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Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1831 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-03-18 23:03:55
March 18 2024 23:03 GMT
#1
Best Games of the GOAT Series


With the help of Elentos (of Best Games fame) I ranked all 34 games featured in the GOAT series and placed them into this comprehensive list. Hopefully, this will be helpful for those who want to go back and watch the games without having to sort through all 10 articles.


1 soO vs Serral




2 TY vs aLive




3 Maru vs herO




4 Serral vs Reynor




5 Maru vs Rain




6 Mvp vs INnoVation




7 Serral vs INnoVation




8 sOs vs INnoVation




9 Zest vs TaeJa




10 Maru vs MyuNgSiK




11 Zest vs PartinG




12 soO vs Flash




13 TY vs Serral




14 soO vs Dark




15 Clem vs Zest




16 Rogue vs Stats




17 sOs vs herO




18 Mvp vs Squirtle




19 soO vs Stats




20 Zest vs Serral




21 Mvp vs NesTea




22 Maru vs Cure





23 INnoVation vs Cure




24 TY vs herO




25 Rogue vs herO




26 INnoVation vs Soulkey




27 Rain vs Bbyong




28 Serral vs Stats




29 sOs vs herO




30 Rain vs Rogue




31 Mvp vs TOP




32 Serral vs Maru


Click to watch VOD


33 Maru vs Solar




34 Rogue vs Trap



┗|∵|┓Second Place in LB 28, Third Place in LB 29 and Destined to Be a Kong
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15913 Posts
March 18 2024 23:38 GMT
#2
last place truly is the worst game
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10321 Posts
March 19 2024 00:19 GMT
#3
Awesome thanks for doing this!

(Also, is #1 = highest ranking?)
Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16056 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-03-19 00:27:19
March 19 2024 00:26 GMT
#4
On March 19 2024 09:19 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Awesome thanks for doing this!

(Also, is #1 = highest ranking?)


These can't be in any particular order.

Putting anything from 2019, but especially a ZvZ, ahead of any of the other years would be criminal.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Nasigil
Profile Joined July 2023
137 Posts
March 19 2024 01:32 GMT
#5
On March 19 2024 09:26 Vindicare605 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2024 09:19 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Awesome thanks for doing this!

(Also, is #1 = highest ranking?)


These can't be in any particular order.

Putting anything from 2019, but especially a ZvZ, ahead of any of the other years would be criminal.


There's no balance issue within a mirror matchup. Z being overpowered in 2019 has nothing to do with the fact that this particular game between Serral and soO is one of the greatest ZvZ games of all time.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-03-19 01:42:37
March 19 2024 01:40 GMT
#6
On March 19 2024 09:26 Vindicare605 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2024 09:19 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Awesome thanks for doing this!

(Also, is #1 = highest ranking?)


These can't be in any particular order.

Putting anything from 2019, but especially a ZvZ, ahead of any of the other years would be criminal.


Whoa really? It's such a good game though, one of my favorite. You could really feel soO turning the series around.

On the opposite, simply looking at the Rogue-Trap thumbnail makes me tired and grumpy, basically Starcraft terrorism. Everything in between is good to different degree,
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davidjohn
Profile Joined March 2024
1 Post
March 19 2024 11:59 GMT
#7
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Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1831 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-03-19 13:09:35
March 19 2024 12:35 GMT
#8
On March 19 2024 09:26 Vindicare605 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2024 09:19 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Awesome thanks for doing this!

(Also, is #1 = highest ranking?)


These can't be in any particular order.

Putting anything from 2019, but especially a ZvZ, ahead of any of the other years would be criminal.


A) it's one of the best ZvZs of all time.

B) it has enormous historical influence. soO probably doesn't win that event if he loses that game and he/the fans are deprived of one of the most wholesome and cathartic moments in StarCraft history.

C) if serral wins that match, he probably goes on the beat Stats in the finals and I probably rank him first as he has another wc title on his resume.

D) we don't get this incredible photo

[image loading]
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Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13320 Posts
March 19 2024 13:19 GMT
#9
Elentos the real GOAT
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swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2429 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-03-19 14:11:43
March 19 2024 14:10 GMT
#10
On March 19 2024 08:38 Charoisaur wrote:
last place truly is the worst game



Is that a game when Rogue spams a tone of infestors against a combo of Mothership + Carriers?

By the way, I heard Rogue is coming back next week. I can't wait to see him.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10321 Posts
March 19 2024 15:55 GMT
#11
Rogue is back next week? Hell yeah!!! I doubt it but what if he comes back to SC2... he's rich enough, so if he just enjoys the game and wants to play for fun, he could!!
Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19224 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-03-19 15:58:10
March 19 2024 15:58 GMT
#12
On March 19 2024 21:35 Mizenhauer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2024 09:26 Vindicare605 wrote:
On March 19 2024 09:19 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Awesome thanks for doing this!

(Also, is #1 = highest ranking?)


These can't be in any particular order.

Putting anything from 2019, but especially a ZvZ, ahead of any of the other years would be criminal.


A) it's one of the best ZvZs of all time.

B) it has enormous historical influence. soO probably doesn't win that event if he loses that game and he/the fans are deprived of one of the most wholesome and cathartic moments in StarCraft history.

C) if serral wins that match, he probably goes on the beat Stats in the finals and I probably rank him first as he has another wc title on his resume.

