oh.my.god. I totally didn't expected that. Gratz to Dark, he so deserve this, since his loss to Byun i thought he'll never get it but wow. Guess Serral isn't that invincible.

showstealer1829

Australia3123 Posts

November 02 2019 07:41 GMT

#2945

On November 02 2019 16:17 Psychobabas wrote:
Buff Terran

Balance Team Leader: You're fired too

texture13

44 Posts

November 02 2019 07:45 GMT

#2946

The best player does not always win. I really thought Serral would win. Playing lots of games, more often the better player wins, but not necessarily. Part of it is luck, because matchups really matter. Reynor has one of the better shots against Serral, maybe the best shot against Serral. Just something about that matchup makes things odd, because Serral is currently the best player. Reynor is the 2nd best player in WCS, but seems to struggle more, outside of WCS. Dark matches up worse against Serral. As mentioned, many view ZvZ as Dark's worst matchup. But instead of having to play Rogue, Dark has a much better shot against Classic. If the draw or previous matches had worked out differently, we very well could have had a different result. But that's the way lady luck dealt the hand, and you do the best you can.
The Serral vs Reynor match and the Rogue vs Classic matches were crazy.
Congrats to Dark for winning it all.

Edit: TheOneAboveU is probably happy.

tl.net

Cricketer12

United States13974 Posts

November 02 2019 07:50 GMT

#2947

On November 02 2019 16:21 Ej_ wrote:
3-0
3-0
4-1

IS THIS THE MOST DOMINANT BLIZZCON OF ALL TIME

IS DARK THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD

Even if he is, we all know that Rogue is the greatest late game zerg of all time.

blooblooblahblah

Australia4163 Posts

November 02 2019 07:51 GMT

#2948

On November 02 2019 15:10 Morbidius wrote:
Is Serral still the only favorite to actually win Blizzcon? In 2016 it seemed like everyone had already lost faith in Byun.

I'd say Rogue was the favourite in 2017, just because of the amazing form he'd shown in the tournaments prior. I still wasn't sure if he'd actually win but he certainly seemed like the best player at the time.

D-light

Finland7364 Posts

November 02 2019 08:11 GMT

#2949

Bummer for Serral.

Well at least Dark easily won the final so it's not all bad.

Argonauta

Spain4948 Posts

November 02 2019 08:18 GMT

#2950

IM very glad and surprised about how Dark won, very entertaining. GG Dark sad that you win when balance favors you so much.

FrkFrJss

Canada1205 Posts

November 02 2019 08:41 GMT

#2951

Well, GG Dark. Congrats on going through 3 fantastic players of different races. It was a good run.

For what it's worth, there were some fantastic ro16 and playoff games. I think Showtime and TIME (heh) both showed a lot of talent, and while I know the Korean region is losing a lot of good players, if these WCS players are who we have to look forward to, I think we'll be just fine (That is, if SC2 continues).

That being said, I'm definitely going to remember this Blizzcon as one where balance definitely overshadowed the thrill of the Global Finals. It was frustrating to watch at times, and it was somewhat ironic that Dark pulled off the Nydus strat against another Zerg.

MarthTV

Germany387 Posts

November 02 2019 08:51 GMT

#2952

Are the replays already out?

TheOneAboveU

Germany3367 Posts

November 02 2019 08:56 GMT

#2953

GUYS I'M SO HAPPY!

Dark, you magnificent bastard, you did it. And even with only one loss, so sick! Well deserved after the great year he had.

Branch.AUT

Austria853 Posts

November 02 2019 09:21 GMT

#2954

I am very disappointed that bizzard decided to have this bracket played out in a single day (or night if you live in EU). There's really no way to follow the whole thing unless youre in the us.
If the viewer numbers show a decline in viewership over the event because of this scheduling, I am scared for the future of WCS.

HolydaKing

21254 Posts

November 02 2019 09:26 GMT

#2955

Damn, Serral really threw game 5 against Reynor by going full retard on Ultras (although G4 looked similar for Reynor but he didn't have that much advantage IIRC). Grats Dark for the win.

That said, Serral vs Reynor was once again very entertaining. I didn't watch Maru vs Dark live this night and that was a good choice.

Charoisaur

Germany15961 Posts

November 02 2019 09:31 GMT

#2956

On November 02 2019 17:18 Argonauta wrote:
IM very glad and surprised about how Dark won, very entertaining. GG Dark sad that you win when balance favors you so much.

Well, he got robbed of 2016 Blizzcon because of balance issues so I think if some Zerg deserves to take advantage of this Zerg favored meta, it's him.

Vindicare605

United States16071 Posts

November 02 2019 09:37 GMT

#2957

On November 02 2019 16:21 Ej_ wrote:
3-0
3-0
4-1

IS THIS THE MOST DOMINANT BLIZZCON OF ALL TIME

IS DARK THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD

Has been all year.

fealx

Germany376 Posts

November 02 2019 09:46 GMT

#2958

Finally this year of zerg clown fiesta is over

DSK

England1110 Posts

November 02 2019 09:53 GMT

#2959

Congrats to Dark!. After Maru got banjaxed I couldn't keep awake anymore, with the time difference made things difficult.

TheOneAboveU

Germany3367 Posts

November 02 2019 10:46 GMT

#2960

Going through the VODs right now - THIS IS ALL I EVER WANTED. Straight up domination from Dark. It's beautiful.
I'm only sad about not being there - wish this could've happened in 2016 when I was there, but stupid BuyN just had to ruin it.