[2024 GSL S1] Finals herO vs Maru

[@thibaultghesquiere]

State is a great caster. Big shoes to fill, but he is doing great, and he goes along well with Tasteless. After being so sad tastosis stopped, this heals my heart!

[@Daniel-mf9zx]

I didn't think I'd warm up to anyone after tastosis, but state is doing it :)

[@dustincintron1682]

agreed

[@juny9445]

True

[@Mahdcat]

Totally agree. They make a great casting couple. Statless!

[@smp3745]

Artosis was always b tier

[@touroftheriogrande9954]

State is fantastic.

[@courtneygray1864]

Here ends the S1 2024 Maru Invitational. We thank you all for coming and to our other competitors ... Maru, here is our token of appreciation for inviting us once again. G9 here we come ...??

[@icechingu]

Maru injured his shoulder lifting all those trophies

[@rickyj3921]

It's funny bc he's actually exempt from military service because of his shoulder LOL!

[@GBRiLFLRNTiN]

@@rickyj3921 isnt he japanese?

[@АндрейШмидт-б3е]

@@GBRiLFLRNTiN South Korea

[@sandijensterle]

8SL titles ;)

[@scottbruce7423]

Spoiler Shield 🔰

[@danzhao9709]

You don’t need that. It’s way too predictable

[@Helix5370]

Maru continues to show how great he is. What great set of games and a truly amazing career. Congrats Maru! 🐐

[@PashaSlavaUkraine]

Serral not back, enjoy tho

[@nickb-whistler4431]

Me in 2012: Wow this Maru kid is really good. He might win the GSL one day. Me in 2024: Wow this Maru guy is the GOAT but still looks the same age. He might win a 9th GSL one day. =P

[@svsv1191]

Almost 30 year old man he is just small

[@hannulr6171]

You can't be GOAT, if you lose 86% of your matches to someone better!

[@teddanville6996]

@@hannulr6171 you are suppose to lose 100% of your matches to someone better than you. If you only lose 86% then you are GOAT.

[@nickb-whistler4431]

@@hannulr6171 Is this a reference to Serral? I will be promoting Serral to GOAT status in another year or two if he continues his rampage.

[@TeamWnKaTchO]

Me in 2012 :wow protoss is garbage. Me in 2024: wow protoss is even worse than before.

[@yawgmoth6568]

If Maru didn't have Serral as his kryptonite he would be so unquestionably far ahead of any other SC2 player in the greatest of all time debate. If only he put up a better fight or even won in the finals against Serral at IEM Katowice and that plus an 8th GSL (doubling the old record of 4 held by MVP) would just put a world of distance between him and the second greatest. His career isn't over yet, maybe he'll meet Serral in another Finals and get revenge. That's all it would take for me to declare him the obvious and undisputed greatest but until then it's him and Serral pretty neck and neck.

[@Numtalegau]

Serral does seem to have Maru´s number in the heads up. No denying it. Serral is such a brilliant player, a true menace to everyone that faces him. One of the best of all time, for sure. With a solid case for the greatest of all time. But, in my mind, it´s somewhat hard to compete against 8 GSL titles.

[@sanctuarygaming4984]

Those tournaments are completely different too. Playing against double digit number of players over a weekend is vastly different from 2-3 possible opponents over several weeks. If Serral were actually the GOAT he'd compete in GSL

[@georgvonrechenberg2217]

@@sanctuarygaming4984 On paper Serral is undeniably the GOAT. But I agree that we have a lack of data with Serral not competing in league style formats. It's kind of pointless to argue about that too much. Serral and Maru are absolute masters of their realms. Since neither Serral will ever compete in GSL nor Maru will go full allin on participating in overseas tournaments all the time while perhaps living in Europe being on a a foreign team, it'll just stay like that.

[@Terracronz]

Slight balance adjustments targeted at Serral, maybe we see them face off in the dreamhack finals again

[@teddanville6996]

@@Terracronz right now Serral is in the military for 6 months. Next time Maru and Serral play is probably e-sport world cup, which is suppose to the the world championship of SC2 because the Saudi spent a lot of money on it. And then for the next 2 years we won't see Maru cuz he will go to military for 2 years.

[@reloadingdontshoot1]

Maru and Hero always put on the best matches. Couldn't have asked for a better finals

[@rhildor1]

Maru looked sick throughout this whole tournament. His Play versus Cure was a treat to watch!!

[@zograf4572]

People can talk about serral as much as they want, Maru is the most fun player of all time.

