• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 11:17
CEST 17:17
KST 00:17
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt2: News Flash10[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy18ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book20
Community News
Weekly Cups (May 30-Apr 5): herO, Clem, SHIN win0[BSL22] RO32 Group Stage3Weekly Cups (March 23-29): herO takes triple6Aligulac acquired by REPLAYMAN.com/Stego Research8Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises3
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (May 30-Apr 5): herO, Clem, SHIN win Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2)
Tourneys
GSL CK - monthly team event Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL Season 4 announced for March-April StarCraft Evolution League (SC Evo Biweekly) WardiTV Mondays
Strategy
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Frigid Storage Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 520 Moving Fees Mutation # 519 Inner Power Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone
Brood War
General
ASL21 General Discussion Pros React To: JaeDong vs Queen [BSL22] RO32 Group Stage so ive been playing broodwar for a week straight. Gypsy to Korea
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL21] Ro24 Group F Escore Tournament StarCraft Season 2 [ASL21] Ro24 Group E
Strategy
What's the deal with APM & what's its true value Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Starcraft Tabletop Miniature Game Nintendo Switch Thread General RTS Discussion Thread Darkest Dungeon
Dota 2
The Story of Wings Gaming Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread The Chess Thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread NASA and the Private Sector Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion Cricket [SPORT] Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
[G] How to Block Livestream Ads
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Loot Boxes—Emotions, And Why…
TrAiDoS
Broowar part 2
qwaykee
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Electronics
mantequilla
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1398 users

GSL: Who Should be in Code S? - Page 9

Forum Index > News
348 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 7 8 9 10 11 18 Next All
The_Masked_Shrimp
Profile Joined February 2012
425 Posts
February 27 2012 16:51 GMT
#161
On February 28 2012 01:38 lrofd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2012 01:37 Legace wrote:
I think Polt is a given, after that it's a dead race between Huk, Naniwa and Stephano with Stephano probably being their choice if he accepts which I think he won't.

Not too sure if they'll seed Huk right back in to code S right after he went out.


they did for MVP and MC, which both came back and whooped asses when they were seeded back


MVP has never been given anything, MVP just takes stuff from other nerds hands. His mlg win did not give him any seed, he just went there for the pleasure, and eventually to steal some white dudes money !
He dropped from code S once but requalified through code A + up&down.
emc
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3088 Posts
February 27 2012 16:55 GMT
#162
polt and huk!!
how2TL
Profile Joined August 2010
1197 Posts
February 27 2012 16:57 GMT
#163
On February 27 2012 23:53 Clbull wrote:
To tell you the truth, I thnk that HuK and Stephano will be given seeds. After all, HuK got 3rd at MLG Winter Arena and Stephano got 2nd at Assembly Winter.

But in terms of people I hope would get them?

Dignitas.BlinG - To put it simply, this guy took down TSL.Polt 2 - 0 in a PvT. Polt simply doesn't lose in TvP yet he got completely raped by stormtoss. I think he should get the seed for that alone. I think that if a British player gets into the GSL, it should be him, not Demuslim.

Quantic.NaNiwa - This guy made a very impressive run through the Losers Bracket, defeating NesTea and Leenock before falling to KongRaeGu. Also, I think it should be an apology for how they fucked up their League Exchange deal a few months ago.

EG.PuMa - To me, PuMa is more gimmicky than amazing, and his gimmicks lie into his decent execution of the 111 build. Despite this, I think he can make a decent splash if EG send him to the SlayerS house to train. He'll have GanZi, Ryung, MMA and the Emperor coaching him.


3rd at MLG doesn't mean much when he lost to the exact same people Naniwa did.
rkshox
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan536 Posts
February 27 2012 16:57 GMT
#164
HerO hwaitinggg!!!!
@ranleee /// "first we expand, then we defense it'
dextrin303
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden320 Posts
February 27 2012 16:59 GMT
#165
I hope for HerO and if MKP falls out he needs to get the seed ^^
Teodice
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Sweden641 Posts
February 27 2012 16:59 GMT
#166
Polt, Huk, Violet or Puma. Can´t see any other player of thse mentioned fitting in better with their current achievements.
You will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not
hyperknight
Profile Joined May 2011
294 Posts
February 27 2012 17:02 GMT
#167
Of the entire article, Stephano was the only person who made sense seeding into Code S. The other place should go to a korean. no foreigner is worthy of that status yet. Presumably someone like NaDa, who has made SC2 his fulltime job from what I know. Definitely NOT huk/naniwa.

Code S shouldn't be something that players with the best momentums/ streaks should be able to achieve. You need to be a consistent top player to be part of the group that calls itself the world's best sc2 players.
"you 6poll?" - aLive to IdrA on NASL Sunday Showmatch, Feb 2012
Eire_91
Profile Joined December 2011
Ireland82 Posts
February 27 2012 17:03 GMT
#168
CoCa and Violet please. Polt can work his way up from Code A
"Quick mudelisps er good bicuz deyre like lots of early whirlybirds" - Axslav 2013
sAsThark
Profile Joined September 2011
France27 Posts
February 27 2012 17:05 GMT
#169
Nobody. I don't understand why people whould have a code S spot for another tournament. If they want to perform GSL, they can just go via the qualifiers.
http://fedoraproject.org/
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
February 27 2012 17:05 GMT
#170
Stephano "GomTV might really have to bribe him to make this worth his while."

