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GSL Code A - TY, sOs, Maru advance to Code S

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
March 23 2021 02:42 GMT
#1

2021 Global StarCraft II League: Code A Season 1

2021's GSL Season 1 began with the return of Code A as a live, studio event. This new version of Code A will be held as a series of best-of-five matches, with the winners moving directly on to compete in Code S. With Code S shifting to a 16-player format, the new Code A event could be seen as a semi-replacement for the old Code S RO32/RO24 group stages.

In a rather perplexing move, AfreecaTV welcomed back Code A by scheduling the three most stark mismatches for the first day. The favorites ended up claiming their Code S spots without much trouble, with TY winning 3-1 over Prince, sOs going 3-0 against Percival, and Maru also taking a sweep against Creator.



Prince returned to the studio for the first time since Code S Season 2 in 2020. Despite being eliminated in the first round, he had left an impression on the fans with his creative/cheesy style, taking games off both Maru and Scarlett. He picked up right where he left off, beginning game one against TY with a proxy-Nexus inside the Terran main. However, TY quickly scouted this sOs-esque maneuver and reacted calmly on defense, taking an easy win after shutting down the initial tactical recall of four Adepts. Games two and four were also one-sided losses for Prince, but without the fun-factor of a crazy build. Whether it was due to mechanics or nervousness, Prince just couldn't keep up with TY's harassment while also executing his own game plan and lost in fairly straight-forward games.

However, even in defeat, Prince may have further improved his reputation among GSL fans due to his unorthodox, Skytoss-powered victory in game three. After starting with a 2-Stargate Void Ray opener, Prince found a way to transition into mass Carriers backed by Disruptors on the ground—all without dying in the meanwhile. TY's army of Marine and Vikings were unable to defeat the Protoss fleet in a straight-up fight, and the AfreecaTV Terran was forced to surrender his only loss of the series. After the games, TY joked that "At least for a moment, I knew how Zerg players felt."

Unfortunately for Percival—who made his AfreecaTV studio debut against teammate sOs—he wasn't able to make as much of an impact in a 0-3 defeat. The first game ended rather abruptly after a proxy-Robo vs proxy-Starport start. Percival was too hasty in moving out to clear the enemy proxy, giving sOs the greenlight to attack the undefended Terran base and do irreparable damage. Game two saw Percival go for a proxy-2 Rax Marauder strategy which successfully cancelled sOs' expansion Nexus. However, Percival was far too disrespectful of sOs' capacity for cheese, and made a greedy transition by expanding and teching at home while floating both Barracks. sOs promptly punished him with an old-school 4-Gate for an easy win.

Percival gave his best performance in the third and final game on Romanticide, hiding a proxy Starport and catching sOs completely off-guard with two cloaked Banshees. After killing over twenty Probes, Percival went for the kill by pulling SCV's and going for an all-in Bio-Tank attack. However, his lack of patience led to his downfall, as he hit an anti-timing ten seconds before Stimpak completed. Percival still had enough troops to win, but a poor fight into a super-charged Battery sealed the series in sOs' favor.

After the match, sOs said he was lucky to win the third game due to Percival's lack of experience in studio matches. sOs also expressed his relief at having earned a Code S RO16 berth for the first time in nearly two years and five seasons.

Creator came into day one with the strongest resume among the underdogs, but this was offset by the fact that he faced the strongest opponent. Maru took a dominating 3-0 sweep against his former Jin Air and current Team NV teammate, making up for a weak showing in the qualifiers.

Creator managed to keep things close for a while in game one on Deathaura, with the two players settling in for a standard macro game. While Maru was in control for most of the game, Creator's dangerous army centered on Colossi and Disruptors that made it difficult for Maru to fight head on. However, Maru was able to take Creator apart once he added mass Liberators to his army, razing base after Protoss base to force a GG.

The next two games were rather one-sided, with Creator taking fatal Probe losses to an Armory-Widow Mine drop in game two, and then ceding defeat in game three after committing to an ill-fated basetrade.

After the matches, Maru gave his fans some reasons to be optimistic going forward, mentioning his improving shoulder health and saying "I think I'll do better than last year." Of course, in typical Maru style, he still complained about Terran being underpowered when asked about the possibility of winning the G5L trophy.

