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After a shocking Group A that saw #1 seed INnoVation suffer elimination,  soO,  aLive, Dark and TY convened in the second RO16 group to determine who would join Scarlett and Zest in the quarterfinals. The first place finisher in Group B was facing down a matchup against Zest, while the survivor of the final match had Scarlett to look forward to in a best of five.
Initial Match 1: soO 2 - 0 aLive
- Game 1: soO defended aLive's early forays on to creep and utterly squashed aLive's first tank push with hydra/bane. The counterattack put him up 1-0.
- Game 2: aLive went for mech on Catalyst and, while he did damage with hellions, soO was able to macro up into brood lords. aLive pushed out with a maxed army, but was wiped out, allowing soO to take the match.
Initial Match 2: Dark 2 - 1 TY
- Game 1: TY's early ghost attack failed to kill Dark's third. Dark's mutalisks replied by killing 19 SCVs, giving him the space to get brood lords and win game one.
- Game 2: It took TY more than 30 minutes to take game two, but his ghosts and ranged liberators eventually starved Dark of gas before finishing him off.
- Game 3: It took 42 minutes to settle game three. Dark looked to be in a hopeless position, but a solitary infestor and a host of banelings killed a boatload of ghosts, giving Dark the momentum to attack with brood lords. More brood lords sealed the deal, sending Dark to the winners' match.
Winners’ Match: Dark 2 - 0 soO
- Game 1: soO jumped out to a lead on the back of a 12 pool, but Dark got the better of the mid game fights with roach/ravager, allowing him to go up 1-0.
- Game 2: soO's pool first failed to pay dividends on Ascension to Aiur. Dark held the initial effort and defended from there with queens and banelings en route to the Round of 8.
Losers’ Match: aLive 2 - 0 TY
- Game 1:aLive's air advantage allowed him to clean up much of TY's mech, giving him a 40 supply lead he rode to a victory.
- Game 2: aLive and TY both went for mech on Catalyst, but aLive built a supply lead through constant harassment that put him ahead on workers, army and bases, prompting a concession from TY.
Final Match: soO 2 - 0 aLive
- Game 1: aLive went for a hellbat/cyclone push, but soO had more than enough roaches to defend, setting up a lethal counterattack that put him up 1-0.
- Game 2: aLive opted for bio in game two, but made no headway against soO, who amassed a terrifying hydra/bane force. A zergling run ravaged aLive at home while his bio and tanks were overwhelmed mid-map, leaving him with no choice but to concede, sending soO through to the Round of 8 where Scarlett awaits.
Dark and soO advance to the Round of 8.
Code S resumes on Wednesday, Feb 21 9:30am GMT (GMT+00:00) with Group C of the Round of 16, featuring GuMiho,  Classic, Dear, and Maru.
Recap by mizenhauer
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TY and Dark was probably one of thee best series I have seen. Crazy tension. I thought TY was going through but he ended up losing. soO losing to Dark though i was surprised.
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So this is it. Ro8 is where Scarlett's run ends after all.
No one can stop soO once he enters that final road to the silver medal.
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On February 15 2018 01:12 Snarosc wrote:
So this is it. Ro8 is where Scarlett's run ends after all.
No one can stop soO once he enters that final road to the silver medal.
idk her ZvZ looks stellar at the moment, will be a fun match no doubt 
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Wait....we got a group B recap, but we didn't get a group A recap.
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Sad that TY had to go out like that, his play against Dark was very good. He would have probably smahed soO had they met eachother.
Ro8 is unfortunately looking like 5 toss 3 zerg this season :/, I think Dark, Classic, and sOs will be the real contenders
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On February 15 2018 02:27 FrkFrJss wrote:
Wait....we got a group B recap, but we didn't get a group A recap.
Came here to say the same thing. Group A(Scarlett) still deserves one.
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On February 15 2018 03:57 BisuDagger wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2018 02:27 FrkFrJss wrote:
Wait....we got a group B recap, but we didn't get a group A recap. Came here to say the same thing. Group A(Scarlett) still deserves one.
I was on vacation....................................................................................................................................
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On February 15 2018 04:04 Mizenhauer wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2018 03:57 BisuDagger wrote:On February 15 2018 02:27 FrkFrJss wrote:
Wait....we got a group B recap, but we didn't get a group A recap. Came here to say the same thing. Group A(Scarlett) still deserves one. I was on vacation....................................................................................................................................
