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GSL Code S held its Season 2 qualifier just days after the conclusion of Season 1, determining the final 12 player roster for the May-June event.
The competition was less intense than in Season 1, as Reynor, Trigger, and NightMare all declined to try and reclaim their spots. As such, most Code S 'regulars' who participated were able to advance with the exception of Ryung. sOs, who surprised the SC2 scene by breaking his retirement and qualifying for Season 1, failed to make the cut this time around.
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Code S Season 2 will be played from May 28 to June 13.
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Love the crazy short break. And we get DH Dallas in between now and then. Let's go boys!! 
Looks like a slightly more competitive lineup than S1 as well.
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Aww too bad sos didn't make it this time, but Creator did this time which is nice!
Good mix of players, nice to see the others get a chance too
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Do we know, why reynor and trigger didnt try again? dallas is 23.-25. and the gsl starts 28.5.
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Maru won 2-0 against GuMiho in a TvT.
Makes his decision to pick Protoss against GuMiho in Season 1 look even weirder...
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On May 19 2025 14:17 DarkGamer wrote: Do we know, why reynor and trigger didnt try again? dallas is 23.-25. and the gsl starts 28.5. They also play in Bellum Gens, which is Jun 4-7, I guess its too much traveling back and forth to KR if they want to play in S2.
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On May 19 2025 18:19 MJG wrote:Maru won 2-0 against GuMiho in a TvT. Makes his decision to pick Protoss against GuMiho in Season 1 look even weirder...  Maru had quite a day of TvT lol. Beating Byun, Cure, and Gumiho. (The only other player he beat was sOs, and he lost to herO 1-2)
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On May 19 2025 22:17 tigera6 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 19 2025 14:17 DarkGamer wrote: Do we know, why reynor and trigger didnt try again? dallas is 23.-25. and the gsl starts 28.5. They also play in Bellum Gens, which is Jun 4-7, I guess its too much traveling back and forth to KR if they want to play in S2. Yeah it’s a pity but that makes a lot of sense
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On May 20 2025 00:20 WombaT wrote:Show nested quote +On May 19 2025 22:17 tigera6 wrote:On May 19 2025 14:17 DarkGamer wrote: Do we know, why reynor and trigger didnt try again? dallas is 23.-25. and the gsl starts 28.5. They also play in Bellum Gens, which is Jun 4-7, I guess its too much traveling back and forth to KR if they want to play in S2. Yeah it’s a pity but that makes a lot of sense i feel like i'm not buying it. are none of the korean players going to go to these tournaments?
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On May 20 2025 05:14 CicadaSC wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2025 00:20 WombaT wrote:On May 19 2025 22:17 tigera6 wrote:On May 19 2025 14:17 DarkGamer wrote: Do we know, why reynor and trigger didnt try again? dallas is 23.-25. and the gsl starts 28.5. They also play in Bellum Gens, which is Jun 4-7, I guess its too much traveling back and forth to KR if they want to play in S2. Yeah it’s a pity but that makes a lot of sense i feel like i'm not buying it. are none of the korean players going to go to these tournaments? Korean players live in Korea.
Even with the squashed GSL schedule we have compared to previous formats, that’s still a decent chunk of time for foreigners to base themselves in Korea. Then to go from Korea to Europe, back, and Korea to America and back
Could be a purely economic decision, could be a worry about disruptions to performance.
Woulda been cool to see but it’s something of an inevitable consequence of EWC’s preposterously long delay, and now trying to squash everything in
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On May 20 2025 05:14 CicadaSC wrote:Show nested quote +On May 20 2025 00:20 WombaT wrote:On May 19 2025 22:17 tigera6 wrote:On May 19 2025 14:17 DarkGamer wrote: Do we know, why reynor and trigger didnt try again? dallas is 23.-25. and the gsl starts 28.5. They also play in Bellum Gens, which is Jun 4-7, I guess its too much traveling back and forth to KR if they want to play in S2. Yeah it’s a pity but that makes a lot of sense i feel like i'm not buying it. are none of the korean players going to go to these tournaments?
None of the korean top players expect Maru did even try to qualify and Maru declined his spot eventually, probably because of GSL. So even for most koreans the travel expense (and stress) was not worth it. It is even harder if you are a foreigner who has to bounce between the two countries, neither of which is your actual home.
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I guess Stats, Trap, and Zest all quit? ((
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On May 20 2025 23:46 argonautdice wrote:I guess Stats, Trap, and Zest all quit?  (( Zest never came back post military. Stats and Trap seem like they quit during the long off-season.
On May 20 2025 17:15 Zealot Lord wrote: Did DRG retire already ? Some people just lose in the qualifiers.
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Maru and rogue in same, nice
Shin only have to practice vs T :D
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Some people just lose in the qualifiers.
But his name wasn't in the previous notable names of people who failed to qualify in Season 1 - surely a player of his stature would have been mentioned otherwise
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On May 21 2025 07:36 Zealot Lord wrote:But his name wasn't in the previous notable names of people who failed to qualify in Season 1 - surely a player of his stature would have been mentioned otherwise
His name is in the list for both qualifiers though?
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On May 20 2025 17:15 Zealot Lord wrote: Did DRG retire already ? He was in Qualifier Group C.
He had a bye in the first round, beat Cure 2-1 in the second round, lost to Classic 2-0 in the upper bracket final, and then lost to Cure 2-1 in the lower bracket final.
The classic GSL rematch curse (excuse the pun).
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