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Serral's Revolution - Page 3

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TheBloodyDwarf
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Finland7524 Posts
November 08 2018 20:48 GMT
#41
Great article thanks!
Fusilero: "I still can't believe he did that, like dude what the fuck there's fandom and then there's what he did like holy shit. I still see it when I close my eyes." <- reaction to the original drunk santa post which later caught on
Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
November 08 2018 20:52 GMT
#42
The best player of 2018 by far. Bow down to the new king!
(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ~Keep calm and inject Larva~
F3arless
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada45 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-11-08 21:47:02
November 08 2018 21:46 GMT
#43
On November 08 2018 19:42 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote:
ever since Serral recorded his first victory against an elite Korean—(Wiki)Rain in Fragbite Masters 2015 Season 4


did this send rain back to sc1?
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-11-08 22:00:32
November 08 2018 21:58 GMT
#44
On November 09 2018 03:32 Vond wrote:
Show nested quote +
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.

The fact anyone can say this is outright bizarre. Before Serral won blizzcon they were sitting on one weekender each, with Maru having three GSLs on top of that.

I swear if soO, Dark, or Rogue had won the exact same events as Serral, people would have agreed Maru's year was better. Not too long ago Rogue won four weekenders in a row (2x as many with koreans as Serral) and no one except Artosis was singing his praise to this extent.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Artisreal
Profile Joined June 2009
Germany9235 Posts
November 08 2018 22:08 GMT
#45
That was a great read even for someone who doesn't regularly follow sc or sc2 anymore.
Easily 5/7
passive quaranstream fan
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
November 08 2018 23:14 GMT
#46
Give us the power rank! This is a great article, but I need to see Serral at the top of a power rank before he possibly bombs in HSC and gets placed lower.
11cc
Profile Joined May 2008
Finland561 Posts
November 08 2018 23:23 GMT
#47
On November 09 2018 08:14 Pandain wrote:
Give us the power rank! This is a great article, but I need to see Serral at the top of a power rank before he possibly bombs in HSC and gets placed lower.

They did a BlizzCon power rank less than two weeks ago. Maybe next one is December.
Snijjer
Profile Joined September 2011
United States989 Posts
November 08 2018 23:30 GMT
#48
I think Serral winning Blizzcon was a big mental hurdle the foreign community needed to overcome. Foreigners have a reputation of shrinking in big moments but Serral didn't and hopefully that will trickle down to the rest of the community.
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
November 08 2018 23:35 GMT
#49
Rogue accomplished nothing before his three weekenders in 2017 and IEM WC was in 2018.
DimmuKlok
Profile Joined June 2010
United States225 Posts
November 08 2018 23:46 GMT
#50
Absolutely tremendous accomplishment. Well done to Serral. Thanks for the article!!
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16003 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-11-09 00:06:47
November 08 2018 23:54 GMT
#51
On November 09 2018 08:35 Xain0n wrote:
Rogue accomplished nothing before his three weekenders in 2017 and IEM WC was in 2018.

Serral's only accomplishment before GSLvsTW and blizzcon were his WCS wins and the value of those is disputed.

In fact Rogue made double GSL ro8 before his streak which is comparable to winning 4 wcs seasons in terms of difficulty imo.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
November 09 2018 00:46 GMT
#52
Now we are back to Korean elitist Chairosaur; I actually preferred the "god bonjwa Serral" one, tbh!

I don't think there can even be a discussion if you are convinced making to Ro8 in GSL twice is better than winning 4 WCS; then, i guess, Gamja is way stronger than Serral in your eyes as he made Ro8 in the last ONPOONG Unranked tournament.
ProFalseIdol
Profile Joined June 2018
70 Posts
November 09 2018 02:58 GMT
#53
On November 09 2018 08:35 Xain0n wrote:
Rogue accomplished nothing before his three weekenders in 2017 and IEM WC was in 2018.


I think it's worth nothing that Rogue won another premier tournament just a few months after patch 4.0. And only lost 5 maps (3 of which to Maru) in that tournament.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16003 Posts
November 09 2018 03:00 GMT
#54
On November 09 2018 09:46 Xain0n wrote:
Now we are back to Korean elitist Chairosaur; I actually preferred the "god bonjwa Serral" one, tbh!

I don't think there can even be a discussion if you are convinced making to Ro8 in GSL twice is better than winning 4 WCS; then, i guess, Gamja is way stronger than Serral in your eyes as he made Ro8 in the last ONPOONG Unranked tournament.

Didn't know Onpoong unranked tournament is a GSL...
If you compare the paths GSL ro8 is for sure harder than winning WCS. Maru for example was in the last season in the easiest group and had to beat Reynor and Neeb to advance - that could as well be the opponents in ro4 and finals in a WCS event.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
November 09 2018 04:03 GMT
#55
It's not a GSL but it's Korean, so incredibly more competitive than any foreigner tournament.

Seriously speaking, for a Korean Zerg winning WCS could be probably harder than winning GSL right now, given how they perform against Serral and their understanding of ZvZ; not like they actually win GSL, Life was the last.

If I compare the paths Blizzcon is easier than Montreal; it is for real?
Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
November 09 2018 05:17 GMT
#56
very good chapter
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
hexhaven
Profile Joined July 2014
Finland940 Posts
November 09 2018 05:34 GMT
#57
On November 09 2018 08:54 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 09 2018 08:35 Xain0n wrote:
Rogue accomplished nothing before his three weekenders in 2017 and IEM WC was in 2018.

Serral's only accomplishment before GSLvsTW and blizzcon were his WCS wins and the value of those is disputed.

In fact Rogue made double GSL ro8 before his streak which is comparable to winning 4 wcs seasons in terms of difficulty imo.


Your posted worked better as a sarcastic remark before the edit.
WriterI shoot events. | http://www.jussi.co/esports
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6248 Posts
November 09 2018 06:06 GMT
#58
Great article. Thanks. I think both Serral and maru's Year Deserve a thorough analysis. Both outstanding accomplishments.
vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
November 09 2018 09:40 GMT
#59
serralll!!!! great, great recap!
MyLovelyLurker
Profile Joined April 2007
France756 Posts
November 09 2018 13:24 GMT
#60
There are two players of the year this year, but there can only be one bonjwa of our hearts.

Amazing writeup - thanks to the TL crew.
"I just say, it doesn't matter win or lose, I just love Starcraft 2, I love this game, I love this stage, just play like in practice" - TIME/Oliveira
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