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Auction OSL Finals - Maru defeats Rain 4 - 2 - Page 6

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dutchfriese
Profile Joined November 2012
2554 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-11 04:11:54
August 11 2013 04:00 GMT
#101
On August 11 2013 11:15 althaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2013 10:55 dutchfriese wrote:
On August 11 2013 10:52 Doodsmack wrote:
Is it just me or should this thread title be spoilered?



no it's not you, the title of this thread is clearly inappropriate. I had it spoiled for myself... before i saw the title of this thread the series was 2-2 tied up, at least as far as i knew.

If you haven't watched the OSL finals, you really shouldn't be visiting Team Liquid. That's like looking at the back page of the paper the day after the world cup (or after the superbowl if you're in the US).



you are correct and i alluded to this this in a previous post on this very page.


But i'm not sure why the title of this thread needed to have the results in it
Reborn58
Profile Joined August 2010
United States238 Posts
August 11 2013 05:21 GMT
#102
How hard is it to make the fucking title "Rain vs Maru Finals Recap" and then have the fucking story inside? You intentionally spoil people?
That's what she said
is5-baseic
Profile Joined July 2012
United States9 Posts
August 11 2013 05:26 GMT
#103
This season really gave me a better appreciation for the TvP matchup in SC2. Back when I was learning Wings of Liberty Zerg and laddering my little gold league heart out to try to get into platinum (the reverse happened; i'm stuck in silver now), I followed the GSL but skipped every single PvT unless the players were Boxer, Nada, or MC (even then I might only watch one game in the series).

Now I want to offrace and can't decide between Terran or Protoss! Even though I feel more comfortable with Protoss (and most comfortable with zerg), I think I'll play Terran in honor of Bomber's deep run and of course Maru's Royal March through the brackets.

I've been rooting for Maru so hard to win OSL ever since he took Innovation. It's clear that Maru has more than Mechanics and Macro up his sleeve and can show more interesting builds like the Raven play that helped him break Rain's hard contain on Star Station.
I like Nike but wait a minute/The neighborhood supports so put some money in it
Stress
Profile Joined February 2011
United States980 Posts
August 11 2013 05:36 GMT
#104
On August 11 2013 14:21 Reborn58 wrote:
How hard is it to make the fucking title "Rain vs Maru Finals Recap" and then have the fucking story inside? You intentionally spoil people?


This website posts esports news as it happens, if you don't want the results to be spoiled then simply don't visit the website until you watch the VODs or the restream. Complaining about this is like going over to ESPN the morning after the superbowl finished and not expecting to see the results on the front page.
"Touch my gosu hands." - Tastosis | | fOrGG // MC // Jaedong
c0sm0naut
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1229 Posts
August 11 2013 05:39 GMT
#105
you can call me surprised XD
Hall0wed
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States8486 Posts
August 11 2013 05:42 GMT
#106
I'm impressed with Maru's ability to not give in to pressure, he doesn't seem to be one to ever choke lately.

Also laughing at soO for calling out Prime that one time. Maru had to take it too his teammate since soO can't back up his own talk by getting into the finals himself. =P
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painkilla
Profile Joined June 2013
United States695 Posts
August 11 2013 06:22 GMT
#107
On August 11 2013 14:42 Hall0wed wrote:
I'm impressed with Maru's ability to not give in to pressure, he doesn't seem to be one to ever choke lately.

Also laughing at soO for calling out Prime that one time. Maru had to take it too his teammate since soO can't back up his own talk by getting into the finals himself. =P


What did soO say ? It takes a lot of balls to call out Prime when he is such a mediocre player himself.
Supernova | TY | Polt | Innovation | forGG | Lucifron | Happy
igay
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Australia1178 Posts
August 11 2013 06:48 GMT
#108
great spic series, the korean finals are back to what they were before the zerg onslaught for the later part of wool
MVP <3 MKP <3 DRG <3
igay
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Australia1178 Posts
August 11 2013 07:00 GMT
#109
On August 11 2013 00:07 Darkthorn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 10 2013 23:50 hsiyyap852 wrote:
ESF :D!
(Poor Protoss we really should win a big Korean tournament once in a while...)

ye poor protoss having a finalist in wcs kr and 6/8 in wcs eu and 3/8 in wcs NA...the race is so bad it's not even funny.


(quick disclaimer: this comment isn't referring to balance in anyway.)

To be fair how many protoss have won korean tournaments.

MVP <3 MKP <3 DRG <3
vthree
Profile Joined November 2011
Hong Kong8039 Posts
August 11 2013 07:21 GMT
#110
On August 11 2013 16:00 igay wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2013 00:07 Darkthorn wrote:
On August 10 2013 23:50 hsiyyap852 wrote:
ESF :D!
(Poor Protoss we really should win a big Korean tournament once in a while...)

ye poor protoss having a finalist in wcs kr and 6/8 in wcs eu and 3/8 in wcs NA...the race is so bad it's not even funny.


(quick disclaimer: this comment isn't referring to balance in anyway.)

To be fair how many protoss have won korean tournaments.



MC, Seed, Yonghwa, Creator, Rain
Xpace
Profile Joined March 2011
United States2209 Posts
August 11 2013 07:33 GMT
#111
Maru is a royal roader.
OSL and GSL are still separate despite the WCS tag. It's hard to wrap your heads around it but it is what it is (think Nestea award complaints).
Xpace
Profile Joined March 2011
United States2209 Posts
August 11 2013 07:34 GMT
#112
On August 11 2013 15:22 painkilla wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2013 14:42 Hall0wed wrote:
I'm impressed with Maru's ability to not give in to pressure, he doesn't seem to be one to ever choke lately.

