EPTA Tidal Wave in Still Water - Oliveira at IEM Katowice
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Weijun
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xsnac
Barbados1363 Posts
A great writeup and a great story to follow! | ||
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Akio
Finland1740 Posts
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Aeromi
France14434 Posts
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Poopi
France11821 Posts
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argonautdice
Canada2470 Posts
Small correction: Oliveira is the first Chinese player to reach the final of a premier since 2011 when Xigua did it at WCG (and before that Loner at the 2010 Blizzcon invitational). Of course those tournaments were much less competitive (had few Koreans). | ||
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BronzeKnee
United States5190 Posts
On February 26 2023 22:05 Poopi wrote: Oliveira dominating his region this year and then winning the world championship, we can probably crown him the goat already! Haha, this sums up the SC2 scene so well. Who was the last person to win something big? They are now the best! | ||
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Brutaxilos
United States2547 Posts
I just wanted to add a personal anecdote. My father who has never followed StarCraft, sent me a link on WeChat a few days later with a clip of Oliveira winning. His victory was viral in China, and I had to explain to him just how absurd of an upset this was. People should realize that Serral came into this tournament as the #6 seed. The #7 seed was Bunny. If Bunny had won Katowice it would've already have been an insane upset. Oliveira was #21. My dad suggested that maybe Oliveira had just had incredible luck that day. I had to clarify. No. Oliveira not only didn't have luck, he had BAD luck. He had possibly the hardest draw possible in the playoffs. And despite this, he not only won, but DOMINATED. For all my friends who don't follow StarCraft, I like to tell them, imagine if in the World Cup Morocco had beaten France in the Semifinals, then destroyed Argentina to win the whole thing. That's already insane, but I would argue this was even more unlikely, since Football is played in a Bo1, so it is possible for upsets to happen. Just an incredible story. My only explanation is that Oliveira was just ALWAYS this good. People don't suddenly improve in 2 months to become the best player in the world. It was just a mental block holding him back. And now that he knows he's the champion, I'm ecstatic to see how well he'll do going forward. | ||
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yht9657
1791 Posts
In retrospect, IEM Katowice 2023 feels like the sole beam of light in a sea of darkness that is SC2 scene around the world with China server shutting down, GSL reduced to a shadow of its former glory and future ESL plans still in uncertainty. We all should thank Oliveira for gracing this slowly dying community with a rare sign of hope. It's probably all downhill from now on for SC2, but there is no better way to mark the end of an era than this tournament. | ||
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Argonauta
Spain4475 Posts
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coloursheep
China493 Posts
On February 26 2023 20:56 Akio wrote: Great writeup as always, thanks! Labelling Serral's early tapout as an "IdrA moment" really makes the situation a whole lot sadder... Which game did serral do that in? | ||
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NeWHoriZonS
32 Posts
Game 5 vs Ragnarok It's kinda debatable if the hold was actually possible, but he clearly didn't try as hard as he should have Reynor in game 5 vs Oliveira didn't leave until he was +100 supply behind, that's what you're supposed to do in this kind of tournament | ||
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Durnuu
13012 Posts
On February 27 2023 01:58 BronzeKnee wrote: Haha, this sums up the SC2 scene so well. Who was the last person to win something big? They are now the best! He can't be the goat he isn't even in the current TLPD top 10 | ||
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Harris1st
Germany5338 Posts
On February 27 2023 12:13 yht9657 wrote: Great writeup, if any tournament in SC2 history deserves to have multiple TL.net recaps this is the one. In retrospect, IEM Katowice 2023 feels like the sole beam of light in a sea of darkness that is SC2 scene around the world with China server shutting down, GSL reduced to a shadow of its former glory and future ESL plans still in uncertainty. We all should thank Oliveira for gracing this slowly dying community with a rare sign of hope. It's probably all downhill from now on for SC2, but there is no better way to mark the end of an era than this tournament. They saved the recap when Serral won for this very special occasion  | ||
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[PkF] Wire
France24131 Posts
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argonautdice
Canada2470 Posts
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Gescom
Canada3053 Posts
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Narberal
China3 Posts
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xiaoyao93027
2 Posts
It's full of details, full of professions, and full of sincereness. And at last " Don’t worry, Oliveira, the image of you winning the world championship will never leave our minds." This bring full of emotions to me. En Taro Olivera. En Taro TIME. | ||
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VGhost
United States3582 Posts
Watching some of the last few series now - if anyone else reading this hasn't seen it, vs. Reynor game 2 is just a whole lot of fun. | ||
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