Maru also has a rich career resume and is already at the end of his prime.
As one of the most famous Terran players in South Korea in the 1920s, Maru's level is beyond doubt. He reached the top four in two of the three tournaments.
Gao Ran didn't care. For him, he was hitting anyone. After the interview, he went off to rest.
The top 16 match will be played the day after tomorrow, and they still have one day to rest.
Gao Ran also saw Time preparing for the game in the background. The two laughed and chatted with Gao Ran for a few words before leaving the preparation room.
As another high-level player in the Chinese division, Time will also appear in the final group.
The subsequent games in Group G were also quite exciting. Trap first won 3-1 and then avenged Daniel 3-1.
Successfully made it out of the lower bracket.
His opponent in the round of 16 will be Renault, the first place player in Group E.
Trap's PvZ strength is also very strong, it all depends on the tactical preparation and on-the-spot performance of both sides.
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After the Group G match ended, more than half of the audience in the live broadcast room was missing.
A group match lasted several hours, and the timing was not particularly good.
For these fans who come to watch high-energy games, the rest of the game doesn't matter.
However, there are still a group of Chinese StarCraft fans and Time fans who stayed and waited for the Time game.
In fact, the emergence of Gao Ran is also an incentive for Time.
There are people outside the world, and there are mountains outside the mountains. When you see the high-energy documentaries and the amount of training, it is not just Time or the Chinese players in the interstellar circle.
Athletes in many other sports have also begun to reflect on themselves.
Some clubs have even begun to force players to maintain high-intensity training, which has made some progress in terms of the overall professional environment.
The Group H match started and Time also had a very difficult time.
The opponents in this group are not weak either.
However, after breaking through the bottleneck, Time successfully defeated Europe's top human player Clem with a score of 3 to 2 in the qualifying match after three hard games!
Successfully advanced to the top 16!
This game also made many old StarCraft fans very excited.
Time and Clem are players who debuted at about the same time. Their performance after debut is relatively close, but maybe Time is slightly better.
However, Clem's performance has improved significantly after 2021.
Now that they can see Time defeat their opponents again, some old fans are also very happy.
And looking at Time's current offense and defense on the court, he already has the operational feel of a top player.
This year is also the year when Time hopes to break through his best results.
All 8 groups have finished the group stage!
The promotion list has also been confirmed.
This promotion list is very luxurious, and almost every game is a strong confrontation.
The gap between the top players in StarCraft is not that huge to begin with, except for the two monster players Gao Ran and Satan.
So the fight is still very interesting.
The game arrangement of StarCraft is also somewhat similar to the FIFA World Finals.
The knockout round has a two-day schedule, with 8 top 8 matches on the first day.
In the second game, 8 out of 4, semi-finals and finals.
The schedule is still very tight.
It’s not easy to say how long StarCraft matches last, unlike FIFA, which only lasts for an hour.
If the Bo5 game is played fast, it will take dozens of minutes to reach 3-0 at the speed of light like Gao Ran. If the game is played slowly, it will not be easy to reach the full Bo5 level.
However, the intensity of interstellar games has always been very high, and everyone from the players to the commentators are used to it.
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Gao Ran's competitive form in the group stage was very good, and everyone completely forgot about Gao Ran's hand injury.
It feels like a minor injury, and it will be fine after a period of rest.
Gao Ran was also studying some of Maru's game videos and tactics during his break.
I’m also practicing with Time at the same time.
They were able to practice because the two of them couldn't meet each other before the finals, so from a practical point of view they were not considered opponents...
After all, Time’s chances of making it to the finals are too slim.
Time is a human race. If you are high-burning, you can also come to Time to try out tactics and practice with each other to maintain your condition.
Gao Ran also tried his best to use Time opponent Serral's Zerg to fight, which was beneficial to both sides' tactical preparations.
One day later, the knockout stage of the StarCraft 2 World Finals finally started!
Countless Chinese and foreign fans also came to the scene to support.
The game between Gao Ran and Time was on the 7th and the other on the 8th.
The two people did not come to the scene immediately, and there will only be an appearance ceremony tomorrow.
After practicing a few sets in the hotel's training room to get a feel for the game, the two of them headed to the venue together.
The live game has just reached its fourth game. In the previous games, the popular players Satan, Grey, and Flime have all encountered certain resistance.
But in the end, we defeated our opponents without any danger and successfully advanced to the top 8!
When it comes to the World Finals, everyone is very well prepared, and even if they lose, they will try their best to implement the tactics they prepared.
The pressure on the opponent is still very sufficient.
Maru, the high-energy opponent in the top 16, is not a player famous for his tactics, although his field camp tactics are called "Maru Kai".
However, when playing against high-burning random races, Maru’s field camps will definitely not dare to be randomly placed.
Unless he uses three wild barracks that are desperate and have no follow-up, generally speaking, Maru's wild barracks are two barracks. Even if he fails, he can go back and use his own operations and operations to regain this disadvantage, and he can still continue to fight back.
Maru is a player with very solid basic skills and top-notch frontal skills. You can hardly see Maru being in a hurry on the court.
The operation is fast and precise, with few mistakes.
The human player second only to Satan in the world, he is also the top player in Korea.
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The progress of the first day of the knockout rounds was relatively slow.
The game started at 10 o'clock in the morning, and it was already 8 o'clock in the evening when it was the turn of the intense game 7. Many of the previous games were played in games 4 and 5, and only one game ended 3-0.
When Gao Ran came on stage, the enthusiasm of the Chinese audience who had been waiting for the whole day was instantly ignited. They stood up and cheered for Gao Ran!
The next two games will feature Chinese players, and they are here just to wait for these two games.
There were also workers in Canada who had just gotten off work. When they came to the scene, they happened to see Gao Ran coming on stage and quickly found a seat to sit down.
Gao Ran and Maru played against each other very rarely, and their training was not in the same circle.
Therefore, neither side knows their opponent very well, but they both recognize each other's strength very much.
Gao Ran moved his wrist and it felt good. Fortunately, he had a system, otherwise he wouldn't have known how to recover before.
In the official domestic live broadcast room, the commentary for the second half has been replaced by Sased, who is also the most popular commentator in the StarCraft industry.
“It’s finally high!”
"The opponent is Maru. It will definitely be a tough battle. If we don't play well, we may even stop in the top 16."
