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Boucot
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ZackAttack
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necrosexy
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FuRong
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Rodya
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On November 02 2018 08:51 HolydaKing wrote: Serral winning would make it an insane year for him. Of course, it was already an incredible year for him. If you ask me Serral winning two tournaments in a row against koreans would make it the best achievement of any foreigner so far for me, especially considering this is Blizzcon. For me, regardless of the outcome of this tournament, Scarlett is still the best foreigner of all time with Idra number two. 2018 doesn't outdo Scarlett's long resume of taking out top Koreans at their peak and competing in GSL. | ||
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Malongo
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Cricketer12
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On November 02 2018 12:04 Malongo wrote: Next WCS winner is Stats, you all fail. I know right! | ||
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ssg
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On November 02 2018 13:04 ssg wrote: If betting, would you take serral and Maru, or the field of 6 The field of 6. People keep going on about Blizzard rigging the brackets...if that was the case they should've rigged it better tbh. Serral probably has to go through double Korean ZvZ (a mu he's been slipping in lately) and Maru likely has to go through the 2 Protoss players who beat him in their last encounters with him. Not to mention Maru is also against his teammate...and not just any teammate but one of the greatest strategical players we've ever had in the game who might already have a ton of snipe builds in his pocket specifically tailored for Maru. Swap Maru with Serral then I'd find both of them reaching the finals a lot more likely. | ||
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Rodya
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On November 02 2018 13:14 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: The field of 6. People keep going on about Blizzard rigging the brackets...if that was the case they should've rigged it better tbh. Serral probably has to go through double Korean ZvZ (a mu he's been slipping in lately) and Maru likely has to go through the 2 Protoss players who beat him in their last encounters with him. Not to mention Maru is also against his teammate...and not just any teammate but one of the greatest strategical players we've ever had in the game who might already have a ton of snipe builds in his pocket specifically tailored for Maru. Swap Maru with Serral then I'd find both of them reaching the finals a lot more likely. Everyone here seems to be underrating the fact that the current PvT meta was defined by Maru in the last season of GSL. It is unlikely that any protoss have been able to come up with a perfect answer to it yet. I guess if anyone has done it it would be sOs though. I think Maru will clean sweep his side of the bracket, to be honest, although it all depends on how sOs deals with the proxies. | ||
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Kazi25
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starkiller123
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On November 02 2018 11:19 Rodya wrote: For me, regardless of the outcome of this tournament, Scarlett is still the best foreigner of all time with Idra number two. 2018 doesn't outdo Scarlett's long resume of taking out top Koreans at their peak and competing in GSL. neither of those choices make any sense lol | ||
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StasisField
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On November 02 2018 13:51 starkiller123 wrote: neither of those choices make any sense lol Rodya's opinions of foreigners rarely do lol | ||
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StasisField
United States1086 Posts
On November 02 2018 06:03 Fango wrote: Thing is Serral shouldn't be considered an underdog. It's not like europe is a deprived region when it comes to pro gaming either. Pros struggling to get as good as koreans is due to the amount of work they put in. Serral put in the work and is getting the results. He should be taken as seriously as Dark or Rogue, not as some incredible underdog doing the impossible. It's cool that a european player is competing at the highest level. It's not the best storyline of all time. If he wins blizzcon I don't see how it's any better than Rogue's story from last year. In fact I'd argue Rogue's was better because of how much harder it was for him to qualify. "Foreigner" was a term the Koreans started using for a reason, and it's not because they saw those outside the region as equals. Serral himself isn't an under dog, but it's quite the feat in and of itself that he has managed to get on an even playing field with the Korean region, the region that has dominated the field of play without question for nearly 2 decades. Serral had plenty of reason to not rise to the ocassion: lack of a teamhouse environment still enjoyed by JAGW and the teachings and skills that environment provided the other Koreans before its collapse, lacking practice partners as skilled as the Koreans in Europe, refusing to train in Korea to play the best when that was a viable option this year with the foreigner teamhouse, the pressure of being the foreigner carrying the torch getting to him, and more. Serral had plenty of reasons to buckle and become like all the other foreigner "hopes," but he didn't buckle. In fact, he flourished and he very well could upset the long established order of the Starcraft world. That might not be the best storyline to you, but to others, like me, it is. As my original comment suggested, we don't have to agree on what we think is the best storyline, but I think we should at least try and respect differing opinions until we're given a reason not to. | ||
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BlingBlang
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Ej_
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DevilDriver
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On November 02 2018 15:52 BlingBlang wrote: Only TY can upset Serral until the finals. His ZvZ is far far too strong. He will make a mockery of Dark and possibly Rogue. I am far less confident with Maru reaching the finals. sOs has looked awful but he is notoriously erratic and he is the master of mindgames so there's an outside chance of an upset. Stats is perenially underestimated. Amazing all round Protoss. I think it will be very close between him and Maru. If Stats advances he will lose to Serral, if Maru advances I'm fairly sure he will beat Serral handily. That is also my prediction. In GSL vs World the match between Maru and Serral vs BO1 and Maru didn't seem to take it that serious. I think that doesn't imply more than Serral being able to win some maps of Maru. But in the ZvT Matchup I expect Maru to have an edge. | ||
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opisska
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spenzzer
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On November 02 2018 02:15 Nakajin wrote: For every one doubting sOs I would advice going back to watch the pre-show of the 2013 Blizzcon final, it's one of the funniest things in the world. Artosis predicted him to win the blizzcon which acutally seals the deal on Maru 3:0ing him. | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On November 02 2018 02:15 Nakajin wrote: For every one doubting sOs I would advice going back to watch the pre-show of the 2013 Blizzcon final, it's one of the funniest things in the world. sOs was underrated back then though. He was good but didn't have any victories yet. Now he's the opposite, big victories in the past but hasn't looked as good recently. Although the jaedong hype back then really was something. It would be cool for sOs to maintain his title as a hype killer even now. | ||
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