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Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13320 Posts
December 03 2021 09:38 GMT
#41
On December 03 2021 02:07 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2021 01:24 Waxangel wrote:
As it turns out Zest wasn't slumping; he was just being Zest


Zest slumping drama over, Reynor slumping new favorite drama:

I mean what's up with ever since AOE4 came out he's losing to everyone? I would'nt be surprised if he announced a switch very soon.

/s just in case

Reynor doing a Lilbow?
BUNNYYYYYYYYY https://i.imgur.com/BiCF577.png
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6923 Posts
December 03 2021 12:18 GMT
#42
On December 03 2021 18:38 Durnuu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2021 02:07 Nakajin wrote:
On December 03 2021 01:24 Waxangel wrote:
As it turns out Zest wasn't slumping; he was just being Zest


Zest slumping drama over, Reynor slumping new favorite drama:

I mean what's up with ever since AOE4 came out he's losing to everyone? I would'nt be surprised if he announced a switch very soon.

/s just in case

Reynor doing a Lilbow?


Sounds like a cool dance move
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
December 03 2021 13:56 GMT
#43
On December 03 2021 18:38 Durnuu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2021 02:07 Nakajin wrote:
On December 03 2021 01:24 Waxangel wrote:
As it turns out Zest wasn't slumping; he was just being Zest


Zest slumping drama over, Reynor slumping new favorite drama:

I mean what's up with ever since AOE4 came out he's losing to everyone? I would'nt be surprised if he announced a switch very soon.

/s just in case

Reynor doing a Lilbow?


Reynor hasn't even touched AoE4, he's getting Diamond in League of Legends.
He went on holidays, moved to London and evidently he's not as focused as he was earlier this year; I expect him to see him competitive at Katowice but we have seen worse slumps.
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
December 06 2021 11:33 GMT
#44
Pride of Altaris is a broken map, should be abandoned for sake of good quality game.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3396 Posts
December 06 2021 12:30 GMT
#45
PiG did say on his stream, Clem (and Maru) making Roach-Ravager looking good by pushing into them.
Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17671 Posts
December 06 2021 12:59 GMT
#46
wow Dark
"Expert" mods4ever.com
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-12-06 13:02:54
December 06 2021 12:59 GMT
#47
Dark just extended Clem's defeat to him by 8-0 today. So much from foreigner crusher and devastating to the player claimed to be no.1 in TvZ half a year ago.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6923 Posts
December 06 2021 13:06 GMT
#48
lol Dark is bored.

Was expecting this to be a lot closer
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Calliope
Profile Joined July 2018
297 Posts
December 06 2021 13:09 GMT
#49
On December 06 2021 21:59 swarminfestor wrote:
Dark just extended Clem's defeat to him by 8-0 today. So much from foreigner crusher and devastating to the player claimed to be no.1 in TvZ half a year ago.


Half a year ago he had a positive record against Serral. And as a foreigner he is the only terran to ever have been able to perform at this level, in a matchup that pretty much only Maru can play. Fans have short memory and are quick to judge.

Any majorly competitive foreign performances at the international level have always been zerg, be it stephano, scarlet, reynor or serral.
Clément 화이팅
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3486 Posts
December 06 2021 13:15 GMT
#50
On December 06 2021 22:09 Calliope wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2021 21:59 swarminfestor wrote:
Dark just extended Clem's defeat to him by 8-0 today. So much from foreigner crusher and devastating to the player claimed to be no.1 in TvZ half a year ago.


Half a year ago he had a positive record against Serral. And as a foreigner he is the only terran to ever have been able to perform at this level, in a matchup that pretty much only Maru can play. Fans have short memory and are quick to judge.

Any majorly competitive foreign performances at the international level have always been zerg, be it stephano, scarlet, reynor or serral.

Neeb.
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
December 06 2021 13:31 GMT
#51
On December 06 2021 22:09 Calliope wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2021 21:59 swarminfestor wrote:
Dark just extended Clem's defeat to him by 8-0 today. So much from foreigner crusher and devastating to the player claimed to be no.1 in TvZ half a year ago.


Half a year ago he had a positive record against Serral. And as a foreigner he is the only terran to ever have been able to perform at this level, in a matchup that pretty much only Maru can play. Fans have short memory and are quick to judge.

Any majorly competitive foreign performances at the international level have always been zerg, be it stephano, scarlet, reynor or serral.


