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serral is a coward he's not coming

The Korean Pilgrimage.

@@JKnksrsly Serral is not a real SC2 fan otherwise he'd feel compelled to try and win the GSL just on principle

Nah, zerg is super under powered now. It's obvious now.

@@tommywatson1527 Nah, Soo beat Gumiho and Gumiho beat Reynor. Reynor is just not prepared.

@@tommywatson1527 LOL yeah so obvious in fact that a "super under powered" Zerg knocked Gumiho's Terran out of GSL. It just wasn't Reynor. Nice logic.

@Devillionaire just look at all the zeros take big Ls since the patch. Esl and gsl. All the zergs ain't prepared?

@@tommywatson1527oh no patch zergs need adapt like others

I'm really hoping it takes off, that's like the most exciting thing to happen to starcraft in a decade lol

it really shows how big preparation time makes of a difference, in "random" online tournaments, sure Reynor might struggle vs herO but no way would he loose to Gumiho 0-2, who then continues to loose to soO 1-4...it really shows that, if you give players time to prepare specificially for a opponent, koreans who have practised this format for over a decade now still make even top foreigners look like they are not even supposed to be here, like in the "good old days" :D

@@LordSipher except Serral

@@schlechtgut8349 Yeah yeah., Serral would win in your imaginary world right? He doesnt even dare to try GSL and its for a good reason. Zergs have always been and will always be favoured against T and P in weekend style tourneys. Prep tourneys is the only thing that truly matters. In my world you can win as many weekends you want. Dreamhack here and there. GSL is where the true skill is and its proven today by Raynor not even taking ONE map.

Well, Reynor really struggles now, ended 5th place in esl europe. Just some days ago, sure from korea but still. And he hasent finished Well in the 2 big tourn before that either. Not a good time to go to GSL. Gonna be super intersting to see how much serrals military session Will effect his play

@@Joh00226 Doesnt matter. Serral chickens out of going to GSL. And therfore forfeits the GOAT status to Maru by default.

You can’t be the goat if you’ve never won the hardest tournament

Serral would run through all of them. His mechanics and decision making are on another level

this is a key point.

@@troy3423 mechanics is good to have, but preparation will always win you the day. that s why koreans can smoke anyone in any given day when they have time to prepare. they are accustomed to the format where you are given plenty of time to prepare.

Very well said!

It would be fun, but I think it would be no difference He won 2 gsl vs the world And he beat the top gsl players a lot of times....

@@SDanny23 gsl vs the world was a weekend tournament format, also he beat top gsl players on a weekend tournament format. so it IS a DIFFERENCE. there will be difference, such as reynor winning the highest prize pool ever in sc2 history: a weekend-tournament called gamers8(now EWC) [where serral only went ro.8 in that tournament] but getting eliminated immediately in the first group stages of gsl=2022, 2024( today) serral has a high chance to lose to solar, ragnarok, classic, soO, bunny, et cetra, all of whom have beat serral in weekend tournaments. if they prepare, serral would lose more harshly, more brutally get defeated. and there is maru, and if he is in his kingdom, homeground, he would surely beat serral, just like how serral beats maru in his homeground-weekend tournaments.

@@SDanny23 GSL vs the World is a totally different format, its similar to Super Tournament than code S, and we know Protoss win a lots in Super Tournament but doesnt win a thing in code S. And Serral has lost to GSL-type group stage before, especially when he has Zerg in his group. While I dont think he will struggle like Reynor did, implying Serral would win without any question is a bit too untrue.

@@einerheit5871 tournaments are announced way before so they have all the time to prepare

​@@einerheit5871excellent analysis and observation.

He's talked about it in the past, whenever asked he says it takes too long, it's a big disruption to his life, and it's not worth it (metaphorically and monetarily). He gets asked about it every other month from what I've seen.

I think he will never try because he is afraid to lose terribly in the Ro.16. GSL is just a different affair than those weekend tournaments.

