[ENG] 2021 GSL S2 Finals Trap vs Dark

[@mojojoejo624]

They don’t even remember the meme about the duck. Tasteless during one cast was like “the cheerfuls have to be Starcraft related. If you send a picture of a duck it won’t be shown.” Well, you were wrong, Tasteless.

[@barnabaszu]

im guessing ur the one that sent the meme :)

[@noname_whatever]

Well played!

[@hannespi2886]

Hahaha

[@keizan5132]

They remembered, that's why Artosis said it was so awesome.

[@blorby]

LOL

[@lordhelix1458]

Parting - 19:50 Tastosis banter starts - 31:20 Map 1 - 54:07 Doctor is called in - 1:05:34 Fan made cheerfuls - 1:35:18 behind the scenes of the finals trailer - 1:38:02 Return from commercial break - 1:40:31

[@schach6666]

That first Time stamp is the most important one. Thank you

[@hyperambience6710]

Lol parting

[@stokedtour]

ALL HAIL LORD HELIX

[@donw7962]

Can we all praise tasteless and Artosis for their dedication and passion to this community. I can’t imagine a world without them

[@ThePerfectBiscuits]

Praise to Thee

[@Melonke]

Y

[@milesmurphree2364]

Starcraft wouldnt be the same

[@haloforgeguy453]

I can: A better one.

[@ChefJeff789]

I'm glad the utterly unhinged Hot6 commercial has become a regular staple of these matches.

[@Eaterofeaterofpies]

we lost the goooooooooooooooooooo but got the hot6

[@eeefeefeffasdf]

Is it supposed to sound like they're saying "hot shit" or is that just me

[@martinatanasov999]

Why is it unhinged? They sponsor the whole show😜

[@Shirahoshan]

If I ever see a hot6 in the US i'll buy it in a heartbeat just for their constant patronage.

[@abouttime2569]

@@Shirahoshan There is a good chance you would find them in your local Korean market

[@TheDedloc]

It would be nice if they could add like 3 hours to these videos that just says thanks for watching or something. I feel like the length of the videos always starts to give away who wins the series. If there is another 3 hours added it makes it impossible to be like okay there is 30 mins left of the video going into the last game. Unless trap does 3 cannon rushes in world record speed then Dark wins.

[@space_orphan]

Yeah totally agree. I've gotten into the habit of holding up my hand to block the progress bar and skipping ahead with the arrow keys. It kind of works, but it would be much better to add a few hours of extra space (replays maybe) at the end.

[@ramil8029]

This has to do with the % of the video viewed by the audience. If you add 3 hours at the end, no one will watch it, and the KZbin algorithm will think that the video is low quality since viewer retention is less than 50%, so it won't be recommended to ppl as much.

[@space_orphan]

@@ramil8029 Good point. KZbin should just have an option for uploaders to hide the progress bar by default of their video, with viewers able to unhide it if they want

[@homielander5924]

Agreed my brother

[@blorby]

It’s the artosis pylon of KZbin

[@jamesdi7261]

2:37:27 - The Changeling everybody is talking about.

[@andrewwong528]

Funnier to start watching from 2:36:25 as Tastosis proceeds to mock the changeling.

[@impactdis9587]

Rouge's changeling might have killed a roach warren but Dark's changeling killed Trap. I wouldn't be surprised if Dark framed an image of that changeling and hung it on his wall.

[@epiccow6791]

One day I will make Video how to pronounce MONITAAA and Katowice Mustash

[@res0zsfa]

2:50:13 the intro really builds up for this ONE moment. that's some sick ending move right there. gives me chills. spoiler: this basically means trap is TRAPPED in that cage as dark leaves Edit: ironically, trap is trapped, Dark leaves the darkness

[@Adam-tt5hn]

That was awesome

[@ant0ine2]

Dark basically never dies to carriers. Parting and Trap tried many times to go carrier and the one game Dark lost was due to his all-in.

[@floodo1]

Yeah and in every game the carriers looked bad to me, so much investment for so little rewards against Dark!

[@dexterdouglas]

@@floodo1 they legit just become floating rocks against dark. Also... I am missing Maru, hopefully he does better next season.

[@wowscortcher]

Except to game two :D

[@tigera6]

@@dexterdouglas Yeah, Skytoss is more than just Carriers, Tempest and VoidRay are also needed. Parting and Trap are not expert at building Sky army, they prefer to use ground army a lot of times. Zest is the Skytoss user, and he beat a lot of Zerg with that.

