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TY defeats Cure, wins Code S Season 1 championship (2020)…

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Veluvian
Profile Joined December 2011
Bulgaria256 Posts
June 08 2020 06:56 GMT
#21
Finally. This never ending wait for 6 years is over. Congrats to TY and his fans. The way he prepared and crushed Dark, Parting and Cure is legendary. There will be analysis, lot's of "If's", but he finally broke the curse.
One thing for sure is that Cure will gain lots of new fans because overall he had really strong presence in the whole GSL Season 1 in every match.
Oz; MMA; Rain; sOs; Classic, Soulkey, TY, Dark
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
June 08 2020 13:49 GMT
#22
G1 and G3 were particularly amazing. Even though TY was 'behind' in supply, he calmly and methodically tore into Cure's base. Of course, some may see it as an act of desperation or 'throwing the kitchen sink'. But the calmness in his movements and positioning seemed to indicate that - in the words of the Joker - "it was all part of the plan". Maybe not Plan A, but Plan B and C. Somewhat like a base trade scenario - things are getting messy, you're gonna lose workers and buildings (maybe more than your opponent), but in the end, your composition will eke out the win.

Maybe even in TY's mind, he had the positional and compositional advantage in those games. So he wasn't really 'behind' after all. Almost like some chess grandmaster losing pieces all over the board, his opponent grinning in confidence, and then finally reveals his masterstroke in 2-3 moves - CHECKMATE!
gg no re thx
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12133 Posts
June 08 2020 13:57 GMT
#23
If anybody was missing the title and deserved one, it was TY. Congrats!
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
dysenterymd
Profile Joined January 2019
1250 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-06-08 16:00:10
June 08 2020 15:59 GMT
#24
still hoping soO and sOs can do it so all the greats have their titles, but their form has been pretty hit and miss...
Serral | Inno | sOs | soO | Has | Classic
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27360 Posts
June 08 2020 16:23 GMT
#25
On June 08 2020 12:23 pvsnp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 08 2020 03:51 Elentos wrote:
On June 08 2020 02:22 pvsnp wrote:
On June 08 2020 00:43 Elentos wrote:
On June 07 2020 23:58 pvsnp wrote:
On the Pylon Show, Artosis and ZG agreed that Inno played better than Cure and should've been in the finals.

I don't think anyone would ever say that if Cure didn't have the throw of the year on Ever Dream. Inno looked questionable enough that the series was supposed to be over after 5 games and never even reach 7. I think to say that the right player didn't win is grossly unfair and really overselling Inno's play.


Cure threw on Ever Dream, but he made a conscious decision to do that based on the information he had. What information did Inno have when he went for a slower and weaker mirror attack because he put down his natural? When he went for 3CC against 1 base?

Inno made the conscious decision to not gather any information and was punished for his extreme greed on Nightshade, that happens sometimes obviously. If Cure played normal and Inno is super far ahead it's something Inno gets credit for in terms of his series planning.

Inno's attack on Simulacrum wasn't slower and weaker because he put down his natural a few seconds earlier than Cure, it was because he seemingly changed his build on the fly (the alternative being that Cure just executed it cleanly while Inno made a mistake). He started a 2nd reaper at first, then cancelled it and then started a reactor. Cure made the reactor immediately so his barracks production was ~10 seconds faster.

There's no question for me that Inno is the better player overall, but he didn't have a good day in the semis. On a good day, he definitely doesn't just lose track of the army and die to Cure's push in game 7 either. Or walk into Cure's sieged army for no reason on Golden Wall. I think Cure without a doubt deserved to advance more than Inno did on that day.


On Nightshade, Inno scv scouted but was blocked by Cure's early depot. He had zero information when he started his third, and zero ways of getting information unless you think burning a scan at 2:25 is a reasonable thing to do. His reaper scout was stopped by a few marines. He did see the push coming, but by then it was obviously too late. It's also worth noting that Cure did not scout at all, but committed to a blind 1-base attack. Not sure how you can chalk that win down to anything except pure BO luck.

On Simulacrum, there may have been slight differences due to CC or reactor timing, but their armies were exactly the same (1 medivac, 3 hellions, 5 reapers). Cure was also building a cyclone instead of a tank, and his attack hit ~5 seconds earlier. Everything snowballed from there, with Cure's cyclone and 4 marines coming out and pushing back the attack whereas Inno's 2 marines were killed at the start and his tank and next 2 marines never finished. Again, a perfect example of BO luck. Inno even scv scouted while Cure attacked completely blind.

Cure gambled with 2 blind attacks, and the coin came up heads both times. A win is a win, and Cure got his, but getting lucky is hardly the mark of superior skill. RNGesus smiled on Cure during the semis, and he won 2 games because of it. That's not to say Inno played perfectly, but there are mistakes of skill and then there are mistakes of chance. I mean, Tastosis even said as much during the cast. And of course Artosis, ZG, etc followed up during the Pylon Show that I already mentioned. Inno was the better player that day, but Cure was the luckier player. And sometimes that's all you need.

I largely agree with your analysis of the actual series, do think there tends to be a bit of bias sometimes.

The greater player has such moves attributed to prep, a great build game sense or killer instinct, the less prestige player it’s seen through the lens of luck.

