Serral is such an intelligent and humble young man. One of my favourite players and even though I don't follow SC2 religiously anymore, I always make time to watch his games
imagine having serral as your brother growing up not knowing that the reason you're constantly getting smashed is because hes literally a god gamer loll
Yeah for sure, but even one better when they did the WCS Signature Series Serral talked about how his brother used to smash him all the time. Maybe that was one of Serral's first motivations for stepping up his gameplay so he could stop getting pushed around (I believe that was in broodwar though, to be fair)
He loses to his older brother in broodwar, so it shows that if his older brother took the sc2 scene seriously, he’ll probably compete with his brother often.
@@kusamaxiYeah, totally mind-blown by that fact. Goes to remind me that the actual “most skilled in the world” at any thing may just never have had the chance to really try at that thing.
I think its fair to say Starcraft 2 hasn't been more hype than it is today. Huge events, Saudi money injecting new life into the scene (whatever you may think of that), gamers8, IEM, big prizepools, fantastic young talent like Serral, Clem, Reynor and many more keeping the game alive and kicking. It warms my boomer heart!
Sc2 may not be the most popular game right now, but the fans are surely the most loyal and passionate 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 Long live to sc2 Long live to the GOAT SERRAL
Whatever happens from this point forward, Serral has etched himself into esports history, and that's no small feat. I loved hearing his perspective - he's surprisingly humble for someone at the top!
Just that basic finnish mentality, we as a nation don't let things get to your head and think you are above other people. That is always a wrong mentality and will lead to you failing eventually if you think you are better than your opponents always.
@@thamor4746 the same case for Mika Hakkinen, Tommi Makkinen, Kalle Rovanpera and Serral, those people could give less fucks about famous or stuff.. since they are always humble in mind and act
Nice interview. Good pacing on questions, easy to follow, enough deep but still moving on. And ofc Serral is the GOAT. …and about regognizing Serral here in Finland, I think many do, but as we are finns, we dont really go to and be like ”Wow, thats Serral! And throw our panties at him.. we just nod to ourselves, yes, thats my idol. … and thats that. Seen him couple of times, but as a finn, I leave him be as it is polite.
Serral is the reason I continue to watch sc2 after all these years. I had been playing off and on since sc1, but didn't start to pay attention to esports until serrals run in 2018. Been watching ever since. I find the matches really exciting and the players just keep getting better!
Yo huge credit to you for interviewing and shooting and editing this to contribute to the SC community and make an entry into published SC history with one of the top 3 players we've ever seen (yes i'm including brood war and no I'll never specify if #3 is maru or bisu{sorry sos, reynor, ty, and jaedong}. And we all know it's flash, cmon) -- it really was a treat.
So i am 41 I played SC in youth like a madman, and Koreans ruled supreme I was waiting for a great white hope to come. In 2013 I got leukemia and was fighting for my life, in 2018 I got out of the hospital system. And of course Serral nukes all Koreans while I was sick. FML!
He's definitely the greatest of all time, guys, Serral is different, his winning percentage is so different, compared to the others, that it seems like he plays a different game. But the most shocking thing about Serraln is the fact that it continues to improve over time, that's the most amazing thing about Serral. then, apart from the fact that he is the greatest as a player, I really appreciate him as a person. Very good boy!
There are only a few SC2 players that have that extra gear, a sixth gear, while the other pros max out at 5th gear. When they enter that gear, we see things that are almost to be considered superhuman. The speed, the reads, the tactical decisions made in split seconds. Serral is one capable of this, Maru another, Dark sometimes show this sixth gear, also Rogue at his prime. They can all be considered GOATS.
The way I've always seen the debate of the greatest SC2 player of all time is that there's a few good potential answers, and Serral is the easiest to justify
I do still love your content. Very good job! Up to the date, you've inteviewed all the scene i know (and much more i didnt). So I have to ask for the ones not yet interviewed. What's next? Any chance to see thermy over here? When will All Roads lead to Seoul be ready? Nah, dont answer. Till now it's all benn gratefull surprises!! Keep up the excellent work! Worm regards.
Dude, StarCraft Historian, I appreciate all the videos they are great really! One thing I wish you would do better is try to elaborate more on the questions you ask rather than just saying, "makes sense" and moving on. I wanted to know more about his brother or other things. Anyway, just some constructive criticism.
