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Code S Season 2 Round of 32 Starts April 4th See second post for Team League Info  2013 Season 2 will be the first Heart of the Swarm GSL. Code S for Newbies In Korea there are two main 1v1 leagues the GSL (Global Starcraft2 League) and OGN (OnGameNet). OGN has only had one event to date as they were broadcasting Starcraft: Brood War until recently while GSL has had a total of ~18 leagues depending on how you define a few of them. It's a tiered system where Code S is the highest level, Code A is the 2nd tier. In order to get into Code S you need to qualify from Code A the previous season or be given a seed by the GSL (Rain and Last are seeded for season 2). To get into Code A you need to go through a series of qualifiers (traditionally called 'Code B') the previous season or have remained qualified depending on your placement in the previous season's Code S/Code A. Qualification is pretty complicated, here's a link to a chart: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraf...12_Season_1.jpg Code S is the most prestigious 1v1 event in the world. It has the most difficult field of players and has a grueling single elimination schedule. It has two group stages (ro32, ro16) followed by a single elimination bracket with the final 8 players. Previous winners of the GSL include players like MVP, Nestea, Fruitdealer, MVP, Polt, MMA, Seed, MVP, DongRaeGu, Life, MVP, RorO, and MC. Also Jjakji and Sniper but nobody really remembers them. How do I watch it? Through GOM TV's Website, they use a flash player now. No more installing gomplayer! We're also on twitch now with free 720p for WCS! Link! High quality is free if you watch it live, any VOD requires a subscription to gom or twitch. GOM Tickets: http://www.gomtv.net/ticket/index.gom (There is no clear answer on what's better between subscribing to twitch or subscribing to gom if you want vods, pick which you want) Code S is on at 5am EST, 11am CET, 6pm KST. What about Code A? Code A games are broadcast on Code S off-nights. Normally they do two blocks of 4 best-of-3 series. One at 11pm EST/5am CET/1pm KST, and the second at the normal Code S time (4am EST/10am CET, 6pm KST). The first batch will often be subscriber only, while the second prime-time block will contain bigger names. It can be pretty confusing to know when things are on so the GOM site has a handy schedule that goes day by day: http://www.gomtv.net/schedule/index.gom Who do I watch it with? Tasteless and Artosis for Code S.  Wolf and Khaldor cast Code A/Up and Downs/GSTL.   To chat with goons use use: #GSL on irc.synirc.net Who is playing?  PartingMCSquirtlesOsCreatorFlyingRain INnoVationTaeJaBomberYoDaGuMihoFlashMarineKingMaruFanTaSyLastKeen SymbolSoulkeyRorOCuriousDongRaeGuLeenockHyuNLosiraLifeTRUEShineBboongBboongCrazySoOAnd your groups:  Why should I watch? GSL has the best English production of any Korean event by a huge margin. Tasteless/Artosis are the best casters and Gom actually spends the attention/money on English graphics and a stage/production effects. It's the best way to get into Stacraft 2. Mandoira fucked around with this message at May 2, 2013 around 02:42 |
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 GOMTV Global Starcraft II Team League The GSTL was the first Team League for Starcraft II and has had seven seasons to date. It will be played on HOTS and feature 8 teams. Unlike Proleague it only uses the All-Kill format. This season we have a new format that starts with a round-robin group stage bo7 All-Kill, then the top 5 teams are seeded into a single elimination playoff bracket that's bo9. There was a pre-season tournament won by Incredible Miracle and the GSTL proper starts March 22. How to Watch Same stream/way as with GSL either via gom's website or twitch. It's a different subscription than your GSL ticket to get HD/access to VODs. My personal opinion is that GSTL isn't really worth the money like GSL is. There just isn't enough content to justify it as there are only a few matches a week and no Code A equivalent. Gom's site: http://www.gomtv.net Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/gomtv_en GOM Subscriptions: http://www.gomtv.net/ticket/index.gom A twitch subscription for normal GSL WILL NOT cross-cover GSTL for VODs. GSTL is on Friday 6pm KST and Saturday 1pm KST. Why Watch? The GSTL is a lot of fun due to teams trash talking each other and having ceremonies. It's also where teams will bring out their new young talent. Guys like DRG first made their mark in the GSTL. It's different than GSL as players can't rely as much on pre-planned strategies for each map/player as they don't know for sure when they'll come out. Play Fantasy With Goons! Go to: this TL thread