GSL Season 2 (use spoilers)

The_Keeper

GSL Season 2 started yesterday, and already there has been some great games. Really looking forward to the rest of this season.

***Please do not read any further due to spoilers.***

Fruitdealer (Winner of Season 1) has already played and won his Ro64 match with minimum effort. I can see him going very far again this tournament.

TLO played today and got knocked out which is such a shame. He lost the first, won the 2nd and lost the third. He was caught off guard by a very quick stalker 4-gate warp into his natural on Jungle Basin.

Some other huge names have already played their first match: SlayerSBoxeR, NEXGenuis, oGsInCa, MakaPrime.

I seriously recommend getting a season ticket, it's only €10 and gives access to the live stream as well as all the VODs and post-match interviews. GOM have really improved on the quality of the live stream this time round (after an hour of technical difficulties on the first day). Last season I struggled to watch the live stream but not anymore. The more support competitive Starcraft II gets, the better the games will be!

NeoSlicerZ

TLO got knocked out by SangHo who judging by what I could see of his play >>> SKS, the dude was an estro A-teamer. HongUnPrime seemed overconfident that he could outplay his opponent and got pwned for it.

Br4tPr1nc3

spoilers the keeper.
i wanted to watch tlo's match meself.

RoyalMarine

please use spoiler tags.

The_Keeper

Br4tPr1nc3 wrote: »

spoilers the keeper.
i wanted to watch tlo's match meself.

I figured the fact that "Spoilers" was in the title thread made it clear?

RoyalMarine

keeper, it does, and imo if a thread contains the word "SPOILERS" then people should be aware of the risks, but its also nice to be able to chat about parts you have seen, and allow others to chat about parts you have not seen yet. this way, it makes it fair on everyone.

TheDoc

I just logged into my Gomtv account and its letting me watch all the games vods.

Granted its only standard quality, I'm not feeling pushed to shell out a tenner to watch in higher definition.

And considering I wont be able to watch games live, I'm pretty happy with this

Pity my internet has crapped out and wont be till thursday till its fixed.

The_Keeper

TheDoc wrote: »

I just logged into my Gomtv account and its letting me watch all the games vods.

I know last season that the 1st game in each set was free to view. Are you able to watch the 2nd or 3rd game in a set?

The_Keeper

2nd Day Games:

The majority of the 2nd day games were pretty poor in comparison to the 1st day. Especially the BoxeR vs BabyWerra games, felt like I could of outplayed both of those players.

The Apple vs PhoenixWerra game wasn't great either, Terran never really had a chance in those games. The failed Hellion rush in the 2nd game really highlighted his short comings.

TheDoc

o yeah I cant wtach 2nd or 3rd

When my net fixes itself I'll pick up the subscription and wtach the games probably, I assume the content is indefinite viewing.

They could orgnaise the video playlists a bit better

The_Keeper

I like the way the videos are organised once you go into "Schedule".

Tasteless and Artosis are at Blizzcon today, so IdrA and Jason Lee (TV Sports caster) have commentated the first two games, not sure if they are casting the day's games though.

Da Bounca

IdrA commentates?! I'll have to watch that.

TheDoc

He reminds me of a guy I know, who I hate, so I find it hard to like idra

Grimebox

Anybody got any links to free vod's like the last GSL? There was someone uploading them all to youtube. I'm that poor that I can't afford the €20 or whatever it is

...:) http://www.youtube.com/user/MrHaki8282

daithiordave

youtube taking them down fast, but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-CGz2_nzio&feature=related is first game of tlo vs babybyebye day 2 , rest of those games in links or on the user page, but its crappy quality

slayersboxer vs happiness day 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoF2ugi91Ug bad quality but english vod, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3RPo3rGQfg&feature=related for better quality, could try play the one and listen to the other

The_Keeper

Today had some big names playing, namely FruitDealer (winner of GSL Season 1) and SlayersBoxeR.

A huge upset when FruitDealer lost to (fake)BoxeR in a 2:0 result. FruitDealer just couldn't deal with the continuous early marine pressure. FruitDealer held on as long as he could but just didn't have the unit count to keep the pressure away.

SlayersBoxeR had two relatively easy wins in his TvP matchup. both games he managed to sneak in a starport which went unscouted.

So now onto the round of 16, and there are 7 Zergs, 6 Terrans and 3 Protoss. A much bigger Zerg count this time round from last season, and much less Protoss, however a lot of the Protoss players to have gone out just haven't been that good.

Dustaz

Here it comes gentlemen.

SlayerS_boxer vs naDa!

10 mins away. gogogogogo

TheDoc

And I'm in work : /

Any teamliquid stream?

*Found a few, not loading, AAAAAAAAA*

Will watch when I get home, avoiding this thread all day, and hopefully twitter doesnt unveil it

The_Keeper

Can't wait, it's going to be awesome!

