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Fanatic-Templar
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada5819 Posts
August 07 2018 22:18 GMT
#41
On August 08 2018 01:27 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2018 01:25 Dingodile wrote:
two youngest players are in top two?!

It's weird to think of Maru as a young player when he's been around since the very first GSL 8 years ago


It's also weird thinking that I used to get Maru confused with Maka.
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FLuX.960
Profile Joined February 2012
New Zealand20 Posts
August 07 2018 22:34 GMT
#42
Surprised that Rogue is at the 5th spot, he's had a horrendous month and his ZvT looks absolutely woeful.

Also kinda surprised that Innovation eeks out the 10th place spot in this list, for me he's close but no cigar, I'd probably have given that 10th place spot to soO who, outside of the finals (a close 4-3 for Inno), went 23-4 in maps at HSC XVII compared to Innovation's comparatively poor 26-12 map score.

Otherwise, soO had a relatively mediocre month, and there's no really convincing contender for that 10th place, however I'm not sure that Innovation has proven that he deserves it outside of a very shaky tournament win at HSC XVII.
IArako
Profile Joined June 2015
Germany195 Posts
August 07 2018 23:14 GMT
#43
On August 08 2018 03:02 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2018 01:49 travis wrote:
So Serral, who has won literally every tournament he joins for like the last year, goes up 4 spots with his GSL vs the world win.

Stats goes up infinity spots, flying up past everyone to the #3 position just beneath Serral, after getting 2nd place in that same tournament.

It's kind of odd, because maybe he actually is deserving of the #3 spot. But it still hardly seems fair, lol

Serral only goes up 4 spots because #1 is almost unreachable considering Maru's dominance.
Also he won literally every tournament?
WESG and Katowice didn't happen?

Stats being so low previously was totally unjustified though and it seems TL writers recognized their mistake.


-


Also I disagree with the notion that Serral is close to topping the list.
I agree with his ranking but he really shouldn't be close to Maru after winning 1 tournament. When Stats won the Super Tournament he wasn't considered close to Maru despite even having reached the GSL finals before


You realize Serral beat Maru? Even if it was only bo1 how can you say hes not close to be over Maru if he literally just beat him?
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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16101 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-07 23:26:33
August 07 2018 23:25 GMT
#44
On August 08 2018 08:14 IArako wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2018 03:02 Charoisaur wrote:
On August 08 2018 01:49 travis wrote:
So Serral, who has won literally every tournament he joins for like the last year, goes up 4 spots with his GSL vs the world win.

Stats goes up infinity spots, flying up past everyone to the #3 position just beneath Serral, after getting 2nd place in that same tournament.

It's kind of odd, because maybe he actually is deserving of the #3 spot. But it still hardly seems fair, lol

Serral only goes up 4 spots because #1 is almost unreachable considering Maru's dominance.
Also he won literally every tournament?
WESG and Katowice didn't happen?

Stats being so low previously was totally unjustified though and it seems TL writers recognized their mistake.


-


Also I disagree with the notion that Serral is close to topping the list.
I agree with his ranking but he really shouldn't be close to Maru after winning 1 tournament. When Stats won the Super Tournament he wasn't considered close to Maru despite even having reached the GSL finals before


You realize Serral beat Maru? Even if it was only bo1 how can you say hes not close to be over Maru if he literally just beat him?

Is Leenock also close to Maru? Patience?
Was TerrOr Prime close to Byul when he beat him?
That's not how it works buddy; a bo1 tells basically nothing.
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
August 07 2018 23:42 GMT
#45
Ironically, I bet if Maru had beaten Stats but lost to Serral in a Bo7 in the GSL vs. World finals, Serral would be #1, and not Maru.

By bowing out one round earlier, Maru probably held on to his top position (barely)
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Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
August 07 2018 23:52 GMT
#46
On August 08 2018 08:25 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2018 08:14 IArako wrote:
On August 08 2018 03:02 Charoisaur wrote:
On August 08 2018 01:49 travis wrote:
So Serral, who has won literally every tournament he joins for like the last year, goes up 4 spots with his GSL vs the world win.

Stats goes up infinity spots, flying up past everyone to the #3 position just beneath Serral, after getting 2nd place in that same tournament.

It's kind of odd, because maybe he actually is deserving of the #3 spot. But it still hardly seems fair, lol

Serral only goes up 4 spots because #1 is almost unreachable considering Maru's dominance.
Also he won literally every tournament?
WESG and Katowice didn't happen?

Stats being so low previously was totally unjustified though and it seems TL writers recognized their mistake.


-


Also I disagree with the notion that Serral is close to topping the list.
I agree with his ranking but he really shouldn't be close to Maru after winning 1 tournament. When Stats won the Super Tournament he wasn't considered close to Maru despite even having reached the GSL finals before


You realize Serral beat Maru? Even if it was only bo1 how can you say hes not close to be over Maru if he literally just beat him?

Is Leenock also close to Maru? Patience?
Was TerrOr Prime close to Byul when he beat him?
That's not how it works buddy; a bo1 tells basically nothing.


