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On February 22 2019 07:12 Geo.Rion wrote:can anyone give me a quick rundown how Inno ended up with 3 P in his group?  cant really watch the vod right now
Classic only preferred P so he chose Trap, Trap was considering a Terran and Cure didn't want to get picked into the group and therefore Trap picked Inno. Rogue begged to be picked by Inno and he taunted him hard but Inno said he would prefer to practise only one matchup and picked sOs.
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On February 22 2019 06:52 Popparockz wrote:
innovation already showed amazing TvP in the Ro32, so I expect him to crush that group.
"Amazing" against Hurricane and Creator?
Inno's TvP looks fairly solid, but Classic, Trap, and sOs are a lot stronger than his Ro32 opponents.
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loving the ty vs gumiho rematch. this is my favourite player vs player match-up in all of sc2
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Group D is absolute insanity..
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On February 22 2019 07:30 pvsnp wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2019 06:47 Xain0n wrote:
Bunny is not the weakest Terran player left and I find unlikely that Rogue will never reach Code S semifinals. He isn't? I guess Cure is not a top Terran either, but he always struck me as more well-rounded. Bunny seems very predictable with lots of drops and his TvT is meh.
TvT is historically his weakest matchup, it's true.
However, Bunny has been performing quite well since HSC and his form is better than Cure's and Gumiho's: surviving the arguably toughest Code S group and, most importantly, directly qualifying for IEM seem respectable feats to me.
He showed nice mech play in addiction to his drop heavy style.
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the idea of forming groups with a little talk show is good, little variety to just playing thru the tournament. but gsl could consider cutting the time by 2 thirds. also would be easier for players as most dont seem to enjoy the little social event that much  
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This is gonna be sick, can't wait! C'mon $o$!
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On February 22 2019 01:01 Syn Harvest wrote:
Holy fuck Groups C and D are ridiculous. Those should be some great series.
indeed !!!
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On February 22 2019 01:42 sneakyfox wrote:
TY gets the group of death. AGAIN. And Maru gets the easiest possible group. Again...
No group that has Maru in it can be called easy.
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On February 22 2019 17:58 byte-Curious wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2019 01:42 sneakyfox wrote:
TY gets the group of death. AGAIN. And Maru gets the easiest possible group. Again... No group that has Maru in it can be called easy.
If only one player advances I would agree, but two people advance. Marus group is probably the easiest in GSL history
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On February 22 2019 17:58 byte-Curious wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2019 01:42 sneakyfox wrote:
TY gets the group of death. AGAIN. And Maru gets the easiest possible group. Again... No group that has Maru in it can be called easy.
Yes, for Maru it is, which was the point.
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On February 22 2019 07:12 BisuDagger wrote:
Serral and Maru are being spoon fed the group stages. They better be ready for when they meet top tier players.
It's funny because Maru's last ro16 group (which people also said was insanely easy) included Reynor and Neeb, who are arguably the toughest opponents Serral can get in WCS. I mean there's no one who you'd say is stronger or outclasses them.
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On February 22 2019 20:10 Rodya wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2019 07:12 BisuDagger wrote:
Serral and Maru are being spoon fed the group stages. They better be ready for when they meet top tier players. It's funny because Maru's last ro16 group (which people also said was insanely easy) included Reynor and Neeb, who are arguably the toughest opponents Serral can get in WCS. I mean there's no one who you'd say is stronger or outclasses them.
I'm only referring to this WCS/GSL season. :D
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On February 22 2019 20:10 Rodya wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2019 07:12 BisuDagger wrote:
Serral and Maru are being spoon fed the group stages. They better be ready for when they meet top tier players. It's funny because Maru's last ro16 group (which people also said was insanely easy) included Reynor and Neeb, who are arguably the toughest opponents Serral can get in WCS. I mean there's no one who you'd say is stronger or outclasses them.
So Maru underestimated Reynor that time. He could've lost the set.
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has this swap system always been like this? I don't think I've seen discussions about it being supposedly unfair before 2018
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On February 23 2019 01:29 Charoisaur wrote:
has this swap system always been like this? I don't think I've seen discussions about it being supposedly unfair before 2018
It's just that less great players are playing the game due to lack of practice and migrating to brood war. Swap system has been around forever, and it has had criticism whenever one-sided groups are formed. The idea comes from the MSL  MBCGame StarCraft League (MSL) and even then it produced some outcomes that upset certain fans.
The thing is just that Maru has had no trouble creating a one-sided group because there are barely enough elite players in form to fill the round, and well upsets do happen.
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On February 23 2019 03:15 Rodya wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2019 01:29 Charoisaur wrote:
has this swap system always been like this? I don't think I've seen discussions about it being supposedly unfair before 2018 It's just that less great players are playing the game due to lack of practice and migrating to brood war. Swap system has been around forever, and it has had criticism whenever one-sided groups are formed. The idea comes from the MSL MBCGame StarCraft League (MSL) and even then it produced some outcomes that upset certain fans. The thing is just that Maru has had no trouble creating a one-sided group because there are barely enough elite players in form to fill the round, and well upsets do happen.
Maru also isn't much of a bragger and doesn't feel pressure to entertain the crowd. So he makes the most rational picks. For other champions rivalries, teammates and ego (I'm the best, I'll win anyway) were important factors in their decision making. Maru doesn't have to prove anything, he just does his thing.
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