midnight recently, no? I was there 3 years ago and had to basically run after the finals to catch the last tram out of Krefeld. It's really not perfectly thought out, because it's on "weekend" but with not much allowance for the impeding Monday. Anyway, Elentos is a weakling, I am sure you don't need to sleep to work.
Well I'd call in sick tomorrow but I already got sick Monday/Tuesday this week so that's out of the question.
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On July 01 2019 03:56 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:49 Xain0n wrote:On July 01 2019 03:07 AttackZerg wrote:On July 01 2019 03:03 Xain0n wrote:On July 01 2019 03:00 AttackZerg wrote:On July 01 2019 02:55 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:52 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:49 AzAlexZ wrote:On July 01 2019 02:46 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:44 Pandain wrote:
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Not saying TY chose a good strategy this game but saying TY is not known for his late game is stupid.
I like what Solar said - this is a built that if unscouted is an auto win for terran, and if scouted it's really hard in the lategame. serral had good scouting Serral won by the scout 30 minutes ago and you're defending him because of this game... again, what are you smoking? but Serral didn't win yet, you know why? cuz TY is great at late game (and mid game), get it in your thick skull buddy. If TY was a lesser Terran Serral would've killed him already, what does that tell you about TY's Macro and late game? Oh FFS, it's just a matter of time, the only way how to lose is to do some move command and die to stupidity. Get your thick skull tested, not mine, jeez On July 01 2019 02:51 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:46 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:44 Pandain wrote:
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Not saying TY chose a good strategy this game but saying TY is not known for his late game is stupid.
I like what Solar said - this is a built that if unscouted is an auto win for terran, and if scouted it's really hard in the lategame. serral had good scouting Serral won by the scout 30 minutes ago and you're defending him because of this game... again, what are you smoking? You're so obsessed with hating on serral. I never even mentioned serral. You think I did because you love debating about him in every single thread. I just said that saying TY is not known for late game is really dumb Jesus fucking christ, multiple times I mentioned he's top 4, he's probably the best zerg but hey, I'm the hater here. Stop being a blind fanboy and read what I write, not what YOU THINK I WRITE... You and Char and Xainon literally mess up every single thread talking about Serral. Even random threads that have nothing to do with it. Case in point: I didn't mention serral once and you think I did and started the debate. Let me be more nuanced: you don't hate serral. you are addicted to debating serral fanboys to the extreme. Every time I point out he MIGHT be the best zerg in all matchups ... they come out of the woodwork. Sc2 culture is so much worse then the bw scene was. I can't tell if it is age or just part and parcel of the whole internet getting stupider. These forums often barely differ from USEast. ... the public chat on west is actually worse then east. Dark times. Well, not speaking about Serral when Serral is playing a ZvT. I rarely introduce the argument, but I almost always speak when senseless things are said(quite often). I think the debate about best zerg is valid. I think many members on this forum have great perspective in both directions. Obviously, I am not talking about people who have valid commentary, having veteran sc2 players/members disagree with me is great, obviously they have valid reasons for disagreeing with me. I am totally fine with being wrong and learning why. It is the bandwagon of rage that shows up whenever he is mentioned. Is korean-0-phile a thing? Korean-centric? Dick riders? Not sure, but their is an anti-fan element that I lack good language to describe. If TRUE would have won what Serral did and played just like he does, WCS titles would still be compared to Olimoleagues but the atmosphere would be much more relaxed like it happens in Brood War forums and how it used to be during HoTS(my answer to what Opisska is saying). I wonder why that might be... Maybe because TRUE doesn't have as fanatic fanboys as Serral?
Hehe, nice
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I do think that if Zest wins this the TY-Zest series is going to be fast.
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Has Demuslim casted at all today? Can't recall him being there.
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On July 01 2019 03:59 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:56 opisska wrote:On July 01 2019 03:50 HolydaKing wrote:On July 01 2019 03:49 Geo.Rion wrote:
The event is running really late because of the downtime caused by connection problems. HSC always ended past midnight recently, no? I was there 3 years ago and had to basically run after the finals to catch the last tram out of Krefeld. It's really not perfectly thought out, because it's on "weekend" but with not much allowance for the impeding Monday. Anyway, Elentos is a weakling, I am sure you don't need to sleep to work. Well I'd call in sick tomorrow but I already got sick Monday/Tuesday this week so that's out of the question.
