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The GSL Code S continued with its third week of games, perhaps featuring the most stacked group in the Round of 32. Two time GSL champion  Zest and six time finalist  soO headlined Group D, while a pair of in-form challengers in  Bunny and NoRegreT suggested there could be exciting games ahead.
Initial match 1: NoRegreT's three hatchery opening bought him a lead in game one, but soO's superior ling/bane micro allowed him to double NoRegreT's worker count in that game and the second. Roaches sealed the deal in game one, but were not even needed on Blackpink as soO won 2-0.
Initial match 2: Bunny leapt out to a lead in game one after a strong defense against adept/phoenix set up a lethal counterattack, but was unable to deal with three armor chargelots and archons in game two. Game three was a quick one, with proxied stalkers ending things in Zest's favor.
Winners' match: Zest went for chargelot/archon builds on Catalyst and Ascension to Aiur, but soO undermined his efforts with zergling runbys. His economy disrupted and his attention split, Zest's pushes fell flat in the face of hydras as soO claimed two straight victories and a spot in the Round of 16.
Losers' match: NoRegreT losing his third to thors was critical to him falling behind 1-0, but he evened the series with a hydralisk timing that caught Bunny with only two tanks. NoRegreT’s early zerglings proved wasted supply in game three, allowing Bunny to parlay his lead into a fatal mech push.
Decider match: Bunny pulled the boys in game one, but his SCVs got caught in a stasis ward while his vikings failed to target fire Zest's colossi. Bunny sniped Zest's third in game two, but Zest defended, even sniping a triple drop with stalkers before cleaning Bunny up to advance in second place.
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I feel sorry for noregret, considering he was very ill and all.
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I thought I was out but Soo pulled me back in.
This GSL is the one!
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I'd like to half agree with you. There was no surprise in the result. What I thought was a surprise in that, when soO and Zest met, soO almost made Zest (I think the best Protoss on earth right now) look like just "some" grandmaster Protoss player. soO so often looks incredibly strong in the ro32 and ro16.
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noregret got supply blocked a lot
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soO stomped them. As Artosis said, at no point were his games ever even close.
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On January 17 2018 23:17 Jasper_Ty wrote:
noregret got supply blocked a lot
noregret looked feverish as hell, the fact he was able to win a map in that condition is amazing.
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On January 17 2018 23:28 IcemanAsi wrote:noregret looked feverish as hell, the fact he was able to win a map in that condition is amazing.
I doubt that part, got lucky with the hydra timing thats all
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Better to not face SoO before the grand final ... he looks really easy and above zest.
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On January 17 2018 21:46 SnowAngel wrote:
I feel sorry for noregret, considering he was very ill and all.
Well...with around 1500 aligulac score he barely had an chance...
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I think it was just Zest using a shitty build especially against soO, that archon drop rarely works especially against someone as good as soO in the early/mid game.
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On January 18 2018 00:30 Zaros wrote:
I think it was just Zest using a shitty build especially against soO, that archon drop rarely works especially against someone as good as soO in the early/mid game.
Unfortunately, Zest doesn't know other builds.
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That really fucking sucks for Jake, ill or not this group was hard as hell. Never gonna complain about seeing more Zest and soo
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On January 17 2018 23:28 IcemanAsi wrote:noregret looked feverish as hell, the fact he was able to win a map in that condition is amazing.
If NoRegret had fever he should have been in the bed. No offense to him but
1) In this state the chance of winning are extremly low(not that his chances were high before)
2) He's hurting his health and that's one of the most important things he have
I know this would suck, but I bet that everybody, GSL included, would understand that in this state it's better to give free wins.
Get well, man.
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On January 18 2018 02:38 deacon.frost wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2018 23:28 IcemanAsi wrote:On January 17 2018 23:17 Jasper_Ty wrote:
noregret got supply blocked a lot noregret looked feverish as hell, the fact he was able to win a map in that condition is amazing. If NoRegret had fever he should have been in the bed. No offense to him but 1) In this state the chance of winning are extremly low(not that his chances were high before) 2) He's hurting his health and that's one of the most important things he have I know this would suck, but I bet that everybody, GSL included, would understand that in this state it's better to give free wins. Get well, man.
This is all Michael Jordons fault
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On January 18 2018 03:06 tekrebel wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2018 02:38 deacon.frost wrote:On January 17 2018 23:28 IcemanAsi wrote:On January 17 2018 23:17 Jasper_Ty wrote:
noregret got supply blocked a lot noregret looked feverish as hell, the fact he was able to win a map in that condition is amazing. If NoRegret had fever he should have been in the bed. No offense to him but 1) In this state the chance of winning are extremly low(not that his chances were high before) 2) He's hurting his health and that's one of the most important things he have I know this would suck, but I bet that everybody, GSL included, would understand that in this state it's better to give free wins. Get well, man. This is all Michael Jordons fault
I don't get it oO Why not blame Canada instead?
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On January 18 2018 01:04 Ej_ wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2018 00:30 Zaros wrote:
I think it was just Zest using a shitty build especially against soO, that archon drop rarely works especially against someone as good as soO in the early/mid game. Unfortunately, Zest doesn't know other builds.
He might. I thought he only knew one PvT build, but he showed us that phoenix build (which was probably worse than his regular build, but w/e) against Bunny.
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On January 18 2018 06:04 ZigguratOfUr wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2018 01:04 Ej_ wrote:On January 18 2018 00:30 Zaros wrote:
I think it was just Zest using a shitty build especially against soO, that archon drop rarely works especially against someone as good as soO in the early/mid game. Unfortunately, Zest doesn't know other builds. He might. I thought he only knew one PvT build, but he showed us that phoenix build (which was probably worse than his regular build, but w/e) against Bunny.
zest occasionally uses phoenix on certain maps where there is space that can't be reached by stalkers. At least this is my observation when i watch his streams
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2018 Global StarCraft II League Season 1
