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Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
February 27 2021 15:35 GMT
#301
On February 28 2021 00:33 Xain0n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:30 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On February 28 2021 00:25 Xain0n wrote:
Tell me again how Dark was perfect and unbeatable guys.


Who used those two words - perfect and unbeatable?


Charoisaur said "perfect" at least twice, can't remember who said unbeatable. But that's the message that was conveyed, pretty much.

I honestly thought Dark being called "perfect" was kinda a meme
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swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2450 Posts
February 27 2021 15:35 GMT
#302
I think Reynor is pretty much like Dark, a cocky but funny guy.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26734 Posts
February 27 2021 15:35 GMT
#303
On February 28 2021 00:31 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Kespa should come back and put Stats and Dark to the jail immediately. Unforgivable screw ups against this annoying clown kid :/
Oh well, Rogue or Maru will have to do the job to protect the honor of Korea now

Have we found the rare individual who doesn't find Reynor a likeable young man? :S
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
dysenterymd
Profile Joined January 2019
1250 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-02-27 15:36:19
February 27 2021 15:35 GMT
#304
On February 28 2021 00:33 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:30 Captain Peabody wrote:
On February 28 2021 00:28 WombaT wrote:
Starcraft is an unforgiving mistress, I don't think the Dark hype was at all misplaced if anything he looked scarier than Reynor that series but Reynor clutched it out.

yeah Dark looked great, but short-term tournaments like this don't measure objective skill, it's as much about who can hold on and be clutch at the right moments. Reynor's been sloppy, but he's been decisive and resilient when it mattered

On small margins, I mean I think Serral wins last Blizzcon given he had the measure of Dark back then outside of that disastrous ultra into lose decision he made against Reynor back then.

A fair few 3-2s so far too, these guys are all at such a high level and it makes for some great series and drama.


Yeah making strong statements on who's the best and who's washed up on the basis of one tournament when things are so tight is pretty misguided. For a single tournament to settle questions like that it would need to be like, a round robin bo5 group stage with the 10 best players.
Serral | Inno | sOs | soO | Has | Classic
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16121 Posts
February 27 2021 15:36 GMT
#305
On February 28 2021 00:33 Luolis wrote:
Maru vs Rogue could be a really fun series!


Could be terrible also. Strange things happen when (former) Jin Air players play against each other. The fact these two aren't sharing a team house anymore means we could get a totally amazing series but I have no idea.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
February 27 2021 15:36 GMT
#306
On February 28 2021 00:34 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:33 Xain0n wrote:
On February 28 2021 00:30 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On February 28 2021 00:25 Xain0n wrote:
Tell me again how Dark was perfect and unbeatable guys.


Who used those two words - perfect and unbeatable?


Charoisaur said "perfect" at least twice, can't remember who said unbeatable. But that's the message that was conveyed, pretty much.

you shouldn't exactly talk about overhyping players, should you?


When one players wins all the series and all the tournaments for months that's no overhype.
When one players does nothing a whole year, comes back and win a tournament, doesn't qualify for another and loses in the ro16 of another one before going 10-0 in the groupstage and gets regarded as a god, that's overhype.
stilt
Profile Joined October 2012
France2755 Posts
February 27 2021 15:36 GMT
#307
On February 28 2021 00:34 Husyelt wrote:
Did Smix forget when Reynor came back down 0-2 from a previous tournament vs Dark? What tourney was that?


Pretty sure it was against Rogue... I don't remember which tourney tho
MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1855 Posts
February 27 2021 15:36 GMT
#308
On February 28 2021 00:32 JoeCool wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:31 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Kespa should come back and put Stats and Dark to the jail immediately. Unforgivable screw ups against this annoying clown kid :/
Oh well, Rogue or Maru will have to do the job to protect the honor of Korea now


Inb4 Reynor vs. Clem finals.


Nah, never gonna happen. Clem does not have what it takes yet and Reynors luck will run out.
This is the world championship not some foreignland BS tourney.
Top 11: Rogue, Maru, Inno, Zest, Life, sOs, Stats, Dark, soO, Mvp, Classic/Trap/MC/Rain
AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
February 27 2021 15:36 GMT
#309
"XXXX is perfect and unbeatable."
The objectively worst thing to say about any player...
Look at Trap, Serral, and now Dark in this tourney, stop using those words forplayers, it ruins the narrative, puts unnecessary pressure on the individuals, and creates stupid arguments that people will never resolve because neither party will change each other's mind anyways.
Faker is the GOAT!
Luolis
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Finland7166 Posts
February 27 2021 15:36 GMT
#310
On February 28 2021 00:35 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:31 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Kespa should come back and put Stats and Dark to the jail immediately. Unforgivable screw ups against this annoying clown kid :/
Oh well, Rogue or Maru will have to do the job to protect the honor of Korea now

Have we found the rare individual who doesn't find Reynor a likeable young man? :S

This is the guy who thought that yesterday was almost the best day in his life when Serral went out :D
pro cheese woman / Its never Sunny in Finland. Perkele / FinnishStarcraftTrivia
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
February 27 2021 15:36 GMT
#311
On February 28 2021 00:31 [PkF] Wire wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:29 IshinShishi wrote:
I think its safe to say that at this point in time Reynor is indeed better than Serral

which wouldn't make Serral a bad player by any means. Reynor has that tiny edge of confidence boost, skillwise the highest level players (Zest, Trap, Dark, Rogue, Maru, Reynor, Serral, Clem...) look very close.


