[ENG] 2020 GSL S2 Code S RO16 Group B

[ENG] 2020 GSL S2 Code S RO16 Group B
Group B: INnoVation, Dark, Bunny, PartinG

[@YoshiKirishima]

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. Parting vs Innovation G1 was legit one of the BEST, most IMPRESSIVE, most CREATIVE games of SC2 I've EVER seen! I wish the observer highlighted it better, but the fight at 2:01:14 (14:25 gametime) was mindblowing. Parting actually had multiple HTs located around the map, ready to flank armies with storm or perhaps feedback drops, hence all the great defensive storms we saw. He had 3 HTs at the center left (which had been sitting there since 1:59:36, or 12:45 gametime, 1 minute 40 seconds before the big fight), and 1 HT at the bottom left near those proxy pylons (sitting there since 1:57:48 or 10:55 gametime, 3.5 minutes before the big fight). He brought all 4 of those HTs and arrived just at the perfect moment to get that BEAUTIFUL 360 surround, even using the accelerator fields to help get those amazing storm flanks. But wait, it wasn't just those 4 HT's storms. There was 1 crucial storm right at the start of the battle on the left, which whiffed. But that was all Parting needed to make sure Innovation would run to the RIGHT and thus get surrounded by the army. And with Parting splitting half of his army onto the high ground on the right , which Innovation didn't seem to notice, Innovation also sieged up a few seconds late. Like holy shit, that was just mindblowing! That was one of the most incredible moments I've ever seen in the history of SC2. Do you realize how difficult (or lucky) it is to get a 4 angle surround, let alone with HTs storming at the perfect time? Each of the 4 angles were executed with perfect timing and positioning. When you're watching pros, good Storms feel like a given, but if you tried playing Protoss you would be surprised at how slow HTs actually move and how limited the 9 range feels. If your positioning is slightly off, it means a storm can be precious seconds too late, or your storm will whiff. But what we saw was those 4 HTs arriving shortly after another to get several seconds of chain storm on the whole army. You don't often see surrounds like this in pro games other than perhaps Serral, because they are highly committal and the execution is incredibly difficult and the consequences for failure are severe. But it is a beauty when it pays off! From the crazy proxy and fights around the rocks in the early game with how Parting somehow saved his Robo and chased off the Marauders with his Immortal, to Parting trying to defend two very spread out bases with pylons/HTs located all over the map against Innovation's ruthless harass in the mid game, all that culminated into that pivotal fight where Parting demonstrated a masterpiece of an engagement. This is like a map maker's dream come true, the whole design of the center of the map and the location of the bases is so interesting and I'm glad we were able to see a game fully highlight its features, from the unique pathing with the bridges with accelerators, to the rocks, to the Rich Gas bases. Absolutely incredible reactions and flexibility from Innovation, but even MORE incredible play from Parting. It is insane how good these players are, yet people say the "skill" of players now is lower than back then. This game is literally like a dream come true, from start to finish this game has been so unique with amazing responses by both players put into very weird and uncomfortable situations. And Innovation's dive onto Parting's Disruptor army was so bold and almost gave me a heartattack, but Parting got good Novas off. After that it felt like Innovation again might be able to end Parting with his drops and with how weak Parting's army looked, and I was ready to feel heartbroke if Parting lost or threw after all the beauty that happened so far. (I feel like his HTs were working real well but he stopped making them, but I suppose in small number they are not reliable vs Ghosts). But those 3/3 Gateway units vs 2/1 Bio are really strong I guess! I wish the game were able to continue a bit longer and culminate into another climax, and it might have if Innovation just defended once he got 5 bases up instead of attacking at the end, but it was a great great game nonetheless. Absolutely beautiful play from both players, I'm just speechless. One of the greatest SC2 games ever!!! You can't ask for a better game than that unless you wanted it to also end with the map mined out and a big Carrier vs BC war or something xD 10/10!!!

