• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 15:01
CEST 21:01
KST 04:01
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt2: Take-Off6[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt1: Runway132v2 & SC: Evo Complete: Weekend Double Feature4Team Liquid Map Contest #21 - Presented by Monster Energy9uThermal's 2v2 Tour: $15,000 Main Event18
Community News
Weekly Cups (Aug 18-24): herO dethrones MaxPax2Maestros of The Game—$20k event w/ live finals in Paris30Weekly Cups (Aug 11-17): MaxPax triples again!13Weekly Cups (Aug 4-10): MaxPax wins a triple6SC2's Safe House 2 - October 18 & 195
StarCraft 2
General
Geoff 'iNcontroL' Robinson has passed away Weekly Cups (Aug 18-24): herO dethrones MaxPax What mix of new and old maps do you want in the next 1v1 ladder pool? (SC2) : 2v2 & SC: Evo Complete: Weekend Double Feature The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings
Tourneys
Maestros of The Game—$20k event w/ live finals in Paris RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament Monday Nights Weeklies Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2)
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 488 What Goes Around Mutation # 487 Think Fast Mutation # 486 Watch the Skies Mutation # 485 Death from Below
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Flash On His 2010 "God" Form, Mind Games, vs JD [ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt2: Take-Off BW General Discussion No Rain in ASL20?
Tourneys
[ASL20] Ro24 Group D [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL20] Ro24 Group B [ASL20] Ro24 Group C
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Mineral Boosting Muta micro map competition
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread Dawn of War IV Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine The year 2050 European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
INnoVation Fan Club SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
High temperatures on bridge(s) Gtx660 graphics card replacement Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment"
TL Community
The Automated Ban List TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale
Blogs
Evil Gacha Games and the…
ffswowsucks
Breaking the Meta: Non-Stand…
TrAiDoS
INDEPENDIENTE LA CTM
XenOsky
[Girl blog} My fema…
artosisisthebest
Sharpening the Filtration…
frozenclaw
ASL S20 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 3936 users

Code S RO16 Group A - Maru and ByuN advance

Forum Index > SC2 General
3 CommentsPost a Reply
TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-04-26 02:57:31
April 25 2023 21:38 GMT
#1

2023 Global StarCraft II League: Season 1
[image loading]

The new season of Code S opened with the Terran duo of (Wiki)Maru and (Wiki)ByuN advancing from Group A of the Round-of-16, beating out the underdogs (Wiki)DongRaeGu and (Wiki)NightMare. The move to a semi-online format could be felt throughout the broadcast, but the GSL still delivered the thrilling, high-level StarCraft II action it is known for. In particular, ByuN and DongRaeGu played a game that's already a candidate for best of the tournament (VOD), with ByuN snatching victory from the jaws of defeat to the advance from the group in second place.

Group A began with Maru taking a routine 2-0 over the heavily outmatched NightMare. Maru got out to early leads with clinical harassment, and followed up with deadly infantry pushes to cement his victories.

Likewise, ByuN took a 2-0 in his initial match against DongRaeGu. Game one saw ByuN go for 2-Barracks Reaper harass into a fast Marine-Medivac attack, and he picked up an easy win against the unprepared DRG. The veteran Zerg tried to go on the offensive in game two with a proxy-Hatchery Roach-Ravager all-in, but ByuN was able to defend and win with another 2-Barracks opener.

The winners' match saw the frenemies ByuN and Maru face off once more, with Maru coming in with the momentum advantage after having won their last five matches. He proceeded to make it six wins in a row, although ByuN put up a respectable fight. Game one went ByuN's way, as he exploited cracks in Maru's defense with early/mid-game Reapers and drops. He refused to let Maru work any comeback magic, and closed the game out with Marine-Tank.

Maru couldn't turn game one around, but he was still able to reverse the best-of-three. Game two saw Maru get ahead of ByuN early on, greeding out a faster third Command Center as well as significantly faster upgrades. This allowed him to hit a Marine-Tank timing with both 1/1 and Combat Shields well ahead of ByuN, which was enough to end the game. Maru finished the job with his signature proxy 2-Barracks play in game three, gunning down ByuN early with Reapers.

Down in the losers' match, DongRaeGu narrowly beat out NightMare 2-1 to temporarily keep himself in the running for an RO16 spot. NightMare drew first blood, overpowering DRG with a herO-style Oracle + Stalker push in game one. He very nearly had the 2-0 in game two, but just couldn't squeeze out Disruptors fast enough to stop DRG's Roach-Ravager-Bane attack. DRG then won the final showdown on Babylon, enveloping NightMare's Stalker-Disruptor from multiple sides with Hydra-Bane.

