It's really disappointing when players who have potential or are coming back often just seem to opt out of competition when it gets serious:
Taeja seemingly did not show up vs MC and then vs alive in the LB.
TREME, an old face from 2015 also donated def-wins to his opponents.
Dandy didn't try either although his opponent impact could've been doable for him.
DRG also let his chance of a kind of easy first opponent in Patience slip away.

I mean, yes, there always can happen stuff that hinders you and playing against the best of the best is probably quite intimidating but I see this so often that it is just unlikely that this is not some kind of nerves/anxiety/motivation-problem. It's so sad because I think those players are giving opportunites away and by deciding to rather not participate they're making it even more unlikely that they'll climb to the top, ever.
Especially players like Taeja and Dandy who are on a team should have some kind of conscientiousness.

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This is why I still think we need some kind of Code A in Korea in order to give realistic opportunities to lesser players.

Elentos

55566 Posts

April 08 2019 11:53 GMT

#31

On April 08 2019 20:48 swarminfestor wrote:
What's wrong with Korean Terran players?

They aren't Maru but Protoss still exists.

swarminfestor

Malaysia2449 Posts

April 08 2019 11:59 GMT

#32

On April 08 2019 20:53 Elentos wrote:

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They aren't Maru but Protoss still exists.

Suprisingly, I saw a lot of tosses in Ro.16. Did the new meta changes motivate these players to play competitively, perhaps?

deacon.frost

Czech Republic12129 Posts

April 08 2019 12:01 GMT

#33

On April 08 2019 20:53 Elentos wrote:

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They aren't Maru but Protoss still exists.

Weekenders and bad Terran results, I wonder...

Harris1st

Germany7117 Posts

April 08 2019 12:05 GMT

#34

1 of 14 spots is Terran? Oh my

Are they trying to provoke a buff again? xD
Cheeky little Terrans

Charoisaur

Germany16057 Posts

April 08 2019 12:06 GMT

#35

On April 08 2019 20:48 swarminfestor wrote:
What's wrong with Korean Terran players? Only 2 of them in the ro 16. Even Special also cannot advances.
Where are all new bloods?

Maru exists so every other terran player has to suffer.

Toua

Denmark318 Posts

April 08 2019 12:33 GMT

#36

Holy Protoss

Penev

28520 Posts

April 08 2019 12:35 GMT

#37

sad marine

Miralem Ibrahim

40 Posts

April 08 2019 12:41 GMT

#38

A lot of terran player are complaining and it's also my feeling that terran is very hard at the level today. But I don't now realy what is happening in the meta game today. What is it that making they not win?

Xain0n

Italy3963 Posts

April 08 2019 12:48 GMT

#39

On April 08 2019 21:06 Charoisaur wrote:

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Maru exists so every other terran player has to suffer.

I shouldn't be the one to tell you Inno won WESG(only Terran can win that tournament, apparently. Will they move the next to the second half of 2020 so that Byun could play it?); if you are right about Terran not being as strong as the other races, it's both Code S format(TY could have easily S3 2018) and Maru being incapable of releasing his full potential in weekenders that are condemning the race. TvZ, in fact, seems fair(if not Terran favored late game) while TvP is a polarized and boring matchup whose win ratios are reasonable at the end of the day.

I still think IEM groupstages were a weird anomaly(the opponents were known in advance, there was time to prepare for each of them), while the last korean qualifiers including this one are showing a worrying Protoss overabundance at the expense of Terran; I mean, I am glad the Bigggg Boy is back but Patience and Hurricane instead of TY and Bunny really hurts.

Judging by the lineup I'd say either Rogue or Stats/Classic/Zest/sOs/herO is gonna win this; if Maru doesn't take home his fourth Code S, I'd be actually pleasantly surprised to see him add a Super Tournament to his record of achievements.

Boggyb

2855 Posts

April 08 2019 13:15 GMT

#40

Only 1 Terran qualified to go along with Maru who was seeded. I get that INnoVatIon could be feeling unmotivated after collecting his WESG loot, but what's TY's excuse? Even in a world where Hurricane suddenly took the leap from decent to good, TY shouldn't lose to him twice.