The first day of Code A RO24 games saw Seed as the sole Code A player to break into Code S, as Mvp, Oz, and Curious kept their spots. Seed took out Leenock to secure his spot in the GSL's top competition, sending the former Code S runner-up to the Up-Down matches. As the specter of jet lag loomed, the results were inclusive, with two of the four players who had competed at MLG Winter Arena making it through.

IMmvp 2 – 1 MvPSniper

After an early hiccup, Mvp recovered and defeated Sniper, securing his place in next season's Code S.

It looked like perhaps the extended travel and jet lag were having a real effect after Mvp got crushed in game one. He was unable to cause Sniper any kind of discomfort, and the underdog Zerg player built up a monster economy to destroy Mvp with ease.

However, it was business as usual from game two onwards. In game two, Mvp used one of his customary cheese rushes, something you always expect to see at least once in an Mvp best of three. It worked like a charm, and Mvp evened up the score. The final game was an archetypical Mvp game, with his mechanical army of doom able to destroy everything Sniper could throw at it.

ST_Curious 2 – 0 oGs.TheStC

Curious built on his recently immaculate Code A record with a 2 – 0 victory over TheStC, improving to 19 – 1 since September of 2011.

He fended off a proxy barracks rush easily in game one, and followed with a large roach-baneling bust to seal the deal. The second game saw Curious fall behind for periods of the game, but a huge muta-ling-bane attack on a Terran army on creep swung the momentum solidly back in Curious' favor. Curious was able to build on that lead, and overwhelmed TheStC with a strong economy and superior army.

IMSeed 2 – 0 FXOLeenock

The stats did not lie, as former GSL runner-up Leenock dropped further below the .500 line in ZvP. Seed secured his entry into the Code S scene as another Protoss prospect at a time where complaints about the race are growing.

The first game saw the return of laser-toss, with Seed using void rays, colossi, and stalkers to defeat Leenock. Leenock was able to destroy Seed's expensive units, but took too much damage to withstand the masses of blink stalkers that followed. Leenock tried to recover with a nydus assisted hydralisk attack in game two, but Seed thwarted the attempt with good scouting. He the put together a force of colossi and stalkers to take an easy victory.

FXO_z 2 – 0 ZeNEXAvenge

Oz showed that his 0 – 2 loss to HuK at MLG was but a minor setback, and returned to his winning ways in PvP with a 2 – 0 victory over Avenge.

The first game on Daybreak was a three base vs three base, max-out affair, similar to the game the two played in the GSTL just weeks ago. Just like that game, Oz managed the max-out battle far better than Avenge, and won by a landslide. Oz showed he could win in a fast game as well, using 3 gate pressure to damage Avenge's economy, following up with Dark Templars for an easy victory in game two.



Games of Note

Oz vs Avenge, Game One: There were no great games on the night, but this one was probably the most entertaining of the bunch, considering we haven't seen too much late game PvP in the GSL lately. It appears that will change soon, however.

Sniper vs Mvp, Game One: The third game in as many days where Mvp's bio TvZ lost to a player who was inferior on paper (Ret handing him two losses at MLG).

Seed vs Leenock, Game One: The return of laser-toss! Well, not quite, but it was interesting to see colossi and void rays in a combination again.