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Charlie Sheens House51452 Posts
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Imagine not having an English stream on schedule because ESL.tv is showing an Australian event
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"ESL.tv is an ass and we won't be working with them again" - TL
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When are the matches starting?
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On June 26 2021 22:13 JustPassingBy wrote: When are the matches starting? Soon™
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Germany3367 Posts
On June 26 2021 22:06 Elentos wrote: Imagine not having an English stream on schedule because ESL.tv is showing an Australian event One that's shown by the ESL Australia stream anyways to top it off...
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Weird stream issues
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Canada8988 Posts
On June 26 2021 22:21 TheOneAboveU wrote:Show nested quote +On June 26 2021 22:06 Elentos wrote: Imagine not having an English stream on schedule because ESL.tv is showing an Australian event One that's shown by the ESL Australia stream anyways to top it off...
While there's nothing on the TL stream...
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Everything seems to be working now
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On June 26 2021 22:48 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Everything seems to be working now Cure's brain doesn't
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On June 26 2021 22:49 Durnuu wrote:Show nested quote +On June 26 2021 22:48 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Everything seems to be working now Cure's brain doesn't 
Touche lol... that outdated build was never gonna work.
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Good old ESL running ads in the middle of the game
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Jagannatha is so tough. Cure wasn't close to threatening anything from that siege position
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Yeah Reynor that's the stuff I need right now
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Canada8988 Posts
BitByBit noooo
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worst build ever played in a professional game?
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On June 26 2021 23:14 Charoisaur wrote: worst build ever played in a professional game?
Not even close...
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On June 26 2021 23:14 Charoisaur wrote: worst build ever played in a professional game? That belongs to Naniwa.
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LoL, these games aren't even close, I think Clem did an excellent job preparing Reynor.
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Cure should just retire, this is humiliation.
User was warned for this post
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Why did Cure not doing his signature widow mines build?
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On June 26 2021 23:18 parksonsc wrote: Cure should just retire, this is humiliation.
You cannot tell someone to retire when he just defeated Clem in TvT. It was just that he didn't prepare much or kept experimenting against top tier Zerg player like Reynor, that's why he lost in dominating fashion like this..
I didn't see widow mines build from him yet which has proved to be devastating to Reynor in the past.
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In the NeXT tournament Cure just 'played like Clem' and it was very effective against Reynor.
Today he has been poor both in strategy and execution.
Maybe that series against Ragnarok wrecked his confidence in TvZ.
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only Clem can beat the Italian Stallion
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On June 26 2021 23:27 AzAlexZ wrote: only Clem can beat the Italian Stallion
Nah I think that Trap has a decent chance.
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That was the best trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe like ever
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On June 26 2021 23:28 JoeCool wrote:Nah I think that Trap has a decent chance. I meant the Terran players. I don't anyone can beat Trap in this Tourney
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Cure where is your 2/2 man
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How on Earth did that game end in Reynor's favor?
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Jeez Reynor, the guy came all this way from Korea and you send him straight to serral with a 4-0?
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On June 26 2021 23:38 Ciaus_Dronu wrote: How on Earth did that game end in Reynor's favor?
a-move into Lurker / Blinding Cloud usually doesn't end well
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Cure played very weird styles today, still had game 4 in his hand if he was more patient.
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On June 26 2021 23:24 FuRong wrote: In the NeXT tournament Cure just 'played like Clem' and it was very effective against Reynor.
Today he has been poor both in strategy and execution.
Maybe that series against Ragnarok wrecked his confidence in TvZ. Actually 2 of his strategy today was the EXACT same one that he used against Reynor in NeXT, and there lies the problem. Dont use the same build against the same opponent, especially if you have beaten that person not more than a week ago.
I think Cure was leaning too much into "all-in" with his build today, and leaving pretty much no room for coming back in case the push doesnt work. Even on that last game, I think Cure could have macro more at home with 4 bases rather than pushing into the Roach+Lurker army on Reynor side.
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On June 26 2021 23:18 parksonsc wrote: Cure should just retire, this is humiliation.
So then everyone beaten by Cure should retire too, right? By the Transitive Property of Humiliation?
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this first game was almost perfect by Trap
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Reynor vs. Trap is going to be amazing! I'm feeling it.
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Oh no, this has been a terrible week, and I didn't even remember that today was Saturday!
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On June 27 2021 00:29 Fanatic-Templar wrote: Oh no, this has been a terrible week, and I didn't even remember that today was Saturday! What, did you go to work by accident on top of that?
