EPT[WTL 2023] Master's Coliseum 7 - Playoffs - Page 4
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Balnazza
Germany1262 Posts
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JJH777
United States4415 Posts
On January 26 2024 05:20 Balnazza wrote: Honestly curious: Does anyone know if Serral was not yet in full-training or ill or something? How do you switch yourself on so hard in such a short amount of time?! I feel like he (and all the Zergs really, Rogue and Reynor are the even bigger offenders) do this literally every single year before the world championship. I swear they practice at 50% for half the year to not get nerfed and then go fulltime a month before Katowice. Last year it didn't work out because Serral got ZvZ'd out and Rogue was in the military but this seems like a definite pattern. 2018 doesn't apply to Serral but does for Rogue, he looked mediocre in everything but was in top shape for Blizzcon and him vs Serral would have undoubtedly been the finals with a different bracket. 2019 Zerg in general seems weak vs Toss for the first few months of the year, soO comes out of nowhere to win Kato Stats won ASUS ROG beating Serral, Serral dumpsters him at Blizzcon 2 months later. 2020 - lots of talk about Zerg struggling on the new patch, meh online results, Rogue stomps Kato. 2021 - Trap dominating everything including winning matches against Reynor and Serral, TY looking great sometimes, Reynor stomps 2022 - Maru looks to be by far the best player in the world, is on a win streak vs every top Zerg, gets stomped by Reynor and Serral 2023 - streak finally broken for Kato but mostly due to ZvZ and Rogue retirement. Applies to Reynor for Gamers8. | ||
Poopi
France12909 Posts
On January 26 2024 05:40 JJH777 wrote: I feel like he (and all the Zergs really, Rogue and Reynor are the even bigger offenders) do this literally every single year before the world championship. I swear they practice at 50% for half the year to not get nerfed and then go fulltime a month before Katowice. Last year it didn't work out because Serral got ZvZ'd out and Rogue was in the military but this seems like a definite pattern. 2018 doesn't apply to Serral but does for Rogue, he looked mediocre in everything but was in top shape for Blizzcon and him vs Serral would have undoubtedly been the finals with a different bracket. 2019 Zerg in general seems weak vs Toss for the first few months of the year, soO comes out of nowhere to win Kato Stats won ASUS ROG beating Serral, Serral dumpsters him at Blizzcon 2 months later. 2020 - lots of talk about Zerg struggling on the new patch, meh online results, Rogue stomps Kato. 2021 - Trap dominating everything including winning matches against Reynor and Serral, TY looking great sometimes, Reynor stomps 2022 - Maru looks to be by far the best player in the world, is on a win streak vs every top Zerg, gets stomped by Reynor and Serral 2023 - streak finally broken for Kato but mostly due to ZvZ and Rogue retirement. Applies to Reynor for Gamers8. Afaik Serral / Neeb (when he was still active) and Maru practice all the time basically, while some other players mostly practice before the (big I guess) tournaments. So it’s probably Serral adjusting to what he lost to and/or Maru not playing as well because reasons It’s pretty obvious that Rogue and now Reynor practice on / off given their results patterns, but it doesn’t hold true for every zerg | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18219 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33559 Posts
On January 26 2024 05:20 Balnazza wrote: Honestly curious: Does anyone know if Serral was not yet in full-training or ill or something? How do you switch yourself on so hard in such a short amount of time?! The answer is that SC2 has a lot more variance than fans think and you should never read too deeply into the result of a single series (unless you're a TL.net writer making narratives  ) | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On January 26 2024 05:40 JJH777 wrote: I feel like he (and all the Zergs really, Rogue and Reynor are the even bigger offenders) do this literally every single year before the world championship. I swear they practice at 50% for half the year to not get nerfed and then go fulltime a month before Katowice. Last year it didn't work out because Serral got ZvZ'd out and Rogue was in the military but this seems like a definite pattern. Maybe players in general practice extremely hard before World Championships. It's just that 4/5 of the contenders to win things are zerg. Except for Rogue who shows up to cheer for his teammates and then wins anyway  | ||
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ZeroByte13
784 Posts
On January 25 2024 23:16 TossHeroes wrote: Someone ban this guy already, they are trolling most probably but this is a sad type of trolling.Goat Serral stomping Maru as usual when games really matters | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26265 Posts
On January 26 2024 10:00 ZeroByte13 wrote: Someone ban this guy already, they are trolling most probably but this is a sad type of trolling. Yeah it’s so transparent either he’s an awful troll or a genuine idiot, although I wouldn’t advocate for banning the latter | ||
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Infested.rine
33 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany7089 Posts
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darklycid
3531 Posts
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MJG
United Kingdom1399 Posts
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tigera6
3465 Posts
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darklycid
3531 Posts
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tigera6
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darklycid
3531 Posts
edit: lol can't believe he lost this like this. | ||
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Glorfindelio
221 Posts
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Poopi
France12909 Posts
Ggs to Dark, great resilience | ||
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tigera6
3465 Posts
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Poopi
France12909 Posts
On January 26 2024 22:48 tigera6 wrote: Like I said, while its better to suck now than later, this is just a very stupidly bad series with lots of oversight from Maru. After playing some very clean and effective TvZ opening in the group stage, he suddenly felt bored and play god awful again. It's useful to do some limit testing on tournaments with decent stakes before Katowice though, vZ is gonna be the main difficulty for those who want to lift the trophy | ||
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