[@georgstegschuster6064]

Sad to see Trap in such nervous form. With normal trap this series would have been much more exciting other then trap making poor choices that he usually never does. :( GL next season Trap and GZ to Dark. He played excellent. Well deserved and so we wait another year or 4 until a protoss can finally lift GSL trophy again.

[@specter290]

Last Protoss winner in 2017... Stupid toxic chat keeps saying PROTOSS OP.

[@nickwatson7164]

@@specter290 I mean at the same time 6/8 of the ro8 were toss.

[@mwosc2]

@@nickwatson7164 there was bunny, drg, dark, and rogue?!?! How is that 6/8?

[@barnabaszu]

Trap not rdy to claim the trophy. Im sure he will be next time :)

[@N0noy1989]

@@specter290 Protoss is OP. But they don't have monster players that can carry the race. Balancing is on pro level so that's why for normal players it feels Protoss is OP. And it is. But like I said Protoss players can't seem to catch a break at the pro level.

[@commandertex4389]

trap actually lost to a changeling omg.

[@sammoreton333]

That one unit in the last game that needed to be picked off....damn

[@with.the.y]

The one unit that doesn’t even attack haha

[@kikaho_]

1:35:57 Thank you AfreecaTV for those pre-final interviews ❤️

[@Lightwolf_VR]

Tasteless and Artosis; 31:30 Caster Park interview; 35:25 Retrospective hype vid; 41:40 First match; 54:14

[@ramil8029]

1:35:25 tasteless duck drawing

[@kinglif8854]

2:38:40 14 queens. Its like the paladin in wow with range attack. DPS + Support + Tank. Does air ground attack, defend and offense, heal, buff and debuff map, heal unit and building, adsorb damage, required mineral only.

[@Raptor747]

Its one major weakness is that it's painfully slow off of creep. But--of course--it can also create creep tumors. So...yikes.

[@space_orphan]

Queens are good, but it still should have been a hold. If you miss a Nydus going up in your main base after scouting Nydus tech you deserve to lose.

[@IntegralKing]

on creep only* *with some exceptions

[@missbelled6700]

@@Raptor747 has another major weakness, that energy is limited by time. Of course, this is pretty hard to exploit but you see this rush die when the queen energy gets used up too quickly or without enough efficiency on critical units.

[@Chrono337]

Imagine losing a GSL finals because of a changeling

[@ledrash6079]

Especially when u actually killed the overseer and saw when the changeling dropped out... So easily avoided, but it wasnt the biggest of his throws in this series. Even though i was a zerg player, i am still disappointed :(

[@d.n.4027]

Well the changeling hurts to watch...but the biggest throw in my opinion was the 4th game when Trap lost his army twice and one time even triple storm his own units

[@valour549]

@@d.n.4027 He didn't triple storm his own units by mistake, he had to because Dark micro'ed the zerglings so well and targeted the HTs.

[@joeschlo84]

@@valour549 zergs don't micro come on

[@IntegralKing]

well ... he already lost several times already

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

So nice of Trap to build a shrine to honor Dark.

[@alexanderneufeldt9435]

GG! Really digging the gsl observer clips, hope they keep it up for s3! :)

[@drewwalbeck6006]

"Ravagers are very weak against disruptor biles." -Tasteless, 2021

[@J2digital]

I know that's not what the final is about but I saw Innovations farewell interview more or less for the first time today during one of the breaks and I really am going to miss him!

[@dennisbetitojr4418]

Can i get a timestamp? I met Inno in Seoul in 2018, he is my favorite Terran and this makes me sad. :(

[@J2digital]

@@dennisbetitojr4418 Oh idk when it was. Usually I put in a time stamp when I make comments like that. If I can find it I'll put it in.

[@RyvnMusic]

@@dennisbetitojr4418 28:47

[@bekasiblis9540]

this prove that infestor and broodlord nerfs never needed, zerg's players adapt to all kind of situation with what they have in hand, they even only use basic units to counter tier 3 protoss

[@MrMasters1983]

Thems some serious mental gymnastics.

[@googane7755]

All the Terran and Zergs pros whining about Protoss for the first 20 minutes was hilarious

[@vix3me]

2:38:49 Rip changeling killed off by the archon’s splash damage. You will always be remembered, little hero.