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Reynor and Trap with overwhelming victories!
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Man Zest's PvP has fallen off one hell of a cliff. His other match-ups are still more than fine, but PvP? Maybe missing that Stats practice.
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On June 27 2021 00:41 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 00:29 Fanatic-Templar wrote: Oh no, this has been a terrible week, and I didn't even remember that today was Saturday! What, did you go to work by accident on top of that?
No, I haven't worked for the latter half of the week to deal with that stuff.
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I can't wait to see what builds Cure will use this time to fall behind for no reason.
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On June 27 2021 01:14 Captain Peabody wrote: cure is surviving!!! update: cure is dead
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On June 27 2021 01:15 Captain Peabody wrote:update: cure is dead
At least got one map done with that marine stimmed builds.
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Rough day for Cure, especially coming from wrecking foreigners earlier in the tourney.
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Serral? Where are you? That's not the room hes usually in.
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On June 27 2021 01:30 JoeCool wrote: Serral? Where are you? That's not the room hes usually in. Displaying his Finnish pride by playing from a sauna
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serral offering us a drone barbeque as an early fourth of july present
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this game felt so free for Serral, roaches lol
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Serral not looking as dominant as Reynor against Cure. Maybe Serral should have stayed home instead of playing in the woods.
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Countdown changed to soon lol... This is unfortunate hopefully this doesn't ruin Cures momentum.
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On June 27 2021 01:38 geokilla wrote: Serral not looking as dominant as Reynor against Cure. Maybe Serral should have stayed home instead of playing in the woods.
Serral is not looking as dominant as Reynor against anyone. I must admit though that I haven't seen much of Reynors ZvP.
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Canada8988 Posts
Maybe playing Starcraft between someone in the middle of the wood in Finland and someone in Korea is more than we can expect from even modern internet.
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Gives me time to catch up on the matches I missed though.
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On June 27 2021 01:55 Nakajin wrote: Maybe playing Starcraft between someone in the middle of the wood in Finland and someone in Korea is more than we can expect from even modern internet. hey don't bash the woods til you try it
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Serral's play really not inspiring lately =/
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Germany3367 Posts
Cure in here playing Tower Defense.
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Canada8988 Posts
Very nice push, Serral just couldn't find the answer.
I feel like he had to try busting Cure at home and make thing a bit crazy
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Ultras into lose, a timeless classic
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Serral is losing it.. I've never seen him being 1 step before the bm side with his 'gg' (in quotes). Of course, it's not bm yet but it's close.
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On June 27 2021 02:22 Ciaus_Dronu wrote: Serral's play really not inspiring lately =/
His confidence level must have dropped terribly after losing many times to Reynor and Clem.
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Ravagers in the compositions could help killing the siege liberators, then let the ultralisks took the steam killing the siege tanks.
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On June 27 2021 02:26 swarminfestor wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 02:22 Ciaus_Dronu wrote: Serral's play really not inspiring lately =/
His confidence level must have dropped terribly after losing many times to Reynor and Clem.
But isn't that the path all of the players eventually take? I mean it has been shown countless times in the history of SC2 that someone can be the absolute GOAT for quite some time until he passes on the crown to someone else. Nestea, MVP, Dear, PartinG, Innovation, Maru, Dark, Rogue, sOs etc. And now it's Reynors time to shine.
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nice from Cure but I wish we got a couple more games
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Liberator/tank/marine combo so strong
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I'm interested in how messy Zest vs Dark will get lol
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On June 27 2021 02:37 SC-Shield wrote:Liberator/tank/marine combo so strong 
It is strong, but that felt like Serral dropping the ball a bit. That game he lost a ton of drones to hellions for example, should absolutely have been his win. And then we're talking a 2-1 lead instead of deficit and it's a different series already.
The viper play was also... weird?
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Serral beats maru and zest in the next tournament but this is starting to be worrisome. I thought it was only zvz after his elimination in europe but his zvp against zest was terrible (or was it trap ?) (doing nothing on ravager baneling against toss after winning a decisive fight until the toss is max is just not understandable at level...) and this terrible zvt follows the trend, he got a big edge on 3 games he lost, I can't even imagine rogue, dark or reynor losing 3 games in row in this position. That's sad for the one which was considered as close to be the perfect zerg...
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On June 27 2021 02:37 SC-Shield wrote:Liberator/tank/marine combo so strong 
I hate Liberators for their freedom.
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I knew that countdown timer for Dark vs Zest was a lie and they'd interview Cure TSL are LIARS!