[@user-cg3uy2gl3u]

You made me appreciate the Game 1 even more. Nice Analysis

[@SpitefulAZ]

Wow. You reallllly like StarCraft! 😍😍😍

[@CyberS1renLucy]

Had fun reading your comment. So much enthusiasm! Sc2 keeps me going at dark times. I love this game and its community. Best community i ever known across games or atleast one of the best. Thanks for your comment man! Long live Tastosis :3

[@sergeyk9060]

When Tastosis talk about Innovation they say that he plays standard. In my humble opinion Inno refines his builds to a point where they become standard / vanilla. Come to think of it, he refined such builds as [6/8 hellions -> 3rd base] in 2013, [2-2 parade] in 2017, not necessarily invented those (first was invented by mvp, second was exicting for a long time), but he perfected those and made them standard.

[@Shirahoshan]

True innovation is innovating on a "perfect concept" Innovations play is definitely about refining all ins and timing attacks.

[@brandonreed3617]

refining a build has nothing to do with it being standard. you can refine a cheese and its still a cheese

[@iDroG4Me]

Geeete

[@iDroG4Me]

Non mi fa male il tuo profilo e non puoi fare

[@iDroG4Me]

Non Ho voglia di fare un giro

[@christopherp8178]

where did the spider people come from what did they want

[@thatkmart]

We never game them a chance to show us. Immediately we began smashing them with shoes and kleenex. Spider people don't take no shit.

[@vodreview3378]

fun fact my grand father worked for NASA in 1982 and got.invited to a new project involved hydraulic locomotion, specifically for multipronged individuals. Those individuals broke the lab and became wat we now know as the spider people. Then there was a time machine event so we get one more chance to save the moon from spider kind. thanks for enlisting in the army ur in the database now 😀

[@l.d.6671]

From your ass...

[@demonhunter2121]

Noone: Spiderpeople: We DoN't EvEn NeEd wEbS

[@decosiquique]

Spider people xD... these 2 are the reason why I love to see gsl

[@lesulix9885]

Definitely! Couldn’t stop laughing. Great guys!

[@celphdstruct1580]

Exactly! If they’d host the esl I’d bet they have more views or if rotty did more casting I literally can’t stand listening to ravi and I’m certain I’m not alone in that

[@pontusnicklasson2403]

@@celphdstruct1580 cats this fear guy also. Cant stand em just use rotti and maybe Lambo if he can

[@yeokj4405]

Omg the love for these guys they are like 80% of the entertainment!

[@celphdstruct1580]

Pontus Nicklasson yeah fear dragon irl name is Ravi something I just don’t watch streams he casts I couldn’t remember his ingame he’s just awful and frankly I don’t feel like he knows well enough about the game to cast sometimes he just says like oh that army can’t hold this and then the army holds it like just shut up. Tastosis casts the game so well and provide entertainment aside from the game but I’m glad they cast the better streams

[@Happretender]

Gotta admit, after watching the summer dreamhack for awhile, hearing Artosis and Tasteless laughs and jokes feels like home again. Unbeatable.

[@SquirrilahFish]

“The walk like arrogant spiders” 😂 😂 😂

[@vir042]

Ohh, PartinG looking more stable than ever! I pray to all known gods this is is the season where he go to the final! TY will be a hard matchup though, but TY didn't look as strong last round as previous season so there his hope. PartinG mixing every season up making things exciting! Another one this season is DRG, really look forward to that match as well.

[@vodreview3378]

i prayed to a fking leprachaun to throw gold coins at parting at drg opponent to distract them so they get supply blocked

[@redwing999]

2:17:56 Parting: "My skills aren't that good." Mr. Parting, if your skills aren't that good, I don't know who is.

[@muffinspuffinsEE]

haha yeah I love him now. xD Gay terran player here.

[@TeamOT]

Wow. What? Who knew that the counter to marauder tank pushes were probes?

