2010 Update GSL and whatnot: What will we do without our Boxer?

Well the last few rounds of gsl have been quite interesting, a lot of big names have been eliminated from the competition and after seeing the death of some of the big FOus and slayersboxer, it i s hard to tell who exactly is going to take the season 3 GSL cup.

One big surprise was seeing a westerner make the top 8, with the advent of LiquidJinro to the Korean scene. Will he make the metagame more interesting? Only time will tell. We have seen what SlayersBoxer and Fruitdealer have done to it, will Jinro's playstyle be just as influential?

Of course Fruitdealer is known for winning GSL 1,taking out HopeTorture(Intotherainbow).

He qualified for GSL 2 and defeated his first opponent in the round of 64. FruitDealer was invited to do a showmatch agains, SlayersBoxer where he defeated The Emperor. After returning to Korea to play in the round of 32 in the GSL his opponent, also with the ID Boxer but more commonly known as "Fake Boxer", defeated the reigning champion 2-0.

Hmmm maybe its time to create a blog where each day i reveal to all my avid readers(All three of you) a pro from the korean scene which you may or may not be unfamiliar with. Hmmm maybe i'll do that.

Featured Above SlayersBoxer; korean emperor
Featured Below left: Team Liqiud's Jinro
Featured Below right: EG's Grack "IdRa" Fields.

Nov 30, 2010 19:00 KST(GMT+9)

Lee, Jung-Hoon (MarineKingPrime.WE) [] vs [] Tak, Hyun-Seung (ST_Monster)
Kim, Hyun-Tae (TSL_GuineaPig) [] vs [] Lee, Dong-Nyung (LeenockfOu)
Kim, Yoo-Jong (oGsHyperdub) [] vs [] Jang, Min-Chul (oGsMC)
Park, Sung-Jun (ST_July) [] vs [] Han, Lee-Seok (aLivefOu)

Nov 29, 2010 19:00 KST(GMT+9)-along with favoured players

Jeong Seung-Il (NewDawn) [] vs [] Kim, Nam-Kyu (BitByBitPrime.WE)	BitByBitPrime.WE
Kim, Won-Ki (TSL_FruitDealer) [] vs [] Kim, Seung-Chul (sCfOu)	TSL_Fruitdealer
Jos de Kroon (LiquidRet) [] vs [] Kim, Chan-Min (TheBestfOu)	TheBestfOu
Ahn, Hong-Wook (HongUnPrime.WE) [] vs [] Lee, Jung-Soo (JSLZenith)	JSL

Nov 26, 2010 19:00 KST(GMT+9)

Lim, Jae-Duck (IMNesTea) [] vs [] Yang Chia Cheng (FnaticSEn) Kim, Jeong-Gyun (LittleBoy) [] vs [] Kwak, Han-Eul (MakaPrime.WE) Jo, Myung-Hwan (GoldenfOu) [] vs [] Park, Hyun-Woo (ST_GgoBooGie) Park, Seo-Yong (TSL_Rain) [] vs [] Jung, Min-Soo (NSPGenius)
-From http://www.gomtv.net/2010gslopens3/schedule/-Be sure to check out gomtv.net for the latest up to date info on the GSL.

Round of 32 BEGINS!

Round of 32

@ 19:00 Nov 26, 2010 (Fri.)

(Z) (Z)

IMNesTea vs FnaticSEn
(T) (T)
LittleBoy vs MakaPrime.WE
(Z) (P)
GoldenfOu vs ST_GgoBooGie
(T) (P)
TSL_Rain vs NSPGenius


These of course are the evening games, the first set of matches for the round of 32. You can watch these all live over at http://www.gomtv.net/# and the first of these beings at 9:00pm AEST(7:00pm KST).

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

OMW TO DIAMOND AMG

here it is folks, the winning streak that will hopefully bring me all the way to the bottom of diamond in 4v4's (mind you a lot of these games have been against players who we as a team have been heavily favoured for); but irregardless, a streak of 10 wins stands tall on its own. I would guess that around 4-5 of these games have been with heavy concentrations of diamond league players, but alas, no diamond for me.

This streak has also altered my w/l ratio quite a bit. My current w/l ratio stands at a mighty 66.6% which i hope to somehow increase with a shiteload of luck. Maybe one day i will reach the elusive diamond league!

If anyone wants to have a good fun game with this poor platinum noob, then you can hit me up with an invite either on starcraft(my character id is #833 on SEA servers) or if you frequent the starcraftarena.net forums then you can pm me "HoriZon!" there.