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AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
July 03 2022 15:24 GMT
#721
looks like we got Korean Supremacy again
Faker is the GOAT!
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
July 03 2022 15:24 GMT
#722
On July 04 2022 00:19 Fanatic-Templar wrote:
Glad that's over with. Wasn't this once the best matchup?

To be fair when the games are closer they're fantastic. Maru vs Reynor from a month or two ago in King of Battles was genuinely one of the best sc2 series of all time.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
July 03 2022 15:25 GMT
#723
On July 04 2022 00:19 TossHeroes wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2022 00:07 Fango wrote:
On July 03 2022 23:57 TossHeroes wrote:
On July 03 2022 23:48 tigera6 wrote:
On July 03 2022 23:45 TossHeroes wrote:
On July 03 2022 23:42 Elentos wrote:
On July 03 2022 23:41 [PkF] Wire wrote:
so Maru turtled every game so far ? That must be exhausting and incredibly frustrating for Reynor...

Reynor said in the video interview before the series "Maru always tries something and it fails and then he ends up turtling" and that's been entirely true for this series.


Can’t fault the kid. He isn’t good enough to beat the top Zergs in those fast paced tvz games. He has to resort to the strategy that gives me the best chance to win (since the goal is always winning) regardless how Imba turtle terrans is


And who does?

Clem
And our boy Big Gabe timing attacks

And when's the last time a major tournament was won by those guys and not the circle of elite zergs.


And why would inferior players beat the two goats? ( Serral and rogue)

So.... they don't beat top zergs in TvZs then
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16024 Posts
July 03 2022 15:25 GMT
#724
On July 04 2022 00:22 Fango wrote:
How do you even go up against that. I can't imagine how bad it must feel to enter a series knowing your opponent will drag each game into a 45 minute trench war.

At least when Dark beats you it's a 20 minute bo5, you don't have to spend 2 hours losing.

Hmm I think Reynor was maybe a little to willing to go into the BL Infestor stage.
Like if he spent his entire bank trying to kill Maru with remaxes like Rogue does maybe it would have worked.
And it would definitely be less infuriating to play for the Zerg
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3454 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-07-03 15:27:33
July 03 2022 15:26 GMT
#725
On July 04 2022 00:25 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2022 00:22 Fango wrote:
How do you even go up against that. I can't imagine how bad it must feel to enter a series knowing your opponent will drag each game into a 45 minute trench war.

At least when Dark beats you it's a 20 minute bo5, you don't have to spend 2 hours losing.

Hmm I think Reynor was maybe a little to willing to go into the BL Infestor stage.
Like if he spent his entire bank trying to kill Maru with remaxes like Rogue does maybe it would have worked.
And it would definitely be less infuriating to play for the Zerg

Its just hard to do that against Mech opening, there will always be enough tank against the Lingbane crash.
The key for Reynor would be: telling Maru "lets play PvP next time"
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-07-03 15:27:43
July 03 2022 15:27 GMT
#726
On July 04 2022 00:25 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2022 00:22 Fango wrote:
How do you even go up against that. I can't imagine how bad it must feel to enter a series knowing your opponent will drag each game into a 45 minute trench war.

At least when Dark beats you it's a 20 minute bo5, you don't have to spend 2 hours losing.

Hmm I think Reynor was maybe a little to willing to go into the BL Infestor stage.
Like if he spent his entire bank trying to kill Maru with remaxes like Rogue does maybe it would have worked.
And it would definitely be less infuriating to play for the Zerg

If he plays Dark in the finals, we'll probably see roach or lingbane floods into eternal lingbane remaxes.

It's how Dark beat Maru's 'unbeatable' raven lategame back in 2018.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Fanatic-Templar
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada5819 Posts
July 03 2022 15:29 GMT
#727
On July 04 2022 00:24 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2022 00:19 Fanatic-Templar wrote:
Glad that's over with. Wasn't this once the best matchup?