[@vix3me]

Last game is actually a visual masterpiece, it looks like it was played by Kerrigan herself. It really showed the brute force of the Zerg when they steamroll in numbers. The multiple nydus in base was simply beautiful to watch.

[@CryptoGorilla]

Why doesn’t Protoss ever use hallucinated colossus or carriers when up against vipers?

[@fredericbouchardwong4596]

They have detectors which show when a unit is a hallucinated unit, so, no point

[@duck8280]

Sentries are usually not in late game, and if they are it’s better for them to use the shield for bonus armor. 100 gas is expensive for weak unit

[@Matthew-uv6gl]

I see this used when streaming or on ladder, so it is definitely a thing. For whatever reason, it just doesn't translate into tournament matches.

[@Matthew-uv6gl]

@ZenPhilosopher123 Nah, I meant pro players when not in tournament games I've seen it. Not me doing it. It probably has more to do with the exact scenario needed for it to even be attempted. It'd need to be a pvz with vipers and no detection while you also have sentries in your army and you remember to even try it at the exact moment. While also being a recorded game in a tournament. Keeping in mind that many viper games include spamming spore colonies on the front lines. It could just be that the conditions needed to all line up perfectly almost never happen so statistically we haven't come across it yet in a tourney game. I can only recall a few times ever seeing it, and it wasn't particularly impressive.

[@ernesttucker4359]

Because that's a waste of energy that is being used for guardian shields and the stupid wall of death spell

[@StardragonEX2]

Dark, dark day for protoss.

[@keizan5132]

Underrated comment.

[@Dusk-MTG]

In the video spoilers you can see Dark being Trapped. But in reality dark can't be trapped in a cage.

[@DisillusionedAcronym]

i know the final score of 4-1 wasn't particularly close but it felt much closer than that, nothing at all like season 1.

[@danconser6709]

Very True!!! I felt the same.

[@Matthew-uv6gl]

Yep, the score is not indicative of the series. It was really impressive watching them go back and forth with each other barely holding off and forcing the game to go on. I think Trap could have even won and/or made the score closer if he was a tad more aggressive at certain points. He played it too safe and let Dark get too much of an eco advantage in the long run.

[@DisillusionedAcronym]

@@Matthew-uv6gl i think one or two decisions one way or another and series would have ended entirely different. that was good to watch. i dig what you were saying, though. not enough (effective) harassment of at dark's level just means you're dead.

[@tigera6]

Well, most of the games were 15min+ long and they were even until Dark hit late game with more bases, economy and better army movement. Maru vs Rogue were pretty much over after 7-8 minutes of Roach-Ravager all-in push.

[@DisillusionedAcronym]

@@tigera6 i know. that's what i said. :-)

[@tukfrederiksen8748]

Does the video also stutter or shake for everyone else or is it only me? Seems like there's a problem with Afreeca's encoding for every GSL video..? I enjoyed this series a lot. Dark's multitasking is incredible! Thank you Afreeca for keeping Starcraft 2 alive

[@ralphgeronilla]

Zerg has the most hard counters for off races. Vipers for capital units, Ultras and Banes for mass bio, spore fields for air armies that take up no supply. Could it be actual IMBA?

[@thomasbecker5687]

no

[@sunfire65ph]

Pretty incredible how Dark was able to dictate the pace for such large portions of the game, especially against a player like Trap.

[@danconser6709]

Indeed - that IS DARK's SUPERPOWER... his ability to pressure the opponent and make them play HIS game....when he is on point. I believe that is why many said TRAP was not playing like himself. TRUE - DARK RATTLED HIM! THEN YOU MAKE MISTAKES...

[@sunfire65ph]

On the other hand Trap's defense was also insane. Any other protoss would have died way earlier these games.

[@frustriert]

i came for some high level star craft 2 gameplay but i stayed for the best caster duo in e-sports. period.

[@Robaken]

Awesome finals ! I have to say that the AfreecaTV had an amazing tournament, with an amazing soundtrack (pls, release it in some way) and even better behind the scene videos. The Finals Trailer was like a super production ! Congratulations on an amazing event, and Congratulations to the Winner ! My personal highlights: GZ Bunny, keep it up my man. GZ Parting, was so close ...better luck next time.

