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Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9222 Posts
November 03 2018 18:16 GMT
#41
SERRAL FIGHTING
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
ThunderJunk
Profile Joined December 2015
United States729 Posts
November 03 2018 18:20 GMT
#42
Yeah, if Stats doesn't beat sOs, then Serral will win the tourney. If Stats does beat sOs, it could go either way, but still Serral favored. Serral really put in the work, and completely deserves his success. So does Stats. And then there's LA CUCARACHA.
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
DarkGamer
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany330 Posts
November 03 2018 18:22 GMT
#43
On November 04 2018 03:07 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2018 02:30 KR_4EVR wrote:
What angers me about the Serral v. Dark match is not the fact that Dark lost or that Serral outplayed Dark. It's the (Wiki)lurker Adaptive Talons upgrade. That upgrade does not belong in the game and never has. It's akin to Tankivac in terms of mobility of high-powered offensive and defensive unit.

I was ok with Serral doing really jerky stuff with burrowed roaches. But seeing lurkers used like tankivacs? It messes up the game tactically.


Dark got the upgrade too...



Wow, i got a completly different view: the upgrade provides better games. u can attack and runby with lurkers. dark and serral tried and did it in the bo5. it was great to watch and most people liked the action packed game. the upgrade of the lurker was a big part of the speed in offense and defense.
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18625 Posts
November 03 2018 18:24 GMT
#44
How did Special perform?
pachuri007
Profile Joined July 2018
2 Posts
November 03 2018 18:29 GMT
#45
Both 2016&2017, Korien #8 took that trophy.
Fate is waiting $O$.

DarkGamer
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany330 Posts
November 03 2018 18:35 GMT
#46
On November 04 2018 02:41 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2018 02:39 Djentleman2414 wrote:
On November 04 2018 02:16 deacon.frost wrote:
0:1 v Maru


You do know, that Serral is actually 1:1 vs Maru (2:1 if you count GSL vs the World)? They played in IEM Katowice and Serral did beat him 2-0

Offline BO3+? Why did Aligulac skipped it? Maybe because it was online BO3+ while Maru playing from Korea?

And if you want to count BO1 of a showmatch, we can start taking into the ladder too while we're at it /s



i feel like ur arguments are choosed for your already existent opionion.
im a terran player and i always root for maru and ty, but ur talking about games that are from the beginning of the year.
its sad, that serral cant prove himself against terra in blizzcon, but its not his fault. in recent encounters he outplayed any top korean. if its a "showmatch" or whatever. his micro,macro and multitasking is top-notch and brought him the wins.

u could argue, that a top korean with preperation could beat him. But seeing dark, who had a long time to prepare, couldnt beat him and that maru did a preperation against sos that is behind bad, doesnt support this argument at all. it supports more the idea, that serral vs maru could have looked a lot like the last encounter where both played a standard macro game. maru would surely mixed in some proxys or so - that is the part where im not sure how the games would end. but we can be sure that serral would go toe-to-toe with maru in a bo5 or bo7.

one thing that many people overlook who say "top koreans > serral" is, that they dont look at the quality of the games. ur talking about statistics, but if u look at the games and how serral wins them u cant overlook that he's a monster in all parts of the game. the only thing that would explain someone doesnt notice this, is that the person has a very limited game knowledge - ~ aka under master 1 at own gameplay.
hiroshOne
Profile Joined October 2015
Poland425 Posts
November 03 2018 18:39 GMT
#47
On November 04 2018 03:35 DarkGamer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2018 02:41 deacon.frost wrote:
On November 04 2018 02:39 Djentleman2414 wrote:
On November 04 2018 02:16 deacon.frost wrote:
0:1 v Maru


You do know, that Serral is actually 1:1 vs Maru (2:1 if you count GSL vs the World)? They played in IEM Katowice and Serral did beat him 2-0

Offline BO3+? Why did Aligulac skipped it? Maybe because it was online BO3+ while Maru playing from Korea?

And if you want to count BO1 of a showmatch, we can start taking into the ladder too while we're at it /s



i feel like ur arguments are choosed for your already existent opionion.
im a terran player and i always root for maru and ty, but ur talking about games that are from the beginning of the year.
its sad, that serral cant prove himself against terra in blizzcon, but its not his fault. in recent encounters he outplayed any top korean. if its a "showmatch" or whatever. his micro,macro and multitasking is top-notch and brought him the wins.

u could argue, that a top korean with preperation could beat him. But seeing dark, who had a long time to prepare, couldnt beat him and that maru did a preperation against sos that is behind bad, doesnt support this argument at all. it supports more the idea, that serral vs maru could have looked a lot like the last encounter where both played a standard macro game. maru would surely mixed in some proxys or so - that is the part where im not sure how the games would end. but we can be sure that serral would go toe-to-toe with maru in a bo5 or bo7.

one thing that many people overlook who say "top koreans > serral" is, that they dont look at the quality of the games. ur talking about statistics, but if u look at the games and how serral wins them u cant overlook that he's a monster in all parts of the game. the only thing that would explain someone doesnt notice this, is that the person has a very limited game knowledge - ~ aka under master 1 at own gameplay.