[@real_MacrocosM]

For me it's the complete awe at how efficiently he plays. While absolutely crazy stuff is going on in the map, (sometimes to the point where you think Maru is losing a fight, and could be any precarious position) then you glance away for a matter of what feels like 30 seconds and look back and suddenly he is ahead 18 workers, has an upgrade lead and he's landed a third base with the fourth one building and it's all just "blah blah blah maru things". I don't really care that he's missing the world championship trophy, The reason that he is simply the best human being that's ever touched the game in my eyes is: the way plays when he's up against the wall, chips are down, And he's way behind, sometimes 70 supply behind.. The list of games [I have on a Google keep note] where he is that far behind and yet somehow grinds an impossible comeback like an absolute unkillable Jedi-Terran - is pretty long. For me that is what makes him quite fascinating and exhilarating to watch.. It's not just watching him play while he's ahead, it's witnessing the magic he can do with these units when he's BEHIND that keeps me coming back. Also those moments when he's being all-in'ed by the likes of Rogue, Reynor and Showtime (recently) and pulls off the most edge-of-your-seat clutch holds. That's my fav.

[@gingluong7625]

World Championship Please. Just 1 time.

[@rickyj3921]

That loss vs Oliveira really haunts Maru 😢

[@gingluong7625]

@@rickyj3921 Yes, I felt so bad for Maru that series. He had it within his grasp...but slipped. This year, he has a very good chance.

[@patrickgass787]

Great series from two amazing players

[@geordiehalma7323]

Really? 4-1 where a protoss feels like he needs to all-in a terran virtually every game?

[@1lomi901]

Her0 & Maru friendship is quite a thing ! I love to see them smiling. You can almost read the tackle they send at each other during the pregame lobby. **Spoiler protection** Maru wins the thing, goes laughing at hero and hero simply smiles and raises his fist like "I'm gonna get you next time, you silly goose" Lovely

[@GBRiLFLRNTiN]

find lame they didnt shake hands

[@nhiemhuynh9824]

AMAZING GAME...you both

[@courtneygray1864]

Need to book my ticket for that G-10! I need a Maru banner ...

[@CrimsonS131]

Seriously he just needs one world championship and he will be the true GOAT.

[@ime685]

Gracias GSL, por darnos felicidad... :)

[@ralphsung8007]

It’s good to see Maru back to great state

[@mcspikesky]

Let's go champ

[@hatinthebreeze]

Maru king and dad and emperor and GOAT of all nerds

[@WingZeroCustom001]

MARU GOAT! BRING ON RIYADH!!

[@raydespoir]

Has Maru already achieved G7L or is this 6SL? Edit: 8SL!! Wow I have a lot to catch up on.

[@heat76ers]

EIGHT

[@gotentk4]

8sl

[@with.the.y]

He already got G5L, 6SL, GS7, and now GSL 8

[@Nuggetheadification]

Great season this on! excited to follow Stats and Ryung in the next!

[@kammfreudenstein9217]

If GSL is reading this, we LOvE Stateless. This is a perfect combination of color and play by play commentary. It's very engaging; I know Tasteless is the classis combo but State has really come into his own here, and I hope he's here to stay.

[@MoonyD911]

Don’t care what others say Maru is the true Goat now after this performance.

[@charlie123abc]

Maru is the GOAT of GSL, but nothing more than that.

[@Adam-uz3hj]

@@charlie123abc cope

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

​@@charlie123abcdoes... does stuff outside of GSL really matter that much? It's like saying "well yeah this team might have won the Superbowl but they aren't *international* American football champions!".

[@2nerC9]

@@chingizzhylkybayev8575 Lets put it like this, Maru individually won like 10 premie leagues (insane), and a bunch of cups but he has 0 world cups, 0 international accolades and there is a player overseas who every time he faces he loses. That same player also beats everyone in his premier league when playing overseas with better statistics in premier tournaments than Maru himself for every single player in that Premier league... (not even mentioning the head to head). Sure that other player has never played a full regular season in the premier league with its different format, but let us say he has played in the German league for 2 years of his peak and now 4 in the La Liga and won a lot there by destroying his opponents by a landslide. I think there is a lot of argument on why that player would be the GOAT, regardless of not playing in the Premier league once.

[@Eliteownage]

much love all

[@pkonneker]

I'm working on my muscles, too. Long live the GOAT. Such a great season of GSL.

[@xXG3TPWNEDXx]

I've been watching competitive StarCraft for so long and it's crazy to think here I am in 2024 still watching. I selfishly hope this goes on forever and that we see all the same players. They are all so amazing. We have a rich history in this game thanks to everyone.

[@finallymadeusername1933]

nice to see comments in support of the new caster. artosis would be proud

[@disafear3674]

Happy to see either person win this one. Long live GSL

[@son_60han]

Boilers splocker + time stamp Match 1 22:21 23:31 Raynor gonna be in the next season of gsl ? Match 2 42:25 Match 3 1:04:10 Match 4 1:18:42 Match 5 1:38:12 Too bad her0 playing not very calm after his 1st lost.

