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Serral, Scarlett, Maru, INnoVation headed to WESG final four

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-14 13:33:09
March 14 2019 13:29 GMT
#1
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World Electronic Sports Games 2018: Grand Finals

The $240,000 WESG tournament is headed towards its grand finale with just four players remaining after two rounds of playoff matches. In the first semifinal match, reigning Global Champion (Wiki)Serral faces off against (Wiki)Scarlett, one of the few Zerg players to defeat the Finnish Phenom in a BO5 during his dominant 2018 campaign. In the opposite side of the bracket, defending WESG champion (Wiki)Maru takes on (Wiki)INnoVation in a battle between two of the greatest Terran players in StarCraft II's history.

The semifinals are set to begin on Saturday, Mar 16 7:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) with Scarlett vs Serral. The grand finals are scheduled for March 17th.

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Superouman
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
France2195 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-14 13:31:39
March 14 2019 13:31 GMT
#2
Let's hope we get to finally see the Serral vs Maru match we were all waiting for in 2018.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33699 Posts
March 14 2019 13:34 GMT
#3
Look at all those IEM Katowice scorelines

Hopefully it's all setting up some epic series in the semis and finals
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Mike L
Profile Joined June 2014
Germany162 Posts
March 14 2019 13:36 GMT
#4
that`s gotta be sick... will be funny if Scarlett manage to destroy the dream of many who waiting final Serral - Maru clash of the best players of 2018
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
March 14 2019 13:37 GMT
#5
Maru and Serral are two of the three elite players left at this event (compared to the 10 ish of blizzcon and 15 ish at katowice) and I still feel like we won't actually see them play eachother.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France13018 Posts
March 14 2019 13:40 GMT
#6
On March 14 2019 22:36 Mike L wrote:
that`s gotta be sick... will be funny if Scarlett manage to destroy the dream of many who waiting final Serral - Maru clash of the best players of 2018

If INno beats Maru we'll get that as third place match

So if each series was 50-50, we'd have 50% chances of seeing Serral vs Maru
WriterMaru
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19384 Posts
March 14 2019 13:43 GMT
#7
Pretty much the best you could get from both brackets. I can't wait for tomorrow.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
egrimm
Profile Joined September 2011
Poland1201 Posts
March 14 2019 13:47 GMT
#8
On March 14 2019 22:40 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2019 22:36 Mike L wrote:
that`s gotta be sick... will be funny if Scarlett manage to destroy the dream of many who waiting final Serral - Maru clash of the best players of 2018

If INno beats Maru we'll get that as third place match

So if each series was 50-50, we'd have 50% chances of seeing Serral vs Maru

If Serral and Maru meet in 3rd place match then either of the losing will be explained by "not caring for 3rd place"
sOs TY PartinG
Mike L
Profile Joined June 2014
Germany162 Posts
March 14 2019 13:47 GMT
#9
On March 14 2019 22:43 BisuDagger wrote:
Pretty much the best you could get from both brackets. I can't wait for tomorrow.


semis is 16 not tomorrow
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19384 Posts
March 14 2019 13:56 GMT
#10
On March 14 2019 22:47 Mike L wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2019 22:43 BisuDagger wrote:
Pretty much the best you could get from both brackets. I can't wait for tomorrow.


semis is 16 not tomorrow

Ah thanks! They gotta keep us in anticipation!
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batatm
Profile Joined June 2014
Israel116 Posts
March 14 2019 14:06 GMT
#11
On March 14 2019 22:47 egrimm wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 14 2019 22:40 Poopi wrote:
On March 14 2019 22:36 Mike L wrote:
that`s gotta be sick... will be funny if Scarlett manage to destroy the dream of many who waiting final Serral - Maru clash of the best players of 2018

If INno beats Maru we'll get that as third place match

So if each series was 50-50, we'd have 50% chances of seeing Serral vs Maru

If Serral and Maru meet in 3rd place match then either of the losing will be explained by "not caring for 3rd place"

true, though it's still 10k$ difference in prize money.
then again, considering their total earnings both maru and serral might not see it as a big sum of money.
HsDLTitich
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Italy831 Posts
March 14 2019 14:11 GMT
#12
Abolish 3rd place matches!
I used to organize tournaments for ESL Italy and referee Go4SC2s, WCSs, and IEMs for ESL SC2.
Kazi25
Profile Joined July 2016
Philippines236 Posts
March 14 2019 14:17 GMT
#13
Why do I get this feeling that Scarlett will spoil the dream match-up? She seems to be very confident in this tournament.
rave[wcr]
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1166 Posts
March 14 2019 14:18 GMT
#14
saying "Maru defends title in final four" implies he has already defended his title he won the tournament. it would be more appropriate to say "Maru to defend title in final four". JUST SAYAN
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19384 Posts
March 14 2019 14:33 GMT
#15
On March 14 2019 23:18 rave[wcr] wrote:
saying "Maru defends title in final four" implies he has already defended his title he won the tournament. it would be more appropriate to say "Maru to defend title in final four". JUST SAYAN

We all know Maru's already won. If he loses, it's because of TvT imbalance and jet lag.
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TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8323 Posts
March 14 2019 14:41 GMT
#16
I honestly don’t remember the last time there was quite THIS much potential epicness. ZvZ is currently a great matchup to watch, same with TvT, and we’re guaranteed a TvZ Korean vs foreigner, with a possibility of Maru vs Serral.

It honestly doesn’t get much better than this.
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)
Astrapto
Profile Joined December 2010
United States69 Posts
March 14 2019 14:45 GMT
#17
Super stoked to see the best Korean Terran vs. the best foreign Zerg. Hopefully it's not too late for the phenomenal Serral v. Maru that Stats ruined at BlizzCon.

Scarlett seems to be one of the few Zergs that have Serral's number (including soO of course), but I'm not sure I see Scarlett beating the Terran.
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Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
March 14 2019 14:45 GMT
#18
On March 14 2019 23:41 TheDougler wrote:
It honestly doesn’t get much better than this.

It does. You could have the same scenario at a tournament that actually gets attention
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France13018 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-14 14:54:08
March 14 2019 14:53 GMT
#19
The cool thing though is that Serral can't avoid ZvT this time. Either in 3rd place match or finals, he'll have to face either Maru / INno and there won't be excuse of meaningless match for either of the participants.

Will he finally get exposed? Or will he finally cement himself as the best zerg in all three matchups?
WriterMaru
IArako
Profile Joined June 2015
Germany195 Posts
March 14 2019 14:55 GMT
#20
I like this Top4 a lot, i think the best and most expected outcome will be Serral vs Maru with either of them winning, i prefer Serral.
But if Scarlett beats Innovation in the final i can see riots breaking out and i would love it.
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