That's what I ment sayong that i have seen better games at foreing WCS than in GSL. I feel that foreign meta delovers much more interesting games. Serral is just stellar with his Zerg gameplay, and korean Zergs look silly compared to him. It's time for them to learn from Serral. Not the opposite.
Ultima Ratio Regum
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12911 Posts
November 03 2018 18:46 GMT
#48
On November 04 2018 03:29 pachuri007 wrote:
Both 2016&2017, Korien #8 took that trophy.
Fate is waiting $O$.


ByuN was seed 3 in 2016 iirc
WriterMaru
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6272 Posts
November 03 2018 18:56 GMT
#49
On November 04 2018 03:35 DarkGamer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2018 02:41 deacon.frost wrote:
On November 04 2018 02:39 Djentleman2414 wrote:
On November 04 2018 02:16 deacon.frost wrote:
0:1 v Maru


You do know, that Serral is actually 1:1 vs Maru (2:1 if you count GSL vs the World)? They played in IEM Katowice and Serral did beat him 2-0

Offline BO3+? Why did Aligulac skipped it? Maybe because it was online BO3+ while Maru playing from Korea?

And if you want to count BO1 of a showmatch, we can start taking into the ladder too while we're at it /s



i feel like ur arguments are choosed for your already existent opionion.
im a terran player and i always root for maru and ty, but ur talking about games that are from the beginning of the year.
its sad, that serral cant prove himself against terra in blizzcon, but its not his fault. in recent encounters he outplayed any top korean. if its a "showmatch" or whatever. his micro,macro and multitasking is top-notch and brought him the wins.

u could argue, that a top korean with preperation could beat him. But seeing dark, who had a long time to prepare, couldnt beat him and that maru did a preperation against sos that is behind bad, doesnt support this argument at all. it supports more the idea, that serral vs maru could have looked a lot like the last encounter where both played a standard macro game. maru would surely mixed in some proxys or so - that is the part where im not sure how the games would end. but we can be sure that serral would go toe-to-toe with maru in a bo5 or bo7.

one thing that many people overlook who say "top koreans > serral" is, that they dont look at the quality of the games. ur talking about statistics, but if u look at the games and how serral wins them u cant overlook that he's a monster in all parts of the game. the only thing that would explain someone doesnt notice this, is that the person has a very limited game knowledge - ~ aka under master 1 at own gameplay.

Using statistics is useless at this moment. Series from last year or even the start of this year hardly matter for the shape players are in right now. Fact is that Serral beat every Korean he met in the last two tournaments.
Hvvacha
Profile Joined April 2018
82 Posts
November 03 2018 19:05 GMT
#50
On November 04 2018 01:45 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2018 01:43 fronkschnonk wrote:
On November 04 2018 01:40 Poopi wrote:
On November 04 2018 01:34 MyLovelyLurker wrote:
On November 04 2018 00:27 Poopi wrote:
I am not sure if I want Serral to win even tho it’s almost free at this point, the overhype will be unbearable :/.

Maybe Rogue is skilled enough to take him down, I doubt sOs or Stats can beat him at all.

Still super sad results from yesterday, I don’t think I will bother if it goes to 3am again tonight with their super long ass breaks, not very EU friendly and no more Maru/TY.


Almost free ? Serral's GSLvsTW finals vs Stats was a tense, entertaining 4-3 that could've gone either way. Surely a repeat would have great potential too.

Serral played a bit stressed out in that finals, now that he knows he is better than most koreans he will play more confidently and easily win if he were to go in the finals today.

I don't know...
I mean, Serral is really great and all but I still have the feeling that koreans kind of underestimate him. Or they're playing weird to make a point ("look, this so-called best Zerg in the world can't even defend himself against some weird strats I pulled out of my ass"). At least sOs and Dark did not play their standard game against him which would've served them better.

How many koreans does he need to beat (trash?) before people acknowledge that he is just better? :o



better now but not better when koreans was in their prime
Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
November 03 2018 19:14 GMT
#51
On November 04 2018 04:05 Hvvacha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2018 01:45 Poopi wrote:
On November 04 2018 01:43 fronkschnonk wrote:
On November 04 2018 01:40 Poopi wrote:
On November 04 2018 01:34 MyLovelyLurker wrote:
On November 04 2018 00:27 Poopi wrote:
I am not sure if I want Serral to win even tho it’s almost free at this point, the overhype will be unbearable :/.

Maybe Rogue is skilled enough to take him down, I doubt sOs or Stats can beat him at all.

Still super sad results from yesterday, I don’t think I will bother if it goes to 3am again tonight with their super long ass breaks, not very EU friendly and no more Maru/TY.


