• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 17:19
CEST 23:19
KST 06:19
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt2: News Flash9[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy16ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book20
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 23-29): herO takes triple6Aligulac acquired by REPLAYMAN.com/Stego Research8Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises3Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool51Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win4
StarCraft 2
General
Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2) Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy Aligulac acquired by REPLAYMAN.com/Stego Research Weekly Cups (March 23-29): herO takes triple
Tourneys
RSL Season 4 announced for March-April Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament StarCraft Evolution League (SC Evo Biweekly) WardiTV Mondays World University TeamLeague (500$+) | Signups Open
Strategy
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Frigid Storage Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
Mutation # 519 Inner Power The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone Mutation # 517 Distant Threat
Brood War
General
Pros React To: JaeDong vs Queen BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Gypsy to Korea How Can I Add Timer & APM Count? [ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt2: News Flash
Tourneys
[ASL21] Ro24 Group E [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL21] Ro24 Group F Azhi's Colosseum - Foreign KCM
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates What's the deal with APM & what's its true value Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Starcraft Tabletop Miniature Game General RTS Discussion Thread Darkest Dungeon
Dota 2
The Story of Wings Gaming Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread NASA and the Private Sector Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Canadian Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books [Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion Cricket [SPORT] Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
[G] How to Block Livestream Ads
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1674 users

Team NV announces Maru has a shoulder injury - Page 3

Forum Index > SC2 General
68 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 Next All
err0r33
Profile Joined July 2016
38 Posts
December 11 2020 09:28 GMT
#41
Hope he will get back soon !
Miralem Ibrahim
Profile Joined April 2019
40 Posts
December 11 2020 10:24 GMT
#42
Why it's happening only for terran players. Is there is a malédiction or something against genius terran players.
MVP Taeja Byun now Maru. Who is next ? TY.
HeroSandro
Profile Joined July 2019
535 Posts
December 11 2020 10:42 GMT
#43
On December 11 2020 10:33 Steelghost1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2020 02:21 dbRic1203 wrote:
On December 11 2020 01:13 Steelghost1 wrote:
I have a questionable theory which proposes that, because top Terran players have to focus in fights where tiny boxing selection commands are key to win (marine marauder splitting, individual reaper micro if you are Byun, etc), their wrist/hand and body movements tend to be more abrupt and tense than if we compare the kind of micro requirements players of other races have to make; for example, spellcasting is micro intensive but it does not require the player to manually box and split units.

If these players are training for several hours a day hundreds of days a year, these tiny differences in mouse movement styles pile up and in the long run create problems for Terran players like Taeja, Maru, Byun, etc...

Btw, I am not advocating for Terran superiority in any form over the other races. I am just pointing out that control requirements are different and they may explain why players of a certain race are better known to have hand, wrist or joint problems.

Sc2 Players of all races have had injurie related Problems, it s not just/mostly Terran.

Realy good to see Team NV taking care for their Players here.
Lets hope for Maru to recover as soon as possible


As far as I can recall, though I may be wrong, Terran players tend to have more cases.

Mvp, Taeja, Maru, Flash, Byun, Boxer, randomrace TLO had it, I think Thorzain as well. Zergs and Protoss may of course have injuries too but it is quite clear at least from the cases we know that Terran players are more likely to develop these issues.

Zerg and protoss players are tough as nails, and don't complaint about little things like pain On a serious note: hope Maru has the patience to take care of the problems, so that it wont became a chronic issue.
mikedupp
Profile Joined May 2020
233 Posts
December 11 2020 15:39 GMT
#44
On December 11 2020 18:21 Harris1st wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2020 01:13 Steelghost1 wrote:
I have a questionable theory which proposes that, because top Terran players have to focus in fights where tiny boxing selection commands are key to win (marine marauder splitting, individual reaper micro if you are Byun, etc), their wrist/hand and body movements tend to be more abrupt and tense than if we compare the kind of micro requirements players of other races have to make; for example, spellcasting is micro intensive but it does not require the player to manually box and split units.

If these players are training for several hours a day hundreds of days a year, these tiny differences in mouse movement styles pile up and in the long run create problems for Terran players like Taeja, Maru, Byun, etc...

Btw, I am not advocating for Terran superiority in any form over the other races. I am just pointing out that control requirements are different and they may explain why players of a certain race are better known to have hand, wrist or joint problems.


I call BS

Have you how Zerg players like Serral, Rogue, Reynor constantly split of single lings for Banelings / Widowmine shots?
Or how Parting/ Trap/ Stats do blink Stalker micro?


