• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 14:30
CEST 20:30
KST 03:30
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall10HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16Code S RO4 & Finals Preview: herO, Rogue, Classic, GuMiho0TL Team Map Contest #5: Presented by Monster Energy6
Community News
Firefly given lifetime ban by ESIC following match-fixing investigation2$25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced2Weekly Cups (June 30 - July 6): Classic Doubles5[BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China9Flash Announces Hiatus From ASL66
StarCraft 2
General
Firefly given lifetime ban by ESIC following match-fixing investigation Streamerzone Starcraft Pro Series (SSPS)! The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings Weekly Cups (June 30 - July 6): Classic Doubles Jim claims he and Firefly were involved in match-fixing
Tourneys
FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event $25,000 Streamerzone StarCraft Pro Series announced Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series WardiTV Mondays
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response Simple Questions Simple Answers
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 481 Fear and Lava Mutation # 480 Moths to the Flame Mutation # 479 Worn Out Welcome Mutation # 478 Instant Karma
Brood War
General
ASL20 Preliminary Maps BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ i aint gon lie to u bruh... [ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall SC uni coach streams logging into betting site
Tourneys
[BSL20] Non-Korean Championship 4x BSL + 4x China [BSL20] Grand Finals - Sunday 20:00 CET CSL Xiamen International Invitational The Casual Games of the Week Thread
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers I am doing this better than progamers do.
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile What do you want from future RTS games? Beyond All Reason
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative Summer Games Done Quick 2025! Summer Games Done Quick 2024!
Fan Clubs
SKT1 Classic Fan Club! Maru Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NHL Playoffs 2024
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
Culture Clash in Video Games…
TrAiDoS
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 603 users

Code S - Semi-Finals Preview (Season 3) - Page 2

Forum Index > SC2 General
156 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next All
tshi
Profile Joined September 2012
United States2495 Posts
October 09 2013 01:04 GMT
#21
On October 09 2013 09:37 Darkhoarse wrote:
Bah I have to root for someone from Prime. Guess Maru has to be a 2 time WCS champ.

If he wins another championship, we can start calling him a bonjwa?
scrub - inexperienced player with relatively little skill and excessive arrogance
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
October 09 2013 01:10 GMT
#22
On October 09 2013 10:04 tshi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2013 09:37 Darkhoarse wrote:
Bah I have to root for someone from Prime. Guess Maru has to be a 2 time WCS champ.

If he wins another championship, we can start calling him a bonjwa?


maybe when he wins 5
Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6103 Posts
October 09 2013 01:13 GMT
#23
Flash vs Soulkey finals would've been so good
#1 Terran hater
althaz
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia1001 Posts
October 09 2013 01:37 GMT
#24
On October 09 2013 10:04 tshi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2013 09:37 Darkhoarse wrote:
Bah I have to root for someone from Prime. Guess Maru has to be a 2 time WCS champ.

If he wins another championship, we can start calling him a bonjwa?

If he wins the Season Finals, Blizzcon and leads Prime to GSTL glory, then we can say "if he keeps up this form, we might have to start thinking about calling him a bonjwa in a year or so".
The first rule we don't talk about race conditions. of race conditions is
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
October 09 2013 01:40 GMT
#25
On October 09 2013 10:37 althaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2013 10:04 tshi wrote:
On October 09 2013 09:37 Darkhoarse wrote:
Bah I have to root for someone from Prime. Guess Maru has to be a 2 time WCS champ.

If he wins another championship, we can start calling him a bonjwa?

If he wins the Season Finals, Blizzcon and leads Prime to GSTL glory, then we can say "if he keeps up this form, we might have to start thinking about calling him a bonjwa in a year or so".


So literally impossible then since Prime isn't in GSTL.
Moderator
bearhug
Profile Joined September 2010
United States999 Posts
October 09 2013 01:41 GMT
#26
On October 09 2013 10:10 Dodgin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2013 10:04 tshi wrote:
On October 09 2013 09:37 Darkhoarse wrote:
Bah I have to root for someone from Prime. Guess Maru has to be a 2 time WCS champ.

