ESL SC2 Masters: Spring 2024 Finals Day 3 - Semifinals & Final

[@nem1820]

Pig, amazing work. Professional analytics and behavior, straight to the point, key info.

[@thibaud9269]

he is hands down the best SC2 commentator/streamer.

[@thetruezorro]

ZombieGrub on the other hand...

[@proddreamatnight]

Look at those crowds too dude, SC2 is alive and well

[@kathorsees]

wish I could be there too! the crowd looks lovely, and I love all the funny signs ^^

[@tyrellwreleck4226]

The audience is alive yes. But the ladder is dead. If you actually queue in the 4k-6k range, there's actually no one out there

[@maxfieldnelson]

Too bad Blizzard is a bunch of jabronis. Imagine if they still continued support for their IP's

[@real_MacrocosM]

Stream Programme Timestamps (*Final is almost spoiler free) 19:22 • Host Desk Coverage Begins SEMIFINALS - Bo5s 13:56 • Dark v Maru 1:58:09 • Serral v Oliveira SC1 V SC2 SHOWMATCH segment. 3:47:52 • Clem/Reynor/Creator v Harstem/Kelazhur/Scarlett FINAL - Bo7 4:19:50 • 🐐 v 🐐

[@miza6]

🐐

[@kathorsees]

🐐 is literally the goat at this point. I couldn't believe my eyes when 🐐 didn’t scout and missed 🐐's army marching across the map. 🐐 played his heart out, but 🐐 is just on another level. WP to both!

[@maybehuman4]

It's been years since I watched a StarCraft 2 tournament. What an amazing show. GG Serral, you machine.

[@weiwang1167]

oliveira is the only one who close to serral. The real final it is

[@real_MacrocosM]

LLOOLL

[@keith7705]

Indeed, feels like Maru doesn't respect the other playstyles and come in playing the game like he plays against other Korean player in GSL. But the concepts are different that at these high levels his builds don't seem to work against Serral. Where Oliveria plays against him all the time.

[@edmondleong2280]

Serral is not the best.he always hide in base.never have time attack.just farm and till late game. oliveira was much better.

[@Spartax333]

@@edmondleong2280you’re in denial. Serral’s chitenous ultra rush timing attack literally cut Maru off at the knees. No timing attacks my ass. OG serral for sure was just turtle up and play ultra defensive and reactionary. Then we saw his performance slump for a bit while people learned to expect what he would do. Serral took 2 steps back to take 5 steps forward by incorporating more cheese, rushes, timing attacks, etc into his play. There were significant growing pains when he did so, but the result of all of that now? The result is literally the opposite of your complaint.

[@tobiasmueh]

True. I rewatched Serral vs Oliveira and I can't shake the feeling that maybe it would gone differently, if that game would have been a Bo7..... . Felt way more like a final.

[@Hlodowig-y2p]

1:45:00 Clem vs Maru (one of the best series I have ever seen).

[@romansolar8153]

what a great tournament! so glad we can check it here on youtube. For those who are sooo far away from Dallas :) I would love to see more backstage footage, even documentary would be awsome :) It took me one week to went through whole tournament :D

[@markschumann7916]

Amazing games. Thank you for keeping Starcraft 2 alive. It is still very entertaining and should never stop. Congratulations to all the players. Being a pro in a scene is connected with huge amounts of pressure. Tough life for sure.

[@YuNherd]

i like how serral just breaking the rocks silently, then later returning with this war machine of ultras, lings, ravagers and festors. calculative and patient, sheer f*kin will. edit: Thank you Normal Man Oliveira, that was one of the best Bo5 Finals

[@kathorsees]

Great tournament! Thanks ESL, it was a real blast. Great choice of commentators too! Hoping to also see Winter next time ^^

[@garryarganis5801]

winter is the choosing not to go, he likes casting alone or at least thats what he says.