D) we don't get this incredible photo

+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]



Also, I would assert that ZvZ was maybe the best matchup during that era. Even though I hated watching ZvP and we were plagued with ZvZs, almost every ZvZ series was amazing because of how many top zerg players we had at that moment.
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fLyiNgDroNe
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium3996 Posts
March 19 2024 17:26 GMT
#13
On March 19 2024 21:35 Mizenhauer wrote:

C) if serral wins that match, he probably goes on the beat Stats in the finals and I probably rank him first as he has another wc title on his resume.



There is no way you were short with just 1 weekender title to finally tilt the scales towards Serral. There will still be 0 in the GSL graph. Agree with all other 3 points though, tremendous game.
Drone is a way of living
Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1831 Posts
March 19 2024 17:40 GMT
#14
On March 20 2024 02:26 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2024 21:35 Mizenhauer wrote:

C) if serral wins that match, he probably goes on the beat Stats in the finals and I probably rank him first as he has another wc title on his resume.



There is no way you were short with just 1 weekender title to finally tilt the scales towards Serral. There will still be 0 in the GSL graph. Agree with all other 3 points though, tremendous game.


Thanks for telling me how I would have done things.
┗|∵|┓Second Place in LB 28, Third Place in LB 29 and Destined to Be a Kong
Nasigil
Profile Joined July 2023
137 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-03-19 17:43:32
March 19 2024 17:41 GMT
#15
On March 20 2024 02:26 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2024 21:35 Mizenhauer wrote:

C) if serral wins that match, he probably goes on the beat Stats in the finals and I probably rank him first as he has another wc title on his resume.



There is no way you were short with just 1 weekender title to finally tilt the scales towards Serral. There will still be 0 in the GSL graph. Agree with all other 3 points though, tremendous game.


How to spot an insecure Maru fan:

They will try to trivialize the literal world championship tournaments, which have the highest prize pool and best players competing in, by just describing them as "weekenders", because Maru chokes in such tournaments more than any other player at his caliber.


Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13320 Posts
March 19 2024 17:47 GMT
#16
On March 20 2024 02:41 Nasigil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2024 02:26 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
On March 19 2024 21:35 Mizenhauer wrote:

C) if serral wins that match, he probably goes on the beat Stats in the finals and I probably rank him first as he has another wc title on his resume.



There is no way you were short with just 1 weekender title to finally tilt the scales towards Serral. There will still be 0 in the GSL graph. Agree with all other 3 points though, tremendous game.


How to spot an insecure Maru fan:

They will try to trivialize the literal world championship tournaments, which have the highest prize pool and best players competing in, by just describing them as "weekenders", because Maru chokes in such tournaments more than any other player at his caliber.



Hey now, INnoVation is an even bigger choker at these events!
BUNNYYYYYYYYY https://i.imgur.com/BiCF577.png
Nasigil
Profile Joined July 2023
137 Posts
March 19 2024 18:02 GMT
#17
On March 20 2024 02:47 Durnuu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2024 02:41 Nasigil wrote:
On March 20 2024 02:26 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
On March 19 2024 21:35 Mizenhauer wrote:

C) if serral wins that match, he probably goes on the beat Stats in the finals and I probably rank him first as he has another wc title on his resume.



There is no way you were short with just 1 weekender title to finally tilt the scales towards Serral. There will still be 0 in the GSL graph. Agree with all other 3 points though, tremendous game.


How to spot an insecure Maru fan:

They will try to trivialize the literal world championship tournaments, which have the highest prize pool and best players competing in, by just describing them as "weekenders", because Maru chokes in such tournaments more than any other player at his caliber.



Hey now, INnoVation is an even bigger choker at these events!


Innovation underperforms in such tournaments yes but I wouldn't call him choking, at least much less so compared to Maru who is the true choke artist
Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1831 Posts
March 19 2024 18:08 GMT
#18
On March 20 2024 02:41 Nasigil wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2024 02:26 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
On March 19 2024 21:35 Mizenhauer wrote:

C) if serral wins that match, he probably goes on the beat Stats in the finals and I probably rank him first as he has another wc title on his resume.



There is no way you were short with just 1 weekender title to finally tilt the scales towards Serral. There will still be 0 in the GSL graph. Agree with all other 3 points though, tremendous game.


How to spot an insecure Maru fan:

They will try to trivialize the literal world championship tournaments, which have the highest prize pool and best players competing in, by just describing them as "weekenders", because Maru chokes in such tournaments more than any other player at his caliber.




Your take is equally bad. Imagine a world with nuance...
┗|∵|┓Second Place in LB 28, Third Place in LB 29 and Destined to Be a Kong
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
March 19 2024 18:17 GMT
#19
Surprised that Maru vs Solar from Katowice 2018 made it instead of this one, one of the most Maru games ever

Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Nasigil
Profile Joined July 2023
137 Posts
March 20 2024 14:12 GMT
#20
On March 20 2024 03:08 Mizenhauer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2024 02:41 Nasigil wrote:
On March 20 2024 02:26 fLyiNgDroNe wrote:
On March 19 2024 21:35 Mizenhauer wrote:

C) if serral wins that match, he probably goes on the beat Stats in the finals and I probably rank him first as he has another wc title on his resume.



There is no way you were short with just 1 weekender title to finally tilt the scales towards Serral. There will still be 0 in the GSL graph. Agree with all other 3 points though, tremendous game.


How to spot an insecure Maru fan:

They will try to trivialize the literal world championship tournaments, which have the highest prize pool and best players competing in, by just describing them as "weekenders", because Maru chokes in such tournaments more than any other player at his caliber.




Your take is equally bad. Imagine a world with nuance...


Well, I didn't say GSL doesn't mean anything. All I was saying is World Championship worth more than regular weekenders. I hope that's more nuanced than the guy I replied to.
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