[@Whalery]

Trap vs Dark in general. Game 1: If he had researched storm much earlier, how would the game have become? Game 3: If he had decided to attack with his mid-game army, how would the game have become? Game 4: If he hadn't moved out during the carrier transition on creep to the middle of the map and got surrounded, would he have been able to win the game? Game 5: If he had spotted the changeling right away, would he have been able to hold and move to the next game? With a lot of mistakes like this, Dark deserved to win the series. Trap didn't have a chance to play his game at all. This felt like he was fighting against himself all the time.

[@tigera6]

Game 1: Trap already decided to make Disruptor against Hydra, and normally you dont mave BOTH Disruptor and Storm, it was a strategic choice. In the end, what turn the battle was the Ultra surrounding, and the Carriers count were not enough, I dont think earlier Storm would have made a difference. Game 3: Dark was up 10-15 army supply and lots of them were lings, while Trap had no splash damage, he made the correct choice to move away from creep. Game 4: Trap was almost maxed out, so he needed to trade the unit for more Carriers, thats why he moved out. He just got bad army control and no Sentry to zone out the banes, so yeah, its still Trap fault for this. But also, the map made it freaking hard to Toss to take a 5th base, which force Trap to make more risky move with his army. Game 5: This is not the first time Zerg got a successful Nydus into the Main Base move, its just a mistake made by Trap like every other pro. Maru lost to Nydus, Clem lost to Nydus, pretty sure Zest and Stats also lost to Nydus before. This is nothing specifically against Trap, just a bad time for it to happen.

[@germangimenez9100]

I totally suport this... Dark won because of all the mistakes Trap did, wich is fine cause you need to take advantage of it.

[@tigera6]

@@germangimenez9100 Dark played as close to a perfect series as he could, yet you want to say about Trap making mistake, what a joke.

[@michawiercinski926]

If this, if that.... If trap was better than Dark he would have won. No need to write 1000 phrases

[@floodo1]

Deserving champion this time, he was without a doubt the best player this whole season, congrats.

[@kaotheold8507]

I guess the most important things to win you a gsl are queens, roaches and nydus

[@eeefeefeffasdf]

I wonder if making transfusion something that has to be researched would allow early game queens to accomplish their purpose, but would keep them from being such a spammable early game powerhouse. For 150 minerals they just do so much, once you can get them to the opponent base. Hence all these queen all in strats

[@richard5X5]

@@eeefeefeffasdf If you do that then rushes against the zerg like the dreaded helion rush would be too strong. Zerg would have no way to hold off early pressure as zerglings are just weaker than everything else and roaches aren't supply efficient. Zerg early game lacks a lot of options and is often dictated by the oppenent's play to begin with. Respond to drops/oracles/harass etc. The trade off with infuse means no tumors, and no larva, which stunts the zerg economy and their ability to put pressure on the map/take fights anywhere besides their front door.

[@bigdicccompanybreadmaker6505]

changeling....

[@angusdavison]

Sure - just do that when you make it GSL finals and we'll all tip our hats to you for your incredible insight :P

[@somefreshbread]

Really wish y'all would pad these videos so it wasn't painfully obvious who was going to win after just three games.

[@ThanhLe-ti8nx]

Well, another one-side final. I'm waiting for a GSL final that is back and forth, It's been a long time.

[@space_orphan]

Yeah, COME BACK TY!! The 2 finals between TY and Maru have been the best finals of the last ~4 years

[@hohohojo]

Yeah this was a pretty major disappointment. Great players but a lame match. Dark so dominant.

[@tigera6]

The most exciting Final imo would be Dark vs Maru, they both like going for lategame with insane amount of army movement and exchange. Just look at the ST1 Final from last year, that was as classic as it could get in term of Grand Final.

[@space_orphan]

@@tigera6 I would be soooo hyped for Dark vs Maru. Was definitely expecting more from this series, but Dark is just on fire

[@kosherun]

"Ou, look at me. I can't make my Nydus now, what can I do? Maybe a changeling will save me..." Famous last words - Tasteless 2021

[@이승호-o8i]