To be fair when the games are closer they're fantastic. Maru vs Reynor from a month or two ago in King of Battles was genuinely one of the best sc2 series of all time.


Yes, I agree. It's because I expect TvZs to be good that I'm so disappointed. This was still better than most 2021 PvZs .
I bear this sig to commemorate the loss of the team icon that commemorated Oversky's 2008-2009 Proleague Round 1 performance.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16024 Posts
July 03 2022 15:29 GMT
#728
On July 04 2022 00:26 tigera6 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2022 00:25 Charoisaur wrote:
On July 04 2022 00:22 Fango wrote:
How do you even go up against that. I can't imagine how bad it must feel to enter a series knowing your opponent will drag each game into a 45 minute trench war.

At least when Dark beats you it's a 20 minute bo5, you don't have to spend 2 hours losing.

Hmm I think Reynor was maybe a little to willing to go into the BL Infestor stage.
Like if he spent his entire bank trying to kill Maru with remaxes like Rogue does maybe it would have worked.
And it would definitely be less infuriating to play for the Zerg

Its just hard to do that against Mech opening, there will always be enough tank against the Lingbane crash.
The key for Reynor would be: telling Maru "lets play PvP next time"

True but even in g1 were Maru played Bio and Reynor had a huge lead, Reynor kinda just let the game drag on instead of going for the kill
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
parksonsc
Profile Joined May 2019
175 Posts
July 03 2022 15:30 GMT
#729
Watching Maru playing late game, the biggest question is why doesn't he always open standard and drag the game late. We knows no one can out last him in the late game.
TheLordofAwesome
Profile Joined May 2014
Korea (South)2655 Posts
July 03 2022 15:30 GMT
#730
herO vs Dark should be an awesome series too
Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1921 Posts
July 03 2022 15:30 GMT
#731
On July 04 2022 00:24 EquilasH wrote:
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On July 04 2022 00:19 Creager wrote:
At times like this it's really hard to not look at Maru and see glimpses of Flash-like brilliance/having the game figured out. Seeing him pulling off this insanely tough turtling style over and over again is really amazing.

Maru is amazing but I don't think that's a fair comparison at all unless you compare Maru's lategame in a vacuum to Flash's overall play. Either way it's hard to compare a BW player to a SC2 player but that's my 2 cents.


I never said Maru was the Flash of SC2, just tried to convey that when he brings his A-game it somewhat reminds me of Flash's meticulously-planned style of play.
But on the other hand you're doing Maru a little unfair here by limiting him to his lategame prowess when he's (historically speaking) probably the most versatile Terran in SC2 overall, maybe aside from Mvp.
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tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3454 Posts
July 03 2022 15:31 GMT
#732
On July 04 2022 00:29 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2022 00:26 tigera6 wrote:
On July 04 2022 00:25 Charoisaur wrote:
On July 04 2022 00:22 Fango wrote:
How do you even go up against that. I can't imagine how bad it must feel to enter a series knowing your opponent will drag each game into a 45 minute trench war.

At least when Dark beats you it's a 20 minute bo5, you don't have to spend 2 hours losing.

Hmm I think Reynor was maybe a little to willing to go into the BL Infestor stage.
Like if he spent his entire bank trying to kill Maru with remaxes like Rogue does maybe it would have worked.
And it would definitely be less infuriating to play for the Zerg

Its just hard to do that against Mech opening, there will always be enough tank against the Lingbane crash.
The key for Reynor would be: telling Maru "lets play PvP next time"

True but even in g1 were Maru played Bio and Reynor had a huge lead, Reynor kinda just let the game drag on instead of going for the kill

Yeah, Reynor sticked with Roach-Ravager for too long in game 1, he though he could just beat Maru down after that disaster opening from Maru. By the time Reynor switched back to LingbaneUltra, its too late.
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3454 Posts
July 03 2022 15:32 GMT
#733
On July 04 2022 00:30 parksonsc wrote:
Watching Maru playing late game, the biggest question is why doesn't he always open standard and drag the game late. We knows no one can out last him in the late game.

