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terribleplayer1
Profile Joined July 2018
95 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-17 22:38:39
August 17 2019 22:35 GMT
#101
That's a fair point actually, it's really hard to make many assumptions based on one tournament, we can always go back to other high-end tournaments... GSL S2/Asus ROG/GSL ST/HSC were definitely not Zerg dominated, some other race dominated a few of those pretty hard.


Also I don't think Stats bopping Maru 3-0 like it was nothing an expected result, but then again he's just one person, might have been having an off day.

Danjiapao
Profile Joined August 2019
2 Posts
August 17 2019 22:45 GMT
#102
I just remembered

Ryung:IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA
Ryung:GG

History is always similar.
Howard_Kao
Profile Joined September 2018
China261 Posts
August 17 2019 22:57 GMT
#103
On August 18 2019 02:16 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2019 01:11 Fango wrote:
Conspiracy theory: Zerg becoming broken and terran being trash is intentional by blizzard to buff foreigners and lessen korean dominance.


Make sense.
Also fun fact in the last two expansion there has been a total of 39 premiers tournaments finals with at least 1 foreigner, of these 39, 36 had at least 1 zerg, the exeptions beeing uThermal-Neeb in Shanghai, Neeb-Trap in Kespa Cup and Lilbow-Mana in Poland.

Fun fact
"You don't need a gsl champion, you don't need a esl champion. I feel like I'm just a normal man. I just practice very hard this time, like 15hrs everyday" Oliveira 2023
BerserkSword
Profile Joined December 2018
United States2123 Posts
August 17 2019 23:05 GMT
#104
On August 18 2019 06:32 tigon_ridge wrote:
High level ZvZ is one of the most entertaining matchups to watch. It's so fast-paced and action-packed, and can be really complex; perhaps not in unit compositions variety, but certainly decision making.


ZvZ, regardless of skill level, is the most boring matchup in the game.

I won’t be watching the finals lol
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Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17725 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-17 23:07:57
August 17 2019 23:07 GMT
#105
On August 18 2019 07:45 Danjiapao wrote:
I just remembered

Ryung:IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA
Ryung:GG

History is always similar.

https://www.twitch.tv/gsl/clip/DaintyPuzzledFiddleheadsPermaSmug?filter=clips&range=30d&sort=time

On August 18 2019 07:57 Howard_Kao wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2019 02:16 Nakajin wrote:
On August 18 2019 01:11 Fango wrote:
Conspiracy theory: Zerg becoming broken and terran being trash is intentional by blizzard to buff foreigners and lessen korean dominance.


Make sense.
Also fun fact in the last two expansion there has been a total of 39 premiers tournaments finals with at least 1 foreigner, of these 39, 36 had at least 1 zerg, the exeptions beeing uThermal-Neeb in Shanghai, Neeb-Trap in Kespa Cup and Lilbow-Mana in Poland.

Fun fact

wow that's a crazy stat
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Legan
Profile Joined June 2017
Finland560 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-17 23:27:37
August 17 2019 23:13 GMT
#106
One thing that this event has already achieved is that everyone should be looking forward to Blizzcon as Koreans vs the world event, because the world has shown that it isn't just Serral and Reynor or Neeb that can beat Koreans. I wasn't expecting this to be shown this way, but with other non-Koreans consistently reaching Ro4/8 over time. To my view top 8 of WCS has been nearly same level as top 8 Koreans in PvZ,ZvP, PvP and ZvZ at least; and could have achieved more recognised wins, but odds that several of top 8 of WCS would achieve those match wins at same time were slimmer.

I don't really like this much of balance whine/complaining near new patch. Infested Terran is being addressed. I don't like Neural Parasite as mechanic( Serral vs Trap IEM 2018 ), but too heavy and many changes mid year is bad, because pros focus on current. Especially late game changes will not be tested enough, because it isn't reached too seldom. Still I hope we will see first version of post Blizzcon patch, that includes some kind of Infestor rework, before GSL S3 and WCS Montreal concludes.
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tigon_ridge
Profile Joined March 2019
482 Posts
August 17 2019 23:16 GMT
#107
If Serral loses to Elazer like how he lost 2-4 to Reynor, it'll be something to talk about, which is one reason why I'll have to watch. Elazer has been on a tear this event, so I'm expecting him to perform at least as well as Reynor, vs Serral. It'll be very interesting to see if Serral repeats his mistakes vs Reynor at WCS Summer.
Half_Moon
Profile Joined July 2019
1 Post
August 17 2019 23:38 GMT
#108
Korean Zergs don't tend to play late game (or not good at), that's part of the reason why European zergs are doing so much better these days.


