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Posted 10 minutes ago, coming just after the release of the Code A brackets, on the gomtv.net website:
‘GSL March - New System, New Maps, New Players’
GSL Mar. Kicks Off On The 21st!
Blizzard Entertainment’s Korean eSports and broadcasting partner, GOM TV has announced that a month long journey of GSL Mar.
Code S will start with the opening match on February 22nd. This tournament, hosted by GOM TV, is the second league of 2011 GSL (Global StarCraft® II League) Tour.
The growing anticipation of eSports fans for GSL Mar. stemmed from the Code S Group Nominations. Players got to select their own opponents and showcased their witty remarks, creating interesting match-ups.
The ‘Group of Death’ will be the first group from Code S to march on to the battle field. The group includes GSL Sony Ericsson GSL Jan. Winner, ‘KingJJ’ IMMvp (Terran), GSL Open Season 3 Winner, ‘Presidentoss’ oGsMC (Protoss), ‘ZergHero’ ST_July (Zerg) who has made it to Code S last season and oGsHyperdub (Terran) who possesses a deadly finishing move.
Group B will be the next one on the line and the grudge match between North America’s best Zerg user EGIdrA and TSL_Clide will definitely be the match to watch.
EGIdrA and Liquid’Jinro both advanced to Ro8 in Sony Ericsson GSL Jan. They are in group B and C respectively and are projected to answer the expectations of global eSports fans.
In Group E, attention is being given to the ‘Emperor of Terran’, SlayerS_BoxeR and whether he will be able to get his revenge against the winner of GSL Open Season 2, the ‘ZergKing’ IMNesTea. SlayerS_BoxeR has 5 losses and 0 wins against IMNesTea from GSL Open Season 2.
In Group D, there are 3 Terran players and in Group G, there are 3 Protoss players. A fierce mirror matches are likely. Group D’s oGsNaDa, TheBestfOu, and oGsTOP will play TvT matches and Group G’s TSL_Trickster, anyproPrime, and NsPGenius will play PvP matches. Strategies that will catch the opponent off-guard and new builds are to be expected from the matches.
In Group F, the test for ‘ShinJoon’ FOXLyn (Terran) who has made it to Code S will continue and Group H’s MarineKingPrime (Terran) is expected to have a great match against ZeNEXKyrix (Zerg).
GOM TV actively listened to the opinions of eSports fans and made some modifications in the match schedule and the system for GSL Mar.
New maps will be used in GSL Mar. Crevasses, Crossfire SE, Terminus, and Tal'Darim Altar from GSTL (Global StarCraft® II Team League) Feb. will be used in GSL Mar. in answer to the requests of eSports fans.
GSL Mar. Code S Finals will take place on March 19th and the winner will be awarded 50,000,000 KRW and the runner-up will be awarded 20,000,000 KRW.
On 21st, new players like ST_Squirtle (Protoss), SlayerSCchapSeungEu (Terran), ZeNEXDestination (Terran), and IMLosira (Zerg) who demonstrated their potentials for the ‘birth of new stars’ during GSTL Feb. will display their skills in Code A matches.
All the matches from GSL Mar. will be available through live broadcasts and VODs at GOMtv.net.
Source: http://www.gomtv.net/2011gstl1/news/60931
MVP, MC, Hyperdub (not so much) and July in the same group, can't wait to watch!
Update:
GOM posted the schedule half an hour ago:
What everyone has waiting for! Here is the broadcasting/match schedule for GSL March. ![[image loading]](http://img.gomtv.net/imgdata/20851.jpg) Skyblue indicates Code A matches and Orange indicates Code S matches. For Code S, Ro32 will follow the same format from GSL Jan. but Ro16 and up will follow the following format: ![[image loading]](http://img.gomtv.net/imgdata/20852.jpg) Enjoy!
Source:http://www.gomtv.net/2011gstl1/news/60934
I also updated the details about Jinro and IdrA that GOM corrected.
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no news on the new code A casters?
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Yeah I'm looking forward to finding that info out too! Can't wait to see the awesome games Season 5 brings us!