This isn’t to say luck should be discounted in analysis, but I felt that bias really really seeped into the cast to the degree even I found it irritating, and I wanted Inno to take it.

Inno is historically the accomplished player but Cure’s had a great year so far and while I don’t think either player brought their 100% A game, whatever % of their power level they brought to bear seemed pretty evenly matched on the day.

It’s a fine line I guess between this is a tight contest and Inno’s had the worse rub of the green in terms of luck vs ‘Inno is outplaying Cure here’ being repeated constantly.

TY on the other hand did smash Cure on the day, although it wasn’t a complete walkover.
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97277 Posts
June 08 2020 17:56 GMT
#26
a classic GSL final
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55594 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-06-08 19:34:06
June 08 2020 19:06 GMT
#27
On June 08 2020 12:23 pvsnp wrote:
On Simulacrum, there may have been slight differences due to CC or reactor timing, but their armies were exactly the same (1 medivac, 3 hellions, 5 reapers).

Well their armies would have been the same but Inno left his 4th and 5th reaper in the middle of the map until the end of the game robbing himself of any chance to even get a draw. We can call this whole series of events luck for Cure but I prefer to just say Inno played a really shit game 3 after a stellar game 2.

On the plus side TY really left no room for debate in the finals.
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seopthi
Profile Blog Joined December 2014
401 Posts
June 08 2020 19:14 GMT
#28
Just fyi, TY reviewed his games against Parting and Cure, which are translated here. Highly recommended!

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/gteqoh/gsl_ty_vs_parting_ro4_tys_review_translation_in/

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/gydpzr/gsl_finals_ty_vs_cure_tys_review_translation_in/
ShowTheLights
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Korea (South)1717 Posts
June 08 2020 21:19 GMT
#29
Waste of a finals. Inno would have made this a much better finals
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Slydie
Profile Joined August 2013
2006 Posts
June 08 2020 21:51 GMT
#30
On Nightshade, Inno scv scouted but was blocked by Cure's early depot. He had zero information when he started his third, and zero ways of getting information unless you think burning a scan at 2:25 is a reasonable thing to do. His reaper scout was stopped by a few marines. He did see the push coming, but by then it was obviously too late. It's also worth noting that Cure did not scout at all, but committed to a blind 1-base attack. Not sure how you can chalk that win down to anything except pure BO luck.


I disagree here. Going for early 3cc by Inno was a major mistake. He should know he was the stronger lategame player, and should just have played it as safe possible to get there every game. Even falling slightly behind if Cure went for greed should not be an issue.
Buff the siegetank
RKC
Profile Joined June 2012
2848 Posts
June 09 2020 04:10 GMT
#31
On June 09 2020 04:14 seopthi wrote:
Just fyi, TY reviewed his games against Parting and Cure, which are translated here. Highly recommended!

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/gteqoh/gsl_ty_vs_parting_ro4_tys_review_translation_in/

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/gydpzr/gsl_finals_ty_vs_cure_tys_review_translation_in/


Thanks! Such great insights on how so many things didn't go according to plan in the Finals, and how TY had to adjust on the fly. Goes to show how top-level matches are often decided by 'clutch' moments of brilliance, as well as 'intuitive' understanding of the game at a deeper level (seeing pathways others can't see). The games went off the beaten track, and TY's mastery prevailed in the end.

TY seems to be humble and modest guy as well. Of all top Terrans, I would still rate him as having the 'biggest' brain.

The practice partner pick is a nice tidbit. Shows that there's some gentleman's agreement going on between top Korean pros - training partners are not wholly decided on personal relationships. Would TY had picked Maru as well had he won the rock-scissors-paper contest? TY showed some Maru-like 'clutch' moves during the Finals with his drops and timing attacks. I think TY would've benefited more training with Inno since they both share the same 'analytical' play-style anyway.
gg no re thx
gpanda
Profile Joined December 2017
36 Posts
June 09 2020 09:51 GMT
#32
On June 07 2020 23:58 pvsnp wrote:
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On June 07 2020 23:40 col_jung wrote:
For those who thought Cure didn't deserve the Finals stage, TY just beat INnoVation 3-1 a couple of hours ago (and then Solar) to clinch the IntoTheAlphaX Pro Circuit 2 title, which has been running since May and has a similar format to GSL. INno was TY's practice partner for the GSL Finals so you can't say INno's been out of practice either--he would have known TY's bag of tricks better than Cure.


Online tournaments mean nothing compared to GSL matches. Just ask Inno, who beat Cure 3-1 online but lost in GSL.

On the Pylon Show, Artosis and ZG agreed in no uncertain terms that Inno played better than Cure and should've been in the finals. Incidentally, Maynarde also predicted that Cure's losses would snowball because emotions would be his downfall.


you could check the match records between ty and maru, ty and inno,esp. those of recent years,then you will know who is the TvT king and who keeps being the top 2 Terran players no matter how a patch meta changes since LotV. Byun TY, Inno TY, Maru TY, Cure TY, see?
gpanda
Profile Joined December 2017
36 Posts
June 09 2020 10:08 GMT
#33
On June 09 2020 06:19 ShowTheLights wrote:
Waste of a finals. Inno would have made this a much better finals


No, Inno would have got a quicker and easier 0:4 than Cure, considering TY failed to pull off his tactic proxy openings in game 2 & 4 due to scv’s meeting with Cure.
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