ByuN looked like he was headed toward another clean 2-0 against DRG in the decider match, with his 2-Rax Reaper into Marine push strategy netting him an easy victory to start. However, ByuN paid the price for playing a more conventional macro game against DRG in game two, allowing DRG utilize his overwhelming macro and win with waves of Ling-Bane.

ByuN went back to a 2-Barracks Reaper opener in the final game, but DRG seemed to have become more accustomed to the strategy at this point (the large battlefield of Neo Humanity may also have aided him). He held off ByuN's aggression without significant losses, putting himself in an advantageous position with a solid economic lead. ByuN was forced into going all-in off two bases, and his chances seemed bleak.

However, DongRaeGu could never make the decisive defensive hold he needed to stabilize, giving ByuN the opportunity to reload and attack multiple times. ByuN eventually had to float his main CC to his third base, but he was able to continue attacking and keep DRG on the ropes. The game turned into a scrappy, low-econ brawl, with ByuN barely eking out the victory at around the 20-minute mark.

Code S will continue on Thursday, Apr 27 9:30am GMT (GMT+00:00), with featuring herO, KeeN, Cure, and Solar playing in Group B.

Facebook Twitter Reddit
TL+ Member
QOGQOG
Profile Joined July 2019
834 Posts
April 26 2023 02:22 GMT
#2
Honestly, NightMare looked pretty good in his matches. While he obviously wasn't going to win vs. Maru, he played solid games.
Edpayasugo
Profile Joined April 2013
United Kingdom2215 Posts
April 26 2023 14:59 GMT
#3
So glad that GSL is back
FlaSh MMA INnoVation FanTaSy MKP TY Ryung | soO Dark Rogue | HuK PartinG Stork State
cakiri
Profile Joined May 2023
10 Posts
May 30 2023 22:10 GMT
#4
--- Nuked ---
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
RotterdaM Event
15:00
Rotti's All Random Finals
RotterdaM1375
IndyStarCraft 257
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RotterdaM 1375
Reynor 280
IndyStarCraft 257
mouzHeroMarine 222
Hui .114
BRAT_OK 105
ProTech103
UpATreeSC 95
MindelVK 29
StarCraft: Brood War
Mini 493
Larva 383
Dewaltoss 136
firebathero 121
Aegong 45
scan(afreeca) 30
HiyA 12
IntoTheRainbow 10
Beast 2
Dota 2
XaKoH 373
Pyrionflax101
Counter-Strike
fl0m1666
Stewie2K243
kRYSTAL_73
PGG 16
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu189
Other Games
Grubby2125
FrodaN1414
C9.Mang0159
KnowMe130
Trikslyr67
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 20 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 51
• LUISG 8
• Kozan
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Migwel
• intothetv
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• 80smullet 14
• Pr0nogo 5
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota22114
• WagamamaTV792
League of Legends
• Jankos1503
• TFBlade937
Counter-Strike
• imaqtpie852
Other Games
• Shiphtur164
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
4h 59m
Afreeca Starleague
14h 59m
Rush vs TBD
TBD vs Mong
WardiTV Summer Champion…
15h 59m
Cure vs Classic
ByuN vs TBD
herO vs TBD
TBD vs NightMare
TBD vs MaxPax
OSC
16h 59m
PiGosaur Monday
1d 4h
Afreeca Starleague
1d 14h
herO vs TBD
Royal vs Barracks
Replay Cast
2 days
The PondCast
2 days
WardiTV Summer Champion…
2 days
Replay Cast
3 days
[ Show More ]
LiuLi Cup
3 days
MaxPax vs TriGGeR
ByuN vs herO
Cure vs Rogue
Classic vs HeRoMaRinE
Cosmonarchy
3 days
OyAji vs Sziky
Sziky vs WolFix
WolFix vs OyAji
BSL Team Wars
3 days
Team Hawk vs Team Dewalt
BSL Team Wars
3 days
Team Hawk vs Team Bonyth
SC Evo League
4 days
TaeJa vs Cure
Rogue vs threepoint
ByuN vs Creator
MaNa vs Classic
Maestros of the Game
4 days
[BSL 2025] Weekly
4 days
SC Evo League
5 days
Maestros of the Game
5 days
BSL Team Wars
5 days
Team Bonyth vs Team Sziky
BSL Team Wars
5 days
Team Dewalt vs Team Sziky
Monday Night Weeklies
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSLAN 3
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
HCC Europe

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
BSL 21 Qualifiers
ASL Season 20
CSL Season 18: Qualifier 1
Acropolis #4 - TS1
SEL Season 2 Championship
WardiTV Summer 2025
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025

Upcoming

CSL Season 18: Qualifier 2
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
LASL Season 20
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
Chzzk MurlocKing SC1 vs SC2 Cup #2
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
EC S1
Sisters' Call Cup
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
MESA Nomadic Masters Fall
CS Asia Championships 2025
Roobet Cup 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.