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Credit to Cure though, he made good decisions from some bad spots, and his slow pushes were excellent.
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I love how Cure is like, yeah I think the build is bad but I've done it so much its kind of ok lol
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The downward trend in Serral's level is indeed alarming but it's not like we have never seen players recovering from a slump before...
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Canada8988 Posts
On June 27 2021 02:54 Xain0n wrote: The downward trend in Serral's level is indeed alarming but it's not like we have never seen players recovering from a slump before...
Y'a but for Serral it seems like a very very slow but steady decline in the last two and a half year.
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herO was killing Cure as screen partner.
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On June 27 2021 02:56 Nakajin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 02:54 Xain0n wrote: The downward trend in Serral's level is indeed alarming but it's not like we have never seen players recovering from a slump before... Y'a but for Serral it seems like a very very slow but steady decline in the last two and a half year. A very slow decline which became a free fall after that reverse sweep against Trap.
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On June 27 2021 02:57 Morbidius wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 02:56 Nakajin wrote:On June 27 2021 02:54 Xain0n wrote: The downward trend in Serral's level is indeed alarming but it's not like we have never seen players recovering from a slump before... Y'a but for Serral it seems like a very very slow but steady decline in the last two and a half year. A very slow decline which became a free fall after that reverse sweep against Trap.
His practise games seem really good accorting to both his mmr and the echo from other top players (denver, marinelord praised him lately) but on tournament he seems clearly past his prime. This is more like 2017 Serral.
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I had a feeling this would be a true fiesta series lol
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Pretty cool Stasis Trap again.
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I've really enjoyed watching Trap's Stasis Traps today :D.
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Ah damn, I missed Cure smash Serral. At least I'll get to see Trap vs Reynor.
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On June 27 2021 03:32 Vindicare605 wrote: Ah damn, I missed Cure smash Serral. At least I'll get to see Trap vs Reynor. Trap vs Reynor is tomorrow so you might just miss it as well
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On June 27 2021 03:06 stilt wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 02:57 Morbidius wrote:On June 27 2021 02:56 Nakajin wrote:On June 27 2021 02:54 Xain0n wrote: The downward trend in Serral's level is indeed alarming but it's not like we have never seen players recovering from a slump before... Y'a but for Serral it seems like a very very slow but steady decline in the last two and a half year. A very slow decline which became a free fall after that reverse sweep against Trap. His practise games seem really good accorting to both his mmr and the echo from other top players (denver, marinelord praised him lately) but on tournament he seems clearly past his prime. This is more like 2017 Serral.
Well, until 2020 Serral didn't really start declining imho; there were tournaments he didn't play at the absurd standard of his golden age in 2018(but even then there were less brilliant ones like Montreal); he lost clutchness for sure in 2019, Serral lost pretty much every important tournament in the last map of very hard fought series and he also suffered from Reynor's growth. Post pandemic Serral wasn't the same, mostly developing a weakness in ZvZ.
Those last results in June seem to indicate he's dropped even below that but I still wouldn't say he's back at what he was in 2017, I'd say he's maybe more like pre ascension in 2018.
I can't say for sure but I have hope that Serral will be back to winning tournaments, even if his career is already extremely impressive and successful and we could still be satisfied if it ended tomorrow.
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On June 27 2021 03:33 Durnuu wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 03:32 Vindicare605 wrote: Ah damn, I missed Cure smash Serral. At least I'll get to see Trap vs Reynor. Trap vs Reynor is tomorrow so you might just miss it as well 
I have to open the bar tomorrow. So I probably will
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Dark was just too late to make infestors for microbial shrouds. I think Rogue has used the microbial queen walk successfully against Stats last time in Katowice.
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On June 27 2021 03:34 Xain0n wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 03:06 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 02:57 Morbidius wrote:On June 27 2021 02:56 Nakajin wrote:On June 27 2021 02:54 Xain0n wrote: The downward trend in Serral's level is indeed alarming but it's not like we have never seen players recovering from a slump before... Y'a but for Serral it seems like a very very slow but steady decline in the last two and a half year. A very slow decline which became a free fall after that reverse sweep against Trap. His practise games seem really good accorting to both his mmr and the echo from other top players (denver, marinelord praised him lately) but on tournament he seems clearly past his prime. This is more like 2017 Serral. Well, until 2020 Serral didn't really start declining imho; there were tournaments he didn't play at the absurd standard of his golden age in 2018(but even then there were less brilliant ones like Montreal); he lost clutchness for sure in 2019, Serral lost pretty much every important tournament in the last map of very hard fought series and he also suffered from Reynor's growth. Post pandemic Serral wasn't the same, mostly developing a weakness in ZvZ. Those last results in June seem to indicate he's dropped even below that but I still wouldn't say he's back at what he was in 2017, I'd say he's maybe more like pre ascension in 2018. I can't say for sure but I have hope that Serral will be back to winning tournaments, even if his career is already extremely impressive and successful and we could still be satisfied if it ended tomorrow.
