GSL Code S 2012 Season 2 General Discussion

PLEASE vote with your brain in the first poll and your heart in the second. In the first poll, vote for the player you think has the biggest chance of winning, not the guy you are rooting for.

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I always felt like we could use a thread for general discussion about the biggest event in the SC2 Esport universe. The LR threads are usualy focused on live reports and the games currently being played, but in this thread you can talk about general topics like Race Ratio, Maps and make your calls on how the foreigner hope Naniwa is gonna do.

What do you think about the Casters? do you like Wolf/Khaldor, and is Tasteosis living up to their reputation as the best and most sophisticated SC2 Caster Duo in the world?

So, Now that we have gotten to the round of 8, and the Brackets are official, lets take a look at them and make our calls:

Group 1: (P)

NaNiwa vs Mvp

Group 2: (P)

PartinG vs Oz

Winners of group 1 and 2 play each others in R4

Group 3: (T)

SuperNoVa vs (P)

HerO

Group 4: (T)

TaeJa vs

Squirtle

Winners of group 3 and 4 play each others in R4

STORYLINES:

Coming into the round of 8, the players have not only displayed fearsome, amazing play, but also a personal storyline. its not just the money and prestige that causes these players to dedicate their heart and soul into practicing for their next round, everyone wants to prove themselves, and many of them have taken different roads to get here and each of them have different motives behind their strife for victory. Some of them are veterans and have already won one or several titles, other players are rising stars, eager to prove that their name should be on the list of the current best players in the world. Before each round, i will summarize the storyline for both players and then write a few closing words when its over before moving on to the next round.

Round 1: The Foreigner Hope VS The Scarred Champion.

Naniwa: The foreigner Hope. Johan has sacrifised alot to get where he is today, at a young age he was forced to leave his home because his parents did not agree with his career choice. Since then he has been living in various practice houses, with his mind and heart set on one goal: to become the best player in the world. He shares this dream with a huge part of the foreigner spectator scene, who have been dreaming about a foreign victory in the GSL since Jinros legendary runs to the R4. Now, Naniwa is closer than ever to reach his goal, but will he prevail? by making it to the round of 8, he has secured a seed in the next season of Code S for another shot, but in his next round of this tournament he is going to be facing none other than IM.Mvp.

Mvp is a player who doesnt need an introduction. With three GSL wins in his bag, he is a legendary terran who has consistently performed well since his arrival on the scene with countless of victories all over the world. But this consistency has come with a price, all the practice has worn out his wrists and it looks like Mvp suffers from one of the worst cases of carpal tunnel syndrome in the history of e-sports. Despite this, the Terran from team Incredible Miracle has managed to get to the round of 8, and this painful handicap actually provides Mvp with the unique opportunity to prove to the world that he is so far above everyone else that he can actually win a GSL despite having such a huge handicap, and also become the first player to reach 4 GSL wins.

No balance whine, no player bashing. If you are gonna get into Race vs Race discussions, be specific and talk about the maps and strategies that are currently influencing the meta game. I encourage meta-game discussions but keep it civil, if you think a certain map favors a certain race, you need to back it up with arguments and valid explanations, to maintain a mature discussion. No "OP 1A WIN IMBA" talk.

Last edit: 2012-04-28 06:50:44

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Serelitz Netherlands. April 16 2012 06:51. Posts 1798

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Ro16 groups are already known.

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Paljas Germany. April 16 2012 06:53. Posts 611

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kinda doubt it will be PvT finals, I honestly expect TvT, especially because of the fact, that the 3 protoss in group d will probably kill each other. On the other Hand, if PartinG gets only Terrans till the finals, he could make it.

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sc2holar Sweden. April 16 2012 06:54. Posts 611

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Im personally quite upset about group B. its sad to see the two standing Zerg players in the same group, togheter a relativley strong PvZ player and MVP...

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sc2holar Sweden. April 16 2012 06:56. Posts 611

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On April 16 2012 06:53 Paljas wrote:
kinda doubt it will be PvT finals, I honestly expect TvT, especially because of the fact, that the 3 protoss in group d will probably kill each other. On the other Hand, if PartinG gets only Terrans till the finals, he could make it.

i expect PartinG (he is in a full Terran group) and MC/Squirtle to make it out of their groups. Would not be surprised to see Hero make it to the round of 8 either.

The same thing can be said about Terran, i feel like the strongest Terrans will have to face each others (along with the best PvT player in the world) in group C

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blacktitan United States. April 16 2012 06:57. Posts 26

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Hopefully Naniwa can make it out of his group would really like to see a foreigner make it as far as possible. He's already shocked most people by getting out of his Ro. 32 group but i believe he can go further then just that.

