EPTRogue wins Code S, improves to 8-0 in major finals
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tommey.liang
United States363 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8990 Posts
On May 10 2021 09:43 Argonauta wrote: I was not expecting such level of stomp. GG to Rogue, looking forward to see him defend the GSL title in the upcoming season finals. There is season finals no? Yes but it's in two months (at the start of July). | ||
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tigera6
3512 Posts
On May 10 2021 10:54 tommey.liang wrote: Congratulations to Rogue on becoming a three-time GSL champion in addition to his many other accolades in his storied SC2 career. His level of play was absolutely spectacular. Wonder where Maru's eyes went when those slow banes killed those 22 SCVs at his third. We were all perplexed. He was chasing down hard on the Muta, and at that moment he was also tilted as well. When Maru doesnt play clean like he should, that is what you got. Dont forget Rogue stomped him 3-0 in ST2 last year in the same fashion. | ||
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tigera6
3512 Posts
On May 10 2021 10:29 Ben... wrote: As far as bops go, this was one of them. Not even close though there were several parts of multiple games to point to where Maru goofed and lost, especially that Oxide game which looked won for a bit. Had Maru did the right thing in that Oxide map, which is staying home and macro instead of moving ALL of his Bio out, it would have been a 2-2 score and we would have had a great Finals. There was no reason for him to try counter-attack so soon because Rogue was pretty much all-in and did not have that strong of a economy back home. | ||
Waxangel
United States33671 Posts
On May 09 2021 15:46 swarminfestor wrote: It will be funny if he makes Group A as a group of death. There's reason to believe he might do it. Remember back in Season 3 of 2020, when he grabbed INnoVation as his first opponent? Well, in the most recent group selection, he revealed that he only made the 'fun' pick because he had already clinched his IEM Katowice seed, and that he would be picking conservatively instead. Now that he has that IEM Katowice seed in hand, maybe he'll try to entertain the fans again. | ||
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Niravroh
165 Posts
On May 10 2021 14:37 Waxangel wrote: Remember back in Season 3 of 2020, when he grabbed INnoVation as his first opponent? Well, in the most recent group selection, he revealed that he only made the 'fun' pick because he had already clinched his IEM Katowice seed, and that he would be picking conservatively instead. Now that he has that IEM Katowice seed in hand, maybe he'll try to entertain the fans again. Another interesting tidbit is that so far in the new ESL system Rogue has grabbed the first seed to Katowice both times. Last year he won Katowice, giving him a seat to the next one, and now he won the first GSL, again getting a seat before anyone else. | ||
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Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2220 Posts
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DERASTAT
Germany99 Posts
Gotta love my abusers | ||
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Veluvian
Bulgaria256 Posts
Rogue is not my favorite zerg, but I've always respected his character and his macro strategy. Then I read how he made it like Dark should do it many times and he made it only once. What an irony. Of course I felt deja vu because MMA did it the way Marineking never succeeded in the past. So I guess it is not always about winning strategy, it is about will and confidence. But If I don't see a protoss wins Code S finally, I can't watch GSL after so many years. Of course protosses struggle in ASL too, for now I find it much more fun to watch. | ||
swarminfestor
Malaysia2465 Posts
On May 10 2021 14:37 Waxangel wrote: There's reason to believe he might do it. Remember back in Season 3 of 2020, when he grabbed INnoVation as his first opponent? Well, in the most recent group selection, he revealed that he only made the 'fun' pick because he had already clinched his IEM Katowice seed, and that he would be picking conservatively instead. Now that he has that IEM Katowice seed in hand, maybe he'll try to entertain the fans again. As much as I can think of, what else other than Maru and Trap can make a group of death? Dark and Innovation are pretty much not powerhouse players like they used to be. TY, Zest and Stats are leaving for military service. Then, we end up with the remaining "good" players like Dream, Zoun, Cure, Bunny, Parting, DRG, SoS and Byun. Otherwise, if foreign players like Clem and Reynor plus the military returnees like Cj Hero and Gumiho join the latest season, I believe the new season will be interesting as hell. | ||
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-KG-
Denmark1219 Posts
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Akio
Finland1838 Posts
is a comment made quite often when it comes to Rogue and finals | ||
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uselless
93 Posts
 I wish I had followed him during his championship run more closely because I would still be riding that dopamine high far into the future | ||
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Dedraterllaerau
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12132 Posts
On May 10 2021 13:02 tigera6 wrote: Had Maru did the right thing in that Oxide map, which is staying home and macro instead of moving ALL of his Bio out, it would have been a 2-2 score and we would have had a great Finals. There was no reason for him to try counter-attack so soon because Rogue was pretty much all-in and did not have that strong of a economy back home. Maru v Meomaika, game 2(IIRC). Had Maru stayed at home, he would have probably won that game. Nope, he moved out. This is the Maru thing to do. | ||
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InfCereal
Canada1759 Posts
His finals are always awful games. | ||
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tigera6
3512 Posts
On May 13 2021 21:01 Dedraterllaerau wrote: What is happening is zergs have started 2 solve the meta, you can expect other zerg players to start becoming more dominant again as well. Rogue is a GOD at finding the optimal way to play zerg. Patches that have nerfed zerg you will see rogue not do so well until he adapts new unstoppable ways to play zerg. I expect more nerfs to come in the future and if the game stays the game expect continued Zerg domination in all big tournaments. There was nothing to solve, Maru DID defend against the initial Roach Ravager pressure 2 out of 4 times. He just made mistakes and lost the games. This should have no effect on the current balance META, people are acting like Rogue was doing some ground-breaking strategy and people start copying him everywhere or something. | ||
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tigera6
3512 Posts
On May 13 2021 22:12 InfCereal wrote: Rogue has to be one of the only players that prepares for his opponents. His finals are always awful games. Yeah, I wonder who did Maru practice against to prepare for the Finals. Because DRG just arent at the same level with Rogue in term of ZvT, and Dark is Rogue teammate so I dont think he would help Maru to practice at all. | ||
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Niravroh
165 Posts
On May 13 2021 22:14 tigera6 wrote: Yeah, I wonder who did Maru practice against to prepare for the Finals. Because DRG just arent at the same level with Rogue in term of ZvT, and Dark is Rogue teammate so I dont think he would help Maru to practice at all. Especially with soO gone, there's such a big gap between Rogue, Dark, and the rest of the Korean zergs that it isn't even funny. Now that those two are on the same team, I don't envy anyone having to prepare for either of them. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12132 Posts
Rogue took over the initiative and that's the Maru's thing - being aggressive and dictating the tempo of the game. Edit< Also DRG is one of the best TvZ players out there, but it still appears Rogue won the psychological part of the game which really doesn't rely on the "quality" of the player. | ||
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