Also laughing at soO for calling out Prime that one time. Maru had to take it too his teammate since soO can't back up his own talk by getting into the finals himself. =P


What did soO say ? It takes a lot of balls to call out Prime when he is such a mediocre player himself.


He said Prime is an easy team.
Entirety
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
1423 Posts
August 11 2013 07:41 GMT
#113
On August 11 2013 16:21 vthree wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2013 16:00 igay wrote:
On August 11 2013 00:07 Darkthorn wrote:
On August 10 2013 23:50 hsiyyap852 wrote:
ESF :D!
(Poor Protoss we really should win a big Korean tournament once in a while...)

ye poor protoss having a finalist in wcs kr and 6/8 in wcs eu and 3/8 in wcs NA...the race is so bad it's not even funny.


(quick disclaimer: this comment isn't referring to balance in anyway.)

To be fair how many protoss have won korean tournaments.



MC, Seed, Yonghwa, Creator, Rain


I know you probably mean premier tournaments, but if you include ESV Weekly, you can also include JYP, Puzzle, InCa, GuineaPig, TAiLS, Tassadar, San, Tear, Sage. Puzzle also won Code A.
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painkilla
Profile Joined June 2013
United States695 Posts
August 11 2013 08:06 GMT
#114
On August 11 2013 16:00 igay wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2013 00:07 Darkthorn wrote:
On August 10 2013 23:50 hsiyyap852 wrote:
ESF :D!
(Poor Protoss we really should win a big Korean tournament once in a while...)

ye poor protoss having a finalist in wcs kr and 6/8 in wcs eu and 3/8 in wcs NA...the race is so bad it's not even funny.


(quick disclaimer: this comment isn't referring to balance in anyway.)

To be fair how many protoss have won korean tournaments.



For some reason Protoss have tendency to choke in the finals. Squirtle vs Mvp and now Rain vs Maru. At times when PvT seem to be P favored too. sOs also played nervously against Innovation even though it was a 4-0.
Supernova | TY | Polt | Innovation | forGG | Lucifron | Happy
Entirety
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
1423 Posts
August 11 2013 08:37 GMT
#115
On August 11 2013 17:06 painkilla wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2013 16:00 igay wrote:
On August 11 2013 00:07 Darkthorn wrote:
On August 10 2013 23:50 hsiyyap852 wrote:
ESF :D!
(Poor Protoss we really should win a big Korean tournament once in a while...)

ye poor protoss having a finalist in wcs kr and 6/8 in wcs eu and 3/8 in wcs NA...the race is so bad it's not even funny.


(quick disclaimer: this comment isn't referring to balance in anyway.)

To be fair how many protoss have won korean tournaments.



For some reason Protoss have tendency to choke in the finals. Squirtle vs Mvp and now Rain vs Maru. At times when PvT seem to be P favored too. sOs also played nervously against Innovation even though it was a 4-0.


No kidding! When MC choked in GSL Season 3 2012, I totally gave up hope of Protoss ever winning GSL again.
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Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
August 11 2013 08:47 GMT
#116
On August 11 2013 14:21 Reborn58 wrote:
How hard is it to make the fucking title "Rain vs Maru Finals Recap" and then have the fucking story inside? You intentionally spoil people?

About as hard as clicking the "hide spoilers" checkbox on the front page?
HOLY CHECK!
igay
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Australia1178 Posts
August 11 2013 10:00 GMT
#117
On August 11 2013 16:21 vthree wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2013 16:00 igay wrote:
On August 11 2013 00:07 Darkthorn wrote:
On August 10 2013 23:50 hsiyyap852 wrote:
ESF :D!
(Poor Protoss we really should win a big Korean tournament once in a while...)

ye poor protoss having a finalist in wcs kr and 6/8 in wcs eu and 3/8 in wcs NA...the race is so bad it's not even funny.


(quick disclaimer: this comment isn't referring to balance in anyway.)

To be fair how many protoss have won korean tournaments.



MC, Seed, Yonghwa, Creator, Rain


ok, in in comparison to zerg and terran
MVP <3 MKP <3 DRG <3
ooDi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada170 Posts
August 11 2013 10:05 GMT
#118
awesome write up!
"Believe you can and you're halfway there." @UR_ooDi www.twitch.tv/ooDi_sc
Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12024 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-11 10:11:59
August 11 2013 10:10 GMT
#119
I'm so sad for Rain, but he basically crumbled that game and it was heartbreaking

In my eyes this finals (much like the Flash/Jaedong MSL Finals with the powercut) will always be decided by the loser, rather than the winner playing better. I can't help it and maybe it's the fanboy in me but Rain just completely threw that away.

Congrats to Maru either way, he played well <3
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vthree
Profile Joined November 2011
Hong Kong8039 Posts
August 11 2013 10:21 GMT
#120
On August 11 2013 19:00 igay wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 11 2013 16:21 vthree wrote:
On August 11 2013 16:00 igay wrote:
On August 11 2013 00:07 Darkthorn wrote:
On August 10 2013 23:50 hsiyyap852 wrote:
ESF :D!
(Poor Protoss we really should win a big Korean tournament once in a while...)

ye poor protoss having a finalist in wcs kr and 6/8 in wcs eu and 3/8 in wcs NA...the race is so bad it's not even funny.


(quick disclaimer: this comment isn't referring to balance in anyway.)

To be fair how many protoss have won korean tournaments.



MC, Seed, Yonghwa, Creator, Rain


ok, in in comparison to zerg and terran


Zerg : Nestea, DRG, Life, Sniper, Roro, Soulkey

Terran : Mvp, Polt, MMA, Jjakji, Maru
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