The champion is back: Lee ‚MarineKing‘ Jung Hoon plays his 14th season of Code S this month – more than any other player ever did in Starcraft 2 and almost two years after his last. Whom will he face? Here are all participants of this years first GSL Code S as trading cards

To sum some facts up:

• [marineking] is back: The 21-year-old returns to Code S after a 17-month-hiatus. It’s his 14th season – record!
• [mc] is playing his 13th season right now – others who are very experienced in Code S already: [parting] (11th season), [curious] (10th), [gumiho], [taeja] and [bomber] (all 9th)
• Seven out of the ten best players in the world qualified – the ones who are missing from the top10 are [zest] (lost to [dream] in qualifiers), [hyun] (plays WCS America) and [stardust] (plays WCS Europe)
• Eight players beside [marineking] mark their comeback: [bomber], [mc], [taeja] and [yoda] didn’t play Code S since June 2013, [super] since December 2012, [mma] and [heart] since October 2012 and [san] since March 2011
• Seven former champions compete this season: [dear], [soulkey], [mma], [life], [mc] (who won twice already), [innovation] and [seed]
• Three rookies complete the field of contestants: [first], [dream] and [penguin] play their first season of Code S

[group_4_bomber_mma_life_mc]
[group_4_taeja_san_hero_innovation]
[group_4_solar_parting_rain (by.sun)_yoda]
[group_4_heart_maru_dear_first]
[group_4_soulkey_rogue_ty_dark2]
[group_4_marineking_gumiho_seed_super]
[group_4_yonghwa_curious_terminator_panic]
[group_4_fantasy_hack_dream_penguin]