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Maru advances to face Classic in Code S finals

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
April 06 2019 05:30 GMT
#1
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2019 Global StarCraft II League - Code S Season 1

Maru continued to make GSL history as he swept Jin Air teammate Trap 4-0 to reach his fourth consecutive Code S finals. Maru tied soO's record for four straight finals appearances (set in 2013-2014), and has a chance to break his own record of three consecutive Code S championships with an incredible fourth title in a row.

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Although Trap had proven his PvT prowess with prior victories against INnoVation and TY, he was unable to summon the same form in his first ever Code S semifinal match. Maru's harassment and subsequent attacks steamrolled Trap in the first two sets, and Trap's later attempts at all-ins and aggression could only seem desperate in comparison.

After the games, Maru made the surprising admission that he had been taking things relatively easy compared to 2018, and that he considered Classic an easier opponent than Trap (a common compliment Maru paid his teammates during his 2018 run).Maru will face Classic in the grand final match, set for Sunday, Apr 14 8:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)


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Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
April 06 2019 05:41 GMT
#2
what a bump xD
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
xelnaga_empire
Profile Joined March 2012
627 Posts
April 06 2019 05:43 GMT
#3
A well deserved win by Maru. As Artosis said, Trap should have played Colossus against Maru since Maru is weak against Colossus builds.

Also, that was some bad micro by Trap throughout the series, especially in game 4.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
April 06 2019 05:47 GMT
#4
Maru has tied soO's record for 4 finals in a row and may soon tie/exceed Mvp's record in titles depending on how you count GSL vs The World. Crazy
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
IshinShishi
Profile Joined April 2012
Japan6156 Posts
April 06 2019 05:59 GMT
#5
Maru with too many points on DEX and STR
So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie
ParksonVN
Profile Joined October 2015
Australia370 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-06 06:16:45
April 06 2019 06:16 GMT
#6
On April 06 2019 14:47 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Maru has tied soO's record for 4 finals in a row and may soon tie/exceed Mvp's record in titles depending on how you count GSL vs The World. Crazy


Why do some people always (advertently) forget that Inno also won 4 GSLs (if counts GSL vs The World)?
CutietosS
Profile Joined December 2008
United States13 Posts
April 06 2019 06:18 GMT
#7
I'm wondering a few things, the first: Did sOs decide to train with Maru instead of Trap? Second: Is Maru's play (no proxies, lots of ravens) indicative of how he will play against Classic? Did he break the matchup [when playing Maru level] or thirdly, is he just hiding his true strategies until he cheeses the moon out of Classic in some crazy proxy builds and mass widow mine drop play that blows all of our minds as he becomes the 4x in a row GSL champ?!
MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1798 Posts
April 06 2019 06:21 GMT
#8
If Maru wins the final I think he really is the best player outside of Europe.
Tempest
Profile Joined October 2015
United States147 Posts
April 06 2019 06:42 GMT
#9
Classic is ready.
GL maru.
Quick, think of some pithy cliche and toss it here
starkiller123
Profile Joined January 2016
United States4030 Posts
April 06 2019 07:01 GMT
#10
On April 06 2019 15:16 ParksonVN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2019 14:47 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Maru has tied soO's record for 4 finals in a row and may soon tie/exceed Mvp's record in titles depending on how you count GSL vs The World. Crazy


Why do some people always (advertently) forget that Inno also won 4 GSLs (if counts GSL vs The World)?

GSL vs the world does not count, just like Super tournament doesn't count
fishjie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1519 Posts
April 06 2019 07:08 GMT
#11
if he wins this then maru is GOAT

who cares about weekenders like blizzcon - aside from dave4
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
April 06 2019 07:17 GMT
#12
On April 06 2019 15:16 ParksonVN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2019 14:47 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Maru has tied soO's record for 4 finals in a row and may soon tie/exceed Mvp's record in titles depending on how you count GSL vs The World. Crazy


Why do some people always (advertently) forget that Inno also won 4 GSLs (if counts GSL vs The World)?


