Another Code S season with a record-low Terran count of three has been avoided, as the teamless SuperNova made his way through Thursday night's Code A groups alongside JinAir_TRUE, Samsung_Stork, and IM_Squirtle.
SuperNoVa finished in first place in Group I, defeating KT_TY in his first match before meching his way past TRUE in the winner's match. TY defeated former fOu head coach ChoyaPrime to earn a second chance to advance to Code S and increase the Terran count to five, but was forced to tap out against TRUE and his crazed, baneling-heavy style of play.
In Group J, the Protoss duo of Stork and Squirtle advanced to Code S in what was mostly an uneventful series of games. However, one exceptional blunder from ST_Pet made it a Code A group to remember. Pet appeared to have a 2-1 victory in the bag after opening fast pool against Stork's nexus-first on Alterzim Stronghold, but committed the colossal error of pulling back his Zerglings after they entered the correct base. Pet failed to account for the small vision radius of zerglings, backing off when Stork's nexus was just inches away from being discovered. Pet realized his mistake after failing to find Stork at any of the other starting locations, but by then it was too late. Stork had already established his defenses and easily held off Pet's zergling attack to take the victory.
Hot6ix Code S Season 2 Players
Seeded from Season 1 (8):
Zest, Rain, sOs, herO, PartinG
Maru
soO, Life
Code A Winners (20/24):
TAiLS, Classic,ParalyzE, YongHwa, Ruin, Stork, Squirtle
INnoVation, Bbyong, SuperNova
Dark, DongRaeGu, Solar, ByuL, Soulkey, RagnaroK, Rogue, Hydra, Shine, TRUE