[@zimmerman1031]

Thanks for the titles Afreeca.

[@geordiehalma7323]

Interference matrix was put into the game for tanks being too strong defensively in TvT, but what it does to an already weakened colossus is fucking stupid.

[@ChristianNeff]

And Carriers... and warp prisms... Terran looks ridiculous at the hands of a pro. Like comically OP compared to Toss/zerg.

[@berengerchristy6256]

@@ChristianNeffuntil Serral comes into the mix. He is ridiculous. Hopefully Protoss gets a Maru or Serral before SC2 dies

[@haoxus9413]

40:25 look at Maru smiling after just a painful lost. True champion caliber

[@kainakrit9311]

Maru smiles more often after losses than wins tbh

[@heemlo649]

52:25 if you look at the mini map, you can see hero start a nexus off location

[@BrickCity-o1n]

Protoss in the finals!? Unacceptable. Time to nerf toss!!

[@ngrader]

Co-op tryhards have entered the chat.

[@sursurrus]

based on ASL and GSL, Tasteless has really rediscovered his love of casting

[@pognosmaka]

I ❤ sc2 so much 🎉

[@LeoLibe]

Wtf sick muscles at 1:04:40

[@kattnaphots2543]

get loud!

[@scottbruce7423]

Anyone else clock this video thinking it was semis and finals? Then being really confused by Maru winning it all 😭

[@zafirovernonmillana5778]

Maru... the bEst... its fun watching him play... its really a real battle...

[@covert_ops_47]

Protoss units are just so inefficient.

[@xilial]

too expensive for what they do compare to Z and T. That's why toss always have to run away (and use force fields to escape) to the shields batteries, otherwise they get completed destroyed. The army size is always 20% to 40% lower than terrain/zerg until max out

[@JoeyP946]

@@xilial when I played 90 percent of my losses in terran against protoss was within the first 7 minutes

[@Phantom_madman]

Maru is the goat

[@ross.neuberth]

Asking players about parenthood at the start makes me realize we have been at this 13 years!!!! wp all. love gsl 4 life!

[@jimmyhighroller5366]

Gslllll

[@DarkCandramelekh]

Maru #1

[@Solaris0071]

Maru is the best!!!!!!!

[@carlriding2169]

I was kind of hoping stats would be hero just because I think he has a better chance of being Maru. Overall I thought it was a great season and I was happy to see that Protoss did so well.

[@Ciowan]

Interesting to see next season with Raynor in there...

[@owenong9146]

Why is inno a part of the interviews? Is he back playing sc2?

[@rickyj3921]

He's unofficially retired per his little brother (Gumayushi)

[@viniciusmarques9783]

just having a protoss in the final, we can already consider this a victory for the race. stated the obvious.

[@Nil-js4bf]

1:20 LMAO "Wife will take care of it"

[@lukefan715]

48:17 SCV: DONT RUN!!

[@10baseballdmo]

Wish we coulda seen Stats v Maru. Woulda been a better matchup

[@chubby_deity3143]

well, I just got spoiled, where's the big video?

[@ledrash6079]

Yeah, really sucks :/

[@chosenoneunmatched4617]

Well deserved. Well played Maru. The only good protoss performance I saw...one that really had me impressed...not cheesy, not some aggro nonsense...was Stats in the QF in this gsl run. Unreal games...very skillfull...fabulous protoss play. If Protoss was played like that...they would be a joy to watch. As is...they all cheesy nonsense, a move stupidity. Well played maru...matched heros aggro whilst defending like a god. G8L!!!

[@forte9910]

hero looked much better in other matches. Choke job maybe.

[@chosenoneunmatched4617]

@@forte9910 I suspect it was the "patch effect". He was a lot stronger following the release of the patch. But the main problem with Protoss is the best way (currently) to play it is aggro and cheese. Once this is figured out, they struggle. The Stats games I watched were a genuine treat to witness...and if Prot went more down that direction...I think that would shift things a lot more than any future nerfs to terran or buffs to protoss ever would.

[@TheFIRESTARX]

Please need emp

[@GBRiLFLRNTiN]

isn't that Maru's injure the same Slayers Boxer had?

[@miaumi_24]

How did he win when he got smashed by hero in the group stage?

[@ShroomFishing]

Adapt, he just said he changed after the first loss this series

[@hausu3163]

Cause this matchup is a joke, hero still microed better than him this finals but he isnt playing terran

[@Solaris0071]

Amazing games.

[@ChristianNeff]

Protoss trade their shields and reengage before they recharge way too carelessly. Some unfortunate risks by Hero... blinking in when he shouldnt have... put him at huge disadvantages repeatedly.

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

I've just started the video, and as a staunch Protoss, my heart wants her0 to win so much... but it's gona be Maru, isn't it?