Serral started declining when Zerg was nerfed from its overpowered state. That's the part fanboys like you will never admit.
Serral hasn't been invincible since the Infestor, the Queen and Creep was nerfed.
Reynor however is getting better and better proving that Zerg is not over nerfed too. It's only Serral specifically that has noticeably declined since those nerfs.
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On June 27 2021 03:44 Vindicare605 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 03:34 Xain0n wrote:On June 27 2021 03:06 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 02:57 Morbidius wrote:On June 27 2021 02:56 Nakajin wrote:On June 27 2021 02:54 Xain0n wrote: The downward trend in Serral's level is indeed alarming but it's not like we have never seen players recovering from a slump before... Y'a but for Serral it seems like a very very slow but steady decline in the last two and a half year. A very slow decline which became a free fall after that reverse sweep against Trap. His practise games seem really good accorting to both his mmr and the echo from other top players (denver, marinelord praised him lately) but on tournament he seems clearly past his prime. This is more like 2017 Serral. Well, until 2020 Serral didn't really start declining imho; there were tournaments he didn't play at the absurd standard of his golden age in 2018(but even then there were less brilliant ones like Montreal); he lost clutchness for sure in 2019, Serral lost pretty much every important tournament in the last map of very hard fought series and he also suffered from Reynor's growth. Post pandemic Serral wasn't the same, mostly developing a weakness in ZvZ. Those last results in June seem to indicate he's dropped even below that but I still wouldn't say he's back at what he was in 2017, I'd say he's maybe more like pre ascension in 2018. I can't say for sure but I have hope that Serral will be back to winning tournaments, even if his career is already extremely impressive and successful and we could still be satisfied if it ended tomorrow. Serral started declining when Zerg was nerfed from its overpowered state. That's the part fanboys like you will never admit.
And it's clearly only Xainon who makes the LR threads descend into flame wars.
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United Kingdom31935 Posts
Does serral have any issues with his wrists or something? Seeing this decline is kinda sad
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On June 27 2021 03:44 Vindicare605 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 03:34 Xain0n wrote:On June 27 2021 03:06 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 02:57 Morbidius wrote:On June 27 2021 02:56 Nakajin wrote:On June 27 2021 02:54 Xain0n wrote: The downward trend in Serral's level is indeed alarming but it's not like we have never seen players recovering from a slump before... Y'a but for Serral it seems like a very very slow but steady decline in the last two and a half year. A very slow decline which became a free fall after that reverse sweep against Trap. His practise games seem really good accorting to both his mmr and the echo from other top players (denver, marinelord praised him lately) but on tournament he seems clearly past his prime. This is more like 2017 Serral. Well, until 2020 Serral didn't really start declining imho; there were tournaments he didn't play at the absurd standard of his golden age in 2018(but even then there were less brilliant ones like Montreal); he lost clutchness for sure in 2019, Serral lost pretty much every important tournament in the last map of very hard fought series and he also suffered from Reynor's growth. Post pandemic Serral wasn't the same, mostly developing a weakness in ZvZ. Those last results in June seem to indicate he's dropped even below that but I still wouldn't say he's back at what he was in 2017, I'd say he's maybe more like pre ascension in 2018. I can't say for sure but I have hope that Serral will be back to winning tournaments, even if his career is already extremely impressive and successful and we could still be satisfied if it ended tomorrow. Serral started declining when Zerg was nerfed from its overpowered state. That's the part fanboys like you will never admit. Serral hasn't been invincible since the Infestor, the Queen and Creep was nerfed. Reynor however is getting better and better proving that Zerg is not over nerfed too. It's only Serral specifically that has noticeably declined since those nerfs. He keeps proping up this ''ZvZ weakness'' bullshit when things went south for Serral as soon as Zerg wasn't massively favored in non mirrors. Even the periods where he admits the decline line up perfectly with balance changes that hurt Zerg.
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Disruptors finally coming.
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Devastating Hold Position Lurkers. This game is amazing.
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this game is entertaining for the same reasons diamond-level games can be entertaining
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Btw how did it go with TLO's two first predictions?