I absolutely hear you, it’s something I’ve worked on. Check out a more recent video, I do say that a lot less now! Haha. It’s hard though, such a go to phrase for me. It’s hard though to go deep on every topic. I film these interviews at events generally, and my time is fairly limited! I try to cover as much ground as I can in the time that I have.
Serral at this point has nothing to prove anymore. I am an avid fan of SC2 for many years and he went from a nobody to being a global champion. From "Who the heck is Serral?" to rooting for him in every tournament especially in 2018, It was a treat for me to have witness it all.
As one of the top players, he has everything to prove. He needs to constantly keep striving to be better and better, or else he will be overtaken by those who wish to topple him.
I'm super impressed, I love seeing these down to Earth interviews! I always love watching the GSL interview translations and getting a feel for the player's personalities.
Great stuff my man! The goat discussion always reminds me of Life, and the monster he was. My heart chooses MVP, but Life had the potential to be the Flash of sc2. Serral said he doesn't want to go to korea, and i respect that, but it would be awesome if he did.
Would be awesome indeed! I do agree with his choice though, there’s no good reason he should be subjected to something he doesn’t want for our entertainment.
I think it's tough to choose Mvp or Life just cause they weren't around for long enough. They thrived in a very specific era, but could they have adapted to a change in the meta? Mvp fell off very quickly, which is why he retired, and obviously we never got a chance to see Life's career play out. Serral and Maru have proven they can adapt with the meta for years and years, and consistently stay at the very top, which is why I think they are the GOATs
@@space_orphan Maru is the greatest SC2 player of all time. Life is the biggest talent. Serral has the best peak play strength of all players. sOs has the most intelligent, fantastic and mind-blowing plays.
Serral is the opposite to Dark, so humble, 0 tryhard, nothing to prove, not even a great reason to play zerg lol, just a natural talent. Even when he won blizzcon he was like only thanking others for the support.
It is truly an insane feat, I agree. Don't forget Rogue too though. I consider them the top 3 contenders for the GOAT title, depending on how it's defined.
Serral has more wins and insane consistency. Maru has won harder tournaments. They go back and forth when facing eachother so can't really say who's best, both are gods. It's a real shame that they don't play in the same league. They would be the absolute best rivalry to see, however the tournament structure makes it so they hardly ever fight eachother :(
@@La0bouchere Way I see it ... Maru has been doing it for longer. Maru was just a young kid when he was already showing that he was one of the best in the world. Maru did it with a race that, statistically, was WAY behind the other 2 races in terms of the number of players who made it into the upper echelons of the games rankings. Serral on the other hand did it much later, much older, and with a race that was - for the majority of his peak - winning the VAST MAJORITY of titles. Starcraft has a huge luck factor, as do all RTS games. So it's very difficult to guage skill level between top players. But for me, Maru is ahead in the majoirty of factors determining proven skill. For now. If Maru retires soon, or stops winning, and if Serral continues for another 4-5 years and remains consistent winning titles, then maybe it would swing the other way.
Amazing content. I just love that you guys are creating content like still even starcraft is so old game nowadays. I hope community stays strong and we will still see lot of great tournaments! Thank you. This kind of content definitely helps to keep this game alive!
im a serral fan but i dont get why he wouldnt want to do gsl. gsl is the peak of sc2. isnt it every competitors goal to compete in the most prestigious league/tournaments? granted, most gsl winner contenders like maru, dark and hero play in those foreign dreamhacks, iems and wcs's so he wouldnt play many people that arent in gsl but still. i get that logistically it sucks you having to move to seoul for 2-3 months per season but most athletes in sports dont play in their home town and move across the u.s. or even across the world like in soccer for example. i guess its a question of finances because 10 weeks in a hotel sums up and you cant just rent a flat for such a short time.
Oh yeah, I remember that soO Katowise. Someone put it really nicely afterwards on Reddit: "Blood of a god is what was needed to break the curse" soO beat Serral in the semis and then beat someone else in the finals. He had so many second places before that.
I think it's unfortunate GSL ended up becoming the de facto 'Korean' Starcraft 2 League. There's probably a history of which tournament organizer had access to what kind of money that made it really difficult to avoid ending up with the state of affairs as they stand today... But I have to imagine a dedicated league for the region-locked competition on the one hand and a true-to-its-name GSL on the other, with a format that is less prohibitive and more rewarding for players to participate from outside Korea, could have helped create an even more vibrant SC2 scene in Korea and Asia. That's a long winded way of saying: totally fair Serral didn't feel the need to compete in GSL Code S. But it would have been very cool to watch the GOAT play in Korea (with a large prize money on the line) on more than just one occasion!
