EPT[GSL 2024] Code S Season 1 - Ro16 Group A & B - Page 2
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Argonauta
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Vindicare605
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Vindicare605
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HeroSandro
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Argonauta
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buzz_bender
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On February 29 2024 20:27 Vindicare605 wrote: Maru's made a few mistakes in this game 2 with his build. The concussive shell that Tasteless kept talking about was one of them. researching Stim when he was going to go straight mech was another. I'm pretty sure that research was a fakeout. Man, what a comeback from Maru in Game 3... but he definitely doesn't feel like he's in top form... | ||
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tigera6
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Vindicare605
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Charoisaur
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Yoshi Kirishima
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LennX
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But he recovered with his ZvZ | ||
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Nasigil
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Terrible use of Vipers and Infestors - gets nothing done other than getting EMPed or blown up by tanks. Doesn't know how to ling run by. Doesn't know how to use drop or nydus to look for openings in Terran's defense. All he did was making Roach/Ravager/Hydra/Ling over and over and run them head on into Maru's well established siege lines. Of course he lost to Maru every time. | ||
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Gescom
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Harris1st
Germany7427 Posts
On March 01 2024 03:17 Nasigil wrote: After getting used to Serral's ZvT it's painful to watch Shin's late game against Maru. Terrible use of Vipers and Infestors - gets nothing done other than getting EMPed or blown up by tanks. Doesn't know how to ling run by. Doesn't know how to use drop or nydus to look for openings in Terran's defense. All he did was making Roach/Ravager/Hydra/Ling over and over and run them head on into Maru's well established siege lines. Of course he lost to Maru every time. Both Shin and soO. I was never in doubt that Maru is actually going to win both series. After the IEM finals, every other lategame TvZ feels just meh. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27464 Posts
To me if you want to play a bit off-standard you either have to be hiding something, or alternatively have a ‘new standard’ that’s extremely potent. Maru’s regular TvZ is no mystery at all to anyone, so I don’t see what he’s really gaining from not playing it. And even in Maru’s hands mech still seems too weak to supplant bio styles. Maybe the injury is giving him issues? Only reason I can come up with really. soO is looking better than I’ve seen in some time, so that’s cool! Hopefully he can start making a dent in the odd tournament. | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19395 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16126 Posts
On March 02 2024 02:38 WombaT wrote: I wonder why Maru chose to play like that? His mech was good enough today and he did make it out. Equally it was tighter than it maybe could have been, and my lord someone like Serral would have dismantled him. To me if you want to play a bit off-standard you either have to be hiding something, or alternatively have a ‘new standard’ that’s extremely potent. Maru’s regular TvZ is no mystery at all to anyone, so I don’t see what he’s really gaining from not playing it. And even in Maru’s hands mech still seems too weak to supplant bio styles. Maybe the injury is giving him issues? Only reason I can come up with really. soO is looking better than I’ve seen in some time, so that’s cool! Hopefully he can start making a dent in the odd tournament. I think it could be pretty easily explained by Maru not taking his group very seriously. It's a bad habit he's known for especially early in tournaments and especially vs Zerg opponents. Considering his record against everyone in this group, it's hard to blame him, except that he's being held to the highest possible of standards. It does seem to me like he tries to not overdo it in as many matches as he can nowadays, whether that's due to injury and trying to keep himself healthy or because he doesn't have the same drive as he used to I'm not sure. But with a career as long as his, and with the state of the Korean scene being what it is, either explanation can be very plausible. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27464 Posts
On March 02 2024 12:15 Vindicare605 wrote: I think it could be pretty easily explained by Maru not taking his group very seriously. It's a bad habit he's known for especially early in tournaments and especially vs Zerg opponents. Considering his record against everyone in this group, it's hard to blame him, except that he's being held to the highest possible of standards. It does seem to me like he tries to not overdo it in as many matches as he can nowadays, whether that's due to injury and trying to keep himself healthy or because he doesn't have the same drive as he used to I'm not sure. But with a career as long as his, and with the state of the Korean scene being what it is, either explanation can be very plausible. Aye I’m not even being particularly critical of Maru, just curious. It would seem if you were just coasting in second gear you’d play something close to your regular style that’s proved very effective against these opponents recently. Rather than bring out something less tried and tested. Almost play your go-to ladder mainstays, maybe with a few tweaks. Or perhaps he’s found mech very resilient to aggression and timings and chose to employ it to make him hard to kill, and realistically if he was to drop out it would be via those things. So mech having those late game issues is perhaps a price worth paying for relative safety. | ||
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