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GSL Code A - ByuN, SpeCial, DRG advance to Code S

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
June 15 2021 01:06 GMT
#1

2021 Global StarCraft II League: Code A Season 2

The second season of GSL 2021 kicked off on Monday night, with ByuN, SpeCial, and DongRaeGu earning spots in Code S by winning their Code A matches.



ByuN took a 3-0 victory against Trust as many expected, but there were more complications than the scoreline suggested. The first two games were easy wins for ByuN, employing fast three-Barracks + Stim builds to do major damage to his opponent early on. While Trust tried to use Stasis Wards for early game defense, ByuN easily saw through that plan and defused the traps easily.

However, Trust successfully countered ByuN's 3-Barracks mass-Marine openers with Blink-Stalkers, using skillful micro to pick off Marines and set himself up to play a proper macro game. Trust did a respectable job of battling ByuN in the mid/late-game, and seemed like he might even steal a map when ByuN's paused the game due to a flare-up in his chronic wrist problems. However, ByuN simply outclassed Trust by too much for it to matter, and he was eventually able to win by outfighting and outmaneuvering his Protoss opponent.

After the matches, ByuN gave fans an update on his health, saying he had been receiving treatment for his wrists. He offered up a rather curious detail, saying that the hospital told him the wrist numbness he was experiencing in live matches may not be a physical issue, but instead mental in nature. ByuN expanded by saying he is now also receiving some form of sports psychology counselling.

The second match of the night saw SpeCial earn his return to Code S after losing to DongRaeGu in the previous season's Code A tournament. Juanito's path was hardly easy, as he barely survived a difficult full-set series against Creator. SpeCial strategic range was on display early on, though it didn't always net him a positive result. The siren song of mech lured SpeCial to his doom on the first map, as he was slowly picked apart by Creator's mobility-based tactics (he later said mech had worked well against the likes of Zest and Zoun in practice). On the other hand, a cheeky Factory-Float Hellion rush in game two gave SpeCial the early edge he needed to close out the game. It was then Creator's turn to get devious in game three, but his poor execution of a Void Ray + Shield Battery all-in only ended up giving SpeCial a relatively easy win.

Ultimately, the series boiled down to more standard macro games in the final two games. SpeCial gave Creator a little too much breathing room in game four, and eventually fell to the "all the splash units" Protoss composition. However, SpeCial was able to up his game for the fifth and deciding map, keeping the heat on Creator with constant infantry attacks to claim the final GG. After the games, SpeCial said he would try to make his old friend and mentor TY proud in Code S.

Speaking of old friends, KeeN and DongRaeGu faced off in the final match of the night, bringing back memories of the powerhouse Team MVP squad from the Wings of Liberty days. While DongRaeGu was able to take out his ex-teammate as expected, KeeN put up a very impressive fight considering the fact that he's only recently returned from military service (KeeN insinuated that DongRaeGu would be picking up the bar tab after, regardless of the result).

DongRaeGu stuck to what he does best, attempting to play Muta-Ling-Bane macro games in every single game. It was on KeeN to throw a wrench in DRG's plans, which proved to be surprisingly adept at. He drew first blood in game one, surprising DRG with an off-beat, delayed Marine-Hellbat attack before enough defensive Banelings could be made. KeeN then rapidly changed tack to mech in game two, though this strategy didn't go so well. DongRaeGu kept KeeN bottled up in his small corner of the map, eventually battering him to death with a superior economy.

However, an undaunted KeeN went for mech again in game three, where his execution proved to be much better. Additionally, DongRaeGu lent him a hand this time around, staying on mass-Mutalisks far after their expiration date had passed against mass Thors (after the matches, DRG said he was genetically disposed to pressing the "S" and "T" keys). KeeN ended up taking a rather Maru-esque victory, waiting until DongRaeGu ran out of resources and denying him from taking the 'neutral' bases left on the map.

Alas, things went downhill rather quickly for KeeN from there on out. His third attempt to go mech—this time after speed-Banshees start—failed miserably when he didn't make sufficient anti-air against DRG's first wave of Mutalisks. KeeN gambled on the classic game five strategy of proxy-Barracks cheese on the final map, but was thwarted by DongRaeGu's good Drone micro. While KeeN played well with his bio to reduce the deficit from his poor start, he was still overrun by Zerglings and Banelings before Mutalisks even appeared on the battlefield.

GSL Code A will continue on Thursday, Jun 17 9:30am GMT (GMT+00:00) with sOs vs Hurricane, Dark vs Armani, and Cure vs RagnaroK.
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Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States873 Posts
June 15 2021 02:05 GMT
#2
I really hope ByuN's treatments start helping - he's so fun to watch when he's playing fresh, but it always feels like his opponent will win if they're able to stall him out long enough for his wrists to explode.

Also great to see KeeN back in action - hope to see more of him soon
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16071 Posts
June 15 2021 02:32 GMT
#3
Keen played a hell of a series. 4 games of Mech and he looked really solid against DRG in DRG's best match up.

That last game though.

Keen you are not Maru and DRG is DRG. That was not wise.
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Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10347 Posts
June 15 2021 07:34 GMT
#4
Damn I missed watching this live. I thought it was June 14, but then saw the date for Code S being a couple weeks later. I forgot this was Code A lol.

Oh well. I wish Creator and/or Keen made it through, at least it sounds the sets were close and entertaining!
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AbouSV
Profile Joined October 2014
Germany1278 Posts
June 15 2021 08:51 GMT
#5
Nice matches all around, very good watch.

Very glad to have a fighting DRG as well, I hope he'll be pushing far and we get to see many of his games!
Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-06-15 09:27:04
June 15 2021 09:26 GMT
#6
Expected results, also what I was hoping for.

The ByuN comment in regards to his wrist issues is very interesting, I guess its not that surprising. While playing an important game for his career were winning is everything its not weird to get mental flashes of "I hope my wrists wont start hurting, I hope I can hold out to finish the game". Especially when a games goes good and you have an advantage the thought "I'm ahead I got this as long as my wrist doesn't statrt hurting" seems likely.

And that kind of thinking can definitely create or increase numbness/pain.

Edit: I gues MVP had the opposite mindset, Its fineee.
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19258 Posts
June 15 2021 13:22 GMT
#7
Seeing Keen back in the GSL is crazy. I feel like the return of (T)aLive is imminent now.
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rickzou
Profile Joined May 2019
46 Posts
June 15 2021 13:32 GMT
#8
KEEN!!!
Aeceus
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom1278 Posts
June 15 2021 16:00 GMT
#9
An aside, hyped to have crowds back for GSL Code S.
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4953 Posts
June 15 2021 16:10 GMT
#10
On June 15 2021 22:22 BisuDagger wrote:
Seeing Keen back in the GSL is crazy. I feel like the return of (T)aLive is imminent now.



Boy aLive, he had a crazy match in abyssal rift vs INno, the most action packed TvT I saw until that date. Really cool guy.
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tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States363 Posts
June 16 2021 00:28 GMT
#11
Congrats to ByuN, SpeCial and DRG on advancing to Code S this season.
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EzioAs
Profile Joined September 2017
235 Posts
June 16 2021 02:25 GMT
#12
KeeN showed really great form coming back from the military service. I'm a little bit sad that he didn't make it but hopeful that of his future. I'm also hopeful of herO who should be trying in online tourneys or qualifiers soon.
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