and register then join the RIP Zeez group by clicking here and then the green plus sign next to rip zeez. You may not be able to register after the round starts on 3/21! The Teams New Teams: Azubu, Axiom-Acer  Prime 2012 Season 3: Round of 8 Key Players: MarineKing ByunCreatorPrime won GSTL 2012 Season 1 by having MarineKing kill everybody, but since then they have struggled due to their small roster and MarineKing's  Incredible Miracle 2012 Season 3: Round of 8 Key Players: MvpYodaLosiraNesteaSquirtleSeedYongHwaMCFirstWinners of the first GSTL back in 2011, LG-IM-SK is a who's-who of GSL winners. Unfortunately their big names like Mvp, Nestea and MC have underperformed in team leagues historically. Losira has had a bit of a resurgence this GSL and has always been a great team league player, while Seed has been playing a ton of HOTS. They have a lot of depth and should make it through a round or two. They started playing HOTS before most of the other teams and MC/Mvp/Yoda/First all look very dangerous. They should definitely make the playoffs and likely have a top 3 seed.  StarTale 2012 Season 3: Round of 4 Key Players: BomberHackCuriousLifeAceStarTale always does well but is yet to actually win a GSTL. The losses of Parting and Squirtle really hurt their roster as they've gone from one of the deepest line-ups to fairly one dimensional. They still have a lot of depth with guys like SuHoSin and Sparta on the bench but the heavy lifting will be done by Life, Curious and Bomber. They will make the playoffs and likely have a top 3 seed. Life is the best player in the world after all.  FXOpen e-Sports 2012 Season 3: Winners Key Players: GuMihoTheBestLeenockLuckyTearGrubbyFXO has won two straight seasons for good reason. They have a deep talented roster with many players who can snipe certain match-ups. Both Lucky and Leenock are fantastic team league players and GuMiho is a team league monster, memorably all-killing Slayers in the 2012 Season 2 Final then knocking off Parting/Life against StarTale in 2012 Season 3. They are among the favorites to win.  MVP 2012 Season 3: Runner-Up Key Players: KeenDreamNoblesseDongRaeGuSniperMonsterTAiLSVampireMVP used to rely on DRG killing everybody but now boasts one of the strongest all-around rosters in GSTL. DRG and Sniper are their best players and their Terrans are all excellent. They're one of the most dangerous teams in GSTL and should make it to the playoffs, likely in the 3-5 seed range.  New Star HoSeo 2012 Season 3: Last (ro10) Key Players jjakjiBraveTassadarNSH has performed badly in recent GSTLs due to their small roster and lack of big guns. Jjakji's pretty reliable in team leagues  Azubu 2012 Season 3: Did not participate Key Players SuperNovaGanZiBboongBboongSymbolVioletGeniusA new team made up of random free agents, ex-TSL, and ex-oGs, Azubu has an extremely talented core and decent depth. SuperNova's been playing a lot of HOTS while BboongBboong has had a bit of a resurgence in Code S making it to the ro16. It will be interesting to see if some of the players they picked up who have been out of the limelight a while (Genius, TOP, Vines, Inca) can perform. Violet and Symbol should be able to get them to the playoffs, likely on the bubble between 4-6.  (I couldn't find a decent quality of their logo and this is cooler anyways) Axiom-Acer 2012 Season 3: Did not participate Key Players MMARyungHeartMiyaScarlettAliciaCrankA partnership between Axiom and Acer seems pretty logical as they're both made up of ex-Slayers players. This would be a fantastic team if it were a year ago as most of their players were better then. Alicia and Crank haven't been heard from in a while and MMA's been a shadow of his former self. Scarlett is yet to play HOTS in a tournament and it will be interesting to see if she can contribute. They're very talented but have a pretty small roster and have been inconsistent. I'd say they're a long shot to get past the first round but they'll be entertaining. ********************************************** I hope I didn't ruffle any feathers by making a new thread. The last one was a few seasons old. VDay's OPs are always amazing and if he wants to make one I can close this or embed! Tonight we have Group A with:     From left to right: Life, Symbol, Creator and Byul StarTaleLife won season 4 of 2012 and won an MLG the same month. He's one of the best players in the world and is fantastic at ZvZ. Symbol is currently teamless after TSL disbanded, so he's a bit of a question mark. I don't know how he's been practicing or with who. He normally plays a very macro heavy monster zerg style. He drew the unlucky card of having to play Life first. CreatorPrime is the lone protoss. He had some good results in the latter part of last year including winning TSL4 and winning WCS Korea. I'd pick him to advance with Life. LG-IMByul qualified via Code A and then the Up and Down matches. He recently joined IM after leaving Fnatic and is the worst player in this group. He could probably still win an IEM or something though. Mandoira fucked around with this message at Apr 17, 2013 around 09:08 |
