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On January 30 2024 02:06 Ciaus237 wrote:
Serral's odds of winning are, IMO, a lot higher than the odds of any other one player. The real questions here are how likely it is Serral wins, and if Serral doesn't, whose the most likely of the rest?
TL.net currently has it at
Serral 57%
Clem 11%
Maru 10%
herO 6%
Reynor 5%
Seems reasonable
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As a Maru fan, I'm glad Maru didn't play in the grand finals of Master's Colliseum. Imagine having to play a best of 9 versus Serral right before Katowice. That would be horrible for his chances.
Yes, we are approaching dangerous levels of copium.
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France12935 Posts
On January 31 2024 00:59 Telephone wrote:
As a Maru fan, I'm glad Maru didn't play in the grand finals of Master's Colliseum. Imagine having to play a best of 9 versus Serral right before Katowice. That would be horrible for his chances.
Yes, we are approaching dangerous levels of copium.
On the other hand, herO gave a lot of hopes to protosses with his series versus Solar, Dark, Reynor, but his g3 vs Serral was so bad / weird that all the hype might be gone. At least there is less pressure
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Northern Ireland26994 Posts
On January 31 2024 00:59 Telephone wrote:
As a Maru fan, I'm glad Maru didn't play in the grand finals of Master's Colliseum. Imagine having to play a best of 9 versus Serral right before Katowice. That would be horrible for his chances.
Yes, we are approaching dangerous levels of copium.
While it makes no intuitive sense I feel Serral is less likely to win Katowice after stomping this playoff bracket.
You wanna come into Kato in decent shape sure, but looking back it’s rarely the red-hot, in-form player who actually wins it.
Whether it’s pressure, peaking too early and struggling to maintain it, or announcing yourself as THE guy to beat, ergo other contenders have to prep something for you if they’re to triumph, or SC2 being a game of such thin margins I do think there is something in this
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On January 26 2024 10:52 BonitiilloO wrote:
Serral almost perfect defends can make it happen, now i wish someone figure out his play and outsmart him
herO taking revenge would be such a nice story!
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On January 31 2024 01:08 WombaT wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2024 00:59 Telephone wrote:
As a Maru fan, I'm glad Maru didn't play in the grand finals of Master's Colliseum. Imagine having to play a best of 9 versus Serral right before Katowice. That would be horrible for his chances.
Yes, we are approaching dangerous levels of copium. While it makes no intuitive sense I feel Serral is less likely to win Katowice after stomping this playoff bracket. You wanna come into Kato in decent shape sure, but looking back it’s rarely the red-hot, in-form player who actually wins it. Whether it’s pressure, peaking too early and struggling to maintain it, or announcing yourself as THE guy to beat, ergo other contenders have to prep something for you if they’re to triumph, or SC2 being a game of such thin margins I do think there is something in this
Well. Thats exatly how Serral was in Blizzcon 2018. Pure hot steam firerocket form going into it, after 4 WCS and 1 GSL vs Thw World!
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On January 31 2024 07:24 Locutos wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2024 01:08 WombaT wrote:On January 31 2024 00:59 Telephone wrote:
As a Maru fan, I'm glad Maru didn't play in the grand finals of Master's Colliseum. Imagine having to play a best of 9 versus Serral right before Katowice. That would be horrible for his chances.
Yes, we are approaching dangerous levels of copium. While it makes no intuitive sense I feel Serral is less likely to win Katowice after stomping this playoff bracket. You wanna come into Kato in decent shape sure, but looking back it’s rarely the red-hot, in-form player who actually wins it. Whether it’s pressure, peaking too early and struggling to maintain it, or announcing yourself as THE guy to beat, ergo other contenders have to prep something for you if they’re to triumph, or SC2 being a game of such thin margins I do think there is something in this Well. Thats exatly how Serral was in Blizzcon 2018. Pure hot steam firerocket form going into it, after 4 WCS and 1 GSL vs Thw World!
Its just not the same with IEM, Serral won Blizzcon in 2018 but lost to Soo in IEM 2019, Dark won Blizzon 2019 but lost to Rogue in IEM 2020, Trap won Last Chance in 2021 and didnt make it past group stage in IEM 2021, ect. I do believe that peaking too early will affect your form in the next tournament. Having said that, Serral is just so darn consistent that even when hes not peaking, hes still favored against most players in the world.
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Masochist does masochist things - obvious Maru vote, now bring on the pain.
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February 10th is my birthday...
Nice weekend eh ? 
I hope Serral gives me a good birthday present by winning !
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I hope Maru wins this but I think I would put my money on Dark
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On February 06 2024 06:26 Neptuneajax wrote:
How is Stats these days?
I would be very surprised if he advances from his group
I would be surprised if he's not last place
Aligulac shows his most recent match as January 29th 😬
His most recent notable victory was a 2-0 over soO in December but then he lost to soO 0-4 the day after that.
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On February 07 2024 03:27 Die4Ever wrote:I would be very surprised if he advances from his group I would be surprised if he's not last place Aligulac shows his most recent match as January 29th 😬 His most recent notable victory was a 2-0 over soO in December but then he lost to soO 0-4 the day after that.
I'm just kind of happy he made it - we get to be S T A T S B O Y S for one last beautiful time
Probably my favorite all-time player - amazing player and even better personality
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