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Well this was a.. strange day.
- Dark vs Elazer: I think Dark could have won against any none Z but this matchup just isnt his thing. Still very close.
- Soo vs Time: Time is super hot right now and Soo.. well he seems to get worse and worse. Not that big of a suprise.
- Maru vs Stats: Holy hell what a shitshow. What are Maru doing in weekend tournaments? It feels like he just don't care or the format just doesn't work for him because this was bad. Yes, Stats is like super good but it were not even close.
- Neeb vs Showtime: Didn't watch because.. well PvP and two players that have met each other a lot of times already.
Mostly sad about Maru as he would for sure get to the final if he didn't lose against Stats.
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So Fantasy, Serral, and Special are all essentially locks to win tomorrow, as their opponents were predicted to take the title by TL writers. Is Heromarine favored in the last one because of the performances of Dark and soO today? Or is there hope because there isn't a Zerg in the matchup?
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Elentos
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On August 15 2019 20:54 deacon.frost wrote:Show nested quote +On August 15 2019 20:41 Elentos wrote:On August 15 2019 20:36 Xain0n wrote:On August 15 2019 20:33 Elentos wrote:On August 15 2019 20:25 Xain0n wrote:
Balanced teams, I would have actually loved to see Reynor against korean Zerg; if Maru plays like he can and has to, Serral team takes it! Well if we kept the format from last year where all games were forced GSL vs World, I dunno how important having Maru is gonna be. 75% chance he plays his weakest MU TvT as well. It's his weakest but do you see him losing anyway? Last year he lost the best of 1 in his best match-up, don't think him losing to the foreigners would be that shocking. Especially TIME and Special who practice on KR and should be familiar with his shenanigans. But even then Maru is just 1 map out of 8. Serral's team though just somehow feels like it has more depth even though they're very close in that aspect imo. He failed at 2 rax proxy and made it into an equal game, so it wasn't that bad. I expect similar thing this year, proxy or some quick timing to get it over fast. I just hope he prepares for Code S.
He didn't proxy, he did a normal opening and got shut down so hard he was stupidly far behind for the rest of the game.
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Czech Republic12134 Posts
On August 15 2019 21:03 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On August 15 2019 20:54 deacon.frost wrote:On August 15 2019 20:41 Elentos wrote:On August 15 2019 20:36 Xain0n wrote:On August 15 2019 20:33 Elentos wrote:On August 15 2019 20:25 Xain0n wrote:
Balanced teams, I would have actually loved to see Reynor against korean Zerg; if Maru plays like he can and has to, Serral team takes it! Well if we kept the format from last year where all games were forced GSL vs World, I dunno how important having Maru is gonna be. 75% chance he plays his weakest MU TvT as well. It's his weakest but do you see him losing anyway? Last year he lost the best of 1 in his best match-up, don't think him losing to the foreigners would be that shocking. Especially TIME and Special who practice on KR and should be familiar with his shenanigans. But even then Maru is just 1 map out of 8. Serral's team though just somehow feels like it has more depth even though they're very close in that aspect imo. He failed at 2 rax proxy and made it into an equal game, so it wasn't that bad. I expect similar thing this year, proxy or some quick timing to get it over fast. I just hope he prepares for Code S. He didn't proxy, he did a normal opening and got shut down so hard he was stupidly far behind for the rest of the game.
Now I wonder what game did I mistake this with.
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Elentos
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On August 15 2019 21:07 deacon.frost wrote:Show nested quote +On August 15 2019 21:03 Elentos wrote:On August 15 2019 20:54 deacon.frost wrote:On August 15 2019 20:41 Elentos wrote:On August 15 2019 20:36 Xain0n wrote:On August 15 2019 20:33 Elentos wrote:On August 15 2019 20:25 Xain0n wrote:
Balanced teams, I would have actually loved to see Reynor against korean Zerg; if Maru plays like he can and has to, Serral team takes it! Well if we kept the format from last year where all games were forced GSL vs World, I dunno how important having Maru is gonna be. 75% chance he plays his weakest MU TvT as well. It's his weakest but do you see him losing anyway? Last year he lost the best of 1 in his best match-up, don't think him losing to the foreigners would be that shocking. Especially TIME and Special who practice on KR and should be familiar with his shenanigans. But even then Maru is just 1 map out of 8. Serral's team though just somehow feels like it has more depth even though they're very close in that aspect imo. He failed at 2 rax proxy and made it into an equal game, so it wasn't that bad. I expect similar thing this year, proxy or some quick timing to get it over fast. I just hope he prepares for Code S. He didn't proxy, he did a normal opening and got shut down so hard he was stupidly far behind for the rest of the game. Now I wonder what game did I mistake this with.
