EPT2018 in Review - Team Liquid Awards - Page 3
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TheDougler
Canada8302 Posts
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VGhost
United States3610 Posts
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The_Red_Viper
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On January 31 2019 05:20 Charoisaur wrote: Serral player of the year............. foreigner bias and recency bias are just too strong I guess. On January 31 2019 05:36 Xain0n wrote: It's actually the opposite, Code S bias is too strong. At least the biggest rivalry award definitely was on point! | ||
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On January 31 2019 06:17 VGhost wrote: Curious if anybody's got thoughts on the two non-KR stars this year (Serral and Reynor) being Zerg. Any gameplay reason (mechanics, # of Zerg players) or just random luck? Zerg's playerbase was always very strong in EU server. Serral and Reynor are the last offspring of an eight year old trend of Zerg players often being the best in EU, following the likes of Stephano, Nerchio and Snute. | ||
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Topin
Peru10044 Posts
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blind429
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tilhorizon
Germany191 Posts
On January 31 2019 06:17 VGhost wrote: Curious if anybody's got thoughts on the two non-KR stars this year (Serral and Reynor) being Zerg. Any gameplay reason (mechanics, # of Zerg players) or just random luck? reynor is no star yet so far he has done nothing that would make him a better greater ore more acomplished zerg than many other foreign zergs for example like scarlet, nerchio, elazer, lambo, snute , stephano ,,,, they and many more are stars they have all won tournaments won more pricemoney , and many of them played blizcon so far reynor is no star just a young talented player time will tell if he outclass outshine many of the other foreign zergs ore at least be on the same level time will tell if he can win a tournament and be consistent with a good winrate vs good opponents | ||
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gDPhantom
New Zealand162 Posts
On January 30 2019 22:53 herwo wrote: poor koreans. they lose to serral one year, and that's when TL decides to have only one "best player of the year" so koreans never benefit from the international/korean split. Thats because it was just known that best korean = best in the world. | ||
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PioneerCN
China6 Posts
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showstealer1829
Australia3123 Posts
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Azzur
Australia6255 Posts
Was very pleasantly surprised with the biggest rivalry pick - agree totally! | ||
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FBTsingLoong
China410 Posts
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RealityTheGreat
China564 Posts
On January 31 2019 05:36 Xain0n wrote: It's actually the opposite, Code S bias is too strong. How many WCS circuit Ro.32 players can advance to Code S Ro.32? | ||
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veniss
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On January 31 2019 00:26 Rodya wrote: Not sure how Showtime > Neeb when the former has a few wins but usually gets embarassed and the latter made ro.4 in code S and only gets EMBARASSED by Maru. Not sure how Serral isn't the breakout player, and not sure why the biggest rivalry isn't sOs vs Maru. There are no Korean elitists or 'Korean fans'. I don't mind Serral winning, I just find his fans a bit... well you know. But I'm not a Korean fan. My favorite SC2 player is probably Scarlett (assuming that Flash doesn't count). The only ones pushes this Serral fan vs Korean fan narrative are the Serral fans. Oh well, you live and you learn. And of course, saying Serral > Maru when Maru won 3 Code S in a row betrays your bias. ...are you trolling? Presuming you're sincere: The reason why Serral isn't the breakout player is because we saw his steady rise for years. The reason why Reynor is the breakout player of 2018 is because the very first year he could play in WCS, he made a finals, and came in 9th-12th in GSL. Hell, Reynor came within a game of making Blizzcon. He is the figurative definition of breakout player. | ||
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Mahanaim
Korea (South)1002 Posts
I really enjoyed it! | ||
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Ej_
47656 Posts
On January 31 2019 14:08 RealityTheGreat wrote: How many WCS circuit Ro.32 players can advance to Code S Ro.32? I dont know, but ro64 WCS player can definitely make ro8 in GSL | ||
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LGC.Peppy
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
On January 31 2019 06:17 VGhost wrote: Curious if anybody's got thoughts on the two non-KR stars this year (Serral and Reynor) being Zerg. Any gameplay reason (mechanics, # of Zerg players) or just random luck? On my level it's way easier to play Zerg than Protoss. CAnnot talk about the highest level(or high as I'm just diamond  )On January 31 2019 18:16 LGC.Peppy wrote: Good article. Personally I think Rogue vs Serral > Dark vs Solar. Both are good games though. It's a strange year where you can legitimately argue ZvZ had the best matches of the year :O Maru v Rogue was a good series, you can find good games not having 2 zergs in them, it's just hard because of the Z/P heavy WCS. | ||
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StarDraKe
France65 Posts
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On January 31 2019 14:08 RealityTheGreat wrote: How many WCS circuit Ro.32 players can advance to Code S Ro.32? Code S is still significantly harder and more prestigious than WCS, just not to the point where winning three in a row(historical and astonishing accomplishment without a doubt) authomatically makes you player of the year; it would have been true for every year except maybe 2011 but Serral's victories in 2018, not to mention his dominance and winning streak, are more impressive, even if not by much(even when we consider Maru's WESG). That's why I am speaking of Code S bias. | ||
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