Why would Korean Zergs ignore an important aspect of their play. It would be like a soccer team that don’t like kicking corners or a basketball team that doesn’t like shooting three pointers.
Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2633 Posts
August 17 2019 23:41 GMT
#109
So can we eliminate Region Lock once and for all now? There's hardly any argument left in favor for it. Foreigners have proven once and for all they can reach the same peaks as Koreans and locking out top Koreans hardly does any favors for the Foreign scene anymore. It's seriously a huge disservice that there are so much fewer tournaments that fans of Korean players can watch anymore.
Jangbi favorite player. Forever~ CJ herO the King of IEM. BOMBERRRRRRRR. Sexy Boy Rogue. soO #1! Oliveira China Represent!
MoDiV
Profile Joined July 2019
United States90 Posts
August 17 2019 23:44 GMT
#110
On August 18 2019 08:41 Brutaxilos wrote:
So can we eliminate Region Lock once and for all now? There's hardly any argument left in favor for it. Foreigners have proven once and for all they can reach the same peaks as Koreans and locking out top Koreans hardly does any favors for the Foreign scene anymore. It's seriously a huge disservice that there are so much fewer tournaments that fans of Korean players can watch anymore.


one tournament doesnt show that the foreigners are on their level. and it still hurts the foreign scene because all of the Ro-32 and Ro-16 wcs players wont be able to beat the koreans
FBTsingLoong
Profile Joined April 2018
China410 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-17 23:54:16
August 17 2019 23:47 GMT
#111
Serral will win the champion,no doubt.He can defeat others without infestors.Has Elazer ever won a series against Serral for the last two years?
TyInnoMaruByunAlive,TIMBA
Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2633 Posts
August 17 2019 23:56 GMT
#112
On August 18 2019 08:44 MoDiV wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2019 08:41 Brutaxilos wrote:
So can we eliminate Region Lock once and for all now? There's hardly any argument left in favor for it. Foreigners have proven once and for all they can reach the same peaks as Koreans and locking out top Koreans hardly does any favors for the Foreign scene anymore. It's seriously a huge disservice that there are so much fewer tournaments that fans of Korean players can watch anymore.


one tournament doesnt show that the foreigners are on their level. and it still hurts the foreign scene because all of the Ro-32 and Ro-16 wcs players wont be able to beat the koreans

What's the difference for Ro32/Ro16 WCS players losing to Koreans vs losing to Serral/Neeb/Special etc.?
Jangbi favorite player. Forever~ CJ herO the King of IEM. BOMBERRRRRRRR. Sexy Boy Rogue. soO #1! Oliveira China Represent!
MoDiV
Profile Joined July 2019
United States90 Posts
August 18 2019 00:01 GMT
#113
On August 18 2019 08:56 Brutaxilos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2019 08:44 MoDiV wrote:
On August 18 2019 08:41 Brutaxilos wrote:
So can we eliminate Region Lock once and for all now? There's hardly any argument left in favor for it. Foreigners have proven once and for all they can reach the same peaks as Koreans and locking out top Koreans hardly does any favors for the Foreign scene anymore. It's seriously a huge disservice that there are so much fewer tournaments that fans of Korean players can watch anymore.


one tournament doesnt show that the foreigners are on their level. and it still hurts the foreign scene because all of the Ro-32 and Ro-16 wcs players wont be able to beat the koreans

What's the difference for Ro32/Ro16 WCS players losing to Koreans vs losing to Serral/Neeb/Special etc.?


were talking about the region lock and if the legion lock were to be lifted and the koreans do come over to the wcs tournanments, while yes the top foreigners have shown they can compete against the koreans the foreingers that usually place around the Ro-32 and Ro-16. imo suffer because they get knocked out of the tournaments.
Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2633 Posts
August 18 2019 00:02 GMT
#114
On August 18 2019 09:01 MoDiV wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2019 08:56 Brutaxilos wrote:
On August 18 2019 08:44 MoDiV wrote:
On August 18 2019 08:41 Brutaxilos wrote:
So can we eliminate Region Lock once and for all now? There's hardly any argument left in favor for it. Foreigners have proven once and for all they can reach the same peaks as Koreans and locking out top Koreans hardly does any favors for the Foreign scene anymore. It's seriously a huge disservice that there are so much fewer tournaments that fans of Korean players can watch anymore.


one tournament doesnt show that the foreigners are on their level. and it still hurts the foreign scene because all of the Ro-32 and Ro-16 wcs players wont be able to beat the koreans

What's the difference for Ro32/Ro16 WCS players losing to Koreans vs losing to Serral/Neeb/Special etc.?


were talking about the region lock and if the legion lock were to be lifted and the koreans do come over to the wcs tournanments, while yes the top foreigners have shown they can compete against the koreans the foreingers that usually place around the Ro-32 and Ro-16. imo suffer because they get knocked out of the tournaments.

