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Maru & Zest advance to Code S semis (Season 3) - Page 3

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sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
September 03 2018 08:48 GMT
#41
So does anyone actually think it was a clever strategic move for Maru to add 7 rax and double bio upgrades midway through the final game? To me it just looked like he was so far ahead he could do whatever he pleased and decided to add some extra weight to the humiliation.

Maru is so arrogant for a sweet kid.
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ValM
Profile Joined May 2010
India408 Posts
September 03 2018 09:10 GMT
#42
On September 03 2018 17:48 sneakyfox wrote:
So does anyone actually think it was a clever strategic move for Maru to add 7 rax and double bio upgrades midway through the final game? To me it just looked like he was so far ahead he could do whatever he pleased and decided to add some extra weight to the humiliation.

Maru is so arrogant for a sweet kid.


Maru was ahead economically indeed but by a small margin as Gumi was on 4 bases as well. Maru's midgame right around the time he took his 4th revolved around defending everywhere with his tanks and retain air superiority. It was a well thought out strategy because Gumi was not prepared for getting pushed back so hard and so fast since he was expecting a full mech comp.

Due to the complete switch Maru would be able to take fights at his will since he was at 2-2-2-2 while Gumi must have been trying to get more air and marauders to counter mech which would totally not work against Maru's army.

At that level nobody would go out of their way to just humiliate or style on an opponent THAT impulsively.

I am pretty sure this is not the first time we have seen this. As I quoted earlier, Fantasy played this against Life for the first time in proleague and had revealed this to have been Oov's idea in an interview. This style was done by Maru as well following Fantasy in the proleague but didn't win that match.
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[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
September 03 2018 09:22 GMT
#43
Zest had a shaky win versus Stats, but he won nonetheless. I need him to be mentally prepared for the Maru rematch.
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neutralrobot
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia1025 Posts
September 03 2018 10:56 GMT
#44
On September 03 2018 18:22 [F_]aths wrote:
Zest had a shaky win versus Stats, but he won nonetheless. I need him to be mentally prepared for the Maru rematch.


Hard to be mentally prepared for a crushing defeat, but I think Zest can find a way to survive the humiliation.
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Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-09-03 11:27:13
September 03 2018 11:06 GMT
#45
On September 03 2018 18:10 ValM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2018 17:48 sneakyfox wrote:
So does anyone actually think it was a clever strategic move for Maru to add 7 rax and double bio upgrades midway through the final game? To me it just looked like he was so far ahead he could do whatever he pleased and decided to add some extra weight to the humiliation.

Maru is so arrogant for a sweet kid.

At that level nobody would go out of their way to just humiliate or style on an opponent THAT impulsively.

Maru is the kind of player that would, and has done in the past. But I don't see why he would try to humiliate Gumi here, I think the bio switch was well planned.
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Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24417 Posts
September 03 2018 11:23 GMT
#46
On September 03 2018 18:22 [F_]aths wrote:
Zest had a shaky win versus Stats, but he won nonetheless. I need him to be mentally prepared for the Maru rematch.


Wouldn't call it shaky. It was a top level PvP between two of the very best. Stats played a great series and nobody could've had any complaints had he won it. Small margins made all the difference.
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ToKoreaWithLove
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Norway10161 Posts
September 03 2018 15:06 GMT
#47
And I thought Maru was somewhat slowing down. That was just brutal.
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13974 Posts
September 03 2018 15:22 GMT
#48
On September 03 2018 17:48 sneakyfox wrote:
So does anyone actually think it was a clever strategic move for Maru to add 7 rax and double bio upgrades midway through the final game? To me it just looked like he was so far ahead he could do whatever he pleased and decided to add some extra weight to the humiliation.

Maru is so arrogant for a sweet kid.

No idea why people think he's a sweet kid, he's a real piece of shit

User was warned for this post.
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dummy1
Profile Blog Joined April 2018
420 Posts
September 03 2018 15:45 GMT
#49
On September 03 2018 17:48 sneakyfox wrote:
So does anyone actually think it was a clever strategic move for Maru to add 7 rax and double bio upgrades midway through the final game? To me it just looked like he was so far ahead he could do whatever he pleased and decided to add some extra weight to the humiliation.

Maru is so arrogant for a sweet kid.


On September 04 2018 00:22 Cricketer12 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2018 17:48 sneakyfox wrote:
So does anyone actually think it was a clever strategic move for Maru to add 7 rax and double bio upgrades midway through the final game? To me it just looked like he was so far ahead he could do whatever he pleased and decided to add some extra weight to the humiliation.

Maru is so arrogant for a sweet kid.

No idea why people think he's a sweet kid, he's a real piece of shit

Beautiful world of starcraft 2 community and TL forum. Very nice.
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Ishmael
Profile Joined June 2016
92 Posts
September 03 2018 16:45 GMT
#50
On September 04 2018 00:45 dummy1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2018 17:48 sneakyfox wrote:
So does anyone actually think it was a clever strategic move for Maru to add 7 rax and double bio upgrades midway through the final game? To me it just looked like he was so far ahead he could do whatever he pleased and decided to add some extra weight to the humiliation.

