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RagnaroK, Zest advance in Code S; Ro8 bracket set

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
September 07 2019 19:09 GMT
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2019 Global StarCraft II League - Code S Season 3

The Code S round-of-sixteen concluded with another unexpected result in Group D, as (Wiki)RagnaroK and (Wiki)Zest advanced over strong favorite (Wiki)Classic. The Code S playoff brackets have now been finalized, and the first quarterfinal matches will be played on Tuesday, Sep 10 9:30am GMT (GMT+00:00).



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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55578 Posts
September 07 2019 19:21 GMT
#2
The guys who played today really barely have any prep time.
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tskarzyn
Profile Joined July 2010
United States516 Posts
September 07 2019 19:56 GMT
#3
Maru's chances just got a lot better...
SlyZ1
Profile Joined March 2018
39 Posts
September 07 2019 20:25 GMT
#4
Rogue vs Trap finals
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19352 Posts
September 07 2019 21:04 GMT
#5
On September 08 2019 04:56 tskarzyn wrote:
Maru's chances just got a lot better...

I think Maru would prefer TY, Zest, or Trap. Late game Z is really hard to beat and Ragnarok has been having an awesome year.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55578 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-07 21:45:25
September 07 2019 21:41 GMT
#6
On September 08 2019 06:04 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2019 04:56 tskarzyn wrote:
Maru's chances just got a lot better...

I think Maru would prefer TY, Zest, or Trap. Late game Z is really hard to beat and Ragnarok has been having an awesome year.

TY is literally top 1 on the list of players Maru doesn't want to play against ever.

Actually no Terran wants to play TY.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
September 07 2019 21:54 GMT
#7
Zest vs Dear has to be the most one sided matchup between pros.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
September 07 2019 21:55 GMT
#8
On September 08 2019 06:04 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2019 04:56 tskarzyn wrote:
Maru's chances just got a lot better...

I think Maru would prefer TY, Zest, or Trap. Late game Z is really hard to beat and Ragnarok has been having an awesome year.

He said none of the players from group D were to worry about except Classic. No way would he prefer to play TY when he's spent the last two years talking about how he never wants to play him
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13996 Posts
September 07 2019 21:56 GMT
#9
On September 08 2019 05:25 SlyZ1 wrote:
Rogue vs Trap finals

Maru > Zest
Engage, Zero target Engage, Engage, Kagari target Engage, Engage.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
September 07 2019 22:34 GMT
#10
On September 08 2019 06:56 Cricketer12 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2019 05:25 SlyZ1 wrote:
Rogue vs Trap finals

Maru > Zest

Zest isn't beating Dark or TY, or Rogue for that matter. If he makes ro4 it's down to Rogue defeating himself.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13996 Posts
September 07 2019 23:26 GMT
#11
On September 08 2019 07:34 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2019 06:56 Cricketer12 wrote:
On September 08 2019 05:25 SlyZ1 wrote:
Rogue vs Trap finals

Maru > Zest

Zest isn't beating Dark or TY, or Rogue for that matter. If he makes ro4 it's down to Rogue defeating himself.

Zest is a terrible player, and yet he keeps winning until he loses
Engage, Zero target Engage, Engage, Kagari target Engage, Engage.
Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-07 23:49:52
September 07 2019 23:47 GMT
#12
Unless Rogue really favors his ZvZ (he shouldn't since his series with Solar easily could have been a loss), Zest has to be his first choice in terms of opponents, right? Rogue has 3 Protoss players to strategize with and he's historically played Zest better than you'd expect considering their relative levels of success prior to the last few years.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19352 Posts
September 08 2019 01:43 GMT
#13
On September 08 2019 06:41 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2019 06:04 BisuDagger wrote:
On September 08 2019 04:56 tskarzyn wrote:
Maru's chances just got a lot better...

I think Maru would prefer TY, Zest, or Trap. Late game Z is really hard to beat and Ragnarok has been having an awesome year.

TY is literally top 1 on the list of players Maru doesn't want to play against ever.

Actually no Terran wants to play TY.

I won't argue against that, but I'm pretty sure the protoss option is better then the Zergs option. Is there any protoss scarier to Maru then any GSL zerg?

On September 08 2019 06:55 Fango wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2019 06:04 BisuDagger wrote:
On September 08 2019 04:56 tskarzyn wrote:
Maru's chances just got a lot better...

I think Maru would prefer TY, Zest, or Trap. Late game Z is really hard to beat and Ragnarok has been having an awesome year.