14:23 2시즌만에 비한국인 선수가 한국인선수 한테 꺽은 코드S행 14:31 7분 지각한 박수호 선수,일찍온 황규석 선수 (프로정신 생활) 15:12 기분 안좋은 황규석 선수 (군 전역 이후) 17:38 HOT6 마신다는 Armani 선수 17:48 Dark 선수 '꽂혔다면 쏟아부어 인생직진음료' 19:39 내년 프로토스 전향하는 Armani 선수 21:02 공포영화 22:49 신희범 선수 안경 벗는후 23:12 이병렬 선수 조를 3테란 만든 이유 23:30 후안 선수 A조 못가서 화난이유 28:47 이신형 선수 입대전 마지막 인사 (박수호 선수 대결 패배 후 16강 B조 패자전) 전태양 후속 이신형 선수 입대

[@reloadingdontshoot1]

Dark took it to another level this season. He'd faltered the past few seasons but damn he took it to Trap and made Protoss look easy to beat tbh. Well done Dark; back in top form!

[@danieloyarzun000]

Thats just show how broken zerg is, THE MOST IMBA UNIT EVER THE QUEEN

[@missbelled6700]

@@danieloyarzun000 Why do you disrespect such a strong and consistent player? Dark has been playing insane games.

[@danieloyarzun000]

@@missbelled6700 True, but that doesnt change how imba and broken zerg is

[@arfperlas]

I love SC2! For some reason I could sleep to their casting while learning about Starcraft. They are not boring or anything but man I love these duo! Tasteless and Artosis go you!

[@tyrellwreleck4226]

2:14:54 why would he drop psi storms on his carriers? Could've just let his templars die or put storms around his army while retreating.

[@tyrellwreleck4226]

@@yuuki3 dark is killing the interceptors anyway, he has an option to mitigate the loss rather than suicide.

[@Matthew-uv6gl]

He should have never gone back in. He didn't have nearly enough ground to protect his HT's, so he was forced to storm himself to get rid of the ling/bane. And in doing so not only did he waste all those HT's, but lost the entire carrier fleet as well. Look at the resource swing in the bottom right corner of that fight. Went from something like 16k to 21k in losses.

[@michawiercinski926]

Dark is looking big. How much does he bench press?

[@tigera6]

I though he does Bench Lifting, lol.

[@michawiercinski926]

@@tigera6 i've seen some weights in his room on his camera during tsl7.

[@jitsmapper4438]

Chad gamer isn't real and he can't hurt you. Dark:

[@space_orphan]

@@jitsmapper4438 ROACH DADDY

[@danconser6709]

I'm guessing Dark is just "normal sized" for westerners, just most of those around him are thin. I saw similar when I visited China for work in 2004... Dark made a comment about it during one of the Observer takes...

[@claydavis8924]

ZergCraft. best units, best eco, creep is basically maphack etc..

[@SirChocula]

I agree about the creep. I would like to see a speed nerf for zerg units on creep, maybe 25-40% slower than right now and then go from there.

[@WhirlwindHeatAndFlash]

Incredible range of play by dark, great games! GG

[@anthony6331]

so glad Dark scored another win always fun to watch I've watched some other zerg games and it just doesn't feel the same

[@casperguo7177]

I feel like the thing about Dark’s style is that the games are always entertaining. It is fun to watch when his strategy works, but it is also quite hilarious when it doesn’t and he sticks to it regardless. Cannot remember which game it was but that time dark played roach ravenger three games in a row and lost all three. Also after watching the semi against parting I am hugely impressed by his macro skills

[@tigera6]

@@casperguo7177 PRobably one of the match against Zoun, Dark was having absolutely zero anti-air and was trying to shoot down Carriers with Biles instead. Was really fun to watch.

[@michaelsloanedog]

transfuse on the queens is busted. The HP regen being instant is crazy. Having said that Dark still straight up outplayed trap.

[@sae7561]

[Spoilers] Sad to see Trap go, did so well but Dark is just insane GG to both

[@ddenozor]

Dark vs Rogue, Dark vs Parting, Dark vs Inno (although Inno was washed up) Dark had to play 4 finals in one season to become GSL champion. He played really good this season and I think he deserves it. GGWP

[@DFGdanger]

54:08 start of first game break around 1:30:00, next game at 1:44:10 break around 2:23:00, next game at 2:30:49

[@kenn4803]

I am so tired of watching Zerg win everything. The moment I became a Maru fan he stopped winning GSL and I would have sold a kidney to watch Parting win this one. Dark is insanely good though… can’t blame Zerg for being Zerg.