I think many players keep their injuries private as well unless it becomes such an issue its impossible to not talk about.
Steelghost1
Profile Joined June 2019
43 Posts
December 11 2020 21:18 GMT
#45
On December 11 2020 18:21 Harris1st wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2020 01:13 Steelghost1 wrote:
I have a questionable theory which proposes that, because top Terran players have to focus in fights where tiny boxing selection commands are key to win (marine marauder splitting, individual reaper micro if you are Byun, etc), their wrist/hand and body movements tend to be more abrupt and tense than if we compare the kind of micro requirements players of other races have to make; for example, spellcasting is micro intensive but it does not require the player to manually box and split units.

If these players are training for several hours a day hundreds of days a year, these tiny differences in mouse movement styles pile up and in the long run create problems for Terran players like Taeja, Maru, Byun, etc...

Btw, I am not advocating for Terran superiority in any form over the other races. I am just pointing out that control requirements are different and they may explain why players of a certain race are better known to have hand, wrist or joint problems.


I call BS

Have you how Zerg players like Serral, Rogue, Reynor constantly split of single lings for Banelings / Widowmine shots?
Or how Parting/ Trap/ Stats do blink Stalker micro?


First of all I already said it was questionable so keep it down calling things BS. And yes I have seen how Zerg and Protosses micro; I am not saying their micro is less intense, just different from a mechanical perspective.

I still think Terran is required to do far more box splitting with drastic hand movements. Blink micro, for example, does not require as much boxing selection but more individual unit-clicking one, same goes for spellcaster units.

Also it is curious how players from other races are less vocal about their injuries compared to Terran, maybe it is because there actually are less cases out there.

WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26505 Posts
December 11 2020 22:45 GMT
#46
On December 11 2020 18:21 Harris1st wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2020 01:13 Steelghost1 wrote:
I have a questionable theory which proposes that, because top Terran players have to focus in fights where tiny boxing selection commands are key to win (marine marauder splitting, individual reaper micro if you are Byun, etc), their wrist/hand and body movements tend to be more abrupt and tense than if we compare the kind of micro requirements players of other races have to make; for example, spellcasting is micro intensive but it does not require the player to manually box and split units.

If these players are training for several hours a day hundreds of days a year, these tiny differences in mouse movement styles pile up and in the long run create problems for Terran players like Taeja, Maru, Byun, etc...

Btw, I am not advocating for Terran superiority in any form over the other races. I am just pointing out that control requirements are different and they may explain why players of a certain race are better known to have hand, wrist or joint problems.


I call BS

Have you how Zerg players like Serral, Rogue, Reynor constantly split of single lings for Banelings / Widowmine shots?
Or how Parting/ Trap/ Stats do blink Stalker micro?

I’d say he’s on the money, by and large.

As someone who has had wrist problems from other sources I’ve looked into various ways of alleviating it, some quite successfully (dropped my DPI way down, for example). If you require a mixture of wrist and arm movement for certain mouse movements you spread the load so to speak, vs a high DPI where you’re just moving your wrist over a small range of movement repetitively, and that’s asking for trouble.

My wrist issues are primarily in my right hand (my picking hand for guitar), and my mouse hand. Bit of a bummer because my two main loves hobby wise are guitar and RTS games, but I was getting the early warning signs of carpal tunnel, numbness etc so I have to be careful.

Anecdotally Terran is playable for me on a casual level, not without discomfort after an hour or two, not much difference between Toss and Zerg.

I’d say it’s because you’re constantly boxing as mentioned, splitting and stutter stepping both forwards and backwards. Not that it’s more skilful than the micro the other races but it’s more mechanically repetitive.

That said there’s plenty of different ways to have your wrists injured, can be affected by back injuries etc too

'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Balnazza
Profile Joined January 2018
Germany1277 Posts
December 12 2020 02:41 GMT
#47
Wasn't Maru carrying around wrist-, arm- and shoulderpain for quite some time now? He is young and has a won a lot of money already, skipping a GSL could have been smart(er), but anyway.

As for the discussion about those type of injuries in general:
It seems like something a lot of SC players (either BW or 2) suffer with in some way. Probably the combination of a very demanding game and the fact that most of them are not in teams anymore, especially if you compare those teams to for example League of Legends. Players just don't get the medical care they need (and deserve) as athletes. And no, I'm not being sarcastic.
"Back in the day" no one cared about stuff like that, not even in korea (didn't BoxeR quit SC2 because of an injury?). But now, those guys put themselves in the meat-grinder, without getting cared for properly. You don't see injuries like that in LoL and rarely in CS:GO. Those players seem to be suffering more on the mental side of things, which is also really bad, but that's not the topic here...
"Wenn die Zauberin runter geht, dann macht sie die Beine breit" - Khaldor, trying to cast WC3 German-only
Pentarp
Profile Joined August 2015
227 Posts
December 12 2020 04:26 GMT
#48
On December 11 2020 18:21 Harris1st wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2020 01:13 Steelghost1 wrote:
I have a questionable theory which proposes that, because top Terran players have to focus in fights where tiny boxing selection commands are key to win (marine marauder splitting, individual reaper micro if you are Byun, etc), their wrist/hand and body movements tend to be more abrupt and tense than if we compare the kind of micro requirements players of other races have to make; for example, spellcasting is micro intensive but it does not require the player to manually box and split units.