What's wrong with Ro32/Ro16 players getting knocked out of tournaments? Isn't Special/Neeb/Scarlett doing the same thing to Ro32 level Koreans in GSL?
Jangbi favorite player. Forever~ CJ herO the King of IEM. BOMBERRRRRRRR. Sexy Boy Rogue. soO #1! Oliveira China Represent!
MoDiV
Profile Joined July 2019
United States90 Posts
August 18 2019 00:08 GMT
#115
On August 18 2019 09:02 Brutaxilos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2019 09:01 MoDiV wrote:
On August 18 2019 08:56 Brutaxilos wrote:
On August 18 2019 08:44 MoDiV wrote:
On August 18 2019 08:41 Brutaxilos wrote:
So can we eliminate Region Lock once and for all now? There's hardly any argument left in favor for it. Foreigners have proven once and for all they can reach the same peaks as Koreans and locking out top Koreans hardly does any favors for the Foreign scene anymore. It's seriously a huge disservice that there are so much fewer tournaments that fans of Korean players can watch anymore.


one tournament doesnt show that the foreigners are on their level. and it still hurts the foreign scene because all of the Ro-32 and Ro-16 wcs players wont be able to beat the koreans

What's the difference for Ro32/Ro16 WCS players losing to Koreans vs losing to Serral/Neeb/Special etc.?


were talking about the region lock and if the legion lock were to be lifted and the koreans do come over to the wcs tournanments, while yes the top foreigners have shown they can compete against the koreans the foreingers that usually place around the Ro-32 and Ro-16. imo suffer because they get knocked out of the tournaments.

What's wrong with Ro32/Ro16 players getting knocked out of tournaments? Isn't Special/Neeb/Scarlett doing the same thing to Ro32 level Koreans in GSL?


You make a good point
col_jung
Profile Joined October 2017
139 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-18 00:44:02
August 18 2019 00:24 GMT
#116
This has been a terrific tournament.

I've been the biggest GSL fan but it was always a bit sad to see the Koreans secretly look down on the foreigners.

Now it's no longer Serral standing out as an anomaly. Other foreigners regularly beat the best Koreans these days, or at least give them a run for their money. TY, Trap, Stats, Classic, soO...legendary Koreans all dead at the hands of foreigners.

Some highlights for me:
- The moment yesterday when Classic-Special were tied 2-2 where it was so close to being an all-foreigner semi-finals. What?! Imagine 4 foreigners battling it out at the usual playground in the middle of Seoul where the best Koreans have been doing their thing for years. Just amazing. The Koreans can only look on haplessly as the foreigners have taken over their stage.
- People getting excited about a Terran almost usurping Serral and that Terran wasn't even Korean (TIME vs Serral at Asus ROG). Against Serral--after TIME's performance at Asus RoG, INno's performance at IEM and TY's performance at HomeStory cup, I'm pretty much over the whole Maru vs Serral hypetrain.
- Elazer making it to the tournament as a vote-hoarding laughing stock and putting all his naysayers in their places with some epic performances. He's a nice bloke who's clearly quite skilled and deserves respect.
- Neeb smashing Stats, Elazer smashing Dark, TIME smashing soO. Korea's best Ps and Zs taken out by different non-Serral foreigners with ease.

My favourite players are still certain Koreans. I'll probably still follow GSL more closely than WCS due to my attachment to the players and regular visits to the GSL studios.
But I can't help but feel a renewed zest for the SC scene globally. Things have really come alive this year.

I hope Afreeca runs more GSL vs the Worlds in the future, these events are just so amazing.

Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-08-18 00:58:19
August 18 2019 00:31 GMT
#117
This thread is pure madness, the amount of whine and salt reminds me of those of Twitch's chat: korean elitists, Terran suprematists, Protoss haters, ZvZ negationists, people who think Broodlords are too good and that Infestors are as op as they were in 2012...simply pathetic.

Sc2's balance this year hasn't been especially bad AND we have a patch coming out in mere days that's addressing the majority of the problems in addiction to buffing Terran for free, how pointless could it be to complain now?
Balance had little to do with results in this tournament and I also want to remind you that Serral was the only Zerg winning Premier tournaments when he was invincible last year while Infestors were not even meta.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26262 Posts
August 18 2019 00:49 GMT
#118
On August 18 2019 09:31 Xain0n wrote:
This thread is pure madness, the amount of whine and salt reminds me of those of Twitch's chat: korean elitists, Terran suprematists, Protoss haters, ZvZ negationists, people who think Broodlords are too good and that Infestors are as op as they were in 2012...simply pathetic.

Sc2's balance this year hasn't been especially bad AND we have a patch coming out in mere days that's addressing the majority of the problems in addiction to buffing Terran for free, how pointless could it be to complain now?
Balance had little to do with results in this tournament and I also want to remind you that Serral was the only Zerg winning Premier tournaments when he was invincible last year when Infestors were not even meta.

You’re a monster. TIME and Special going 6-0 against soO and Reynor is just them playing the master race well, if they subsequently lose it’s balance though
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
KKKKKKKKKK
Profile Joined July 2019
1 Post
August 18 2019 01:26 GMT
#119
produce infestors and you will win

User was warned for this post.
Wyrd
Profile Joined May 2011
United States211 Posts
August 18 2019 01:31 GMT
#120
In all honesty did anyone else feel like Maru legitimately threw? Because he truly played like, seriously bad. Allowed oracles to hit the same spot like 4 times. Tried to drop the same spot 3 times in a row instead of somewhere else. Like...literally it was stupid.
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