I've always found it kind of bad that if you're not from Korea, when it comes to Starcraft, you're considered a "foreigner." I think the game has become big enough globally, with the likes of Serral being in the goat conversation without ever competing in Korea in Code S, that the community can leave this behind. It's for the better culturally speaking.
And Serral has won both GSL vs the world he attended, 2 world championships, 2 katowice and a totalt of around 30 premier tournaments with a positive win rate against every pro in the world. You are funny.@@petercriscuola
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So what Rogue did doesnt matter? People criticize Maru for never winning a world title, and some criticize Serral for never playing in Code S. Rogue did BOTH and he doesnt have a case?
@@antoniocamargo6580 Rogue is in the military so it doesnt make sense to just talk about THIS year. Being consistent is overrated if you are not winning enough tournament. Rogue has won 1 Blizzcon, 2 IEM and 4 GSL title, how has that become a "Serral GOAT, no debate" thing?
People who wont' count Serral unless he wins GSL are missing a huge point. It is't a weekend tournament that Serral is avoiding. GSL is a multi-week process. You have to play in person, in Korea. This means you need to basically live in Korea for weeks. Meanwhile, you are competing against people living in their own home, enjoying their native language, eating their normal diet, and commuting stress free. A foreigner has to overcome all of those hurdles AND play excellent SC2. No Korean has even surmounted that amount of barriers for a title either.
I don't really think starcraft players will get 'carried away' with wealth. They really don't earn a lot. Serral is probably the outlier in that he won quite a lot but even with all his winnings he isn't exactly set for life he will still have to get a job after starcraft dies. Keeping in mind he would have been spending money on living, he probably isn't a millionaire.
Just having your own place without having to worry about rent and mortgage makes a huuuuuuge difference. With 1.2m you can get your own place and get another one or two for renting out. With right location and a bit of luck with prices you kinda are set for life. Unless you're after luxurious life. And by the "I never saw the need to prove myself" would guess he doesn't need all the status symbols.
@@iclicklike3397 It'd be much better to invest in broad based index funds. 1m would be enough to spend 40k every year and never have the principle decrease. And that's 40k a year in pure expenses, which is a ton for someone without dependents
Tyson Fury ducking Usyk "He's not my ERA! I'm the GOAT!" Serral ducking GSL "I never felt the NEED to prove myself! I'm the GOAT!" RayNor talked big licks too, on Harsteems channel. "No players in GSL are a problem for me! It'll be fairly EASY the only players who might be difficult are Maru and Her0!". Before being absolutely SPANKED in round one, put on a plane home the first player out of the contest. And RayNor is considered, what? 2nd best non Korean? 3rd best? You AINT THE GOAT, until you've racked up at least a couple of GSL's. COS ANYONE in those RO16's and RO8's can take you down easily. SC2 has, like all RTS games, a huge element of LUCK in the outcome. Two guys who are roughly equal, but with a definite skill gap, in no way is the outcome as forgone a conclusion unlike - say - Quake III / Quake Live, which has just a minute luck factor and pretty much always forces the worst player into losing a match. In SC2, one can win simply by pure chance of 1) building the direct counter off the bat to an enemy as they are completely blind 2) not having a few proxy buildings scouted (you can't scout the entire map) and 3) having favourable (blind) positioning (you cannot view the entire map the same time and finally 4) units MICRO themselves, built into the games control system, as it's impossible for a human being to micro more than 3 units effectively at any one time, out of an army of a HUNDRED units. So, debating who is the "best" must go some way beyond simply who WINS the most games, unless there is a HUGE disparity between a certain player and all others. Which there isn't. You have to look at periods of dominance, LEVEL of dominance, strategy, APM, micro and macro control, adaptability, etc. In short, your GRANDMOTHER can beat you at SC2. It is possible. She makes proxy DT's, you don't scout it, you die. SIMPLE as that. With ONE WEEKS training, she could do this. Yet, do you think that CZM's, or RAPHAS, or TOXICS grandma can beat them at Quake Live / Quake Champions? Even top 100 global ranking players, positions around 80 or 90, will die 30-0 to any elite level Quake player, every single game, for 100 games. Serral is definitely top 5 NOW. Possibly even top 3. But impossible to say he is the GOAT. That is in NO WAY clear, outside of (as Serral himself says) "fanboys" who think their favourite player is "the goat".
