Anyone still believe TheViper plays 100 % in small tourneys and inconsequential games?

I know this is gonna be a massive fanboy post. But for months or even years, some people have tried to make it seem as if TheViper's reign was almost over:

- Liereyy only losing by one game in KotD1 -> Liereyy will have him soon!

- MbL beating Viper in a low money tournament and in an inconsequential early round of NAC -> MbL is Viper's nemesis!

- Hera recently becoming #2 and winning a couple of low money tournaments -> Hera will take over soon!

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But all of these predictions were completely wrong. Liereyy never managed to beat Viper and lost more convincingly in KotD2. Of course you can blame his lack of activity, but it's not like Viper plays a lot, either (compared to eg Hera). MbL is now further away from the top than before and also never won a big tournament, always losing to Viper when it really mattered. Most recently, Hera got destroyed 4-0.

Before HC3, many people, myself included, have speculated that Viper only plays 100 % when it really matters. Otherwise he doesn't necessarily "troll", but still often choses suboptimal strats, doesn't bother to micro etc. Many other people have disagreed with this strongly: "how dare you say that, that is so insulting to other players!!". But now not only has Viper completely outclassed the competition. He has also stated HIMSELF that he didn't play 100 % in the earlier rounds of HC3. And that's a 50k dollar tournament.

So at this point, does anyone still believe that MbL is "Viper's nemesis" because he beat him 2 times when it didn't matter? Or that Hera is super close to Viper because he won a small cash tourney? Or isn't it much more likely that Viper just played at a fraction of his full strength?