[@MartialArtzz]

Sc3: Spidercraft

[@undertakr]

3 races: spider, tarantula, and daddy longlegs

[@lightweightjive]

“Parting biting his lips looks like Kermit’s puppeteer trying to scratch his fingertips.” -Tasteless 2020

[@danny2120]

I am dead 1:48:40 Tastless: so much of starcraft is about data collection Artists : like Facebook

[@aboutphotography]

I wish they would let the video roll longer so it is not obvious when there is third game and when not at the end of the video :) but other than that great work!

[@GrandmasterBeard]

The whole spider people bit was great 1:22:53

[@Anthony-eo3ro]

PartinG is probably the current best protoss player.

[@Metis1337]

Funny way of spelling trap

[@Belegor]

That comment shouldn’t even be controversial by now

[@TheDusty0ne]

Casters would never admit that unless Parting wins everything because hE Is nOt ThE sTaNDard MAcrO toSs...

[@Waytheresawill]

@@TheDusty0ne I disagree at least with Tastosis. They are RL friends with parting and it shows every time they cast him. Major bias and they think he's the best toss of all time tied with MC and arguably they aren't wrong given his accomplishments pre-lotv. I'm not complaining about their parting hard-on btw. I actually think it's great that they don't hide their favourites from the cast.

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

@@TheDusty0ne You could not be further off the mark lol

[@comtraya101]

Innovation defense against ling run bys is always terrible, yet he sometime manages to pull the win out anyways bc of his relentless and expertly controlled pushes. Much props.

[@Sapreme]

inno stops worker production and rallies his army to reinforce when he pushes instead of leaving some at home, it's basically an all in at that point. Watch in his games against dark, his worker count never increases as soon as his push starts.

[@3xceIIent]

Im with tasteless. He said he would rather have bitter cold then hot and the Korean temp range is like -11C to 34C. It gets -20C here and even colder and also +33C and id definitely rather have it be -20C then 33C. Wear appropriate clothes and even when its that cold you can for the most part be comfortable, but you only have so many clothes you can take off when its that hot.

[@xiiien]

Protoss isn't a race, it's spider.

[@quentinultramegadroiteradi7345]

Wat

[@thefamilycat86]

@@quentinultramegadroiteradi7345 Game 2 of Bunny vs Parting both the commentators go off on a tangent about stalkers being spider-people lol

[@kristianjensen4674]

am i the only one hating the fact there isnt healthbars on units?

[@Agentchow99]

@@radbarij They prob just forgot to turn it on lol

[@Currywurst4444]

I prefer to only show the healthbars of selected units. The game just looks much better and cleaner this way. Stimmed marines and groups of units that got hit by a storm just look especially bad when every one of their healthbars is visible. The GSL observer is skilled enough to almost always have have the right units selected. It may be slightly worse for the early game where you want to know the health of every unit but after the first few minutes it doesnt really matter anymore. And even if it does they can still select the units.

[@kalee6]

radbarij i dont want 100 health bars covering units. I would proabaly not watch if that was the case.

[@juggling8557]

I might even watch football if these guys cast it, I swear to god. hahaha

[@MM22966]

That last game: "WELCOME TO MINE-TOWN!!!"

[@willyzh1106]

2:01:03 did the Siege Tank shots kill all of his own Ghosts?

[@Shirahoshan]

I love the mini rivalries between PartinG and TY.

[@Jonasz314]

Don't know about you guys but in terms of top level Zerg, Dark is just not there anymore. He can hold it against Bunny, but when facing top level Terran or Protoss, it's just a constant uphill battle for him, always playing from behind.

[@7thquark309]

Will we have a 2012-like finale Parting vs DRG ?

[@bastooo3]

someone should do a GSL-Playlist.. the music is getting better and better, especially with the drum & bass, and techno songs.. :p

[@amirhayek821]

Advice for others, don't look at twitter, even when it is just 1 hour after the live stream. Today I got spoiled :(

[@tudor33]

Does anyone know the track from 51:30 ? I cannot find that remix on this earth :D

[@arkansasorigami83]

Thank you for not cutting off post game talk! Innovation. With the crazy call out for first game to pick Dark as opponent. Great games.