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Germany3367 Posts
On June 27 2021 03:58 sneakyfox wrote: Btw how did it go with TLO's two first predictions? Two times #true, shockingly.
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On June 27 2021 03:58 TheOneAboveU wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 03:58 sneakyfox wrote: Btw how did it go with TLO's two first predictions? Two times #true, shockingly.
Thanks, that's excellent. 8/8 for me then.
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How are there this many Archons at red health?!?
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Lurker just walks past 20 Zealots on Hold Position. Hold Position Zealots less powerful than Hold Position Lurkers.
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Canada8988 Posts
Omfg Zest is the worst player in history
This game is hillarious
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This ridiculous game is clearly the high point of the day.
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Do structures benefit from microbial shroud?
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On June 27 2021 04:02 Nakajin wrote: Omfg Zest is the worst player in history
This game is hillarious Zest is something else lmao
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That Disruption/Storm combo was monstrous.
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On June 27 2021 04:04 Sent. wrote: Do structures benefit from microbial shroud?
Nope.
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beautiful seeing that many infestors die at once, karma for broodlord/infestor
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those hydras are useless at this point. They will lose it for Dark
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I never knew units got uncloaked while being yanked by Abduct.
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this is peak starcraft, highest skilled era
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On June 27 2021 04:10 starkiller123 wrote: this is peak starcraft, highest skilled era
Hell, it's about time.
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On June 27 2021 03:50 Morbidius wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 03:44 Vindicare605 wrote:On June 27 2021 03:34 Xain0n wrote:On June 27 2021 03:06 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 02:57 Morbidius wrote:On June 27 2021 02:56 Nakajin wrote:On June 27 2021 02:54 Xain0n wrote: The downward trend in Serral's level is indeed alarming but it's not like we have never seen players recovering from a slump before... Y'a but for Serral it seems like a very very slow but steady decline in the last two and a half year. A very slow decline which became a free fall after that reverse sweep against Trap. His practise games seem really good accorting to both his mmr and the echo from other top players (denver, marinelord praised him lately) but on tournament he seems clearly past his prime. This is more like 2017 Serral. Well, until 2020 Serral didn't really start declining imho; there were tournaments he didn't play at the absurd standard of his golden age in 2018(but even then there were less brilliant ones like Montreal); he lost clutchness for sure in 2019, Serral lost pretty much every important tournament in the last map of very hard fought series and he also suffered from Reynor's growth. Post pandemic Serral wasn't the same, mostly developing a weakness in ZvZ. Those last results in June seem to indicate he's dropped even below that but I still wouldn't say he's back at what he was in 2017, I'd say he's maybe more like pre ascension in 2018. I can't say for sure but I have hope that Serral will be back to winning tournaments, even if his career is already extremely impressive and successful and we could still be satisfied if it ended tomorrow. Serral started declining when Zerg was nerfed from its overpowered state. That's the part fanboys like you will never admit. Serral hasn't been invincible since the Infestor, the Queen and Creep was nerfed. Reynor however is getting better and better proving that Zerg is not over nerfed too. It's only Serral specifically that has noticeably declined since those nerfs. He keeps proping up this ''ZvZ weakness'' bullshit when things went south for Serral as soon as Zerg wasn't massively favored in non mirrors. Even the periods where he admits the decline line up perfectly with balance changes that hurt Zerg.
That's just so wrong you two don't even deserve a detailed answer, which has also been given many times already before.
Instead of spewing out senselessness, go check yourself on Aligulac which matchup Serral got sensibly worse at after 2020 and also go check who won the majority of his Premier titles during the "Zerg op" days in 2019(spoiler: it's not Serral).
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Late game PvZ is really evolving into a fun match up.
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On June 27 2021 04:09 Charoisaur wrote: those hydras are useless at this point. They will lose it for Dark called it.
Imagine that were 20 Corruptors...
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Canada8988 Posts
Zest executed his gameplan from A to Z perfectly here, what a response to a 12 pool
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On June 27 2021 04:16 Nakajin wrote: Zest executed his gameplan from A to Z perfectly here, what a response to a 12 pool it was all calculated
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Why do zergs go hatch block vs toss? they instantly put themself behind
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On June 27 2021 04:16 Nakajin wrote: Zest executed his gameplan from A to Z perfectly here, what a response to a 12 pool
Take notes Protoss players.
