The Code S RO32 continued with PartinG becoming the second 'un-retired' player to reach the RO16 this season, following FanTaSy's earlier success in Group E. PartinG defeated fellow WoL veteran DongRaeGu as well as Cure to secure his RO16 spot, advancing in second place from Group G alongside Dark.
Group F saw the Protoss pair of Trap and herO advance over KeeN and Scarlett, shifting the RO16 race ratio further in Protoss' favor. While the the RO32 began with a fairly even balance of factions, the RO16 threatens to be heavily Protoss-skewed—8 Protoss, 3 Terran, and 3 Zerg so far—much like the prior Super Tournament.
Have to say it was a pleasure watching Parting play today. While often cheesy, his play feels unique and interesting with unusual compositions and his trademark storms was fun to see.
I have to admit, I had Cure beating PartinG, but god DAMN was he good in some of these series. I thought for sure he was on tilt after the first loss to Cure.
Glad to see PartinG making it back to the ro16. Hoping it gets to make it to the ro8 this season. His PvT is looking pretty beasty with those insane early game aggression/all-in builds.
On May 09 2019 07:02 Waxangel wrote: Glad PartinG got to show off his PvT skills after all that talk about how he's confident in the MU. Might even PvP his way to the quarters :O :O :O
Yeah I don't know if barely beating Cure twice in your best matchup warrants being a ro8 GSL player.
during the last super tournament i got bored with PvP and skipped some games. i would hate for it to happen again in this gsl ro16... this really has nothing to do with balance (i barely play as it is), only viewer experience.
On May 09 2019 07:02 Waxangel wrote: Glad PartinG got to show off his PvT skills after all that talk about how he's confident in the MU. Might even PvP his way to the quarters :O :O :O
Yeah I don't know if barely beating Cure twice in your best matchup warrants being a ro8 GSL player.
When your best MU is PvT and half of the players in RO16 are Protoss Sad times xD (edit> for Parting)
On May 09 2019 07:02 Waxangel wrote: Glad PartinG got to show off his PvT skills after all that talk about how he's confident in the MU. Might even PvP his way to the quarters :O :O :O
Yeah I don't know if barely beating Cure twice in your best matchup warrants being a ro8 GSL player.
He didnt even beat Cure twice. He lost the first match against him and then won the revenge one.
I was okay with just not watching Super Tournament once it was basically all Toss cause its a weekend tournament and doesn't involve the time and commitment like following a GSL season and you can just forget about it and move on I don't know what I am going to do if Toss spoils GSL and I either have to watch a bunch of boring PvP or just not have SC2 for a month hopefully Zerg and Terran can help me avoid this scenario altogether fingers crossed.
I am just about checked out of the SC2 pro scene. The foreign scene was always a wasteland but now, even a full GSL tournament might only have one or two Terran series worth watching. Oof.
The games with PartinG vs Cure were more even than I could imagine. Both of them had some big mistakes and some brilliant streaks. Luckily, they often coincided to even out some of the games.
Dark just swept his two matches, making me think that Parting won't make it past the second group stage.
I really am curious to see how the advancing underdogs will perform in general, and Patience especially.
EPT
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Sad times xD (edit> for Parting)