The same reason as why he still doing proxy rack in TvT despite he can win 95% of the game doing standard: hes a baboon.
allmotor1
Profile Joined December 2017
153 Posts
July 03 2022 15:35 GMT
#734
finally a more balance final 4.

dont blame Maru for turtling, the tops zergs just eat up bio now. make 21312 queens, defend vs all early harrassment, spread creep, eat up the whole map and profit.

no other Terran can do what maru does with the late game. I find it fun to watch.
TaKeTV
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany1200 Posts
July 03 2022 15:35 GMT
#735
Maru 0-3 Creator would be peak Maru
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FCHK
Profile Joined August 2020
202 Posts
July 03 2022 15:35 GMT
#736
On July 04 2022 00:25 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2022 00:22 Fango wrote:
How do you even go up against that. I can't imagine how bad it must feel to enter a series knowing your opponent will drag each game into a 45 minute trench war.

At least when Dark beats you it's a 20 minute bo5, you don't have to spend 2 hours losing.

Hmm I think Reynor was maybe a little to willing to go into the BL Infestor stage.
Like if he spent his entire bank trying to kill Maru with remaxes like Rogue does maybe it would have worked.
And it would definitely be less infuriating to play for the Zerg

He was trying that, but it didn't work since he had a lot of supply tied up in swarm hosts

Also, hellbats are just so efficient against locusts and lings
sirok_
Profile Joined November 2019
33 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-07-03 15:37:09
July 03 2022 15:36 GMT
#737
On July 04 2022 00:30 parksonsc wrote:
Watching Maru playing late game, the biggest question is why doesn't he always open standard and drag the game late. We knows no one can out last him in the late game.


At this level of TvZ, you can't be passive or predictable.
Zergs will snowball ahead if left alone, and they're not short on all-ins or greed plays if you make yourself predictable as Terran.
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3519 Posts
July 03 2022 15:36 GMT
#738
On July 04 2022 00:35 TaKeTV wrote:
Maru 0-3 Creator would be peak Maru

You'd hear creators screams in your home then
EquilasH
Profile Joined April 2009
Denmark2142 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-07-03 15:39:35
July 03 2022 15:37 GMT
#739
On July 04 2022 00:30 Creager wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 04 2022 00:24 EquilasH wrote:
On July 04 2022 00:19 Creager wrote:
At times like this it's really hard to not look at Maru and see glimpses of Flash-like brilliance/having the game figured out. Seeing him pulling off this insanely tough turtling style over and over again is really amazing.

Maru is amazing but I don't think that's a fair comparison at all unless you compare Maru's lategame in a vacuum to Flash's overall play. Either way it's hard to compare a BW player to a SC2 player but that's my 2 cents.


I never said Maru was the Flash of SC2, just tried to convey that when he brings his A-game it somewhat reminds me of Flash's meticulously-planned style of play.
But on the other hand you're doing Maru a little unfair here by limiting him to his lategame prowess when he's (historically speaking) probably the most versatile Terran in SC2 overall, maybe aside from Mvp.

I'm not trying to say that Maru's early- and midgame isn't amazing - because it certainly is.
I did think you were comparing them in some way though so I might've misunderstood what you were trying to say.
IF we were comparing them though, being incredible at the game is just not enough to for me to get those vibes - it would have to be uniquely astounding for me to get Flash-esque vibes.

Edit: And I do think Maru's lategame is astounding, which is why I think it's a comparison that could be made if you looked at Maru's lategame in a vacuum.
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Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1921 Posts
July 03 2022 15:38 GMT
#740
Just overall super dope to watch an actual offline event like this again, doesn't really matter who wins, just happy that we still have these events in 2022, so big cheers and appreciation for all the involved people making it happen <3
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