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[Code S] Finals Recap: MC vs Seed

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[Code S] Finals Recap: MC vs Seed

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July 27th, 2012 13:36 GMT
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Code S Grand Finals Recap: MC vs Seed


By: Fionn & Waxangel

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Photo credit: Ethan Ahn, www.leveltory.com. Art: shiroiusagi


The Sweet Life
– Seed defeats MC 4 - 1, becoming the first Protoss GSL champion in over 16 months


Coming into the round of sixteen as a Code S newcomer and underdog, Seed said that he wanted in on 'tasting the honey' of Code S, a Korean expression roughly equivalent to 'living the good life.' In that case, this is as good, and as sweet as life gets.

Seed dominated MC in the Code S grand finals held at the haewoondae beach of Busan, using superior mind-games to win an easy 4 - 1 victory. MC stated before the finals that the perceived luck in PvP was actually skill, and in that case, he must admit that he was thoroughly outplayed.

Individual game recaps

Seed opened the series with three consecutive one-base all-in builds, which proved to be the perfect counter to MC's far greedier openers. After the finals, MC gave a nod of approval to Seed's strategies, saying that he expected his opponent to play for greedier macro games, and that he had been outsmarted.

The Boss-toss was able to avoid getting swept by using his own all-in in game four, a game where Seed fast expanded, surely believing that MC had been scared into conservative play by the three consecutive all-ins prior. However, it was only a brief reprieve for MC, as he went down in the final game.

GomTV was able to avoid the finals being a total all-in fest in game five, with both players transitioning out of one-base builds to go for a massive colossus battle. Seed was able to get the upper hand when he drew MC out of position, entering the final battle with his troops in a superior firing arc. With his army wiped out, MC was forced to concede defeat, looking philosophical in his booth.

– The modest champion

Back over in the champion's booth, Seed reacted surprisingly. After being one of the most enthusiastic players in Code S this season, using manner nexii, dancing stalkers, and beverage ceremonies to mark his victories, Seed chose to celebrate his greatest triumph of all in a silent reverie. Whatever sense of joy or fulfillment he felt in that moment, he decided to internalize, eyes closed and hands raised to his head. He had only a few quiet moments to himself until LG-IM's head coach Kang Dong Hoon entered the booth, followed by multiple champions Mvp and Nestea, seemingly come to tell him "you're one of us now."

Interviewed by an effusive Park Sang Hyun, Seed maintained his calm composure. He deflected much of the credit, even taking time to praise the GomTV production crew for their hard work in setting up the outdoor stage at haewoondae. Nor did he seek to place himself on top of the Protoss totem pole, saying that even with this one victory, he couldn't surpass the Protoss President. However, Seed did have one emotionally charged outburst he was willing to share. When asked if he had anything to say to his family that had come to watch live, Seed replied with a deafening "I LOVE YOU!"

As for MC, it didn't take him long to recover his usual form. Shortly after congratulating Seed on the live stage, he went on to tweet "The next time we meet, I. Will. Destroy. You."

Game Recaps

Game One – Metropolis
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Drawing close air spots on Metropolis, Seed decided to take advantage of the situation with some trickery. While MC went for fast two-gas into robotics facility, Seed initially pretended to go for a normal one base opening before canceling his second assimilator to switch into a 4-gate + warp-prism all-in.

Seed's strategy ended up working out perfectly, as MC's sentries and immortals were hopelessly outmatched against four-gate's worth of Seed's units warping in inside the wide expanses of his main base. MC tried to hold out for as long as he could, but in the end there was no option but to GG out.

Seed 1 – 0 MC


Game Two – Daybreak
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Having taken one easy game with 4-gate + warp-prism, Seed decided to see if MC had learned his lesson. Gas was canceled once again, and though he didn't have the advantage of close air spots on Metropolis, Seed remedied that problem by proxying his robotics facility just across from MC's main.

As it turned out, MC was going for another strategy that was terribly vulnerable to Seed's attack, a dark templar expansion. With his money in zealots and stalkers instead of immortals and sentries like the previous game, MC was able to mount a slightly more credible defense, but was doomed to die in the end. MC's first DT gave him some false hope, but he GG'd out when the first observer arrived on the scene.

Seed 2 – 0 MC


Game Three – Whirlwind
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Surely Seed wouldn't use another all-in on one of the biggest maps in the pool? If MC thought so, then he was mistaken. Seed opened up with a gas steal into blink all-in build, while MC responded to the gas steal by dumping his minerals into a fast nexus followed by four gates.