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On June 27 2021 04:12 Xain0n wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 03:50 Morbidius wrote:On June 27 2021 03:44 Vindicare605 wrote:On June 27 2021 03:34 Xain0n wrote:On June 27 2021 03:06 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 02:57 Morbidius wrote:On June 27 2021 02:56 Nakajin wrote:On June 27 2021 02:54 Xain0n wrote: The downward trend in Serral's level is indeed alarming but it's not like we have never seen players recovering from a slump before... Y'a but for Serral it seems like a very very slow but steady decline in the last two and a half year. A very slow decline which became a free fall after that reverse sweep against Trap. His practise games seem really good accorting to both his mmr and the echo from other top players (denver, marinelord praised him lately) but on tournament he seems clearly past his prime. This is more like 2017 Serral. Well, until 2020 Serral didn't really start declining imho; there were tournaments he didn't play at the absurd standard of his golden age in 2018(but even then there were less brilliant ones like Montreal); he lost clutchness for sure in 2019, Serral lost pretty much every important tournament in the last map of very hard fought series and he also suffered from Reynor's growth. Post pandemic Serral wasn't the same, mostly developing a weakness in ZvZ. Those last results in June seem to indicate he's dropped even below that but I still wouldn't say he's back at what he was in 2017, I'd say he's maybe more like pre ascension in 2018. I can't say for sure but I have hope that Serral will be back to winning tournaments, even if his career is already extremely impressive and successful and we could still be satisfied if it ended tomorrow. Serral started declining when Zerg was nerfed from its overpowered state. That's the part fanboys like you will never admit. Serral hasn't been invincible since the Infestor, the Queen and Creep was nerfed. Reynor however is getting better and better proving that Zerg is not over nerfed too. It's only Serral specifically that has noticeably declined since those nerfs. He keeps proping up this ''ZvZ weakness'' bullshit when things went south for Serral as soon as Zerg wasn't massively favored in non mirrors. Even the periods where he admits the decline line up perfectly with balance changes that hurt Zerg. That's just so wrong you two don't even deserve a detailed answer, which has also been given many times already before. Instead of spewing out senselessness, go check yourself on Aligulac which matchup Serral got sensibly worse at after 2020 and also go check who won the majority of his Premier titles during the "Zerg op" days in 2019(spoiler: it's not Serral). Who's the 2019 imbalance abuser? The guy who bitchslapped Serral all year or the guy who won a GSL last month while Serral can't get on a podium on EU??
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On June 27 2021 04:15 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 04:09 Charoisaur wrote: those hydras are useless at this point. They will lose it for Dark called it. Imagine that were 20 Corruptors...
He never had the eco for those tho, his only chance was Zest messing up.
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On June 27 2021 04:21 stilt wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 04:15 Charoisaur wrote:On June 27 2021 04:09 Charoisaur wrote: those hydras are useless at this point. They will lose it for Dark called it. Imagine that were 20 Corruptors... He never had the eco for those tho, his only chance was Zest messing up. which to be fair is not the worst position to be in lol, Zest makes...interesting decisions sometimes
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On June 27 2021 04:23 starkiller123 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 04:21 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 04:15 Charoisaur wrote:On June 27 2021 04:09 Charoisaur wrote: those hydras are useless at this point. They will lose it for Dark called it. Imagine that were 20 Corruptors... He never had the eco for those tho, his only chance was Zest messing up. which to be fair is not the worst position to be in lol, Zest makes...interesting decisions sometimes
Yes totally ^^ The hold position lurkers, then zelotes... this game was pretty scrappy and funny.
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Canada8988 Posts
On June 27 2021 04:27 stilt wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 04:23 starkiller123 wrote:On June 27 2021 04:21 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 04:15 Charoisaur wrote:On June 27 2021 04:09 Charoisaur wrote: those hydras are useless at this point. They will lose it for Dark called it. Imagine that were 20 Corruptors... He never had the eco for those tho, his only chance was Zest messing up. which to be fair is not the worst position to be in lol, Zest makes...interesting decisions sometimes Yes totally ^^ The hold position lurkers, then zelotes... this game was pretty scrappy and funny. The hold position zelots were inexplicable, I really want someone to ask Zest about it afterward.