[@kathorsees]

@@garryarganis5801 I see! Well, he did join them from home for the stream B cast in one of the winter tournaments recently. So maybe a repeat of that would be in the cards? Still, seeing Pig and Rotti and everyone else is a real treat too.

[@zenartvonduke380]

State doing a great job Casting here.

[@velveder2]

Serral scouting was amazing. He knew when Maru was leaving his base every single time and countered.

[@SupaKrupa]

Oliveira the real GOAT terran. Took Serral right to the end, beat Maru in a final. GG

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

Please don't spell your "GOAT"s name wrong, and no he's got quite a way to go for that title. I love him as a player and as a person but this is just not true - yet.

[@kilmer009]

Thanks to all the players, fans, production crew, sponsors, and anyone else involved for keeping SC2 alive.

[@mydailyroutine8324]

Serral is undoubted GOAT of this game.

[@disafear3674]

This was an amazing series, back to front. Long live Starcraft!

[@Nil-js4bf]

Serral's hold against Oliveira in their final match was really tense. Finals was another stomp so it looks like Serral's style just hard counters Maru. The only thing Serral looked fallible against was Oliveira's 8 rax timings. And who knows, maybe that's just his military service taking some edge of his timings.

[@simonl1135]

Maru's gonna need therapy after getting stomped by the GOAT again.

[@LesOubliesQuebec]

Artosis would argue that tournament doesn’t count because Serral dint drop enough map.

[@HaploBartow]

Artosis would be stupid, then.

[@jordanpelaez8532]

Artosis goat was eliminating a while ago lmao

[@simonl1135]

Well, he's a bitter dork who gets hyperventilated when he's proven wrong to the point of exploding like his pylon.

[@miza6]

Wish rouge made it further so serral could play him

[@teddanville6996]

@@miza6 rouge who?

[@jordanpelaez8532]

Wow it’s almost as if serrral is the goat and it’s not even close

[@dhelsel89]

Beating Maru 4-0 in their last two meetings 😵

[@jordanpelaez8532]

@@dhelsel89 yeah but I’m sure people still think it’s Maru or rogue who are goat lol

[@Habeev07]

Flash

[@jordanpelaez8532]

@@Habeev07 never heard of her

[@troy3423]

Serral is the GOAT. How can this guy be doing military service and still stomp the best players in the world. No one comes close to his decision making

[@Apr0x1m0]

Serral has learned true confidence, and some tactics, in the military. No one can argue who the GOAT is now. He has become a true beast now! He warned Maru before the match that he's not the same Serral. It even looked like he gave him a surprised/disappointed look after game 2.

[@Habeev07]

Flash still the goat.

[@2639theboss]

I believe the finnish military is allowing him the time to still play and practice in some capacity. Still impressive, but the SK system is much stricter.

[@erikalexander3085]

34-3. 91.89% map winrate against the best in the world... Who else can achieve that winrate in any "best of x maps/rounds" esports or regular sports season for that matter. Goats can win but this is more than winning.

[@Apr0x1m0]

@@erikalexander3085 YES and thats why im glad to be in that group of ppl that get to say 'I was there' when ppl remember the history of the sc2 GOAT!

[@shohokuslamdunk]

It’s a matter of style. Oli’s style is a lot more effective against Serra’s. Serral’s style pretty much hard counters Maru’s. I would love to see Serral compete in the GSL thou

[@MHAAAAANZ]

What a show, congrats to everyone that makes this possible. Serral ❤

[@markpayton3895]

Loved the SC Evo Complete Showmatch!!

