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I asked my friends to predict in 2013 WCS Korea Season2 Finals.
They were expected to win the Rain.
What do you think guys? Rain? or Maru? 
ESFI Founder & Editor in chief Brent Ruiz
Maru's momentum after his sweep of INoVation in the semifinals will give him all the confidence he needs in his match against Rain. The stage is bigger, but we've seen before that pressure situations don't seem to phase Maru. 4-2 for Maru.
Dan Stemkoski
4-2 rain wins
Rain's great defensive style matches up well against the almost predictably aggressive Maru
Wolf Schröder
Rain will win 4-1. He has a very predictable style, one that is defensive and lategame-oriented. Maru, on the other hand, is an aggressor. He wins games by crippling his opponents early. Unfortunately for him, Rain has the the best defensive PvT in the world. I don't see Maru cracking that more than once.
ToD
Maru has been playing very impressively as of late, but Rain is the ultimate boss and an inspiration for every Protoss out there he will be too strong for Maru. Rain wins 4/1
DoA
Score - Rain wins 4-2
This actually a very interesting finals. Maru certainly has the skill to win and his variety of unique builds might be considered an advantage against a player like Rain who relies mostly on standard play. I think this will be a match of nerves though and Maru won't be able to take the pressure of his first big finals. In the end Rain should be able to keep calm and defend against Maru's aggression to take the win.
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no way rain loses, he's protoss and a very smart player.
Rain wins 4-1, maybe 4-2 if maru gets lucky.
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I'm so upset. I really was looking forward to Rain winning, but Artosis screwed everything up  .
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On August 10 2013 10:02 EthanAhn wrote:
Dan Stemkoski
4-2 rain wins
Rain's great defensive style matches up well against the almost predictably aggressive Maru
Maru next OSL champion.
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United States23455 Posts
Artosis picked the exact opposite of me.
gg, Rain
congrats maru
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I feel sorry for rain lol.
gratz, maru!
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scv allins terran easy win
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4-0 rain because protoss is heavily favoured atm
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Rain will still win.
I mean how many times can you guess the wrong person to win? You'll get lucky eventually.
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Artosis whyyy spoil OSL for me. now we all know who win. I wanna say Rain win 4-2 but now u change my prediction
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I think this might be the match that breaks the Artosis Curse.
Maru is doing great, but the way that Rain shut down Bomber is pretty convincing evidence in his favor.
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4-0 Maru don't see how rain could defeat someone who is send by jezus himself to spread doom and chaos on StarCraft 2. After Marineking cut his pols and fed his blood to Maru there is no way he can lose as he's bassicly 2 ultra gosu Korean Terran in 1. Also I'm not worrying about his nerves as he will drink the period blood of Barbie prime to make him an unstoppable monster unicorn with the power to bring worldwide peace and not have nerves too btw. Gogo Maru!
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This is the final test of the Artosis curse. If Maru wins, then artosis is gonna get so much hate from his protoss brethren
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Artosis curse is killing SC2.
Lower viewership because we already know who wins.
Ideas to help starcraft? Shut him up.
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Artosis curse shall strike again. Congrats Maru.
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dammit artosis tt
On August 10 2013 10:20 NerdFace wrote:4-0 Maru don't see how rain could defeat someone who is send by jezus himself to spread doom and chaos on StarCraft 2. After Marineking cut his pols and fed his blood to Maru there is no way he can lose as he's bassicly 2 ultra gosu Korean Terran in 1. Also I'm not worrying about his nerves as he will drink the period blood of Barbie prime to make him an unstoppable monster unicorn with the power to bring worldwide peace and not have nerves too btw. Gogo Maru!
o_0
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Russian Federation40190 Posts
Kim Carrier's prediction? I will go with opposite of his.
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Maru for obvious reasons after reading this thread.
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All that mattered was the Artosis prediction.
I feel even more confident in my 4-2 Maru call :p
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On August 10 2013 10:06 JSon wrote:Show nested quote +On August 10 2013 10:02 EthanAhn wrote:
Dan Stemkoski
4-2 rain wins
Rain's great defensive style matches up well against the almost predictably aggressive Maru
Maru next OSL champion.
Exactly.
