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#2: Serral - Greatest Players of All Time - Page 9

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Freeedom
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States199 Posts
June 03 2024 00:25 GMT
#161
he's number ONE... every tournament and sweeps keep proving it
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Starcloud
Profile Joined September 2018
137 Posts
June 03 2024 00:41 GMT
#162
Goes to the military.....still demolishes everybody, including Maru. What a beast. Its still shame though, that Maru cant give any more resistance. GG WP, GOAT !
LukaMav
Profile Joined June 2024
28 Posts
June 03 2024 01:47 GMT
#163
On June 03 2024 09:41 Starcloud wrote:
Goes to the military.....still demolishes everybody, including Maru. What a beast. Its still shame though, that Maru cant give any more resistance. GG WP, GOAT !


Goat just keeps winning

New patch that nerfed Zerg, especially a direct nerf at Serral infestor play. No problem

New maps that heavily favours terran. No problem

Stomps Korea’s best.

Goes back continue serving his country

We are not worthy of Serral
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2448 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-06-03 11:23:11
June 03 2024 11:20 GMT
#164
Still no. 3 in my opinion, wont change eventhough he keep winning top tier titles since 2022. Arguments has been made why Serral can't be no.1 no matter how much wins he gets.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
InfCereal
Profile Joined December 2011
Canada1759 Posts
June 03 2024 11:36 GMT
#165
On June 03 2024 20:20 swarminfestor wrote:
Still no. 3 in my opinion, wont change eventhough he keep winning top tier titles since 2022. Arguments has been made why Serral can't be no.1 no matter how much wins he gets.


Have any interest in sharing these arguments?
Cereal
Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1839 Posts
June 03 2024 11:46 GMT
#166
On June 03 2024 20:36 InfCereal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2024 20:20 swarminfestor wrote:
Still no. 3 in my opinion, wont change eventhough he keep winning top tier titles since 2022. Arguments has been made why Serral can't be no.1 no matter how much wins he gets.


Have any interest in sharing these arguments?


None exist.
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Branch.AUT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Austria853 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-06-03 12:41:36
June 03 2024 12:41 GMT
#167
On June 03 2024 20:46 Mizenhauer wrote:
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On June 03 2024 20:36 InfCereal wrote:
On June 03 2024 20:20 swarminfestor wrote:
Still no. 3 in my opinion, wont change eventhough he keep winning top tier titles since 2022. Arguments has been made why Serral can't be no.1 no matter how much wins he gets.


Have any interest in sharing these arguments?


None exist.

Don't need arguments to hold an opinion.
Nasigil1
Profile Joined March 2024
96 Posts
June 03 2024 12:42 GMT
#168
On June 03 2024 20:36 InfCereal wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2024 20:20 swarminfestor wrote:
Still no. 3 in my opinion, wont change eventhough he keep winning top tier titles since 2022. Arguments has been made why Serral can't be no.1 no matter how much wins he gets.


Have any interest in sharing these arguments?


Easy, because his favorite player hasn't win shit after 2022, therefore anything after that doesn't count.
phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1740 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-06-04 01:20:50
June 03 2024 22:48 GMT
#169
Serral #1. His record in these recent tournaments show that he's a class above others. He only dropped two maps this entire tournament and it was to the current world champion, going 14-2. Did not drop a single map versus a GSL player.

Last IEM he dropped one map in the entire tournament, going 20-1. Going 34-3 in these last two tournaments is insane. All while handing the #1 "GOAT" an 8-0 cake. I think we're weighing the GSL titles too heavily, it's not Kespa/Teamhouse era anymore. Maru isn't the GOAT because he wins GSL, Maru wins GSL because Serral is too busy golfing and doing military service and doesnt want to play in Korea.
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10324 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-06-04 15:17:07
June 04 2024 01:17 GMT
#170
On June 04 2024 07:48 phodacbiet wrote:
Serral #1. His record in these recent tournaments show that he's a class above others. He only dropped two maps this entire tournament and it was to the current world champion, going 14-2. Did not drop a single map versus a GSL player.