Maru also gave a cheeky comment on his IEM semifinals loss to Reynor, joking that "After winning the second set, I thought 'this guy is really bad.' I felt really bad for a month for letting my guard down like that."

GSL Code A will continue on Thursday, Mar 25 9:30am GMT (GMT+00:00) with DongRaeGu vs SpeCial, Cure vs ByuN, and RagnaroK vs Hurricane.
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Terra1
Profile Joined June 2018
Philippines312 Posts
March 23 2021 02:56 GMT
#2
Expected results. Grats to sOs for getting back to the Ro16.

Maru's thought of Reynor "being bad" after winning the first 2 games though. I wonder what led Maru to get reversed swept by Reynor? I thought that it will be a Maru-PartinG/Zest finals. Was disappointed he lost at that time.
Obamarauder
Profile Joined June 2015
697 Posts
March 23 2021 03:02 GMT
#3
LOL no way thats an actual translation
Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2214 Posts
March 23 2021 08:22 GMT
#4
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Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden590 Posts
March 23 2021 09:11 GMT
#5
This time Matu didn't lose the code A bo5 vs eventual champion Zest, missing his PartinG award in the process.
I like it better with one sided series where the underdog is playing for maps instad of seeing potential champions eliminate each other.
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Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1891 Posts
March 23 2021 09:32 GMT
#6
Who is Percival and why doesn't he have the handle Prince??? Swag on!
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MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1855 Posts
March 23 2021 09:52 GMT
#7
Yeah, even Maru admits he was the far better player but he lost because he gifted Reynor that series... One of the biggest steals in SC2 history, very sad to watch
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Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
March 23 2021 11:31 GMT
#8
On March 23 2021 18:52 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Yeah, even Maru admits he was the far better player but he lost because he gifted Reynor that series... One of the biggest steals in SC2 history, very sad to watch


Pros talk crap all the time, and Reynor's early and mid game were visibly better than Maru's even in the first two games. No-one is a far better player than the literal world champion lol.
CynicalDeath
Profile Joined January 2012
Italy3346 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-03-23 12:19:55
March 23 2021 12:10 GMT
#9
On March 23 2021 11:42 TL.net ESPORTS wrote:

Maru also gave a cheeky comment on his IEM semifinals loss to Reynor, joking that "After winning the second set, I thought 'this guy is really bad.' I felt really bad for a month for letting my guard down like that."


this aged pretty badly lol

On March 23 2021 18:52 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Yeah, even Maru admits he was the far better player but he lost because he gifted Reynor that series... One of the biggest steals in SC2 history, very sad to watch


I like how a reverse sweep in Katowice's SF coming from the then-to-be World Champion (who, btw, clearly ouplayed him in all 5 games' early phases) is called "big steal"... you can say Maru threw g4 (his fault tbh so no steal even there) but in g3 and g5, Maru got overconfident and was outclassed pretty big time... g5 also was one of the best games of the season so what was stolen there? :D
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tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States362 Posts
March 23 2021 13:25 GMT
#10
Congrats to TY, sOs and Maru for advancing. Wonder if the G5L trophy can be achieved this go-around.

Also that is interesting Maru said that about Reynor as they have both played at least two series prior to their bout in Katowice 2021. I remember in the summer 2020 DH season finals that Reynor outplayed Maru pretty handily with lurkers, 2-0. Surely Maru must have remembered that dominance and being outplayed. Maru would win the following series in ASUS Rog Online in Nov. 2020 with a 3-2 score.
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tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3346 Posts
March 23 2021 17:46 GMT
#11
On March 23 2021 21:10 CynicalDeath wrote:
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On March 23 2021 11:42 TL.net ESPORTS wrote:

Maru also gave a cheeky comment on his IEM semifinals loss to Reynor, joking that "After winning the second set, I thought 'this guy is really bad.' I felt really bad for a month for letting my guard down like that."


this aged pretty badly lol

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On March 23 2021 18:52 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Yeah, even Maru admits he was the far better player but he lost because he gifted Reynor that series... One of the biggest steals in SC2 history, very sad to watch


