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darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3510 Posts
September 04 2022 18:35 GMT
#441
On September 05 2022 03:34 atrox_ wrote:
only person to give serral any trouble was reynor lol

ZvZ
SHODAN
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom1107 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-09-04 18:36:21
September 04 2022 18:35 GMT
#442
On September 05 2022 03:34 Nakajin wrote:
Do infestor leave a trace when moving burrow?


yea but it's hard to spot (even harder than cloak units). that shit deserves a nerf
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3397 Posts
September 04 2022 18:35 GMT
#443
Serral playing almost flawlessly, but I think Maru need to play Mech if nothing just to deal with the mass lingbane style.
Fanatic-Templar
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada5819 Posts
September 04 2022 18:35 GMT
#444
Was Showtime/Maru the closest series today? Yeesh.
I bear this sig to commemorate the loss of the team icon that commemorated Oversky's 2008-2009 Proleague Round 1 performance.
geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8240 Posts
September 04 2022 18:35 GMT
#445
Zerg has too many tools and is too strong in the late game still. Nerfing creep would go a long way.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12883 Posts
September 04 2022 18:36 GMT
#446
On September 05 2022 03:26 SHODAN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 05 2022 03:23 Poopi wrote:
On September 05 2022 03:18 Athenau wrote:
On September 05 2022 03:15 Poopi wrote:
On September 05 2022 03:14 SHODAN wrote:
maru still has a chance now that the zerg favored maps are used up. if cosmic / waterfall were still to be played yea gg

Data C doesn’t seem much better?

Data-C is Terran favored: (Wiki)Data-C LE

Waterfall is the most imbalanced map in the pool at 39.5% TvZ as of this writing.

It’s still far too early to judge, and I am pretty sure a lot of these stats include the likes of Maru dunking on Lambo.
Qualitatively, we saw HeroMarine or Ryung struggle against said Lambo, so it’s even at best


well to put it another way, I haven't seen a single terran veto this map vZ. good for drops, good for tanks + lib chokes, good for walling off, good for lategame turtle ghost / split map shenanigans

Still not convinced it is that good, but I agree it’s not the worst map!
Congratulations Serral, dominant run
WriterMaru
angry_maia
Profile Joined August 2020
314 Posts
September 04 2022 18:36 GMT
#447
hard to deny that Serral is the current best player in the world. Idgaf about "goat" or "most accomplished." I rather mean that right now Serral would be a significant favorite against anyone in a bo7.
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3397 Posts
September 04 2022 18:37 GMT
#448
On September 05 2022 03:36 angry_maia wrote:
hard to deny that Serral is the current best player in the world. Idgaf about "goat" or "most accomplished." I rather mean that right now Serral would be a significant favorite against anyone in a bo7.

unless its against Dark or Reynor in ZvZ
Beelzebub1
Profile Joined May 2015
1004 Posts
September 04 2022 18:37 GMT
#449
Okay, first thing I'm noticing is this.

Queens look like they may potentially need more balancing, mass Queens all over the place has just really evolved into a catch all against Terran early aggression and is letting Zerg play ridiculously greedy. The Queen needed to be nerfed to fix ZvP, it was nerfed and now I'd say ZvP has overtaken ZvT as far as match up quality is concerned, probably time to start looking into either reigning in Transfuse (preferable as it's still so powerful defensively) or reducing creep spread potential.

Second thing I'm noticing?

Serral is a freak of nature, even if Queens are still overtuned.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
September 04 2022 18:38 GMT
#450
On September 05 2022 03:35 SHODAN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 05 2022 03:34 Nakajin wrote:
Do infestor leave a trace when moving burrow?


yea but it's hard to spot (even harder than cloak units). that shit deserves a nerf


Seems like they should remove burrow neural at least.
(Not a commentary about this serie, but in general it look kind of silly and a bit random if the terran see it or not)
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atrox_
Profile Joined November 2010
United Kingdom1710 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-09-04 18:39:44
September 04 2022 18:38 GMT
#451
On September 05 2022 03:37 Beelzebub1 wrote:
Okay, first thing I'm noticing is this.

Queens look like they may potentially need more balancing, mass Queens all over the place has just really evolved into a catch all against Terran early aggression and is letting Zerg play ridiculously greedy. The Queen needed to be nerfed to fix ZvP, it was nerfed and now I'd say ZvP has overtaken ZvT as far as match up quality is concerned, probably time to start looking into either reigning in Transfuse (preferable as it's still so powerful defensively) or reducing creep spread potential.

Second thing I'm noticing?

