Dark: Grasp of Fate - Road to BlizzCon 2018 (#4)
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Kurao
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Kalera
United States338 Posts
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Rodya
546 Posts
I'm guessing a Dark v Maru finals. | ||
hexhaven
Finland855 Posts
On October 13 2018 22:34 TheOneAboveU wrote: I always want to believe in Dark, I always cheer my heart out for him, only for it to be ripped apart. Needless to say, BlizzCon will follow the same procedure again... maybe this time with a happy end? (please) I believe in you Dark! You can reach another semifinals! You can do it! | ||
Nakajin
Canada8747 Posts
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Fango
United Kingdom8760 Posts
Although people ranking him below Rogue is bizarre. He has two finals and two ro4s this year, Rogue only has one deep run. And even in his losses, at least Dark doesn't look like he completely forgot how to play. | ||
Charoisaur
Germany15601 Posts
On October 13 2018 22:37 Z3nith wrote: Good article over all, however, I struggle to see how you could argue that Stats was the worse player on paper. He'd just come off the back of a GSL finals run, so to say he had no significant results when you're counting Dark's GSL semifinals run in the SAME tournament seems a tad misleading. TL writers have underestimated Stats the entire year so this isn't surprising. They predicted him to lose in every single round of the first GSL and was removed from the Power Rank completely after dropping out of the GSL ro16 despite performing well in every other tournament around that time. | ||
Fango
United Kingdom8760 Posts
On October 13 2018 22:24 yubo56 wrote: From Rogue's thread, seems like the order prediction is on point so far I'm willing to bet they stick with that order but release Maru and Serral's last because "their whole year was a highlight" or something like that :p | ||
yubo56
658 Posts
On October 13 2018 23:36 Fango wrote: I don't have much faith in him winning blizzcon, but he can easily get second. He's certainly good enough to win but that's just Dark. Although people ranking him below Rogue is bizarre. He has two finals and two ro4s this year, Rogue only has one deep run. And even in his losses, at least Dark doesn't look like he completely forgot how to play. Wholly agree with this. I think a lot of Dark's losses come from stubbornness and his playstyle (e.g. staying on RRLB too long ZvP), but most of them still feel very close/stylistic. Rogue's play is so hit-or-miss, he either looks inspired or just keels over, which seems like a much harder weakness to prepare prepare away | ||
ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On October 13 2018 23:36 Charoisaur wrote: TL writers have underestimated Stats the entire year so this isn't surprising. They predicted him to lose in every single round of the first GSL and was removed from the Power Rank completely after dropping out of the GSL ro16 despite performing well in every other tournament around that time. While online and offline are very different, it was difficult to completely discount Stats's online form when he looked so utterly hopeless. | ||
Elentos
55454 Posts
On October 14 2018 00:51 ZigguratOfUr wrote: While online and offline are very different, it was difficult to completely discount Stats's online form when he looked so utterly hopeless. Stats is just a lot more scary offline then online. It's pretty funny. | ||
TheDougler
Canada8287 Posts
Anyways, solid write-up for Dark. The last son of Boxer may yet have his chance at ultimate glory. | ||
Fango
United Kingdom8760 Posts
On October 14 2018 00:51 ZigguratOfUr wrote: While online and offline are very different, it was difficult to completely discount Stats's online form when he looked so utterly hopeless. When you consider he clearly doesn't take online events seriously, and is one of the most consistant players ever in offline events, it's pretty easy to disregard it. | ||
yht9657
1809 Posts
Also he's lost 3 premier finals and a semifinal to Stats in lotv, damn these two have quite the rivalry. | ||
yht9657
1809 Posts
On October 14 2018 03:39 yht9657 wrote: Dark seems to suffer from poor mentality in important matches, he is a very creative and aggresive player who pulls some crazy tricks no one else could at times but just couldn't use his mind when it comes to a finals. Also he's lost 3 premier finals and a semifinal to Stats in lotv, damn these two have quite the rivalry. Just came to my mind in a zvz game earlier this year he dropped a changeling on top of a baneling to detonate it, that was the one of the coolest shit I've seen in a zvz. | ||
Edulis
United States21 Posts
On October 13 2018 22:34 TheOneAboveU wrote: I always want to believe in Dark, I always cheer my heart out for him, only for it to be ripped apart. Needless to say, BlizzCon will follow the same procedure again... maybe this time with a happy end? (please) I've been a consistant Dark fanboy since mid-HOTS, back when he's like every terran's absolute nightmare and every protoss's best friend. Watching him still be one of the best zerg without any significant wins this year makes me quite sad. I just want him to keep that cocky-ass atitude while crushing everyone and win a championship, just once PLZ, better make that Blizzcon? | ||
SCHWARZENEGGER
206 Posts
On October 13 2018 23:30 Nakajin wrote: Dark seems on the path to become yet another zerg Kong, it's insanw to think the number of in Korea zerg would have won if SoO, Byul and Dark had won 50% of their finals. after this and the fact that neeb and classic turned into gods after switching from terran, not surprising that sc2 is a joke at competitive level and nobody should take it serious. User was temp banned for this post. | ||
Fanatic-Templar
Canada5809 Posts
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Sakat
Croatia1599 Posts
On October 14 2018 02:41 TheDougler wrote: The more I think about this Blizzcon, the more I realize this is the most hyped I've been for one since 2014. We've got the absolute cream of the crop on the Korean side, and for foriegners, while I was hoping Reynor or Scarlett would make it, ultimately Serral is the whole story this time (then again... Neeb did reach the Semifinals of GSL...) I don't even know which two of sOs, Maru, and Serral I'm most hoping to see as the finals matchup. Probably Serral and Maru but a 3rd Blizzcon win for sOs would be SO friggen epic. Anyways, solid write-up for Dark. The last son of Boxer may yet have his chance at ultimate glory. We need that 2014 hype thread again | ||
neutralrobot
Australia1025 Posts
On October 13 2018 22:32 Toua wrote: I will always believe that Dark can turn things around and win another premier tournament. Cheering for my favirote zerg Dark again Park Ryung Woo Fighting! I also believe that Dark can do this. Dark often feels like he's just a hair's breadth away from being the champion we all know he could be. He just needs to drink whatever mutagen Maru exposed himself to this year. | ||
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