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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55571 Posts
August 02 2018 18:02 GMT
#21
On August 03 2018 02:39 BigRedDog wrote:
Guess soo won't make it to blizzcon

His Blizzcon chances aren't affected by this tournament in any way, shape or form.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
agripsss
Profile Joined June 2018
37 Posts
August 02 2018 20:22 GMT
#22
Where were your vipers soO??? Good series though
KappaKingPrime
Profile Joined May 2014
United States468 Posts
August 02 2018 20:57 GMT
#23
Really impressed with ShoWTimE, that DT hold was clutch. Curious to see what he can do to Maru.
Rob-Zero
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany460 Posts
August 02 2018 21:47 GMT
#24
The bracket makes me really sad when i look at it, beating Maru at the moment seems nearly impossible, while i think ShoWTimE would have had a chance against most other Koreans (except Rogue, I think). Same with Serral, going up against Rogue/Innovation (I´m not expecting him to lose against Kelazhur) in the Ro8 will be really hard. Of course i don´t want to count them out already, but still, i have the feeling both of them could have had a deep run if they would not run into the best players of the world in Ro8 already..
Aside from that I would like to know what HeRoMaRinE thinks, maybe he is quite happy now that the Brazilians voted so much for their boy Kelazhur, flying to Korea just to play against Serral again might not have been a pleasure for him
(I know, it´s 2,5k $ still)
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19334 Posts
August 02 2018 22:13 GMT
#25
Showtime played great and Zest has had terrible PvP since the shield battery era. I can't wait to see Showtime take on Maru. I am also happy Special can represent his new sponsors by advancing. His match versus State will be great.
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aish
Profile Joined March 2018
20 Posts
August 02 2018 22:59 GMT
#26
>gets second in gsl
>gets told he is in a "slump"

These korean apologists never stop making me laugh.
kottbullar
Profile Joined August 2012
Australia490 Posts
August 02 2018 23:56 GMT
#27
On August 03 2018 06:47 Rob-Zero wrote:
The bracket makes me really sad when i look at it, beating Maru at the moment seems nearly impossible, while i think ShoWTimE would have had a chance against most other Koreans (except Rogue, I think). Same with Serral, going up against Rogue/Innovation (I´m not expecting him to lose against Kelazhur) in the Ro8 will be really hard. Of course i don´t want to count them out already, but still, i have the feeling both of them could have had a deep run if they would not run into the best players of the world in Ro8 already..
Aside from that I would like to know what HeRoMaRinE thinks, maybe he is quite happy now that the Brazilians voted so much for their boy Kelazhur, flying to Korea just to play against Serral again might not have been a pleasure for him
(I know, it´s 2,5k $ still)


Think of it as a foreigner right of passage. Stephano did not ascend to foreigner bonjwadom by winning IPL against Lucky. He did it by going through top Koreans over and over again. If Serral is heading in that direction, then this is a necessary step \o/.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
August 03 2018 00:03 GMT
#28
On August 03 2018 07:59 aish wrote:
>gets second in gsl
>gets told he is in a "slump"

These korean apologists never stop making me laugh.

Whether he's in a slump is debatable.

What isn't debatable is the fact he played like complete shit. Probably his worst performance in a tournament all year
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
blooblooblahblah
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia4163 Posts
August 03 2018 00:05 GMT
#29
On August 03 2018 07:13 BisuDagger wrote:
Showtime played great and Zest has had terrible PvP since the shield battery era. I can't wait to see Showtime take on Maru. I am also happy Special can represent his new sponsors by advancing. His match versus State will be great.


Zest's PvP since the shield battery era has been really good? If anything, it improved, cos Zest was seriously slumping for like an entire year before 4.0. I think most people consider Zest's PvP currently one of the best in the world.

Personally for me, I think Zest's style is really clowny and he's super stubborn with it. He loves to get these weird early game edges which basically didn't pay off in any of these games. Every single game was reasonably competitive, which is frustrating cos he's clearly very good but found himself so far behind that it didn't really matter. He definitely has probably the 2nd most dangerous PvP in Korea outside of sOs, but the weaknesses of his play were really shown here.

I'm no Zest hater but boy does he often look so silly sometimes, in all matchups.
Ganzi beat me without stim. Ostojiy beat me with a nydus. Siphonn beat me with probes. Revival beat my sentry-immortal all-in.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17472 Posts
August 03 2018 01:27 GMT
#30
great 1st day of action!
Has forces games that remind me of C&C games.
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Rob-Zero
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany460 Posts
August 03 2018 01:41 GMT
#31
On August 03 2018 08:56 kottbullar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 03 2018 06:47 Rob-Zero wrote:
The bracket makes me really sad when i look at it, beating Maru at the moment seems nearly impossible, while i think ShoWTimE would have had a chance against most other Koreans (except Rogue, I think). Same with Serral, going up against Rogue/Innovation (I´m not expecting him to lose against Kelazhur) in the Ro8 will be really hard. Of course i don´t want to count them out already, but still, i have the feeling both of them could have had a deep run if they would not run into the best players of the world in Ro8 already..
Aside from that I would like to know what HeRoMaRinE thinks, maybe he is quite happy now that the Brazilians voted so much for their boy Kelazhur, flying to Korea just to play against Serral again might not have been a pleasure for him
(I know, it´s 2,5k $ still)


Think of it as a foreigner right of passage. Stephano did not ascend to foreigner bonjwadom by winning IPL against Lucky. He did it by going through top Koreans over and over again. If Serral is heading in that direction, then this is a necessary step \o/.


It would just be nice if that necessary step was in the Ro4 or finals, but yah, you are right of course, if you want to be the best then you have to beat any opponent, no matter what round it is. So i just wait and see, and hope for some awesome games (and it´s not like i dont feel any sympathy for the koreans, too)
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Rodya
Profile Joined January 2018
546 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-03 01:51:46
August 03 2018 01:48 GMT
#32
Zest just continues to let everyone down. So frustrating to watch him play.
Banned for saying "zerg players are by far the biggest whiners in sc2 history" despite the fact that this forum is full of such posts about Terrans. Foreigner Elitists in control!
SlammerIV
Profile Joined December 2013
United States526 Posts
August 03 2018 01:59 GMT
#33
This tournament is already living up to the Hype, the first two opening games were fantastic. The second two matches were less exciting but I feel cyan and Has are the weakest players here so hopefully the next round is even better!

Also the Maru vs Serral pick has awesome!
fishjie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1519 Posts
August 03 2018 04:39 GMT
#34
poor soo guess he's done with sc2. dunno if he'll ever recover from the brutal blizzcon loss to evil rogue, he was never the same again. i dont think its worth it probably too much damage to his mental well being
DaX'
Profile Joined June 2016
United Kingdom1 Post
August 03 2018 12:58 GMT
#35
On August 02 2018 23:57 digmouse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 02 2018 23:53 Odoakar wrote:
Did you really have to put the names in the thread subjecT?

If you don't want to be spoiled, use spoiler mode.


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