[@Deepnecrology]

It’s just kind of boring - they have the best fast scouting unit in zerglings that scale to endgame, the best air scouts with overlord then mutas, then creep gives them vision too. they just get way more time to react

[@jackster330]

Dark displaying true masterclass Zerg. GG

[@supamanmz]

Congratulations to the winner!! great games and demonstrated killer instinct moves!

[@CynthiaRoseK]

Best caster duo ever yay. Love them 🥰🥰🥰

[@dollarsmaker]

Trap plays too safe sometimes, building 4th base and waiting for carriers instead of punishing opponent after a hold

[@diamon423]

Song at 1:14:08 ??????

[@germangimenez9100]

I´m really dissapointed with how Trap played this, so many mistakes made by him in a manner that was completely avoidable where he playing in his "best shape" Anyway, congrats to Dark. Though I play Toss and I always root for them, I really enjoy watching a good Zerg player doing his best...

[@snoopyt7]

agreed, don't wanna take anything away from Dark who played great and maybe would have won regardless but Trap seemed off for sure, maybe nervous or something.

[@tarquin161234]

Trap and parting let us down I think . They don't have to win but just wanna see them play true

[@floodo1]

Yeah i think he put a lot of pressure on himself

[@sub-harmonik]

viper yoinking seems a bit op

[@tttpods]

everything zerg has is a bit OP

[@danconser6709]

@@tttpods No more INFESTED TERANS :-( LOL That made me shed a tear...

[@mikew6543]

The entire shit game is a conglomeration of broken units and ridiculous spells.

[@LoranGlaser]

Geeze an hour in and the games are just starting

[@Framidan]

No metter what you do, is like zerg always recover.

[@eidde4455]

Lol Tastosis making fun of the changeling, only for it to come in clutch was awesome.

[@with.the.y]

Lol yes that comment from Artosis didn’t age well

[@petercriscuola]

Zerg is still op vs protoss. They can do whatever they want. Protoss has to play a perfect game to have a chancd to win.

[@oldoddjobs]

Trap had a bad day at the office

[@tatthanhphanho244]

Lately, I haven't seen "Stats" players competing. Does anyone know why he doesn't participate in tournaments anymore?

[@big_boy]

he go army

[@tatthanhphanho244]

@@big_boy thank so much.

[@minhoquang6068]

almost everytime i see carrier vs hydra, i see a lost for protoss.

[@nonstart9632]

Ông cũng fan starcraft 2 hả? Game này ở nước mình không phát triển bằng LoL

[@velveder2]

Trap missed the storm upgrade. It was too late when he finally got it.

[@IntegralKing]

series was not a 4-0 that said -- AfreecaTV PLS ADD BUFFER TIME AT THE END OF VIDEOS

[@alexrebo]

Can someone PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD tell me the name of the song at the start of the video?!!!! PLEASEEEEEEEE!!!!!

[@91010186]

The first music At 0:00 is focus by the four horsemen

[@tankbuggeru]

Dark deserved the win, no question. Some great battles, but overall, the match was one-sided. I was a bit frustrated with Trap's sloppiness and questionable judgement in some of the games today. He was not playing anywhere near his best, clearly nervous to play against Dark.

[@lukaszepesi]

Glad for Dark he hasn't looked in top shape for a while but this season he's been amazing. I was rooting for PartinG but Dark deserved the win :)

[@lycozur]

very happy to see dark win, im a an since wings - i just love his roach heavy brawl in your face style , hes simply the king of messy games and crawling back from evry corner

[@mybro4sale]

My little brother made the great tasteless duck picture lmao

[@matth1641]

How much?

[@brad2064]

Slightly better than last finals, but still a disappointing finals - here’s hoping S3 brings us a real contest in the finals.

[@tigera6]

The best match would be Maru vs Dark imo, that would be full of lategame and action. Those 2 are both lategame specialist and their army control is so good.

[@codykeller7512]

There will never be a 4-3 finals.

@@tigera6 Hard agree.

[@homielander5924]

Trap got slain damn, he looked nervous during these games

[@RadicalnessSC2]

What's with these last two gsl finals? Trap vs dark and maru vs rogue it seems like the loser was literally throwing away games..

[@tigera6]

Zerg players just prepare their game better. In the case of Maru, he probably had no freaking idea about Roach build from Rogue, or if he even practice against that style before the Final. In case of Trap, when he realize that any frontal ground attack into Dark doesnt work, he has no other plan and ultimately losing because his lategame isnt great.

