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The $400,000 WESG main event continued in Haikou, China, as sixteen players competed in the final group stage with playoff spots on the line.
Fifteen-year-old Italian Zerg player  Reynor was the star of the final group stage, adding top foreign Terran SpeCial to his list of victims in what is turning into his breakout tournament. Meanwhile, Dark, Classic, and Maru upheld Korea's reputation as StarCraft's dominant nation, remaining undefeated in series (18-0 overall) in the tournament. uThermal came closest to giving the Koreans pause, dragging Classic into a tight, five game series.
The eight-player playoff bracket has been drawn, and the age-old Korea vs foreigners storyline is set to unfold. In bygone years, a Korean sweep of the top three spots would have been a foregone conclusion in an international tournament. The next few days will tell us how much StarCraft has changed—or if it has changed at all.
Recap by: Wax
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Although it is unlikely, It would be great that one of the non koreans beat one of the koreans. A little upset to spice things up.
Usually I would give Scarlett the highest chances here. But currently she seems not to be 100% on top of her game.
But still this will be an interesting tournament.
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Less and less terrans in every bracket 
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Maru is blessing us with an amazing tournament, Thank you Lord MARU
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On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket
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Less and less Terrans and Protoss... More and more Zerg.
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On March 17 2018 03:20 arkedos wrote:
Although it is unlikely, It would be great that one of the non koreans beat one of the koreans. A little upset to spice things up.
Usually I would give Scarlett the highest chances here. But currently she seems not to be 100% on top of her game.
But still this will be an interesting tournament.
I think Serral is the most likely as he has done it recently
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On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket
I don't know what you're watching, the number of koreans looks pretty constant from Ro32 to Ro8 and probably will stay constant until the Ro4 bracket 
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Zergs are very strong these days.
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Maru solo carrying Terran yet again
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Scarlett has the best chance
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I hope Reynor can take a game off Maru. That would already be quite an accomplishment in itself.
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Just imagine if Wunderkind Reynor would actually beat Maru... that'd be a break out tourney alright. Anyhow, the upper bracket looks really interesting to follow (even if Reynor should fail to pull off a miracle)! 
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Reynor may defeat Maru, given Reynor has been doing well. Maybe Elazer can defeat Classic.
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On March 17 2018 03:57 Jimmon wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket ... Less and less Terrans and Protoss... More and more Zerg.
There were barely any top Protoss and Terran players in this tournament, while pretty much every top Zerg from outside Korea was in it. With how WESG awards its seeds a lot of the early rounds are players getting completely outclassed, unless you really think that Has is better than Serral and that Strike and Hut are better than Scarlett.
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wow 4 foreigner vs korean matchups in ro8!
serral counts as korean btw
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On March 17 2018 05:12 Solar424 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2018 03:57 Jimmon wrote:On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket ... Less and less Terrans and Protoss... More and more Zerg. There were barely any top Protoss and Terran players in this tournament, while pretty much every top Zerg from outside Korea was in it. With how WESG awards its seeds a lot of the early rounds are players getting completely outclassed, unless you really think that Has is better than Serral and that Strike and Hut are better than Scarlett.
To be fair, every top terran and protoss outside of korea was in that tourney as well. the list isnt very long, though...
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Serral vs. Neeb being THE match in the round of eight. The rest is easy.
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On March 17 2018 05:12 Solar424 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2018 03:57 Jimmon wrote:On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket ... Less and less Terrans and Protoss... More and more Zerg. There were barely any top Protoss and Terran players in this tournament, while pretty much every top Zerg from outside Korea was in it. With how WESG awards its seeds a lot of the early rounds are players getting completely outclassed, unless you really think that Has is better than Serral and that Strike and Hut are better than Scarlett.
This!
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Looks like amazing games will be played. All I can say.
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Maru is playing out of his mind, I can't see him losing this tournament
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Reynor <3
Everyone board the hype train... Choo Choo! Chagga chagga chagga chagga... Choo Choo!
