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The final eight title contenders for WCS Spring have been decided after two days of competition, with WCS Winter champions Neeb and Reynor joining 2018 Global Champion Serral in a stacked quarterfinal bracket. The third and final day of WCS Spring matches will begin on Sunday, May 19 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00), with the remaining eight players contending for the first place prize of $20,000 and a direct seed to the 2019 Global Finals. 
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Serimek
France2274 Posts
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LTCM
174 Posts
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fededevi
Italy45 Posts
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aringadingding
481 Posts
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
On May 19 2019 06:20 LTCM wrote: Perfect balance. Believe it or not sc2 is in a great spot right now. Found the Protoss. That being said, this tournament is looking pretty good. If only the same could be said for GSL. | ||
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starkiller123
United States4030 Posts
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MrFreeman
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Elmonti
Spain299 Posts
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Need
566 Posts
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JJH777
United States4418 Posts
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blooblooblahblah
Australia4163 Posts
Pretty sick Ro8 with a bunch of top dogs and a couple unexpected surprises | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
On May 19 2019 08:09 Need wrote: Bring on the Neeb vs Serral epic battle Showtime's ready to fuck that up again xD | ||
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NinjaNight
428 Posts
On May 19 2019 06:20 LTCM wrote: Perfect balance. Believe it or not sc2 is in a great spot right now. Agreed. PvT may be slightly favored for protoss but nothing crazy. The real problem is the way it plays out terran does too many 2 base all ins, need to weaken the all ins a little and buff the terran macro play a little. Nothing drastic, just enough to get terran going in the later game and less all inning. However, terrans are still winning that matchup plenty as shown by the only 54% PvT winrate for protoss on Aligulac in high level play. All other matchups are undoubtedly very well balanced. ZvZ just needs something to spice it up and not be so many stale roach vs roach games. The balance of the game this year overall has been good. Some well placed tuneups and it could be great. Very good looking results by race in this tournament (and many previous tournaments) and solid distribution of tournament winners by race in premier tournaments so far this year, 2 terran 2 zerg 2 protoss. | ||
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blooblooblahblah
Australia4163 Posts
On May 19 2019 08:23 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: Showtime's ready to fuck that up again xD If Showtime plays like he did today when he has to face Special, I don't think he'll get his chance to fuck things up. | ||
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Anc13nt
1557 Posts
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
1) Goblin 2) Neeb 3) Showtime 4) Elazer 5) TIME 6) Reynor 7) Serral 8) Blizzard shuts down the SC2 servers permanently 9) SpeCial | ||
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Shuffleblade
Sweden1903 Posts
On May 19 2019 09:14 Boggyb wrote: Rooting hierarchy: 1) Goblin 2) Neeb 3) Showtime 4) Elazer 5) TIME 6) Reynor 7) Serral 8) Blizzard shuts down the SC2 servers permanently 9) SpeCial What in all the world do you have against SpeCial and Serral o_o | ||
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rickzou
46 Posts
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
I would love for Serral to win again in 2019 but I'd be glad if Special or Reynor takes the tournament, as well; Neeb and TIME are probably the ones I'd like to see win WCS the least but I'd be ok with them winning, the players I don't like are already out. | ||
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
On May 19 2019 09:22 Shuffleblade wrote: What in all the world do you have against SpeCial and Serral o_o I dislike SpeCial as a person for repeatedly using retard as a pejorative in Twitch chat after the IEM PyeongChang qualifier fiasco last year. I dislike Serral because he's boring and his fans are annoying. | ||
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pvsnp
7676 Posts
On May 19 2019 09:36 Boggyb wrote: I dislike SpeCial as a person for repeatedly using retard as a pejorative in Twitch chat after the IEM PyeongChang qualifier fiasco last year. I dislike Serral because he's boring and his fans are annoying. Shots fired. Though Serral fans in 2019 are much less obnoxious than last year. | ||
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Need
566 Posts
On May 19 2019 09:36 Boggyb wrote: I dislike Serral because he's boring and his fans are annoying. Jesus Christ dude, do you even like StarCraft or is it just a personality contest for you? It's like seeing good games is not even a criterion for you | ||
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Colouss
United States501 Posts
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StarcraftSquall
United States196 Posts
(Too bad Scarlett couldn’t compete...) | ||
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
On May 19 2019 09:51 Need wrote: Jesus Christ dude, do you even like StarCraft or is it just a personality contest for you? It's like seeing good games is not even a criterion for you His play is boring. I don't listen to interviews even of players I like, so I have literally no basis by which to judge his personality. | ||
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Anc13nt
1557 Posts
On May 19 2019 10:47 Boggyb wrote: His play is boring. I don't listen to interviews even of players I like, so I have literally no basis by which to judge his personality. I'm not a Serral fan (although I have a lot of respect for his professionalism and skill) but I think Serral produces more entertaining series than anyone else, maybe besides Dark. | ||
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
On May 19 2019 10:47 Boggyb wrote: His play is boring. I don't listen to interviews even of players I like, so I have literally no basis by which to judge his personality. I hear it here first. Serral's personality is much more likely to appear boring than his actual play. | ||
