On January 16 2020 02:11 silverkeops wrote: I hope one day we'll see Serral competing in GSL.
Not worth it. He's already got his hands full with other tournaments. On his down time, I'd rather he spends time relaxing with family and friends. I don't want him to get burnt out working too much, being in KR for 2 months for a prize pool that isn't even that big for how long it drags out. Those GSL tournaments are still single elimination only, which is so lame. Meh. I'm fine with how things are with Serral's schedule.
Edit: However, I do think him training in Korea now and then is a good idea. Staying too long, however, isn't beneficial. Balance is key.
It’s a new territory to conquer. Not worth his while in purely financial terms and the social sacrifices are huge too, so I don’t expect him to at all.
Still as a fan of Starcraft for so long it would be awesome to have a foreigner competing with a realistic chance of winning the thing, so I hope it happens one day.
Neeb won the 2016 Kespa cup. Kinda same thing as a GSL as far as I'm concerned. Done and dusted, I'd say.
It’s a good accomplishment for sure, it’s not quite winning a GSL though
I think you're giving that tournament much more prestige than it deserves. I dislike its format for a couple reasons: It advantages Koreans over foreigners by structure, and it's single elim garbage.
Serral's losses at Katowice are always the most heartbreaking, he's so good in the groupstages yet he always fall short. Will he win one before he gets bored of the game? On the other hand, maybe he won't retire before he gets to win Katowice!
In the last 365 days, Serral narrowly lost every time he got to the decider game in international tournaments: against soO at Katowice 2019, Inno at WESG, Reynor at BlizzCon and now Zest again; a stark contrast with the clutchness that earned him so many tournaments in 2018...
Serral is still the best player in the world or at worst one of the best, but I am growing a little worried that he might have lost his killer instinct.
Yea. He was in the dark with ZEST. This dude made some nice BO. Blocking hatch 3 times and he won 3 times. After Hurricane games i had a feeling that Zest will win and he did. It was a bit hesitant Serral, Zest droping in the main than Serral runing with slow banes back and forth. I guess he is not that bulletproof. I think he lost that games more than Zest won them. Just my humble opinion.
On March 02 2020 04:54 Sviru1 wrote: Yea. He was in the dark with ZEST. This dude made some nice BO. Blocking hatch 3 times and he won 3 times. After Hurricane games i had a feeling that Zest will win and he did. It was a bit hesitant Serral, Zest droping in the main than Serral runing with slow banes back and forth. I guess he is not that bulletproof. I think he lost that games more than Zest won them. Just my humble opinion.
Still I think he is THE best.
Yea, I think after getting the first expo blocked, he shouldn't sac an overlord trying to scout. It's too much econ hit. Serral scouted the SG with lings anyway. Serral was working with a 3-5 workers deficit for much of the start of the game, leaving him very little room for mistakes. Hatch block is a dirty tactic, but it was on Serral for allowing it to happen so many times. I hope he gains something from this match, but early ZvP is just extremely hard and unpredictable regardless for zerg.
Yea. The fact is Serral lost 5 of 7 ZvP. It looked bad and Serral was really mad. He knew he failed . Hope to see him again soon. It is a f#!#! shame that we can't see him stream or play some minor stuff. It's like watching Jordan playing one game in a month or worse.
On March 02 2020 08:48 Sviru1 wrote: Yea. The fact is Serral lost 5 of 7 ZvP. It looked bad and Serral was really mad. He knew he failed . Hope to see him again soon. It is a f#!#! shame that we can't see him stream or play some minor stuff. It's like watching Jordan playing one game in a month or worse.
I seemed like after game 3 vs Zest, Serral was somewhere else entirely
On April 03 2020 10:05 tigon_ridge wrote: Looks like we're not going to see many Serral vs the best players games this year. Very sad.
Though in the winners-interview Serral basically said he's going to be playing in some online tournaments at least when offline ones aren't going to be an option.
On April 03 2020 10:05 tigon_ridge wrote: Looks like we're not going to see many Serral vs the best players games this year. Very sad.
Though in the winners-interview Serral basically said he's going to be playing in some online tournaments at least when offline ones aren't going to be an option.
I pray he'll meet the top3 Koreans in those online tournaments. My Serral withdrawal symptoms have been flaring up severely lately, and this HSC just barely relieves it.
On April 03 2020 10:05 tigon_ridge wrote: Looks like we're not going to see many Serral vs the best players games this year. Very sad.
Though in the winners-interview Serral basically said he's going to be playing in some online tournaments at least when offline ones aren't going to be an option.
I pray he'll meet the top3 Koreans in those online tournaments. My Serral withdrawal symptoms have been flaring up severely lately, and this HSC just barely relieves it.
Serral hasn't won Katowice yet, he won't retire.
As for the koreans, Serral vs Maru would be interesting but it's overhyped and they always find the way not to make it happen, Dark is not that great in mirror and Serral has always beaten Rogue; however, Rogue is undefeated in offline bo7 and his ZvZ is great, I would love to see a rematch happening under those conditions.