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Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-30 19:42:08
June 30 2019 19:41 GMT
#581
i know the finals we will have serious casters, but i hope the next casting team is something crazy. bring in a bunch of drunk koreans without a translator
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55555 Posts
June 30 2019 19:42 GMT
#582
On July 01 2019 04:41 Pandain wrote:
i know the finals we will have serious casters, but i hope the next casting team is something crazy. bring in a bunch of drunk koreans without a translator

Well we just had Bunny and Solar. And I think Stats by now is probably no longer in a condition where he could cast even in Korean.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
June 30 2019 19:43 GMT
#583
On July 01 2019 04:41 Pandain wrote:
i know the finals we will have serious casters, but i hope the next casting team is something crazy. bring in a bunch of drunk koreans without a translator


S T A T S

playing Korean drinking games in the couch
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
June 30 2019 19:43 GMT
#584
On July 01 2019 04:33 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 01 2019 04:31 Geo.Rion wrote:
On July 01 2019 04:20 Fango wrote:
On July 01 2019 04:07 Geo.Rion wrote:
On July 01 2019 04:02 Fango wrote:
On July 01 2019 03:56 Charoisaur wrote:
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:
[quote]

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.

imagine saying that without sarcasm

Remember when Neeb won a single lategame against Rogue and people didn't stop talking about it for ages? Even though he got smacked 2-0 in both followup matches right after.

Or maybe when Neeb won kespa cup and had something like a 16% winrate against koreans for a year after? People were still bringing up kespa cup the whole time.

Remember how hyped Scarlett was for making ro8 in GSL despite the fact she's had nine attempts and only one good run (where she basically cheesed every game iirc).

Remember when Serral won GSL vs The World, one of the weakest weekenders of the year, and was suddenly praised as the best player in the world when Maru was literally winning back-to-back GSLs? Or if you wanna go even further, Serral has won two relevant tournaments and is in the running for GOAT according to a lot of people.

Hell, people didn't stop talking about Showtime beating ByuN at blizzcon a few years ago. No one brings up the fact he's gone 0-17 against korean terrans since.

Point is, compare that with lower tier koreans, no one cares when Hurricane makes a deep GSL run or Bunny beats Maru in a bo3. Stats could have won GSL vs TW and blizzcon and would have had a fraction of the hype Serral did.

edit: to clarify, I'm not trying to downplay what those foreigners did, I'm just saying that it's easier for them to get praise and hype from the community.

I remember the community hyping it up when those games happened, i havent seen or heard references to those games this year, up until this moment

Also it's actually mind-blowing how you self-hypnotize yourself into believing that GSL vs the world is a meaningless weak weekender, while GSL season is the end all be all tournament, while it's literally the same people playing, with different format. I mean you do this in the same sentence, i'm just amazed at this level of self-delusion.


"literally the same people playing" with half of the players being foreigners and half of the players being voted in.
i'm just amazed at this level of self-delusion.

Serrals run: INnovation, Dark, Stats.
Wayyyy more difficult than Dark's recent GSL run
Need
Profile Joined March 2019
566 Posts
June 30 2019 19:45 GMT
#585
I don't think either Zest or soO care to learn the matchup timings and intricacies of the current meta; they just go for outplaying the opponent in army control and hyper aggression and hope for the best
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
June 30 2019 19:46 GMT
#586
On July 01 2019 04:45 Need wrote:
I don't think either Zest or soO care to learn the matchup timings and intricacies of the current meta; they just go for outplaying the opponent in army control and hyper aggression and hope for the best

Clearly, inferior non-European understanding of the game has no future!
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
June 30 2019 19:47 GMT
#587
Zest has done this to virtually every Zerg in the tournament. Let's see if he can do it to Serral too.
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7465 Posts
June 30 2019 19:47 GMT
#588
Need - I do not think it is possible to play top level zerg without detailed timings.

Zest, who knows.
Tsubbi
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany7996 Posts
June 30 2019 19:50 GMT
#589
On July 01 2019 04:41 Parrek wrote:
I like soO as a person, but I haven't been impressed by anything he's done in a long time. Just disappointing series

so true. the level of play compared to an average serral game is just horrific
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
June 30 2019 19:51 GMT
#590
Zest found soO's weak point: killing all his overlords
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8244 Posts
June 30 2019 19:51 GMT
#591
Death by Overlords again?
Parrek
Profile Joined May 2016
United States893 Posts
June 30 2019 19:51 GMT
#592
On July 01 2019 04:47 sneakyfox wrote:
Zest has done this to virtually every Zerg in the tournament. Let's see if he can do it to Serral too.


Not at all. Serral is much cleaner than what soO is showing
BerserkSword
Profile Joined December 2018
United States2123 Posts
June 30 2019 19:51 GMT
#593
my god this phoenix ball is nasty
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Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
June 30 2019 19:52 GMT
#594
On July 01 2019 04:50 Tsubbi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 01 2019 04:41 Parrek wrote:
I like soO as a person, but I haven't been impressed by anything he's done in a long time. Just disappointing series

so true. the level of play compared to an average serral game is just horrific


I've never seen a soO game where at the end I just think "god damn he's so good"

Need
Profile Joined March 2019
566 Posts
June 30 2019 19:52 GMT
#595
On July 01 2019 04:47 AttackZerg wrote:
Need - I do not think it is possible to play top level zerg without detailed timings.

Zest, who knows.


Dunno, soO is caught off-guard 50% of the time and just puts together some ad-hoc defense and survive, and his low econ style helps him cause he never really overdrones and has some army handy. Feels more like he relies on well-developed intuition rather than studious knowledge of the meta
Parrek
Profile Joined May 2016
United States893 Posts
June 30 2019 19:53 GMT
#596
On July 01 2019 04:50 Tsubbi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 01 2019 04:41 Parrek wrote:
I like soO as a person, but I haven't been impressed by anything he's done in a long time. Just disappointing series

so true. the level of play compared to an average serral game is just horrific


Without comparing to Serral its disappointing. I didn't even like his Katowice win. Just felt terrible to watch
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
June 30 2019 19:53 GMT
#597
I fear that Zest might deny me my ZvT final
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
June 30 2019 19:54 GMT
#598
On July 01 2019 04:52 Pandain wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 01 2019 04:50 Tsubbi wrote:
On July 01 2019 04:41 Parrek wrote:
I like soO as a person, but I haven't been impressed by anything he's done in a long time. Just disappointing series

so true. the level of play compared to an average serral game is just horrific


I've never seen a soO game where at the end I just think "god damn he's so good"


Wow you don't watch much Starcraft, do you?
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7465 Posts
June 30 2019 19:54 GMT
#599
On July 01 2019 04:52 Need wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 01 2019 04:47 AttackZerg wrote:
Need - I do not think it is possible to play top level zerg without detailed timings.

Zest, who knows.


Dunno, soO is caught off-guard 50% of the time and just puts together some ad-hoc defense and survive, and his low econ style helps him cause he never really overdrones and has some army handy. Feels more like he relies on well-developed intuition rather than studious knowledge of the meta


In life and online, I am often wrong. I am aware of it.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55555 Posts
June 30 2019 19:54 GMT
#600
On July 01 2019 04:53 Ej_ wrote:
I fear that Zest might deny me my ZvT final

Of course. Zest is going to take the entire thing.
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