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Anc13nt
1557 Posts
On May 19 2019 11:01 Xain0n wrote: I hear it here first. Serral's personality is much more likely to appear boring than his actual play. yeah Serral vs Stats at GSL vs the world, Serral vs Reynor at Montreal, Serral vs soO are probably some of the most entertaining series that I have watched. Serral vs Rogue at Blizzcon, Serral vs Innovation at HSC and WESG were pretty good too. | ||
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Boggyb
2855 Posts
On May 19 2019 11:00 Anc13nt wrote: I'm not a Serral fan (although I have a lot of respect for his professionalism and skill) but I think Serral produces more entertaining series than anyone else, maybe besides Dark. The only consistently watchable Zerg matchup is ZvT (and even that hasn't been particularly good for years) and Serral almost never plays Terran players even remotely at his skill level. It doesn't help that ZvT is horrid when there is a skill gap in favor of the Zerg as it feels like every game is 10 minutes of defensive macro play with the Terran player having literally no chance while a lesser Zerg or Protoss player can at least bring out interesting strategies. | ||
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thickertom
China612 Posts
On May 19 2019 06:57 starkiller123 wrote: I’m surprised TIME beat Harstem 3-0 anyone watch the games? In Game 1, TIME used all in and won it. In Game 2, TIME's widow mines destroyed Harstem's 15 probes for one time. In Game 3, I only said Harstem was always lack of "money". | ||
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Anc13nt
1557 Posts
On May 19 2019 11:15 Boggyb wrote: The only consistently watchable Zerg matchup is ZvT (and even that hasn't been particularly good for years) and Serral almost never plays Terran players even remotely at his skill level. It doesn't help that ZvT is horrid when there is a skill gap in favor of the Zerg as it feels like every game is 10 minutes of defensive macro play with the Terran player having literally no chance while a lesser Zerg or Protoss player can at least bring out interesting strategies. I don't deny Serral has a ton of one sided series but he has many good ones too so I don't think it's fair to call him boring. I agree with you that the meta is a lot less entertaining than 2017 or 2018. The nydus made ZvT a lot more boring and it looks like almost half of TvPs and PvZs involve an allin/strong timing attack. | ||
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blooblooblahblah
Australia4163 Posts
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sudete
Singapore3054 Posts
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DomeGetta
480 Posts
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Dave4
494 Posts
A very strong ro8 though. Reynor, Neeb and Showtime have all shown that they're world class calibre players as well as Serral. | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
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veniss
77 Posts
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SlammerIV
United States526 Posts
On May 19 2019 11:10 Anc13nt wrote: yeah Serral vs Stats at GSL vs the world, Serral vs Reynor at Montreal, Serral vs soO are probably some of the most entertaining series that I have watched. Serral vs Rogue at Blizzcon, Serral vs Innovation at HSC and WESG were pretty good too. Don't forget Serral vs Bunny from HSC, some fantastic matches! | ||
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RatzBarcode
United States98 Posts
 Neeb SpeCial SerralReynorSpeCialSerralSerralI think special's tvp has been good lately and his mech stuff will confuse them. | ||
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Geo.Rion
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Parrek
United States893 Posts
On May 19 2019 08:23 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: Showtime's ready to fuck that up again xD I want to see Neeb vs Special and Serral vs Reynor for the Ro4. Let the TL people have a win and have a real clash for the title of best of the circuit. And we have the kings of NA vs the kings of EU | ||
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Parrek
United States893 Posts
On May 19 2019 15:09 RatzBarcode wrote: NeebSpeCialSerralReynorSpeCialSerralSerralI think special's tvp has been good lately and his mech stuff will confuse them. It's hard. I want Special to break his Ro4 curse, but I also want the Neeb vs Serral clash. Neeb needs to take back his crown after his disappointing 2018 in circuit events. Serral didn't need to dethrone Neeb. Neeb just kinda abdicated his throne. | ||
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9Dimitri
Hungary14 Posts
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fastr
France902 Posts
The fact that there have been few upsets is also a testament to the balanced state of the game right now. All those who advanced to the ro8 deserved to. I'm rooting for a Special vs Serral final, but I think we might get a PvP and a ZvZ semifinal, hoping I'm wrong though. Let's go Juanito! | ||
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Pandain
United States12989 Posts
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Parser
Italy88 Posts
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Stormhoof
Serbia182 Posts
On May 19 2019 17:57 9Dimitri wrote: I can't find a VOD of SpeCial vs MaSa in RO16, can someone link me please? Was there no B stream at all? I think that no one casted a single series of Special for 2 fays, which is disgrace. I would like to be wrong but I watched most of games on all streams and havent saw one with probably best foreign terran. | ||
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9Dimitri
Hungary14 Posts
On May 19 2019 19:37 Stormhoof wrote: I think that no one casted a single series of Special for 2 fays, which is disgrace. I would like to be wrong but I watched most of games on all streams and havent saw one with probably best foreign terran. Yea, I'm just so sorry we have these great matches and it's impossible to see them. Maybe we have a replay pack after the event? | ||
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Stormhoof
Serbia182 Posts
On May 19 2019 20:47 9Dimitri wrote: Yea, I'm just so sorry we have these great matches and it's impossible to see them. Maybe we have a replay pack after the event? But there were like 10ish active streams. They could stream his games aswell. Really can't see the point of having all those casting same matches, even in same language. I hope for replay pack too! | ||
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