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Maru defeats Classic, wins 4th consecutive Code S - Page 2

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LastDance
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
New Zealand510 Posts
April 15 2019 00:30 GMT
#21
I feel bad for Classic, he was so close.
FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
April 15 2019 01:16 GMT
#22
Predictable.

TY, Bogus, sOs, and maybe Stats on a good day are the only ones I see stopping Maru from ro8+ anymore.
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
NinjaNight
Profile Joined January 2018
428 Posts
April 15 2019 01:50 GMT
#23
Now if Maru can become better than Innovation at TvT he can be undisputed best in the world.
negativedge
Profile Joined December 2011
4279 Posts
April 15 2019 02:12 GMT
#24
On April 15 2019 10:16 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Predictable.

TY, Bogus, sOs, and maybe Stats on a good day are the only ones I see stopping Maru from ro8+ anymore.


rogue probably belongs on that list too
LitterWrit
Profile Joined March 2018
2 Posts
April 15 2019 02:38 GMT
#25
On April 15 2019 11:12 negativedge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 15 2019 10:16 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Predictable.

TY, Bogus, sOs, and maybe Stats on a good day are the only ones I see stopping Maru from ro8+ anymore.


rogue probably belongs on that list too


And meomaikA
neutralrobot
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia1025 Posts
April 15 2019 02:39 GMT
#26
On April 15 2019 10:50 NinjaNight wrote:
Now if Maru can become better than Innovation at TvT he can be undisputed best in the world.


I actually don't see Maru being undisputed until he starts dominating big weekender tournaments. If he wins Super Tournament and eventually takes Blizzcon, then I think there will be few doubters. Until then, I think there will be people who would dispute the claim. My guess is that probably he has the most evidence behind him for best in the world right at this moment, but it's been a bit of a bumpy ride this year so far.
Maru | Life | PartinG || I guess I like aggressive control freaks... || Reynor will one day reign supreme || *reyn supreme
Togekiss
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada154 Posts
April 15 2019 03:01 GMT
#27
Just a few more major trophies this year (Ideally Blizzcon + a Weekender) to finally cast the remaining naysayers doubts aside once and for all...

I'm satisfied you have taken yet another step towards your goal Maru.
StarcraftSquall
Profile Joined December 2018
United States196 Posts
April 15 2019 03:55 GMT
#28
Maru is good. But until he plays Serral straight on in a full on series that question will remain out there. Which is why when he’s failed to make his side of the bracket everyone’s been disappointed.

I am hoping we see some more Circuit players in GSL later in the year now that Challenger has been reinstated. That would be more interesting to me than the bottom four Korean players.
neutralrobot
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia1025 Posts
April 15 2019 04:03 GMT
#29
On April 15 2019 11:38 LitterWrit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 15 2019 11:12 negativedge wrote:
On April 15 2019 10:16 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
Predictable.

TY, Bogus, sOs, and maybe Stats on a good day are the only ones I see stopping Maru from ro8+ anymore.


rogue probably belongs on that list too


And meomaikA


Thankfully, meomaikA hasn't been playing in the GSL so far.
Maru | Life | PartinG || I guess I like aggressive control freaks... || Reynor will one day reign supreme || *reyn supreme
ordeal11
Profile Joined August 2018
Czech Republic52 Posts
April 15 2019 04:27 GMT
#30
Not bad finals, but can't get really excited when 5 out od 6 games end before 10th minute mark.
mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
April 15 2019 04:54 GMT
#31
As a big Serral fan I will freely admit, at this time Maru is the best player in the world.
JD, Stork, Calm, Hyuk Fighting!
spenzer
Profile Joined June 2016
27 Posts
April 15 2019 06:06 GMT
#32
Proxying Mr. Proxy himself. Was kinda ironic but pretty entertaining overall. If Maru can prepare he is so strong. But I wouldn't underestimate him having a whole team in the back that helps him with between games
KingofdaHipHop
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United States25602 Posts
April 15 2019 06:25 GMT
#33
Time to dust out that G5L trophy out of the closet. So sick, that's really all I can say
Rain | herO | sOs | Dear | Neeb | ByuN | INnoVation | Dream | ForGG | Maru | ByuL | Golden | Solar | Soulkey | Scarlett!!!
MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1798 Posts
April 15 2019 06:27 GMT
#34
4 GSL code S in a row is extremly impressive. If Maru only did better in weekend tournaments he would be the first SC2 bonjwa.
insitelol
Profile Joined August 2012
845 Posts
April 15 2019 06:30 GMT
#35
On April 15 2019 07:09 Ryu3600 wrote:
Gotta say while there aren't too many builds to take away from this series you can learn a lot on just how to hold protoss cheeses minus proxy tempest of course. But man was that game on kings cove intense.

