Serral vs. Stats | Starcraft II WCS Global Grand Finals| BlizzCon 2018
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2018
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Nice to see some Immortals that are not coming to your mobile phone.
*MLG Airhorn*
of course its gonna be p2w its a damn mobile phone app rofl@vijil
@vijil Not only is it surely gonna be filled to the brim with microtransactions, but also if Activision/Blizzard can get away with this kind of shit, we're not gonna get another Starcraft / Diablo title worth playing. Hell, we're not gonna have a proper fucking game in the future altogether. People need to stand up for what they want.
Could u please explain the joke?
@@jegorkarasjov3003 Diablo Immortal mobile game. Look up the shitshow around it.
After 20 years of Korean domination!
FINALLY!!
Serral is but one player, even if he is undoubtedly the best now. The scene is still dominated by Koreans. Serral can be an inspiration and its time the other foreigners need to step up to the game. Or else it can quickly go back to before if Serral under performs.
@The future is Unity We all know that. But Serral proves, that it is possible for foreigners, that's all. He commands respect, even from the Koreans. And even if he vanishes into nothingness, he will always be that example that it can be done.
@@testthewest123 Indeed, he is an example. People need to be inspired not satisfied. It would be the best if more and more foreigners, not just europeans that will step up to the game. I'm sure the SC2 scene will be even more exciting.
@The future is Unity The general "problem" is that in rich countries, the loss of not doing the "standard life build" is considerable. Not pursuing studies, just to be a low paid progamer isn't enticing.
That's also why you see many Pros from countries like Ukraine, where alternatives do not pay that well.Korea isn't that poor as well, I concede, but they have the luck of a different start to internet culture with their internet caffees (not sure how they are called exactly). Without this start, with internet and computers widely available, I doubt Korea would have developed this.
Serral wasn't born a human being, but actually began life as a dream IdrA had back in 2010.
Laughed so fucking hard
but did he know most of HuK's army were halluc?
@@raghavkanwal Like everybody knows about this halluc meme , we also know that I finger my buttho,e
@@raghavkanwal IdrA's reaction was epic though LOL
But he has some manners unlike idra
I hope Serral winning will give all foreigners more motivation to play Starcraft 2. I hope Starcraft become more popular around the world. It's such a great game.
I played SC back in 2010 until Hots came out and stopped from there. But what im seeing here is insane on so many levels.
To get there where Serral is, i would say, is not really possible. Ive never seen a player that has no weak faces in the game and on top of it such a good map control. This is just an exceptional player.
He is definitely an inspiration
when it comes to skill based e-sport games, sc2 is the best if not the only game that trully stands for skill based game. Problem is that is really hard to master and u got no one else to blame when u lose other than urself plus its a game from Blizzard a company that knows how to make great games but lacks an e-sport department that can develop,grow and promote her games in that area.
the learning curve for rts is generally too steep, that's why games like moba triumph in recent years.
The pinnacle of SC2 is long gone.
Abbathur: "New Zerg lifeform detected: Serral, has adapted, has overcome opponents. Complex DNA strands, high psyonic potential. Winning Worldcup only possible scenario. Congratulations."
Honestly, Stats and Rogue were both really impressive, but Serral is...Serral. And he showed not just Korea, but the entire world how to play Starcraft 2. I've never seen such a wide skill gap at the very top of Starcraft 2 as I see with Serral and all other top pros. Still would have liked to see Maru vs. Serral but I don't think that would have changed the final outcome.
For example, how quick he pulls drones vs oracles, how quickly he reacts to something he scouts such as building a wall, canceling the 3rd hatch, starting banelings against Rogue and makes a really scary attack look easy to hold etc., or how he targets his queen and spore so when oracles go in, they die. He pays so much attention to the detail, like when Stats goes in with Oracle to kill drones, he insta pulls and even starts a spore in a split second to save a drone. Finally, in the last game which is a LONG game, near the end AVERAGE 450+ APM. I mean...just...WHO DOES THAT!? Name me one pro SC2 player with 450+ APM for a 30 minute game. Serral truly is on another level, its almost inhuman how perfect his play is. Micro, macro, decision making, game understanding, scouting, reaction time, offense, defense, everything is at least as good if not better than anyone else in the world.
There are still gonna be the critics that say he didn't win a GSL or he didn't beat Maru. You can't convince everyone, but honestly if you watch Serral play there is no doubt in my mind and a good majority of Starcraft 2 fans that Serral is right now the undisputed best player in the world. What a player.
He'll have to prove it over time to be the greatest ever, but right now he is the greatest I have seen at a specific point in time.
