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Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
December 20 2020 20:15 GMT
#161
Going late game against Serral is just suicide.

I'm surprised Terran players don't just 8 rax all-in him at 7-8 minutes. Otherwise he makes late game look like WOL broodlord/infestor patchzerg era, except you know, he's actually an insanely good zerg, so his late game comp is unbeatable.
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
December 20 2020 20:15 GMT
#162
Pretty impressive from Serral, well played.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33560 Posts
December 20 2020 20:15 GMT
#163
On December 21 2020 05:13 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
In the end Serral found a way to get good engagements this game.


he rebooted with his 2019 configuration and remembered how to use BL-Infestor-Spore again
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
stilt
Profile Joined October 2012
France2754 Posts
December 20 2020 20:16 GMT
#164
On December 21 2020 05:10 JoeCool wrote:
Blord/Infestor what year is this?!


I largely prefer lurkers play which is way more dynamic but the flying ability and free units which trigger the ff of the tanks makes it a way better option against turtling T with tanks...
fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4041 Posts
December 20 2020 20:16 GMT
#165
well this series underdelivered to say the least ... Dark, Mary or Byun for the grand finals? LB continues to deliver
Drone is a way of living
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33560 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-20 20:18:24
December 20 2020 20:17 GMT
#166
On December 21 2020 05:15 Sadistx wrote:
Going late game against Serral is just suicide.

I'm surprised Terran players don't just 8 rax all-in him at 7-8 minutes. Otherwise he makes late game look like WOL broodlord/infestor patchzerg era, except you know, he's actually an insanely good zerg, so his late game comp is unbeatable.


dunno why you would think so

ByuN outtraded him in every late-game (including asus rog) until this very last game on pillars where Serral figured out how to execute BL-Infestor in a way that wins. Prior to literally the last game we saw, ByuN would have had every reason to believe he could outtrade Serral late

i know recency bias is strong, but let's not get SO carried away
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
stilt
Profile Joined October 2012
France2754 Posts
December 20 2020 20:19 GMT
#167
On December 21 2020 05:17 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2020 05:15 Sadistx wrote:
Going late game against Serral is just suicide.

I'm surprised Terran players don't just 8 rax all-in him at 7-8 minutes. Otherwise he makes late game look like WOL broodlord/infestor patchzerg era, except you know, he's actually an insanely good zerg, so his late game comp is unbeatable.


dunno why you would think so

ByuN outtraded him in every late-game (including asus rog) until this very last game on pillars where Serral figured out how to execute BL-Infestor in a way that wins. Prior to literally the last game we saw, ByuN would have had every reason to believe he could outtrade Serral late

i know recency bias is strong, but let's not get SO carried away


+ in the other late games during asus rog, Byun beat him. (in which serral didn't use BL which was according to lambo a mistake during at least one game)
MyLovelyLurker
Profile Joined April 2007
France756 Posts
December 20 2020 20:21 GMT
#168
On December 21 2020 05:17 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2020 05:15 Sadistx wrote:
Going late game against Serral is just suicide.

I'm surprised Terran players don't just 8 rax all-in him at 7-8 minutes. Otherwise he makes late game look like WOL broodlord/infestor patchzerg era, except you know, he's actually an insanely good zerg, so his late game comp is unbeatable.


dunno why you would think so

ByuN outtraded him in every late-game (including asus rog) until this very last game on pillars where Serral figured out how to execute BL-Infestor in a way that wins. Prior to literally the last game we saw, ByuN would have had every reason to believe he could outtrade Serral late

i know recency bias is strong, but let's not get SO carried away


yes, money fungals really the icing on Serral's late-macro cake. hoping for a great grandfinals series !
"I just say, it doesn't matter win or lose, I just love Starcraft 2, I love this game, I love this stage, just play like in practice" - TIME/Oliveira
Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24593 Posts
December 20 2020 20:23 GMT
#169
Remember when we hoped for a non-ZvZ finals?
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
December 20 2020 20:25 GMT
#170
On December 21 2020 05:17 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2020 05:15 Sadistx wrote:
Going late game against Serral is just suicide.

I'm surprised Terran players don't just 8 rax all-in him at 7-8 minutes. Otherwise he makes late game look like WOL broodlord/infestor patchzerg era, except you know, he's actually an insanely good zerg, so his late game comp is unbeatable.


dunno why you would think so

ByuN outtraded him in every late-game (including asus rog) until this very last game on pillars where Serral figured out how to execute BL-Infestor in a way that wins. Prior to literally the last game we saw, ByuN would have had every reason to believe he could outtrade Serral late

i know recency bias is strong, but let's not get SO carried away


Outtrading means nothing if you can't expand past 5 bases. The minimap in the last game was extremely telling.

Game 2 was a slightly less dominated game than G3, but the late game outcome was exactly the same - Byun was trading efficiently, but not nearly enough to compensate for a 3-4 base disadvantage. Exact same unit comp too.

