GSL Season Three Begins

GSL is an acronym known to nearly all avid starcraft nerds as being the "Wimbledon" of E-sports. The Global starcraft league as it's known is the popular korean almost bi-monthly series of tournaments; (where the knockout tournaments are known as "seasons") where the best and the greatest of starcraft players duke it out in an either series of three games or 5 for finals. This event brings people from around the world to the home of e-sports, South Korea where the games played there have the potential to change the face of starcraft and the game as we know it. This happens so often, the metagames shifts so very often to the point where each month is a new flavour of play, and consequently leaving starcraft with a dynamic that many would consider alive. The game itself is incredibly rigid, and stays that way until the great starcraft community turns this game alive, making malleable play, and consequently giving blizzard a hard time working out what part of the game needs to be edited or "nerfed".

A prime example of how the korean scene has shifted the metagame in various ways is the stylings of a proffessional korean gamer known to many as SlayersBoxer. This man was known in brood war days as the emperor, a tribute to his strategic play and revolutionising the starcraft game. Recently Boxer has caused uproar in the korean scene with his wonderful play from the GSL season 2; to the point where he impacted every korean zerg player to the very core.

But what does this seasons GSL (season 3) have to offer. We see players revolutionise the games in different ways with such unique plays; the hyperaggresive, overextending style of aggression(high econ bane/zerg) has become ubiquitous with the name kyrix, what are we going to see now.

You can catch season three of the GSL at http://www.gomtv.net/2010gslopens3/ for previous games (note you need a premium account to access games two and three of many of these sets)or you can catch the live feed at http://www.gomtv.net/live