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Maru defeats Dark to win WESG 2017 - Page 2

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deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
March 18 2018 19:37 GMT
#21
Lol, trophy almost as big as Maru
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
March 18 2018 19:40 GMT
#22
Great to see Maru triumph on the big stage again, it's been a long time since he lifted a trophy. And what a trophy!
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KappaKingPrime
Profile Joined May 2014
United States468 Posts
March 18 2018 21:05 GMT
#23
So happy that he managed to win! Though Im confused, why Dark pulled away drones before killing off bunker in last game.
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
March 18 2018 21:33 GMT
#24
On March 19 2018 04:30 Zaros wrote:
Is Dark the new soO?

One of Dark's losses came against soO, so it counts as like 10 losses at least. Dark is out soO-ing soO
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leublix
Profile Joined May 2017
493 Posts
March 18 2018 22:05 GMT
#25
Dark's finals loses are even harder to stomach than soO's. He plays so damn well and most of the time looks like the better player but still manages to lose somehow.

With soO you rarely get the impression that he might really win it.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-03-18 22:55:44
March 18 2018 22:50 GMT
#26
On March 19 2018 06:33 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2018 04:30 Zaros wrote:
Is Dark the new soO?

One of Dark's losses came against soO, so it counts as like 10 losses at least. Dark is out soO-ing soO

The upcoming GSL final will decide

And if soO wins GSL by beating Dark, Dark will be cursed forever
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
KaiserCommander
Profile Joined April 2010
Mexico290 Posts
March 18 2018 23:05 GMT
#27
@Veluvian I do not agreed with you in this, big macro games are just an aspect of the game, the strategy includes start, the game and the post-game and Maru played thayt better than Dark, Maru just applied a point of pressure and Dark broke.
Jinro, Polt, Bomber, ForGG, MajOr, Flash, Maru. Terran Fighting...
Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
March 18 2018 23:08 GMT
#28
On March 19 2018 06:33 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2018 04:30 Zaros wrote:
Is Dark the new soO?

One of Dark's losses came against soO, so it counts as like 10 losses at least. Dark is out soO-ing soO

I'm pretty sure soO transferred the Kong line to Dark when he won that finals. soO has still lost 4 finals since then, but it's not a constant, season-after-season exercise in futility. They also haven't been the heartbreakers that his finals against Classic and Solar were, where he was the favorite to win, or came very close to winning. He's just been outclassed by players in peak form, while soO was just below them. Dark, however, has lost 5 finals since then, with 3 of them going to a game 7. So while soO hasn't been able to get past his mental block in finals, Dark has shown more of the heartbreak we associate with a Kong.
mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
March 18 2018 23:12 GMT
#29
On March 19 2018 07:05 leublix wrote:
Dark's finals loses are even harder to stomach than soO's. He plays so damn well and most of the time looks like the better player but still manages to lose somehow.

With soO you rarely get the impression that he might really win it.


I still can't believe he didn't pool first g6 or g7. Maru is well known for this type of play Hopefully we'll see some revenge (or fewer proxy losses) in the GSL tournament!
JD, Stork, Calm, Hyuk Fighting!
xTJx
Profile Joined May 2014
Brazil419 Posts
March 18 2018 23:40 GMT
#30
I wonder if this went to TY notes.
No prejudices, i hate everyone equally.
seemsgood
Profile Joined January 2016
5527 Posts
March 19 2018 01:02 GMT
#31
Love game 1.That is how zerg should be designed,mindless macro,keep inefficiency trading and overwhelm enemy.
Only retards think 8 armor ultra and infestor are for zerg's army.Those thing are protoss units...
Whine aside i could see Maru goes easy for Dark in GSL.
phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1740 Posts
March 19 2018 02:46 GMT
#32
On March 19 2018 10:02 seemsgood wrote:
Love game 1.That is how zerg should be designed,mindless macro,keep inefficiency trading and overwhelm enemy.
Only retards think 8 armor ultra and infestor are for zerg's army.Those thing are protoss units...
Whine aside i could see Maru goes easy for Dark in GSL.


Yeah, game one of the series is how I envision Zerg should be. Constant trading over and over until you starve the other person out. Zerg shouldn't have ultra powerful deathball armies, they should be running around and attacking or swarming and win by starving out their opponents. Oh well.
Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
March 19 2018 03:11 GMT
#33
On March 19 2018 06:33 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2018 04:30 Zaros wrote:
Is Dark the new soO?

One of Dark's losses came against soO, so it counts as like 10 losses at least. Dark is out soO-ing soO

If Dark is out soO-ing soO, then that means soO is the 2nd best soO which makes him the soO of soOs.
Ransomstarcraft
Profile Joined September 2016
75 Posts
March 19 2018 03:12 GMT
#34
They both played incredibly well, and they both took home quite a bit of money I believe. This was a great series.
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
March 19 2018 07:47 GMT
#35
gonna be so interesting to see the rematch in the GSL semis, Dark is probably out for blood
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
neutralrobot
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia1025 Posts
March 19 2018 08:02 GMT
#36
On March 19 2018 16:47 Geo.Rion wrote:
gonna be so interesting to see the rematch in the GSL semis, Dark is probably out for blood


I also think Maru will have learned and adjusted from this series. I actually expect Maru to get in his head, put him on tilt early, and totally stomp him.
Maru | Life | PartinG || I guess I like aggressive control freaks... || Reynor will one day reign supreme || *reyn supreme
da.ta
Profile Joined March 2018
9 Posts
March 19 2018 08:16 GMT
#37
Game 1 was not macro game, it was roach/ravager 5 minute push that decided the game. 9/10 players would have lost right then, Maru survived and took the game to the late game, but he was so far behind he could have won only if Dark would have made some major blunders, and he didn't.
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
March 19 2018 08:23 GMT
#38
On March 19 2018 17:16 da.ta wrote:
Game 1 was not macro game, it was roach/ravager 5 minute push that decided the game. 9/10 players would have lost right then, Maru survived and took the game to the late game, but he was so far behind he could have won only if Dark would have made some major blunders, and he didn't.

Welcome to TL!
Nice call with your first post, indeed, G1 was an allin that worked, but dindt kill the Terran off entirely, and ended up being a 30+ minutes starvation game.
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
EEk1TwEEk
Profile Joined June 2017
Russian Federation187 Posts
March 19 2018 08:50 GMT
#39
Congratulations for Maru!! Huge success, impecable performance from both players.

It's middle of March, and JAGW already have a shitload of money. They should hire new players! Hire soO!
This man suffers from a bad heart, but I have plenty of medicine.
LDaVinci
Profile Joined May 2014
France130 Posts
March 19 2018 09:10 GMT
#40
With this Maru, imo, takes the spot of best Terran player (currently, not all time) AND the number 1 spot for earnings in prize money !

GG to him
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