Last IEM he dropped one map in the entire tournament, going 20-1. Going 34-3 in these last two tournaments is insane. All while handing the #1 "GOAT" an 8-0 cake. I think we're weighing the GSL titles too heavily, it's not Kespa/Teamhouse era anymore. Maru isn't the GOAT because he wins GSL, Maru wins GSL because Serral is too busy golfing and doing military service and doesnt want to play in Korea.





And also cus Rogue left for military so he wasn't able to keep stopping Maru from winning GSLs !

It would be awesome to see Rogue return to form in a few months, and put up better fights vs Serral than Maru.
I would love the narrative to change to Serral being #1 and Rogue being #2, and for Rogue to deny Maru at least 1 or 2 GSLs again before it dies off for good

But yeah it is crazy and also interesting that the only games he lost was to the current world champion, and he lost 0 games to a G8L player across both tournaments.
Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6860 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-06-04 06:52:07
June 04 2024 06:51 GMT
#171
On June 03 2024 20:20 swarminfestor wrote:
Still no. 3 in my opinion, wont change eventhough he keep winning top tier titles since 2022. Arguments has been made why Serral can't be no.1 no matter how much wins he gets.


In my opinion Maru isn't even top 20 and Harstem is clearly the best player in the world. Have you even seen the Captain? Glorious!
Arguments have been made + Show Spoiler +
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Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
AlexGano
Profile Joined February 2021
28 Posts
June 04 2024 07:21 GMT
#172
On June 04 2024 15:51 Harris1st wrote:
In my opinion Maru isn't even top 20 and Harstem is clearly the best player in the world. Have you even seen the Captain? Glorious!
Arguments have been made + Show Spoiler +
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I know this guy you mentioned. He is definitely the best player of this world, above Serral of course. My personal list of top 3 players is #1 Harstem, #2 Captain Kevin and #3 Cowboy
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom917 Posts
June 04 2024 07:48 GMT
#173
On June 04 2024 16:21 AlexGano wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2024 15:51 Harris1st wrote:
In my opinion Maru isn't even top 20 and Harstem is clearly the best player in the world. Have you even seen the Captain? Glorious!
Arguments have been made + Show Spoiler +
up

I know this guy you mentioned. He is definitely the best player of this world, above Serral of course. My personal list of top 3 players is #1 Harstem, #2 Captain Kevin and #3 Cowboy

#1 Harstem
#2 MoustacheCowboy
#3 PirateCowboy
#4 ShopifyRebellionSucksBallsWithoutMe
"You have to play for yourself, you have to play to get better; you can't play to make other people happy, that's not gonna ever sustain you." - NonY
kajtarp
Profile Joined April 2011
Hungary473 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-06-04 07:50:12
June 04 2024 07:49 GMT
#174
On June 03 2024 20:20 swarminfestor wrote:
Still no. 3 in my opinion, wont change eventhough he keep winning top tier titles since 2022. Arguments has been made why Serral can't be no.1 no matter how much wins he gets.


I agree about nr 3. but about Maru For me 1 Serral 2 Rogue 3 Maru. Yes Maru has more GSL's than Rogue especially since Rogue left into the military. But the level of GSL has dropped significantly and Rogue has a broader list of tournament wins. Korean, International he has won it all and not just once. And while Serral haven't played in GSL, in every international tournament he plays vs top GSL players, and GSL winners or multiple GSL winners even. Most of the time its not even close and he looks like a tier above them.
Why so serious?
LukaMav
Profile Joined June 2024
28 Posts
June 04 2024 17:18 GMT
#175
On June 04 2024 16:49 kajtarp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2024 20:20 swarminfestor wrote:
Still no. 3 in my opinion, wont change eventhough he keep winning top tier titles since 2022. Arguments has been made why Serral can't be no.1 no matter how much wins he gets.


I agree about nr 3. but about Maru For me 1 Serral 2 Rogue 3 Maru. Yes Maru has more GSL's than Rogue especially since Rogue left into the military. But the level of GSL has dropped significantly and Rogue has a broader list of tournament wins. Korean, International he has won it all and not just once. And while Serral haven't played in GSL, in every international tournament he plays vs top GSL players, and GSL winners or multiple GSL winners even. Most of the time its not even close and he looks like a tier above them.


This sounds about right. Rogue is no question above Maru

Maru can’t win a world title to save his life no matter how easy /road he constantly gets. He still managed to get stomp over and over.

