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On November 08 2018 20:08 jy_9876543210 wrote: The only thing missing for this year is a BO7 of Serral vs Maru. There was ASL vs KSL, could there also be a GSL vs WCS? Or let it remain a mystery...
If only someone could fly Maru to HSC, that would be so amazing, then we can have our BO7.
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Fun fact: Maru's year was more impressive than Serral's.
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Brilliant article about a brilliant player. Very well written, and very well played Serral. Its no longer a foreign hope, but a foreign reality.
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On November 09 2018 01:05 Greenei wrote: Fun fact: Maru's year was more impressive than Serral's.
I think you mean disappointing. Serral capped his year with a global finals win. Maru capped his year by losing 0-3 to the same strategy.
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Amazing articles, can't wait to see if Serral can keep on his dominance next year.
On November 09 2018 00:28 jarodtou wrote:Show nested quote +On November 08 2018 20:08 jy_9876543210 wrote: The only thing missing for this year is a BO7 of Serral vs Maru. There was ASL vs KSL, could there also be a GSL vs WCS? Or let it remain a mystery... If only someone could fly Maru to HSC, that would be so amazing, then we can have our BO7.
Apparently Take invited him and he didn't want to, Maru isn't too big on travel I think.
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Thank you TL staff for all the well written articles you gave us lately.
About Serral, everything has been said and better said that what I can do. Next year will be awesome!
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On November 09 2018 01:10 Nakajin wrote:Amazing articles, can't wait to see if Serral can keep on his dominance next year. Show nested quote +On November 09 2018 00:28 jarodtou wrote:On November 08 2018 20:08 jy_9876543210 wrote: The only thing missing for this year is a BO7 of Serral vs Maru. There was ASL vs KSL, could there also be a GSL vs WCS? Or let it remain a mystery... If only someone could fly Maru to HSC, that would be so amazing, then we can have our BO7. Apparently Take invited him and he didn't want to, Maru isn't too big on travel I think.
Imagine a Jin Air player who don't want to travel...
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On November 08 2018 23:02 TheOneAboveU wrote:A truly remarkable story! Show nested quote +On November 08 2018 22:42 Musicus wrote: Such a good read, thank you!
Serral's year isn't over. HSC is next. Indeed, HSC is next. It's going to be the first tournament (of many, probably) where Serral's ascendance won't be the primary storyline, but instead the hunt after him. He's got a big, fat target on his back now. It's going to be fun watching him defend his new status, and watching who might emerge as a challenger. We've got a great time ahead of us!
Reynor and maybe Neeb...
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On November 09 2018 01:05 Greenei wrote: Fun fact: Maru's year was more impressive than Serral's.
It would've been if he had won Blizzcon (or gotten further than Serral at least), but it was pretty even between them up until Blizzcon, but not now.
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Great article! It gave me goosebumps at times. On the topic of the upcoming HSC though: don't be too surprised if Serral doesn't win it. They're playing on the new patch if I recall correctly and many of the players going have had much more time to work out builds and timings than Serral. If Serral loses at HSC, I wouldn't personally consider him "dethroned" or anything like that, considering the lack of practice on the new patch and the different atmosphere at HSC as a whole. Still, it will be exciting to see how quickly he learns to play on the new patch and see what he does with it
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Serral made me install SC2 again after a full year without playing a single game, and almost 3 years without playing seriously.
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GREAT read, thanks to all the contributors!
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Great read, thanks team.
I definitely think the B word is in contention though. Almost a full year of perfection... 6 premier titles in 9 months, I think that is a record for sure?
In any case clearly the best foreigner by a long margin - long live Serrals reign.
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While Serral certainly isn’t a bonjwa, the GOAT, or even the most decorated player to have attended the 2018 WCS Global Finals, that doesn’t mean he isn’t incredible in his own right.
He'll do it all again next year, and then there'll be no arguing about his pedigree!
Nicely written. A good recap of the history of foreign SC2.
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Thanks for taking your time on this. I don't think the significance of the moment would have been captured nearly as well without the history lesson. I don't have any more expectations from Serral - he's already done the impossible and cemented an almost unbeatable legacy. He could bomb out of this next HSC and all future tournaments and I still don't think anyone could beat his one - year span of achievements. He's got nothing left to prove.
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I remember little of Serral when I was in Leipzig at the 2016 Dreamhack. He was 3-0-ed by Violet.
Now he is the best zerg in the world.
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Good article. Maybe it's mostly to cover the winners and such but one thing that I do miss is the zerg strats thats been different in the EU scene for quite a while.
EU zergs were never afraid of the late game.
It was on EU that the brood lord rush showed up, albeit partly because of less agressive terrans and protoss than the top KR scene. It took a good amount of time until the KR pro players started to go for earlier infestor/BL play.
Snute basically invented how to play swarm hosts vs korean terrans, even after he showed how very few were able to replicate it, and mostly used it effective vs protoss.
These examples are maybe awhile back now but I still find it interesting that these things happened in EU and not in KR, and that the legacy of late game players like stephano, snute and firecake still makes some impression on the EU zerg scene.
So I'm not surprised that the next good EU zerg in serral is very good at holds, and playing longer macro games.
Or maybe I am over emphasizing different regions?
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But is he a Patchzerg?
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On November 09 2018 05:35 Charoisaur wrote:But is he a Patchzerg? ![](/mirror/smilies/puh2.gif) yes
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