MC attempted to apply some pressure after his warpgates completed, but he didn't have much luck against the defense at Seed's ramp. Once blink research was done, it was Seed's turn to move out and see what he could get done... which turned out to be a whole lot, given that MC was defending with just zealots and stalkers against the vast superior blink stalkers. With just the most rudimentary blink-back micro, Seed was able to utterly crush MC's inferior composition to take a shocking 3 – 0 lead.

Seed 3 – 0 MC


Game Four – Entombed Valley
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After getting all-in'd three games in a row, MC decided to go for one of his own world-famous all-ins. Starting by building a very early gateway, MC sent out a fast probe scout to build a hidden pylon in Seed's main. Seed did not expect this kind of strategy at all, not bothering to search the corners of his base while he went for a 1-gate, fast expansion. Needless to say he was unable to deal with the ensuing attack very well, and GG'd out after a brief, disastrous defense.

MC 1 – 3 Seed


Game Five – Cloud Kingdom
+ Show Spoiler +
With the fifth game, the players finally opened with mirror builds in the mirror match-up, going for fast three stalker builds. However, they quickly diverged in their choice of follow-up strategies, with MC adding a robo and more gateways to go for the dangerous one colossus + 4-gate all-in, while Seed opted to go for both robotics and twilight council for the popular Cloud Kingdom strategy of blink + observer.

The way it played out, a clash of two one-base builds didn't actually result in a quick finish to the game. Seed poked around with his stalkers, but with his opponent having built so many troops off one base, there were few holes to exploit. On the other hand, MC didn't really feel like moving out with so many blink stakers threatening to attack. So instead, both players decided to expand and play for a longer game, with Seed taking his Nexus slightly faster.

Initially it looked like MC was getting ahead as he had started his colossus tech earlier in the game, but two robotics facilities from Seed allowed him to quickly even the score. Neither player seemed intent on attacking at all at the two base phase, so they continued to tech up, take third bases, and proceeded straight to the 200/200 battle.

The eventual conclusion came surprisingly quickly. Instead of seeing both players spend an extended amount of time posturing, prodding, and looking around for the small advantage needed to engage in a final laser battle, Seed was able to manufacture an opening almost on demand. A small group of his zealots pulled MC's colossi slightly out of position, and while MC very quickly realized that the main attack would be coming from another angle, he was already too late.

Seed attacked into MC's third base with a good arch, and had at least a few volleys of colossus fire to his advantage. At the end of the laser show, Seed was left with a handful of colossi standing compared to none for MC. There was nothing left for MC to do so, and he surrendered the championship to Seed.

Seed 4 – 1 MC






Writers: Waxangel.
Graphics and Art: Meko and shiroiusagi.
Editor: Waxangel.
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Zealos
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United Kingdom3575 Posts
July 27 2012 13:38 GMT
#2
Nice recap, but only so much to write about in a final like this :/
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EmmeCY
Profile Joined June 2012
Malaysia417 Posts
July 27 2012 13:42 GMT
#3
Thanks for the recap!
Bodzilla
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia472 Posts
July 27 2012 13:44 GMT
#4
was the most terrible let down for a finals ever.

i dont begrudge him his championship, but it's just not the same as one fought over longer games.
with the win, the way he did it, he wont cement himself with the likes of nestea, mc MMA DRG or MVP. He's going to have to do it again to actually be considered as one of the better players in the world.
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TheDougler
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada8302 Posts
July 27 2012 13:44 GMT
#5
Nice recap. Is that true about MC's tweet?
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garbanzo
Profile Joined October 2009
United States4046 Posts
July 27 2012 13:52 GMT
#6
Hmm...sounds like a terribly disappointing finals. Just basing it off the recap doesn't seem like either player proved that PvP was all about skill considering the trickery that Seed employed.
Even during difficult times, when I sat down to play the game, there were times where it felt like god has descended down and played [for me].
vthree
Profile Joined November 2011
Hong Kong8039 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-27 13:55:53
July 27 2012 13:53 GMT
#7
On July 27 2012 22:44 Bodzilla wrote:
was the most terrible let down for a finals ever.

i dont begrudge him his championship, but it's just not the same as one fought over longer games.
with the win, the way he did it, he wont cement himself with the likes of nestea, mc MMA DRG or MVP. He's going to have to do it again to actually be considered as one of the better players in the world.


