EPTEsports World Cup 2025 - Page 40
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dedede
United States116 Posts
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dysenterymd
1237 Posts
I don't like 3rd place matches in general, but there is a 20k dollar difference between 3rd and 4th so there are some stakes. Don't care much for the team championship, but those points should matter there as well. | ||
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Sameday
8 Posts
I miss the WOL and HOTS timelines when unique strategies were possible and you could do something unorthodox and still transition into mid game. Now if you make any mistake or deviate at all, opponent is maxed out at 7 minutes. It's a terrible state of the game. The game is super dead on ladder, too. At 4k-6k I'm playing the same 5-10 people every day. And half of them hack. SC2 is dead. I never read replies. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44332 Posts
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Xamo
Spain880 Posts
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Elentos
55550 Posts
On July 25 2025 23:24 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I don't see Classic beating Serral, unfortunately. If it's not a 5-0 for Serral, Classic has already done exceedingly well. | ||
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Captain Peabody
United States3110 Posts
I'd be fine with minor tuning balance changes (of which many are possible!), but also we want to avoid another anti-Protoss backlash driven by Terran tears just because Protoss is doing well for the first time in five years. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25333 Posts
On July 25 2025 23:23 Sameday wrote: You can tell the game is in a terrible state balance wise when there hasn't been a single quotable game the entire tournament. Apparently the most 'exciting' game of the tournament was Serral scouting Reynors big push across the map... and... wait for it... building a couple spine crawlers WHEW! QUOTABLE GAMES. I miss the WOL and HOTS timelines when unique strategies were possible and you could do something unorthodox and still transition into mid game. Now if you make any mistake or deviate at all, opponent is maxed out at 7 minutes. It's a terrible state of the game. The game is super dead on ladder, too. At 4k-6k I'm playing the same 5-10 people every day. And half of them hack. SC2 is dead. I never read replies. What is the fucking point of being on a forum if you don’t read replies? | ||
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Xamo
Spain880 Posts
On July 25 2025 23:30 Captain Peabody wrote: I think there's been a lot of stress and tension in the SC2 scene, caused 90% by the EWC and ESL situation I would say; the idea that we've reached some kind of balance or competitive nadir seems very silly to me. SC2 at the top level seems more competitive than it's been in years. I'd be fine with minor tuning balance changes (of which many are possible!), but also we want to avoid another anti-Protoss backlash driven by Terran tears just because Protoss is doing well for the first time in five years. I agree, two Terrans out of four players in the RO4 should be enough. | ||
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Nasigil1
114 Posts
On July 25 2025 22:58 WombaT wrote: Yeah, probably more brutal than just being relentlessly stomped if you’re Cure. Cure had a realistic shot of winning some games, Serral went Serral mode and scraped back in. He played well, he potentially rides some of those positions to a series win if he’s not playing Serral. Sad thing is Serral didn't even played that well in the Cure series. He ran out of larva. He forgot creeps. He somehow got repeatedly denied expansions by simple two prong attacks. Cure played rock solid Starcraft until 15mins, then he somehow just didn't know what to do anymore. Refused to build Ghosts. Refuse to went for kill when he had clear window of upper hand. Didn't even expand that well. Just sit on his ass not sure what to do and allowed even a sloppy Serral to crawl his way back in. | ||
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dedede
United States116 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15961 Posts
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SHODAN
United Kingdom1107 Posts
On July 25 2025 23:37 dedede wrote: Finals starts 3 hours later?? nah, the times on liquipedia are just placeholders. the finals will start soon after the 3rd place match is concluded | ||
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-KG-
Denmark1215 Posts
On July 25 2025 23:31 WombaT wrote: What is the fucking point of being on a forum if you don’t read replies? I think it's Alphastar AI - now also on the TL forums! | ||
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Gescom
Canada3397 Posts
On July 25 2025 23:37 dedede wrote: Finals starts 3 hours later?? 3rd place match in ~15 mins | ||
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MJG
United Kingdom1055 Posts
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Antithesis
Germany1186 Posts
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-KG-
Denmark1215 Posts
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Elentos
55550 Posts
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Elentos
55550 Posts
On July 25 2025 23:47 -KG- wrote: So impressed by Classics execution, builds, defense and all round play this tournament. Couldn't be happier to see him make the finals for WC. Hope it won't be another stomp - either way, nothing to lose at this point. He can still lose his strange Illuminati triangle that probably contains part of his soul to the hydraulic press. | ||
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