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Imo, at least Torch will be casting Code A, iirc he mentioned it after getting eliminated from quals?
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definitely looking to see if July can take revenge on MC (1:2 loss in season 3 i believe)
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EGIdrA and Liquid’Jinro both advanced to Ro16 in Sony Ericsson GSL Jan.
They made the Ro8?
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Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
oGsHyperdub posses a deadly finishing move?
When will the public get to see it?
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On February 15 2011 15:43 Suc wrote:
Imo, at least Torch will be casting Code A, iirc he mentioned it after getting eliminated from quals?
I don't think that's confirmed yet. As far as I know all he's said is that he applied for it.
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On February 15 2011 16:25 borny wrote:They made the Ro8?
I thought Idra made Ro8 and Jinro made Ro4 two seasons in a row. Could be wrong though.
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Man, Group A has a King, a President, a God (of War) and ... Liu Kang?
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No sponsor announced. Might still be Sony Ericsson or maybe they lost their sponsor, that would suck.
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On February 15 2011 16:54 BenKen wrote:
Man, Group A has a King, a President, a God (of War) and ... Liu Kang?
Hahahah. Hadn't noticed that. Though, to be fair, the Korean scene is crawling with kings, gods, presidents, emperors, and other notables. I think the next time we're looking for a nickname for a player we should call him the Pope of SC.
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On February 15 2011 16:37 tree.hugger wrote:
oGsHyperdub posses a deadly finishing move?
When will the public get to see it?
its super deadly,its called
+ Show Spoiler +
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Maps have been announced as well. They are GSTL 1 maps minus Lost Temple (Total of 8) :
Shakuras Plateau, Scrap Station, Xel'Naga Caverns, Metalopolis
Tal'Darim Altar, Crevasse, Crossfire SE, Terminus RE
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On February 15 2011 17:00 NHY wrote:
Maps have been announced as well. They are GSTL 1 maps minus Lost Temple (Total of 8) :
Shakuras Plateau, Scrap Station, Xel'Naga Caverns, Metalopolis
Tal'Darim Altar, Crevasse, Crossfire SE, Terminus RE
i dont really get why they let scrap station in, but well the mappool looks fairly good
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On February 15 2011 16:59 Treadmill wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2011 16:54 BenKen wrote:
Man, Group A has a King, a President, a God (of War) and ... Liu Kang? Hahahah. Hadn't noticed that. Though, to be fair, the Korean scene is crawling with kings, gods, presidents, emperors, and other notables. I think the next time we're looking for a nickname for a player we should call him the Pope of SC.
I can't wait for someone to be Protoss Messiah.
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I imagine Zergs will veto Meta every time, seems to be the only major concern (barring balance issues with the new maps). Scrap is meh.
I'm wondering, if GSL players run into a non-tournament map on ladder, will they autoleave?
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Wow they cut the winner's purse by 50%. Ouch. I guess MC, MVP, NesTea and Fruitdealer feel lucky.
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On February 15 2011 17:24 snotboogie wrote:
Wow they cut the winner's purse by 50%. Ouch. I guess MC, MVP, NesTea and Fruitdealer feel lucky.
GSL Opens are 100m won and the regular code S are 50m won. So MVP didn't win 100m won like FD/NesTea/MC did.
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On February 15 2011 16:52 Torpedo.Vegas wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2011 16:25 borny wrote:EGIdrA and Liquid’Jinro both advanced to Ro16 in Sony Ericsson GSL Jan. They made the Ro8? I thought Idra made Ro8 and Jinro made Ro4 two seasons in a row. Could be wrong though.
That is correct.
Idra:
GSL1 ro32
GSL2 ro16
GSL3 ro32
Code S Jan ro8
Jinro:
GSL4 and Code S Jan ro4
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On February 15 2011 17:24 snotboogie wrote:
Wow they cut the winner's purse by 50%. Ouch. I guess MC, MVP, NesTea and Fruitdealer feel lucky. MVP only won 50.000.000 KRW. It was changed after season 3.