@@spasteroneill9636 That's very weak to call someone a coward without doing it yourself. I am not a huge Serral fan, but he got a point there. Just imagine to move for 2 months to another country and work from there without the garantee to even earn money. And that all for a pin for your shirt or proofing a point? That's not worth wasting so much money.

@@Gemraw I'm not saying I could do it, I'm saying Serral can't, and he probably knows it. Stating money and time issues is just an excuse, imo. I think that the GSL is the most prestigious tournament for a reason. Players are given enough time to prepare specifically for their next opponent. So far, Koreans have excelled in that area with no foreigner really coming close to achieving a win in the GSL. If you want to be considered the GOAT in Starcraft (I don't know if Serral aims for that), I think it is hard to justify without competing in and winning a GSL. If Serral is only in it for the money and doesn't care about merit, then I agree, it's probably not worth it for him. Although, as a professional Starcraft player, per definition playing Starcraft is his job, and I see no reason why he shoudn't be able to train and compete in online tournaments while living in Korea for a while. Just saying...

He is a big disruption to SC2. he is bad for SC2

Every Zerg is getting demolished. EU GM is 50% Protoss right now. This games balance is a joke because they nerfed Zerg because of serral.

@@Konranjyoutai Most of the important nerf on Zerg was done BEFORE Serral winning at IEM, and during that time Reynor won Gamers8 and Solar won GSL S3 last year. So clearly Zerg didnt suck because of the nerf, although Serral is still the best Zerg in the world.

@@Konranjyoutai So? No Protoss from Europe qualified for ESL Dallas except for MaxPax.

​@tigera6 you need your own SC2 blog and channel, great reply. 👍

@@Konranjyoutai Protoss does wonderfully in best of 1s when they can surprise you. However they get dunked on in literally every other format with precious few exceptions.

wrrr

Serral is bad for SC 2. Tournaments other than GSL are unreliable.

so sad

@@krioni86sa suck it

This is the comment what I want

He threw game two. All he had to do was stay back and kill the 3rd base and all the scvs there, then pull back. Instead he ran past the economy and wasted time trying to break through

Top 2? The hell? Who's better than hero?

herO is unarguably the best protoss nowadays.

@@AzazelOnmyoji It's the delusional MaxPax fanboys who think MaxPax is the best protoss and Clem also being the best terran in their eyes.

Wdym Artosis?

@@chingizzhylkybayev8575 I mean it’s fair to argue that Artosis is the GOAT caster

her0 prepped perfectly for Reynor. He knew all his run by timings and everything. Reynor just played poorly against Gumiho. Hopefully Reynor gains some more experience and motivation after this. GSL isn't as forgiving when it comes to trying to feel a game out and adapt which is what Reynor is best at. Pre-planned timings on specific maps is to the utmost degree in GSL as we saw soO have more success with as zerg.

Previous time he was overconfident strutting on stage like his going to own the tournament and talking in interview how he has an easy group. This time he certainly took it more seriously. I agree, he seemed to play well, but few wrong decisions is what it takes to loose. Looking back at his previous time he was obviously nervous and it was showing on his units control, this time he played way better in this regard. Tasteless said that GSL is very different in format from ESL tournaments. This is true, but still. It is not like Gumiho or Hero won against Raynor by some mad unexpected preparation. In case of Hero, he was simply better with his macro and army composition. And in case of Gumiho - some very on point decisions made in critical moments of the game. I'd love to see Serral in GSL. But don't think it will ever happen.

wrrr

@@d4slaimless wrg, nervx etc nmw

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Terrans constantly whine while consistently never having a year where they were ever considered under powered. Everyone likes to cry about protoss being op even though they are the least winning race tournament wise. And terrans have been dominating the past few years and before the last patch they had insane buffs to cyclones and widow mines. You will never see Protoss get a patch that improves a single unit they have that much, they'll be like "Here we made void rays a bit faster but also they deal 10% less damage and have 25% less HP"

Stateless should be the main caster duo for GSL, but I heard Reynor is going to cast the Chinese SC2 tournament next week.