Yeah, sure...
Dude doesn't want to compete with the best, to me that means that he's not really dedicated to this esport.
o choro é livre
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
February 27 2012 17:10 GMT
#171
On February 27 2012 23:53 Clbull wrote:
To tell you the truth, I thnk that HuK and Stephano will be given seeds. After all, HuK got 3rd at MLG Winter Arena and Stephano got 2nd at Assembly Winter.

But in terms of people I hope would get them?

Dignitas.BlinG - To put it simply, this guy took down TSL.Polt 2 - 0 in a PvT. Polt simply doesn't lose in TvP yet he got completely raped by stormtoss. I think he should get the seed for that alone. I think that if a British player gets into the GSL, it should be him, not Demuslim.

Quantic.NaNiwa - This guy made a very impressive run through the Losers Bracket, defeating NesTea and Leenock before falling to KongRaeGu. Also, I think it should be an apology for how they fucked up their League Exchange deal a few months ago.

EG.PuMa - To me, PuMa is more gimmicky than amazing, and his gimmicks lie into his decent execution of the 111 build. Despite this, I think he can make a decent splash if EG send him to the SlayerS house to train. He'll have GanZi, Ryung, MMA and the Emperor coaching him.


Interesting, the 2nd from Assembly gets the seed while the first from Assembly goes away empty-handed?
What a strange world you live in...

P.S.: anybody remember the raffle from Take, where the first prize was a Döner and the second a HD Plasma TV?
The_Masked_Shrimp
Profile Joined February 2012
425 Posts
February 27 2012 17:10 GMT
#172
Well nobody is astonished when a complete tournament is made out of invites ( with a lot of invited koreans ). There are even some which are half invites and half qualifiers, how much more unfair does that sound?

Why would you be bothered by TWO invite spots in code S? Everyone was ok when a seed was given according to result from A SINGLE tournament ( MLG), but now they consider ALL TOURNAMENTS instead of just one and people say it's unfair, WTF did I miss in that thought process??!! O_o
Bulkers
Profile Joined September 2010
Poland509 Posts
February 27 2012 17:10 GMT
#173
Do not invite anyone directly to code S, If you must invite someone then place them in code A and let them work to get there like everyone else. Foreigns results in 2011 shows us that they doesnt deserve invites.
Xarles
Profile Joined July 2011
459 Posts
February 27 2012 17:12 GMT
#174
On February 28 2012 01:57 how2TL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 27 2012 23:53 Clbull wrote:
To tell you the truth, I thnk that HuK and Stephano will be given seeds. After all, HuK got 3rd at MLG Winter Arena and Stephano got 2nd at Assembly Winter.

But in terms of people I hope would get them?

Dignitas.BlinG - To put it simply, this guy took down TSL.Polt 2 - 0 in a PvT. Polt simply doesn't lose in TvP yet he got completely raped by stormtoss. I think he should get the seed for that alone. I think that if a British player gets into the GSL, it should be him, not Demuslim.

Quantic.NaNiwa - This guy made a very impressive run through the Losers Bracket, defeating NesTea and Leenock before falling to KongRaeGu. Also, I think it should be an apology for how they fucked up their League Exchange deal a few months ago.

EG.PuMa - To me, PuMa is more gimmicky than amazing, and his gimmicks lie into his decent execution of the 111 build. Despite this, I think he can make a decent splash if EG send him to the SlayerS house to train. He'll have GanZi, Ryung, MMA and the Emperor coaching him.


3rd at MLG doesn't mean much when he lost to the exact same people Naniwa did.

Especially considering HuK's bracket...
I'm personally not much for NaNiwa, but he had way tougher opponents than HuK, and I'm pretty sure that he also put up a better fight against MKP & DRG despite them 2-0'ing him.
There were a lot of ppl in the tournament who could've been put in HuK's bracket and gotten to 3rd place.
clipzu
Profile Joined February 2012
Germany156 Posts
February 27 2012 17:17 GMT
#175
polt
and i would like to see coca back ( but i dont think he will get the seed )
so i choose violet
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-27 17:18:36
February 27 2012 17:18 GMT
#176
On February 28 2012 02:10 The_Masked_Shrimp wrote:
Well nobody is astonished when a complete tournament is made out of invites ( with a lot of invited koreans ). There are even some which are half invites and half qualifiers, how much more unfair does that sound?