[@mihairo83]

And there you have it... It's finally official: we have the GOAT. The overload movement, the zergling relentless scouting, the 200 IQ mind game - this is Serral, the Finnish Phenom. Sincere congratulations to the organizers, giving the well-deserved tribute to the 10 times ESL Champion. Everything they did made us teleport outselves back to a decade ago when SC2 was the GOAT (the Greatest Game of All Time) - and IMHO still is. We had everything, ending with the GOAT Final between the GOAT ESL and the GOAT GSL. I saw a unanimous point of view that GSL is all about preparation, while the ESL is all about momentum, but is it? Oliveira took 2 games from Serral in the Semifinals, the only 2 games Serral lost here, which made me think Serral didn't actually prepare for Oliveira. But the Final was Textbook material for all Zergs around the world. Sincere congratulations to the casters! Pointing out that every game was 45 seconds shorter is all about preparing and adjusting in real-time. In the end I wish to emphasise the greatness of this game... is still SC2 the GOAT? I defintely think so. The Final is all about Serral, but I think we should appreciate all the developers, the organisers and the players that throughout the decades made SC what it is today. Much love. ❤❤❤

[@kathorsees]

Well said! I almost always root against Maru, because Korean terrans can win in such a dominant fashion that it makes me absolutely butthurt as a zerg, lol. I just can't cope when Maru steamrolls a great player like Dark or Hero. But these last two losses against Serral made me feel real empathy for him. Maru is an incredible player, and I thank him for his insane plays and dedication to the game. I hope he can overcome this and lift an international trophy one day. As for Serral, there is no doubt left, he's the GOAT. Anyone denying it at this point is either a troll, a sophist or delusional. Huge thanks to ESL for bringing us such wonderful tournaments, and to the game designers who brought us this masterpiece of a game!

[@mangatalk9263]

Agree~~ (btw I heard Serral and Oliveira are practicing partners that practiced a lot before the match. So maybe because they know each other too well… 😂 )

[@HaloIXILegionXIXI]

Spoiler block

[@whats82]

Watched Serral vs Olivera, look at the clock, almost 2hr left; oh ok it'll be a great final. Lots of not-game stuff later, oh no.. less than 1hr for the final, I knew how this will go already.

[@brentonmtb]

Glad to see the NASL sound guy still has a job 😊

[@dfg12382]

Serral is for SC what Eminem is for Hiphop

[@maxmaxon4841]

3:52:40 3v3

[@LOLHoneybadger]

Running commentary on Dark vs Maru: Them talking like Dark just scored a big win at 46:00 when all that did was bring Maru down to NOT being ahead on workers, kinda overhyping a bit. Maru was still very much ahead and the Mutas basically did nothing considering their cost up to that point, the banelings rolling in did more than the Mutas had up til then. 47:17 yeah he got the base but if you look at the supply, before Dark used his larvae, Maru won that fight too. 48:13 another won fight for Maru. Easy clap. I love that during game 3 the lil' thing on the right side pointed out TvZ is statistically Maru's weakest matchup... it's his weakest matchup because he loses to Serral so much in it, and typically in 3-0/4-0 fashion, that is by far the majority reason his win rate is that low in TvZ. Dark, Rogue & a few others have had spotty success against him in the past as well, especially during Zerg-favored map pools.

[@lucasmilik7626]

Its crazy because Maru owns every zerg but Serral. Just a testament to how good he really is.

[@thibaud9269]

I noticed also the biased/hyping commentating around Dark. Almost cheerleading level. I guessed having watched that many SC2 games with Pig's explanations allowed to pick the same points you raised.

[@chrisdavid6452]

Me da la sensación de que Serral le dio agüita a Oliveira y contra Maru se tiro con todo lo que tiene... la verdad es que la cago Serral... ¡¡¡ increíble !!!

[@phaus5815]

Lo que pasa y mucha gente parece no saber es que Oliveira entrena mucho contra serral, osea ellos se conocen y son colegas, por eso en dos años paso de ser de los mas débiles a la bestia que se vio este fin de semana

[@neoaliens8635]

Serral is the greatest StarCraft II player of all time!

[@thibaud9269]

Is Clem the only Terran able to kill Serral ?

[@timmehch3w]

you know how if when you ladder, sometimes you'll encounter the same player that you just can't seem to beat no matter how good you are at that match up? Seems like Serral is that player for Maru seems Serral just throws off Maru's tempo for some reason

[@simonl1135]

You know how Maru feels about Serral? That's also how every other pro feels about Serral.

