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!
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 ...??
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
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.
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.
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
@@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 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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!".
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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?
Serral will be Goat when he plays a race that actually requires skill as T or P,,, its like calling goat to terran players in 2010 when marine marauder medivac was OP. since macro is just ridiculous for zerg its ridiculous to consider that meta abuse to be Goat, Maru is the Goat, maybe Rogue since he was a monster when zerg was actually bad,
![[2023 GSL S1] Ro.16 Group A Match5 ByuN vs DRG](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5yq5TLWNxnk/mqdefault.jpg)
Maru injured his shoulder lifting all those trophies
It's funny bc he's actually exempt from military service because of his shoulder LOL!
@@rickyj3921 isnt he japanese?
I didn't think I'd warm up to anyone after tastosis, but state is doing it :)
agreed
True
Totally agree. They make a great casting couple. Statless!
Artosis was always b tier
State is fantastic.
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!
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 ...??
Spoiler Shield 🔰
You don’t need that. It’s way too predictable
Maru continues to show how great he is. What great set of games and a truly amazing career. Congrats Maru! 🐐
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
Almost 30 year old man he is just small
You can't be GOAT, if you lose 86% of your matches to someone better!
@@hannulr6171 you are suppose to lose 100% of your matches to someone better than you. If you only lose 86% then you are GOAT.
@@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.
Me in 2012 :wow protoss is garbage. Me in 2024: wow protoss is even worse than before.
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.
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.
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
@@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.
Slight balance adjustments targeted at Serral, maybe we see them face off in the dreamhack finals again
@@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.
Maru and Hero always put on the best matches. Couldn't have asked for a better finals
People can talk about serral as much as they want, Maru is the most fun player of all time.
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.
Let's go champ
Maru looked sick throughout this whole tournament. His Play versus Cure was a treat to watch!!
World Championship Please. Just 1 time.
That loss vs Oliveira really haunts Maru 😢
@@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.
Seriously he just needs one world championship and he will be the true GOAT.
Great series from two amazing players
Really? 4-1 where a protoss feels like he needs to all-in a terran virtually every game?
AMAZING GAME...you both
Maru king and dad and emperor and GOAT of all nerds
It’s good to see Maru back to great state
Maru #1
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.
And Carriers... and warp prisms...
Terran looks ridiculous at the hands of a pro. Like comically OP compared to Toss/zerg.
@@ChristianNeffuntil Serral comes into the mix. He is ridiculous. Hopefully Protoss gets a Maru or Serral before SC2 dies
MARU GOAT! BRING ON RIYADH!!
Gracias GSL, por darnos felicidad... :)
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
find lame they didnt shake hands
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.
Need to book my ticket for that G-10!
I need a Maru banner ...
much love all
Gslllll
Don’t care what others say Maru is the true Goat now after this performance.
Maru is the GOAT of GSL, but nothing more than that.
@@charlie123abc cope
@@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!".
Great season this on! excited to follow Stats and Ryung in the next!
Has Maru already achieved G7L or is this 6SL? Edit: 8SL!! Wow I have a lot to catch up on.
EIGHT
8sl
He already got G5L, 6SL, GS7, and now GSL 8
Happy to see either person win this one. Long live GSL
nice to see comments in support of the new caster. artosis would be proud
I ❤ sc2 so much 🎉
Anyone else clock this video thinking it was semis and finals? Then being really confused by Maru winning it all 😭
I'm working on my muscles, too. Long live the GOAT. Such a great season of GSL.
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.
Maru is the best!!!!!!!
LET'S GOOOOOO
Amazing games.
Protoss in the finals!? Unacceptable. Time to nerf toss!!
Co-op tryhards have entered the chat.
Thanks for the titles Afreeca.
Maru is the goat
based on ASL and GSL, Tasteless has really rediscovered his love of casting
Protoss units are just so inefficient.
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
Season 2 Hypeeeee
Maru... the bEst... its fun watching him play... its really a real battle...
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.
Asking players about parenthood at the start makes me realize we have been at this 13 years!!!! wp all. love gsl 4 life!
Wtf sick muscles at 1:04:40
get loud!
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.
Lord Maru rise!
1:20 LMAO "Wife will take care of it"
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?
Interesting to see next season with Raynor in there...
Tbh i didnt watch it all yet but the shittalking is the best part for a veteran viewer
just having a protoss in the final, we can already consider this a victory for the race. stated the obvious.
40:25 look at Maru smiling after just a painful lost.
True champion caliber
Maru smiles more often after losses than wins tbh
52:25 if you look at the mini map, you can see hero start a nexus off location
Great casting
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.
Why is inno a part of the interviews? Is he back playing sc2?
He's unofficially retired per his little brother (Gumayushi)
Wish we coulda seen Stats v Maru. Woulda been a better matchup
Hero was so angry and lacked the sportsmanship. When Maru when to shake his hand after he won, hero threatened and almost punched him
Stats would've been much more interesting to watch in this finals lol
48:17 SCV: DONT RUN!!
isn't that Maru's injure the same Slayers Boxer had?
Please need emp
Boo.
gg hero, nerf for T!
rip "dude love" we hardly knew ye
G5L, 6SL, GS7, 8SL, we running out of combinations now…
How did he win when he got smashed by hero in the group stage?
Adapt, he just said he changed after the first loss this series
Cause this matchup is a joke, hero still microed better than him this finals but he isnt playing terran
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.
well, I just got spoiled, where's the big video?
Yeah, really sucks :/
Colossus still blow, why make em? Disruptors are still better from what it looks.
bring back super tournament ;-;
Confetti won 8 GSL vs Maru XD!
Spoiler Blocker
EZ
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. 😂
protoss imba
Buff Protoss vs Terran its so disgraceful that for the last 6+ years this imbalance is allowed to exist.
Two protoss in the finals 0_0 lessss goooo baby
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!!!
hero looked much better in other matches. Choke job maybe.
@@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.
great Maru,justice for unbalacend pro protoss patch.
g8l
"Buff Toss" .... Kappa
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?
Its a joke for the casters to say this was a good finals, hero played so bad
It kinda felt like he lost his composure after that sky toss build in map 2
so many ads...
Msmpus protoss😂
SPOILER BLOCK!
Noooooooooo
SPOILER STATS WINS
😡😡😡😡😡
Camera zooms out from Hero and Stats is sitting under the desk with mouse and keyboard...
All i want is cure vs stats at the finals , they didn't even play against each other so sad
That is the real Spoiler Shild (of Aiur)
Lol
G8L，best player in KR.
Serral will be Goat when he plays a race that actually requires skill as T or P,,, its like calling goat to terran players in 2010 when marine marauder medivac was OP. since macro is just ridiculous for zerg its ridiculous to consider that meta abuse to be Goat, Maru is the Goat, maybe Rogue since he was a monster when zerg was actually bad,
EMP overpowered
Protoss Logic: Deny my storm, OP... Storm, totally balanced.
her0 needs to STOP playing skytoss. He loses every single game he goes into skytoss. He threw the second game because of it.
Even after Terran gets nerfed into the ground for the 100th time, protoss still can't win a finals. Incredible
"Into the ground" lol.
Toss is just ez race with no skilll
When 5 tempests get countered by a small group of marines, you know there's a serious problem with Protoss unit design.
@@rnf123 when 10 BC's get countered by 1 tempest, you know protoss is OP
@Crabzula that's never happened. BC can blink on tempest even if outranged by it and they have far more dps
Terran is the best race!
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