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Edpayasugo
United Kingdom2211 Posts
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Telephone
United States129 Posts
I really love Bunny, it's so refreshing to see someone who has such unabashed passion for the game. His play has been top notch recently and he seems to really care about the game. I remember him being asked about a unique build he did once, and he talked about how he was drunk when he came up with it. It just indicated to me that even when he's off having fun, he is thinking about his true love, Starcraft. That being said, while I would like Bunny to get a deserved win, my money is on Maru. I would love to see his heartbreaking world championship loss give him back the eye of the tiger. | ||
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Telephone
United States129 Posts
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AxiomB
69 Posts
Look, its crenellations of a parapet  This is a great chance for Byun. | ||
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tigera6
3220 Posts
On May 17 2023 17:09 Telephone wrote: Also, is there any player besides Maru who would consider getting second place in the world championship tournament an embarassment? Not to bring up the GOAT debate, just food for thought. Its just that he hasnt won one before, and that was his best shot at winning one and he choked. It hurst us, being his fan, as much if not more than it hurts him internally. And there is the thing that Maru hasnt won a single Bo7 Grand Final, outside of G5L, for the last 14 months despite making 6-7 other Finals. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6805 Posts
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argonautdice
Canada2704 Posts
On May 17 2023 19:48 Harris1st wrote: 6SL gogo If we count all the premier Star Leagues this would be 8SL. | ||
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SHODAN
United Kingdom1060 Posts
Maru will practice with team-mate and friend, Ryung but neither Byun, Cure or Bunny have a terran team-mate who plays at a similar calibre one of them gets TIME (pretty sure TIME can speak good korean, right?)... then there's GuMiho and INnoVation. question is, how important is communication with your practice partner? they could practice with the EU terrans but maybe the language barrier will reduce the effectiveness of their practice. like if they want to practice a certain timing attack or scenario, it would be difficult to communicate the nuances with a non-KR speaker anyway, I'm excited to see what each of them brings. TvT is the best mirror and there is room for shenanigans. remember when Maru played SUPER weird a few seasons ago against Bunny? ghost builds, mech and a stupid amount of early-game ravens? I'm sure that they will be trying to mix things up to surprise each other | ||
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dysenterymd
1177 Posts
On May 17 2023 21:22 SHODAN wrote: I'm curious to know who they are practicing TvT with Maru will practice with team-mate and friend, Ryung but neither Byun, Cure or Bunny have a terran team-mate who plays at a similar calibre one of them gets TIME (pretty sure TIME can speak good korean, right?)... then there's GuMiho and INnoVation. question is, how important is communication with your practice partner? they could practice with the EU terrans but maybe the language barrier will reduce the effectiveness of their practice. like if they want to practice a certain timing attack or scenario, it would be difficult to communicate the nuances with a non-KR speaker anyway, I'm excited to see what each of them brings. TvT is the best mirror and there is room for shenanigans. remember when Maru played SUPER weird a few seasons ago against Bunny? ghost builds, mech and a stupid amount of early-game ravens? I'm sure that they will be trying to mix things up to surprise each other Special would also be a good practice partner, he's not on quite the same level but he speaks decent Korean and can play any style. | ||
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StarHaven
United States11 Posts
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10316 Posts
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Mizenhauer
United States1804 Posts
On May 17 2023 21:04 argonautdice wrote: If we count all the premier Star Leagues this would be 8SL. Just to be clear, GSL is not a "Star League". It's full name is the Global StarCraft II league. OSL and SSL had Starleague in their title. | ||
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IArako
Germany195 Posts
6SL GS7 lets see if he can collect them all | ||
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QOGQOG
828 Posts
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Poopi
France12761 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8988 Posts
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Die4Ever
United States17610 Posts
at IPL 5 Vegas, they hosted GSL and did the semifinals and final in the same weekend, so that was close! | ||
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[Phantom]
Mexico2170 Posts
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CicadaSC
United States1455 Posts
On May 18 2023 11:47 [Phantom] wrote: Technically Maru is the best player but he has said that he hates TVT and we’ve seen how he isn’t as good anymore with it… we’ll see. I’m rooting for him or for Byun Maru the type of guy to only proxy rax or 3 cc in tvt. I mean... As probably the GOAT next to Serral, I trust his judgement but I feel like this is definitely his worst matchup. Personally would love to see ByuN win for the raw emotion that will ensue. | ||
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tigera6
3220 Posts
Like in the interview for this GSL, he said Ryung couldnt help him much because hes just a "yes guy" to Maru, Byun is more helpful in critiquing Maru build, but that push Maru into playing like Byun even more. | ||
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