What? I think seed cemented himself with his play in ro8 and ro4. Remember Nestea also rolled over inca and LosirA in the finals. MVP vs TOP was pretty one sided. Do I wish we could have longer game and series? Sure. But you can't take anything away from Seed. He is a champion. But to reach the status of the others you mentioned, he need to do it again and again. Even if these finals went Bo7 and all macro games, it doesn't change this. A legacy is never built on one series.
Sata_
Profile Joined September 2011
Belgium82 Posts
July 27 2012 13:53 GMT
#8
On July 27 2012 22:44 TheDougler wrote:
Nice recap. Is that true about MC's tweet?

what tweet?
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
July 27 2012 13:53 GMT
#9
Well, that definitely wasn't the most...spectacular finals we've ever seen. Hopefully the GSTL will be better tommorow.
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bbm
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom1320 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-27 13:53:52
July 27 2012 13:53 GMT
#10
On July 27 2012 22:44 TheDougler wrote:
Nice recap. Is that true about MC's tweet?

Nope, TL like to lie in their articles for kicks and giggles


What was production/crowd/stage like? Pity that stuff wasn't mentioned here, I'd really like to know what the event was like and how it matched up to other finals, sc2 and bw alike.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33299 Posts
July 27 2012 13:55 GMT
#11
On July 27 2012 22:53 bbm wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2012 22:44 TheDougler wrote:
Nice recap. Is that true about MC's tweet?

Nope, TL like to lie in their articles for kicks and giggles


What was production/crowd/stage like? Pity that stuff wasn't mentioned here, I'd really like to know what the event was like and how it matched up to other finals, sc2 and bw alike.


the sarcasm level is getting too deep, and there may be romanians reading, so yes, the tweet is real
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Laneir
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1160 Posts
July 27 2012 13:56 GMT
#12
congrats the the new protoss president long live seed
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Raziel44
Profile Joined July 2012
Estonia7 Posts
July 27 2012 13:57 GMT
#13
On July 27 2012 22:44 Bodzilla wrote:
was the most terrible let down for a finals ever.

i dont begrudge him his championship, but it's just not the same as one fought over longer games.
with the win, the way he did it, he wont cement himself with the likes of nestea, mc MMA DRG or MVP. He's going to have to do it again to actually be considered as one of the better players in the world.



I am abit confused at your reply.Didn't you read the recap?Seed himself said that he doesn't consider himself better than MC a.k.a one of the best players.Or am i misreading something here?
Gosi
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Sweden9072 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-27 15:15:08
July 27 2012 14:00 GMT
#14
Didn't care much for this final but I'm happy Seed won. It's good for LG-IM and the scene in general that a big company like LG are willing to jump into sc2 and pick up a "non KeSPA" team and get two championship wins back as a return immediately. I don't know if this will have any bigger impact on other companies in Korea to maybe invest in a sc2 team rather than a LoL team for an example but I bet LG are happy at least.
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TirramirooO
Profile Joined May 2012
Portugal102 Posts
July 27 2012 14:04 GMT
#15
Nice recap..
Seed is playing good, but MC is always MC.
Congratz Seed

Let's see if the next time they face each other the result will be the same. HAHAHAH not quiet :p
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JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
July 27 2012 14:06 GMT
#16
Let's just sum it up like this: the one who went for two bases always lost against the one who went for an one base all-in.
Bizeheryer
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany307 Posts
July 27 2012 14:06 GMT
#17
Seed knew he had to cheese to have a chance against MC. So he took his shot, MC was expecting that he would fight like a man. It turned out otherwise. I think that is the reason for his aggresiv tweet. He will have a different mindset next time when he faces Seed.
nenshoua
Profile Joined August 2011
Brazil27 Posts
July 27 2012 14:07 GMT
#18
Mirrors show a lot about what the race is about..and when pvp is played to win, this is what we get..toss is most efficient at gimmicky, all - inish play..hopefully things will change with HOTS and play from the likes of hero, sase, puzzle will be more effective than the all inish, ruthless efficiency we see from most toss players.
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JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-27 14:09:37
July 27 2012 14:08 GMT
#19
On July 27 2012 22:55 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2012 22:53 bbm wrote:
On July 27 2012 22:44 TheDougler wrote:
Nice recap. Is that true about MC's tweet?

Nope, TL like to lie in their articles for kicks and giggles


What was production/crowd/stage like? Pity that stuff wasn't mentioned here, I'd really like to know what the event was like and how it matched up to other finals, sc2 and bw alike.


the sarcasm level is getting too deep, and there may be romanians reading, so yes, the tweet is real


Does that mean MC deleted it afterwards? Because I can't see it.
The Korean tweets have a huge amount of text and no one-liner.
https://twitter.com/sk__mc
MythZero
Profile Joined February 2011
Korea (South)102 Posts
July 27 2012 14:09 GMT
#20
Congratulations to IMSeed!

Even though I didn't watch! ^_^
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