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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
August 04 2018 13:52 GMT
#1
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GSL vs. The World 2018

A tumultuous day of games saw (Wiki)Stats vs. (Wiki)Serral determined as the surprise grand finals match for GSL vs. The World.

Reigning Code S champion and tournament-favorite (Wiki)Maru made short work of Germany's (Wiki)ShoWTimE in the round-of-eight but suffered a momentous upset at the hands of (Wiki)Stats in his semifinal match. Stats had proven his PvT chops by taking out (Wiki)SpeCial in the previous round, but even he himself seemed shocked after he defeated Maru 3-1.

On the other side of the bracket, (Wiki)Serral gave an emphatic response to months of criticism and questioning by crushing both (Wiki)INnoVation and (Wiki)Dark to earn a spot in the grand finals. Though Serral had utterly dominated the WCS Circuit, many wondered how would he would fare against the best players from Korea.

GSL vs. The World will conclude on Sunday, Aug 05 6:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) as Serral looks to topple an unexpected final guardian in Stats and add Seoul to his list of WCS 2018 conquests.

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IMplying
Profile Joined August 2012
Germany58 Posts
August 04 2018 13:55 GMT
#2
Serral doubters utterly btfo.
TentativePanda
Profile Joined August 2014
United States800 Posts
August 04 2018 13:58 GMT
#3
Yeah it's Serral's finals to lose. The series vs Inno and Dark were not even very competitive. Serral's macro is absolutely insane. Almost every game it looks like a push might do him in, but then the camera pans over to his 360 surround with double the army supply haha
yubo56
Profile Joined May 2014
690 Posts
August 04 2018 14:05 GMT
#4
Watching Serral play, I feel like I understand how non-saviOr fans must have felt during his reign of dominance. It's never very flashy, but somehow in every situation he finds the best play. There's some meta evolution going on, but the army positioning, the constant counterattack threat from Serral have been so on point lately

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Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
August 04 2018 14:09 GMT
#5
Stats ruined the dream final. Hopefully he doesn't flip against Serral
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Orlok
Profile Joined June 2014
Korea (South)227 Posts
August 04 2018 14:26 GMT
#6
Indeed, no one can doubt Serral now. I wonder how competitive Stats will make it.
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Zephyp
Profile Joined April 2013
238 Posts
August 04 2018 14:30 GMT
#7
Great to see Serral making it to the finals at least. Don't mind that Maru lost either. It's been fun watching him climb to the top, but I don't want him to win everything. Maybe a poor argument when Serral is in the final, with almost 11k WCS points so far this year, but it's a foreigner vs Korean match, and he's the last one standing.
SpecKROELLchen
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany151 Posts
August 04 2018 14:33 GMT
#8
I think it is also nice for the foreigner scene, that serral is not just beating the crap out of them but also defeats koreans. Its so nice to have such a good foreigner, even though i am terran only fan :D
agripsss
Profile Joined June 2018
37 Posts
August 04 2018 14:34 GMT
#9
Remember that time when inno was on top of the world, manner muled stats in game one,and then lost the next three games and the series...... Stats is no joke. But serral.....???? Friggin crazy!!!! GO SERRAL!!!!. (has sc2 ever been this much fun???)
WightyCity
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada887 Posts
August 04 2018 14:56 GMT
#10
Awesome. Serral is the real deal. Go Serral!
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boski055
Profile Joined July 2010
Poland32 Posts
August 04 2018 14:59 GMT
#11
Serral is better than all Koreans ...imagine that. hehe
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midhigh
Profile Joined July 2018
49 Posts
August 04 2018 15:05 GMT
#12
While Serral is unbelievable, Maru seemed very unprepared for Stats tbh (Rogue also against Inno). Like JinAir players don't want to show their playstyle before blizzcon. For me this tournament shows that Serral will be the heavy favourite at Blizzcon, since his standard/regural play is the most solid.
TheWildShooter
Profile Joined September 2011
79 Posts
August 04 2018 15:05 GMT
#13
It's going to be a one-sided final, I predict 4-0 or 4-1 in favor of Serral, cuz Stats said in interview that he just can't beat Zerg and all that in his mind about that matchup is just anxiety. Classic also pointed out in his interview that zerg is overpowered.
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Terra1
Profile Joined June 2018
Philippines312 Posts
August 04 2018 15:06 GMT
#14
Go Serral! Even if I play Protoss (sorry Stats, gonna have to let you got for once ), as a foreigner I will support Serral till the end. DO IT! I don't mind if Stats loses, but both of them should go to game 7.

Serral's double pronged-attack vs Dark was really good. That's one of the highlights I liked in Serral vs Dark.
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
August 04 2018 15:11 GMT
#15
true Bonjwa
TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
August 04 2018 15:20 GMT
#16
Stats is still be the best PvZ player.

Him saying that he just cant beat zerg is bullshit
Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
hiroshOne
Profile Joined October 2015
Poland425 Posts
August 04 2018 15:23 GMT
#17
Zerg overpowered? Classic might want to get his shit together, as i find him traumatized still after his series vs Reynor. Of course he will say that kind of shit. LOL. Innovation took Rogue- the best korean zerg 3:1, just to loose in the same matchup to Serral 0:3. It's not race that is overpowered. Serral is.
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13994 Posts
August 04 2018 15:35 GMT
#18
On August 04 2018 23:09 Fango wrote:
Stats ruined the dream final. Hopefully he doesn't flip against Serral

Incorrect, Serral did.
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MKStyles
Profile Joined April 2017
106 Posts
August 04 2018 15:50 GMT
#19
On August 05 2018 00:35 Cricketer12 wrote:
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On August 04 2018 23:09 Fango wrote:
Stats ruined the dream final. Hopefully he doesn't flip against Serral

Incorrect, Serral did.


What are u even talking? everyone wanted to see maru vs serral
Semikolon
Profile Joined February 2016
Norway46 Posts
August 04 2018 15:56 GMT
#20
Well, we do have a chance to see a game of Serral vs Maru in the BO9 team match, I guess.
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