If he wins another championship, we can start calling him a bonjwa?


maybe when he wins 5


Well, you need to consider that there were 8 GSLs in 2011 when MVP got his three championships. And there are only 3 (GSL + OSL) in 2013. So MVP's 4 GSL achievement is equal to today's 2 GSL/OSL achievement.
We are dusts in the vast cosmic arena. Need to make the most out of life when we still have it.
Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
October 09 2013 01:42 GMT
#27
Too bad Trap was playing for the 5th place last night, his pvt was finals worthy
Refer to my post.
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-09 01:51:12
October 09 2013 01:48 GMT
#28
On October 09 2013 10:41 bearhug wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2013 10:10 Dodgin wrote:
On October 09 2013 10:04 tshi wrote:
On October 09 2013 09:37 Darkhoarse wrote:
Bah I have to root for someone from Prime. Guess Maru has to be a 2 time WCS champ.

If he wins another championship, we can start calling him a bonjwa?


maybe when he wins 5


Well, you need to consider that there were 8 GSLs in 2011 when MVP got his three championships. And there are only 3 (GSL + OSL) in 2013. So MVP's 4 GSL achievement is equal to today's 2 GSL/OSL achievement.


I was just going to laugh at you but seeing as you're probably serious I'll treat your terrible suggestion seriously.

More opportunities doesn't mean that you will win more often, there's a reason only a select few players in the history of this game ever win more than one premier tournament. It's easier to win 3 GSL's in a year when there are 8 GSL's, unquestionably, however it doesn't mean that if there were 3 GSL's in a year winning one of them equals winning 3 in a world where there are x3 as many. Maru is a veteran of this scene just as much as Mvp, he had a chance to take advantage of more GSL's in 2011 and he failed to win any of them. Now that Maru is hitting his peak you could suggest that, in a world where there were 8 GSL's this year, Maru might win 3 of them. But there's no way to prove that it is the case. Now more specifically for Mvp's case, not only did he win 4 times but he played in the finals 6 times. That's twice as much as any other player(nestea x3, MCx3, MMAx3 if you include Blizzard Cup) in SC2 history. They all had the same opportunities if they were here from the start like Maru was.

Comparing achievements from different time periods is silly anyway, if there were 8 GSL's in 2012 maybe Mvp would have won another seeing as he was the only sc2 player to play in two different GSL finals in 2012.
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
October 09 2013 02:03 GMT
#29
^ your argument hardly counters his suggestion
ModeratorRetired LR Bonjwa
TL+ Member
Fanatic-Templar
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada5819 Posts
October 09 2013 02:05 GMT
#30
On October 09 2013 08:50 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote:To illustrate soO's situation at the time, here's a little excerpt from our old preview ahead of his semi-final match against eventual champion JangBi: "JangBi, you’ve shattered everyone’s expectations by getting this far at all, but the hardest part of your journey is yet ahead of you (Editor’s note: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA)."


Hey, I remember that article. That was when Riptide finally explained why I had never really enjoyed watching Flash.

On October 09 2013 10:04 tshi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2013 09:37 Darkhoarse wrote:
Bah I have to root for someone from Prime. Guess Maru has to be a 2 time WCS champ.

If he wins another championship, we can start calling him a bonjwa?


The article above also explains how one goes about becoming a bonjwa. It's under spoilers as "Super secret Flash bonjwa build".
I bear this sig to commemorate the loss of the team icon that commemorated Oversky's 2008-2009 Proleague Round 1 performance.
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
October 09 2013 02:11 GMT
#31
On October 09 2013 11:03 opterown wrote:
^ your argument hardly counters his suggestion


you know what really annoys me on the internet? when someone posts " YOU'RE WRONG! " without actually explaining why they think you're wrong.

His suggestion is stupid because you cannot simply scale tournament wins up because there are more of them. There are too many factors in sc2 to suggest that winning 1 tournament when there are 3 potential tournaments to play in equals winning 2 tournaments when there are 6 potential tournaments to play in.
XtreMe_au
Profile Joined August 2012
Australia412 Posts
October 09 2013 02:20 GMT
#32
Season 1 champ vs season 2 champ would make for a hype finals!
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-09 02:35:30
October 09 2013 02:35 GMT
#33
On October 09 2013 11:11 Dodgin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2013 11:03 opterown wrote:
^ your argument hardly counters his suggestion


you know what really annoys me on the internet? when someone posts " YOU'RE WRONG! " without actually explaining why they think you're wrong.