I am still a bit fuzzy as to what you actually do, but it never sounded like you really need to be awake doing it 
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On July 01 2019 03:59 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:56 opisska wrote:On July 01 2019 03:50 HolydaKing wrote:On July 01 2019 03:49 Geo.Rion wrote:
The event is running really late because of the downtime caused by connection problems. HSC always ended past midnight recently, no? I was there 3 years ago and had to basically run after the finals to catch the last tram out of Krefeld. It's really not perfectly thought out, because it's on "weekend" but with not much allowance for the impeding Monday. Anyway, Elentos is a weakling, I am sure you don't need to sleep to work. Well I'd call in sick tomorrow but I already got sick Monday/Tuesday this week so that's out of the question.
Nah it's no problem, just blame the heat
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On July 01 2019 04:01 Latr02 wrote:
Has Demuslim casted at all today? Can't recall him being there.
He casted Zest vs Elazer.
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Zest can beat anyone, but defineatly not Serral
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On July 01 2019 03:56 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2019 03:49 Xain0n wrote:On July 01 2019 03:07 AttackZerg wrote:On July 01 2019 03:03 Xain0n wrote:On July 01 2019 03:00 AttackZerg wrote:On July 01 2019 02:55 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:52 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:49 AzAlexZ wrote:On July 01 2019 02:46 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:44 Pandain wrote:
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Not saying TY chose a good strategy this game but saying TY is not known for his late game is stupid.
I like what Solar said - this is a built that if unscouted is an auto win for terran, and if scouted it's really hard in the lategame. serral had good scouting Serral won by the scout 30 minutes ago and you're defending him because of this game... again, what are you smoking? but Serral didn't win yet, you know why? cuz TY is great at late game (and mid game), get it in your thick skull buddy. If TY was a lesser Terran Serral would've killed him already, what does that tell you about TY's Macro and late game? Oh FFS, it's just a matter of time, the only way how to lose is to do some move command and die to stupidity. Get your thick skull tested, not mine, jeez On July 01 2019 02:51 Pandain wrote:On July 01 2019 02:46 deacon.frost wrote:On July 01 2019 02:44 Pandain wrote:
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Not saying TY chose a good strategy this game but saying TY is not known for his late game is stupid.
I like what Solar said - this is a built that if unscouted is an auto win for terran, and if scouted it's really hard in the lategame. serral had good scouting Serral won by the scout 30 minutes ago and you're defending him because of this game... again, what are you smoking? You're so obsessed with hating on serral. I never even mentioned serral. You think I did because you love debating about him in every single thread. I just said that saying TY is not known for late game is really dumb Jesus fucking christ, multiple times I mentioned he's top 4, he's probably the best zerg but hey, I'm the hater here. Stop being a blind fanboy and read what I write, not what YOU THINK I WRITE... You and Char and Xainon literally mess up every single thread talking about Serral. Even random threads that have nothing to do with it. Case in point: I didn't mention serral once and you think I did and started the debate. Let me be more nuanced: you don't hate serral. you are addicted to debating serral fanboys to the extreme. Every time I point out he MIGHT be the best zerg in all matchups ... they come out of the woodwork. Sc2 culture is so much worse then the bw scene was. I can't tell if it is age or just part and parcel of the whole internet getting stupider. These forums often barely differ from USEast. ... the public chat on west is actually worse then east. Dark times. Well, not speaking about Serral when Serral is playing a ZvT. I rarely introduce the argument, but I almost always speak when senseless things are said(quite often). I think the debate about best zerg is valid. I think many members on this forum have great perspective in both directions. Obviously, I am not talking about people who have valid commentary, having veteran sc2 players/members disagree with me is great, obviously they have valid reasons for disagreeing with me. I am totally fine with being wrong and learning why. It is the bandwagon of rage that shows up whenever he is mentioned. Is korean-0-phile a thing? Korean-centric? Dick riders? Not sure, but their is an anti-fan element that I lack good language to describe. If TRUE would have won what Serral did and played just like he does, WCS titles would still be compared to Olimoleagues but the atmosphere would be much more relaxed like it happens in Brood War forums and how it used to be during HoTS(my answer to what Opisska is saying). I wonder why that might be... Maybe because TRUE doesn't have as fanatic fanboys as Serral?
In terms of attention from the community, foreigners have to do half as much as koreans to get hype. Probably less than half actually. They can literally win one big match/event and the community will take years to stop talking about it. Even if 9/10 times they lose.
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This HSC I feel like there is too much casting do by the actual casters. Sure, they have all the great guys, but I would prefer more space given to players. But maybe they are getting a bit bored of the whole shtick?
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