Yeah, I felt like Clem just need to play more competitive games with Serral. By crushing Serral several times, it will build him confidence in that matchup. Or, he should just sit together with top tier Zerg player brainstorming how to beat each other in many ways other than countering lings banes hydra or lings hydra lurker with widow mines and rines turtling.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
December 06 2021 13:39 GMT
#52
On December 06 2021 22:15 darklycid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2021 22:09 Calliope wrote:
On December 06 2021 21:59 swarminfestor wrote:
Dark just extended Clem's defeat to him by 8-0 today. So much from foreigner crusher and devastating to the player claimed to be no.1 in TvZ half a year ago.


Half a year ago he had a positive record against Serral. And as a foreigner he is the only terran to ever have been able to perform at this level, in a matchup that pretty much only Maru can play. Fans have short memory and are quick to judge.

Any majorly competitive foreign performances at the international level have always been zerg, be it stephano, scarlet, reynor or serral.

Neeb.

I love how the post writes about short memory while ignoring Neeb. And the even older successful players like HuK, NaNiwa or ThorZaIN I can understand forgetting Huk and Thorzain, but Naniwa? He got twice into the Code S RO8, got some nice silvers or top4 finishes. If we're talking about a good international performance it seems like a good results consideirng the competition.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Calliope
Profile Joined July 2018
297 Posts
December 06 2021 13:47 GMT
#53
On December 06 2021 22:39 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2021 22:15 darklycid wrote:
On December 06 2021 22:09 Calliope wrote:
On December 06 2021 21:59 swarminfestor wrote:
Dark just extended Clem's defeat to him by 8-0 today. So much from foreigner crusher and devastating to the player claimed to be no.1 in TvZ half a year ago.


Half a year ago he had a positive record against Serral. And as a foreigner he is the only terran to ever have been able to perform at this level, in a matchup that pretty much only Maru can play. Fans have short memory and are quick to judge.

Any majorly competitive foreign performances at the international level have always been zerg, be it stephano, scarlet, reynor or serral.

Neeb.

I love how the post writes about short memory while ignoring Neeb. And the even older successful players like HuK, NaNiwa or ThorZaIN I can understand forgetting Huk and Thorzain, but Naniwa? He got twice into the Code S RO8, got some nice silvers or top4 finishes. If we're talking about a good international performance it seems like a good results consideirng the competition.


If we mock premature confidence, then nothing deserves mockery as much as HuK's top 3 control. But how are all these foreigners that went to Korea and had the occasional deeper GSL run (Jinro, Idra, Huk etc) for a short period meaningful to mention as consistent top contenders compared to the four zerg players I mentioned?

Guys like Polt were probably more consistent and I don't really think that anyone would mention him when listing major SC2 achievers. I'd agree that Naniwa really gave us hope back in the day, though, he was really something at his prime.
Clément 화이팅
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-12-06 14:00:44
December 06 2021 13:49 GMT
#54
On December 06 2021 22:47 Calliope wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2021 22:39 deacon.frost wrote:
On December 06 2021 22:15 darklycid wrote:
On December 06 2021 22:09 Calliope wrote:
On December 06 2021 21:59 swarminfestor wrote:
Dark just extended Clem's defeat to him by 8-0 today. So much from foreigner crusher and devastating to the player claimed to be no.1 in TvZ half a year ago.


Half a year ago he had a positive record against Serral. And as a foreigner he is the only terran to ever have been able to perform at this level, in a matchup that pretty much only Maru can play. Fans have short memory and are quick to judge.

Any majorly competitive foreign performances at the international level have always been zerg, be it stephano, scarlet, reynor or serral.

Neeb.

I love how the post writes about short memory while ignoring Neeb. And the even older successful players like HuK, NaNiwa or ThorZaIN I can understand forgetting Huk and Thorzain, but Naniwa? He got twice into the Code S RO8, got some nice silvers or top4 finishes. If we're talking about a good international performance it seems like a good results consideirng the competition.


If we mock premature confidence, then nothing deserves mockery as much as HuK's top 3 control. But how are all these foreigners that went to Korea and had the occasional deeper GSL run (Jinro, Idra, Huk etc) for a short period meaningful to mention as consistent top contenders compared to the four zerg players I mentioned?

Guys like Polt were probably more consistent and I don't really think that anyone would mention him when listing major SC2 achievers. I'd agree that Naniwa really gave us hope back in the day, though, he was really something at his prime.

HuK was one of the best Protoss during the early year, sure, overhyped, but he had some good results. ThorZaIN as well(he played for a short time though) and FFS NaNiwa got some good results in 2013.

Like sure, they never had the success level of Stephano, but they were capable of beating Koreans, especially NaNiwa.