Not sure how Serral 3-0d Maru, but I'd venture to guess Maru wasn't aggressive enough early game either.


Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33560 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-20 20:27:42
December 20 2020 20:27 GMT
#171
On December 21 2020 05:25 Sadistx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2020 05:17 Waxangel wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:15 Sadistx wrote:
Going late game against Serral is just suicide.

I'm surprised Terran players don't just 8 rax all-in him at 7-8 minutes. Otherwise he makes late game look like WOL broodlord/infestor patchzerg era, except you know, he's actually an insanely good zerg, so his late game comp is unbeatable.


dunno why you would think so

ByuN outtraded him in every late-game (including asus rog) until this very last game on pillars where Serral figured out how to execute BL-Infestor in a way that wins. Prior to literally the last game we saw, ByuN would have had every reason to believe he could outtrade Serral late

i know recency bias is strong, but let's not get SO carried away


Outtrading means nothing if you can't expand past 5 bases. The minimap in the last game was extremely telling.

Game 2 was a slightly less dominated game than G3, but the late game outcome was exactly the same - Byun was trading efficiently, but not nearly enough to compensate for a 3-4 base disadvantage. Exact same unit comp too.

Not sure how Serral 3-0d Maru, but I'd venture to guess Maru wasn't aggressive enough early game either.




And ByuN won that way at ASUS ROG .

Don't do the "the only starcraft I watched in the last few weeks confirms my sweeping generalization" thing.
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
December 20 2020 20:29 GMT
#172
On December 21 2020 05:27 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2020 05:25 Sadistx wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:17 Waxangel wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:15 Sadistx wrote:
Going late game against Serral is just suicide.

I'm surprised Terran players don't just 8 rax all-in him at 7-8 minutes. Otherwise he makes late game look like WOL broodlord/infestor patchzerg era, except you know, he's actually an insanely good zerg, so his late game comp is unbeatable.


dunno why you would think so

ByuN outtraded him in every late-game (including asus rog) until this very last game on pillars where Serral figured out how to execute BL-Infestor in a way that wins. Prior to literally the last game we saw, ByuN would have had every reason to believe he could outtrade Serral late

i know recency bias is strong, but let's not get SO carried away


Outtrading means nothing if you can't expand past 5 bases. The minimap in the last game was extremely telling.

Game 2 was a slightly less dominated game than G3, but the late game outcome was exactly the same - Byun was trading efficiently, but not nearly enough to compensate for a 3-4 base disadvantage. Exact same unit comp too.

Not sure how Serral 3-0d Maru, but I'd venture to guess Maru wasn't aggressive enough early game either.




And ByuN won that way at ASUS ROG .

Don't do the "the only starcraft I watched in the last few weeks confirms my sweeping generalization" thing.


Serral played this series better than the one at ASUS ROG.
Thus said, we have yet to see what happens if Byun enters the lategame from an even position today! It might happen later in a regame.
Husyelt
Profile Blog Joined May 2020
United States837 Posts
December 20 2020 20:30 GMT
#173
Just realized Serral has already beaten all three of the remaining players in the losers bracket, (Dark, Maru and Byun.) And it all started with a 0-2 vs Dark
You're getting cynical and that won't do I'd throw the rose tint back on the exploded view
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33560 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-20 20:34:00
December 20 2020 20:32 GMT
#174
On December 21 2020 05:29 Xain0n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2020 05:27 Waxangel wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:25 Sadistx wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:17 Waxangel wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:15 Sadistx wrote:
Going late game against Serral is just suicide.

I'm surprised Terran players don't just 8 rax all-in him at 7-8 minutes. Otherwise he makes late game look like WOL broodlord/infestor patchzerg era, except you know, he's actually an insanely good zerg, so his late game comp is unbeatable.


dunno why you would think so

ByuN outtraded him in every late-game (including asus rog) until this very last game on pillars where Serral figured out how to execute BL-Infestor in a way that wins. Prior to literally the last game we saw, ByuN would have had every reason to believe he could outtrade Serral late

i know recency bias is strong, but let's not get SO carried away


Outtrading means nothing if you can't expand past 5 bases. The minimap in the last game was extremely telling.

Game 2 was a slightly less dominated game than G3, but the late game outcome was exactly the same - Byun was trading efficiently, but not nearly enough to compensate for a 3-4 base disadvantage. Exact same unit comp too.

Not sure how Serral 3-0d Maru, but I'd venture to guess Maru wasn't aggressive enough early game either.




And ByuN won that way at ASUS ROG .

Don't do the "the only starcraft I watched in the last few weeks confirms my sweeping generalization" thing.


Serral played this series better than the one at ASUS ROG.
Thus said, we have yet to see what happens if Byun enters the lategame from an even position today! It might happen later in a regame.