[@madscientist314]

What does Hot6 taste like? I cant find it anywhere in the US

[@caspardehaan9633]

the spider people conversation was probably the highlight of the day tbh

[@argheyloone1234]

what happend whit dark? :'( he was the only one :'( he had inno in second game, but... what did he do?

[@manueltumino8886]

Hearing Tastosis is what you experience when psionic storm is casted upon you

[@spiritualpod]

Is Artosis' makeup making him look green? Suggesting a spray tan.

[@danny2120]

Tastosis, the hybrid friend I always wanted

[@oldoddjobs]

artosis so tired of pretending to agree he now spitefully disagrees

[@SoLUfka2142]

Anyone knows title song during Parting interview 2:17:29 - 2:20:27? Pls help :)

[@yufeiliu1091]

Jessica Wolff - Strangers

[@SoLUfka2142]

@@yufeiliu1091 Thank You so much!!!

[@nikolayrusev9512]

What's wrong with Dark ? The guy rarely makes mistake but today his game was off.

[@3xceIIent]

Patch zerg is over so hes back to normal ;) Seriously though while i'm sure that does have something to do with it it does seem like hes just not playing as well as he used to.

[@guozak7598]

50:14 The title of the song is you can"t stop me, but I can’t find the version used here. Does anyone know which version it is?

[@mikelafferty5253]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5C0nqV7opeXmKc

[@guozak7598]

@@mikelafferty5253 Thank you for your reply! But this is not the same as the GSL version

[@yuvadius]

What is the first song 00:00 ?

[@nguyenthiphuonganh]

Why is Dark not playing as well as before?

[@MrChilley]

Innovation hit a form, patch, and dark style conflicts with Innovation style considering dark is late game but is going against with the best timing/Marco terran that excutes great. This is why I miss life he would cheese Innovation and keep him honest dark did play a little aggressive roach push 2nd game but he lacks in that department he's to predictable which is perfect for Innovation style.

[@sarevok6]

"arms and legs connected to a medicine ball" haha they are the fucking greatest

[@0xeb-]

Excellent play by Innovation.

[@llJiggyFlyll]

it is absurd how much PartinG accomplishes with Stalker armies. Like if you actually play SCII Stalkers are just not that great yet PartinG dukes it out for 10 minutes at a time with them.

[@quentinultramegadroiteradi7345]

U kidding stalkers are awesome combined with immortals in late game vs terran

[@michaelb.5845]

Stalkers are excellent units it's just that humans (in general) can't maximize their potential. This was proven by AlphaStar.

[@3xceIIent]

@@michaelb.5845 Us humans just aren't up to par with the spider people. We need more arms.

[@michaelb.5845]

@@3xceIIent very true.

[@doccatface6868]

parting's splash pic is the most professional

[@larkermouse]

3:02:47 lolol you think -11 celsius is brutally cold? Where I'm at in Canada we get the same +35 in summer, but then it drops to -35 in winter. It's quite a fluctuation.

[@KeenxLimit]

I live in AB and it's no where near the humid cold you experience in Korea. +5 degrees in vancouver can feel like -10 in AB.

[@exiledtobronze8694]

i enjoy SC2 so much i hope every best of 3 is 1-2 and best of 5 is 2-3 and best of 7 is 3-4 ect. because i just want as many games as possible.

[@ChristianNeff]

Song at 2:25:00 ?

[@Xiloscient7]

I also really want to know. Its some kind of remix of... Sephyx - Through The Silence (Official Video) I know. But I can't find it anywhere.

[@KeenxLimit]

Someone link the compilation of reaper vs lings?

[@Matthew-cc4xt]

Haven't seen brood lords be useful for ages.