His suggestion is stupid because you cannot simply scale tournament wins up because there are more of them. There are too many factors in sc2 to suggest that winning 1 tournament when there are 3 potential tournaments to play in equals winning 2 tournaments when there are 6 potential tournaments to play in.

i'm on my phone and typing something out is too difficult, but i entirely disagree with how you worded your rebuttal/what your argument came from. i don't think 1/3 is equivalent to 3/9 in 'achievement', but in terms of 'dominance' or 'relevance' it's pretty similar
ModeratorRetired LR Bonjwa
TL+ Member
kochanfe
Profile Joined July 2011
Micronesia1338 Posts
October 09 2013 02:35 GMT
#34
Maru 3–1 Dear
Soulkey 3–2 soO
(I hope , want to see a Maru–Soulkey finals so bad! Season 1 champ against season 2 champ would be so sick!)
"The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long." - Lao Tzu
Lunareste
Profile Joined July 2011
United States3596 Posts
October 09 2013 02:40 GMT
#35
SOULKEYYYYYYY

and OH MY DEAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR
KT FlaSh FOREVER
goody153
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
44109 Posts
October 09 2013 02:41 GMT
#36
i have a gut feeling that maru is gonna win the whole damn thing again
this is a quote
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
October 09 2013 02:48 GMT
#37
Soulkey is the most consistent son of a bitch SC2 has seen in a while. Ro8 after Ro8 showing from this guy
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
bittman
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia8759 Posts
October 09 2013 02:57 GMT
#38
On October 09 2013 11:35 opterown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2013 11:11 Dodgin wrote:
On October 09 2013 11:03 opterown wrote:
^ your argument hardly counters his suggestion


you know what really annoys me on the internet? when someone posts " YOU'RE WRONG! " without actually explaining why they think you're wrong.

His suggestion is stupid because you cannot simply scale tournament wins up because there are more of them. There are too many factors in sc2 to suggest that winning 1 tournament when there are 3 potential tournaments to play in equals winning 2 tournaments when there are 6 potential tournaments to play in.

i'm on my phone and typing something out is too difficult, but i entirely disagree with how you worded your rebuttal/what your argument came from. i don't think 1/3 is equivalent to 3/9 in 'achievement', but in terms of 'dominance' or 'relevance' it's pretty similar


Well as much as people like to say WCS World < WCS Korea, honestly I see that as 1/6 still. Maru would need to win this season AND WCS world to get a look in from me as bonjwa. Same with Soulkey. Just winning either one on it's own means nothing.

Innovation looked dominant when he basically had a lot of high finishes in the big tournaments in a row. He didn't even win a WCS KR when people were super hyped.
Mvp - Leenock - Dongraegu - MC - Gumiho - Keen - Polt - Squirtle - Jjakji - Genius - Seed - Life - sC - Dream || LG-IM - MVP - FXO
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-09 03:00:12
October 09 2013 02:59 GMT
#39
On October 09 2013 11:35 opterown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2013 11:11 Dodgin wrote:
On October 09 2013 11:03 opterown wrote:
^ your argument hardly counters his suggestion


you know what really annoys me on the internet? when someone posts " YOU'RE WRONG! " without actually explaining why they think you're wrong.

His suggestion is stupid because you cannot simply scale tournament wins up because there are more of them. There are too many factors in sc2 to suggest that winning 1 tournament when there are 3 potential tournaments to play in equals winning 2 tournaments when there are 6 potential tournaments to play in.

i'm on my phone and typing something out is too difficult, but i entirely disagree with how you worded your rebuttal/what your argument came from. i don't think 1/3 is equivalent to 3/9 in 'achievement', but in terms of 'dominance' or 'relevance' it's pretty similar


it's one tournament no matter how you slice it, just because it lasts a few weeks longer than the old code s' doesn't change that fact. What we should look at now is how a player does at the season finals after their run in that specific WCS season. If they can do well in both then I think that shows a " level of dominance " similiar to winning multiple GSL's in 2011, and yes they are different types of tournaments but It's all we have to go on with so few seasons.