[@Mrstealurgrill]

Serral needs to go win GSL and then he'll be cemented as GOAT.

[@bigtruck1838]

The goat yet again wipes the floor with terran even after getting zerg nerfed last patch, he's truly the 4th race and has zerg balanced around his skills

[@j0natan87]

Zerg nerfed? What are you smoking?

[@bigtruck1838]

@@j0natan87 apparently you can't read so carry on

[@liliancolin9945]

Last patch was mostly terran nerf though

[@blayneyoung8881]

Lol at these terran whiners in the replies 😂😂

[@liliancolin9945]

@@blayneyoung8881 What are you talking about ? Nobody is whining here and everybody had agreed that last patch was overall a terran nerf, I don’t understand what’s the matter here

[@troy3423]

This just in, banelings cost 100 min 100 gas and move 50% slower. Widow mines splash radius increased 10x

[@kathorsees]

can we just make Serral play without a monitor instead? I'm sure that would solve the issue of any race other than T ever making it to the finals again. frankly, I find the idea of having anything but TvT beyond the quarter finals simply offensive

[@--Nabe-rius--]

For the score card, how does a 1 point difference make a 2 point overall change? On Maru and Serrals

[@hurrjackal118]

Greatest esport of all time SC2

[@BikeRush]

artosis Crying rn

[@s4bc]

Oliveira being 30 army supply up on oceanborn and getting a-clicked by baneling-corruptor must hurt lol

[@igit_7296]

The Goat of Korea vs the Goat of the world! I was hoping that Oliveira beat Serral and Maru would win one of these big international tournaments. It’s too bad.

[@Magjes]

Nice to see this today.

[@JCMiniPainting]

I love Serral, not because he always wins, but because he is pushing the limits of the game, and his opponents. Hopefully people will find ways to challenge him in the future. Either through adaptive strategies, or small balance adjustments. What do you realistically change tho? Any nerf to Zerg will affect everyone, not just Serral. You can't nerf an outlier like him without consequences down the line.

[@miza6]

2:50:40 satisfying pews

[@1hehiddenone]

Simply Serral are too good ❤

[@MajinMojo]

Maru missing that Connect4 win for like 4 moves killed me

[@demonqueenazazel5352]

Words cannot describe how happy I was to hear Zombiegrub and Pig cast the finals

[@skillz0122]

I don't wanna ever hear anyone talk about Maru being the best.

[@DutchFurnace]

Wait, the US Airforce sponsored this event? If only there was a Spaceforce.

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

I remember when Stephano's 10 minute roach max was the craziest thing. Serral maxed on roaches before 8 minutes in that last game.

[@liliancolin9945]

Stephano did that on a 6 workers start though, but still Serral is a beast

[@B1gLupu]

5:04:20 That "Jeeeeee!" that's a Finn for sure :D

[@TerroristiRiku]

what is the song name at the end?

[@disafear3674]

The Sky is Falling by David Stephen Goldsmith

[@garyyytan]

Oliviers 8 rax is amazing. If Serral can't hold that nobody can

[@tyfyh622]

congrats to the winner! Good games!

[@ss-gj1jc]

3:00:00

[@TOAOMaloras]

hm... second time in this turnament i noticed that serral does not go over to his opponent and shake hands. i was rooting for him to win but this feels weird somehow

[@Witch1988King]

Honestly, I don't know - a courtesy towards the loser is somehow feels like an insult. I think the one who lost should come to shake hands if they feel like this, no the other way around

[@PartiedOutPhil]

Rogue still the actual goat. Several has to get a GSL to even be considered.

[@DedesFewscres]

WHAT HAVEN'T WE SAID ABOUT SERRAL??? He makes us ALL look bad. Someone should say it out loud. I mean c'mon. Thanks, Yoona - another ZERG nerf coming. Blizzard should NERF YOU!!!!!!!!!!! 😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣 Congrats GOAT!!!!!!!