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On June 27 2021 04:29 Nakajin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 04:27 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 04:23 starkiller123 wrote:On June 27 2021 04:21 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 04:15 Charoisaur wrote:On June 27 2021 04:09 Charoisaur wrote: those hydras are useless at this point. They will lose it for Dark called it. Imagine that were 20 Corruptors... He never had the eco for those tho, his only chance was Zest messing up. which to be fair is not the worst position to be in lol, Zest makes...interesting decisions sometimes Yes totally ^^ The hold position lurkers, then zelotes... this game was pretty scrappy and funny. The hold position zelots were inexplicable, I really want someone to ask Zest about it afterward. I'm sure he just forgot
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Canada8988 Posts
On June 27 2021 04:29 starkiller123 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 04:29 Nakajin wrote:On June 27 2021 04:27 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 04:23 starkiller123 wrote:On June 27 2021 04:21 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 04:15 Charoisaur wrote:On June 27 2021 04:09 Charoisaur wrote: those hydras are useless at this point. They will lose it for Dark called it. Imagine that were 20 Corruptors... He never had the eco for those tho, his only chance was Zest messing up. which to be fair is not the worst position to be in lol, Zest makes...interesting decisions sometimes Yes totally ^^ The hold position lurkers, then zelotes... this game was pretty scrappy and funny. The hold position zelots were inexplicable, I really want someone to ask Zest about it afterward. I'm sure he just forgot
Nah but like how were they on hold position to begin with, is that a thing?
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This game is basically a NR10
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On June 27 2021 04:30 Nakajin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 04:29 starkiller123 wrote:On June 27 2021 04:29 Nakajin wrote:On June 27 2021 04:27 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 04:23 starkiller123 wrote:On June 27 2021 04:21 stilt wrote:On June 27 2021 04:15 Charoisaur wrote:On June 27 2021 04:09 Charoisaur wrote: those hydras are useless at this point. They will lose it for Dark called it. Imagine that were 20 Corruptors... He never had the eco for those tho, his only chance was Zest messing up. which to be fair is not the worst position to be in lol, Zest makes...interesting decisions sometimes Yes totally ^^ The hold position lurkers, then zelotes... this game was pretty scrappy and funny. The hold position zelots were inexplicable, I really want someone to ask Zest about it afterward. I'm sure he just forgot Nah but like how were they on hold position to begin with, is that a thing? yeah I don't have an explanation haha
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On June 27 2021 04:21 stilt wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 04:15 Charoisaur wrote:On June 27 2021 04:09 Charoisaur wrote: those hydras are useless at this point. They will lose it for Dark called it. Imagine that were 20 Corruptors... He never had the eco for those tho, his only chance was Zest messing up. I think one of his hydra remaxes could've been Corruptors
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BURROWED ULTRALISK IN THE MINERAL LINE!
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On June 27 2021 04:37 Captain Peabody wrote: zest new pvz master
Drunken Master.
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yes yes nothing unusual to see her
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This Dark style doesn't seem like it should be working. Deserved loss for him
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Serious question though, how is Zerg dealing with Skytoss usually? Does no one go corruptor anymore? Does it cost too much given Dark was on like, 55-60 drones the whole game?
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Dark has played this PvZ style for almost a year, although he does mix in some Corruptors at times. Not sure what he finds superior with this style, although if you can hit all the spell (Fungal+Parasistic+Shroud) then a good engagement is possible, but its very hard to do all that.
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On June 27 2021 04:37 Charoisaur wrote: This Dark style doesn't seem like it should be working. Deserved loss for him
I felt like Dark playstyle has becoming like Rogue these days.
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On June 27 2021 04:44 tigera6 wrote: Dark has played this PvZ style for almost a year, although he does mix in some Corruptors at times. Not sure what he finds superior with this style, although if you can hit all the spell (Fungal+Parasistic+Shroud) then a good engagement is possible, but its very hard to do all that.
Microbial queens might be effective if Dark decided to all-in in midgame.
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On June 27 2021 04:42 tantalus wrote: Serious question though, how is Zerg dealing with Skytoss usually? Does no one go corruptor anymore? Does it cost too much given Dark was on like, 55-60 drones the whole game?
When they have a sufficient economy, the standart is to go corruptors yes with spellcasters and broodlord, sometimes ultra, it depends of the toss composition.
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You could probably tell it was Zest even if you obscured the names. Thus said, well(?) done! I'm ok with any of the remaining players winning TSL7 at this point.
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now it will be either Trap or Reynor winning
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I have a feeling Reynor will be playing PvZ non-stop in the last day of the tournament, meaning he might get dropped by Trap, face Zest and then Trap again.
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I think its a Trap win, Reynor might do it if he plays at his peak but I don't see Zest or Cure beating Trap in a BO7.
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Definitely looks like Reynor's ZvP will be tested thoroughly tomorrow.
