kaby Profile Joined July 2010 Russian Federation 161 Posts Last Edited: 2018-10-20 09:44:49 #1 The 2nd round of the Ultimate Series global playoffs will be played on Saturday, Oct 20 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) and will content four Best of 5 matches between the players from the different regions. More details below.







Round of 8 matches:

uThermal (T) vs Rail (P)



HellraiseR (P) vs Elazer (Z)



MaNa (P) vs MaSa (T)



Neeb (P) vs Serral (Z)



Broadcast will start on Saturday, Oct 20 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Alex007 (RU)



Wardi (EN)



Winter (EN)



Mintcrystal (DE)



View on Liquipedia and will content four Best of 5 matches between the players from the different regions. More details below.

HolydaKing Profile Joined February 2010 20325 Posts #2 Neeb vs Serral is pretty damn nice. Although I could imagine both of them won't show they best plays.

VanCaspel Profile Joined July 2010 Netherlands 250 Posts #3 Yeah - looking forward to this. Go go uThermal! Dutch StarCraft League - www.DSCL.nl

stardog Profile Joined August 2011 544 Posts #4 Solid groups, some great matchups in the bracket and Major tier in liquipedia - a really nice tournament! It could use more promotion, though.



First time listening to Winter's casting, it's pretty good.

sudete Profile Joined December 2012 Singapore 2716 Posts #5 I guess it's kinda interesting to see what their non-hidden builds are Year of Ragnarok

Poopi Profile Blog Joined November 2010 France 9763 Posts #6 Neeb too good In Starcraft 2, money is gained through consistency accross all patches, legacy is built through snowballing the good patches for tournament wins.

argonautdice Profile Joined January 2013 Canada 2299 Posts #7 On October 21 2018 04:07 sudete wrote:

I guess it's kinda interesting to see what their non-hidden builds are

Looks like Serral only has hidden builds Looks like Serral only has hidden builds I've waited for Newbee flair for so long I am now waiting for BSG flair.

Nakajin Profile Blog Joined September 2014 Canada 6579 Posts #8 What the fuck happen, did Serral just played shit build? http://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg

sudete Profile Joined December 2012 Singapore 2716 Posts #9 On October 21 2018 04:31 Nakajin wrote:

What the fuck happen, did Serral just played shit build?



Based on reddit comments - a combination of cross-server lag (played in EU) and focusing on dominating blizzcon. Builds for game 1 and 2 were fairly standard, but his game 3 all-in was very not serral-tier at all Based on reddit comments - a combination of cross-server lag (played in EU) and focusing on dominating blizzcon. Builds for game 1 and 2 were fairly standard, but his game 3 all-in was very not serral-tier at all Year of Ragnarok

Alex007 Profile Joined December 2010 Ukraine 205 Posts #10 Based on reddit comments - a combination of cross-server lag (played in EU)

Serral is in Europe, he played with minor ping advantage which Neeb has agreed for. Serral is in Europe, he played with minor ping advantage which Neeb has agreed for. Russian community leader, caster and project manager working for StarLadder

SetGuitarsToKill Profile Blog Joined December 2013 Canada 28391 Posts #11 Serral confirmed washed Community News "As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill

FataLe Profile Joined November 2010 New Zealand 4296 Posts #12 On October 21 2018 04:45 sudete wrote:

Show nested quote +

On October 21 2018 04:31 Nakajin wrote:

What the fuck happen, did Serral just played shit build?



Based on reddit comments - a combination of cross-server lag (played in EU) and focusing on dominating blizzcon. Builds for game 1 and 2 were fairly standard, but his game 3 all-in was very not serral-tier at all Based on reddit comments - a combination of cross-server lag (played in EU) and focusing on dominating blizzcon. Builds for game 1 and 2 were fairly standard, but his game 3 all-in was very not serral-tier at all

Well reddit are notorious apologists. Worse than TL. There is an argument for saving builds for blizzcon. Always. But watch how every series "upset" between players attending blizzcon will always be chalked up to saving for blizzcon. Well reddit are notorious apologists. Worse than TL. There is an argument for saving builds for blizzcon. Always. But watch how every series "upset" between players attending blizzcon will always be chalked up to saving for blizzcon. hi. big fan.

