The search for a new Code S champion continued in the wake of Maru's shocking elimination as four more players advanced to the round of sixteen. In Group B of the RO32, Impact and GuMiho advanced over the Protoss pair of Zest and Trust. However, in Group C, Protoss power prevailed as Classic and Hurricane advanced over Solar and TRUE

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BisuDagger

Bisutopia19271 Posts

May 01 2019 17:35 GMT

People may be disappointed two protoss advanced from Group C, but Hurricane played great and really earned his place in the next round.

Moonerz

United States452 Posts

May 01 2019 18:15 GMT

On May 02 2019 02:35 BisuDagger wrote:
People may be disappointed two protoss advanced from Group C, but Hurricane played great and really earned his place in the next round.

I think the two Toss not getting out of group B will help to calm down the community rage.

Got to say I'm worried about Zest, he has looked pretty terrible and I wonder if he's not that into SC anymore? Maybe just practicing way less?

fronkschnonk

Germany622 Posts

May 01 2019 18:21 GMT

On May 02 2019 02:35 BisuDagger wrote:
People may be disappointed two protoss advanced from Group C, but Hurricane played great and really earned his place in the next round.

Also he gave me some sweet consolation Liquibet points after I totally failed with my Super Tournament bets.

@Moonerz
I wouldn't worry too much about Zest, already. He had very mediocre/bad looking times before. In 2017 he slumped almost all year long apart from Homestory Cups and then he had a very solid 2018.

Russano

United States428 Posts

May 01 2019 19:31 GMT

Eh, Zest has done very well for himself on the ladder and had been playing quite frequently. One hallmark of his play is he does these builds where he doesn't scout and builds barely any early units and he just rolls over and dies to any early aggression.

brickrd

United States4894 Posts

May 01 2019 20:11 GMT

On May 02 2019 02:35 BisuDagger wrote:
People may be disappointed two protoss advanced from Group C, but Hurricane played great and really earned his place in the next round.

anyone talking about balance after watching that group is going to balance whine no matter what happens. true played four of the worst games GSL has seen in a while, and Hurricane's builds and execution were legitimate

Pandain

United States12989 Posts

May 01 2019 20:44 GMT

Any good games that were worth watching?

Kimb3r

Germany744 Posts

May 01 2019 21:18 GMT

I think by games, that was the worst group so far.. TRUE played the most horrible Zerg I've ever seen in my whole life in GSL...

Killmo

China82 Posts

May 01 2019 21:22 GMT

On May 02 2019 05:44 Pandain wrote:
Any good games that were worth watching?

The best game of the night (in my opinion) was the final game of the night between Hurricane and Solar. That was a solid slugfest from both sides. To be honest, the vast majority of the games were rather forgettable. Classic was too far ahead of everyone and TRUE too far behind everyone in this instance. The most fun series all involved Hurricane.

MajiN1

113 Posts

May 01 2019 21:28 GMT

#10

It's been a year since the last ro16 for solar.
He performs well except for gsl but hurricane deserved to win today.
And classic was the best today by far

yht9657

1810 Posts

May 01 2019 22:20 GMT

#11

Damn you Maru, now how am I supposed to comment that Solar is the reserve-Maru who just can't perform in GSL.

Phredxor

New Zealand15076 Posts

May 01 2019 22:27 GMT

#12

High quality gameplay was had.

Destructicon

4713 Posts

May 01 2019 22:32 GMT

#13

As a big TvT fan I must say, Classic vs Hurricane game 1 was one of the funnest scrappiest PvP's I've seen. Also pretty happy to see Impact do well.

DomeGetta

480 Posts

May 01 2019 22:35 GMT

#14

Hurricane definitely unexpected - leaves it possible for 10 toss ro16 - lets go boys! Keep making history

Fun Fact:

On his historic run to 4 championships code S - Maru was responsible for eliminating 8 protoss (8-0 vs toss of the 12 matches he played) from ro8 forward.
Excluding mirrors - the rest of the field was 2 and 7.

Good old Maru - destroyer of Aiur!

Xain0n

Italy3963 Posts

May 01 2019 23:46 GMT

#15

Destroyer of Aiur in Cose S, victim of the conclave in weekenders(five eliminations at the hands of Protoss in 2018). Quite weird, Maru is the best TvP player at the moment.

SHODAN

United Kingdom1139 Posts

May 02 2019 00:22 GMT

#16

hope we have another gumiho "last defender of humanity" ro8 timeline

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50435 Posts

May 02 2019 00:54 GMT

#17

So what's the deal with GSL being rushed like it's a 2011 GSL?

pdd

Australia9933 Posts

May 02 2019 02:47 GMT

#18

On May 02 2019 05:44 Pandain wrote:
Any good games that were worth watching?

Not going to lie, lots of games the past two days were awful.

But if some games which may be worth your time include:
- Gumiho vs Zest G1
- Hurricane vs Solar (losers match) G3
- not the most fun (I'm not a fan of PvPs) but as far as PvPs go, both Classic vs Hurricane games were pretty good

MoonyD

Australia191 Posts

May 02 2019 09:30 GMT

#19

Hurricane's games vs Solar were pretty amazing. Especially that first game when he hallucinated zealots. I mean who does that?! Wonder if the meta will change to that... hahaha.