Ken Serral did win a GSL championship this year, beating Stats (who is one of the only Protoss who has beaten Maru)
Stats is no slouch as he has the experience and has reached many grand finals.
Rogue was considered the best Zerg player in the world with championships to back it up...but damn, those who continuously doubt Serral’s mechanical skills, ability to read and the clear beat down of 3-1 Rogue, 3-0 Dark, 3-0 Zest, 3-0 are either in denial or do not actually watch Serral’s
Matches this year.
Serral is not unbeatable and did lose to Scarlett at the Pyongchang championships (Scarlett is very experience and did win that tournament which I think she well deserved), but it is clear Serral did say he trained extremely hard last year and it has shown this year.
Serral has been on the backfoot many times, but a sign of a great champion is to claw their way back inch, by inch and keep the level of focus and skill fairly high even throughout 25+ minute game.
A good example was Serral vs Raynor (who I believe has great potential, but at the moment is not as disciplined as Serral) in the WCS Montreal 2018 where Serral was behind in both Economy and Army and could have been wiped out by Raynor’s larger army, but Serral knew how to position well, take the proper engagements, and jumped 100% on a killing blow.
It’s been said Serral plays too stock standard, but he did risk the very last match against Raynor with the Nydus worm play brining all his queens, roaches, a few drones while leaving his bases relatively undefended.
Serral risked it again in GSL vs the world 2018 against Stats where he lost quite a few drones and everyone thought this looked bad, while on the side he was actually rallying all his Roaches, and queens to takeout Stat’s third base and cut off re-enforcements to it by getting in between the natural and the third base.
Ryan M yeah, that was shocking, but it does make sense in some way.
Cheese can be effective and Maru has the skills to follow it up or recover if it fails, and I noticed Maru definitely uses a lot of proxys , but it’s like Maru almost has to rely on it, however it has only given some pro players opportunities to study this and shut it down in the case of SoS.
There is probably only one other player I can think of who relies a lot on cheese and is able to fight in unconventional ways due to the result and that is Has, but just like Has, once you are able to fix up early cheeses, there is often a good chance they are done for.
Never seen this much of a skill gap? Can you say Life vs Lilbow? Zest vs Neeb last year? Maru vs literally any foreign weakling (including serral) in anything longer than a bo1 in an offline stage? Look at WESG maru vs serral. THAT'S a rape and huge skill gap.
@Ryan M bitch WESG was this year.
@Ryan M SoS is his training partner, but Maru doesn't just cheese, that's a silly analysis especially if you watch his GSL run. He use a cheese opening as standard opening to mid-late game. If you think of it in terms of throwing jabs at the other player to lower their defense or make em tired through a 7 game set, then that is an awesome strategy as he probably has more micro stamina then his opponents due to Maru having great micro skill.
I've been playing Starcraft since Brood War. I grew up watching pros and legends all the way from the first generation with Boxer, Yellow, and nal_Ra. Needless to say, it takes a lot to impress a veteran.
And I gotta say, it's almost scary how clean and machine-like Serral plays.. Like a damn psychopath in the best way lolol. Serral is definitely on his way of becoming a legend if he isn't already.
What a player.
the crazy part is he is only 20. He's got so many more years to grow and adapt. The dude is going to go down in history
well '1st generation' were players like Grrr and even before that lol
Also people have been progeressively getting better over time, for the most part
I had tears in my eyes watching Serral win this. The guy was incredible and never thought I’ll see the day where a non Korean dominated the SC scene. He is the best player I ever seen play this game and he plays it so beautifully. Absolutely Faultless!
A non-Korean won League's championship too. Makes you wonder what's happening to Korea.
SERRAL! THE KING IN THE NORTH!!!!!!
Thorzain is to Rob as Serral is to Jon
Finno-Korean Hyper War
zatramander hahahaha I wasn't ready to see this meme here
are we all under the influence of mass autism array?
Eh what? Autism mass array? You drunk or smt, desu
This is Finland's Teemu Selänne in SC2, but more like Finnish Gretzky. A world legend at the start of his career, he's amazing. As a Sweden, I am so glad I can cheer for a Finnish neighbour in SC2, he's just blowing our minds.
well not quite, the start of his career was all the way back in like 2012 maybe when he was playing local tournaments on exelon gaming
What a wild ride, through and through. Amazing games from both players but man that was so cool to see Serral take it all the way!
2:32 lol "...if you disagree, you're not educated"
If you disagree, you're a dota fan
if you disagree, youre a trump fan
Yeah SJW logic right there. It may be a joke when he said it here, but people in general need to learn how moral psychology works, check out some Jonathan Haidt
the Micro is this game is incredible! These 2 players definitely deserve to participate in the Grand Finals. Wow!
