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TentativePanda
Profile Joined August 2014
United States800 Posts
August 17 2024 16:32 GMT
#761
I actually like the format. Knockout bracket is the losers bracket, that's why you get eliminated there. Why is this confusing to people
Gescom
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada3510 Posts
August 17 2024 16:32 GMT
#762
On August 18 2024 01:14 Biedrik wrote:
Lmao this format is wack. Cure played better and his win was great, but it's bizarre to see Maru get knocked out in a bo3 after playing so matches.

Maru lost series to Dark, Serral and Cure. He is not the World Champion. Triple elim is a gift in and of itself...
Jaedong Hyuk || Bisu Jangbi || Fantasy Flash
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12911 Posts
August 17 2024 16:33 GMT
#763
Kinda sad for Maru, but Clem must be happy.
herO could beat everyone though
WriterMaru
stilt
Profile Joined October 2012
France2755 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-08-17 16:34:34
August 17 2024 16:34 GMT
#764
On August 18 2024 01:30 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:28 stilt wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:24 WombaT wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:21 Blitzball04 wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:15 parksonsc wrote:
lol, Maru is the TvT king when it does not matter. He lost to Olivera in the IEM grand finals, now lost to Cure in the elimination match. Not the race, he just does not have championship mentality.


In Korea, Maru was the big fish in a small pond

But outside Korea he is nothing special. He isn’t a world champion for a reason

Do you ever tire of making asinine pronouncements?

The WC is a gap in his resume, for sure but he’s done everything else there is to do in the game, often multiple times.

It’s less so now obviously, but to be the best in Korea wasn’t to be a big fish in a small pond, but a big fish in the only meaningful pond


He never has been the clear best when korea was the only meaningful scene tho.
Or maybe at the beginning of 2018 but not for long

How many players have been the clear best when korea was the only meaningful scene? I could only think of Inno, Zest and Life but none of them kept it up for a long time either


Yeah that's about it
The scene was super stacked
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1451 Posts
August 17 2024 16:34 GMT
#765
On August 18 2024 01:32 TentativePanda wrote:
I actually like the format. Knockout bracket is the losers bracket, that's why you get eliminated there. Why is this confusing to people

Who said it was confusing?

It's just bad.
puking up frothing vitriolic sarcastic spittle
Blitzball04
Profile Joined June 2024
191 Posts
August 17 2024 16:34 GMT
#766
On August 18 2024 01:22 Argonauta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:21 Blitzball04 wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:15 parksonsc wrote:
lol, Maru is the TvT king when it does not matter. He lost to Olivera in the IEM grand finals, now lost to Cure in the elimination match. Not the race, he just does not have championship mentality.


In Korea, Maru was the big fish in a small pond

But outside Korea he is nothing special. He isn’t a world champion for a reason



Keep it delusional boy


Keep coping boy
TentativePanda
Profile Joined August 2014
United States800 Posts
August 17 2024 16:34 GMT
#767
On August 18 2024 01:34 MJG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:32 TentativePanda wrote:
I actually like the format. Knockout bracket is the losers bracket, that's why you get eliminated there. Why is this confusing to people

Who said it was confusing?

It's just bad.


How is it bad? Explain
PremoBeats
Profile Joined March 2024
550 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-08-17 16:35:18
August 17 2024 16:35 GMT
#768
On August 18 2024 01:33 Poopi wrote:
Kinda sad for Maru, but Clem must be happy.
herO could beat everyone though

Totally.. I would love to see Reynor in the top4 as I like his personality but seeing a Protoss win it all would be an absolute banger.
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
August 17 2024 16:36 GMT
#769
On August 18 2024 01:35 PremoBeats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:33 Poopi wrote:
Kinda sad for Maru, but Clem must be happy.
herO could beat everyone though

Totally.. I would love to see Reynor in the top4 as I like his personality but seeing a Protoss win it all would be an absolute banger.


I am also hard rooting for herO. Would be dream semis
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26703 Posts
August 17 2024 16:37 GMT
#770
On August 18 2024 01:28 stilt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:24 WombaT wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:21 Blitzball04 wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:15 parksonsc wrote:
lol, Maru is the TvT king when it does not matter. He lost to Olivera in the IEM grand finals, now lost to Cure in the elimination match. Not the race, he just does not have championship mentality.


In Korea, Maru was the big fish in a small pond

But outside Korea he is nothing special. He isn’t a world champion for a reason

Do you ever tire of making asinine pronouncements?

The WC is a gap in his resume, for sure but he’s done everything else there is to do in the game, often multiple times.

It’s less so now obviously, but to be the best in Korea wasn’t to be a big fish in a small pond, but a big fish in the only meaningful pond


He never has been the clear best when korea was the only meaningful scene tho.
Or maybe at the beginning of 2018 but not for long

It’s certainly something I give points over him to the likes of Mvp and Innovation for, although Maru’s still one of the greats.

That said if Serral didn’t exist Maru would have been the outright best player for big chunks of the past 6 years. Way, way longer than anyone has ever sustained.

