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Code S Qualifiers conclude (2019 Season 1)

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-28 11:10:23
January 26 2019 11:37 GMT
#1
The qualifier for the first GSL Code S season of 2019 has concluded. The following players have qualified:



Dream, DongRaeGu, TaeJa, Bomber, TOP, SortOf, and Cloudy were among the notable players who were eliminated in qualifiers. Code S Season 1 is set to begin on February 2nd with the first RO32 match.

Check out qualifier brackets on Liquipedia
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DeFNos
Profile Joined April 2013
Netherlands11 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-26 11:42:49
January 26 2019 11:39 GMT
#2
Seeing MC qualify is great!
Too bad he had to do that over SortOf
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
January 26 2019 11:40 GMT
#3
Man, driving out the foreigners has surely helped the new blood to get in!
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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Toua
Profile Joined February 2017
Denmark318 Posts
January 26 2019 11:42 GMT
#4
Classic and Losira getting the NesTea Award !
Stats, Dark, Maru <3
Snarosc
Profile Joined January 2016
France66 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-26 11:46:49
January 26 2019 11:44 GMT
#5
Amazing to see MC & PartinG are back !

Very sad for Bomber, who was in Scarlett and Keen's group... Wished he'd make it. And I hope he'll train to make it to S2 and not just give up on coming back.

Sad about DongRaeGu aswell, after losing in the qualifying match in both days, especially after taking out Dark in Day1 ...
Stats is the best player of LotV.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
January 26 2019 11:48 GMT
#6
What's up with Classic, I tought he was gone?
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lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
392 Posts
January 26 2019 11:49 GMT
#7
Quite a few amateurs this time, comparatively speaking. Got all demolished though but great that they tried!
Akio
Profile Blog Joined January 2019
Finland1838 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-26 12:06:56
January 26 2019 12:05 GMT
#8
FanTaSy and MC making their return in Code S!

Also I am extremely hyped to see Leenock this season, last season he was looking super good but everyone kind of forgot after he lost one-sidesly to TY in the ro8, due to his surgery. (Not saying he would have 100% won, but it would have been more close)

Leenocktopus fighting~
Mine gas, build tanks.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55566 Posts
January 26 2019 12:15 GMT
#9
On January 26 2019 20:48 Nakajin wrote:
What's up with Classic, I tought he was gone?

2019 is his last year.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16036 Posts
January 26 2019 12:35 GMT
#10
On January 26 2019 20:40 opisska wrote:
Man, driving out the foreigners has surely helped the new blood to get in!

Well the returners made it harder for them to qualify but at least they have a better chance now than if there were an additional 10 top foreigners in the qualifiers.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
January 26 2019 12:37 GMT
#11
On January 26 2019 21:35 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2019 20:40 opisska wrote:
Man, driving out the foreigners has surely helped the new blood to get in!

Well the returners made it harder for them to qualify but at least they have a better chance now than if there were an additional 10 top foreigners in the qualifiers.


C'mon, this was somewhat acceptable as an opinion before we had any actual data, but how can you say this with a straight face after we had a qualifier almost devoid of foreigners, with just one spot being taken by a foreigner and yet ZERO new people?
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16036 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-26 12:46:44
January 26 2019 12:42 GMT
#12
On January 26 2019 21:37 opisska wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2019 21:35 Charoisaur wrote:
On January 26 2019 20:40 opisska wrote:
Man, driving out the foreigners has surely helped the new blood to get in!

Well the returners made it harder for them to qualify but at least they have a better chance now than if there were an additional 10 top foreigners in the qualifiers.


C'mon, this was somewhat acceptable as an opinion before we had any actual data, but how can you say this with a straight face after we had a qualifier almost devoid of foreigners, with just one spot being taken by a foreigner and yet ZERO new people?

I don't know what's so hard to understand about what I wrote. With MC, Fantasy, DRG, Dream, Bomber and TaeJa there are 6 ex top players who weren't in the qualifiers the last two years. It's not that much of a surprise no newcomers qualified.
If the semi region lock would have been in place last year already the chance for new players to qualify would have been much higher. Acting like the foreigner invasion didn't hurt korean new blood is just disingenuos.

TLDR The last two years there was place in Code S for newcomers if it wasn't for foreigners. Now unfortunately not anymore because the player pool increased with the returners. But they still have a better shot than they would have without the semi-region-lock.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
rednusa
Profile Joined October 2012
651 Posts
January 26 2019 12:59 GMT
#13
With Scarlett qualifying, is she removing herself from WCS?
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
January 26 2019 13:06 GMT
#14
On January 26 2019 21:42 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2019 21:37 opisska wrote:
On January 26 2019 21:35 Charoisaur wrote:
On January 26 2019 20:40 opisska wrote:
Man, driving out the foreigners has surely helped the new blood to get in!

Well the returners made it harder for them to qualify but at least they have a better chance now than if there were an additional 10 top foreigners in the qualifiers.


C'mon, this was somewhat acceptable as an opinion before we had any actual data, but how can you say this with a straight face after we had a qualifier almost devoid of foreigners, with just one spot being taken by a foreigner and yet ZERO new people?

I don't know what's so hard to understand about what I wrote. With MC, Fantasy, DRG, Dream, Bomber and TaeJa there are 6 ex top players who weren't in the qualifiers the last two years. It's not that much of a surprise no newcomers qualified.
If the semi region lock would have been in place last year already the chance for new players to qualify would have been much higher. Acting like the foreigner invasion didn't hurt korean new blood is just disingenuos.

TLDR The last two years there was place in Code S for newcomers if it wasn't for foreigners. Now unfortunately not anymore because the player pool increased with the returners. But they still have a better shot than they would have without the semi-region-lock.


I am already curious where are you going to move the goalposts next year (assuming there is a GSL 2020, that is).
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
January 26 2019 13:14 GMT
#15
DRG noooooo
Chain 1 Arthalion Chain 2 Urgula Chain 3 Mululu Chain 4 Lukias
SaintTieum
Profile Joined November 2018
South Africa22 Posts
January 26 2019 13:22 GMT
#16
So glad (T)Bunny is through.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
January 26 2019 13:28 GMT
#17
On January 26 2019 21:15 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2019 20:48 Nakajin wrote:
What's up with Classic, I tought he was gone?

2019 is his last year.


Yay!!!!!

One more year of Classic
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Zzoram
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada7115 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-26 13:49:50
January 26 2019 13:46 GMT
#18
On January 26 2019 21:59 rednusa wrote:
With Scarlett qualifying, is she removing herself from WCS?


This is the biggest question for me out of these results.

Maybe she feels strong enough to go for glory over easy WCS points and money.

GSL Code S actually potentially pays out a lot better than WCS though. If Scarlett makes it to the Ro16 GSL (not guaranteed she will) that’s the same money as 5-6th place for WCS America (she definitely would).
sparklyresidue
Profile Joined August 2011
United States5523 Posts
January 26 2019 13:47 GMT
#19
Excited to see Fantasy back!
Like Tinkerbelle, I leave behind a sparkly residue.
AlgeriaT
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden2197 Posts
January 26 2019 13:49 GMT
#20
Fuck yeah Fanta and Scarlett

On January 26 2019 21:59 rednusa wrote:
With Scarlett qualifying, is she removing herself from WCS?


This is what I want to know too. God damnit Blizz how about some clarity on this :/
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