[@brianz5922]

I don't know why, GSL graphic is just better than ESL. ESL stuff are darker harder to see

[@miza6]

Agree, colors or the contrast is off on this one, hard to see Zerg on creep and looks washed out. Normally it’s fine

[@luiseduardocorrederacurnow5365]

I think Maru made wrong units in His macro game, serral knows that and attack in the right time. Olivera notice that timing attack are the best chance to beat a great player like serral.

[@Devillionaire]

After losing the finals of IEM Katowice to Serral, you'd think all Maru woulda done since then was train and focus on how to beat the one guy who consistently stands in his way. We know how hard Oliveira trains with possibly only a fraction of Maru's natural talent and look how hard Ollie ran Serral in the semis. By comparison, it looks like Maru didn't even train or prep for Serral at all. So whack.

[@teddanville6996]

of course Maru didn't train or prep for Serral, Serral was on military service, he was not suppose to play any tournament until the end of this year (with the exception of esport world cup which Serral said he would try to attend). Serral playing this tournament is a surprise to everyone. Beside, prep for Serral put you at risk of losing to people before Serral, like Hero, Dark etc.

[@wedgeantilles8575]

@@teddanville6996 It was already said at the start of the year, that Serral would be able to participate sometimes. And with this tournaments, you can't just "turn up" - if you participate or not needs to be established very well before.

[@sshreddderr9409]

Maru just isnt as methodical as Serral. his micro and macro is just as good, but he always falls behind over time even if he makes zero mistakes.

[@tat.8576]

Some gamers hand their mouse and keyboard over to Jesus to deliver their win for them. Jesus on the other hand looks up to Serral when Protoss and Terrans start getting the better of him.

[@monkeybunny89]

Serral is the goat.

[@Hippida]

None in production notice the terrible feedback effect on the commentary sound. It sounds like they are sitting in a cathedral commenting. Be Better !

[@christofferpersson9587]

Lets ses what the other GOAT, Rogue can do now that he is back!

[@sc2youtube744]

Oli was the real finals. I didn't even watch the finals

[@real_MacrocosM]

LLLOLL 🤡

[@mihairo83]

Then you don't get it.

[@teddanville6996]

then you do need to watch the finals to see how different Serral play against Maru. Serral clearly save his best builds for Maru and did not go all out on Oliveira, that's why Oliveira got 2 games. But remember, a lost is a lost, doesn't matter if you lose by 1 inch or lose by a mile.

[@sc2youtube744]

I thought oli played super well and it was legit close

[@mihairo83]

@sc2youtube744 yes, it was very close indeed. From the spectators point of view, Serral vs Oliveira was more fun to watch. From Oliveira's point of view, he probably did his best to stop Serral. From Serral's point of view, it shows that SC2 is all about preparation as well. It's not just momentum. We'll see if from now on people will prepare for Oliveira as well.

[@dustincintron1682]

I'm about to watch this now. Very strange that Oliveira performs poorly all year but then gets this far at the biggest tournament/s

[@kameenavery9616]

I absolutely LOVE Serral, and I ABSOLUTELY LOV E Maru. Watching this Final call me a hater but 1. Maru, did not want to win, 2. Maru was asked to lose, 3Marus, Govt did nto want him to win. If you look at ALL his games against Zerg and his performances against Serral, you can SEE that he does not play a proper Maru TvZ when in International Tournys. Looking at his face after each match, you can see something in his face that shows he is NOT putting his best game forward. Just my thoughts

[@blayneyoung8881]

GOAT

[@teddanville6996]

Serral is probably the easiest opponent that Maru ever had. You know is gonna be a quick one when Maru play against Serral. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@simonl1135]

@teddanville6996 dude you just made Artie slash himself.

[@nfeht2]

serral forcing balance changes the way Tiger Woods forced changes to golf courses.