Almost free ? Serral's GSLvsTW finals vs Stats was a tense, entertaining 4-3 that could've gone either way. Surely a repeat would have great potential too.

Serral played a bit stressed out in that finals, now that he knows he is better than most koreans he will play more confidently and easily win if he were to go in the finals today.

I don't know...
I mean, Serral is really great and all but I still have the feeling that koreans kind of underestimate him. Or they're playing weird to make a point ("look, this so-called best Zerg in the world can't even defend himself against some weird strats I pulled out of my ass"). At least sOs and Dark did not play their standard game against him which would've served them better.

How many koreans does he need to beat (trash?) before people acknowledge that he is just better? :o



better now but not better when koreans was in their prime


Yeah I have to agree. The Koreans have gotten a lot older and that is a big factor. In BW, the oldest OSL champion, Jangbi, was only 23 when he won (nearly every other starleague champion won at the age of 20 or younger, I can only think of Boxer, Nada and July as exceptions), which is worth noting as most SC2 Korean pros now are in their early to mid twenties. Since there were waves of new talent, it was harder to stay near the top in BW as the level of competition kept increasing instead of decreasing. Whereas in SC2, the same people who came from kespa in 2012 are still here and there's basically been no new blood.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
November 03 2018 19:20 GMT
#52
Dark got fucked harder than Diablo fans yesterday
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
November 03 2018 19:29 GMT
#53
On November 04 2018 04:05 Hvvacha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2018 01:45 Poopi wrote:
On November 04 2018 01:43 fronkschnonk wrote:
On November 04 2018 01:40 Poopi wrote:
On November 04 2018 01:34 MyLovelyLurker wrote:
On November 04 2018 00:27 Poopi wrote:
I am not sure if I want Serral to win even tho it’s almost free at this point, the overhype will be unbearable :/.

Maybe Rogue is skilled enough to take him down, I doubt sOs or Stats can beat him at all.

Still super sad results from yesterday, I don’t think I will bother if it goes to 3am again tonight with their super long ass breaks, not very EU friendly and no more Maru/TY.


Almost free ? Serral's GSLvsTW finals vs Stats was a tense, entertaining 4-3 that could've gone either way. Surely a repeat would have great potential too.

Serral played a bit stressed out in that finals, now that he knows he is better than most koreans he will play more confidently and easily win if he were to go in the finals today.

I don't know...
I mean, Serral is really great and all but I still have the feeling that koreans kind of underestimate him. Or they're playing weird to make a point ("look, this so-called best Zerg in the world can't even defend himself against some weird strats I pulled out of my ass"). At least sOs and Dark did not play their standard game against him which would've served them better.

How many koreans does he need to beat (trash?) before people acknowledge that he is just better? :o



better now but not better when koreans was in their prime


There we have it...the goalposts have moved again. Now not only does Serral have to win every WCS event (and arguably all 3 GSLs), but he has to be better than the best players in their prime in metas he had no opportunity to play in. That's it, folks...just admit Serral is never going to be the best at anything SC2 related.
JD, Stork, Calm, Hyuk Fighting!
DomeGetta
Profile Joined February 2012
480 Posts
November 03 2018 19:32 GMT
#54
Cant take anything away from serral hes playing fantastic vs the top players in the world. Would have been great to see him vs kr terrans but not in the cards for this tourny we will have to wait. If he can beat rogue he probly face sos again for what should be a win. Be epic to see him try code S next year.
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
November 03 2018 20:18 GMT
#55
On November 04 2018 03:24 sharkie wrote:
How did Special perform?

Pretty well I think. He fought well in every game and can be very proud of himself for his BlizzCon.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
Togekiss
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada154 Posts
November 03 2018 20:26 GMT
#56
My dream now would be an sOs Rogue final, although a Stats Serral final would be my second preference if it can't be an all JinAir affair.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19328 Posts
November 03 2018 20:26 GMT
#57
Mar u vs Serral was only a dream finals of Mar u was paying at his highest level. 2018 has been terrible for him in non-gsl tournaments and wouldn't be fun to watch vs Serral outside of his home turf. A rematch vs Stats however would be amazing.
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Kikirik1
Profile Joined January 2017
45 Posts
November 03 2018 20:29 GMT
#58
Its funny how people still thing BW is more skill game than SC2.Call Flash and quest him...
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
November 03 2018 20:42 GMT
#59
On November 04 2018 01:32 Harris1st wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2018 01:12 FFW_Rude wrote:
Decided to spoil myself on TL since Blizzard VODs do not work (and they never worked) basicly you get live or you get nothing


Just go to the twitch channel and watch the whole boradcast. That's what I do mostly


I thought you could only watch it from the blizzcon website.... thank you
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9Dimitri
Profile Blog Joined June 2016
Hungary14 Posts
November 03 2018 23:18 GMT
#60
I think it's not fair Serral can contend for a world championship title without having to play a Korean terran, either during the season or in the final event.
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