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GSL Code S
Global StarCraft II League/2022/Season 2Streams & Casters
Format
- Playoffs:
- Single-elimination bracket.
- Semifinals matches are Bo5.
- Finals are Bo7.
Map Pool
Semi Finals
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[GSL 2022] Code S:Season 2 - Semi Finals
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts
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Die4Ever
United States17676 Posts
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aringadingding
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Argonauta
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Vindicare605
United States16071 Posts
Dark vs Bunny is how I see the games actually going in my head, although maru vs dark is always always a toss up. | ||
Poopi
France12886 Posts
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Durnuu
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Schelim
Austria11528 Posts
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Durnuu
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Durnuu
13320 Posts
On July 21 2022 18:43 Durnuu wrote: Already not looking good for Bunny there. Especially as the marauders get surrounded  | ||
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buzz_bender
445 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15962 Posts
On July 21 2022 18:36 Schelim wrote: i have to turn off youtube chat immediately every time on GSL. the moment Gyuri appears on camera a million thirsty nerds make weird inappropriate comments about her as if they have never seen a woman before. the question is why you have chat enabled at all? | ||
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atrox_
United Kingdom1710 Posts
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Ciaus_Dronu
South Africa1848 Posts
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Javah
France739 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15962 Posts
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Die4Ever
United States17676 Posts
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NotSoHappy
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buzz_bender
445 Posts
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2449 Posts
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tigera6
3397 Posts
On July 21 2022 19:06 buzz_bender wrote: Bunny is playing so aggressive... he should not have moved out, but instead play defensive. Yeah, there is a reason why Maru turtle most games against herO | ||
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Argonauta
Spain4948 Posts
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tigera6
3397 Posts
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Argonauta
Spain4948 Posts
On July 21 2022 19:11 tigera6 wrote: That game 2 was the master "mind-reading" skill of herO, with multiple mis-direction and trap. And somehow Bunny did not take down the 3rd Nexus with his push was mind-boggling. yeah I think that a big mistake, maybe Bunny though there was a surround or a trap waiting for him in there. | ||
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Durnuu
13320 Posts
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Argonauta
Spain4948 Posts
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Ciaus_Dronu
South Africa1848 Posts
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tigera6
3397 Posts
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M2
Bulgaria4116 Posts
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Durnuu
13320 Posts
On July 21 2022 19:19 tigera6 wrote: herO would have washed Bunny attack if he research Storm instead of going for the Robo Disruptor tech, he was too greedy. Hindsight is 20/20, storm first fell out of the meta because of ghosts. herO's issue this game was that he had no map control, he didn't have blink and his observers died to the raven. And then he lost the prism. | ||
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darklycid
3511 Posts
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2449 Posts
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tigera6
3397 Posts
On July 21 2022 19:21 Durnuu wrote: Hindsight is 20/20, storm first fell out of the meta because of ghosts. herO's issue this game was that he had no map control, he didn't have blink and his observers died to the raven. And then he lost the prism. Well, he already have the Templar Archive first, so might as well do Storm before getting back to double Robo, thats typically how Trap play as well. There was simply not enough splash damage at the time. And Bunny just get out-classed by herO here. | ||
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Poopi
France12886 Posts
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Argonauta
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Poopi
France12886 Posts
Hopefully Maru takes at least a map | ||
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Durnuu
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Durnuu
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Die4Ever
United States17676 Posts
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Swisslink
2953 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33397 Posts
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Argonauta
Spain4948 Posts
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Mozdk
Denmark6989 Posts
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Poopi
France12886 Posts
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gobbledydook
Australia2603 Posts
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tigera6
3397 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15962 Posts
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Swisslink
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2449 Posts
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dysenterymd
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2449 Posts
On July 21 2022 20:36 Charoisaur wrote: Insane game, I don't understand why Dark didn't attack when he EMPed all the Ghosts, that was his one shot to win the game considering Maru had way more ressources left on his side Maybe he was blindsided by how much resources Maru had. | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15962 Posts
On July 21 2022 20:36 tigera6 wrote: Despite Tastosis claiming Maru was "out of the game" 15 minutes into the game, he was never really behind. I agree they didn't really consider the nature of lategame TvZ that Zerg mines out way before terran | ||