He said none of the players from group D were to worry about except Classic. No way would he prefer to play TY when he's spent the last two years talking about how he never wants to play him

TY included is just an exaggeration on my view of late game TvZ. Even tastosis have turned late game into a satire during their casts.
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Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
September 08 2019 02:10 GMT
#14
On September 08 2019 10:43 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2019 06:41 Elentos wrote:
On September 08 2019 06:04 BisuDagger wrote:
On September 08 2019 04:56 tskarzyn wrote:
Maru's chances just got a lot better...

I think Maru would prefer TY, Zest, or Trap. Late game Z is really hard to beat and Ragnarok has been having an awesome year.

TY is literally top 1 on the list of players Maru doesn't want to play against ever.

Actually no Terran wants to play TY.

I won't argue against that, but I'm pretty sure the protoss option is better then the Zergs option. Is there any protoss scarier to Maru then any GSL zerg?

Trap is on a 15-series PvT win streak in best of 3+s. Since his loss to Maru in the ro4 on April 6th, he's 27-3 in the match up. Rogue is 10-9 since April 6th in ZvT and a few of those were against players who are nobodies at the moment.

If you extend it beyond players in the ro8, I imagine sOs is #1 on the list of players Maru doesn't want to play ever.
BerserkSword
Profile Joined December 2018
United States2123 Posts
September 08 2019 03:28 GMT
#15
On September 08 2019 11:10 Boggyb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2019 10:43 BisuDagger wrote:
On September 08 2019 06:41 Elentos wrote:
On September 08 2019 06:04 BisuDagger wrote:
On September 08 2019 04:56 tskarzyn wrote:
Maru's chances just got a lot better...

I think Maru would prefer TY, Zest, or Trap. Late game Z is really hard to beat and Ragnarok has been having an awesome year.

TY is literally top 1 on the list of players Maru doesn't want to play against ever.

Actually no Terran wants to play TY.

I won't argue against that, but I'm pretty sure the protoss option is better then the Zergs option. Is there any protoss scarier to Maru then any GSL zerg?

Trap is on a 15-series PvT win streak in best of 3+s. Since his loss to Maru in the ro4 on April 6th, he's 27-3 in the match up. Rogue is 10-9 since April 6th in ZvT and a few of those were against players who are nobodies at the moment.

If you extend it beyond players in the ro8, I imagine sOs is #1 on the list of players Maru doesn't want to play ever.


Terran just got buffed to high heaven in TvP

I simply cannot see Maru losing to Trap in a Code S.
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freaquency88
Profile Joined July 2019
Malaysia14 Posts
September 08 2019 03:45 GMT
#16
Kinda feels like TY has a very good chance here.
Zest is beast, Zest is best!
burnturn
Profile Joined December 2015
United States59 Posts
September 08 2019 03:55 GMT
#17
On September 08 2019 12:45 freaquency88 wrote:
Kinda feels like TY has a very good chance here.

The TY vs. Dark matchup is I feel like pretty much "Who's playing Maru in the finals," and I think that TY has a really great shot at winning Code S finally if he beats Dark in a few days.
sOs is best
col_jung
Profile Joined October 2017
139 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-08 04:16:00
September 08 2019 04:11 GMT
#18
On September 08 2019 06:41 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2019 06:04 BisuDagger wrote:
On September 08 2019 04:56 tskarzyn wrote:
Maru's chances just got a lot better...

I think Maru would prefer TY, Zest, or Trap. Late game Z is really hard to beat and Ragnarok has been having an awesome year.

TY is literally top 1 on the list of players Maru doesn't want to play against ever.

Actually no Terran wants to play TY.


Yep lol. Every interview Maru always picks TY to be the player he wants to avoid.

Anyone remember that interview video AfreecaTV made where Maru said he even "hated" TY? It was from a collage of clips of Maru being asked over the years who he didn't want to see and Maru kept saying things like "I don't want to see TY at all", "I hate this guy" etc. I think it was during GSL Season 3 last year. Laughed so hard.

As much of a monster as TY is, his best chance of winning a GSL is arguably landing another TvT finals against Maru.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55578 Posts
September 08 2019 07:15 GMT
#19
On September 08 2019 12:55 burnturn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2019 12:45 freaquency88 wrote:
Kinda feels like TY has a very good chance here.

The TY vs. Dark matchup is I feel like pretty much "Who's playing Maru in the finals," and I think that TY has a really great shot at winning Code S finally if he beats Dark in a few days.

If only beating Dark wasn't the hardest thing for TY in SC2.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
September 08 2019 08:40 GMT
#20
Dark and then Rogue (if he doesn't tank the ro8 as usual) are pretty much the worst possible bracket for TY currently.

My money is on a Rogue-Maru finals.
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
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