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Northern Ireland26603 Posts
On February 12 2024 05:33 Argonauta wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2024 05:29 WombaT wrote:On February 12 2024 05:27 Argonauta wrote:On February 12 2024 05:25 argonautdice wrote:
Don't worry guys Serral will be slightly nerfed in the next irl patch by going to the army, but only slightly nerfed since he's in a special esports program. Is that true? or are you joking? Because I was tihnking the only reason the US army force may be interested in sponsoring this is because they want to recruit people to control their drones in Syria or smt Not enough micro in controlling a single drone, until you can have folks controlling whole robotics armies no sense wasting a Serral or a Maru when a MOBA player will do I mean you are rigth, but I find it so bizarre they are sponsoring sc2 tourneys... I dont know why they do.
I mean, sponsoring SC2 specifically seems odd, I’m guessing they support ESL/IEM tournies in general?
I’d be amazed if the average SC viewer these days wasn’t somewhere in the 30s, or at least close. So hardly prime recruiting material, I assume it’s to tap into other games which skew younger
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it was very enjoyable!
I was a little bit sad that they don’t made a pause after the radhuset game since everybody was exhausted. It would be provide some better games I imagine.
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On February 12 2024 05:34 Argonauta wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2024 05:30 argonautdice wrote:On February 12 2024 05:27 Argonauta wrote:On February 12 2024 05:25 argonautdice wrote:
Don't worry guys Serral will be slightly nerfed in the next irl patch by going to the army, but only slightly nerfed since he's in a special esports program. Is that true? or are you joking? Because I was tihnking the only reason the US army force may be interested in sponsoring this is because they want to recruit people to control their drones in Syria or smt It's Finnish mandatory military service, which is normally a year (where you can't be playing esports), but a special esports athlete program shorten the service to 6 months while allowing them some practice/possible tournament attendance I believe. I see, that is very nice from the finnish goverment. Surprised the korean one doesnt have anything similar.
I think Korea did have something like that called Air Force ACE which was an esports team that allowed military enlisted Brood War players to practice/play in tournaments.
Edit: main problem is the Korean military service is 18 months long during which you still have to do the standard military training not conducive to being a good esports player, and I don't think they have that anymore at least for SC2.
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On February 12 2024 05:30 argonautdice wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2024 05:27 Argonauta wrote:On February 12 2024 05:25 argonautdice wrote:
Don't worry guys Serral will be slightly nerfed in the next irl patch by going to the army, but only slightly nerfed since he's in a special esports program. Is that true? or are you joking? Because I was tihnking the only reason the US army force may be interested in sponsoring this is because they want to recruit people to control their drones in Syria or smt It's Finnish mandatory military service, which is normally a year (where you can't be playing esports), but a special esports athlete program shorten the service to 6 months while allowing them some practice/possible tournament attendance I believe.
Lauri Markkanen (basketball player) did his service last summer. Shouldn't be too big of a deal for Serral.
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Goat Serral. Outclass Maru for the past 5 years
I came to read the delicious salty terran whine and tears
It did not disappoint
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GG for the GOAT ! His streak and almost whole 2023 is just insane. These last tournaments he has been unstoppable. Maru played well this time, but even he couldnt handle Night-Kings dominance. 20-1 says it all.
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On February 12 2024 05:17 Xain0n wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2024 05:12 Nakajin wrote:
Great Katowice once again, but we need to start a go-fund-me to pay Serral to stay home next time. Doesn't seems like anyone else has a chance when he's there. He's going to the army next April
Perfect. Now he can use post military as an excuse like the Koreans
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Serral is 14-4 in matches against Maru all time, and 39-19 in maps. Offline he's 4-1 in matches and 11-5 in maps. I think that's pretty conclusive.
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Man I've been following this game for over a decade and I've never seen a more combative group than the Serral fans. Usually when your favorite player wins you feel good but you can also empathize with the fans of the loser and give some grace. Not serral fans though, y'all keep twisting the knife further. It's like it's not enough that your favorite player wins, you go out of your way to try and make people feel worse. Wonder why that is
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Joona, Joona. Only The GOAT can make the reality check when the question for it is asked. IRL.