I might actually agree with the CONCLUSION that late-game against Serral should be avoided, but I dislike the process through which that conclusion was reached. From ByuN's situation, with the prior info he had, his gameplan was perfectly reasonable
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
serralfan18
Profile Joined March 2020
99 Posts
December 20 2020 20:33 GMT
#175
Keep in mind that Maru and Byun have messed up bodies. Doubt its only their wrists. If you've ever tried playing with messed up bodies, you'd know how painful it is. That's the only reason they're losing with 3-0.
irvnasty
Profile Joined July 2019
United States211 Posts
December 20 2020 20:34 GMT
#176
Right now, terran is struggling to find an answer to zerg in the lategame. Given the number of bases on most maps, zerg really is not constrained by resources between about minute 12 and minute 25. If the terran can keep enough bases to keep their supply up, they win in the end because the zerg starves out.

Right now, they're having a really hard time keeping up more than four bases once zerg has full tech and the standard 6-8 bases.
GuMiho | TY | TIME | AqueroN | Rogue | RagnaroK | Scarlett | sOs | Astrea
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
December 20 2020 20:34 GMT
#177
On December 21 2020 05:27 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2020 05:25 Sadistx wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:17 Waxangel wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:15 Sadistx wrote:
Going late game against Serral is just suicide.

I'm surprised Terran players don't just 8 rax all-in him at 7-8 minutes. Otherwise he makes late game look like WOL broodlord/infestor patchzerg era, except you know, he's actually an insanely good zerg, so his late game comp is unbeatable.


dunno why you would think so

ByuN outtraded him in every late-game (including asus rog) until this very last game on pillars where Serral figured out how to execute BL-Infestor in a way that wins. Prior to literally the last game we saw, ByuN would have had every reason to believe he could outtrade Serral late

i know recency bias is strong, but let's not get SO carried away


Outtrading means nothing if you can't expand past 5 bases. The minimap in the last game was extremely telling.

Game 2 was a slightly less dominated game than G3, but the late game outcome was exactly the same - Byun was trading efficiently, but not nearly enough to compensate for a 3-4 base disadvantage. Exact same unit comp too.

Not sure how Serral 3-0d Maru, but I'd venture to guess Maru wasn't aggressive enough early game either.




And ByuN won that way at ASUS ROG .

Don't do the "the only starcraft I watched in the last few weeks confirms my sweeping generalization" thing.


Well, let's not do the "Series that happened in the past invalidate what actually happened in the most recent series" either.

I actually looked up the ASUS ROG games, and they were quite different. 1 game was an early game win by Byun, and the other 2 Serral was going Ultra/muta late game instead of infestor/BL.

Not exactly apples to apples.
Sif_
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil3106 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-20 20:39:01
December 20 2020 20:38 GMT
#178
Maru really doesnt look like he's in his best form these last few events.. I hope he can come back healed for 2021

His current form is probably still top8 in the world though, lol
fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium4041 Posts
December 20 2020 20:38 GMT
#179
Dark's fist fighting style of playing is really fun to watch
Drone is a way of living
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
December 20 2020 20:39 GMT
#180
On December 21 2020 05:34 Sadistx wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2020 05:27 Waxangel wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:25 Sadistx wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:17 Waxangel wrote:
On December 21 2020 05:15 Sadistx wrote:
Going late game against Serral is just suicide.

I'm surprised Terran players don't just 8 rax all-in him at 7-8 minutes. Otherwise he makes late game look like WOL broodlord/infestor patchzerg era, except you know, he's actually an insanely good zerg, so his late game comp is unbeatable.


dunno why you would think so

ByuN outtraded him in every late-game (including asus rog) until this very last game on pillars where Serral figured out how to execute BL-Infestor in a way that wins. Prior to literally the last game we saw, ByuN would have had every reason to believe he could outtrade Serral late

i know recency bias is strong, but let's not get SO carried away


Outtrading means nothing if you can't expand past 5 bases. The minimap in the last game was extremely telling.

Game 2 was a slightly less dominated game than G3, but the late game outcome was exactly the same - Byun was trading efficiently, but not nearly enough to compensate for a 3-4 base disadvantage. Exact same unit comp too.

Not sure how Serral 3-0d Maru, but I'd venture to guess Maru wasn't aggressive enough early game either.




And ByuN won that way at ASUS ROG .

Don't do the "the only starcraft I watched in the last few weeks confirms my sweeping generalization" thing.


Well, let's not do the "Series that happened in the past invalidate what actually happened in the most recent series" either.

I actually looked up the ASUS ROG games, and they were quite different. 1 game was an early game win by Byun, and the other 2 Serral was going Ultra/muta late game instead of infestor/BL.

Not exactly apples to apples.


Infestor/BL has not been the most common lategame recently though. There definitely are terran lategame comps with thors or vikings that can be tried against that (and which did a lot to push broodlords out of the meta).
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