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GSL Code S Contestants

These 32 players aim for the $66.000 jackpot in GSL Code S

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Seven rookies and five former champions: We now know the 32 players that will determine the new champion of this GSL Code S and follow in the big footsteps of Royal Roader Joo ‚Zest‘ Sung Wook and almost Royal Roader Kim ‚Classic‘ Doh Woo. Here they are as trading cards.

To sum some facts up:

  • Four players out of the worlds best 10 is quite usual. It was the same number in Season 1 and 2 this year
  • [maru] is the youngest contestant once again just turning 17 years today – the oldest is [stork] who is 25 years old
  • There are seven rookies this season: [hurricane1], [avenge], [effort], [cure], [terminator], [hush] and [trust]
  • Five former champions compete this season: [dear], [soulkey], [classic (kdw)], [zest] and [dongraegu]. Also the defending WCS global champion [sos] and last years OSL-winner [maru]
  • [soo] was three times runner-up in GSL yet. Time to take the last step
  • [dongraegu] is the most experienced player with 12 seasons so far followed by [parting] (10), [maru] (7), [soulkey] and [rain (by.sun)] (both 6)
  • Each contestant has already won $1.427. but $66.612 await the champion

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[group_4_soulkey_soo_classic (kdw)_rain (by.sun)]
[group_4_zest_parting_trap_flash]
[group_4_bbyong_true1_solar_dongraegu]
[group_4_stats_hurricane1_rogue_paralyze]
[group_4_reality_avenge_stork_dark2]
[group_4_shine_effort_ty_myungsik]
[group_4_cure_terminator_hush_trust]

We might see the final of the IEM World Championship again today… and 9 more interesting facts about GSL Code A Group I

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Will we see the final of the IEM World Championship again in GSL Code A today? If so, then what a comedown for Kim ’sOs‘ Yoo Jin and Kim ‚herO‘ Joon Ho – but what a stroke of luck for us. Oh yeah, there are two more players in this group but you wouldn’t expect them to win, would you? Well in the end we might be surprised. Here are ten facts about todays group of GSL Code A.

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Results

[sos] 2:0 [reality]
[hero] 0:2 [super]
[sos] 2:1 [super]
[reality] 2:1 [hero]
[super] 1:2 [reality]

Final Standings

  1. [sos]
  2. [reality]
  3. [super]
  4. [hero]

GSL is played in Double Elimination mode: A player who wins two matches advances, a player who loses twice is out

Trivia

  1. [sos] is not the only Top10 player of the World Ranking who has to go through Code A. Yesterday we saw [innovation] winning his group flawlessly. [dear] won his group last week already.
  2. Three Protoss players in one group happens more often than Protoss haters can blame balance. In this Code A there are three groups with three Protoss players. Last season it were only two.
  3. [sos] won the IEM World Championship in March and he is consistently one of the best players in Proleague. So discussion if he is the favourite in this group.
  4. But [hero] was the runner-up at the IEM World Championship and won two more IEM-events this year. In matches sOs and him are tied but sOs‘ 4:1 victory at IEM lies heavy on the mapscore
  5. Should we even talk about the other two players? Okay. [super] failed to qualify for Code S twice in a row because he lost the deciding matches to [solar] and [yonghwa].
  6. [reality] qualified for Code S in one of five tries. Last season he was defeated by [ruin], the season before by [hack]
  7. Back to the favourites: [sos] is one of the most effective players in the world. He competes in world-class tournaments mostly and performs well. In 31 tournaments he was only twice eliminated in the first round
  8. [hero] has been better than [sos] lately if you only take into account the results of the past three months
  9. [super] has only lost one match this month against [cure] at IEM Shenzhen while winning six in a row before
  10. Oh and TvP is [reality]s weakest matchup. Sorry if you will be cheering for him