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Maru and Classic Advance to Code S Semi-finals

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-06 20:24:08
June 06 2018 20:13 GMT
#1

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Global StarCraft II League Season 2: Code S

The dream match between (Wiki)Maru and (Wiki)Rogue ended in a victory for the reigning Code S champion, as Maru emerged with the narrow 3-2 victory over his Jin Air teammate. Rogue proved that he was indeed the king of ZvT late-game, even defeating Maru's infamous Ghost-Raven based armies, but was unable to defend against Maru's aggressive two-base pushes.

In the following match, (Wiki)Classic defeated (Wiki)ByuN 3-0, the scoreline hardly a surprise given the two players' form in recent months. Though ByuN had enjoyed a Cinderella run to make it to the quarterfinals, he was unable to repeat his upset of elite Protoss Stats in the RO16.

The results set up a meeting between Maru and Classic in the first semifinal, a rematch of the GSL Super Tournament quarterfinals where Classic defeated Maru 3-1. The quarterfinals will continue on Saturday, Jun 09 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) with (Wiki)Zest vs (Wiki)Dear and (Wiki)TY vs (Wiki)GuMiho.
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Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
June 06 2018 20:21 GMT
#2
If Maru beat Classic, I can see him becoming the first back-to-back GSL champion.
SC2 is the best game to watch and was the best to play before I grew old and slow...
SlyZ1
Profile Joined March 2018
39 Posts
June 06 2018 20:23 GMT
#3
Dear vs Maru finals.
Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden590 Posts
June 06 2018 20:47 GMT
#4
Classic is finally past all of the zergs and it seems as if nearly no one is rooting for him.
Poor lad has had himself knocked out by former team mates and zergs in most every GSL since he was the champion (beating zerg team mate soO in the final).

I am not rooting for him either. Gogo first repeat champion!
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Lysergic1
Profile Joined August 2017
21 Posts
June 06 2018 20:49 GMT
#5
Classic is the only player remaining I could expect to beat Maru (Across both brackets). Gogo Maru!
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-06 20:49:56
June 06 2018 20:49 GMT
#6
On June 07 2018 05:21 Serimek wrote:
If Maru beat Classic, I can see him becoming the first back-to-back GSL champion.

Honestly both Maru and Classic are significantly better than anyone on the other side of the bracket. Both of them are probably looking at their match like it's the decider.

The only way I could see either of them losing in the final is in a mirror match.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Cosmos
Profile Joined March 2010
Belgium1077 Posts
June 06 2018 20:51 GMT
#7
I'm excited for TY vs Gumioh
http://www.twitch.tv/becosmos
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
June 06 2018 20:53 GMT
#8
On June 07 2018 05:23 SlyZ1 wrote:
Dear vs Maru finals.

That wouldn't be nice, Dear is playing a very bad games(to watch at least)
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
royalroadweed
Profile Joined April 2013
United States8301 Posts
June 06 2018 21:10 GMT
#9
Pull for my boy, Gumiho. Easily the smartest terran.
"Nerfing Toss can just make them stronger"
Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
June 06 2018 21:19 GMT
#10
On June 07 2018 05:47 Drfilip wrote:
Classic is finally past all of the zergs and it seems as if nearly no one is rooting for him.
Poor lad has had himself knocked out by former team mates and zergs in most every GSL since he was the champion (beating zerg team mate soO in the final).

I am not rooting for him either. Gogo first repeat champion!



well I'll be 100% behind Classic for this one !
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
June 06 2018 21:50 GMT
#11
the upper half of this bracket ended up way too heavy. Not sure how much of Classic s 3-0 was due to Byun s wrist. Guess Maru v Classic should be worth watching. Tho it s sad there are no zerg games left this season
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Z3nith
Profile Joined October 2017
485 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-06 22:58:24
June 06 2018 21:58 GMT
#12
Honestly, now that there's no zerg I could see Zest making it all the way to the trophy. His PvP is always good and his PvT has also been pretty impressive of late.
Latr02
Profile Joined December 2012
United States268 Posts
June 06 2018 22:00 GMT
#13
Maru v Zest would be the most hype imo. Rooting for TY though to join the club as the only non GSL Champion here.
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
June 06 2018 22:08 GMT
#14
Zest 4-3 Maru in the finals
ThunderJunk
Profile Joined December 2015
United States669 Posts
June 06 2018 22:47 GMT
#15
Maru can study Classic's PvT. Classic cannot study Maru's TvP. So, there's an advantage for Maru there. Then again, Maru's strongest MU is TvZ, no TvP, so it can really go either way.
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
ilikeredheads
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada1995 Posts
June 06 2018 22:47 GMT
#16
I hope Byun's wrist is alright. He should go see a specialist.
CaptainBurnTurn
Profile Joined February 2018
United States80 Posts
June 06 2018 22:52 GMT
#17
I'm hoping it's Maru vs. Gumiho in the finals, then I can not care who wins at that point.
Mark my words, sOs will win a GSL one day
EzioAs
Profile Joined September 2017
235 Posts
June 06 2018 23:45 GMT
#18
On June 07 2018 05:49 Lysergic1 wrote:
Classic is the only player remaining I could expect to beat Maru (Across both brackets). Gogo Maru!


TY can most certainly beat Maru. His TvT is incredibly good. Given that we haven't seen Maru play TvT in quite a while, it's hard to gauge his form in TvT.
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Veluvian
Profile Joined December 2011
Bulgaria256 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-07 06:34:42
June 07 2018 06:34 GMT
#19
An important result for Classic's self-esteem for the next ultimate test. Any predictions from now on could be logical. Classic vs TY would be a dream final match for me. Individual preparations change the entire momentum of players. Nobody talks about Zest right now and I am not satisfied by his play in Ro32 and Ro16, but if he awakens, we all know that Zest is Best in sertain small periods. But as some guy said above: For now Maru and Classic are above all. Who is going to keep his good shape and shall understand his opponents playstyle - we shall learn soon.

I am surprised how weak new patch ravens are btw. They were the milestone of Maru's excellent hyper late game especially against Dark in those two matches. Classic is not the type of player who shall pull the game to 25 minutes. In the same time he likes to keep terrains into two bases and his aggression is a bit of "defensive" unlike Stats pure defensive phylosophy. I think that Maru shall try to controll the game from the very beginning. The reason of his ultra late game now made him a champion, because before he was the best proleague player, but his experience in 7 round matches was very small and he used lots of cheeses when he got his OSl trophy. Both of the are damn scary, it will be some epic semifinal.

TY lost to Gumiho last year in this phase for a big surprise to all and that is how Gumi became later a champion. So anything is possible - the two most intelligent terrains and pro-s in a rematch, this is gonna be some really epic meeting too. Zest and Dear still remain in the shadows.
Oz; MMA; Rain; sOs; Classic, Soulkey, TY, Dark
zealotstim
Profile Joined February 2015
United States455 Posts
June 07 2018 06:39 GMT
#20
Classic vs GuMiGOD finals! The chin versus the towel. Only one will remain.
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