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dysenterymd
Profile Joined January 2019
1250 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-07-25 00:12:40
July 25 2022 00:12 GMT
#381
Damn, Serral turned it on when it mattered. He really does feel like a different player offline than online.

What other great losers runs are there in starcraft history? I don't think anyone will ever top Dark's TSL run ofc.
Serral | Inno | sOs | soO | Has | Classic
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
July 25 2022 00:13 GMT
#382
H5C trophy for Serral next time or riot
Gescom
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada3510 Posts
July 25 2022 00:13 GMT
#383
On July 25 2022 09:13 chipmonklord17 wrote:
H5C trophy for Serral next time or riot

Can't trust Serral around trophies! Hahaha...
Jaedong Hyuk || Bisu Jangbi || Fantasy Flash
Balnazza
Profile Joined January 2018
Germany1281 Posts
July 25 2022 00:14 GMT
#384
Serral was in such a destroyer mode, he actually killed the trophy aswell. Incredible run and from the six maps they played in the finals he dominated five, just amazing!
"Wenn die Zauberin runter geht, dann macht sie die Beine breit" - Khaldor, trying to cast WC3 German-only
yoshi245
Profile Joined May 2011
United States2972 Posts
July 25 2022 00:15 GMT
#385
On July 25 2022 09:09 tommey.liang wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2022 08:57 yoshi245 wrote:
On July 25 2022 08:37 Vindicare605 wrote:
It's at this point in a series I question if Clem really has a lot of depth to his strategies. We know he's fast, we know he can micro like a king. But when that clearly isn't enough and when Serral is reading you like an open book, what do you do? Go for the same openers again and again? Play the same style again and again?

Do you have anything else?


It's quite true, he needs to learn from Maru on how to deal with late-game zerg if he wants to actually take a title. His typical style won't hold up to the likes of Serral or Reynor in good form as evidenced here.

He won the only game in the Bo5 first finals by doing a different build/strategy/opening.


+1 on this analysis from me. Big Clem fanboy here, and I respect Serral; as long as he's not playing against Clement. I just rage-quit from watching the stream as it seems inevitiable that another HSC goes to the Finnish Phenom. It's just frustrating Clem's not able to crack the safe to Serral at all this series. Just would like for Clem to win an offline HSC. Maybe another time.


He is young, but he needs to evolve if he wants to get past that hump and stop being recognized as EU's best Terran yet failing to defeat the likes of the kings of zerg in Serral and Reynor.

Serral did great though, he came through clutch and I don't want to take anything away from him as he went through the lower bracket, but once again we see him win which despite his performance was anti-climatic for me. Was pleasantly surprised of Astrea's performance though, that was a great showing.
"Numbers speak about the past, not the present." -Thorzain
Antithesis
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1236 Posts
July 25 2022 00:17 GMT
#386
On July 25 2022 05:18 Antithesis wrote:
Great tournament so far. Nice to see one terran, one zerg, and one protoss in the top 3.

My prediction for the finals: Serral beats Astrea 3:1, but loses to Clem 3:1 in the first BO5.

I stand corrected. Congratulations to Serral! What a performance overall. Amazing.
Mutation complete.
Azhrak
Profile Joined January 2011
Finland1198 Posts
July 25 2022 00:18 GMT
#387
Congrats Serral! The four-time back-toback HSC winner and the absolute GOAT!
Thanks TakeTV & crew for a great event!
starcraft2.fi
TossHeroes
Profile Joined February 2022
281 Posts
July 25 2022 00:20 GMT
#388
On July 25 2022 09:18 Azhrak wrote:
Congrats Serral! The four-time back-toback HSC winner and the absolute GOAT!
Thanks TakeTV & crew for a great event!


Goat just keep adding more trophies to his collection

TaKeTV
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany1200 Posts
July 25 2022 02:21 GMT
#389
x.x
its done.
December without 20 replacements please, thank you everyone.

I (we) appreciate feedback here. I gladly forward stuff ot the team as well.