If these players are training for several hours a day hundreds of days a year, these tiny differences in mouse movement styles pile up and in the long run create problems for Terran players like Taeja, Maru, Byun, etc...

Btw, I am not advocating for Terran superiority in any form over the other races. I am just pointing out that control requirements are different and they may explain why players of a certain race are better known to have hand, wrist or joint problems.


I call BS

Have you how Zerg players like Serral, Rogue, Reynor constantly split of single lings for Banelings / Widowmine shots?
Or how Parting/ Trap/ Stats do blink Stalker micro?


Those are not that common TBH. Because of friendly fire, if a group of lings a-move into a Terran army, its almost as good as splitting them to avoid damage because the mines hit both sides. I've seen both, and that's the point. Zergs can choose to either have a relatively effective a-move or slightly more effective splits. For Terrans, the micro is "do or die" - there is no choice.
Plogamer TL.net RedRocket B.net
BerserkSword
Profile Joined December 2018
United States2123 Posts
December 12 2020 04:47 GMT
#49
On December 11 2020 13:38 Pentarp wrote:
I've always felt that Terran is powerful but too demanding. I would advocate for Terran to be at the same power level, or even lower (gasp!), but more accessible - without having insane skills or insane sacrifice of health.


Terran is no more demanding than Zerg and Protoss, other than TvT being longer than the other mirror matchups.
TL+ Member
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26505 Posts
December 12 2020 11:56 GMT
#50
On December 12 2020 13:47 BerserkSword wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2020 13:38 Pentarp wrote:
I've always felt that Terran is powerful but too demanding. I would advocate for Terran to be at the same power level, or even lower (gasp!), but more accessible - without having insane skills or insane sacrifice of health.


Terran is no more demanding than Zerg and Protoss, other than TvT being longer than the other mirror matchups.

On your wrists though? Really not so sure of that. Skill being distinct from the mechanical demands on one’s body. I don’t think it’s coincidence that high-profile injuries have skewed Terran pretty heavily in SC2, that Mvp played a certain style when his body went etc.

I don’t believe BW has as pronounced a skew racially in terms of injuries, I would postulate that’s because constant small boxing is a requirement to play all the races in the game, but it’s way more a Terran thing.

In my case partly bad habits in my youth as well but playing hard rock/metal stuff is way, way more taxing on my wrists than playing classical fingerpicked stuff. The latter is as demanding if not more so in a skill/coordination sense but it taxes my wrists way less.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Morbidius
Profile Joined November 2010
Brazil3449 Posts
December 12 2020 12:31 GMT
#51
TeamNV making excuses for Maru, what's next? Jetlag?
Has foreign StarCraft hit rock bottom?
daruka2073
Profile Joined November 2020
15 Posts
December 12 2020 14:27 GMT
#52
On December 12 2020 21:31 Morbidius wrote:
TeamNV making excuses for Maru, what's next? Jetlag?


Oh yea you are the one wrote about a smart post by watching one online tourny, and eventually got dumped by the next tournament in 2 weeks :D
Darkn3ssFallz
Profile Joined April 2013
Australia114 Posts
December 12 2020 21:33 GMT
#53
On December 12 2020 11:41 Balnazza wrote:
Wasn't Maru carrying around wrist-, arm- and shoulderpain for quite some time now? He is young and has a won a lot of money already, skipping a GSL could have been smart(er), but anyway.

As for the discussion about those type of injuries in general:
It seems like something a lot of SC players (either BW or 2) suffer with in some way. Probably the combination of a very demanding game and the fact that most of them are not in teams anymore, especially if you compare those teams to for example League of Legends. Players just don't get the medical care they need (and deserve) as athletes. And no, I'm not being sarcastic.
"Back in the day" no one cared about stuff like that, not even in korea (didn't BoxeR quit SC2 because of an injury?). But now, those guys put themselves in the meat-grinder, without getting cared for properly. You don't see injuries like that in LoL and rarely in CS:GO. Those players seem to be suffering more on the mental side of things, which is also really bad, but that's not the topic here...