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On February 15 2011 17:24 snotboogie wrote:
Wow they cut the winner's purse by 50%. Ouch. I guess MC, MVP, NesTea and Fruitdealer feel lucky.
MVP also got "only" half the 2010 amount, they cut code S prize money when they introduced the other tournaments.
edit: im slow~~
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On February 15 2011 17:12 rift wrote:
I imagine Zergs will veto Meta every time, seems to be the only major concern (barring balance issues with the new maps). Scrap is meh.
I'm wondering, if GSL players run into a non-tournament map on ladder, will they autoleave?
If I remember correctly GOMTV redid meta so close positions arent possible, just like blizz did with shakuras.
On topic: That map pool looks freaking awesome. Hopefully no glaring issues with the new maps pop out and this will be the best GSL yet. I'm freaking hyped up!
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so... when do we get to buy the season ticket? and how much is it gonna be?
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GSL is a shoe in now with the new maps. The games during the Team GSL was freaking awesome compared to the 1 base allin fest that existed in previous seasons.
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Amazing news. Couldn't be happier about this. Awesome map pool.
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22 February?
Thank you God. Thank you.
I can't live without GSL anymore, I was always a huge soccer fan. But GSL is so awesome to watch, I prefer it 10 times over my favorite soccer team.
I love this game.
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On February 15 2011 14:41 godemperor wrote:
no news on the new code A casters?
We will make an official annoucement about this soon.
On February 15 2011 16:25 borny wrote:They made the Ro8?
Corrected.
Also if any of you are interested, broadcasting/match schedule for
GSL March is out: http://www.gomtv.net/2011gstl1/news/60934
GOM. Out.
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So many games! So many. Every day, 4 weeks straight. damn.
Love.
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I'm sorry if I just missed this when I looked, but is there a reason there will be separate casters for code A?
Also, I bought the GSTL ticket after the matches just because they were so amazing. I cant wait to see Squirtel, Seed, Ace, and some of the others competing in code S with the new maps in the GSL in a couple months, I'm very excited!
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Updated the OP with the schedule.
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On February 15 2011 16:37 tree.hugger wrote:
oGsHyperdub posses a deadly finishing move?
When will the public get to see it?
hehe this is what i asked my self - i just think soemthing like "he has an awesoem name" would not be enough in regard of promotional advertsiment of the players
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Thank god, I thought when they said GSL march it meant it wouldn't be starting until march. Good to see I will have lots of GSL to watch in the coming weeks
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Major props to GOM for taking feedback on board regarding the format, and the whole players from the same group ending up playing each other a few rounds later thing.
Getting excited now, should be awesome
On February 15 2011 16:37 tree.hugger wrote:
oGsHyperdub posses a deadly finishing move?
When will the public get to see it?
He learnt the ancient art of "scouting the hidden expo"
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Where might I be able to download the new GSL-Maps?
I wanna play on them badly!
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On February 15 2011 19:16 Derekc999 wrote:
I'm sorry if I just missed this when I looked, but is there a reason there will be separate casters for code A?
Its so Tastosis doesn't die from the amount of casting they would have to do if they would have to cast every game.
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On February 15 2011 16:59 BLinD-RawR wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2011 16:37 tree.hugger wrote:
oGsHyperdub posses a deadly finishing move?
When will the public get to see it? its super deadly,its called + Show Spoiler +
I laughed 
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IdrA is going to get it rough if he makes it into ro16.
Now that Ro16 is single elimination. He's going to face either the 1st or 2nd ranked of group A. So it's either going to be MC/MVP/July!!!! Insane match. Wonder who IdrA thinks he has a fair shot at 
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So in which group is FruidDealer?
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Wow, Idra will have trouble in RO16.
If i read this correctly, if he ends up 1st in his group he will face A2, and if he ends up 2nd in his group he will have to face A1. And A1/A2 would be IMMVP/oGsMC.
I wonder why he chose group B.
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On February 15 2011 16:37 tree.hugger wrote:
oGsHyperdub posses a deadly finishing move?