Serral is a freak of nature, even if Queens are still overtuned.


queens have been a catch all vs terran ever since that icefist (?) build in WoL. I don't think anything can be done now with the current state of development with how good zerg is in this game outside of a GSL format tournament that allows for player exploiting
Captain Peabody
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3110 Posts
September 04 2022 18:39 GMT
#452
cake-cutting GOAT
Dies Irae venit. youtube.com/SnobbinsFilms
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-09-04 18:41:27
September 04 2022 18:41 GMT
#453
That's TaeJa vs the Champagne bottle all over again, when will we learn?
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-09-04 18:43:23
September 04 2022 18:41 GMT
#454
Zerg played on such a high level is more or less unbeatable i think (not on a game per game basis, more broadly), at least with the fairly conservative maps we have.
Makes it difficult to really be enthusiastic about the game tbh.
Ofc there are many, many more aspects to it, a playerbase which doesn't get new blood which potentially could switch things up more as just one example. But it doesn't feel like the other two races are truly competitive in the sense that having players of similar skill level will lead to them winning about the same amount / in a similar way.
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darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3510 Posts
September 04 2022 18:42 GMT
#455
On September 05 2022 03:41 The_Red_Viper wrote:
Zerg played on such a high level is more or less unbeatable i think (not on a game per game basis, more broadly), at least with the fairly conservative maps we have.
Makes it difficult to really be enthusiastic about the game tbh.
Ofc there are many, many more aspects to it, a playerbase which doesn't get new blood which potentially could switch things up more as just one example, but it doesn't feel like the other two races are truly competitive in the sense that having players of similar skill level will lead to zerg winning meaningfully more.

Zerg always performs a lil bit worse when there's a meta shake and then it returns to them figuring it out and at this piint it feels like meta shakeups just happen way to rarely.
Fanatic-Templar
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada5819 Posts
September 04 2022 18:42 GMT
#456
On September 05 2022 03:41 Nakajin wrote:
That's TaeJa vs the Champagne bottle all over again, when will we learn?


Serral recommends the TSL-winning cake, but I don't think I can win TSL so I'll never know what it tastes like .
I bear this sig to commemorate the loss of the team icon that commemorated Oversky's 2008-2009 Proleague Round 1 performance.
youaremysin
Profile Joined August 2015
119 Posts
September 04 2022 18:42 GMT
#457
Maybe ghost are rushed too quickly, seems like Zergs can make the decision to just flood with ling banes since ghost aren't that great in def against them. But hard to make the right call
HeroSandro
Profile Joined July 2019
530 Posts
September 04 2022 18:42 GMT
#458
Serral now has the best looking trophies: HSC XXI and TSL 9. GG Serral!
SHODAN
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom1107 Posts
September 04 2022 18:43 GMT
#459
On September 05 2022 03:38 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 05 2022 03:35 SHODAN wrote:
On September 05 2022 03:34 Nakajin wrote:
Do infestor leave a trace when moving burrow?


yea but it's hard to spot (even harder than cloak units). that shit deserves a nerf


Seems like they should remove burrow neural at least.
(Not a commentary about this serie, but in general it look kind of silly and a bit random if the terran see it or not)


it is silly, but I was thinking more that burrowed movement should have a more pronounced animation so that the terran can react at least. I'm not sure if it needs to be obvious when the burrowed infestor is stationary. you could argue that widow mines are obvious when stationary and burrowed so by that rule all zerg units should be obvious when stationary also. either way... 1 neural + emp being game-ending is a problem
Beelzebub1
Profile Joined May 2015
1004 Posts
September 04 2022 18:43 GMT
#460
On September 05 2022 03:38 atrox_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 05 2022 03:37 Beelzebub1 wrote:
Okay, first thing I'm noticing is this.

Queens look like they may potentially need more balancing, mass Queens all over the place has just really evolved into a catch all against Terran early aggression and is letting Zerg play ridiculously greedy. The Queen needed to be nerfed to fix ZvP, it was nerfed and now I'd say ZvP has overtaken ZvT as far as match up quality is concerned, probably time to start looking into either reigning in Transfuse (preferable as it's still so powerful defensively) or reducing creep spread potential.

Second thing I'm noticing?

Serral is a freak of nature, even if Queens are still overtuned.


queens have been a catch all vs terran ever since that icefist (?) build in WoL. I don't think anything can be done with how good zerg is in this game outside of a GSL format tournament that allows for player exploiting


Wow, the Ice Fisher build from Spanishiwa, you have thrown me down the memory rabbit hole now.

I think it was alot less of an issue back then with the slower economy, you just couldn't afford that many Queens early on, the faster LOTV economy has greatly benefited Zerg I think that's a pretty popular and reasonable consensus.

But, it's alot easier to nerf the Queen lol, like I said one Transfuse nerf and now ZvP looks pretty good now, the balance team should consider it I think.

Btw what in God's name is going on with the aesthetics for this tournament? This is actually embarrassing to witness, FearDragon is probably going to go kick his own ass right after the camera go off. A balloon animal trophey? A Cake? Cheap plastic curtains from some random party rental place?

Jesus Christ :/
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