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Dark defeats Trap 4-2 to win Code S Season 2 - Page 3

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Dave4
Profile Joined August 2018
494 Posts
June 23 2019 21:12 GMT
#41
Really happy for Dark. Its great seeing him play so well. He is probably the second best Zerg overall, but I expect he will be at top of the Power Rank this month, which is fantastic news for him. If so, he will have topped the power rank more than any other zerg except soO who won a tournament early in the year.
RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
June 24 2019 00:26 GMT
#42
Bad final
Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned.
JAG.war
Profile Joined May 2010
United States76 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-06-24 01:56:33
June 24 2019 01:54 GMT
#43
The games were good - they were scrappy and exciting.

I'll never understand why some people insist that 30 minute games are better by default.

Congrats to Dark! And to Trap for putting up a good fight.

sOs, Parting, MC and JAGW.
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
June 24 2019 02:30 GMT
#44
I again think this was a good GSL finals. Good story, mostly good games.

Yes, there were better GSL conclusions but this was was satisfying enough. Dark finally got his GSL win, after all the trash talk, he did do it. Before that, Trap upset Classic, while Dark sent home Hurricane.

Dark put Zerg back on the map in GSL. Despite Soo's many good results or Serral's many wins, we missed a LotV zerg GSL champion. It was Dark who delivered.
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
BigRedDog
Profile Joined May 2012
461 Posts
June 24 2019 13:25 GMT
#45
I thought the final was good. At least it wasn't one sided nor pvp.

It was funny how after every game Trap's team came up and talk to him yet dark was all alone. It was like trap had a fan club.
Big Red Dog!
fishjie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1519 Posts
June 24 2019 15:14 GMT
#46
i was really hoping it would be soo or maru this season

however no protoss won so i guess i am sort of ok with this result
Veluvian
Profile Joined December 2011
Bulgaria256 Posts
June 24 2019 18:49 GMT
#47
Finally my favorite zerg has won. I was waiting for years to see his triumph. Dark played really damn good, but to be honest I've seen him much more exciting games in the past from him when he actually lost. A paradox. Trap played good but not good enough for a final Code S match. Probably in the current meta Dark had no options to reveal his very late macro game which is legendary like 1-2 years ago before Rogue/Maru successes.
There was always a fair question why Dark/TY/sOs never got a Code S. Well - Dark finally broke the curse and that was a good final, not the best one but still a worth one. Imagine that semifinal last season against Classic - that could be an epic final when Dark was very close to change Classic's lead.
But finally I am so relaxed. Finally - enough terrans, finally no place for JinAir dominance. Two years terran domination in Code S since Gumi started this. And complains about warp prisms. Just protosses learned to use them better than before. Terrans failed seriously this season especially my fav TY who deserved this loss with cheap BC strats. Gumi seemed like the only one along with Inno who deserved to get forward.
Oz; MMA; Rain; sOs; Classic, Soulkey, TY, Dark
RoninKenshin
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada97 Posts
June 25 2019 07:29 GMT
#48
What is with the size of that trophy? It fits in his palm. Dark had to hold it by the edge to be able to show it to the crowd
I'm with e-sports
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
June 25 2019 07:48 GMT
#49
On June 25 2019 16:29 RoninKenshin wrote:
What is with the size of that trophy? It fits in his palm. Dark had to hold it by the edge to be able to show it to the crowd

The same size as every single Code S trophy for, at least, last 7 years
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
June 25 2019 12:55 GMT
#50
Dark practiced against the AI?!
maru lover forever
noise.harvester
Profile Joined September 2017
9 Posts
June 26 2019 22:49 GMT
#51
He’s definitely cemented himself as my favorite Zerg. Such creative builds and one of the few Zergs to not just accept getting pummelled for the first half of every game.
jpg06051992
Profile Joined July 2015
United States580 Posts
June 28 2019 14:49 GMT
#52
Dark has always been top tier, it's just that every time he is in his prime, there is someone else in their prime competing against him for first place and he just barely misses it. This time however I can't help but feel like Trap had an unusually good run but Dark is just too top tier. Great games, scrappy and exciting, I don't like every game to be a long drawn out macro game anyways.

Dark is just phenomenal, beautiful mechanics and more beautiful reads/reactions/build orders. The dudes been playing at this level for years and it shows.
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