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On May 27 2018 08:19 RogerChillingworth wrote:
Pretty disappointing matches so far this ro16. Just doesn't feel like the level is as high as it should be, with the players we have. Maybe Dark and sOs can turn the image around.
Dear has been the only real surprise in Ro16 so far. I think it was pretty much universally understood that Maru was gonna take that group. Then I put Zest and Solar on the same level and Zest played him like a fiddle. Nothing shocking about group A and I quite enjoyed watching the 2 Zest v Solar series and watch Zest mindfuck him.
Dear winning group B is definitely odd considering I thought he would finish last. I thought Rogue was going to monster mode the group then a great TvZ between Inno and Soo for second. Didn't happen that way.
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On May 27 2018 19:05 Syn Harvest wrote:
Dear winning group B is definitely odd considering I thought he would finish last. I thought Rogue was going to monster mode the group then a great TvZ between Inno and Soo for second. Didn't happen that way.
Well soO was never gonna beat Inno anyway so really that would have been a foregone conclusion.
But there's hope for some great matches that could still happen. Group C is ridiculous. All matches sound juicy.
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Awesome group and great games!
Dears series were so amazing... He starts out with an embarassing loss both times, then follows up with a second game where he proceeds to take heavy losses and then wins the game while the casters are still lamenting his bad position :D
And versus rogue he basically won with superior army control, positioning and constant harrass, the play versus the swarmhosts was very impressive.
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Inno could really use some patch from Blizz....
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just gonna wait 'til sOs wins GSL finally
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Has soO finally broken? Will he ever make another finals?
Say it anit so.
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SoO fehlt like he was falling behind the likes of Rogue and Dark.
His engages against innovation looked very little motivated, instead of trying for surrounds he just a moved from his fourth... Dunno feels bad man
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On May 27 2018 21:51 Freeborn wrote:
Awesome group and great games!
Dears series were so amazing... He starts out with an embarassing loss both times, then follows up with a second game where he proceeds to take heavy losses and then wins the game while the casters are still lamenting his bad position :D
And versus rogue he basically won with superior army control, positioning and constant harrass, the play versus the swarmhosts was very impressive.
First game vs rogue wasn't that embarrassing, Protoss is just soooo fragile if you dont see that coming nothing you can do really. But was really happy for Dear after all the experts proclaiming him to be in last place.
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People here are not giving Dear enough respect. He outplayed soO and Rogue. His timings were perfect and his micro was unstoppable. Also Dear (unlike soO and Rogue -who both made mistakes in army composition and pressing advantages) kept calm under pressure.
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Korea (South)227 Posts
Yeah Dear just played the best that day. To be honest, after the first game I thought it would be another traditional "everything goes to plan" kind of group, but fine play from Dear and Rogue put the would be winners out of this season.
It was pretty sad to see soO again lose to his vT demons, and to see INnoVation not managing to win this season either.
The terran fanboy in me wanted another god to manage to get to the knockout stages, but not to be I guess.
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Rogue looked pretty good. Even vs Innovation he had so much stuff. Surprised it was Dear to make it out, and first at that, but it is Ro16 and if you win two matches your are through.
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United States33493 Posts
All the ppl who believed in Dear get to take a glooorious victory lap this week.
At least we get a quarterfinals card of Maru vs Rogue :o
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Very Happy for Dear! Really happy to see him advance!
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Still not gonna be hyped for Dear. He's super solid, but his micro is just not at the level of the other top Protosses. He also has a lot of "oh dear" moments, pun intended. SoO historically has been terrible against turtling players, but even then it was a disappointing showing, I thought he would get out 1st with Rogue 2nd.
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Dear of 2013 is back?
It was a comeback of 100 population.
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Dear never disappoints in these group elimination matches. Honestly him and Trap are some of the most underrated Protoss players. Still waiting to see Dear hopefully break into a Finals. Feels like long BoX matches are not his strong suit.
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EPT