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On August 10 2013 10:03 intense555 wrote:
no way rain loses, he's protoss and a very smart player.
Rain wins 4-1, maybe 4-2 if maru gets lucky.
Just had to slip that in there, eh?
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Canada16217 Posts
Rain is more likely to win but I think Maru has the skill to pull it off. I'll put my faith in him Maru 4-3 Rain
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ah Fionn's curse vs Artosis's curse?
Hope rain wins, but when i look at the LR i always get nervous and the exact opposite happens
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Well... i really wanted to see this, but "thank you" Artosis for the spoiler. Today i can sleep untill 14:00, GG MARU GRATZ.
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It's either Maru 4-0 / 4-1, or Rain 4-0 / 4-3
This is not a prediction!!! Haha
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I also expect to win the Rain, but I really hope Maru wins. 4-2 Maru because of Artosis.
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OSL finals predictions without Kim Carrier's prediction ?
Rain 4-2.
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Marrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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I think Terran >>>>> Protoss in the highest level, so Maru should win easily
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This doesn't bode well for Rain, too many people predicted him to win.
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Rain 4-1 if artosis did not root for Rain... but its too late T_T
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On August 10 2013 10:06 Fionn wrote:
Artosis picked the exact opposite of me.
gg, Rain
congrats maru
Maru OSL champion. Confirmed.
I was thinking 4-2 either way. Im hoping Maru because Terran, but maybe Rain because hes so strong.
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Dan Stemkoski
4-2 rain wins
Rain's great defensive style matches up well against the almost predictably aggressive Maru
I'm feeling this, though i'm scared to agree with artosis XD haha kidding hes the man
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On August 10 2013 10:06 Fionn wrote:
Artosis picked the exact opposite of me.
World explodes.
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On August 10 2013 10:03 intense555 wrote:
no way rain loses, he's protoss and a very smart player.
Rain wins 4-1, maybe 4-2 if maru gets lucky.
Yeah cause Protoss has won the most... I mean the least tournaments in SC2 history.
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Maru 4-1, Artosis has picked Rain unfortunately for him
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
Maru has been predicted to lose in every round of this OSL by Artosis and a majority of the community/casters (Except Khaldor).
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On August 10 2013 12:16 stuchiu wrote:
Maru has been predicted to lose in every round of this OSL by Artosis and a majority of the community/casters (Except Khaldor).
And thus, HE MUST MARCH ON
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maru wins
gg rain
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The Artosis curse is strong! Grats Maru
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Honestly, all indications should point to Rain crushing Maru. Like I would say 4-1 Rain, but Artosis curse is so strong..
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The curse is strong with this one...
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On August 10 2013 12:16 stuchiu wrote:
Maru has been predicted to lose in every round of this OSL by Artosis and a majority of the community/casters (Except Khaldor).
Artosis has no love for the Prime Terrans.
I feel like he has no love in general for players that rely heavily on aggression and control to win. He tends to favor more of the methodical defensive types. That's why he loved Nestea so much.
And yes absolutely props to Khaldor for being the only caster so far this season to back Maru.
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Maru cos I wanna celebrate a new terran hope
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Dan Stemkoski
4-2 rain wins
Rain's great defensive style matches up well against the almost predictably aggressive Maru
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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On August 10 2013 10:04 ZAiNs wrote:I'm so upset. I really was looking forward to Rain winning, but Artosis screwed everything up .
same ... i go sleep now ... whats the reason watching a game artosis predicted, its just the other guy winning xD you guys wonder clide bomber and co never won a championchip ? or why innovation fall ? well artosis predict them to win xD
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On August 10 2013 10:06 Fionn wrote:
Artosis picked the exact opposite of me.
gg, Rain
congrats maru
lol i was gonna say about the same damn thing .. poor rain .. i mean seriously . does artosis not realize he has omnipotent capabilities .. just like how protagonist almost always wins in stories
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damn artosis .. really ? .. why do have to spoil ? now what reasons do i have to watch osl finals ? i'll just watch tl3 instead
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T.O.P
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If maru can dodge storms then he can have a chance to win but he can't them i don't know. Rain 4-1.
