Stats advances, Maru out in day 1 of Super Tournament
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starkiller123
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swissman777
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BisuDagger
Bisutopia18980 Posts
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Fecalfeast
Canada11355 Posts
those 109 got a very important 2 points but these 17 are absolute liquibet gods Is there somewhere we can look at who voted for hurricane? | ||
Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On April 19 2019 07:45 BisuDagger wrote: Maru earned so much respect from me during today's games. The IQ and strategic depth of knowledge he showed by going mech today is out of this world. It's great to see a top tier player show he can master multiple play styles. Maru's mech TvP builds might(and I underline, might) be a product of teamhouse environment; I'm more inclined to think Maru is the one who has the skill needed to carry the build out while not necessarily being its inventor. Still impressive and potentially revolutionary. After sOs dismantled Maru at BlizzCon, I remember a korean user post reporting(in the Live thread) sOs would have said that he knew precisely counter Maru's TvP proxy builds as they were in fact largely part of their collaboration. Maru's mech build could have the same origin. | ||
AaBbCc
New Zealand110 Posts
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blooblooblahblah
Australia4163 Posts
On April 19 2019 06:43 les wrote: I can't help but think that Maru's mech style was developed to kill Classic but he didn't need it to counter the proxy gates and saved it for today. 4 days feel short to reinvent terran strategy. Not just that, but it seems Maru might feel it's not viable to do against aggressive openings considering he switched back to normal play against Stat's proxy gate in game 5. | ||
yubo56
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I don't always like the way Stats plays, but I am such an absolute fan when he shows this adaptability, it's by far my favorite aspect about him as a player. Much respect and really such a fan of it | ||
michaelskarn007
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BerserkSword
United States2123 Posts
On April 19 2019 06:43 les wrote: I can't help but think that Maru's mech style was developed to kill Classic but he didn't need it to counter the proxy gates and saved it for today. 4 days feel short to reinvent terran strategy. i disagree. I think that maru realized that his normal aggressive tactics in his TvP wouldnt hinder the greatest defensive protoss player in the world ( the guy dubbed "shield of aiur" ) so he whipped out this new style to try to muscle past him. You saw Maru try to do his normal TvP shenanigans in g1 but it bounced off of stats. Maru's mech style then worked in 2/3 games to be honest, until stats seemed to have adapted to it. | ||
Russano
United States425 Posts
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Htime
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>these 17 are absolute liquibet gods Tasteless: Not even Hurricane's mom thought he would advance vs Rogue | ||
Fango
United Kingdom8749 Posts
Stats will probably roll Gumiho and PartinG in his next matches. soO vs Classic is in a similar spot in the lower bracket. Whoever wins will probably play Stats in the final. | ||
Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2206 Posts
On April 19 2019 05:26 Rob-Zero wrote: In every series the underdog advanced, very entertaining. Or maybe i just don´t have any knowledge at all. :D Yes amazing | ||
Yoshi Kirishima
United States10043 Posts
Sounds like it was very entertaining to watch, too. Hopefully that might change some people's minds about whether mech is "healthy" for the game or not... and hopefully Blizzard might take it more seriously and try to make it more viable. That would make me so happy. It didn't seem viable in TvP when I was playing on and off last year, but instead weaker than in HotS. Then they reverted/nerfed the Cyclone and it became even weaker. Glad to see that mech TvZ still works despite the nerf to the Thor's armor and such, too! I hope sOs wins this! | ||
IArako
Germany193 Posts
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2283 Posts
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M2
Bulgaria4063 Posts
On April 19 2019 23:17 swarminfestor wrote: I will still watch Gumiho's match tomorrow, and probably give up watching the entire tournaments if he doesn't advance. same, but if the final is stats - classic I ll watch it | ||
aringadingding
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Cephiro
Finland1934 Posts
On April 19 2019 07:49 Fecalfeast wrote: these 17 are absolute liquibet gods Is there somewhere we can look at who voted for hurricane? I wish this actually made me a liquibet god. That being said, definitely not in the running for a victory this season, and didn't even get maru vs stats right either. =p Definitely some surprising results though, didn't expect Dark to lose. | ||
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