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Code S Season 3 Qualifiers Conclude (2022)

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33347 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-08-10 19:11:53
August 10 2022 15:08 GMT
#1
2022 Global StarCraft II League Season 3: Qualifier

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The Code S Season 3 Qualifiers were held over August 8th-9th, finalizing the roster of twenty players who will compete in the main event. Code S Season 3 will begin on August 22nd, with the round-of-20 groups to be announced at a future date.

The biggest news out of the qualifiers was the absence of (Wiki)Trap and (Wiki)Rogue, leading many fans to speculate that they will be beginning their mandatory military service soon. (Wiki)Zest was also missing from the line-up, having already announced his retirement earlier this year.

With the reopening of the 'foreigner house' in Korea, several non-Korean players gave the qualifiers a shot. (Wiki)Reynor and (Wiki)Astrea were able to make it to the main event, but other notable players such as (Wiki)SpeCial, (Wiki)Scarlett, and (Wiki)Nice were unable to make the cut.

In+
  • (Wiki)Classic
  • (Wiki)Prince
  • (Wiki)Dream
  • (Wiki)Reynor

Out-
  • (Wiki)Trap
  • (Wiki)Zest (military)
  • (Wiki)Keen
  • (Wiki)Rogue
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Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12792 Posts
August 10 2022 15:12 GMT
#2
I am glad Prince was able to qualify, it's quite refreshing to see some "new" KR players get a shot at the big league.
Too bad it was detrimental to both Scarlett and Nice though.
The big news is that both Rogue and Trap didn't try to qualify, which kinda confirm the rumor, at least for the GSL part (WTL playoffs should still be played by Rogue afaik). Personally as a big Maru fan I am quite sad Rogue doesn't get a shot to compete with him another season for being the first player to win G5L: will it feel as good if the main competitor for the trophy has no chance to win it?
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shindiginit
Profile Joined November 2021
21 Posts
August 10 2022 15:14 GMT
#3
Wow, with Trap Rogue and Zest gone it really feels like there's a new age of Korean Starcraft. Makes me anxious about someday losing Maru Really excited to see how Astrea and Reynor do, they have a real chance of making the ro8+
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3356 Posts
August 10 2022 15:45 GMT
#4
On August 11 2022 00:14 shindiginit wrote:
Wow, with Trap Rogue and Zest gone it really feels like there's a new age of Korean Starcraft. Makes me anxious about someday losing Maru Really excited to see how Astrea and Reynor do, they have a real chance of making the ro8+

There isnt "a new age" of KR SC2, its just whoever we have left and whoever return at this point. A couple more years and we will have EU completely dominate KR if the scene is still alive by then.
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
August 10 2022 16:39 GMT
#5
On August 11 2022 00:12 Poopi wrote:
I am glad Prince was able to qualify, it's quite refreshing to see some "new" KR players get a shot at the big league.
Too bad it was detrimental to both Scarlett and Nice though.
The big news is that both Rogue and Trap didn't try to qualify, which kinda confirm the rumor, at least for the GSL part (WTL playoffs should still be played by Rogue afaik). Personally as a big Maru fan I am quite sad Rogue doesn't get a shot to compete with him another season for being the first player to win G5L: will it feel as good if the main competitor for the trophy has no chance to win it?


Let assume GSL continue in the next two years.
Up to this point, perhaps Dark will be able to gain 4 trophy before Maru does with G5L.
Or herO winning 4 trophy consecutively like Maru did before.

Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
luxon
Profile Joined August 2012
United States111 Posts
August 10 2022 18:05 GMT
#6
nothing is more determined to kill korean sc2 than ROK military service hope herO and soO pave the way for returnees
pandorasheep
Profile Joined February 2022
73 Posts
August 10 2022 21:17 GMT
#7
Good on Reynor! I don't see a certain player here. They must be too scared to play in the big leagues.
rwala
Profile Joined December 2019
280 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-08-10 22:24:49
August 10 2022 22:23 GMT
#8
For some reason, there's just something that feels different with losing Rogue, and Trap shrinking away also doesn't feel great. I think for me there's a cumulative effect that compounds whenever we lose guys of this caliber. I mean when you think of the SC2 scene without guys like SOS, Trap, Rogue, Parting, TY, Stats, Zest, and Inno it starts to feel scarce despite the return of Byun, Hero, Gumiho, Soo, etc. The level of play overall is probably better than it ever was, but there's too many strategic geniuses and meta-defining players gone now. The longer into LOTV with these less frequent and impactful patches, true innovations rarely emerge, with most meta shifts consisting of strategic recycling of old builds that the opponent may not be prepared for (somewhat interesting, I suppose).