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maru will win cause of artosis. artosis is even more overpowered than pre-retcon beyonder that he will just say "you're not gonna die at this moment" then bam you're dead.
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T.O.P
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I want rain to win because he is a kespa player but i want maru to win because he play terran lol
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Hey, Rain beat FanTaSy so I gotta give Artosis credit for that. 
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On August 10 2013 10:06 Fionn wrote:
Artosis picked the exact opposite of me.
gg, Rain
congrats maru
Fionn curse versus Artosis curse oh my!
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Funny... We all would have said the same about Innovation, yet Maru 4-0 him, convincingly.
Maru 4-3, just to be the double's advocate.
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On August 10 2013 10:02 EthanAhn wrote:
Dan Stemkoski
4-2 rain wins
Rain's great defensive style matches up well against the almost predictably aggressive Maru
well congrats to Maru I guess
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On August 10 2013 15:16 StarStruck wrote:Show nested quote +On August 10 2013 10:06 Fionn wrote:
Artosis picked the exact opposite of me.
gg, Rain
congrats maru
Fionn curse versus Artosis curse oh my!
The Fionn curse was dominant in the semi-finals, I don't see it being beaten in the Final either.
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I gotta agree with the 4-2 for Rain. While he is worlds better than Maru, he will still lose two games due to either proxy shenanigans, cloacked banshees, scv pull timings or something alike.
I hope we will see at least one nice long macro game with constant harrass, beautiful defense and repeated engagements in which none of the sites overcommits!
I'm pumped for this
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On August 10 2013 10:14 skylarr wrote:
4-0 rain because protoss is heavily favoured atm
according to you? grow up and get off TL please, not appropriate
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We need know what Tasteless thinks. Who gets his blessing shall win.
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OMFG! The artosis curse confirmed! ITS ALIVE! (not a pun)
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Ha-Ha !
All wrong
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On August 09 2013 19:02 Zealously wrote:Maru 4-2 + Show Spoiler +Hey I got it right last time, remember
Sup
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Before you start blaming Artosis he did get Bomber vs Rain right
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On August 10 2013 19:38 Zealously wrote:Sup
*high five*
On August 10 2013 10:37 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
All that mattered was the Artosis prediction.
I feel even more confident in my 4-2 Maru call :p
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On August 10 2013 19:39 Iodem wrote:
Before you start blaming Artosis he did get Bomber vs Rain right
Bomber's law beat out the Artosis Curse that night
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when Artosis said 4-2, I knew. Everyone knew. The score would be 4-2, indeed. But for MARU
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Artosis please don't root for Inno in the Global (wait.. will Inno play there?)
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loel gusy it r ARTOSIS law LOel is mbe MARU WIN!! HA!! artosis RON!G! LOL
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On August 10 2013 19:59 shin_toss wrote:
Artosis please don't root for Inno in the Global (wait.. will Inno play there?)
He will yeah
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On August 10 2013 19:59 shin_toss wrote:
Artosis please don't root for Inno in the Global (wait.. will Inno play there?)
Yes
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loel gusy it r ARTOSIS law LOel is mbe MARU WIN!! HA!! artosis RON!G! LOL
Damn this shouldn't have made me laugh. Poor Dan.
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On August 10 2013 20:48 EmilA wrote:
loel gusy it r ARTOSIS law LOel is mbe MARU WIN!! HA!! artosis RON!G! LOL
Don't dishonor the motherland, you're sounding like a swede
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On August 10 2013 10:02 EthanAhn wrote:
ESFI Founder & Editor in chief Brent Ruiz
Maru's momentum after his sweep of INoVation in the semifinals will give him all the confidence he needs in his match against Rain. The stage is bigger, but we've seen before that pressure situations don't seem to phase Maru. 4-2 for Maru.
Amazing.. what can I say?
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On August 10 2013 11:14 Steel wrote:
I also expect to win the Rain, but I really hope Maru wins. 4-2 Maru because of Artosis.
Called it :D SO happy
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On August 10 2013 10:34 blobrus wrote:
Maru for obvious reasons after reading this thread.
Artosis curse strikes once again.
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On August 10 2013 10:52 phiinix wrote:
Maru 4-2
4-2 is always the way to go :D
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EPT