Congratulate Serral this was a phenomenal Final! Wish you the best. Greetings from Austria :)
Awesome games and commentary!
great commentary since years. best in the esport scene.these two dudes
This was beautiful to watch. Such skill on both sides.
Thanks for posting this!!!!
Was so amazing so watch history happen. Can't wait to see what Serral brings to the stage in 2019
World New History Wrote By Serral
This kid is amazing, such mature playing style, calm and cool during tense moments... He's got it all, he deserved to make history in StarCraft. Congratulations, Serral!
TORILLE!!
Ei vitussa, siellä on kylmä.
Ollaan vaan koneella.
"make some noise for Stats!"
Barely hear any..
"make some noise for Serral!"
Crowd goes wild..
This is funny to me somehow
Case the game host in USA ,you know the reason.....
@@wwsunmoon yeah we wanted a non Korean to win for once obviously. Next time hopefully it is American. Share some wins!
It’s cuz if stats won it’d be the the first time a non-Korean won the world championship in SC2, literally every non-Korean wanted him to win
Thank you for this Serral!
Wow, that was nuts. These guys are so good.
What great series to watch!
I never watched WCS, but when I saw a few Serral games last month, I said I have to watch WCS this year because this guy is next level, he is the only reason why I watched, I knew he was going to win.
This was amazing watch!
As Korean it is quite sad to not see korean becoming champion but I'm way more excited that zerg won protoss
FOR THE SWARM!!!!!
what a move to my Scandinavian brother..watching all his match..Grattis Serral..hälsningar från Sverige👏👏👏💪💪💪👍👍👍
I just love serral man almost made me tear up when he got all emotional at the end...
He achieved my dreams too.
This moment is so emotional.
too good, too clean!
Congrats Serral!
Incredible series
Should have played Finlandia hymn after the victory
congrats man! awesome games!
estupenda y excelente victoria, genial Serral !
4:38 the way he says "mind games you say" :DD
Serral Dominated every game, his skill was just unmatched, he is a true Champion! Perkele!
It's GSL vs the World Grand finals again!!!
sooo perfect and awesome 2 have such a gr8 game/series s d final 1!
This was probably the greatest Blizzcon finals ever, and some of the highest level Starcraft 2 ever played.
World: korean numba 1
Serral: hold my beer
Kid looked super happy to win - Good job mate!
That was amazing game play! GG
What a well-deserved win for Serral
What a sick series that last game was a great way to end
korea feels like the diablo comunity after this
Dont forget their LoL worlds run
that was an INSANE second game
I would pay these guys to announce every pro match out there
I got chills ! good for you serral!
South Korea has fallen. Serral is now officially the best player in the world. And on track to become the GOAT. Reynor is lurking in his shadow though. Possible a new challenger will arrive to dethrone him. Stay tune for the Next Episode of Starcraft 2. :D
oh you are the dude that constantly says reynor has better l8 game than maru?
Interestingly, this also happened in League of Legends this year where Korean teams were out in quaterfinals, while 5 previous years each final was Korea vs Korea.
His first person view is so fast and crisp its nuts.
1:41:27 face of true happiness
Was that supposed to be a joke?
@@tonynippolei yeah
Exactly my thoughts
That's Finnish people in a nutshell.
The irony is it’s true. I think it’s only just sinking in at that point. He’s spent so much time dreaming of this he kind of doesn’t know how he got there.
Life, Taeja, Polt, MMA, Bomber, MC. We remember. Would pay anything to see Serral vs Life
OMG yes! Life vs Serral! Such being banned is such a shame for the SC2 scene! I'd bet good money he'd make things a lot more difficult for Maru over in Korea if he were still playing. My opinion Life was on pace to be the greatest of all time. Just my opinion.
Hello and greetings from Poland. ( sorry for my bad eng)
In Lotv serral vs life ? In my opinion ofc only Serral. Life was one of 2 best hots players (with sOs) and for me best zergling timing attacker, but serral never loosing games againt rush or fast attacks. I know life was diffrent and he always find way to destroy diffense but serral early/mid / late is perfect. Serral is not showman, he is perfect machine. Life was out of control one day he can win vs anybody next day loosing vs even ForGG. Life - best player to watch, Serral best zerg overall player. Just my opinion.
Ken I wouldn't bet if life is involved...
Zerg would not be as strong if life is still active, imagine how he dominated SC2 while zerg is considered as weak. Blizzard lowkey buffed Zerg on his absence to let people like Dark, Serral and etc to at least have a chance.
is Life still in prison or is he out now?