I like how a reverse sweep in Katowice's SF coming from the then-to-be World Champion (who, btw, clearly ouplayed him in all 5 games' early phases) is called "big steal"... you can say Maru threw g4 (his fault tbh so no steal even there) but in g3 and g5, Maru got overconfident and was outclassed pretty big time... g5 also was one of the best games of the season so what was stolen there? :D


Maru played the godlike defesive lategame style that almost nobody in the world can play against top Zerg. Reynor loves doing his Lurker build and just rush into the base, burrow and destroy everything. Maru is the only one that can counter that style effectively, and made Reynor quit on using his favorite units. Had Maru played the same style in both game 3 and 4 of that series instead of doing agressive build order, I do believe he could have won the match. And how can you say Reynor "outclass" Maru in game 5, when it was dead even till Reynor hit those Fungal at the end of the game. It was as close to a 50/50 game as possible, but if I am Maru I think I could beat Reynor the next time I see him. Of course, Reynor would feel the same way, thinking he could have 5-0 Maru just base on their "early game", unfortunately Reynor still couldnt crack turtle shell that Maru was doing against him after all these game.
Captain Peabody
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3099 Posts
March 23 2021 17:46 GMT
#12
guys, I don't think Maru is saying he literally thinks or thought Reynor is bad, he's just saying he got overconfident after winning the first two games and feels like that contributed to his loss and he felt bad about it afterwards.

anyway, there's nothing you can really take away from Reynor's victory, though it sounds like Maru is itching for a rematch. could be a fun developing rivalry!
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ThunderJunk
Profile Joined December 2015
United States677 Posts
March 23 2021 19:59 GMT
#13
Sometimes that does happen when you see your opponent is bad and your mind shifts into sub-par mode. It can be pretty hard to switch back to tryhard mode when that happens.
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deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
March 23 2021 21:14 GMT
#14
On March 24 2021 04:59 ThunderJunk wrote:
Sometimes that does happen when you see your opponent is bad and your mind shifts into sub-par mode. It can be pretty hard to switch back to tryhard mode when that happens.

For me it's usually impossibru. When I try I will do more mistakes than before in the "it's already won why bother" mode.
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25046 Posts
March 24 2021 00:08 GMT
#15
That’s an enjoyably spicy comment from Maru which makes a nice change
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33340 Posts
March 24 2021 03:51 GMT
#16
I wouldn't take the Maru quote too seriously, it's not like ppl get insanely mad at Reynor for saying his 3-2 victories should have been 5-0's

oh wait, they do
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atchosvk
Profile Joined April 2018
55 Posts
March 24 2021 06:02 GMT
#17
Always those kind of people on Teamliquid who don't like the fact that some foreigners are better players than Koreans. What a narrow elitist view point honestly. Get real people, Serral, Clem and Reynor have been destroying top tier Koreans.
ExpatRights
Profile Joined February 2021
53 Posts
March 24 2021 07:03 GMT
#18
On March 24 2021 15:02 atchosvk wrote:
Always those kind of people on Teamliquid who don't like the fact that some foreigners are better players than Koreans. What a narrow elitist view point honestly. Get real people, Serral, Clem and Reynor have been destroying top tier Koreans.


Serral lol? Dude got famous beating Europeans, hasn't been really top tier in 3 years now.

Clem lol? Dude can win but.. destroying? Yea, in a few sets, I guess.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
March 24 2021 11:40 GMT
#19
On March 24 2021 15:02 atchosvk wrote:
Always those kind of people on Teamliquid who don't like the fact that some foreigners are better players than Koreans. What a narrow elitist view point honestly. Get real people, Serral, Clem and Reynor have been destroying top tier Koreans.

Destroying, out of what, 8 World Champion titles foreigners won 2. CLem has won how many tournaments exactly? And with Koreans in them? What a destroyer!

And THIS is exactly why are some people not liking these players. Because of people like you, who are "look at these destroyers" while they ignore Korean success or take it as granted. How many interviews did the last Korean WC holder get? How many Reynor? Do the math.
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25046 Posts
March 24 2021 11:52 GMT
#20
Can both the foreign hope hypers and the Korean elitist not both be equally irritating?

If it’s not Maru unfairly losing because the rings of Saturn weren’t aligned with Neptune it’s Reynor being the LITERAL GOAT all of a sudden.

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