I believe he had a doctors appointment several months ago where he was told he should only be playing a maximum of 3 games a day. Was funny to me at the time cos he said it during what ended up being a 2+ hour stream (was mostly typing to chat though/playing customs). Its why I really wanted him to win vs TY when he made the final.
[SKT1.Rain] is the Postman Protoss, because by.Sun or by.Rain he delivers.
keaneu
Profile Joined February 2011
Korea (South)65 Posts
December 12 2020 23:33 GMT
#54
This title sounded ominous along the line of "someone has passed away" :hair standing on end. TSL casters assuming Serral-Maru match hasn't happened recently also eroded legitimacy here and there.
Director, TitanEX1 Co., Ltd.
serralfan18
Profile Joined March 2020
99 Posts
December 13 2020 00:42 GMT
#55
Maru to lose against Serral ONLY because of his shoulder. I already know this will happen.
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9036 Posts
December 13 2020 01:41 GMT
#56
Well, I hope he finds a way to recover. We can hold a crowdfund if he needs financial support.
Zzoram
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada7115 Posts
December 13 2020 03:53 GMT
#57
On December 13 2020 09:42 serralfan18 wrote:
Maru to lose against Serral ONLY because of his shoulder. I already know this will happen.


The curse of Serral vs Maru states that a BoX series can never happen between them in a Premier tournament. As a result, I am not believing that this match will actually happen until I see it happen. Knowing the curse though, Maru will forfeit due to his injury and we will continue to never see it.
SamirDuran
Profile Joined May 2012
Philippines895 Posts
December 13 2020 05:17 GMT
#58
On December 13 2020 12:53 Zzoram wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 13 2020 09:42 serralfan18 wrote:
Maru to lose against Serral ONLY because of his shoulder. I already know this will happen.


The curse of Serral vs Maru states that a BoX series can never happen between them in a Premier tournament. As a result, I am not believing that this match will actually happen until I see it happen. Knowing the curse though, Maru will forfeit due to his injury and we will continue to never see it.

bo3 happened in King of Battles where Maru lost 2-1... It is listed as premier in Liquipedia so it happened once.
Don't practice until you can get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
December 13 2020 08:23 GMT
#59
Wait are people just now finding out about Maru's injuries? He's had problems since forever. Choosing to take time off to deal with wrist injuries was the reason he didn't join SKT in 2012/13.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-12-13 08:32:24
December 13 2020 08:32 GMT
#60
On December 13 2020 14:17 SamirDuran wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 13 2020 12:53 Zzoram wrote:
On December 13 2020 09:42 serralfan18 wrote:
Maru to lose against Serral ONLY because of his shoulder. I already know this will happen.


The curse of Serral vs Maru states that a BoX series can never happen between them in a Premier tournament. As a result, I am not believing that this match will actually happen until I see it happen. Knowing the curse though, Maru will forfeit due to his injury and we will continue to never see it.

bo3 happened in King of Battles where Maru lost 2-1... It is listed as premier in Liquipedia so it happened once.

Most probably wouldn't consider those kind of online events to be worthy of the "Premier" tag, despite what liquipedia says.

When you have possibly the most mechanically proficient terran and zerg ever, people are not going to be satisfied with a cross server match. Had it been bo7 instead of bo3 it still wouldn't deliver what people want. Even Serral said it's fun but not really a proper meeting.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Prev 1 2 3 4 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
BSL
19:00
S22 - Open Qualifier #5
ZZZero.O85
LiquipediaDiscussion
Ladder Legends
18:00
Amateur Showdown #3
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
elazer 279
EmSc Tv 29
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 15949
Mini 197
Dewaltoss 127
firebathero 97
ZZZero.O 85
League of Legends
JimRising 368
Counter-Strike
tarik_tv2197
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor308
Other Games
summit1g4092
Grubby2914
FrodaN2002
ArmadaUGS90
ViBE40
ToD6
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1527
StarCraft 2
angryscii 83
EmSc Tv 29
EmSc2Tv 29
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 23 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 52
• davetesta27
• HeavenSC 18
• IndyKCrew
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Migwel
• intothetv
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Kozan
StarCraft: Brood War
• blackmanpl 40
• Azhi_Dahaki31
• RayReign 22
• sM.Zik 1
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV766
• lizZardDota290
League of Legends
• Doublelift3916
Other Games
• imaqtpie899
• Scarra713
• Shiphtur173
Upcoming Events
RSL Revival
9h 41m
Cure vs Rogue
Maru vs TBD
MaxPax vs TBD
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
16h 41m
BSL
21h 41m
Afreeca Starleague
1d 12h
Wardi Open
1d 12h
Replay Cast
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
Kung Fu Cup
3 days
The PondCast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
6 days
CranKy Ducklings
6 days
BSL
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Escore Tournament S2: W1
WardiTV Winter 2026
NationLESS Cup

Ongoing

BSL Season 22
CSL Elite League 2026
ASL Season 21
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 2
StarCraft2 Community Team League 2026 Spring
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026

Upcoming

CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
IPSL Spring 2026
Acropolis #4
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.