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lolfail9001
Russian Federation40190 Posts
On August 19 2024 01:56 Penev wrote: Take good care of your wrists please Clem, they're worth a lot. OTOH aren't we fairly sure that this tournament is basically a last hurrah? From this perspective this is the best tournament there is to kill your wrists winning. | ||
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Aeromi
France14463 Posts
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UnLarva
458 Posts
This is the way to go, Clem! Pushing the limits further. Saying it already: VERY Deserved victory Clem, GG! | ||
Nakajin
Canada8991 Posts
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Azzur
Australia6267 Posts
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
Feels like he is keeping up with Clem just about but maybe that's taking all his effort and focus away from the bigger picture. | ||
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Hider
Denmark9447 Posts
On August 19 2024 01:53 WombaT wrote: Nobody in SC2’s history has. The question with Clem was always could he more consistently deliver it, plus round out his TvT, the matchup where sheer speed is less of a win condition. He reminds me of a tennis player who’s trying to hit winners off every shot. If they can nail it consistently they’ll blow you off the court, but it’s very high risk high reward stuff. As I was typing this of course game 3 is maybe going in a direction where Clem doesn’t have to be quite as on-point I felt on Clem he generally has been able to consistently outmicro his opponents. His micro was always very stable. However, (a) not always to the extent he is doing this tournament (b) Previously he would have other holes in his gameplay, e.g. weak to runbys or not having a plan-b. It feels like he doesn't suffer from B anymore. He can be behind in a game, and still defend and be able to turn the game around through outplays. It felt in the past he didn't know how to defend when getting behind. | ||
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Penev
28536 Posts
On August 19 2024 01:57 lolfail9001 wrote: OTOH aren't we fairly sure that this tournament is basically a last hurrah? From this perspective this is the best tournament there is to kill your wrists winning. Good point if true, 400k is worth a bit of wrist pain. Hopefully there's some more to earn in the future though. | ||
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FCHK
203 Posts
On August 19 2024 01:54 Lazzarus wrote: Blizzcon 2018 ended a 20 year dynasty of Korean domination. If you told me in 2017 that the world championship in 2024 would be between two Europeans, I would have told you you were crazy. Happened already at 2022 IEM Katowice | ||
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Starcloud
138 Posts
 Serral isnt playing even that badly, but is being stomped like a scrub in a laddergame, lol Of course, its not the Prime Serral either unfortunately, which is what we would need to get more even series. Absolutely master class from Clem. Go Serral, try to reach deep ! | ||
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tigera6
3515 Posts
On August 19 2024 01:58 Azzur wrote: Serral handily defeated Maru a couple of days ago and cleaned up Dark easily. But against Clem, he seems to be out of ideas. This shows that skill >>>> anything else This is more than just skill, Clem clearly studied Serral build habit and in both games 1 and 3 defend the Roach attack by going with 2-1-1 build and early stim. He would have died both times if he went for the standard 3CC 2 Banshee build. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18438 Posts
On August 19 2024 01:55 True_Spike wrote: Serral is geting outplayed so hard, wow This all-in was poor, but then again, I'm not sure what other options there are on this mappool. On Ghost River the 4th is hard to hold, the 5th impossible and the 6th might as well not exist for Zerg. Macro play just isn't possible. I'm guessing the 3-base Ultra rush Serral did against Maru hits too late, or he just doesn't believe it can work against Clem. So that leaves Roaches. It's a 5-0 in the making, but losing Ghost River to one of the most aggressive players in the world after a failed rush is not unexpected. That's not to say Clem isn't doing eveyrthing right. Killing the drone that's suppose to build the 3rd base should not happen. | ||
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allmotor1
153 Posts
Punish the Z for doing roach attacks early, keep Z honest with multi drops and don't let zerg just eat the whole damn map with 90+ drones. We used to see this quite alot, finally Clem is able to implement this again. | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
On August 19 2024 01:57 lolfail9001 wrote: OTOH aren't we fairly sure that this tournament is basically a last hurrah? From this perspective this is the best tournament there is to kill your wrists winning. I think the rumours lately have been more positive about future big tournaments, honestly I don't think anyone knows either way. | ||
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Topin
Peru10128 Posts
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Azzur
Australia6267 Posts
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JJH777
United States4420 Posts
On August 19 2024 01:50 Charoisaur wrote: On the other hand he's trading series back and forth with Ragnarok while Maru has never lost to Ragnarok in his life. It's really weird The discrepancy of Clems TvZ vs Serral compared to his TvZ vs all other Zergs is odd. Maru has higher win rates vs basically every other Zerg besides Serral including Reynor but literally can't beat Serral while Clem occasionally has these brutal one sided series (though has an overall losing record) against him despite regularly dropping series to Zergs like Solar/Ragnarok and being 50-50 with Reynor. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18438 Posts
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digmouse
China6331 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27346 Posts
On August 19 2024 02:02 Topin wrote: i would like to know Marus opinion right now My guess is Maru has seen how Clem does it, and just doesn’t feel he can replicate what he does in the matchup for whatever reason. Perhaps he now knows how ‘just play like Maru’ felt like for other Terrans! | ||
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