FataLe Profile Joined November 2010 New Zealand 4296 Posts #13 On October 21 2018 05:16 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:

Serral confirmed washed

the wcs finals that we have been robbed of all year.



I wanted the torch to be directly passed dammmit the wcs finals that we have been robbed of all year.I wanted the torch to be directly passed dammmit hi. big fan.

HolydaKing Profile Joined February 2010 20325 Posts #14 With 2 protoss players in his group at Blizzcon it shouldn't surprise anyone he lost here. Not to take anything away from Neeb of course. Neeb in a good shape can always beat Serral, but the timing of this just doesn't make it very likely Serral would try hard.

FataLe Profile Joined November 2010 New Zealand 4296 Posts #15 On October 21 2018 05:34 HolydaKing wrote:

With 2 protoss players in his group at Blizzcon it shouldn't surprise anyone he lost here. Not to take anything away from Neeb of course. Neeb in a good shape can always beat Serral, but the timing of this just doesn't make it very likely Serral would try hard.

All very true. Let's no forget Lambo said that he felt Neeb might just be the best PvZ player on the planet. He also merked Rogue in GSL in a bo 5. So i'm not so sure that blizzcon is the only factor at play here. All very true. Let's no forget Lambo said that he felt Neeb might just be the best PvZ player on the planet. He also merked Rogue in GSL in a bo 5. So i'm not so sure that blizzcon is the only factor at play here. hi. big fan.

Yonnua Profile Blog Joined October 2011 United Kingdom 2310 Posts #16 I find it really interesting that people are applying the logic of Serral "not trying his hardest to save his effort" to this loss, when lots of the hype around him relies on ignoring those arguments for some of his opponents at the GSL vs the world special event he competed in.



It can't be both ways: either he's not competed against the best when they're trying their hardest, or he isn't unbeatable in best of 5s against foreigners. Either way, it shows that he still has a lot to prove at Blizzcon. LRSL 2014 Finalist! PartinG | Mvp | Bomber | Creator | NaNiwa | herO

stardog Profile Joined August 2011 544 Posts #17 The first game was symptomatic. Serral seemed to have a very good start, he killed Neeb's scouting adept and cancelled his third. Next was phoenix harassment, Serral's defense was not perfect but OK. And then he died to a timing attack.



All in all a fairly standard game, if it was e.g. Nerchio playing nobody would bat an eye but Serral isn't expected to loose in such fashion. Impossible to tell if it's a slump or if he was holding back.

Fango Profile Joined July 2016 United Kingdom 7762 Posts Last Edited: 2018-10-21 00:30:31 #18 Neeb is good enough to beat Serral if he still has the form he showed a couple months ago. People think he's not but he is.



That being said, given these guys are 2 days away from flying to blizzcon, it's hard to take any results seriously. You could argue it's worth losing at this point to try and hide builds/learning those of other contenders. Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs

FrostedMiniWheats Profile Joined August 2010 United States 30729 Posts #19



The insane Serral streak is ended in brutal fashion.



http://aligulac.com/players/485-Serral/results/



damn N33333b!!!!The insane Serral streak is ended in brutal fashion.damn NesTea | Mvp | MC | Leenock | Losira | Gumiho | DRG | Taeja | Jinro | Stephano | Thorzain | Sen | Idra |Polt | Bomber | Symbol | Squirtle | Fantasy | Jaedong | Maru | sOs | Seed | ByuN | ByuL | Neeb| Scarlett | Rogue | IM forever

Poopi Profile Blog Joined November 2010 France 9763 Posts #20 Yeah not surprising right before BlizzCon, I don’t worry for Serral. In Starcraft 2, money is gained through consistency accross all patches, legacy is built through snowballing the good patches for tournament wins.

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