[@BlackBoxEnte]

Tbh i didnt watch it all yet but the shittalking is the best part for a veteran viewer

[@abrahamu.numbers562]

rip "dude love" we hardly knew ye

[@thecalifoxv2222]

Stats would've been much more interesting to watch in this finals lol

[@with.the.y]

G5L, 6SL, GS7, 8SL, we running out of combinations now…

[@SecretClubVideos]

Lord Maru rise!

[@sanduflorin8146]

great Maru,justice for unbalacend pro protoss patch.

[@Frank_144]

LET'S GOOOOOO

[@frankfurgess7946]

Great casting

[@SsSHardt]

Anyone saying Maru isnt the GOAT must miss some braincells. I dont care how many times Zergs can win weekend format tournaments. 8 GSLs. 8 PREPtournament wins. Preptourneys is what matters we all know that. Its always been the case since BW and it always will. And for Maru to win by this much, after terran ONCE AGAIN got a nerf and other terrans are struggling vs toss. Just take a bow for the goat.

[@CashMoneyMoore]

Season 2 Hypeeeee

[@jenesuispasbavard]

Next Protoss champion in 2077.

[@tomio_ueda]

bring back super tournament ;-;

[@lamjianhua2884]

Hero was so angry and lacked the sportsmanship. When Maru when to shake his hand after he won, hero threatened and almost punched him

[@xmagcx1]

gg hero, nerf for T!

[@durazno45]

Confetti won 8 GSL vs Maru XD!

[@llllIIlIlI]

SPOILER STATS WINS

[@Matteo10R]

😡😡😡😡😡

[@ChefJeff789]

Camera zooms out from Hero and Stats is sitting under the desk with mouse and keyboard...

[@laithovkh8303]

All i want is cure vs stats at the finals , they didn't even play against each other so sad

[@schach6666]

That is the real Spoiler Shild (of Aiur)

[@juny9445]

Lol

[@dapimpwitalimp]

Wow Hero totally threw the series. He was ULTRA aggressive at every point almost to the point of being a spazz. Like seriously dude, you dont need to eeek out every little bit at once. Every single time he had a chance to play D and counter someone's move he was caught with his pants down. MAYBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBE scout on match point before you push out with the stalkers?

[@momoaa]

Its a joke for the casters to say this was a good finals, hero played so bad

[@rickyj3921]

It kinda felt like he lost his composure after that sky toss build in map 2

[@RobertDurrant-g6k]

631 Triston Bridge

[@SilverforceX]

Buff Protoss vs Terran its so disgraceful that for the last 6+ years this imbalance is allowed to exist.

[@Choesang222]

Colossus still blow, why make em? Disruptors are still better from what it looks.

[@kewlstorycorey]

Spoiler Blocker

[@sebastianusoscar4862]

so many ads...

[@Omgtired]

Two protoss in the finals 0_0 lessss goooo baby

[@ParleLeVu]

Boo.

[@AriBias]

Msmpus protoss😂

[@ChristianNeff]

Omfg... what was that game 5... Jesus... next time put all your tech outside your base... maybe Maru will just kill it and leave you alone. 😂

[@pedrocosta8658]

Dear AfreecaTV, please, next time, don't write the names of the players in the name of the f******* video !!!!! I've yet to watch the semis, big spoilers !

[@lukefan715]

protoss imba

[@ngrader]

"Buff Toss" .... Kappa

[@Frank_144]

SPOILER BLOCK!

[@Razerdawn]

G8L，best player in KR.

[@PashaSlavaUkraine]

I just wanna know why they drink water like hamsters. I love both Maru and herO. Hero more. But is it a Korean thing?

[@fayswang2385]

Terran is the best race!

[@Crabzula]

Even after Terran gets nerfed into the ground for the 100th time, protoss still can't win a finals. Incredible

[@ledrash6079]

"Into the ground" lol.

[@gotentk4]

Toss is just ez race with no skilll

[@rnf123]

When 5 tempests get countered by a small group of marines, you know there's a serious problem with Protoss unit design.

[@Crabzula]

@@rnf123 when 10 BC's get countered by 1 tempest, you know protoss is OP

[@Taran858]

​@Crabzula that's never happened. BC can blink on tempest even if outranged by it and they have far more dps

[@153ridzzzz]

her0 needs to STOP playing skytoss. He loses every single game he goes into skytoss. He threw the second game because of it.

[@neoaliens8635]

One of the most boring finals I've ever seen in a while. herO constantly makes mistakes for Maru to take advantages of like herO is losing his mind every few minutes. If it turns out to be fraud games, some people will go to the jail for sure.

[@ngrader]

Protoss copium on a level with Qanon.

[@paulscholes2365]

김준호는.. 앞점멸로 흥하고 앞점멸로 망한다...