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On February 12 2024 05:53 lokol4890 wrote:
Man I've been following this game for over a decade and I've never seen a more combative group than the Serral fans. Usually when your favorite player wins you feel good but you can also empathize with the fans of the loser and give some grace. Not serral fans though, y'all keep twisting the knife further. It's like it's not enough that your favorite player wins, you go out of your way to try and make people feel worse. Wonder why that is
If you look through this thread, but especially the last ~20 pages, you get a collection of anti-Serral (or anti-Zerg) posts. It's the maps, the balance, the schedule. What did someone say? "Maru played like a god but not even a god can win TvZ"
On the other hand you have people celebrating Serral, pointing out his incredible score this tournament and in general. How is that "twisting the knife further"?
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On February 12 2024 05:53 lokol4890 wrote:
Man I've been following this game for over a decade and I've never seen a more combative group than the Serral fans. Usually when your favorite player wins you feel good but you can also empathize with the fans of the loser and give some grace. Not serral fans though, y'all keep twisting the knife further. It's like it's not enough that your favorite player wins, you go out of your way to try and make people feel worse. Wonder why that is
The things people, myself included, were responding to were deleted because there was some legit unhinged balance whine.
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On February 12 2024 05:56 Balnazza wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2024 05:53 lokol4890 wrote:
Man I've been following this game for over a decade and I've never seen a more combative group than the Serral fans. Usually when your favorite player wins you feel good but you can also empathize with the fans of the loser and give some grace. Not serral fans though, y'all keep twisting the knife further. It's like it's not enough that your favorite player wins, you go out of your way to try and make people feel worse. Wonder why that is If you look through this thread, but especially the last ~20 pages, you get a collection of anti-Serral (or anti-Zerg) posts. It's the maps, the balance, the schedule. What did someone say? "Maru played like a god but not even a god can win TvZ" On the other hand you have people celebrating Serral, pointing out his incredible score this tournament and in general. How is that "twisting the knife further"?
Been like that with the Maru / terran fanboys
When Zerg lose, it’s cause terran is superior player. No one complained about fungel or Zergs when terrans were smashing solar reynor and dark around in this tournament.
But once Serral wins, all a sudden fungel is op, Zerg everything is Op
The coping is real with terrans.
If anything is op, it’s the ghost. That unit is a disgrace
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Luckily that unhinged balance whine was not the factor in this win.
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On February 12 2024 05:46 FFXthebest wrote:
Goat Serral. Outclass Maru for the past 5 years
I came to read the delicious salty terran whine and tears
It did not disappoint
didint they nerf the raven because Maru destroyed serral with them in 2018?
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If Serral only won because Zerg is OP, then wouldn't Dark and Reynor both be dominating Maru? But Maru beat Dark AND Reynor in this tournament. Serral is just built different.
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On February 12 2024 06:02 Argonauta wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2024 05:46 FFXthebest wrote:
Goat Serral. Outclass Maru for the past 5 years
I came to read the delicious salty terran whine and tears
It did not disappoint
didint they nerf the raven because Maru destroyed serral with them in 2018?
I believe that’s 2017 the raven nerf? Highlight of Maru’s career
Since then, blizzard tried to buff terrans multiple times (faster Stim etc) and multiple nerfs against Zergs and yet Serral still mop the floor with Maru
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On February 12 2024 06:04 ZAWGURN wrote:
If Serral only won because Zerg is OP, then wouldn't Dark and Reynor both be dominating Maru? But Maru beat Dark AND Reynor in this tournament. Serral is just built different.
You see, Dark/Reynor are just so much less skilled that in a fair world they would be ro24 quality players. Serral is slightly better so in a fair world he'd be top 12.
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On February 12 2024 06:04 ZAWGURN wrote:
If Serral only won because Zerg is OP, then wouldn't Dark and Reynor both be dominating Maru? But Maru beat Dark AND Reynor in this tournament. Serral is just built different.
There's no point in even engaging. 'The break was too short', 'the veto system was bad'. People will find any reason to complain. The reality is, in the interview before the match Maru said he was afraid of Serral. And for good reason. Similarly, Maru lost a series to Cyan, and was pushed to the brink by ByuN. Serral went 20-1.
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On February 12 2024 06:07 dysenterymd wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2024 06:04 ZAWGURN wrote:
If Serral only won because Zerg is OP, then wouldn't Dark and Reynor both be dominating Maru? But Maru beat Dark AND Reynor in this tournament. Serral is just built different. You see, Dark/Reynor are just so much less skilled that in a fair world they would be ro24 quality players. Serral is slightly better so in a fair world he'd be top 12.
I can’t tell if this is sarcasm
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