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I am so hyped for GSL. I thought I was enjoying IEM and proleague and stuff but gently caress that, Artosis screaming 'NESTEAAAAAAAAAA IS BAAAAAACK' has reminded me of the true home of StarCraft. MVP WILL win this season On a more sour note, GOM need to get their poo poo together. I bought the yearly pass cause I'm a nerd but their stream lags like gently caress, yet Twitch is both flawless AND has no delay. I want to watch on Gom cause I paid for the HQ and want them to have my money not twitch, but they said the would be fixing this and they still havent 
LemonyTang fucked around with this message at Jan 22, 2013 around 09:32 |
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Did....did the stream just go back to 8 mins for anyone else? vv switched from gom site to twitch and it's sorted. Lesson learned. awesmoe fucked around with this message at Jan 22, 2013 around 09:45 |
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^^ Mine didn't on twitchLemonyTang posted:On a more sour note, GOM need to get their poo poo together. I bought the yearly pass cause I'm a nerd but their stream lags like gently caress, yet Twitch is both flawless AND has no delay. I want to watch on Gom cause I paid for the HQ and want them to have my money not twitch, but they said the would be fixing this and they still havent Yeah it's kind of bullshit. I also don't think they said it was going to be on twitch until today which is a bit shady. Still at least gom acknowledged it and they have a history of treating their customers fairly so it should be resolved soon. They offered refunds though I don't know if you'd be able to get one now short of bitching out customer service or something. I miss street fighter guy player intros 
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God I missed tastosis
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GSL still the best SC2 tournament, good production, good casters, good players, good games.
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Wow these games have all been one sided. This map (Icarus) is pretty cool though. Also interesting to note viewer numbers right now, though it's only twitch and not anyone watching via gom's site: GSL Symbol vs. Creator 11176 Proleague Flash vs. herO 5567 I wonder how much different they'd be if Proleague had Tastosis. e: drat Symbol vs. Creator g3 is a really good game Mandoira fucked around with this message at Jan 22, 2013 around 12:35 |
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I didn't realise how much I missed Tasteless and Artosis.
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That was a fairly wild game. I feel like Creator didn't control as well as he should have
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Creator you why~ I was sure he's gonna get through too Already one protoss down, only 4 left.
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Looks like we're going to be able to use free pass on twitch as of tomorrow if you bought a GSL ticket - j.mp/GSLTWITCH Good!
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Come on. Let's have every Protoss out in the first round. Let's ZvT, TvT and ZvZ* this poo poo all the way to the finals. *OK, not ZvZ, ZvZ is awful
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LemonyTang posted:Looks like we're going to be able to use free pass on twitch as of tomorrow if you bought a GSL ticket - j.mp/GSLTWITCH This is basically the only decent outcome and I'm super happy as it means I can watch GSL on my iPad and not have it look like complete poo poo.
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The new gsl overlays and poo poo owns, I missed Code S so much
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That last game was sick nasty, I never knew I could enjoy two guys headbutting each other for 10 minutes that much
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I love this hype video. It's referencing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og-gULrg1Jo The best hype video ever. Ma Jae Yoon and Jaedong in one tourney, bitches.
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Just finished watching the VODs for Group A. I have a bet going with a few of my friends and I said that Symbol would get through... I was suffering a heart attack that entire last game, oh my god. So clutch.
