After an entire RO32 with barely any surprises, Group B of the RO16 gave us one of the biggest GSL upsets of the year as Dear upended a group full of championship contenders to advance in first place. The remaining three titans were forced to scrap for the second place spot, with Rogue emerging victorious as soO and INnoVation made early exits from GSL Code S.
soO had hand-picked Dear as his first opponent during the group nominations, but Dear proved he was not to be taken lightly by KO'ing soO with a late-game/all-in combination. Meanwhile, Rogue barreled over INnoVation in the other initial match, making good on Maru's assurances that he is the best ZvT player in the world.
An in-form Rogue looked to be the overwhelming favorite to crush Dear and take first place in the group, and game one played out as such on Lost and Found. However, Dear rallied back in a pair of impressive comeback games, where he kept together a powerful core of Immortals and Templars that mowed through Rogue's swarming armies with its sheer firepower.
INnoVation took out soO in the losers' match to set-up a rematch against Rogue with a quarterfinal spot on the line. While INnoVation was able to take a map with solid mech play in game one, he was unable to keep up with Rogue's relentless backdoor attacks in the following two games and GG'd out of the tournament.
GSL Code S continues on Wednesday, May 30 9:30am GMT (GMT+00:00) with Group C of the RO16, featuring Dark, Classic, Trap, and TY.
I have not been that much impressed by rogue mu vs bio since : well I don't even remember honestly, maybe life vs taeja or curious vs inno, "the emperor has no clothes" indeed...
On May 27 2018 07:47 DBooN wrote: Why even continue the tournament at this point?!
Cus watching Maru vs Rogue is arguably the best two players in SC2 right now playing arguably the best MU and that's still guaranteed to come?
The way Rogue took apart Innovation in the last game of their first series was some of the best Zerg I've seen since... Rogue last made people look like scrubs a few months ago And Maru appears to be in really good form. This group didn't go as expected, but there's a lot to look forward to.
Pretty disappointing matches so far this ro16. Just doesn't feel like the level is as high as it should be, with the players we have. Maybe Dark and sOs can turn the image around.
If either soO or Rogue rewatch their series with Dear, I imagine they'll spend a lot of time face palming. I can't remember the last time a player got bopped in game 1 then won the series after their opponent threw game 2 then had a bad build on game 3 then did the same thing less than an hour later.
On May 27 2018 09:07 Boggyb wrote: If either soO or Rogue rewatch their series with Dear, I imagine they'll spend a lot of time face palming. I can't remember the last time a player got bopped in game 1 then won the series after their opponent threw game 2 then had a bad build on game 3 then did the same thing less than an hour later.
Maybe that's part of the mind game. It's so bad that they did not expect it from someone like Dear. Rogue and SoO got NA'ed.
On May 27 2018 07:47 DBooN wrote: Why even continue the tournament at this point?!
ByuN finishes last place in that group. His TvP is trash tier and he'll face a TvT GuMiGod in the loser's match. It will be a win for him if he manages to take a game.
On May 27 2018 11:54 Boggyb wrote: ByuN finishes last place in that group. His TvP is trash tier and he'll face a TvT GuMiGod in the loser's match. It will be a win for him if he manages to take a game.
>:O! Rood. Byun is best.... EVEN WHEN HE LOSES....
Dear has the best PvZ win rate offline against Koreans in Bo3+ in LotV at 68% (78% win rate in series), the next best PvZer is Stats at 59%. Under these parameters, Dear hasn't lost a single PvZ series in 2018 and he's only ever lost to Rogue and Solar twice, and Dark and ByuL in LotV.
On May 27 2018 12:39 argonautdice wrote: Dear has the best PvZ win rate offline against Koreans in Bo3+ in LotV at 68% (78% win rate in series), the next best PvZer is Stats at 59%. Under these parameters, Dear hasn't lost a single PvZ series in 2018 and he's only ever lost to Rogue and Solar twice, and Dark and ByuL in LotV.
P.S. his PvP is absolutely garbage tho at 42%.
However he also has much fewer appearances in lotv offline KR tournaments than the likes of Stats or herO, which makes the winrate less legit.
Dear didn't play poorly but SoO clearly gave that game 2 away, he so could have won that.
Rogue kinda felt like he was trying to hard to cheese his practice partner in the first two games and then was just shaken in game 3, why would you otherwise build only roaches to stop 10 immortals XD.
EPT
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Dear upended a group full of championship contenders to advance in first place. The remaining three titans were forced to scrap for the second place spot, with 
And Maru appears to be in really good form. This group didn't go as expected, but there's a lot to look forward to. 
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