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Awesome Game Done Quick: Maru's SC2 Speedruns - Page 3

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gophersnake
Profile Joined July 2018
48 Posts
April 11 2019 20:30 GMT
#41
Maru is an absolute unit, great article
CutietosS
Profile Joined December 2008
United States13 Posts
April 11 2019 20:33 GMT
#42
If I were to plan out a S. Korea vacation to watch a GSL Finals, I don't think I would pick a Maru one.
Danglars
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States12133 Posts
April 11 2019 20:39 GMT
#43
Good writeup. Maru is fast and deadly.
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Akio
Profile Blog Joined January 2019
Finland1838 Posts
April 11 2019 21:17 GMT
#44
I did not even realize that all of these were indeed very, verh quick series.

24 mins against Nice? Sure whatever. 27 against INno though? That was a legendary OSL semis match
Mine gas, build tanks.
Duckman
Profile Joined August 2009
United States158 Posts
April 11 2019 21:29 GMT
#45
The Maru vs Innovation game was when I first started watching SC2! I used to watch a bit of Broodwar back in the Flash v Jaedong days when I was procrastinating on writing papers late night in the library in undergrad and had totally forgotten about competitive Starcraft for years. One fateful night I randomly remembered watching professionals and googled "Starcraft live matches now" or something like that, ended up tuning in for semifinals and finals of that tournament, watching a 16 year old kid bop people--needless to say, I was hooked and Maru is still one of my favorite players.
ggrrg
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Bulgaria2716 Posts
April 11 2019 21:42 GMT
#46
That's some interesting trivia. Given this article I feel like it would be appropriate if Classic pulled a sub 30 min win over Maru.
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
April 11 2019 22:41 GMT
#47
I don't want a close finals. I want a BEAT DOWN and a maru win
maru lover forever
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
April 11 2019 23:15 GMT
#48
On April 12 2019 05:33 CutietosS wrote:
If I were to plan out a S. Korea vacation to watch a GSL Finals, I don't think I would pick a Maru one.


If those exist
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TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8305 Posts
April 12 2019 00:26 GMT
#49
On April 11 2019 19:52 Geo.Rion wrote:
just the other way in the LR thread there was a discussion and uncertainty about the shortest series (premier events, best of 7)
Indeed a gap filling article!

Only question that i have left, what s the quickest, NON-Maru best of 7 ever played in a premier event?


Nestea vs Inca didn't last long...
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KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
April 12 2019 00:33 GMT
#50
On April 11 2019 22:30 argonautdice wrote:
That WCS 2013 Season 2 was amazing. It was funny because Innovation had just 3-0'd Soulkey in the Ro8 in revenge for choking and getting reverse swept in the season 1 GSL final, and then when everyone thought no one could stop Inno he gets 4-0'd by Maru with proxies XD. It was also the season of Bomber-God, start of Scarlett-Bomber rivalry, early HotS muta/bling v MMMM meta, Jim randomly showing up and destroying everyone.

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Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States876 Posts
April 12 2019 00:51 GMT
#51
I'm also surprised his thrashing of Zest wasn't #1. This list doesn't give me high hopes for Classic X_X. I hope he takes a dump on a zerg later this year to round it out.
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Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
April 12 2019 02:13 GMT
#52
Nothing can beat Polt beating Naniwa in a Bo5 in 3 minutes.
Azzur
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia6260 Posts
April 12 2019 02:48 GMT
#53
HAHAHAHAHA

Loved this article
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States23413 Posts
April 12 2019 03:44 GMT
#54
This is a great article but I'm now terribly curious about the actual speedruns of SCII (and BroodWar for that matter) campaigns lol
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DSK
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
England1110 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-04-12 06:58:14
April 12 2019 06:57 GMT
#55
I do love me some Maru. Top lad that oft times produces top keks.

Great article, Wax.
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CloudCat
Profile Joined May 2011
Singapore159 Posts
April 12 2019 07:30 GMT
#56
Loved the article. We don't need another Maru vs Challenger finals preview. This did the job way better and way more effectively.

On April 12 2019 07:41 Incognoto wrote:
I don't want a close finals. I want a BEAT DOWN and a maru win


Totally feel this way after this article. I want to see utter decimation a new fastest record time!
insitelol
Profile Joined August 2012
845 Posts
April 12 2019 09:35 GMT
#57
Speedrun SoS please.
Less is more.
Destructicon
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
4713 Posts
April 12 2019 11:55 GMT
#58
On April 11 2019 19:41 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
haha, great list. Hard to believe Maru vs Zest in the GSL finals isn't #1.

Also, that OSL series has got to be one of the most satisfying moments ever. The Kespa fanboyism was so rampant around that time and then Maru just came out of nowhere and ate the soul of Bogus.


A more accurate description would be that, Maru ate the soul of INnoVation and showed him to be Bogus.
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deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
April 12 2019 12:11 GMT
#59
On April 12 2019 11:13 Solar424 wrote:
Nothing can beat Polt beating Naniwa in a Bo5 in 3 minutes.

Polt didn't, it was sound proofing issues and Polish crowds screaming way too loudly.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
NinjaNight
Profile Joined January 2018
428 Posts
April 12 2019 18:19 GMT
#60
On April 11 2019 19:12 Pandemona wrote:
Haha wow, Maru is something else! It is not even that unthinkable that Maru could do something similar to Classic again on Sunday. I hope he just wins somehow though as a 4th GSL title in a row would be nuts!! GO MARU!


Right when people start saying stuff like this is when the world turns upside down and Classic readily defeats Maru in this final.
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