Why would you be bothered by TWO invite spots in code S? Everyone was ok when a seed was given according to result from A SINGLE tournament ( MLG), but now they consider ALL TOURNAMENTS instead of just one and people say it's unfair, WTF did I miss in that thought process??!! O_o

GSL is an actual competition, you know, it's a proper starcraft tournament. all those other tournaments are just fancy 3-day fun fairs, in which the competition is a farce, and everyone's in it for the money.
o choro é livre
INTOtheVOID
Profile Joined January 2012
United States225 Posts
February 27 2012 17:18 GMT
#177
Naniwa and Polt, easiest decision ever. Both are extremely strong tournament players, and Naniwa will bring in some of that foreign cash.
Pink Floyd's music is like a beautiful girl walking down the street who won't talk to you.
RaiD.RaynoR
Profile Joined February 2012
United States294 Posts
February 27 2012 17:19 GMT
#178
Although I hate to admit, I think Terran is a bit less desirable to receive the code s seed seeing as Terran is having the most success as of now, I believe thats partly why it was idra and sen... I think Violet deserves a seed (though I doubt he would receive it) and Polt because people need to realize that sometimes the GSL has undeserving wins and that Polt in general is an outstanding player that for one doesnt spam apm and makes excellent decisions (I was amazed while I watched his stream). Polt and Violet deserve it, but I believe at least 1 foreigner is going to end up receiving it for the publicity and the involvement of the international scene.
Redemption is the consequence of forgiveness
Coated
Profile Joined August 2011
United States74 Posts
February 27 2012 17:23 GMT
#179
On February 28 2012 01:21 figq wrote:
As much as I love Stephano and I think he's one of the most deserving foreigners to try their luck in Code S - I actually think he's right for refusing it. He's not the guy to half-ass stuff. He does it if he does it, otherwise he doesn't do it. With Stephano there's no try.

But Code S takes serious time investment, and Stephano is still planning on leaving the scene relatively soon. So it's not worth it for him. If he goes, he would have to spend some months in Korea flowing between Code S and Code A, before he's even capable of reaping any serious rewards. This is better suited for Huk and Naniwa who are topmost driven by the honor they get, and only second-most driven by the rewards they get. Stephano is simply not in the same position with his life and attitude towards the scene. It's unfortunate, because one can bet he has what it takes to make it, but it just won't happen in this life.

Anyway, we are all theorizing GOM's choice here, but I'm still not entirely sure if they even allow Koreans for these 2 seeds or not; or are at least foreigners given some priority - if say some foreigner and Korean perform at about the same level. I guess we'll see with the next couple of season's picks how it works exactly. I'd love Mr. Chae to clarify a little bit though.

If it's foreigners-only, I'd definitely add Dimaga to the list of recommended invites based on recent international performances, as well as Ret.


Yea, pretty much sums up what I have to say. Stephano would be my top choice for zerg foreigners. Can't blame the guy for wanting a stable career. Being an SC2 pro is anything but that. Even if you think you could top the charts, there is still the problem of, 'how long is this going to last'. How long is SC2 going to be around? The logical choice is to choose something with a bit more backing.

I was thinking the same thing. A lot of people are mentioning Koreans playing on foreign teams as foreigners.
Another one bites the dust
Brosy
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States254 Posts
February 27 2012 17:32 GMT
#180
I'd like to see Polt get it, and then none else in code S. And maybe Huk/Naniwa into up-downs.
Prev 1 7 8 9 10 11 18 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 8h 43m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
LamboSC2 352
Hui .303
trigger 115
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 4369
Bisu 2986
Jaedong 2500
Horang2 2232
EffOrt 725
Shuttle 677
Larva 462
Soma 426
Stork 366
Snow 295
[ Show more ]
Light 292
Mini 263
ZerO 261
Aegong 257
Soulkey 218
ggaemo 205
Rush 187
Sea.KH 91
JYJ 66
Sharp 61
hero 55
Backho 53
Shinee 36
sSak 33
Terrorterran 21
Movie 20
910 17
soO 15
ajuk12(nOOB) 13
Dota 2
Gorgc4946
qojqva2833
Counter-Strike
fl0m1961
Other Games
Liquid`RaSZi1254
hiko861
B2W.Neo482
Lowko382
XaKoH 119
ArmadaUGS105
QueenE82
oskar76
Mew2King69
Trikslyr26
KnowMe20
ZerO(Twitch)12
Organizations
Other Games
BasetradeTV544
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• intothetv
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV705
• lizZardDota248
League of Legends
• Nemesis4034
Other Games
• Shiphtur48
Upcoming Events
PiGosaur Cup
8h 43m
Replay Cast
17h 43m
Kung Fu Cup
19h 43m
Replay Cast
1d 8h
The PondCast
1d 18h
CranKy Ducklings
2 days
WardiTV Team League
2 days
Replay Cast
3 days
CranKy Ducklings
3 days
WardiTV Team League
3 days
[ Show More ]
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
3 days
BSL
4 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
WardiTV Team League
4 days
BSL
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Wardi Open
5 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Elite League 2026
RSL Revival: Season 4
NationLESS Cup

Ongoing

BSL Season 22
ASL Season 21
CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
StarCraft2 Community Team League 2026 Spring
Nations Cup 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S2: W2
IPSL Spring 2026
Escore Tournament S2: W3
Acropolis #4
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
RSL Revival: Season 5
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.