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Liquibet SC2 Season 19 Recap

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Where dat snitch at?37017 Posts
January 17 2019 21:12 GMT
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Season 19

Are you a Serral fan? Are you a Maru fan? Well, good news then, because you just won liquibets… This particular season of liquibets was like none that we had ever seen before. Up until now, the safest bet was to always vote for the Korean player, if they ever went up against a foreigner. Of course, there have been exceptions in the past. Players like Neeb, SpeCial, Scarlett, uThermal, etc. etc. were players that you could not afford to underestimate. They were more than capable of handling their own against Korean players, so it was always a heads or tails situation for LB votes.

However, everything changed when Joona Sotala decided that he was no longer going to be “just another foreigner”. Serral is a frickin beast. He is a monster who devours his prey. He is a StarCraft deity who is changing the course of history as we know it. He is the first player ever to win a GSL tournament in South Korea, the first player ever to win 4 WCS championships in a single year, and the first player ever to win the WCS Global Finals as a non-Korean. There is no denying it now. Serral is the best SC2 player in the world. And the only way to win liquibets for this season was to never stop believing that he could do what no other player has ever done before.

With that being said however, there is one more player that deserves the spotlight just as much as Serral does. Has anyone EVER won all 3 GSLs in a single year before? Nope. Or rather, that was true until Maru came along. When the time to step foot on the GSL finals stage arrived, Maru stretched out his arms and legs, cracked his neck, looked over towards former KT players Stats, Zest, and TY, smirked, and waved them over to come at him. With fire and determination in their eyes, they ran over to maru and threw everything they had at him. Unfortunately, the Jin Air ace was having none of it. With a merciless aura surrounding him, Maru lifted the GSL Champion trophy three separate times and reduced his opponents into dust during the process.

So, there you have it. This season of liquibets concludes with the greatest moments ever to occur within SC2. Maru winning all 3 GSLs, Serral winning all 4 WCS tournaments, Serral winning GSL vs The World, and to cap it all off, Serral winning the WCS Global Finals. With the conclusion of such an exciting year, we must now look at the Top 10 liquibetters who were CLEARLY Maru and Serral believers:

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    1       157       JudeauTV
    2       157       EndlessViolence
    3       147       Werwolf
    4       147       AIMBORG
    5       146       Kashim
    6       146       IArako
    7       145       Solar424
    8       145       esReveR
    9       143       romson87
    10       142       Zerg.Zilla

    Link to SC2 Liquibets Season 19 Rankings

It amazes me to see that we have yet another season of LB where two players tied for 1st place. Liquibets is such an unforgiving tournament. And yet, we have 2 champions again?! Good God… These people are absolute beasts Oo;; They never gave up and kept voting until the very end. Now, it is time to reward our winners for all their hard work and effort.

So without further ado, CONGRATULATIONS to JudeauTV and EndlessViolence!!!

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Thank you very much to everyone who participated for Season 19. Season 20 will be starting soon, so get those votes in people!



Previous Recaps:
Season 5 and 6 Recaps
Season 7 Recap
Season 8 Recap
Season 9 Recap
Season 10 Recap
Season 11 Recap
Season 12 Recap
Season 13 Recap
Season 14 Recap
Season 15 Recap
Season 16 Recap
Season 17 Recap
Season 18 Recap
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France3713 Posts
January 17 2019 21:47 GMT
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GG.

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Finland1838 Posts
January 17 2019 21:52 GMT
#3
Excellent recap for an exceptionally excellent year of SC2.

Congrats to the winners
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EndlessViolence
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January 17 2019 22:12 GMT
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omg I won :O
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United States97276 Posts
January 17 2019 23:26 GMT
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United States13973 Posts
January 17 2019 23:36 GMT
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Iight the nightmare is over, time to recover my crown.
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England1110 Posts
January 17 2019 23:44 GMT
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Congrats to both. I'm ranked 109th? I can dig it.
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Canada8989 Posts
January 18 2019 01:41 GMT
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34th, not that bad, congratz to the winner
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Hungary5029 Posts
January 18 2019 06:20 GMT
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10th place...close, but no cigar
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Canada8304 Posts
January 18 2019 07:44 GMT
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Hey sorry this is off topic, but is there going to be a TL Awards 2018? I always look forward to those...
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
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Poland1188 Posts
January 18 2019 08:26 GMT
#11
5th nice :D
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January 18 2019 19:58 GMT
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January 18 2019 20:55 GMT
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On January 18 2019 16:44 TheDougler wrote:
Hey sorry this is off topic, but is there going to be a TL Awards 2018? I always look forward to those...

There will be best games of the year.
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Germany15919 Posts
January 18 2019 21:52 GMT
#14
On January 18 2019 16:44 TheDougler wrote:
Hey sorry this is off topic, but is there going to be a TL Awards 2018? I always look forward to those...

Yeah TaeJa gets terran of the year
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Last Edited: 2019-01-18 22:42:50
January 18 2019 22:42 GMT
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On January 19 2019 05:55 Ej_ wrote:
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On January 18 2019 16:44 TheDougler wrote:
Hey sorry this is off topic, but is there going to be a TL Awards 2018? I always look forward to those...

There will be best games of the year.


haha, nice one
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Canada8304 Posts
January 19 2019 06:09 GMT
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On January 19 2019 06:52 Charoisaur wrote:
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On January 18 2019 16:44 TheDougler wrote:
Hey sorry this is off topic, but is there going to be a TL Awards 2018? I always look forward to those...

Yeah TaeJa gets terran of the year


Hah! Don't forget uThermal.

uThermal was the only WCS player to beat Serral (in the qualifiers for one of the first WCS events this year), Serral beat everyone else, therefore uThermal player of the year.
I root for Euro Zergs, NA Protoss* and Korean Terrans. (Any North American who has beat a Korean Pro as Protoss counts as NA Toss)
JudeauTV
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Germany262 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-22 23:16:01
January 22 2019 23:09 GMT
#17
Lifetime achievement goal: TICKED!

Thank you very much to TeamLiquid for managing Liquibet and for the write-up. Thank you to all my fans. Please keep cheering for me. I will try to show good bets next season, too.
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