Maru is so arrogant for a sweet kid.


Show nested quote +
On September 04 2018 00:22 Cricketer12 wrote:
On September 03 2018 17:48 sneakyfox wrote:
So does anyone actually think it was a clever strategic move for Maru to add 7 rax and double bio upgrades midway through the final game? To me it just looked like he was so far ahead he could do whatever he pleased and decided to add some extra weight to the humiliation.

Maru is so arrogant for a sweet kid.

No idea why people think he's a sweet kid, he's a real piece of shit

Beautiful world of starcraft 2 community and TL forum. Very nice.



yeah forreal like why is this here
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Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1876 Posts
September 03 2018 20:07 GMT
#51
On September 04 2018 00:22 Cricketer12 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2018 17:48 sneakyfox wrote:
So does anyone actually think it was a clever strategic move for Maru to add 7 rax and double bio upgrades midway through the final game? To me it just looked like he was so far ahead he could do whatever he pleased and decided to add some extra weight to the humiliation.

Maru is so arrogant for a sweet kid.

No idea why people think he's a sweet kid, he's a real piece of shit

User was warned for this post.


Scumbag made his teammate and best friend Creator cry.
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Phredxor
Profile Joined May 2013
New Zealand15076 Posts
September 03 2018 20:08 GMT
#52
Don't say that. That might actually make me like him a bit.
Vari
Profile Joined September 2010
United States532 Posts
September 03 2018 20:35 GMT
#53
On September 03 2018 20:06 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 03 2018 18:10 ValM wrote:
On September 03 2018 17:48 sneakyfox wrote:
So does anyone actually think it was a clever strategic move for Maru to add 7 rax and double bio upgrades midway through the final game? To me it just looked like he was so far ahead he could do whatever he pleased and decided to add some extra weight to the humiliation.

Maru is so arrogant for a sweet kid.

At that level nobody would go out of their way to just humiliate or style on an opponent THAT impulsively.

Maru is the kind of player that would, and has done in the past. But I don't see why he would try to humiliate Gumi here, I think the bio switch was well planned.

yeah I mean, any argument as to whether it was strategic vs. showing off should be answered by the fact that having loads of marines helped him a lot. they negate a lot of what gumiho would be thinking he needed in that moment - marauders and vikings.

and I am sure he has "styled" in the past but I'm not sure we've ever seen maru do something that required that much investment in game that we could say was pure style and not smart strategically. it's a bigger decision than dropping mules on an opponent or something, and the game wasn't over yet so it's not similar to times he may have built CCs across the map (I think this happened at least once in a tvp maru had dominated)
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RandomOnlyTheHumanLf
Profile Joined July 2018
58 Posts
September 03 2018 21:45 GMT
#54
if no upset, then Maru vs TY final
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
September 03 2018 22:13 GMT
#55
Go NEEB!!!!!!!!!
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12886 Posts
September 03 2018 22:35 GMT
#56
Yeah if TY TvP is only cheeses Neeb has a real shot
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SpaWnvERtiGO
Profile Joined November 2016
110 Posts
September 04 2018 06:32 GMT
#57
Does NO ONE remember this game here?




SpaWnvERtiGO
Profile Joined November 2016
110 Posts
September 04 2018 06:36 GMT
#58
This was like 2 YEARS AGO, and this is a TvZ, SKY MECH, into bio.

He ends up killing Solar before the bio even comes into play....

Two years later, and he pulls it on a GSL champion Terran, who is the BEST mech-er?

If people weren't so invested in the same damn meta game plays, if the players actually experimented instead of just everyone stealing the same builds mindlessly over and over, the game COULD be a lot more dynamic.

Baffled me watching the cast listening to Artosis, " I've never seen this before.." I'm like dude, you do this shit for a living, lol.
SpaWnvERtiGO
Profile Joined November 2016
110 Posts
September 04 2018 06:38 GMT
#59
I actually really believe Maru when he said he didn't really practice, and I believe Rouge when he says he often wondered JUST HOW GOOD Maru could be if he actually DID practice...
ValM
Profile Joined May 2010
India408 Posts
September 04 2018 06:43 GMT
#60
On September 04 2018 15:36 SpaWnvERtiGO wrote:
This was like 2 YEARS AGO, and this is a TvZ, SKY MECH, into bio.

He ends up killing Solar before the bio even comes into play....

Two years later, and he pulls it on a GSL champion Terran, who is the BEST mech-er?

If people weren't so invested in the same damn meta game plays, if the players actually experimented instead of just everyone stealing the same builds mindlessly over and over, the game COULD be a lot more dynamic.

Baffled me watching the cast listening to Artosis, " I've never seen this before.." I'm like dude, you do this shit for a living, lol.




This is the game I think this was done for the first time....

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