[GSL 2024] Code S:S1 - Grand Finals Day!

On April 11 2024 15:28 FataLe wrote:
Really want Stats to win this! Would Stats winning be the 2nd post military royal road?

On April 11 2024 16:54 KristofferAG wrote:

Who was the last royal roader, regardless of military status?

I haven't followed the scene for like a decade, so the last and only SC2 royal roader I remember is Life. And FruitDealer if that even counts.

On April 11 2024 16:59 Vindicare605 wrote:


The only actual Royal Roaders that I remember in SC2 are Soulkey in GSL and Maru in OSL.

On April 11 2024 17:07 KristofferAG wrote:

Oh, didn't know Soulkey was one. I know Life did it, and FruitDealer is one by default since he won the first GSL.

On April 11 2024 17:09 Waxangel wrote:
Did u know u can just look it up?

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Royal_Road

On April 11 2024 17:29 Waxangel wrote:
winning with 1-base 4 gate...

time is a flat circle

Start Loop
   4 Gate strong
   People figure out 4 Gate and/or it gets nerfed
   People slowly start using less safe openings and/or stop scouting for 4 Gate
End Loop

On April 11 2024 18:19 KristofferAG wrote:
What a strange army compo for Maru.

On April 11 2024 18:24 KristofferAG wrote:
Wait since when could Battlecruisers scoot-n-shoot? I love that.

On April 11 2024 18:27 Vindicare605 wrote:


Since LOTV.

On April 11 2024 18:39 KristofferAG wrote:

Huh, guess they've just never been built in the handful of games I've watched since it became a thing.

On April 11 2024 18:24 KristofferAG wrote:
Wait since when could Battlecruisers scoot-n-shoot? I love that.

On April 11 2024 20:22 Schelim wrote:
would this be Maru's ninth GSL?

On April 11 2024 20:23 Nakajin wrote:


68L

On April 11 2024 20:50 ZAWGURN wrote:
being a herO fan is going to take 10 years off of my lifespan with the amount of bad decisions he makes.

On April 11 2024 21:05 HsDLTitich wrote:
GG! 4-1 is a harsh score, I thought it would be closer after the first two matches but alas. Was fun anyway

On April 11 2024 21:06 Vindicare605 wrote:


Don't let the final score confuse you, the series were really competitive. Maru vs Cure ended in a 3-0 but it was VERY back and forth the entire time.

On April 11 2024 21:05 tigera6 wrote:

I dont think Maru was peaking much here, hes just doing his things and win. To be fair, herO screwed up more than Maru beat him.

On April 11 2024 22:53 tigera6 wrote:
So when Serral or Clem won all those EU title, are those just "local trophy"? Hell, that means Clem has never won anything meaningful until his ESL Winter title last year.

On April 12 2024 00:51 Mmakorea wrote:


Any international tournaments > GSL for the last couple of years.

Sorry to bust your bubbles, but any tournament that has Serral competing is the golden standard, been like that since 2018.

It’s good Maru keep collecting these local trophies, let us know when he wins one world championship. Most of the time , it’s his peers that upsets Serral in these big tournaments, and yet Maru still manage to choke and not win any world championship. Ie when Oliveira dominated Maru

On April 12 2024 00:51 Mmakorea wrote:


Any international tournaments > GSL for the last couple of years.

Sorry to bust your bubbles, but any tournament that has Serral competing is the golden standard, been like that since 2018.

On April 12 2024 11:25 Fanatic-Templar wrote:
Despite the games being fun to watch (Battlecruisers excepted), I can't help but feel disappointed. The winningest GSL player in the world wins another GSL. It's become so routine that you could probably look back to the last four or five GSLs Maru won and see me make the same complaint.

Well, can't blame the guy for winning, it's what he does and what he's supposed to do.

On April 12 2024 09:33 JJH777 wrote:
Maru has lapped the field. 8 GSLs and his closest competitors only have 4. For KILs overall it's even more severe. He has 10 and his closest competitors still only have 4. Just makes it even more crazy that he's one of if not the only top Korean who has never won an event outside of Asia.

On April 12 2024 23:32 Balnazza wrote:


Ironically, should he crown himself World Champion at the EWC...it's still technically a tournament in Asia :D

On April 13 2024 00:18 Poopi wrote:

Doesn’t matter much if the tournament is in Asia, Europe or US (or Africa) though? The competitive field is what ultimately matters, as well as competitive integrity (lol at the offline tournament in SA with ping, what a joke)

On April 15 2024 03:54 BluemoonSC wrote:
Enjoyed the games but I really miss the dynamic of what artosis brought to the broadcast. That's not to say State is a bad caster but I feel like Tasteless and him feed into one another too much and analysis of the games gets lost in the hype.

Cure Maru Game 1 was extremely exciting but the constant Maru praise even when Cure was on the comeback (or identifying HOW he can come back when he's got 2/2 bio and even on air attack vs armor) was rough to listen to, especially in contrast to the ASL cast.

I love Maru but I was sad to see such a cool game get drowned in hype. Congrats to the champ!

On April 13 2024 13:28 tigera6 wrote:
If ESL can keep going, then GSL will probably continue as well base on crowdfunding support. ESL doesnt have to pay the production cost and prize for KR region so they can save money there.

On April 15 2024 06:57 Vindicare605 wrote:


Putting ANY combination of casters in place of Artosis and Tasteless is going to feel like a downgrade long term. I think State and Tasteless do a good enough job of keeping the cast entertaining, but to say that there's something missing without Artosis being there is pointing out the obvious.

On April 15 2024 10:45 WombaT wrote:

State brings it in spades when there’s a Protoss involved and especially in PvP to be fair.

It’s like he brings better analysis than Artosis in terms of specifics and depth in that scenario, but then does a fair bit less in other matchups. Why that is I dunno but that’s a pattern I think is there, although I also must stress I think he’s doing a good job.

On April 15 2024 10:45 WombaT wrote:

State brings it in spades when there’s a Protoss involved and especially in PvP to be fair.

It’s like he brings better analysis than Artosis in terms of specifics and depth in that scenario, but then does a fair bit less in other matchups. Why that is I dunno but that’s a pattern I think is there, although I also must stress I think he’s doing a good job.

On April 15 2024 16:30 WombaT wrote:
Agree with both of the above, he’s doing a good job but they’re big boots to fill. Not just Artosis, who really is a very good caster indeed. But also the dynamic that really elevates Tastosis in many eyes.

I’d hesitate to say Artosis is underrated, that would be a bit daft but I do think his abilities as an individual caster are pretty unsung sometimes, like he’s viewed as one half of the magical Tastosis archon rather than very good in his own right. He’s dovetailed with many a caster very well.

Come to think of it, when Tasteless was out for a bit and Arty was rotating with co-casters, some of those were very good. In fact I loved all of them from memory, Artosis can seemingly cast with anyone and Special’s non-biased Terran casting was especially fun. I actually feel State maybe dovetailed better with Arty in past casts, where he’d more do the play by play, Tosis would do the more general analysis and then State would add an extra layer of Protoss insight that was above what Artosis could bring if Protoss were involved.

It’ll come I think it’s just them figuring how to split roles a bit, and as I stress I think State’s doing grand. State with Gemini was also a fun cast

Hopefully they’ve more than one more GSL to work with!