[@siren1339]

The most disappointing final series I've ever seen

[@blanamaxima]

Why, it was great, this is how they should be :)

[@d4slaimless]

Well. Please redo finals with Oliveira instead of Maru. Was way more fun series.

[@sojourner3300]

Dark's arms are OP, they need to be debuffed

[@felipeverasoto1207]

Maru siempre será recordado por ser la perra de el GOAT Serral

[@xandmore]

3:40:53 Reynor 😂

[@tttpods]

Banelings are still fucking OP

[@REDFATHER5423]

Serral fighting!

[@proddreamatnight]

Serral dude....nerf that guy

[@bohneneintopf]

So Serral does bleed!

[@SecretClubVideos]

It's hard to play terran in this game knowing that terran will always be nerfed and zerg will always be overpowered.

[@littlecoldhands]

I guess another balance patch is on the way to balance that man, to the detriment of other same race players everywhere.

[@holz_name]

I played SC BroodWar a lot and watching them is so frustrating. SC/BW have way better caster than in SC2 and they are just not using them. Where are the Arbiter? Where are the Queens? Where are the Ghosts? If SC/BW team just build Arbiters they could have won easily. Invisibility, Stasis Field and Recall.

[@Ju4n530]

Amazing

[@--Nabe-rius--]

Did he say... I'm Feardragon joined here by Satan? Idk who the other guy was and can't think of anyone close to that lol.

[@clee89]

i assume you heard him say "State" he is a GSL caster ESL flew over from Korea for this event

[@johan435]

What ??? Marru what happened ??? :O

[@tttpods]

Every zerg unit needs significant nerfs

[@son_60han]

We already know who's gonna be the champ... again... 😂

[@tyrellwreleck4226]

2:31:48 "can he get his mental back" What are you smoking? Oliveira literally just hide his army. Trash commentary

[@lucasmilik7626]

Serral=MJ Maru=Lebron

[@leinis80]

Many share this sentiment. But I see this as how absurd the whole GOAT discussion is. I suppose that in basketball MJ is still considered goat, but Lebron is a close second. But what if prime time Lebron actually played against prime time MJ, and got totally obliterated on a regular basis? Like if on average, MJ is defending Lebron and shutting him down to something like 19pts, 6 ast, 8 rebs, 5 tos, whilst self getting 43pts, 5 ast, 8 rebs and 5 steals? That is what Serral is doing against Maru. It is what Serral has always been doing based on his track record: 43 - 19 (see what I did with the point comparison here?). So, no. Serral is the GOAT. Serral is MJ. Maru is Scottie Pippen: a great player - but always second to MJ.

[@lucasmilik7626]

@@leinis80 Can't say I disagree. I do remember a few years back Maru did get Serral in a big Tournament, I don't think he has lost to him since.

[@miguelbriones5981]

Serral otra vez 4-0 a Maru 😂😂😂😂😂 👊🏻💪🏻😎✌🏻😒👏🏻 saludos from Perú 🇵🇪

[@Rooki3_]

Zerg OP

[@DanielPaprocki]

4:0 vs Maru. Incredible 😄

[@paprykus]

Artosis posting a video trying to defend his delusional take on the GOAT case, disrespecting Serral. A couple of days later Serral: "This is all I needed. I took offence to that".

[@simonl1135]

Sclerosis is just that, delusional. He knows even less about the actual state of SC2 than he knows about the game itself and that's very little. In fact he knows so little he doesn't often realise how wrong he is or how nonsensical what he says is.

[@zen23ish]

Well done Serral, ya beast khunt!

[@TheCaptainDamage]

Spoiler Shield!!!!!

[@DanielPerez-jz8jk]

I just wanna say: Maru = Bronze League player VS SERRAL, he is the greatest player of all time, no doubt about it ^_^

[@LingBaneHydra]

So people still thinks Maru is the G.O.A.T. lol

[@blanamaxima]

He is a terran goat 🐐 😂