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Serral doing his best Neeb impression, while still being slightly better
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On June 27 2021 05:04 Morbidius wrote: I think its a Trap win, Reynor might do it if he plays at his peak but I don't see Zest or Cure beating Trap in a BO7.
I think Reynor has a decent chance. He's probably the best Z in the world right now so... Either way, I think they'll deliver great games.
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We also have to factor in the timezone difference though. By the time the Grand Final is being played, it would be about 3 or 4am in Korea. It's hard to say what form/state these players will be in at that time. I won't be surprised if we see great games... or just games where players make all sorts of small mistakes.
I'm predicting a Reynor victory, given how strong he looked against Cure. It is a bit puzzling though because in the NeXT tournament, he didn't even get out of the group stage. I'm not sure what kind of Reynor we'll get tomorrow.
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Super late (just watched the vods) but imo the reason for Serrals decline is pretty obvious. Zerg was in a basically auto win state for a long time as long as Zerg didn't just throw in the early game. Serral was the best at this conservative playstyle -- aka scout, react and dont die win late game.
Now that he doesn't have the free late game win card in his arsenal he just really hasn't been impressive. His aggro side has just never developed like a Reynor or Dark for example.
The premature goat conversation is hilarious in hindsight. He may have been the goat had he played in BL/Infestor era
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On June 27 2021 12:38 Moonerz wrote:Super late (just watched the vods) but imo the reason for Serrals decline is pretty obvious. Zerg was in a basically auto win state for a long time as long as Zerg didn't just throw in the early game. Serral was the best at this conservative playstyle -- aka scout, react and dont die win late game. Now that he doesn't have the free late game win card in his arsenal he just really hasn't been impressive. His aggro side has just never developed like a Reynor or Dark for example. The premature goat conversation is hilarious in hindsight. He may have been the goat had he played in BL/Infestor era
You think? My own explanation is some players just lose interest after some time once they're on the top. It's not like BW where dominance was stable for whatever reason (e.g. FlaSh). I don't remember anyone in sc2 scene who has ruled for as long as FlaSh did in BW or Jaedong. And even they started to decline at some point.
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On June 29 2021 07:28 SC-Shield wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2021 12:38 Moonerz wrote:Super late (just watched the vods) but imo the reason for Serrals decline is pretty obvious. Zerg was in a basically auto win state for a long time as long as Zerg didn't just throw in the early game. Serral was the best at this conservative playstyle -- aka scout, react and dont die win late game. Now that he doesn't have the free late game win card in his arsenal he just really hasn't been impressive. His aggro side has just never developed like a Reynor or Dark for example. The premature goat conversation is hilarious in hindsight. He may have been the goat had he played in BL/Infestor era You think? My own explanation is some players just lose interest after some time once they're on the top. It's not like BW where dominance was stable for whatever reason (e.g. FlaSh). I don't remember anyone in sc2 scene who has ruled for as long as FlaSh did in BW or Jaedong. And even they started to decline at some point.
That's definitely a factor too. The longer you're on top the harder it is to keep the same fire.
But I think a big part is the patches which influence the meta will naturally favor certain players, we've seen this sometimes with Stats too where he struggles to maintain his usual playstyle even though the toss meta shifted away from that.
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On June 29 2021 07:52 Moonerz wrote:Show nested quote +On June 29 2021 07:28 SC-Shield wrote:On June 27 2021 12:38 Moonerz wrote:Super late (just watched the vods) but imo the reason for Serrals decline is pretty obvious. Zerg was in a basically auto win state for a long time as long as Zerg didn't just throw in the early game. Serral was the best at this conservative playstyle -- aka scout, react and dont die win late game. Now that he doesn't have the free late game win card in his arsenal he just really hasn't been impressive. His aggro side has just never developed like a Reynor or Dark for example. The premature goat conversation is hilarious in hindsight. He may have been the goat had he played in BL/Infestor era You think? My own explanation is some players just lose interest after some time once they're on the top. It's not like BW where dominance was stable for whatever reason (e.g. FlaSh). I don't remember anyone in sc2 scene who has ruled for as long as FlaSh did in BW or Jaedong. And even they started to decline at some point. That's definitely a factor too. The longer you're on top the harder it is to keep the same fire. But I think a big part is the patches which influence the meta will naturally favor certain players, we've seen this sometimes with Stats too where he struggles to maintain his usual playstyle even though the toss meta shifted away from that.
Yeah, you may be right, it sounds reasonable at least. I used to watch and play sc2 more seriously too when I had more time, but not anymore. I guess it's the same with everyone, even pros despite that they have money incentive.
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