-NarutO
Commentator
Beelzebub1
Profile Joined May 2015
1004 Posts
July 25 2022 02:34 GMT
#390
Serral is really just something special, he knows how to win when all the chips are down, the mentality of a champion.
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3483 Posts
July 25 2022 04:20 GMT
#391
Seeing Clem keep pushing into creep and then get pushed back while losing all the Tanks is just painful to watch. Tanks are one of the shittiest units in SC2 in late game offensively, wished Clem just went back to the Maru turtling style, get more Ghost count out and grind it down in late game. And yeah, his opening was too predictable, its solid and safe, but against the top Zerg, thats how you do NOT want to play.
Azzur
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia6260 Posts
July 25 2022 04:42 GMT
#392
Not sure if people watched the Need vs Serral match, but Serral was 0-2 down and definitely losing the 3rd game but somehow managed to turn it around. This is how fine margins can be.
DarthCaedus
Profile Joined May 2020
7 Posts
July 25 2022 04:45 GMT
#393
So Serral and Clem were needed to knock out the American boys.
661
Profile Joined May 2018
71 Posts
July 25 2022 06:53 GMT
#394
On July 25 2022 11:34 Beelzebub1 wrote:
Serral is really just something special, he knows how to win when all the chips are down, the mentality of a champion.


This

That comeback against Neeb was insane, Serral really doesn't like to lose

Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7154 Posts
July 25 2022 09:11 GMT
#395
Congratz Joona! One more title in his pocket on the road to goat
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26663 Posts
July 25 2022 10:06 GMT
#396
On July 25 2022 13:42 Azzur wrote:
Not sure if people watched the Need vs Serral match, but Serral was 0-2 down and definitely losing the 3rd game but somehow managed to turn it around. This is how fine margins can be.

He was on the ropes quite a few times. Actually one of his more impressive/memorable wins for a while for me, he’s usually playing such high level Starcraft that it carries him through.

Not so much this time, for whatever reason he hasn’t looked quite as sharp, but hung on in there and scraped through.

Then seemed to turn it on and really hit his A game to take out Clem, a match I thought would be much tighter.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
661
Profile Joined May 2018
71 Posts
July 25 2022 11:13 GMT
#397
On July 25 2022 19:06 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2022 13:42 Azzur wrote:
Not sure if people watched the Need vs Serral match, but Serral was 0-2 down and definitely losing the 3rd game but somehow managed to turn it around. This is how fine margins can be.

He was on the ropes quite a few times. Actually one of his more impressive/memorable wins for a while for me, he’s usually playing such high level Starcraft that it carries him through.

Not so much this time, for whatever reason he hasn’t looked quite as sharp, but hung on in there and scraped through.

Then seemed to turn it on and really hit his A game to take out Clem, a match I thought would be much tighter.


Yep, the first game was an absolute massacre

There will be a replaypack? I’d watch it on replay, there was so many runbys all over the map
Curufinwe Feanor
Profile Joined August 2012
Brazil91 Posts
July 25 2022 14:08 GMT
#398
Man... i think Serral did this run purpose, so that we could have more emotion!
Aure Entüluva
Curufinwe Feanor
Profile Joined August 2012
Brazil91 Posts
July 25 2022 14:11 GMT
#399
By the way...

Its been so satisfying to watch Neeb going head to head with the best again!
Aure Entüluva
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19334 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-07-25 14:33:42
July 25 2022 14:33 GMT
#400
I feel bad for Clem and Astrea. They had zero momentum when it was time to play because they had to wait ages between each series. I know what Serral did required a ton of endurance, but I think those who are iced are actually less prepared for their series.

On July 25 2022 23:11 Curufinwe Feanor wrote:
By the way...

Its been so satisfying to watch Neeb going head to head with the best again!

Neeb has been excellent for the past 7 years. Now that Protoss is finally in a good place again, he's doing well too. It was probably really hard for someone of his skill to have to endure the Zerg domination era hoping that patches would come so he could be competitive enough to win championships again.I'm very impressed that he stuck through and is still showing the same competitiveness he's had from the beginning.

edit:
This HSC was an excellent watch and tons of fun. Thank you crew and players!
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