Group of death? No problem for #1 Circuit player Serral, who advanced in first place from Group B with 3-0 wins against both Stats and TIME. The six games ended up being a showcase for Serral's full-range of capabilities, ranging from suffocating BL-Infestor play in the late-game, to precisely executed Nydus all-ins, to clinical Mutalisk harassment.
The path to the quarterfinals was rockier for Maru, who advanced in second place after surviving an early scare against TIME. In the upset of the tournament so far, TIME took a 3-2 win against Maru in their initial match, often catching Maru flat-footed with daring drops or aggressive marine advances. Even Maru's vaunted late-game play couldn't carry him to a victory, leaving him with no excuses for the loss.
However, the early upset seemed to help Maru lock in for the rest of his games. He eliminated Stats 3-0 in the losers match, dancing his way past his opponent's Disruptor-heavy style for a convincing series win. In the decider match, Maru took care of business against TIME in the way many predicted would happen the first time around, shutting down his opponent's offense and earning another 3-0 sweep.
The WCS Global Finals will resume to Group C of the RO16 on Saturday, Oct 26 3:00am GMT (GMT+00:00), featuring Classic, HeroMarine, HerO, and Reynor.
Serral and Maru advancing has nothing to do with balance. They are simply the best two players in the group. But Time was better than I thought, at least in the first series.
The best players advance from both groups so far imo. No upsets. Stats played bad. Yesterday was however, showing more zerg abuse and imbalance, even tho the results were not upsetting, the gameplay was. Showtime could have advanced. I hope HerO and Classic will bring their a-game tomorrow. I predict Classic 1st, HerO second, reynor third.
are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
I'm glad Maru advanced but it's disappointing that Stats couldn't show better results. I actually thought Stats would beat Maru, and likely give a good series vs. Serral it's too bad that he has to exist early. Over all the series weren't that great, maybe the 3-2 Time vs Maru was the best because it was close? I find the current TvT meta to be pretty stale though. Serral as always showed I think what one would expect, just hard to get excited about Nydus and BL/Infestor, I hope Reynor can put together a good run, he's much more interesting to watch.
On October 25 2019 20:23 AgentRabbits wrote: I'm glad Maru advanced but it's disappointing that Stats couldn't show better results. I actually thought Stats would beat Maru, and likely give a good series vs. Serral it's too bad that he has to exist early. Over all the series weren't that great, maybe the 3-2 Time vs Maru was the best because it was close? I find the current TvT meta to be pretty stale though. Serral as always showed I think what one would expect, just hard to get excited about Nydus and BL/Infestor, I hope Reynor can put together a good run, he's much more interesting to watch.
In the end for Raynor it's a mental issue more than game/playing issue. He usually bombs out in tournaments with Koreans for some reason.
The two favorites advance, so no reason to whine. Big plays by TIME, he was absolutly amazing. Him and Reynor are defnatly the biggest threads to Serral in the future.
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
? what are you referring to?
Our deacon.frost is a conspirationist. Brackets are rigged 24/7 in his opinion!
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
? what are you referring to?
Our deacon.frost is a conspirationist. Brackets are rigged 24/7 in his opinion!
Cmon, last year it actually happened. They pulled a random rule nobody ever heard before out of their asses to make the bracket more to their liking.
To cut through the tinfoil hats though, Maru and Serral aren't going to meet before finals according to well known rules about players from same group not getting to same half of bracket.
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
? what are you referring to?
Right before drawing the RO8 matches they stated there's suddenly a new rule that the #1 Seed of Korea and the #1 Seed of the WCS can't be on the same side of the brakcet. A new random rule to make sure Maru and Serral are on the opposite side of brakcets and can't meet themselves. Which backfire thanks to the teamkill and sOs.
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
? what are you referring to?
Our deacon.frost is a conspirationist. Brackets are rigged 24/7 in his opinion!
Cmon, last year it actually happened. They pulled a random rule nobody ever heard before out of their asses to make the bracket more to their liking.
To cut through the tinfoil hats though, Maru and Serral aren't going to meet before finals according to well known rules about players from same group not getting to same half of bracket.
At this point I think he's just trolling because this happened, was recorded and yet he denies it just because I wrote it.
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
? what are you referring to?
Right before drawing the RO8 matches they stated there's suddenly a new rule that the #1 Seed of Korea and the #1 Seed of the WCS can't be on the same side of the brakcet. A new random rule to make sure Maru and Serral are on the opposite side of brakcets and can't meet themselves. Which backfire thanks to the teamkill and sOs.
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
? what are you referring to?
Our deacon.frost is a conspirationist. Brackets are rigged 24/7 in his opinion!
Cmon, last year it actually happened. They pulled a random rule nobody ever heard before out of their asses to make the bracket more to their liking.
To cut through the tinfoil hats though, Maru and Serral aren't going to meet before finals according to well known rules about players from same group not getting to same half of bracket.
At this point I think he's just trolling because this happened, was recorded and yet he denies it just because I wrote it.
IIRC the players knew about it before it was announced? It seemed like an alright rule to have, but the way they announced the rule was really sloppy and fed the rumour mill.
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
? what are you referring to?
Right before drawing the RO8 matches they stated there's suddenly a new rule that the #1 Seed of Korea and the #1 Seed of the WCS can't be on the same side of the brakcet. A new random rule to make sure Maru and Serral are on the opposite side of brakcets and can't meet themselves. Which backfire thanks to the teamkill and sOs.
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
? what are you referring to?
Our deacon.frost is a conspirationist. Brackets are rigged 24/7 in his opinion!
Cmon, last year it actually happened. They pulled a random rule nobody ever heard before out of their asses to make the bracket more to their liking.
To cut through the tinfoil hats though, Maru and Serral aren't going to meet before finals according to well known rules about players from same group not getting to same half of bracket.
At this point I think he's just trolling because this happened, was recorded and yet he denies it just because I wrote it.
Blizzard's announcement was untimely and unexpected, but that's no more "rigging the brackets" than deciding that the first and the second of a certain group must be seeded on opposite sides. I think, and Liquipedia does as well, that Blizzard will use the "#1 seed can only match in the finals" rule this year too so that Dark and Serral would not face each other in the ro4.
On October 25 2019 20:17 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: are RO8 seedings random? I.e. coming from the same group is it at all possible for Serral and Maru to meet before grand finals? EDIT: ofc im only asking hypothetically, we all know its never going to happen anyways :/
Blizzard will surely update the rules so they can manipulate it the proper way the same way they did it the last Blizzcon.
? what are you referring to?
Our deacon.frost is a conspirationist. Brackets are rigged 24/7 in his opinion!
They are only rigged for Serral and the foreigners. They rigged all the tournaments during the whole year, so Serral would not end up with another Zerg in his group. And they even rigged the patches to make Z OP, thus handing him the easiest route to Blizzcon. 300IQ play by WCS and Bliz !
EPT
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