Not mentioning TY? You heretic!
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
Xamo
Profile Joined April 2012
Spain886 Posts
February 27 2021 15:36 GMT
#312
Best series of the tornament so far? Clem vs Serral could be the other cadidate for now.
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Fanatic-Templar
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada5819 Posts
February 27 2021 15:37 GMT
#313
On February 28 2021 00:32 JoeCool wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:31 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Kespa should come back and put Stats and Dark to the jail immediately. Unforgivable screw ups against this annoying clown kid :/
Oh well, Rogue or Maru will have to do the job to protect the honor of Korea now


Inb4 Reynor vs. Clem finals.


A TvZ without cross-world ping would probably be pretty good.

On the other hand, neither of them are Protoss, so that won't do.
I bear this sig to commemorate the loss of the team icon that commemorated Oversky's 2008-2009 Proleague Round 1 performance.
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24238 Posts
February 27 2021 15:37 GMT
#314
On February 28 2021 00:33 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:30 Captain Peabody wrote:
On February 28 2021 00:28 WombaT wrote:
Starcraft is an unforgiving mistress, I don't think the Dark hype was at all misplaced if anything he looked scarier than Reynor that series but Reynor clutched it out.

yeah Dark looked great, but short-term tournaments like this don't measure objective skill, it's as much about who can hold on and be clutch at the right moments. Reynor's been sloppy, but he's been decisive and resilient when it mattered

On small margins, I mean I think Serral wins last Blizzcon given he had the measure of Dark back then outside of that disastrous ultra into lose decision he made against Reynor back then.

A fair few 3-2s so far too, these guys are all at such a high level and it makes for some great series and drama.

yeah those are ultra small margins, we should give those guys a break. If you're saying things like "Serral lost in ro12 lolololol washed up champion" you're just stupid. Sometimes you get that tiny bit of luck or clutchness, sometimes you don't, you remain one of the best in the world
Captain Peabody
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3128 Posts
February 27 2021 15:37 GMT
#315
On February 28 2021 00:33 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:30 Captain Peabody wrote:
On February 28 2021 00:28 WombaT wrote:
Starcraft is an unforgiving mistress, I don't think the Dark hype was at all misplaced if anything he looked scarier than Reynor that series but Reynor clutched it out.

yeah Dark looked great, but short-term tournaments like this don't measure objective skill, it's as much about who can hold on and be clutch at the right moments. Reynor's been sloppy, but he's been decisive and resilient when it mattered

On small margins, I mean I think Serral wins last Blizzcon given he had the measure of Dark back then outside of that disastrous ultra into lose decision he made against Reynor back then.

A fair few 3-2s so far too, these guys are all at such a high level and it makes for some great series and drama.

right yeah I mean at this point you've winnowed everyone but the very top, which is what makes it fun. This tournament has very much delivered so far
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stilt
Profile Joined October 2012
France2755 Posts
February 27 2021 15:37 GMT
#316
On February 28 2021 00:35 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:33 Xain0n wrote:
On February 28 2021 00:30 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
On February 28 2021 00:25 Xain0n wrote:
Tell me again how Dark was perfect and unbeatable guys.


Who used those two words - perfect and unbeatable?


Charoisaur said "perfect" at least twice, can't remember who said unbeatable. But that's the message that was conveyed, pretty much.

I honestly thought Dark being called "perfect" was kinda a meme


Tbf, perfection was a good word to describe his group stage, it's obviously hyperbolic but come on, fanboying players is totally normal.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
February 27 2021 15:38 GMT
#317
If Maru win next, surely Reynor is the overwhelming favorite to win the whole thing?
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[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24238 Posts
February 27 2021 15:38 GMT
#318
On February 28 2021 00:36 sneakyfox wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:31 [PkF] Wire wrote:
On February 28 2021 00:29 IshinShishi wrote:
I think its safe to say that at this point in time Reynor is indeed better than Serral

which wouldn't make Serral a bad player by any means. Reynor has that tiny edge of confidence boost, skillwise the highest level players (Zest, Trap, Dark, Rogue, Maru, Reynor, Serral, Clem...) look very close.


Not mentioning TY? You heretic!

he's there, I probably forgot some others. Wasn't trying to do anything exhaustive
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3541 Posts
February 27 2021 15:38 GMT
#319
On February 28 2021 00:36 Luolis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2021 00:35 WombaT wrote:
On February 28 2021 00:31 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Kespa should come back and put Stats and Dark to the jail immediately. Unforgivable screw ups against this annoying clown kid :/
Oh well, Rogue or Maru will have to do the job to protect the honor of Korea now

Have we found the rare individual who doesn't find Reynor a likeable young man? :S

This is the guy who thought that yesterday was almost the best day in his life when Serral went out :D

Tbf sometimes reynor is a lil too much over the top for my taste then it becomes a bit annyoing (still very likeable in general).
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26734 Posts
February 27 2021 15:38 GMT
#320
On February 28 2021 00:36 Xamo wrote:
Best series of the tornament so far? Clem vs Serral could be the other cadidate for now.

I think this was more tense, exciting and strange given how game 5 went, Clem vs Serral was of better quality across the sets though IMO
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
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