Leenock is clearly top 4 in the world. TerrOr would have been as good as Serral if he wasn't stuck on a team of match fixers.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33705 Posts
August 08 2018 00:23 GMT
#47
Trap over INnoVation for solely meme purposes is a crime :s
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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 08 2018 01:17 GMT
#48
On August 08 2018 08:42 Bagration wrote:
Ironically, I bet if Maru had beaten Stats but lost to Serral in a Bo7 in the GSL vs. World finals, Serral would be #1, and not Maru.

By bowing out one round earlier, Maru probably held on to his top position (barely)


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Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-08 01:38:18
August 08 2018 01:36 GMT
#49
On August 08 2018 08:42 Bagration wrote:
Ironically, I bet if Maru had beaten Stats but lost to Serral in a Bo7 in the GSL vs. World finals, Serral would be #1, and not Maru.

By bowing out one round earlier, Maru probably held on to his top position (barely)

This is probably true. If Maru had played in the final I think Serral would have 4-1 or 4-2. Unless Maru suddenly returned to GSL playoff form.

Then again if his form was good enough to get over Stats, it was probably good enough to get over Serral. But I don't think he was beating either that day.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19391 Posts
August 08 2018 01:37 GMT
#50
Had Reynor not met Serral until the finals he would be CBNC contender. I can't wait to see where he gets placed if he advances in ro16.
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Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-08-08 01:39:38
August 08 2018 01:39 GMT
#51
On August 08 2018 10:37 BisuDagger wrote:
Had Reynor not met Serral until the finals he would be CBNC contender. I can't wait to see where he gets placed if he advances in ro16.

Had SpeCial been on the other side of the bracket, he probably makes the final and loses to Serral in it as well.

Maybe even Scarlett actually. The Valencia bracket was so top heavy.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Kingsky
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Singapore298 Posts
August 08 2018 04:14 GMT
#52
Serral is amazing. Now that it's shown a non Korean can make it I hope that the next Top 20 list won't be 19 Koreans and Finland
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TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
August 08 2018 04:51 GMT
#53
Higher than I expected
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IshinShishi
Profile Joined April 2012
Japan6156 Posts
August 08 2018 05:42 GMT
#54
I don't like it, but I can't really argue with it, Serral keeps winning everything.
So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie
jinroairwings
Profile Joined August 2018
11 Posts
August 08 2018 06:47 GMT
#55
I would agree with this list, except I don't think Serral deserves to be in the top 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, etc.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16101 Posts
August 08 2018 06:54 GMT
#56
On August 08 2018 10:39 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2018 10:37 BisuDagger wrote:
Had Reynor not met Serral until the finals he would be CBNC contender. I can't wait to see where he gets placed if he advances in ro16.

Had SpeCial been on the other side of the bracket, he probably makes the final and loses to Serral in it as well.

Maybe even Scarlett actually. The Valencia bracket was so top heavy.

Come on, if any of those guys would've been on the other side of the bracket Has would've destroyed them.
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neutralrobot
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia1025 Posts
August 08 2018 08:35 GMT
#57
On August 08 2018 04:38 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 08 2018 04:09 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
On August 08 2018 03:02 Charoisaur wrote:
On August 08 2018 01:49 travis wrote:
So Serral, who has won literally every tournament he joins for like the last year, goes up 4 spots with his GSL vs the world win.

Stats goes up infinity spots, flying up past everyone to the #3 position just beneath Serral, after getting 2nd place in that same tournament.

It's kind of odd, because maybe he actually is deserving of the #3 spot. But it still hardly seems fair, lol

Serral only goes up 4 spots because #1 is almost unreachable considering Maru's dominance.
Also he won literally every tournament?
WESG and Katowice didn't happen?

Stats being so low previously was totally unjustified though and it seems TL writers recognized their mistake.


-


Also I disagree with the notion that Serral is close to topping the list.
I agree with his ranking but he really shouldn't be close to Maru after winning 1 tournament. When Stats won the Super Tournament he wasn't considered close to Maru despite even having reached the GSL finals before


To be fair Maru looks to be in a much shakier form than he was back then. Almost losing to soO's ZvT isn't really what we expect of him.

Well even gods need to rest


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Maru | Life | PartinG || I guess I like aggressive control freaks... || Reynor will one day reign supreme || *reyn supreme
SnowAngel
Profile Joined January 2012
Finland38 Posts
August 08 2018 09:07 GMT
#58
I agree with the list, except I would put Dark over Stats. Stats might be a tad hotter now, but lacks consistency over time.
serendipitous
Profile Joined November 2017
Canada195 Posts
August 08 2018 09:59 GMT
#59
On August 08 2018 18:07 SnowAngel wrote:
I agree with the list, except I would put Dark over Stats. Stats might be a tad hotter now, but lacks consistency over time.

Like when Dark went 0-4 in the ro16? Stats is more consistent than Dark is
shabby
Profile Joined March 2010
Norway6402 Posts
August 08 2018 09:59 GMT
#60
On August 08 2018 15:47 jinroairwings wrote:
I would agree with this list, except I don't think Serral deserves to be in the top 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, etc.


I agree with you, top 2 is much more accurate.
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