Foreigners > Maru at the international stage
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10324 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-06-04 18:41:00
June 04 2024 18:36 GMT
#176
Really it's Maru's 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th GSLs that he won after Rogue left for the military, that seem to be putting him above Rogue in people's eyes.

Before Rogue left for the military, consensus had shifted towards Rogue > Maru (especially because of recency bias, but still). Once he left, of course Maru was free to win GSLs uncontested... it was an easier field without Rogue to stop him.

If you put Maru above Rogue just because of GSL win #5-8, you need to really consider it again.

Serral wins the biggest international events, including both GSL events he entered.
Rogue has also won some of the biggest international events, and also has dominated the GSL scene.
Maru has dominated the GSL scene similar to Rogue, but also Proleague (but that's a team competition).
Maru racking up additional GSLs after Rogue left has a huge asterisk because the one who had his number was forced to leave.
Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland24891 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-06-04 19:05:13
June 04 2024 19:04 GMT
#177
Rogue also won very little until the ‘weaker’ era

It feels arguments go a bit all over the place. Maru outdid Rogue for years and years in Korea, won 2 Starleagues and was a consistent high finisher in other tournaments, and Proleague top dog.

Since the ‘Serral era’ he still was doing better than Rogue in Starleagues, who was equivalent with Serral in WCs and not winning as much or consistently as Serral elsewhere

To stick Rogue at top you have to take a guy who others outperformed for years, who had another couple match or better him for years in another epoch and make him number 1

Which really doesn’t make much sense to me at all

'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3453 Posts
June 04 2024 19:44 GMT
#178
On June 05 2024 04:04 WombaT wrote:
Rogue also won very little until the ‘weaker’ era

It feels arguments go a bit all over the place. Maru outdid Rogue for years and years in Korea, won 2 Starleagues and was a consistent high finisher in other tournaments, and Proleague top dog.

Since the ‘Serral era’ he still was doing better than Rogue in Starleagues, who was equivalent with Serral in WCs and not winning as much or consistently as Serral elsewhere

To stick Rogue at top you have to take a guy who others outperformed for years, who had another couple match or better him for years in another epoch and make him number 1

Which really doesn’t make much sense to me at all


Rogue started winning things in 2017 which was kinda right before the "weaker" era.
PremoBeats
Profile Joined March 2024
333 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-06-04 21:44:48
June 04 2024 21:38 GMT
#179
On June 03 2024 20:20 swarminfestor wrote:
Still no. 3 in my opinion, wont change eventhough he keep winning top tier titles since 2022. Arguments has been made why Serral can't be no.1 no matter how much wins he gets.


No 3.?
Both Maru and Rogue (no idea, who else you could mean) have mostly gathered their titles in the same period as Serral, but they took more time to accumulate Premier Tournament wins and have less amazing statistics versus top Koreans. Even if you leave out all the titles that Serral has from tournaments with non-Koreans (and which he could have used to win Korean tournaments, thus denying Rogue and Maru wins), he still outclasses them both in PT wins and statistics. He has the best numbers, period.
There is no denying this... the only talk people can bring up is that lame "he never won GSL"-BS. But do we judge Maru on the same basis? Serral never tried GSL, but Maru tried several World Championships and never succeeded - somehow this fact is irrelevant.

On June 03 2024 20:20 branch.AUT wrote:
Don't need arguments to hold an opinion.


Absolutely. But if you try to convince anyone of your opinion arguments, logic and reason come in handy.
Sorathez
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Australia209 Posts
June 04 2024 23:04 GMT
#180
On June 04 2024 16:48 MJG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2024 16:21 AlexGano wrote:
On June 04 2024 15:51 Harris1st wrote:
In my opinion Maru isn't even top 20 and Harstem is clearly the best player in the world. Have you even seen the Captain? Glorious!
Arguments have been made + Show Spoiler +
up

I know this guy you mentioned. He is definitely the best player of this world, above Serral of course. My personal list of top 3 players is #1 Harstem, #2 Captain Kevin and #3 Cowboy

#1 Harstem
#2 MoustacheCowboy
#3 PirateCowboy
#4 ShopifyRebellionSucksBallsWithoutMe

What a delectable, aged meme. Delicious!
There's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep trying till you run out of cake.
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