Could be most Maru games last year, hard to tell 
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On August 15 2019 19:44 Goolpsy wrote:
I am loving the Event.
I feel a little sad, that it was the European casters that got to cast the Europe-America match up.
I like them switching around for us to experience different caster combiantions.
but I would love to have Tasteless or Artosis input on this, since they normally cast the Koreans. I am certain the insight would be worth it
??? How does it make sense for the guys who don’t watch these players very often to cast and provide insight over the guy who watches them all the time and on top of that also plays against them... I understand if you wanna say it would be fun to switch it up but for insights is probably the last argument you could ever use...
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At the end of the game TIME vs Soo, TIME said to Soo :" Appologize for the mule in the last game. That is not on my purpose."
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On August 15 2019 21:20 RotterdaM wrote:Show nested quote +On August 15 2019 19:44 Goolpsy wrote:
I am loving the Event.
I feel a little sad, that it was the European casters that got to cast the Europe-America match up.
I like them switching around for us to experience different caster combiantions.
but I would love to have Tasteless or Artosis input on this, since they normally cast the Koreans. I am certain the insight would be worth it
??? How does it make sense for the guys who don’t watch these players very often to cast and provide insight over the guy who watches them all the time and on top of that also plays against them... I understand if you wanna say it would be fun to switch it up but for insights is probably the last argument you could ever use...
I get what you mean but on the other hand it would also be interesting to hear a different take on these players by casters who don't usually watch them.
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Stats continues to be amazing. Hopefully he will reach the finals rematch against Serral.
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On August 15 2019 22:02 HeroSandro wrote:
Stats continues to be amazing. Hopefully he will reach the finals rematch against Serral.
Question is.. will Serral arrive to the finals?
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Northern Ireland27473 Posts
Godamnit Maru I don’t understand  I wanted Stats to advance but that was a stomp of a series. It makes sense there is a gap between GSL knockout Maru and other Maru given prep time, but that gap was pretty big today. If there is a series you can prep in a weekender it’s your first series when you know your opponent in advance.
Happy for Elazer doing well, he should have got the chance in previous years and that’s a big scalp for him and the foreigners. Not really sure why the casters were quite so down on him, they give Scarlett a shot in basically any game she plays and their results are relatively comparable if you look at them.
TIME showing his recent form is still continuing which is great, a shame soO is so out of form though. I think it’s great for the game overall if China have a real top, top player to root for so long may TIME continue to improve.
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Canada8991 Posts
Any series worth a rewatch?
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On August 15 2019 22:12 Nakajin wrote:
Any series worth a rewatch?
depends.
Stas vs Maru and Time vs soO if you like beatdowns. Actually some good games, not that one sided. Check G2 from Time.
I think Elazer vs Dark was very good, but it's ZvZ, g5 is the most relevant
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On August 15 2019 22:12 Nakajin wrote:
Any series worth a rewatch?
Elazer vs Dark game 5, TIME vs soO game 2.
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There goes my liquid bets. Dark really messed that first game, similar to how TIME messed his vs Serral last Asus ROG, same fashion, ahead by 2 games to 1, lost the last 2 games.
Was expecting Showtime to win a 3-2, considering Neeb has lost to him a couple of times.
2-2 in the bets. Oh the upsets and close calls. Can't wait for tomorrow.
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On August 15 2019 21:42 romson87 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 15 2019 21:20 RotterdaM wrote:On August 15 2019 19:44 Goolpsy wrote:
I am loving the Event.
I feel a little sad, that it was the European casters that got to cast the Europe-America match up.
I like them switching around for us to experience different caster combiantions.
but I would love to have Tasteless or Artosis input on this, since they normally cast the Koreans. I am certain the insight would be worth it
??? How does it make sense for the guys who don’t watch these players very often to cast and provide insight over the guy who watches them all the time and on top of that also plays against them... I understand if you wanna say it would be fun to switch it up but for insights is probably the last argument you could ever use... I get what you mean but on the other hand it would also be interesting to hear a different take on these players by casters who don't usually watch them.
Definitely don’t disagree but the word insight feels kinda odd ;D like we could choose between nick dan doing fantasy classic and mayny and I doing Reynor special or the other way around but thought it make more sense to do the regular, gsl vs the world is not like a HSC where you just wanna have fun, fun is important but prolly wanna give some backstory too ;P
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I just heard the great news. Sometimes starcraft life is good
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On August 15 2019 17:58 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Player with the better english won 2/2 times today, clearly stats and neeb to win the remaining series
accurate prediction
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On August 15 2019 23:43 Caussyou wrote:Show nested quote +On August 15 2019 17:58 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Player with the better english won 2/2 times today, clearly stats and neeb to win the remaining series accurate prediction
Now that we know the key to predict the winner, what does it mean for tomorrow :O
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EPT