Obviously it’s a bullshit hypothetical but Maru has frequently been further ahead of the rest of the pack from a #2 position, for longer, than basically anyone else has from a #1 position

Look I enjoy a bit of banter, I don’t even like Maru that much, although I admire his play. It’s just frustrating be it here or on r/Starcraft that any time one of the greats of the game loses people pop out to shit talk. Just a general observation not directed at you!

'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
onPHYRE
Profile Joined October 2010
Bulgaria923 Posts
August 17 2024 16:39 GMT
#771
On August 18 2024 01:19 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:15 parksonsc wrote:
lol, Maru is the TvT king when it does not matter. He lost to Olivera in the IEM grand finals, now lost to Cure in the elimination match. Not the race, he just does not have championship mentality.

wild to say about a 17 time premier tournament winner


I have always felt Serral is the GOAT..

But I think even the biggest Serral fanboi has to admit that Maru is a championship contender in any tournament he enters and will be his biggest challenge to a title, even if the recent games weren’t close. He has basically said as much in interviews.
Livin' this life like it was written.
Blitzball04
Profile Joined June 2024
191 Posts
August 17 2024 16:40 GMT
#772
Let’s hope Reynor learned from his last series with herO and watched how Serral handled hero late game
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1451 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-08-17 16:42:07
August 17 2024 16:41 GMT
#773
On August 18 2024 01:34 TentativePanda wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:34 MJG wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:32 TentativePanda wrote:
I actually like the format. Knockout bracket is the losers bracket, that's why you get eliminated there. Why is this confusing to people

Who said it was confusing?

It's just bad.


How is it bad? Explain

Oliveira won three Bo5 series and ended in the same position as ShoWTimE who didn't win a single map.

Any further questions?
puking up frothing vitriolic sarcastic spittle
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26703 Posts
August 17 2024 16:41 GMT
#774
On August 18 2024 01:31 TentativePanda wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:24 WombaT wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:21 Blitzball04 wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:15 parksonsc wrote:
lol, Maru is the TvT king when it does not matter. He lost to Olivera in the IEM grand finals, now lost to Cure in the elimination match. Not the race, he just does not have championship mentality.


In Korea, Maru was the big fish in a small pond

But outside Korea he is nothing special. He isn’t a world champion for a reason

Do you ever tire of making asinine pronouncements?

The WC is a gap in his resume, for sure but he’s done everything else there is to do in the game, often multiple times.

It’s less so now obviously, but to be the best in Korea wasn’t to be a big fish in a small pond, but a big fish in the only meaningful pond


The only meaningful scene. Lmao get outta here

In terms of ‘best players in the world’, it basically was.

Of course that’s not the only metric going, and I’m very much of the opinion that when SC2 got the regional scene structure better sorted it allowed players from elsewhere to get to that level.

Having vibrant local scenes, national, continental is how one builds a global competitive scene of any kind. So yeah they’re very meaningful, just not really in the context of the best of the best (historically)

Poor choice of words
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
August 17 2024 16:42 GMT
#775
On August 18 2024 01:34 TentativePanda wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:34 MJG wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:32 TentativePanda wrote:
I actually like the format. Knockout bracket is the losers bracket, that's why you get eliminated there. Why is this confusing to people

Who said it was confusing?

It's just bad.


How is it bad? Explain


I think the tournament is phenomenal at deciding the top 4, and I think it's extremely hard for anyone to argue that anyone who has been knocked out should have been in the semis.

What the tournament is bad at is separating the 5th-18th places. Because the only tournament at that point is a bunch of Bo3s which is kind of insane. And there's massive payout differences for each place.
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4967 Posts
August 17 2024 16:42 GMT
#776
On August 18 2024 01:34 Blitzball04 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:22 Argonauta wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:21 Blitzball04 wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:15 parksonsc wrote:
lol, Maru is the TvT king when it does not matter. He lost to Olivera in the IEM grand finals, now lost to Cure in the elimination match. Not the race, he just does not have championship mentality.


In Korea, Maru was the big fish in a small pond

But outside Korea he is nothing special. He isn’t a world champion for a reason



Keep it delusional boy


Keep coping boy


Mate you talk about ponds and stuff like Cure is not a Korean Terran
Rogue | Maru | Scarlett | Trap
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26703 Posts
August 17 2024 16:45 GMT
#777
On August 18 2024 01:41 MJG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2024 01:34 TentativePanda wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:34 MJG wrote:
On August 18 2024 01:32 TentativePanda wrote:
I actually like the format. Knockout bracket is the losers bracket, that's why you get eliminated there. Why is this confusing to people

Who said it was confusing?

It's just bad.


How is it bad? Explain

Oliveira won three Bo5 series and earns the same as ShoWTimE who didn't even win a single map.

Any further questions?

Why pick on poor Showtime? He only had one Bo3 to play with, Coffee went 0-6 and got the same placement and remuneration as his compatriot from the same bracket that SHINTime didn’t get to play
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
August 17 2024 16:47 GMT
#778
herO is just so ridiculously good at PvZ.
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18275 Posts
August 17 2024 16:48 GMT
#779
herO made that look stupid easy.
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10112 Posts
August 17 2024 16:48 GMT
#780
oh boy! can herO make it????!!!!!!!
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
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