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Durnuu
13320 Posts
On July 21 2022 20:38 Nakajin wrote: Hahaha, can't beleive we just watch a marine-hellbat switch work That's what happens when zerg runs out of money and infinity banelings  | ||
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buzz_bender
445 Posts
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dysenterymd
1237 Posts
On July 21 2022 20:36 Charoisaur wrote: Insane game, I don't understand why Dark didn't attack when he EMPed all the Ghosts, that was his one shot to win the game considering Maru had way more ressources left on his side Iirc Dark's army supply was so much lower than Maru's at that moment, even with low energy ghosts I'm not sure he could have fought on Maru's side of the map. May still have been his best chance. | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
On July 21 2022 20:36 Swisslink wrote: Yeah, it didn't look nearly as good as Tastosis claimed, imo. Dark was really broke there and Maru was never too far behind in income, afaik. He was on 0 gas for a like 4-5 minutes at 100 supply, Dark probably should have find a way to overrun the ghost | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany15962 Posts
On July 21 2022 20:39 dysenterymd wrote: Iirc Dark's army supply was like half of Maru's at that moment, even with low energy ghosts I'm not sure he could have fought on Maru's side of the map. May still have been his best chance. Only Marines, Hellbats and out-of energy Ghosts vs Ultra Infestor though. I'm not sure Dark it would have been enough but it was definitely his best chance. Sitting back in that situation is just not a winning move | ||
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Argonauta
Spain4948 Posts
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Durnuu
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Durnuu
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Argonauta
Spain4948 Posts
On July 21 2022 20:44 Durnuu wrote: Maru not losing to an open wall (yet) just losing to queens | ||
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Poopi
France12886 Posts
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Swisslink
2953 Posts
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Mozdk
Denmark6989 Posts
On July 21 2022 20:46 Durnuu wrote: No roach warren = win, coincidence? I think NOT | ||
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Durnuu
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Durnuu
13320 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33397 Posts
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Durnuu
13320 Posts
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Swisslink
2953 Posts
On July 21 2022 21:06 Waxangel wrote: Dark forgetting to pull his overlords after the ling drop and then fail-nydusing to show Maru where they are was just a hilariously awful play amid a really well played game Weren't the nydus mainly there to distract Maru? He didn't seem to have huge plans for those, tbh. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany15962 Posts
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buzz_bender
445 Posts
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Swisslink
2953 Posts
On July 21 2022 21:12 buzz_bender wrote: Dark plays lategame TvZ so much better than Reynor. And now he's dead | ||
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Durnuu
13320 Posts
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Ciaus_Dronu
South Africa1848 Posts
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HeroSandro
530 Posts
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buzz_bender
445 Posts
On July 21 2022 21:15 Ciaus_Dronu wrote: If there was anyone else beside Maru winning like this a lot I'd be calling for snipe to be gutted. Really, only Maru can do what Maru is doing here. Dark is causing sooo much chaos throughout the map, but yet Maru just handled all of them calmly - amazing performance so far. | ||
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fealx
Germany376 Posts
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Poopi
France12886 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15962 Posts
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Poopi
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Swisslink
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
You merely adopted the bordom. I was born in it, mold by it Edit: The next one is for a reccord breaking 7th GSL final! | ||
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tigera6
3397 Posts
On July 21 2022 21:16 HeroSandro wrote: What is the lore reason for ghost being the games tankiest unit? 😄 Same reason a Queen, they are psychic. | ||
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Durnuu
13320 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33397 Posts
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tigera6
3397 Posts
On July 21 2022 21:18 Poopi wrote: Dark’s runbyes with small squad of zerglings have been amazing, would have killed most terrans Blueflame Helion is the main difference to deal with mass ling, Maru made ZERO mines this game, its just straight Tanks and Hellbat. | ||
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Waxangel
United States33397 Posts
they have no armor type; it's like a chainmail bikini being the best armor in an asian MMO | ||
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Poopi
France12886 Posts
On July 21 2022 21:20 tigera6 wrote: Blueflame Helion is the main difference to deal with mass ling, Maru made ZERO mines this game, its just straight Tanks and Hellbat. I don’t mean composition wise but attention wise, Dark caused enough chaos for all terrans but Maru to crumble and have to allin instead of stabilize | ||
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Argonauta
Spain4948 Posts
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youaremysin
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
 7 code S it is! soO number 2! | ||
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Argonauta
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fealx
Germany376 Posts
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Javah
France739 Posts
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9651 Posts
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Poopi
France12886 Posts