When will the public get to see it?
i was thinking of the proxyrax against TLO on metalopolis when i read that :D
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On February 15 2011 21:04 caruso wrote:
Where might I be able to download the new GSL-Maps?
I wanna play on them badly!
They are on battle net. Try creating a map and search for GSL.(At least on EU and NA dont know about the others). I don´t know if they are popular tough so you probably need to invite someone if you want to play.
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Yeah, July is proper fucked. Poor God of War.
God, I love those Korean nicknames.
On February 15 2011 14:37 Suc wrote:
‘KingJJ’ IMMvp Never heard this one before. What does it mean?
’Presidentoss’ oGsMC
That one's great.
‘ZergKing’ IMNesTea
This as well.
‘ShinJoon’ FOXLyn
What does this one mean?
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Hyperdub's finishing move is called BB...
Oh right.
Anyways the map pool looks solid, ought to be interesting as to whether we'll see the same strategies or brand new ones created for bigger maps.
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Dam good matchups. Poor hyperdub
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Another grudge match? But the grudge match between cilde and idra is already finished. I thought the grudge was already settled and ended with a lol@clide tweet, so you can't have another grudge match over nothing.
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Obviously, the grudge has only deepened on Clide's side. :p
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Guys! I don't see any ticket PRESALES, why? 
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With the new maps, we'll finaly have "acceptable" imbalance.
I mean, it will be like broodwar, we'll have maps slighty x favored, some heavily x favored (and not exclusivly terran if close pos, zerg if cross imbalance on EVERY MAP anymore)
That mean in a bo3, we'll know this map is x favored, so y can practise hard to overcome it, or skip it, in brief, it will create a lot of new possibility.
And yeah to "no more knowing the result at 0.01s of the game because of positions"
That said, this season will be very hard for terran imo, from the limited experience GSTL gave us. But this is a needed experience imo, so a new Boxer can emerge and save terrans xD
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On February 16 2011 02:51 Obelisco wrote:
Wow, Idra will have trouble in RO16.
If i read this correctly, if he ends up 1st in his group he will face A2, and if he ends up 2nd in his group he will have to face A1. And A1/A2 would be IMMVP/oGsMC.
I wonder why he chose group B.
They chose group letters randomly from the top 8 players, did they not? He didn't choose anything, and I'm not even sure they knew that it would be group A vs B in the round of 16 at the time groups were chosen. Either way we'll have an awesome game from Idra in the Round of 16, providing he makes it, so thats something to look forward to!
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On February 15 2011 19:06 GOMTV wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2011 14:41 godemperor wrote:
no news on the new code A casters? We will make an official annoucement about this soon. Show nested quote +On February 15 2011 16:25 borny wrote:EGIdrA and Liquid’Jinro both advanced to Ro16 in Sony Ericsson GSL Jan. They made the Ro8? Corrected. Also if any of you are interested, broadcasting/match schedule for GSL March is out: http://www.gomtv.net/2011gstl1/news/60934 GOM. Out.
I didn't know that GOM hired Ryan Seacrest!
Hyperdub's finishing move is the Shin Goku Satsu, but unfornately for Hyperdub, the keyboard doesn't translate arrow moves as well as the joystick, so he has never been able to pull it off.
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yes lol, 7 days till GSL starts again. My sleep schedule has been all fucked up since GSTL and I end up watching Catz or getting rolled on ladder by the same dudes. Ownage!
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I think the new RO16 change will be good..... as long as they are all BO3 and not BO1. BO1's suck. Plus bo3= way more games to watch!!
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On February 15 2011 16:37 tree.hugger wrote:
oGsHyperdub posses a deadly finishing move?
When will the public get to see it?
Strategic timing attacks are called deadly finishing moves now?