Well, now you're not, so get to work :3 
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I know scarlett is no dark, but considering how ridiculously outplayed soo got by dark I like her chances against him.
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On February 15 2018 02:37 Fango wrote:
Sad that TY had to go out like that, his play against Dark was very good. He would have probably smahed soO had they met eachother.
Ro8 is unfortunately looking like 5 toss 3 zerg this season :/, I think Dark, Classic, and sOs will be the real contenders
Few days ago TY and soO played each other in a small cup, and soO smashed TY in a BO7.
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I think Scarlett's chances are good if she prepares well for soO
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Terran is almost extinct in the foreign scene, sad if this happens in GSL as well.
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On February 15 2018 05:45 kajtarp wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2018 02:37 Fango wrote:
Sad that TY had to go out like that, his play against Dark was very good. He would have probably smahed soO had they met eachother.
Ro8 is unfortunately looking like 5 toss 3 zerg this season :/, I think Dark, Classic, and sOs will be the real contenders Few days ago TY and soO played each other in a small cup, and soO smashed TY in a BO7.
In the katowice qualifiers TY beat soO 4-1, and that's an event that actually matters. Small online cups are irrelevant, no chance they play eachother seriously in it (not when they're in the same GSL group that week anyway)
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On February 15 2018 06:33 Fango wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2018 05:45 kajtarp wrote:On February 15 2018 02:37 Fango wrote:
Sad that TY had to go out like that, his play against Dark was very good. He would have probably smahed soO had they met eachother.
Ro8 is unfortunately looking like 5 toss 3 zerg this season :/, I think Dark, Classic, and sOs will be the real contenders Few days ago TY and soO played each other in a small cup, and soO smashed TY in a BO7. In the katowice qualifiers TY beat soO 4-1, and that's an event that actually matters. Small online cups are irrelevant, no chance they play eachother seriously in it (not when they're in the same GSL group that week anyway)
Small tournament or not, nobody goes there to intentionally lose. Im just bored with the overhype of TY. Except his finals from 2 years ago he never had a good run in GSL.
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On February 15 2018 07:56 kajtarp wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2018 06:33 Fango wrote:On February 15 2018 05:45 kajtarp wrote:On February 15 2018 02:37 Fango wrote:
Sad that TY had to go out like that, his play against Dark was very good. He would have probably smahed soO had they met eachother.
Ro8 is unfortunately looking like 5 toss 3 zerg this season :/, I think Dark, Classic, and sOs will be the real contenders Few days ago TY and soO played each other in a small cup, and soO smashed TY in a BO7. In the katowice qualifiers TY beat soO 4-1, and that's an event that actually matters. Small online cups are irrelevant, no chance they play eachother seriously in it (not when they're in the same GSL group that week anyway) Small tournament or not, nobody goes there to intentionally lose. Im just bored with the overhype of TY. Except his finals from 2 years ago he never had a good run in GSL.
I'd say making Ro8 constitutes a good run.
Nobody goes to small tournaments to intentionally lose, but TY used completely different builds from what he did in GSL and the "smashing" was effectively caused by TY not scouting soO's same all-in 3 times. Which probably wouldn't happen in GSL.
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On February 15 2018 06:24 MockHamill wrote:
Terran is almost extinct in the foreign scene, sad if this happens in GSL as well.
This year just lined up such that Terran matched up against players they weren't as good against. I mean, TY and Dark were incredibly close, but TY's TvT wasn't there. Innovation could have made it out had he studied harder for Scarlett, and Group C has arguably the best Protoss against Gumiho and a recently-underperforming Maru.
Innovation wins, and suddenly Zest isn't there, and if TY wins against Dark, maybe he gets out first, and then maybe we have 2/2/3 instead of the potentially 0/3/5 or 1/3/4 that we're probably going to have.
EDIT: You wouldn't think that someone would be unprepared for cheese or early aggression two+ games in a row, but herO and Innovation are saying hi.
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its always alive, alive also kicked once innovation out of a group and then didnt make it himself....
sigh alive... if you throw my favorite players out, then please advance yourself atleast... sigh
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Maru and GuMiho keeping the Terran dreams alive...
I'm sending up a prayer to see some god-tier HotS level TvP out of Maru so he can make it out of this group! My only worry is he will face off against GuMi, and if he hasn't fixed his recent TvT form, he's going to potentially hit a road block before he gets a chance to face yet another Toss in the next round...
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Scarlett had a nice cheese rush against soO on ladder the other day so you can bet she's got some builds ready for him
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EPT
