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Conq
Profile Joined November 2010
Denmark8 Posts
November 01 2018 09:42 GMT
#21
Maru > SoS
Special > Stats
Rogue > TY
Serral > Dark

Maru > Special
Serral > Rogue

Maru vs. Serral finals.

What we all hope for. :D
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-11-01 14:12:39
November 01 2018 14:12 GMT
#22
I think sOs is going to ruin the dream by eliminating Maru, Serral crushes everyone in the lower bracket and Special repeats his win over stats and then mops up sOs who’s trying to be too crazy leaving a Special vs Serral finals
almightytivi
Profile Joined April 2018
22 Posts
November 02 2018 01:48 GMT
#23
I'm calling it and saying what no one I've found has already said.

Maru theatrically threw Super Tournament against sOs, so his brother could go to BlizzCon. It was the best thing for him, for the fans, for JinAir, but it is effing true.

Going to Blizzcon as a team... Maru, Rogue, sOs is way more important than an extra ten thousand dollars for Maru (and few thousand for JinAir).

This matchup will be real, sure. But, I say No, do not give credit to sOs for "beating Maru" at Super Tournament. Maru would feel like shit if sOs didn't go. SuperTournament Ro8 or semi-final is not that big of a sacrifice after 3 consecutive GSL championships.
CakeSauc3
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1437 Posts
November 02 2018 03:56 GMT
#24
On November 02 2018 10:48 almightytivi wrote:
I'm calling it and saying what no one I've found has already said.

Maru theatrically threw Super Tournament against sOs, so his brother could go to BlizzCon. It was the best thing for him, for the fans, for JinAir, but it is effing true.

Going to Blizzcon as a team... Maru, Rogue, sOs is way more important than an extra ten thousand dollars for Maru (and few thousand for JinAir).

This matchup will be real, sure. But, I say No, do not give credit to sOs for "beating Maru" at Super Tournament. Maru would feel like shit if sOs didn't go. SuperTournament Ro8 or semi-final is not that big of a sacrifice after 3 consecutive GSL championships.

Had Maru beaten sOs in the Ro8 and then beaten Solar in the Ro4, sOs still would have gone to Blizzcon. This is why it doesn't make sense to believe that Maru threw the match. sOs made the situation much more stressful on himself (and his fans) by defeating Maru.
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain17916 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-11-02 08:32:31
November 02 2018 08:32 GMT
#25
On November 02 2018 12:56 CakeSauc3 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 02 2018 10:48 almightytivi wrote:
I'm calling it and saying what no one I've found has already said.

Maru theatrically threw Super Tournament against sOs, so his brother could go to BlizzCon. It was the best thing for him, for the fans, for JinAir, but it is effing true.

Going to Blizzcon as a team... Maru, Rogue, sOs is way more important than an extra ten thousand dollars for Maru (and few thousand for JinAir).

This matchup will be real, sure. But, I say No, do not give credit to sOs for "beating Maru" at Super Tournament. Maru would feel like shit if sOs didn't go. SuperTournament Ro8 or semi-final is not that big of a sacrifice after 3 consecutive GSL championships.

Had Maru beaten sOs in the Ro8 and then beaten Solar in the Ro4, sOs still would have gone to Blizzcon. This is why it doesn't make sense to believe that Maru threw the match. sOs made the situation much more stressful on himself (and his fans) by defeating Maru.

Holding your fate in your own hands is now considered the "stressful" way of reaching your goal? If Maru had won and then beaten Solar, all would be well, but if Solar had somehow inexplicably gotten the better of him, it would have been devastating for not just sOs, but the team as a whole. sOs beat Solar (by the skin of his teeth), but if he had failed, it would have been fair game: he was the sole responsible, and he failed.

As is, it clearly worked out. And it probably would have been an easier win for Maru, but obviously in the GSL ST2, there was far more on the line for sOs than for Maru. It's not necessarily a throw off the hungrier, more motivated player wins. Moreover, they probably had the whole team training sOs and Maru to beat Solar, and not one another.

Now at blizzcon, there is clearly no reason for Maru not to be just as hungry as sOs, and presumably he has been training PvP for both sOs and Stats. I expect this match to go very differently. Yes, it's a teamkill and there is probably no protoss who has played more games vs Maru than sOs, so wonky shit will happen. But Maru is the better player and should beat sOs handily.
CakeSauc3
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1437 Posts
November 02 2018 13:28 GMT
#26
On November 02 2018 17:32 Acrofales wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 02 2018 12:56 CakeSauc3 wrote:
On November 02 2018 10:48 almightytivi wrote:
I'm calling it and saying what no one I've found has already said.

Maru theatrically threw Super Tournament against sOs, so his brother could go to BlizzCon. It was the best thing for him, for the fans, for JinAir, but it is effing true.

Going to Blizzcon as a team... Maru, Rogue, sOs is way more important than an extra ten thousand dollars for Maru (and few thousand for JinAir).

This matchup will be real, sure. But, I say No, do not give credit to sOs for "beating Maru" at Super Tournament. Maru would feel like shit if sOs didn't go. SuperTournament Ro8 or semi-final is not that big of a sacrifice after 3 consecutive GSL championships.

Had Maru beaten sOs in the Ro8 and then beaten Solar in the Ro4, sOs still would have gone to Blizzcon. This is why it doesn't make sense to believe that Maru threw the match. sOs made the situation much more stressful on himself (and his fans) by defeating Maru.

Holding your fate in your own hands is now considered the "stressful" way of reaching your goal?

It stressed me out
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19212 Posts
November 02 2018 15:56 GMT
#27
Super hyped for the games today. For everyone who can't watch the games live like me, here's a spoiler free link to watch later. Bookmark this and remember not to read TL headlines until you've watched them! https://www.sc2links.com/tournament/?match=569
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