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On March 17 2018 03:20 arkedos wrote:
Although it is unlikely, It would be great that one of the non koreans beat one of the koreans. A little upset to spice things up.
Usually I would give Scarlett the highest chances here. But currently she seems not to be 100% on top of her game.
But still this will be an interesting tournament.
Unfortunately I think it's a pipe dream for a Korean to lose to a foreigner, at least in this tournament.
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On March 17 2018 06:34 mierin wrote:
Unfortunately I think it's a pipe dream for a Korean to lose to a foreigner, at least in this tournament.
Seems like Serral wants to have a word with you. Well played though. Now lets hope Maru takes it home tomorrow.
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On March 17 2018 05:12 Solar424 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2018 03:57 Jimmon wrote:On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket ... Less and less Terrans and Protoss... More and more Zerg. There were barely any top Protoss and Terran players in this tournament, while pretty much every top Zerg from outside Korea was in it. With how WESG awards its seeds a lot of the early rounds are players getting completely outclassed, unless you really think that Has is better than Serral and that Strike and Hut are better than Scarlett.
Because they lost in the qualifiers to zergs?
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On March 17 2018 03:57 Jimmon wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket ... Less and less Terrans and Protoss... More and more Zerg.
I used to watch a ton of SC2 tourneys. I would go out of my way to clear up my schedule, but these days I can take it or leave it, and usually tend to leave it due to all the zvz's.
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On March 18 2018 07:17 Devolved wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2018 03:57 Jimmon wrote:On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket ... Less and less Terrans and Protoss... More and more Zerg. I used to watch a ton of SC2 tourneys. I would go out of my way to clear up my schedule, but these days I can take it or leave it, and usually tend to leave it due to all the zvz's.
Same here. After blizzcon last year I haven't watch more than a handful of matches. The number of zvzs is completely off-putting.
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On March 18 2018 10:29 LTCM wrote:Show nested quote +On March 18 2018 07:17 Devolved wrote:On March 17 2018 03:57 Jimmon wrote:On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket ... Less and less Terrans and Protoss... More and more Zerg. I used to watch a ton of SC2 tourneys. I would go out of my way to clear up my schedule, but these days I can take it or leave it, and usually tend to leave it due to all the zvz's. Same here. After blizzcon last year I haven't watch more than a handful of matches. The number of zvzs is completely off-putting.
i partly agree but it does kinda seem like ZvZ as a matchup has improved a lot lately
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On March 18 2018 10:29 LTCM wrote:Show nested quote +On March 18 2018 07:17 Devolved wrote:On March 17 2018 03:57 Jimmon wrote:On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket ... Less and less Terrans and Protoss... More and more Zerg. I used to watch a ton of SC2 tourneys. I would go out of my way to clear up my schedule, but these days I can take it or leave it, and usually tend to leave it due to all the zvz's. Same here. After blizzcon last year I haven't watch more than a handful of matches. The number of zvzs is completely off-putting.
..while at the same time terran balance whine is not off-putting at all, it's just a SC constant we've all learn to live with since supply depots were first created
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On March 18 2018 14:33 waiting2Bbanned wrote:Show nested quote +On March 18 2018 10:29 LTCM wrote:On March 18 2018 07:17 Devolved wrote:On March 17 2018 03:57 Jimmon wrote:On March 17 2018 03:49 ToXavieR wrote:Less and less terrans in every bracket ... Less and less Terrans and Protoss... More and more Zerg. I used to watch a ton of SC2 tourneys. I would go out of my way to clear up my schedule, but these days I can take it or leave it, and usually tend to leave it due to all the zvz's. Same here. After blizzcon last year I haven't watch more than a handful of matches. The number of zvzs is completely off-putting. ..while at the same time terran balance whine is not off-putting at all, it's just a SC constant we've all learn to live with since supply depots were first created
Terrans should learn from the morally superior Zerg and Protoss players who never whine and instead focus on getting better
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