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France13022 Posts
On January 17 2022 18:37 Waxangel wrote:
Initial impressions
Money: Total prize money is the about the same, just $800 less than 2021
Studio days (my projection based on current info): exactly the same for Code S, but one ST removed, so saving four days of studio production cost
Format: ridiculously convoluted, but the round-robin BO10 is an interesting variance-decreasing measure. will wait and see
Sponsors: LG UltraGear monitors dropped from sponsorship
Well I didn’t buy a LG monitor but a LG Oled TV, that counts right? 
Seems good to me overall, could be much worse, and the new format can be fun
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On January 17 2022 21:24 parksonsc wrote:
Is this tournamenr for Maru to loose?
Nah, there's still good contenders in Dark, Solar, and Cure. And as long as any Protosses are still in contention, Terrans always have a chance of losing against them.
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On January 17 2022 22:00 buzz_bender wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2022 21:24 parksonsc wrote:
Is this tournamenr for Maru to loose? Nah, there's still good contenders in Dark, Solar, and Cure. And as long as any Protosses are still in contention, Terrans always have a chance of losing against them.
The thing is, all 3 of them will have to fight for the spot into the Grand Final, and Maru only have to beat one of them. As for Protoss, Zest has repeated nightmare about his losses to Maru, and herO might take a game but his long-game macro isnt rivaled to Maru yet. I would give Bunny a better shot because of how familiar he is with Maru play-style, and they probably practice together a whole lot.
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All the players on Maru's bracket stayed late watching his DH games yesterday. All must've freaked out, kept breaking in cold sweat, and not catch a single wink of sleep. Some may have subconsciously figured that exiting earlier is way better than getting PSTD facing Maru's ghosts/ravens. The power of Mesagi!
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France13022 Posts
With this 3-0 over Armani (which aligulac doesn't seem to have counted yet), Maru from 3449 vZ rating will be very close to the 3501 peak TvZ record of Clem. Therefore, if Maru wins a series against a good zerg (or even better, wins with a large margin), he will probably beat this record
Pretty impressive given it's mostly on the new mappool
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i hear this Mary guy is pretty decent
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3/4 today, my boy Classic nearly had it 
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It's just nice to see that herO is still such a beast.
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Rogue is really making all the sacrifices to win Katowice isnt he?
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lol, Maru basically got as lucky as humanly possible with Rogue and Trap getting knocked out immediately
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On January 17 2022 23:24 Durnuu wrote:3/4 today, my boy Classic nearly had it
Bet the same way I did.
Insert "Predator: Dillon! You son of a bitch" picture.
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On January 18 2022 01:15 Moonerz wrote:
Rogue is really making all the sacrifices to win Katowice isnt he?
There's nothing in this world scarier to go against than Rogue playing like shit
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On January 18 2022 02:56 Nakajin wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2022 01:15 Moonerz wrote:
Rogue is really making all the sacrifices to win Katowice isnt he? There's nothing in this world scarier to go against than Rogue playing like shit
Being a zerg and hearing Maru admiting to not know how to play against Zergs while winning against all the top zerg in the past few months.
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On January 18 2022 03:50 deacon.frost wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2022 02:56 Nakajin wrote:On January 18 2022 01:15 Moonerz wrote:
Rogue is really making all the sacrifices to win Katowice isnt he? There's nothing in this world scarier to go against than Rogue playing like shit Being a zerg and hearing Maru admiting to not know how to play against Zergs while winning against all the top zerg in the past few months.
That's just lowkey trolling. Im sure he smirks when he says so
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On January 18 2022 03:50 deacon.frost wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2022 02:56 Nakajin wrote:On January 18 2022 01:15 Moonerz wrote:
Rogue is really making all the sacrifices to win Katowice isnt he? There's nothing in this world scarier to go against than Rogue playing like shit Being a zerg and hearing Maru admiting to not know how to play against Zergs while winning against all the top zerg in the past few months.
Well he lost several series to zergs!
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On January 17 2022 20:07 Die4Ever wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2022 20:01 deacon.frost wrote:
I love how Arty said that he hasn't seen many swarmhosts games against mech the last year while 2 days ago Maru showed why xD they definitely don't watch Dreamhack, or any other tournament
Yeah, honestly it has gotten a bit sad in the last years. They are really riding on past successes and not doing their due diligence.
I still love the alchemy and jokes, but the core sounds so lazy by now: no idea of other tournaments, meta changes, strategies... mostly a play by play with short term predictions and lots of nostalgia
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On January 18 2022 07:25 t5Fab wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2022 20:07 Die4Ever wrote:On January 17 2022 20:01 deacon.frost wrote:
I love how Arty said that he hasn't seen many swarmhosts games against mech the last year while 2 days ago Maru showed why xD they definitely don't watch Dreamhack, or any other tournament Yeah, honestly it has gotten a bit sad in the last years. They are really riding on past successes and not doing their due diligence. I still love the alchemy and jokes, but the core sounds so lazy by now: no idea of other tournaments, meta changes, strategies... mostly a play by play with short term predictions and lots of nostalgia
I don't mind them losing the interest, but at least don't point to it. Just in the last week I've seen 4 TvZ mech games, 3 of them having swarmhosts, 2 of those lost. It's not a big sample, but mentioning it in a Maru game ignoring his 2 victories is just wrong.
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On January 18 2022 08:46 deacon.frost wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2022 07:25 t5Fab wrote:On January 17 2022 20:07 Die4Ever wrote:On January 17 2022 20:01 deacon.frost wrote:
I love how Arty said that he hasn't seen many swarmhosts games against mech the last year while 2 days ago Maru showed why xD they definitely don't watch Dreamhack, or any other tournament Yeah, honestly it has gotten a bit sad in the last years. They are really riding on past successes and not doing their due diligence. I still love the alchemy and jokes, but the core sounds so lazy by now: no idea of other tournaments, meta changes, strategies... mostly a play by play with short term predictions and lots of nostalgia I don't mind them losing the interest, but at least don't point to it. Just in the last week I've seen 4 TvZ mech games, 3 of them having swarmhosts, 2 of those lost. It's not a big sample, but mentioning it in a Maru game ignoring his 2 victories is just wrong.
To be fair to them, it is still *very* recent that the TvZ meta has shifted to mech and SH. It's really only the past 2-3 weeks. If I'm not mistaken, Maru is the one that really brought it in the highest level. I know Gumiho still plays mech more often than others, but really it's only Maru that has any success with mech, and it seems like Cure is also experimenting with it.
But that's only within the last 2-3 weeks, and I can't expect them to be watching every tournament every single week. But overall, your points still stand though. They really haven't kept up with the SC2 scene outside of GSL. I agree with you that they should at the very least do a tiny bit of due diligence.
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On January 18 2022 01:45 Zambrah wrote:
lol, Maru basically got as lucky as humanly possible with Rogue and Trap getting knocked out immediately
Dont think that would matter to be honest, Trap is on horrible shape and it would be hard for him to beat Maru at this form. Rogue would have been knocked out by Zest anyway , seem like he doesnt care about it and focus on IEM.
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On January 18 2022 01:45 Zambrah wrote:
lol, Maru basically got as lucky as humanly possible with Rogue and Trap getting knocked out immediately
Yeah Maru has definitely been getting lucky with brackets lately, but he gets a pass for having a history of maybe the worst bracket luck of anyone ever.
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