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Azhrak
Profile Joined January 2011
Finland1196 Posts
December 19 2021 13:50 GMT
#1
Two film makers interested in Serral after he won the World Championship in 2018. The next year they and their crew followed him and made several interviews to find out how he became one of the best of all time. The release of the documentary was delayed but it is finally out on Dec 19, 2021. The 30 minute film consists of intervirews with Serral and his family and StarCraft II personalities such as RotterdaM, ToD, and Snute. The video is in English and Finnish with English subtitles.



Link to YouTube: Serral - a StarCraft II documentary.
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Kreuger
Profile Joined October 2011
Sweden757 Posts
December 19 2021 19:41 GMT
#2
Nice
TentativePanda
Profile Joined August 2014
United States800 Posts
December 19 2021 19:49 GMT
#3
Oh shit. Awesome. I think his continued excellence has us forgetting the hurdle he overcame that we thought no foreigner ever would!
ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3412 Posts
December 19 2021 20:31 GMT
#4
This was great. His dad is legit so cool, I love him. The classical music could be for some ppl really pretentious, but because it's Serral, I will allow it^^
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
shindiginit
Profile Joined November 2021
21 Posts
December 19 2021 22:30 GMT
#5
holy shiiii this is dope
DLSMIZEL
Profile Joined April 2020
Philippines16 Posts
December 20 2021 02:04 GMT
#6
Nice!
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Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1888 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-12-20 17:08:15
December 20 2021 16:58 GMT
#7
This reminds me of the article we wrote after Serral won Blizzcon. The TL writers and editors put more effort into that than anything I'd worked on previously. Olli, Wax, TheOneAboveU, Cspiral and more (shoutout to Hexhaven for the very Finnish title we ended up not using ) put in the time to ensure we paid homage to Serral's incredible achievement. It's good to see people keeping the immensity of that tournament (and year) alive and well.

Here's the article if anyone missed it when it came out or just wants to reread it.
+ Show Spoiler +
https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/538992-serrals-revolution
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Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10347 Posts
December 20 2021 17:03 GMT
#8
Awesome!! Will check it out!
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deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
December 20 2021 17:23 GMT
#9
On December 21 2021 01:58 Mizenhauer wrote:
This reminds me of the article we wrote after Serral won Blizzcon. The TL writers and editors put more effort into that than anything I'd worked on previously. Olli, Wax, TheOneAboveU, Cspiral and more (shoutout to Hexhaven for the very Finnish title we ended up not using ) put in the time to ensure we paid homage to Serral's incredible achievement. It's good to see people keeping the immensity of that tournament (and year) alive and well.

Here's the article if anyone missed it when it came out or just wants to reread it.
+ Show Spoiler +
https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/538992-serrals-revolution

And when Rogue won 2 World Championship titles he got the Patchzerg title. What a great year 2018 was!
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1888 Posts
December 20 2021 17:27 GMT
#10
On December 21 2021 02:23 deacon.frost wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2021 01:58 Mizenhauer wrote:
This reminds me of the article we wrote after Serral won Blizzcon. The TL writers and editors put more effort into that than anything I'd worked on previously. Olli, Wax, TheOneAboveU, Cspiral and more (shoutout to Hexhaven for the very Finnish title we ended up not using ) put in the time to ensure we paid homage to Serral's incredible achievement. It's good to see people keeping the immensity of that tournament (and year) alive and well.

Here's the article if anyone missed it when it came out or just wants to reread it.
+ Show Spoiler +
https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/538992-serrals-revolution

And when Rogue won 2 World Championship titles he got the Patchzerg title. What a great year 2018 was!


No fair, I gave him his due eventually! Though...this really is a zerg friendly expansion when you think about it ...
┗|∵|┓Second Place in LB 28, Third Place in LB 29 and Destined to Be a Kong
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
December 20 2021 17:49 GMT
#11
On December 21 2021 02:27 Mizenhauer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 21 2021 02:23 deacon.frost wrote:
On December 21 2021 01:58 Mizenhauer wrote:
This reminds me of the article we wrote after Serral won Blizzcon. The TL writers and editors put more effort into that than anything I'd worked on previously. Olli, Wax, TheOneAboveU, Cspiral and more (shoutout to Hexhaven for the very Finnish title we ended up not using ) put in the time to ensure we paid homage to Serral's incredible achievement. It's good to see people keeping the immensity of that tournament (and year) alive and well.

Here's the article if anyone missed it when it came out or just wants to reread it.
+ Show Spoiler +
https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/538992-serrals-revolution

And when Rogue won 2 World Championship titles he got the Patchzerg title. What a great year 2018 was!


No fair, I gave him his due eventually! Though...this really is a zerg friendly expansion when you think about it ...