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On February 16 2011 03:03 Bobster wrote:Yeah, July is proper fucked. Poor God of War. God, I love those Korean nicknames. Never heard this one before. What does it mean? I believe that it is his initialsThat one's great. AgreedThis as well. Didnt Sen also use this name during gsl3?What does this one mean? No idea
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On February 16 2011 03:39 godemperor wrote:Show nested quote +On February 16 2011 03:03 Bobster wrote:Yeah, July is proper fucked. Poor God of War. God, I love those Korean nicknames. On February 15 2011 14:37 Suc wrote:
‘KingJJ’ IMMvp Never heard this one before. What does it mean? I believe that it is his initials’Presidentoss’ oGsMC That one's great. Agreed‘ZergKing’ IMNesTea This as well. Didnt Sen also use this name during gsl3?‘ShinJoon’ FOXLyn What does this one mean? No idea
Yes, SEn's KR account is named "ZergKing" (which is pretty funny when he offraces ^^)
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At least they cleared up the brackets this time. I"ll edit in the names and everything and post it in this thread.
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On February 16 2011 03:03 Bobster wrote:Yeah, July is proper fucked. Poor God of War. God, I love those Korean nicknames. Never heard this one before. What does it mean? That one's great. This as well. What does this one mean?
MVP's name is the same (similar?) to the real King JJs, Cocoshoo's comic has them side by side (about halfway down)
http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors1/photos/60910
MVP is basically terran royalty right now afterall
No idea for Lyn's, though his name is Park Joon so there's some connection xD
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so when will we see the group a games? February 21 or February 22
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when will the season tickets be available and how much will they cost?
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Dang, IdrA's way to the finals will be hard.
But hey, the harder it is, the more rewarding it is if you win :}
//tx
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got my 10-20 bucks saved up for this, should be the best gsl to date given the culling of most of the weaker players from both codes during gsl 4, the advance of tactics, the emergence of new strong players, the seeding of foreign pros in code a, the addition of new maps, and the growing rivalries between players/teams, and the increasingly good production value by gom.
they better not fuck up on the code a casters though, that's my main concern, tastosis' a pretty hard act to follow and i wouldn't mind those two being overworked to death casting both codes :D
can't wait
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Really looking forward to the GSL messing with my sleep schedule again. Can't wait for the page to go live and purchase my ticket! Let's go Ret, Huk and Jinro!
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On February 15 2011 21:42 shannn wrote:IdrA is going to get it rough if he makes it into ro16. Now that Ro16 is single elimination. He's going to face either the 1st or 2nd ranked of group A. So it's either going to be MC/MVP/July!!!! Insane match. Wonder who IdrA thinks he has a fair shot at
I'm sure he would want July out of those. July's ZvZ has looked sub par (and with no Zs in the group, I think he actually has a shot at advancing). Would probably want MVP over MC, as there should be more options against Terran with the better maps.
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On February 16 2011 05:12 Kettchup wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2011 21:42 shannn wrote:IdrA is going to get it rough if he makes it into ro16. Now that Ro16 is single elimination. He's going to face either the 1st or 2nd ranked of group A. So it's either going to be MC/MVP/July!!!! Insane match. Wonder who IdrA thinks he has a fair shot at I'm sure he would want July out of those. July's ZvZ has looked sub par (and with no Zs in the group, I think he actually has a shot at advancing). Would probably want MVP over MC, as there should be more options against Terran with the better maps.
I agree that he'd want July 1st but I think MVP is too insane right now. MC to me looks like a better matchup for Idra. I just hope he gets out of group play
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On February 15 2011 16:56 Sobba wrote:
No sponsor announced. Might still be Sony Ericsson or maybe they lost their sponsor, that would suck.
I feel like they never announce the sponsor until the games have all ready started.
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On February 16 2011 02:51 Obelisco wrote:
Wow, Idra will have trouble in RO16.
If i read this correctly, if he ends up 1st in his group he will face A2, and if he ends up 2nd in his group he will have to face A1. And A1/A2 would be IMMVP/oGsMC.
I wonder why he chose group B.