Hero's take on the game definitely feels fresh and exciting, but it's counterbalanced by Maru pushing the TvZ meta into this boring "Turtle Terran" stuff. Reynor off-racing is also kind of a new interesting thing, but only to the point at which you realize he's doing it because he thinks ZvZ is basically a game of rock, paper, scissors. The scene needed Serral until it needed Reynor until it needed Clem, and now it needs...MaxPax? Doesn't feel the same...

Without the expected level of innovative, new stuff in the gameplay at the very highest levels, it's really storylines that drive the excitement. And here I do think the community really needed the Maru v. Rogue final battle for the G5L for GSL to feel like it had the right kind of epic closure in Korea. I am hoping TY and Stats will come back and give us something to be excited about. But it really does feel like more than a chapter coming to a close, we're getting ready to wrap it up and put the book back on the shelf. I hope there can be a celebratory final moment with something nice planned, rather than a slow burn disintegration of the pro scene.

xsnac
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Barbados1365 Posts
August 10 2022 22:30 GMT
#9
can we see somewhere reynor vods?
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Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2214 Posts
August 11 2022 07:27 GMT
#10
Are Trap and Rogue going to the military?
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dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
August 11 2022 08:15 GMT
#11
On August 11 2022 16:27 Edpayasugo wrote:
Are Trap and Rogue going to the military?

Most probable, yes
MaxPax
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15920 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-08-11 09:01:06
August 11 2022 09:00 GMT
#12
On August 11 2022 00:14 shindiginit wrote:
Wow, with Trap Rogue and Zest gone it really feels like there's a new age of Korean Starcraft. Makes me anxious about someday losing Maru Really excited to see how Astrea and Reynor do, they have a real chance of making the ro8+

True but we also had a new age of korean starcraft when herO, Classic, soO, Inno, Stats and TY left.
But herO, soO and Classic are already back, the only question mark I have is how long the players will have something to return to
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Xamo
Profile Joined April 2012
Spain877 Posts
August 11 2022 18:03 GMT
#13
I am happy to see that Prince qualified. It is always exciting to see a new player with a new personal style.
Perfect balance again btw.
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freelifeffs
Profile Joined April 2018
97 Posts
August 11 2022 18:32 GMT
#14
what is life doing these days? they should unban him already to freshen up the competition.
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
August 11 2022 18:36 GMT
#15
On August 12 2022 03:32 freelifeffs wrote:
what is life doing these days? they should unban him already to freshen up the competition.

They will never do that, korean pros would not play against him, he accelerated the downfall of korean SC2 by years
MaxPax
TheHumanLife
Profile Joined September 2016
138 Posts
August 11 2022 20:05 GMT
#16
On August 11 2022 00:45 tigera6 wrote:
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On August 11 2022 00:14 shindiginit wrote:
Wow, with Trap Rogue and Zest gone it really feels like there's a new age of Korean Starcraft. Makes me anxious about someday losing Maru Really excited to see how Astrea and Reynor do, they have a real chance of making the ro8+

There isnt "a new age" of KR SC2, its just whoever we have left and whoever return at this point. A couple more years and we will have EU completely dominate KR if the scene is still alive by then.



The World has been fighting vs Koreans even after the Koreans abandoned sc2 very long time ago. All the new young talents from Korea play LoL or other games, no youngsters ever play sc2 in Korea, and meanwhile the oldest Koreans are still playing at the top level in sc2 scene. And yet young foreigners having hard time to dominate the old Koreans.

At this rate, I see some old Koreans like Maru, Dark, herO are still gonna be at the top in the scene even after years from now.
freelifeffs
Profile Joined April 2018
97 Posts
August 11 2022 21:23 GMT
#17
On August 12 2022 03:36 dbRic1203 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2022 03:32 freelifeffs wrote:
what is life doing these days? they should unban him already to freshen up the competition.

They will never do that, korean pros would not play against him, he accelerated the downfall of korean SC2 by years


that is so absurd
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
August 11 2022 21:30 GMT
#18
On August 12 2022 06:23 freelifeffs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2022 03:36 dbRic1203 wrote:
On August 12 2022 03:32 freelifeffs wrote:
what is life doing these days? they should unban him already to freshen up the competition.

They will never do that, korean pros would not play against him, he accelerated the downfall of korean SC2 by years


that is so absurd


It's not absurd at all, he (and others) cost the Korean scene thousand and thousands of dollar and destroyed the career of many of their ex-teammates.

Plus he hasn't been playing SC2 for almost 6 years now, I think we can forget about him comming back even if he was unbanned.
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RatzBarcode
Profile Joined December 2013
United States98 Posts
August 11 2022 21:56 GMT
#19
Sometimes I forget about Life. I can't believe he was so talented he would throw game 1 and win the next two.
Still, he deserves every bit of his lifetime ban.
miau
Profile Joined July 2022
18 Posts
August 12 2022 06:50 GMT
#20
ez gsl for reynor
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