[@vladimirlagos2688]

That's the hallmark of a healthily evolving meta. If they were always the unavoidable killing blow, then the game might be seen as broken. I'm sure they'll bounce back, though.

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

Below 6000 MMR they're great

[@FrozenzFirez]

Did Inno throw the match so that he doesn't have to face TY?

[@PrettyTonyi]

No

[@redwing999]

No, Innov didn't throw games on purpose, but it did look like a pre-mature tap out on the first game vs Parting.

[@Whalery]

This kind of trash comment again. Inno threw a match just to fight against Dark? Who he always had a chance to be defeated? Just stop talking shit this kind of comment bros, It's not even fun.

[@FrozenzFirez]

@@Whalery What part of if was trash?

[@Dusk-MTG]

@@redwing999 He never had that first game, Parting had +3 armor and Inno was sitting on +1/+1

[@NegaNova]

At 51:50 does anyone know what remix this is?

[@PaulyWallie]

2 COMMENTATORS:"SpIdEr PeOpLe" 😂😂😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (weird noises) EVERYONE:👁👄👁

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

What does this even mean?

[@JonesyJSU]

"You try to close all of your orifices because you know Bunny is coming for you." lmao

[@wotwot6868]

Serral hasn't even won any of the IEM, Dreamhack, WESG, and in the recent TSL he got destroyed immediately. Even if he wins a Code S, he won't be breaking any records at all.

[@3xceIIent]

Except being the first foreigner to win GSL Code S? I guess that's technically setting a record and not breaking one but it would still be a worthy achievement.

[@wotwot6868]

@@3xceIIent Think again, he hasn't even qualified for Code S. He won the Show matches organized by AfreecaTV. Neeb has that record by winning a tournament full of Koreans and is even called KeSPA Cup.

[@tauceti8341]

3:28:10 that social interaction seemed a bit weird, Just shut him down, compared to when he won he consoled the opponent team.

[@kazulvondrake3597]

Tastosis shenanigan summary: spider craft. please include an arachnophobia mode. Thanks.

[@Garbowhat]

God, I love Dark but it bugged me how predictable he was. First of all, Innovation has been severely underestimated this year, not sure why Tastosis don't see how unstoppable he is a lot of the time. But Dark, man. He beats Bunny because Bunny let's Dark get into his ideal state, which is 5-6 bases and just endless waves. But Innovation can clearly see that Dark dies to anything that stops him from getting to that state. Which means early and consistent harass, or mid game pushes. It bugged me so much seeing Dark doing the 3 Hatch play over and over, if he needs to get to late game, he needs turtle up harder early on. It's so frustrating to see him fall to the same gameplan over and over.

[@Galahad54]

Dark cutting corners in his builds, because Zerg nerfs mean he can't win same way as in 2019. Innovation just figured out what time to hit timing attack. 1st game 1st series, Dark didn't make spores at standard time. Bam. Easy win. Well, actually, with Dark it's rarely an easy win, but at Innovation level, not too hard.

[@Garbowhat]

@@Galahad54 everyone cuts corners but dark is just playing straight up greedy with 3 hatch openers everytime

[@smashu2]

In game one Bunny stole my build I was doing before mother-ship core many many years ago lol now mother ship core is gone again before forgot that build.

[@zero0ne101]

These videos need more "like" buttons for me to click on.

[@yomekatsuma5532]

INnoVation... ya make me feel that Zerg are not as OP as they looks on paper (and on Low Level game) !!!

[@peppage]

Before PartinG game: Everyone talking about spider people!? WTF After ParginG game: LUL I need to comment about spider people too!

[@ahareally]

It's hilarious when the casters ignore mentioning one player having 3x the army supply - while continuously mentioning the worker count :D

[@alvalankerofficial]

The American casters, Tastosis, are not in control of observing the game, they can only see what the Korean observers are showing.