Because nobody cares about him whereas Mvp is a big ass pimp
NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever
Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13320 Posts
April 06 2019 07:18 GMT
#13
On April 06 2019 15:16 ParksonVN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2019 14:47 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Maru has tied soO's record for 4 finals in a row and may soon tie/exceed Mvp's record in titles depending on how you count GSL vs The World. Crazy


Why do some people always (advertently) forget that Inno also won 4 GSLs (if counts GSL vs The World)?

Because Mvp has a broken back
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xelnaga_empire
Profile Joined March 2012
627 Posts
April 06 2019 07:23 GMT
#14
On April 06 2019 16:17 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2019 15:16 ParksonVN wrote:
On April 06 2019 14:47 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Maru has tied soO's record for 4 finals in a row and may soon tie/exceed Mvp's record in titles depending on how you count GSL vs The World. Crazy


Why do some people always (advertently) forget that Inno also won 4 GSLs (if counts GSL vs The World)?


Because nobody cares about him whereas Mvp is a big ass pimp


Even if Maru wins this GSL, I would still say Innovation is the GOAT of SC2. With the WESG win this year, Innovation just added another major tournament win to his trophy case. Without the WESG win, I would consider that if Maru wins this GSL, he is very close to Innovation or maybe Maru even surpasses Innovation. But after the WESG win, Innovation is still the GOAT.

Maru is still young and Innovation is getting old. So if Maru keeps it up, he may surpass Innovation eventually. Having said that, Serral is also very young so Serral has many more tournaments to win in the future and perhaps it will be Serral and Maru trying to take over as GOAT from Innovation.
Vari
Profile Joined September 2010
United States532 Posts
April 06 2019 07:38 GMT
#15
On April 06 2019 16:08 fishjie wrote:
if he wins this then maru is GOAT

who cares about weekenders like blizzcon - aside from dave4

I would not even slightly dismiss or discredit them, but for maru to continue his reign while keeping a undefeated streak in non-marathon(weekend)-style tourneys... he'd be undisputed best in the world and best of all time (or at least, his last year+1/4 would be the best over that period of time ever), imo

he never faced serral directly and serral has never won a tourney that included opponents getting 9 days to get ready for a bo7 against him. if he won even 1 like that I'd say he could be the choice, but while maru was able to take quick tourneys during 2018, serral has never even been in a slow GSL.
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Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-06 07:48:58
April 06 2019 07:48 GMT
#16
Can we finally nerf Protoss tho? It's laughable that Terran is literally unplayable in TvP :[

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Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12794 Posts
April 06 2019 08:16 GMT
#17
On April 06 2019 16:38 Vari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2019 16:08 fishjie wrote:
if he wins this then maru is GOAT

who cares about weekenders like blizzcon - aside from dave4

I would not even slightly dismiss or discredit them, but for maru to continue his reign while keeping a undefeated streak in non-marathon(weekend)-style tourneys... he'd be undisputed best in the world and best of all time (or at least, his last year+1/4 would be the best over that period of time ever), imo

he never faced serral directly and serral has never won a tourney that included opponents getting 9 days to get ready for a bo7 against him. if he won even 1 like that I'd say he could be the choice, but while maru was able to take quick tourneys during 2018, serral has never even been in a slow GSL.

WESG 2017 they faced directly :o.

Kinda expected result but still nice to see an in form Maru
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Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2214 Posts
April 06 2019 08:52 GMT
#18
Rooting for classic!
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pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-06 09:00:09
April 06 2019 08:59 GMT
#19
Hate to do it, but I'm cheering for Classic. Guy needs a GSL trophy more than Maru does right now.

Still, I'd have to say Maru is the strong favorite here.
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mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
April 06 2019 09:02 GMT
#20
On April 06 2019 15:21 MockHamill wrote:
If Maru wins the final I think he really is the best player outside of Europe.


If (and likely when) Maru wins this GSL finals, I think that's the tipping point to crown him best player (so far) in 2019. Unless Serral wins something big in the meantime.
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