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SeaSwift Scotland. April 16 2012 07:00. Posts 4485

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Parting and Genius are all but guaranteed to move on, and at least one of Oz/Squirtle/MC. It's looking good for Protoss, considering these are probably the Top 5 Protoss in the world right now.

Other Protoss, like Naniwa and Hero, have a pretty decent chance too.

At the moment, I basically expect either a TvP or a PvP finals. No way either July or Leenock make it to the finals, with so many good PvZers left in, and a TvT finals seems unlikely given how few really good Terrans are left.

iMrising United States. April 16 2012 07:01. Posts 148

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A = genius+naniwa (or switch naniwa with supernova)
Supernova hasn't been in great shape, and i HAAAATTTEEE Virus for knocking out Nestea

(nah virus, i still <3 u)
I think genius has enough to get out of the group
B = MVP, Hero
mvp...is still mvp, even though both his hands are dead, he is still mvp
hero, i think can take out leenock and july
C = Parting and ... umm...marineking?
taeja has decent...tvt, the STC isgood but i think marineking is the best
and parting's amazing pvt so he should get it out of there
D = maru and Oz
Oz has great pvp (mc does, but i think oz wins) Maru only has to train for 1 race, so he has the advantage there, but Im still not sure if he has what it takes to beat mc or squirtle...
actually forget it, just Oz that i (hope) think can get out

I hope naniwa gets out, i dont really like hisattitude sometimes but i hope a toss wins the gsl anyway...

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sc2holar Sweden. April 16 2012 07:02. Posts 611

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On April 16 2012 07:00 SeaSwift wrote:
a TvT finals seems unlikely given how few really good Terrans are left.

And sadly most of them will have to kill off each others in group C, to have a chance to advance along with PartinG (who i feel is almost sure to advance through the group, im calling MKP+Parting to go through to the round of 8)

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Kraznaya China. April 16 2012 07:07. Posts 1579

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Parting and MKP are not as guaranteed for Group C as people seem to think, especially with both having to fly to Spring Arena the weekend right before the group is played.

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ComaDose Canada. April 16 2012 07:09. Posts 2085

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I like hero's chances if he only has to practice vs zerg and MVP.
I feel like he can beat july and leenock.

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IamPryda April 16 2012 07:11. Posts 408

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I think parting has a good chance to win this season he will face mainly Terran the rest of the way and besides oz his pvp his on par with the rest. Mc may make a run but I think he may go down to both oz and squirtle but I guess it really depends on which mc shows uP

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sc2holar Sweden. April 16 2012 07:12. Posts 611

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Im really rooting for MC to go through and take the tournament. it would feel good with a protoss player with 3 GSL wins, as there are already Terran and Zerg threetime champions.

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Grampz United States. April 16 2012 07:17. Posts 2066

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MVP vs MKP Finals!!!!!!!!!!!1

sc2holar Sweden. April 16 2012 07:18. Posts 611

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On April 16 2012 07:17 Grampz wrote:
MVP vs MKP Finals!!!!!!!!!!!1

You really want another TvT Finals? i would love to see MvP vs MKP face each others, but not in the finals.

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p2jh France. April 16 2012 07:20. Posts 24

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I actually have no idea, on who will advance in each group. The safer bet I can make is parting to ro8, but the rest... I could see it go either way. It's been a long time genius didn't show his play, but he too can make out of his group relativly easly, but god I hope naniwa keep moving, at least ro8

IamPryda April 16 2012 07:29. Posts 408

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On April 16 2012 07:20 p2jh wrote:
I actually have no idea, on who will advance in each group. The safer bet I can make is parting to ro8, but the rest... I could see it go either way. It's been a long time genius didn't show his play, but he too can make out of his group relativly easly, but god I hope naniwa keep moving, at least ro8

I think naniwa might be genius's gumiho. I know he's a foreigner but pvp seems to be the one match up Koreans lose to foreigners the most

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Wrathsc2 United States. April 16 2012 07:30. Posts 1858

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give us what we all want MVP, a fucking bonjwa!

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masakenji Australia. April 16 2012 07:36. Posts 400

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On April 16 2012 07:18 sc2holar wrote:

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You really want another TvT Finals? i would love to see MvP vs MKP face each others, but not in the finals.

personally, tvt would be my 2nd pick. rooting for a pvt ^^

i do not want to watch a tvz where the zerg is failing to connect split marines with banelings.