I haven't played or watched sc2 in a long time but it feels so good hearing Tasteless and Artosis deliver commentary. I miss this scene.
didn't disappear or anything
Nice
for me this is not a victory for the zergs players, it is a victory only of Serral, because Serral's skills are superhuman, Serral's intuition in each game is almost impossible to believe, even making a good scout in the enemy base , even maneuvering your army well, amazing job Serral
This game is interesting after watching the mini-doc on Serral - the only player he’s ever regularly lost to.. is his older brother, who taught him the game and played with him all through high school. His brother who always wondered what would have happened if HE had gone pro. But loves and supports his family always.
Once again I would like to say Serral is and has been the best zerg player on the planet and now he has the record to prove it. Congrats to Serral on a well fought highly entertaining win!
watching sc2 after several years ..... man this game got fast
Fucking love to see tastosis are still rocking out the commentaries what a legendary duo
Dude - where is the Day9 breakdown on this!? I NEED that.
Stats' performance in that first match really showed how a skilled player can make a big difference with a small amount of units.
Admirable in defeat.
Congratulations Serral!
Nothing is forever. Well deserved.
How did the final game happen?
In a word, Vipers. Meticulous Viper play broke both the stalemate, and the back of Stats.
and the dream team, tastosis! i was a little scared blizzard wouldnt cast them at the final but they are still here, still the best!
Последняя игра была феерична, наконец-то игра зашла в лейт, спасибо обоим игрокам за кайф наблюдать такое противостояние!!!
Serral best of the best!!!
Amazing!!!!
I know next to nothing about this game, but goddamn that was so hype. Guess it's time for me to get into StarCraft.
How do you kill something that has no life?
Well done Serral, absolutely smashed it! :)
When someone says that what I’m doing is social suicide
20 years to watch this guy show absolutely no emotion over winning this. Couldn't even crack a smile :/
I've never seen anything related to SCII and I have no idea what's happening, but this is hype.
I was there dual wielding Power Overwhelming, and Zergling Nectar Beers! (they were really good btw)
The energy was EEEEEEPIC!
Pero en Starcraft remasterizado sigue dominando korea
Stats talked the most shit about non-Koreans too. This was great
looking forward to seeing pro players display their thumb skills in the future.
Congratulations SERRAL!! Best player all-year-round in 2018! Beat favorite players like Inno, Maru in 1 game, and best Zergs Dark, Rogue and protoss Stats! Respect from the EU region, as he represented it as well as his country. I am not Zerg and so happy for his win!
恭喜非韩冠军
Undisputed!
That sly smile after game 2. Serral was in the zone.
bad luck that Maru had to be eliminated by his teammate. Would have loved to watch the dream finals. Congrats to serral - hope, to see him fight at GSL now
Yo his mic-game at the end was outstanding! Remember when he was awkward af every time he came up after a win??! lol Holy crap!!
insane how much talent it takes to spam psi storms
very exciting
I just gotta say, the synchronicity between tasteless and artosis is pretty impressive... I guess it'd have to be after spending over a decade casting together.
True hero
People hate when it's not Artosis and Tasteless casting the games but no comment on how awesome it is to have both of them casting this GAME!?
Serral is a legend in my mind.
When Serral retires from StarCraft Esports to study at University, he can casually make some sweet change $$ teaching people how to play StarCraft (not like he needs the money after the prize earning he made from 6 x championships just this year alone).
Hell, I’d pay money to go to a StarCraft class being taught by Serral.
😃
True true
Sim Salabim he didn’t say explicitly he will retire and when from StarCraft anytime soon, in fact in the ‘signature’ series videos he said he would like to take it as far as he can go and enter many tournaments, but eventually he his future after that will be his studies at Uni.
Serral I think can definitely do at least 3 more years in good form, and make huge bank.
Besides, I am confident some Starcraft up-starters seriously wanting to go pro, would pay to be tutored, coached and challenged at the very feet of Serral during his Uni days afterwards.
@@SandraWantsCoke Studying in Finland is free and he lives with his parents so during his 4 years he's barely going to lose a dime.
@@SandraWantsCoke In Finland we have a thing called the "taxman". So he will be paying 30% of his winnings to the Finnish state..
@@PuppeFin1986 Doesn't blizzard themselves pay taxes for major/premiere wins?
just watch his first person, its so damn efficient and nearly flawless. One of the most mechanically gifted players ever
skilled
"Starcraft is a game of incomplete information."
I made NA masters as Protoss thanks to Day9, he always said "just fucking kill him"
U made me cry serral
I have no clue what I'm seeing but it looks cool :D
Can i join the club?
nice guy and best man.
드디어 한국인이 아닌 우승이라니 정말 축하합니다.
한국인이지만 먼가 감동적임!!
Congrats Serral