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Jowj posted:I love this hype video. It's referencing this: I actually thought the 2013 GSL hype video was the official one until I saw the uploader and noticed what picture they used of Hyun, which is from:  It's amazingly well done for an amateur job. MC in the oGs shirt  So tonight we get 2 zerg, a toss and a terran so maybe we can avoid ZvZ. Group B     FXOLeenock is one of the best players in the world and is coming off winning IPL5 and winning/placing 2nd in back to back MLG events. Normally he only loses because he runs into Life (see Ironsquid 2, 2012 MLG Fall Championship, 2012 Blizzard Cup). He'll finish first in this group. Team8TY (aka BaBy) is a KESPA Terran. He finished last in his group at Code S last season but did well in code A beating Flash and Symbol to get back here. StarTaleCurious is a regular in Code S, having kept his spot for 7 straight seasons. It will be between him and MC to finish 2nd. SKMC the Bosstoss is the coolest player in the world and is a 2-time GSL winner. Unfortunately his results haven't been quite as good as they used to be (likely due to not being in a training house and the general state of non-Parting protoss players). Expect aggressive play and great mechanics. MC normally has a few timing builds to show off but he'll be hard pressed against Leenock/Curious. Mandoira fucked around with this message at Jan 23, 2013 around 05:41 |
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Game 1 of Leenock vs. Ty is already ridiculous. 50 minutes in and each player has 50 supply.
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Incoherence posted:Game 1 of Leenock vs. Ty is already ridiculous. 50 minutes in and each player has 50 supply. It's nuts. go watch it. edit TOO LATE
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Crazy crazy game. 56 minutes  I love ZvT when the T is able to take advantage of brood lord immobility like that. It's too bad fungal counters vikings so hard. e: I don't know how I feel about Baby going right into an 11/11 against Leenock. At least he just used it as an opener instead of all-inning though. Mandoira fucked around with this message at Jan 23, 2013 around 10:02 |
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That game is why I can't quit watching Starcraft
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As much as I enjoy wolf and khaldor, having artosis and tasteless yelling and giggling like little school girls makes code s so much better.
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I suspect there are some Terrans around who aren't entirely happy with the course of that second game.
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King Pawn posted:I suspect there are some Terrans around who aren't entirely happy with the course of that second game. YUP. 
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MC looking kinda boned but drat I could watch him cast force field all day edit: rarrrgh the stream is lagging badly edit2: no MC don't go carriers, carriers are the protoss Ultralisk. Do what Socke did in IEM instead :/ edit3: meh I wish lategame PVZ was less lame. Zephro fucked around with this message at Jan 23, 2013 around 11:02 |
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MC's control is so sick, I want to see if he can actually win this game with this army comp edit: Holy gently caress. That was impressive
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MC is so goddamn cool. I want to watch those engagements (at the 12 o'clock then the 4th) again in slow motion. That's such a tight rope yet effective way to engage the infestor/BL/corrupter death ball.
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Holy poo poo MC Zephro fucked around with this message at Jan 23, 2013 around 11:19 |
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Welcome back to GSL Code S, Min Chul. How we missed you.
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That's probably the best macro PvZ I've ever seen out of MC, and up there with Creator/Rain/whoever.
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Just don't get (even more) cocky, MC 
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Well GOM apparently can't link Twitch and Gom subscriptions (can't they just give everyone a loving code on twitch?) so the only way to get twitch HQ is to buy it and get a gom refund. However I have no idea if twitch will do all year or whats going on, and at $20 a season its gonna be more expensive than the gom yearly anyway. Plus, if twitch only do one season, I'll have to buy another gom ticket at either higher individual gsl season prices or another yearly pretty turd situation http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom...14&cid=0&kind=8
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LemonyTang posted:Well GOM apparently can't link Twitch and Gom subscriptions (can't they just give everyone a loving code on twitch?) so the only way to get twitch HQ is to buy it and get a gom refund. However I have no idea if twitch will do all year or whats going on, and at $20 a season its gonna be more expensive than the gom yearly anyway. Plus, if twitch only do one season, I'll have to buy another gom ticket at either higher individual gsl season prices or another yearly Yeah I really wish gom would just get their poo poo together with their player but at least they're offering full refunds/trying to do right by it. I'm glad they're finally on twitch but they could have done it a lot better.  e: Twitch stream's been a bit laggy and has dropped a few times tonight too. Gunrun said he was looking at their encoding etc. so maybe that will help everyone involved. I'd really like to see a long game on Akilon. Mandoira fucked around with this message at Jan 23, 2013 around 11:28 |
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One more win please...
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EMM SEE
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I can feel the 4-0 coming.
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MC smash!
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Well, that's awesome.
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