I'm pretty sure that "learning a lot" involves... building a bunker! or... building a bunker?
Overall, Classic showed complete lack of understanding of the MU or, which is more likely, he just had no confidence against maru (or terrans in general), so he avoided standard plays at all costs. Pretty dissapointing series. But they also prove how broken PvT is. And by that i mean too many agressive options for terran early/mid game which (if executed correctly, and not w/o coinfliping sometimes) makes playing from a protoss perspective a real pain in the ass. Like, for the first half of the game you are paranoid about terran agression hoping to survive till the late game, where you actually don't have any edge against terran compositions that involve ghosts. So yep, protoss still have to rely on gimmicks against competent terrans, who just play their cards cold minded. And almost forgot, you also have to read through numerious tl threads with diamond terrans whining about your race, that's a nuisance too, but i can live with that.
Less is more.
MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1798 Posts
April 15 2019 06:42 GMT
#36
Did not Maru play that game vs proxy Tempest wrong? I always go reactor vikings against proxy Tempest and it works most of the time, why did he try to go cyclones?
Veluvian
Profile Joined December 2011
Bulgaria256 Posts
April 15 2019 06:44 GMT
#37
The only impressive match with Maru was against Dear. The rest of the games were a huge tactical jump to the final. Still, Maru was the better player than Classic. I was hoping for 2:2 at least in order to witness more interesting finals this time.
Another season with brilliant games by players like TY, Dark, Classic... and another Season with one obvious winner and obvious great losers.
Congratulations for Maru's fans!
Oz; MMA; Rain; sOs; Classic, Soulkey, TY, Dark
fronkschnonk
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany622 Posts
April 15 2019 06:57 GMT
#38
On April 15 2019 12:55 StarcraftSquall wrote:
Maru is good. But until he plays Serral straight on in a full on series that question will remain out there. Which is why when he’s failed to make his side of the bracket everyone’s been disappointed.

I am hoping we see some more Circuit players in GSL later in the year now that Challenger has been reinstated. That would be more interesting to me than the bottom four Korean players.

Well, Serral really isn't the hottest player right now. Right now Maru needs to beat the likes of Reynor, Innovation, soO and Dark to prove his skill.
Furthermore, I consider that some kind of Code A must be reestablished.
LUCKY_NOOB
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Bulgaria1496 Posts
April 15 2019 07:03 GMT
#39
"4th consecutive Code S" and he is a Terran...

Flash is also a Terran in SCR...

Hmmmmmm

If only there was a word for this kind of situation.

I have not followed SC2 for a long time and it appears I have missed NOTHING.

SAD ^_._^
ko-fi.com/luckynoob
fronkschnonk
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany622 Posts
April 15 2019 07:04 GMT
#40
On April 15 2019 15:42 MockHamill wrote:
Did not Maru play that game vs proxy Tempest wrong? I always go reactor vikings against proxy Tempest and it works most of the time, why did he try to go cyclones?

I'm not sure but aren't you getting vulnerable to gateway units if you're going for mass vikings?
Furthermore, I consider that some kind of Code A must be reestablished.
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