Edit> We can discuss how good Koreans were back there, but he got some nice names - HyuN, Dear, JD.

BTW NaNiwa beat Innovation during Season 2 finals in the group stages

So it wasn't just some lucky foreigner, he was good. Not the best, but good enough.

Edit> the original quote was Any majorly competitive foreign performances at the international level have always been zerg, be it stephano, scarlet, reynor or serral. These players I named were competitive foreigners at their prime and they weren't just one tournament wonder. Sure, it wasn't for years, in case of HuK and ThorZaIN it was for a year, but they were majorly competitive performing while being foreigners.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
December 06 2021 14:03 GMT
#55
Clem's level of play has gone downhill, his only matchup that seemed stable or even slightly better for Clem is TvP; the crisis of Protoss, however, looks way worse than Clem's slump.
Earlier in the year Clem was playing better in TvT as well and righftully looked like the best player in the world in TvZ; just to make an example, Clem's TvZ streak against Reynor was 11-0, he's 1-3 in the last two months and Reynor, too, has performing quite poorly of recent.

Judging performance retroactively is quite silly, in any of case it's crystal clear that Clem has recently been struggling in TvZ even on the EU server where he looked unbeatable earlier in the year, go figure what happens when he plays cross server where he has never relatively shined.
Clem evidently doesn't like the new maps but it seems to me that his confidence is the main issue, he looked disheartened after a single loss in the series too often.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12840 Posts
December 06 2021 14:09 GMT
#56
On December 06 2021 21:59 swarminfestor wrote:
Dark just extended Clem's defeat to him by 8-0 today. So much from foreigner crusher and devastating to the player claimed to be no.1 in TvZ half a year ago.

It’s the new map pool, that is kinda expected tbh.
Hopefully Maru does some magic at Katowice with clever 2rax spots!
WriterMaru
Calliope
Profile Joined July 2018
297 Posts
December 06 2021 14:18 GMT
#57
I don't disagree with you deacon.frost, but I think we're talking about different scales of achievements. I never questioned that there are good foreigners who have famously beaten Koreans - we all went crazy when Sjow beat Life but we wouldn't really call Sjow a legend today.

My point is that indiscriminate mockery of slumping players who performed well in retrospect doesn't take into account the racial aspect. His current results are disappointing, but actual consistency in striking fear in Koreans is something only done by zerg.
Clément 화이팅
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3396 Posts
December 06 2021 14:31 GMT
#58
We do need Clem to get back on this top form in TvZ by IEM, or we gonna see Maru having to march through the bracket full of Zerg. What hurts Clem more now is that he is losing the gap on the top 4 EPT ranking global (to Serral or possibly Dark), meaning he will be pushed down to the 2nd tier and will have to be in the same group with Maru/Rogue/Trap AND possibly Reynor or HM as well.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-12-06 14:40:17
December 06 2021 14:36 GMT
#59
On December 06 2021 23:18 Calliope wrote:
I don't disagree with you deacon.frost, but I think we're talking about different scales of achievements. I never questioned that there are good foreigners who have famously beaten Koreans - we all went crazy when Sjow beat Life but we wouldn't really call Sjow a legend today.

My point is that indiscriminate mockery of slumping players who performed well in retrospect doesn't take into account the racial aspect. His current results are disappointing, but actual consistency in striking fear in Koreans is something only done by zerg.

Ah, then I missed your point by miles XD

On December 06 2021 23:09 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2021 21:59 swarminfestor wrote:
Dark just extended Clem's defeat to him by 8-0 today. So much from foreigner crusher and devastating to the player claimed to be no.1 in TvZ half a year ago.

It’s the new map pool, that is kinda expected tbh.
Hopefully Maru does some magic at Katowice with clever 2rax spots!

I wouldn't put my hopes up. Maru's success is mostly based in Korea and considering the past 2 years the jetlag may be even bigger issue than before. And that's if we're being positive about the onsite event
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Lokol18
Profile Joined July 2021
51 Posts
December 06 2021 20:05 GMT
#60
I'm on mobile so I can't really copy and paste in a nice way, but to address deacon's last point, if you can't put your hopes in maru you can't put it in any terran. The only terran winning anything even close to a premier international event is maru.

And it's kinda ridiculous how close maru has been to winning not one, not two, but three iems. Lost one to life in the grandfinals, lost another to rogue in the ro4, and again lost one to reynor in the ro4. In every single series he was one game away from beating his opponents, and every single one of those opponents was the winner of that particular iem
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