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M2
Bulgaria4116 Posts
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tigera6
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dysenterymd
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On July 21 2022 21:34 M2 wrote: either 5th gsl or 1st protoss Lotv gsl, should be a great final Zest won in2016 and Stats won in 2017, but it's been so long you can be forgiven for forgetting | ||
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serendipitous
Canada195 Posts
On July 21 2022 21:34 M2 wrote: either 5th gsl or 1st protoss Lotv gsl, should be a great final Stats and Zest won gsl in lotv, it would just be the first in 5 years | ||
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machinus
United States291 Posts
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M2
Bulgaria4116 Posts
On July 21 2022 21:35 serendipitous wrote: Stats and Zest won gsl in lotv, it would just be the first in 5 years I genuine believed that Stats and Zest won in HotS expansion. Good to know. Thanks | ||
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TossHeroes
281 Posts
Wouldn’t recommend dark Maru series. Basically an expected boring turtle fest series. Fast forwarding is your friend here | ||
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yoshi245
United States2969 Posts
On July 21 2022 21:39 machinus wrote: I am so happy that Zerg will not be in the finals! Same, but either storyline for hero or Maru is also great coming into the finals. Obviously I want to see Maru get that G5L trophy, but wouldn't be too upset if hero won it either and finally gets his first ever GSL Code S championship. | ||
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buzz_bender
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9651 Posts
On July 21 2022 22:06 buzz_bender wrote: Maru has shown new and innovative way of playing against Zerg as a Terran. He's pushing the boundaries of what's possible with Terran, in a similar way that Serral did with Zerg in 2018. There's so much talk about herO's innovation against Zerg, but Maru deserves as much credit for what he has done to the TvZ matchup as herO. No one else plays like he does. That style of play is an amazing technical achievement but its shit to watch. | ||
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TossHeroes
281 Posts
On July 21 2022 22:06 buzz_bender wrote: Maru has shown new and innovative way of playing against Zerg as a Terran. He's pushing the boundaries of what's possible with Terran, in a similar way that Serral did with Zerg in 2018. There's so much talk about herO's innovation against Zerg, but Maru deserves as much credit for what he has done to the TvZ matchup as herO. No one else plays like he does. Lol nothing innovative about that style Maru been doing this garbage since the mass raven turtle days. Now it’s just mass ghosts instead of it It’s great that he develop his own style to win games. But it’s literally cancer to watch. Once you see Maru starting to turtle on 3 bases. You can go take a dump, have a snack, come back and still nothing has happened in the game Actions only begins once the Zergs lose their patience and starting charging into the terran army | ||
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buzz_bender
445 Posts
On July 21 2022 22:09 Jockmcplop wrote: That style of play is an amazing technical achievement but its shit to watch. It might be to you, but I love watching Maru executing this style where no other Terran player can come close to it. I didn't think it was boring compared to PvZ Skytoss (where it's just one deathball vs another deathball). Dark was causing chaos everywhere, runbys, nydus, droplords into his main base, and Maru just handled all that perfectly. Dark's use of the infestor was also amazing. It wasn't just two armies standing off at all time, there were engagements all the time. Serral's 2018 amazing run was also similar to this style - macro defensive style against his opponents. I didn't hear anyone complaining how boring it was... | ||
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machinus
United States291 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany15962 Posts
On July 21 2022 22:26 buzz_bender wrote: It might be to you, but I love watching Maru executing this style where no other Terran player can come close to it. I didn't think it was boring compared to PvZ Skytoss (where it's just one deathball vs another deathball). Dark was causing chaos everywhere, runbys, nydus, droplords into his main base, and Maru just handled all that perfectly. Dark's use of the infestor was also amazing. It wasn't just two armies standing off at all time, there were engagements all the time. Serral's 2018 amazing run was also similar to this style - macro defensive style against his opponents. I didn't hear anyone complaining how boring it was... Agreed, also Maru was forced to innovate like this because midgame terran really isn't that good anymore, like the top Zergs almost never die in the midgame unless they suffer critical damage in the early game. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany15962 Posts
On July 21 2022 22:26 TossHeroes wrote: Lol nothing innovative about that style Maru been doing this garbage since the mass raven turtle days. Now it’s just mass ghosts instead of it It’s great that he develop his own style to win games. But it’s literally cancer to watch. Once you see Maru starting to turtle on 3 bases. You can go take a dump, have a snack, come back and still nothing has happened in the game Actions only begins once the Zergs lose their patience and starting charging into the terran army I think you actually were taking a dump and having a snack during the games if you think nothing was happening. Like buzz_bender said there was constantly action, runbys, Nydus, Dropperlords and even multiple full on engagements with Dark trying to find an opening | ||
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2449 Posts
herO : -The first Sc2 player to win Code S after completing military service. -The first Protoss player to win in five years. -herO's first Code S title after winning a couple of weekender championships before, even sOs cannot muster the same way as herO did. Maru: -Maru's first Code S since his quadra consecutive wins three years ago. -The first player to break GSL5. | ||
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SHODAN