He said he would rather have MVP than a good Protoss, which on the other side of the groups were Choya and Tester, but then of course MC got pulled in right next to him, (IdrA was one of the first you pick you know)
On February 16 2011 06:46 BluePabs wrote:Show nested quote +On February 16 2011 05:12 Kettchup wrote:On February 15 2011 21:42 shannn wrote:IdrA is going to get it rough if he makes it into ro16. Now that Ro16 is single elimination. He's going to face either the 1st or 2nd ranked of group A. So it's either going to be MC/MVP/July!!!! Insane match. Wonder who IdrA thinks he has a fair shot at I'm sure he would want July out of those. July's ZvZ has looked sub par (and with no Zs in the group, I think he actually has a shot at advancing). Would probably want MVP over MC, as there should be more options against Terran with the better maps. I agree that he'd want July 1st but I think MVP is too insane right now. MC to me looks like a better matchup for Idra. I just hope he gets out of group play
Actually IdrA has said he feels more confident against Terran than Protoss, however in the Team League TvZ was 75% with new maps and PvZ was 25% with new maps, although there were a low number of games played.
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and oGsHyperdub (Terran) who possesses a deadly finishing move.
Is that honestly the best they could offer? hahaha
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On February 16 2011 05:09 BluePabs wrote:
Really looking forward to the GSL messing with my sleep schedule again. Can't wait for the page to go live and purchase my ticket! Let's go Ret, Huk and Jinro!
HayPrO woo!
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On February 15 2011 17:00 NHY wrote:
Maps have been announced as well. They are GSTL 1 maps minus Lost Temple (Total of 8) :
Shakuras Plateau, Scrap Station, Xel'Naga Caverns, Metalopolis
Tal'Darim Altar, Crevasse, Crossfire SE, Terminus RE L
Wow identical to the TSL3 map pool. Not really surprising though.
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When is the season going to be available to buy a ticket for? I noticed it hasn't even gone up on GOMTV yet, anyone know?
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On February 16 2011 06:46 BluePabs wrote:Show nested quote +On February 16 2011 05:12 Kettchup wrote:On February 15 2011 21:42 shannn wrote:IdrA is going to get it rough if he makes it into ro16. Now that Ro16 is single elimination. He's going to face either the 1st or 2nd ranked of group A. So it's either going to be MC/MVP/July!!!! Insane match. Wonder who IdrA thinks he has a fair shot at I'm sure he would want July out of those. July's ZvZ has looked sub par (and with no Zs in the group, I think he actually has a shot at advancing). Would probably want MVP over MC, as there should be more options against Terran with the better maps. I agree that he'd want July 1st but I think MVP is too insane right now. MC to me looks like a better matchup for Idra. I just hope he gets out of group play
I think Idra would probably rather take MVP, he beat him once in GSL3 and beat him on ladder, also he already said Protoss is his weakest matchup.
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They got rid of lost temple? That was my favorite in the pool (not a terran player) better then crap station
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Where's Jinro's nickname?!!!!!
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On February 16 2011 09:05 skrzmark wrote:
They got rid of lost temple? That was my favorite in the pool (not a terran player) better then crap station
LT is so awful for zerg. Dropping tank/marines or a thor on the ledge near the natural expansion is incredibly easy, very powerful, and requires a superhuman effort to save that expansion. Close positions are just as bad against a powerful marine rush or a protoss 4-gate, and taking a third is extremely difficult.
It's also not great for PvT. And terran can so easily float an expo to an island, put up turrets and make a planetary, and it's just silly how hard that is to attack as any race. Islands should be used very sparingly imo when one race has flying buildings and almost always has dropships on hand, while the other races typically don't get them unless its needed.
What I like about Lost Temple is the appearance. I want more maps on bright, fun to look at tilesets... I'm tired of everything looking so dark and black and purplish, like Metalopolis/Shakura/Xelnaga Cavers.
All the original "green" maps are gone now (LT, Steppes, Kulas) and so are the desert ones (Desert Oasis, Blistering Sands)...
At least Taldarim looks nice. Crevasse isn't too bad either I guess.
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What is this about hyperdub's finishing move ROFL
also, EGIdra whoopsie looks like they need to redo that press release!
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Poor GOM losing the Gracken...
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is Sony Ericson still sponsoring GSL?
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