Go forth and conquer I say! Write about all of them how they are patchzergs!
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19262 Posts
December 20 2021 18:32 GMT
#12
Haven't watched it yet, but Serral jumping in the pool at HSC XX Tropical Islands after winning it all (nearly a year after being a world champion) was such an amazing moment. I really hope the documentary was able to put that in. Serral really is an awesome guy no matter what.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Husyelt
Profile Blog Joined May 2020
United States836 Posts
December 21 2021 03:12 GMT
#13
I will be watching this tonight hells yes. His Name Is Serral.
You're getting cynical and that won't do I'd throw the rose tint back on the exploded view
daskleinehotte
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany76 Posts
December 21 2021 12:01 GMT
#14
The documentary is worth a watch, but it could have been way better in my opinion. The footage from him and his family, the "a-day-in-the-life" approach, the interviewees (Snute, Rotti, Grant, etc.) as well as the lead up to his Global Finals win were very good.

But I disliked the amount of footage taken from the ingame cinematics. In a classic sports documentary it would be bizarre to take footage from a FIFA commercial to "hype up" the grand finale of the documentary. The random interviewees from the HSC also felt out of place, not because they are just fans but rather that what they said.

I think I would have liked it a lot better, if they only used real-life footage (mabye apart from casting scenes in the final vs. Stats) and made it five minutes shorter. In general it seemed to me that it was not entirely sure at which target audience the documentary was made for.
www.bunker-rush.de (German SC2 and eSports blog)
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18050 Posts
December 21 2021 16:21 GMT
#15
On December 21 2021 21:01 daskleinehotte wrote:
The documentary is worth a watch, but it could have been way better in my opinion. The footage from him and his family, the "a-day-in-the-life" approach, the interviewees (Snute, Rotti, Grant, etc.) as well as the lead up to his Global Finals win were very good.

But I disliked the amount of footage taken from the ingame cinematics. In a classic sports documentary it would be bizarre to take footage from a FIFA commercial to "hype up" the grand finale of the documentary. The random interviewees from the HSC also felt out of place, not because they are just fans but rather that what they said.

I think I would have liked it a lot better, if they only used real-life footage (mabye apart from casting scenes in the final vs. Stats) and made it five minutes shorter. In general it seemed to me that it was not entirely sure at which target audience the documentary was made for.

Agree. The in-game cinematics just felt out of place... strange choice of music as well. Also, Serral walking through a forest or going for a row could be interesting if it was explained why this was happening or relevant.

The whole thing felt like it was missing a script and an editor with a clear vision of what he wanted to tell about Serral.
Kenzo16
Profile Joined December 2021
1 Post
December 23 2021 06:01 GMT
#16
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Starcloud
Profile Joined September 2018
138 Posts
December 23 2021 20:49 GMT
#17
On December 21 2021 21:01 daskleinehotte wrote:
The documentary is worth a watch, but it could have been way better in my opinion. The footage from him and his family, the "a-day-in-the-life" approach, the interviewees (Snute, Rotti, Grant, etc.) as well as the lead up to his Global Finals win were very good.

But I disliked the amount of footage taken from the ingame cinematics. In a classic sports documentary it would be bizarre to take footage from a FIFA commercial to "hype up" the grand finale of the documentary. The random interviewees from the HSC also felt out of place, not because they are just fans but rather that what they said.

I think I would have liked it a lot better, if they only used real-life footage (mabye apart from casting scenes in the final vs. Stats) and made it five minutes shorter. In general it seemed to me that it was not entirely sure at which target audience the documentary was made for.


100% what I was going to write. Ill do a summary with lines;

Positive:

+ Its Serral
+ Serrals family included with some interviews
+ Footage from home and from cabin(?)
+ Some comments from casters and fans
+ Always nice to feel again the 2018 finals hype !

Could be improved:

- Too much ingame demos. Using one or two times is ok, but now it felt that it was to add length to the documentary ?

- Too few questions from Joona about anything. We all know he is a man of few words, but some more could have gotten out from him surely; relationships with other players ? how is his relationship with his brother now ? what are the main goals in the future ? how is the game status in his opinion now ? etc etc....

- Practically no tournament footage. This is imo the biggest thing that was missing from the doc. The travels and backstage stories from different tournaments. Interactions with other players, fans, casters etc. There would be massive amounts of stories to be had there, since Serral was so active in the tournament scene

- More insight from Casters, tournament organizers, Interviewers (Hi Smix !), other players from Serral. How do they see him at tournaments and in RL. There propably would be tons of content to get here also


Dont get me wrong, I loved the documentary. And since it was prolly made with little to no budget and with little team, its a good opener for sure. But there is a lot to improve also, and hopefully some day in the future we could get a bit more complete documentary about Joona. Its what he and us fans surely deserve.
jorumba
Profile Joined September 2020
Germany7 Posts
January 06 2022 09:44 GMT
#18
Serral might be good in SC2, but I think Reynor is even better.
think beyond borders.
Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
January 06 2022 17:09 GMT
#19
On January 06 2022 18:44 jorumba wrote:
Serral might be good in SC2, but I think Reynor is even better.

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