[@ahareally]

@@alvalankerofficial Considering they precisely state the worker count - I'm pretty sure they also (constantly) see the overall supply (hence, also the army supply) on the overlay. It just was a case of not wanting to spoil the inevitable - aka the player with 1/3rd of the army supply not being able to recover.

[@Azqalihm]

Spiders have 8 legs, not 4!! This is not funneh!

[@thegoodthebadandtheugly579]

56:30 “can get a chew video at a hun bun cheese a key worker”

[@royallad2961]

Why is this popping in recomdnd

[@lustydouglas7316]

I guess Dark dosent believe in making some overseers to see widow mines. . .

[@jenesuispasbavard]

PartinG is a god among men.

[@eyeodin8259]

does anyone know the music at 2:23:18 ?

[@za1728]

/watch?v=CC5ca6Hsb2Q Im not sure which remix of it is used here tho

[@eyeodin8259]

@@za1728 thank you so much ^_^

[@za1728]

@@eyeodin8259 cheers bud. I absolutely love this track and im glad you like it too

[@bastooo3]

parting is so nice and human!! for a esports-guy.. and a protoss player... :p

[@Rodbr-ca]

DRG will show up with brown pants for sure

[@swingcity7]

Taco friend

[@alexanderkegley3319]

Shield battery overdrive looks insane right now

[@kennethso6811]

When we watch these footages it so easy to criticize their moves. In reality it’s very very different to battle against these players

[@michilvasilew3657]

Партинг мешочек как так то))) жаль Дарка

[@gruminatorII]

Parting- innovation. first game at 2:00'00-2:02'00, getting nerd chills

[@jasonbarnes6568]

i now have to watch the movie akira

[@jenesuispasbavard]

Oh my god I love watching zerg lose.

[@mahdimashayekhi8921]

spider people ... dude i'm still laughing 😂😂😂

[@SpitefulAZ]

GG!!!!!!!!!!

[@gruminatorII]

Parting good unit !

[@AFryingPan]

I almost feel like INno wanted to lose against PartinG so that he can go up against DRG instead of TY

[@keithtrivett1906]

There’s no way he made the gamble that he could beat Dark

[@Levhisaurio]

spider people made my day

[@ginofoogle6944]

2:08:37 Parting having a seizure or what. hahaha

[@xrsphere]

He’s digging the dope guitar track that’s playing

[@Dylan13Nessman]

34 Celsius is not that hot lol. I wouldn't call that a brutally hot summer

[@wodanymir6932]

Inno has insane TvZ...

[@peterchui1964]

He crushed dark and did very well vs serral too.

[@Sapreme]

@@peterchui1964 yet there are still some people who say serral isnt a GSL caliber player, and think zerg is op right now lol

[@minhkhang9793]

Stupid question but why Serral did not join both GSL seasons??

[@Sapreme]

@@minhkhang9793 A season of GSL lasts like 3 months, you basically have to live in south korea to play, unless you want to fly back and forth every week to play. Serral just simply doesn't want to live away from home.

[@minhkhang9793]

@@Sapreme thanks mate. That explains a lot

[@JJSmalls]

Long live the spider people!

[@brendondevilliers1350]

Spiderpeople... Never go full Tastosis.

[@MrAndromedean]

those complaining about nerfs, get good, son!

[@marcoantoniomunozsilva8393]

I'll make a video, can you see it?

[@Danielviomusic]

2:14:15 wtf was that shield battery dude. That's so bullshit. Inno can't kill a sentry with >5 marauders, and battery wasn't even overcharged. And still protoss don't make it to any finals. This is so poor game design.

[@Matt-bv6gx]

goood game for u all

[@lordhelix1458]

Dark Vs Innovation . Game 1 - 23:34

[@Scawtsauce]

PartinG is GoD

[@gonzalogarces2441]

Spider people!!!

[@cigartomripley5429]

I've to clean my classes.

[@deenial]

I watch it mostly for the jokes

[@JeepRounder]

Terran good race.

[@dimitreeremaster2175]

Es obvio que parting G es el mejor protoss