Dustaz

All the fangirls are behind NaDa, hes clearly all about the bitches:)

Doc, i BET your reading this. Dont!

Funky

Boxer fiiiiiiiiiiiiiightan'

Dustaz

holy **** at that last game

TheDoc

Funky wrote: »

Boxer fiiiiiiiiiiiiiightan'

Ruined it for me....

couldnt resit, I'll just re-watchwhen im home, Twitter has it announced all over it anyway

Funky

I posted that during like the first set :P

Dustaz

it wasnt even nearly over when he posted that

It is now though

EMPOROR FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHTING. Actually NaDa seem to have made an arse of it a bit, or maybe boxer just really took advantage of a few lapses.

The_Keeper

Very poor nuking from Nada in that last game really lost him the game

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String

Such a good series! Wish could get some of the replays to watch

daithiordave

type gsl 2 in youtube or example boxer vs kyrixzenith for good gsl 2 set and find rest same way

nesf

That SlayerSBoxeR/NaDa game was the best TvT I've ever seen tbh. Fantastic series.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

clearly you never saw me and dustaz duke it out at the second boards tuesday tourney.

put boxer/nada to shame

Grimebox

Must these games start at 10 in the morning?! I was planning on getting drunk with some friends and watching the final. I can't wait to do that for an eSport. It will have truly arrived then

NeoSlicerZ

nesf wrote: »

That SlayerSBoxeR/NaDa game was the best TvT I've ever seen tbh. Fantastic series.

You should watch some of the SelecT vs Fenix games on iCCup maps...

TheDoc

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

clearly you never saw me and dustaz duke it out at the second boards tuesday tourney.

put boxer/nada to shame

Dustaz going two cloak banshees then you winning by having a turret up is hardly epic

(this is me assuming how that game went without watching it)

Dustaz

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

clearly you never saw me and dustaz duke it out at the second boards tuesday tourney.

put boxer/nada to shame

TRUTH

Dustaz

[nooooooooo] SlayerS_Boxer [/nooooooooooo] . Such a shame hes gone but hey, it means the final is going to be the two guys who i really took a shine to this year. Nestea really does play an entertaining zerg game and Foxer is just the single most 'spunky' terran out there.

No idea whos going to win, but im hoping Foxer

Woden

gomtv seem slow this morning or just me?

The_Keeper

Can't even get the stream working!

koHd

Too choppy to bother for me.

The_Keeper

There are plenty of restreams about,

http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/SKTDH

you can find more on Team Liquid.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

gg nestea, but jesus christ foxer
threw that last game away. once the first marine/scv push failed what the hell was he doing trying it again. without even building a bunker at his main
just so much fail.
another zergscum takes the trophy

seraphimvc

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

gg nestea, but jesus christ foxer
threw that last game away. once the first marine/scv push failed what the hell was he doing trying it again. without even building a bunker at his main
just so much fail.
another zergscum takes the trophy

The game7 was beyong ugly played by Foxer :S even if it jking to call Nestea(zergbong) zergscum, Foxer's ugly 1-dimentional mass marine play is worse than any scum existed lol

TheDoc

That was foxers first lan afk according to an interview earlier i nthe season, where he also said

" To be honest, I've no idea what I'm doing half the time, I need to work on alot of my game, mostly , strategy"

LOL

String

Alarm didnt wake me up at all :mad:

For anybody that missed it you can check the vods here for a stream: http://www.justin.tv/pwnstream/videos?kind=past_broadcasts

Was a great series!

IRL_Sinister

Just so you know, Season 3 qualifiers have began.

Spoilers failed, FML.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=169091

nesf

IRL_Sinister wrote: »

Just so you know, Season 3 qualifiers have began.

Spoilers failed, FML.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=169091

Thread for Day 2 is up: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=169332

Some major upsets on Day1.

String

I knew Huk would not qualify!

Jonny7

what other upsets? can't access gaming sites in work

Funky

Loner didn't qualify, Tester failed to qualify again too

Jonny7

how about day 1, any big names out?

TheDoc

DrMorphine wrote: »

I knew Huk would not qualify!

In fairness to him, he has just made the big move to Korea and has alot of potential and ability. He needs to adapt to the new gruelling trianing and way of life pretty much. Being competitive at MLG is one thing but being competitive in korea is a major step up, also he has said himself he doesnt feel in great shapre recently and he didnt feel comfortable at the recent mlg at all

Jonny7

There is no doubt the top 10 US and Euro players are good enough to compete in this tourney, but getting in is the hard part - plus the numbers are so stacked against them

I love the way the first two GSLs were so different, hopefully this third one will have a raft of new ideas and strategies

I don't know how this league is doing financially, especially with the immense prize money and running costs, but its the best 15 dolla I have spent recently