United Kingdom1117 Posts
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tigera6
3397 Posts
On July 21 2022 22:26 TossHeroes wrote: Lol nothing innovative about that style Maru been doing this garbage since the mass raven turtle days. Now it’s just mass ghosts instead of it It’s great that he develop his own style to win games. But it’s literally cancer to watch. Once you see Maru starting to turtle on 3 bases. You can go take a dump, have a snack, come back and still nothing has happened in the game Actions only begins once the Zergs lose their patience and starting charging into the terran army Are you clueless or what? You see what happen in game 2 right? Maru did push hard in early game but Dark just defend EVERYTHING well with Queen-Ling-Bane while losing no economy or tech. Telling me how the F you supposed to win against such Zerg defense in mid-game please if you think your TvZ is better than Maru. | ||
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angry_maia
314 Posts
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machinus
United States291 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany6931 Posts
Now all I need is herO taking the title in a 4:3 nailbiter | ||
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Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
On July 21 2022 22:50 swarminfestor wrote: Either player can make history of his own. herO : -The first Sc2 player to win Code S after completing military service. -The first Protoss player to win in five years. -herO's first Code S title after winning a couple of weekender championships before, even sOs cannot muster the same way as herO did. Maru: -Maru's first Code S since his quadra consecutive wins three years ago. -The first player to break GSL5. Wasn't Nestea a post-military guy too? (And maybe Fruitdealer?) | ||
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tigera6
3397 Posts
On July 21 2022 23:16 angry_maia wrote: man looking at their match history i think G5L is incoming. dont jinx it, but I hope 3rd time is the charm. | ||
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[PkF] Wire
France24203 Posts
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Poopi
France12886 Posts
On July 21 2022 23:44 [PkF] Wire wrote: G5L We shall not jinx it  | ||
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Elentos
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tigera6
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Charoisaur
Germany15962 Posts
On July 22 2022 01:32 tigera6 wrote: I am surprised to hear that Maru actually practiced with Rogue before this match, thought that he wouldnt do it because Dark is his teammate. Or maybe because Rogue is going to join military so it doesnt matter at this point. Teams don't matter that much to koreans anymore since the Kespa teams disbanded. | ||
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Elentos
55550 Posts
On July 22 2022 01:53 Charoisaur wrote: Teams don't matter that much to koreans anymore since the Kespa teams disbanded. It's also a question of options. There's like 6 Korean Zergs, 3 of which were part of the playoff bracket. I'd ask Rogue before asking soO and Solar too | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25427 Posts
herO showed a cleanness in his aggressive approach to PvT I personally haven’t seen from him yet, and not since Trap was at his peak in that matchup. I’ve seen herO show very good PvT but there was generally a sloppiness that came with trying to be so hyper-aggressive, but that was a mostly perfectly executed clinic, Bunny didn’t even play badly. And another Dark Maru slugfest of very high quality indeed, Dark breaks every other Terran in the world in those macro games and there’s only a few Zergs in the world who could even hope to push a Maru playing that well that close. Inb4 the inevitable anti-climatic finals. | ||
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Athenau
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BisuDagger
Bisutopia19246 Posts
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Poopi
France12886 Posts
On July 22 2022 02:43 BisuDagger wrote: Very excellent day of SC2. I love the fact that two curses face off in the finals. Yeah either we finally get a protoss champion, or the G5L. That’s quite the perfect finals! Let’s just hope it’s not 4-0 or 4-1 or at least close games | ||
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Fango
United Kingdom8987 Posts
On July 21 2022 23:30 Nakajin wrote: Wasn't Nestea a post-military guy too? (And maybe Fruitdealer?) NesTea finished military long before his pro career. I'd assume Fruitdealer did as well given his age? But it's not really the same if you did it before becoming a pro, as opposed to taking a two year hiatus mid career. If hero wins it would be pretty amazing. | ||
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BisuDagger
Bisutopia19246 Posts
On July 22 2022 03:45 Poopi wrote: Yeah either we finally get a protoss champion, or the G5L. That’s quite the perfect finals! Let’s just hope it’s not 4-0 or 4-1 or at least close games I want Maru to get G5L before Rogue more then I want a Protoss to win. Protoss not winning one more year might give us the one more “nerfing Protoss patch” needed to finally have a victor. | ||
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catplanetcatplanet
3830 Posts
hope we get games as good as today's | ||
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Topin
Peru10080 Posts
amazing series between Maru and Dark. herO destroying Bunny like was not what i expected. Should be a good finals, lets go Maruuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
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Garbo1
49 Posts
On July 21 2022 22:26 TossHeroes wrote: Lol nothing innovative about that style Maru been doing this garbage since the mass raven turtle days. Now it’s just mass ghosts instead of it It’s great that he develop his own style to win games. But it’s literally cancer to watch. Once you see Maru starting to turtle on 3 bases. You can go take a dump, have a snack, come back and still nothing has happened in the game Actions only begins once the Zergs lose their patience and starting charging into the terran army "Literally cancer" | ||
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TanksALot
United States153 Posts
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