@@tigera6 I would hate to see Tasteless stop casting GSL in actuality. However, I think State and Reynor have better chemistry than State and Tasteless. It was amazing casting and I would like to see more of it.

@@jimmyhighroller5366That was really only because state was fanboying a bit. Not in a really bad way, but he was definitely making it Reynors cast.

Fuck you for spoiling

Fuck you for spoiling. Stop up voting this

KR Zerg in general has a strong timing against Mech player, they will hit with Queen drop and Roach Ravager, similar to what Reynor did in game 2 but with even sharper timing. KR Terran was playing Mech occasionally and the Zerg players got their prepped build for that. Reynor would almost never play against such build in EU, where most Terran playing Bio.

That's the strategy and preparation. GuMiho thought that his winning probability is much higher when he uses bio against soO.

I think Reynor was much more nervous in previous GSL that he played. He was making mistakes that he didn't do today. But something else might have been off, as indeed Hero just crashed him.

@@d4slaimless Reynor mis-read the build and react the wrong way in most of the situation. He didnt make Roach against mass Zealot Archon push, then he try to block the Nexus and fail. Against Gumiho he went for BLord-Corruptor-Infestor against BC-Thors which is a no-no. And then he went Blord again into mass Helion/Cyclone mobility and got countered to death.

@@tigera6 I didn't mean that he didn't make mistakes in general. What i meant is previous time it was things like lings running into the wall of main base with no purpose. Units out of place/position. In this regard he played better. As for his decisions, were not the best, certainly. Infestors could have worked though,

Hero is supper good only not steady, his peak is above every player even when toss is the most unbalanced he can play toe to toe with anyone. Reynor didnt play bad today, its just gumiho dont apply to euro-logic of sc2.

last time, he was 0-2, 0-2 as well. I guess he'll never win a game in GSL

If we are talking about Scarlett, she RECALLED her broodlords in one of her recent games. That was so cool to watch.

They also upload each match as its own video I would also recommend the sponsorblock browser extension, which crowd-sources info about segments of the video and can often help you skip the intermissions between games and stuff

@@DFGdanger thank you, sir or madam!

Maybe Hero was in his chat and he was mind gaming him

I dont think get last place in the group and couldnt win a single map is considered as "did decently in GSL". But Serral is a whole different animal.

I don't think any zerg can do well right now.

@@tommywatson1527 man you realise that you’re commenting on a video where soO just advanced, right?

He is not 0-8. He did win 1 map previous time. Don't think he made exactly bad calls during casting, those were different games, But certainly his plays in his own games didn't work out.

@d4slaimless I never said they were "bad" calls, just that they didn't really fit, EU and KR have different metas. He obviously knows way better then me but - Specifically remember him saying Spores aren't needed just good queen micro, and hero went fast SG both games which did well. But true - he did win 1 vs DRG last time he entered. 1-8 still isn't very convincing for other Foreigners to have a good chance, since Reynor beats 99% of them.

You would say the same if Dark or Reynor win the next premiere tournament?

Yeah zerg is so bad now. No zergs can compete.

@@tommywatson1527 What are you talking about? Soo just advance , and we still have Dark Rogue Solar yet to play their groups. Unless its Maru or herO, who are stopping the Zerg?

@@tigera6 Rogue is in the military

@@CSHummer Hes been back for about 2 months and currently playing in GSL.

So, if you make that excuse for foreigners in Korea, same thing should be said for Koreans in EU right? It's so hard to go there and just dominate on someone else's home turf?

@@SsSHardt I dunno, does that happen? How about neutral ground? Don't think Koreans dominate there

@@chir0pter there is no neutral ground is it? And weekend format vs a prep tournament is a big difference. You can't just put your head in the sand and ignore it.

lmao u sound like u just started watching starcraft 2 1 week ago with this awful take

@@dumbocow Cope more

Unironically buff Protoss more 😊