Innovation, Soulkey and Mvp both did very well in season 1 after making it to the finals of their region + making top 4 at the season finals. In season 2 Bomber did extremely well with making it to top 4 in Korea + 1st in the season finals. Maru won Korea but then bombed out of the season finals, I would say overall Bomber was more dominant for season 2 but for some reason he's not even mentioned in these discussions.
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
October 09 2013 03:01 GMT
#40
On October 09 2013 10:40 stuchiu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 09 2013 10:37 althaz wrote:
On October 09 2013 10:04 tshi wrote:
On October 09 2013 09:37 Darkhoarse wrote:
Bah I have to root for someone from Prime. Guess Maru has to be a 2 time WCS champ.

If he wins another championship, we can start calling him a bonjwa?

If he wins the Season Finals, Blizzcon and leads Prime to GSTL glory, then we can say "if he keeps up this form, we might have to start thinking about calling him a bonjwa in a year or so".


So literally impossible then since Prime isn't in GSTL.

That's the idea!
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
WardiTV European League
16:00
Swiss Groups Day 3
Gerald vs BabymarineLIVE!
Krystianer vs YoungYakov
WardiTV1271
TKL 335
IndyStarCraft 261
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
mouzHeroMarine 424
TKL 335
IndyStarCraft 261
BRAT_OK 119
MindelVK 26
trigger 25
ForJumy 23
StarCraft: Brood War
Bisu 1060
Mini 861
EffOrt 616
firebathero 448
Soulkey 216
Hyun 56
sas.Sziky 51
Aegong 42
soO 19
yabsab 11
Dota 2
Gorgc10212
qojqva3263
League of Legends
singsing1868
Grubby1403
Counter-Strike
fl0m1632
oskar641
flusha483
byalli359
pashabiceps335
Foxcn231
sgares57
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu239
Other Games
tarik_tv29054
gofns19268
FrodaN1777
Beastyqt788
ceh9548
ToD201
elazer200
KnowMe171
Trikslyr57
QueenE45
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick51698
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 18 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Reevou 6
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• Pr0nogo 1
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• Ler132
League of Legends
• Jankos1992
• TFBlade1365
Other Games
• Scarra2106
• imaqtpie1281
• Shiphtur350
Upcoming Events
PiGosaur Monday
5h 31m
The PondCast
15h 31m
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
21h 31m
WardiTV European League
21h 31m
Jumy vs NightPhoenix
Percival vs Nicoract
ArT vs HiGhDrA
MaxPax vs Harstem
Scarlett vs Shameless
SKillous vs uThermal
Replay Cast
1d 5h
RSL Revival
1d 15h
ByuN vs SHIN
Clem vs Reynor
Replay Cast
2 days
RSL Revival
2 days
Classic vs Cure
FEL
2 days
RSL Revival
3 days
[ Show More ]
FEL
3 days
FEL
3 days
CSO Cup
3 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
3 days
Bonyth vs QiaoGege
Dewalt vs Fengzi
Hawk vs Zhanhun
Sziky vs Mihu
Mihu vs QiaoGege
Zhanhun vs Sziky
Fengzi vs Hawk
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
FEL
4 days
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
4 days
Bonyth vs Dewalt
QiaoGege vs Dewalt
Hawk vs Bonyth
Sziky vs Fengzi
Mihu vs Zhanhun
QiaoGege vs Zhanhun
Fengzi vs Mihu
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

BSL Season 20
HSC XXVII
Heroes 10 EU

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
BSL 2v2 Season 3
Acropolis #3
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
CSL 17: 2025 SUMMER
Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
Championship of Russia 2025
RSL Revival: Season 1
Murky Cup #2
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025

Upcoming

2025 ACS Season 2: Qualifier
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSL Xiamen Invitational
2025 ACS Season 2
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
K-Championship
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
SEL Season 2 Championship
FEL Cracov 2025
Esports World Cup 2025
Underdog Cup #2
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.