[@lacryman5541]

1st game at 54:02 2nd at 1:15:15 3rd at 1:44:00 4th at 2:00:55

[@Nick_fb]

The spinal cord in the region of the sacrum was enlarged and was actually larger than the brain, a fact that gave rise to the misconception that Stegosaurus possessed two brains.

[@lumburgapalooza]

2:37:00 what's with trap not killing that changeling? drunk?

[@larryliang6748]

Trap was too nervous. He didn't play a trap game, but played a dark game. Nervousness cause him to lose his sharpness. His timing attack is his true strength. In this final, Trap didn't look like trap. Don't give up, Trap. Good luck in S3.

[@tigera6]

Thats just who Trap is, but I dont think nervousness had anything to do with it though. Dark just had a much better defense than any other Zerg, including Serral and Reynor who like to drone too much and had less unit to defend.

[@germangimenez9100]

​@@tigera6 I beg to differ. Trap made a 2 big mistakes that could´ve changed the tides of the game in the last two maps. Dark winning wasn´t solely because of his perfect defense.

[@tigera6]

@@germangimenez9100 Every players can play perfectly until they get punched in the face and start bleeding. Thats part of being a pro, trying to minimize the mistake and take advantage of the other player mistake. What I dont agree is that, you think Trap would have won without those 2 mistakes, I would say it would have been debatable on who could have won the games. And if you look at the series as a whole, DArk play better, and thats on Dark performance more than TRap. He defended the Oracle/Adept well enough, also stay alive after the first ground army push from Trap. Thats the "punch in the face" because Trap has not played much of late game PvZ, and he barely play any Skytoss. Basically Dark forced Trap out of his comfort zone, and that contribute into the blunder that Trap made. We cant just finger pointing at a certain point and say, that would have change the whole series has player X not made that mistake. Everything happen for a reason and we should not miss the build-up to that point.

[@germangimenez9100]

@@tigera6 I'm with you on what you're saying. Here's the thing, Trap lost because he was not playing at the tipy top of his best... or at least what I think his best is. Dark perfomance was that of a pro player at it's best, Traps one clearly wasn't. And no, I'm not saying he would've won hadn't he make those big mistakes we all clearly saw when he lost the carriers in the middle of the map and the last one not killing the changeling. But maybe, we could've have enjoy a longer final... With the same outcome...

[@tigera6]

@@germangimenez9100 I think Trap was playing at his usual form, he just didnt prepare to play against the Dark style. Most of Trap PvZ win has base on his early harrassment into a big ground army push in midgame that punish Zerg greedy build. Dark allowed none of that, and Trap had to play way past his comfort zone. And I dont think Trap is a great lategame PvZ player nor a great Skytoss user. He and Zoun depends mostly on Gateway and Robo units, which are counter by Dark style. I think Zest is a much suitable player to beat Dark with his crazy variety in timing build and his Skytoss army is very good.

[@PixsoulVGM]

good to see Dark win. Trap just seemed a little out of it especially when it came to making quick decisions during engagements. Hope to see a rematch soon!

[@tomasgogashvily5350]

Percival's red tag is more shiny compared to other terrans, it must be one of those "pick him" beacons

[@krioni86sa]

timestamp?

[@tomasgogashvily5350]

@@krioni86sa The moment where they choose players for round 16th, flashbacks xD

[@Amnpaterson]

I love how when they say hot 6 it sounds like "ahh shit"...which makes that crazy ad that much better

[@goshu7009]

From a Protos player - very well deserved win for Dark. GG!

[@StanislavDavydovskyi]

is there a way to watch these in 4k?

[@SimplySacredNow]

Around 36:00 - 37:00 , I was laughing from the host with mic asking those questions hahahaha

[@pxfy]

When will Protoss win a GSL standard tournament again?

[@dlawogus844]

Dark has 2nd Zerg brain to do right thing to do in every maneuver. His hydra bane ultra infestor maneuver impressed me. He just knows that if he fights straight up atm, he loses game so he withers the toss down with split army in different directions while not committing to fight because he knows he has 6 bases and so many larva. No other Zerg in thecurrent era can out-think opponents like him. These type of moves only comes from decade long experience in the game. Dark is an incredibly smart player who understand how Zerg should be played. Well deserved champion.

[@missbelled6700]

This is exactly what impresses me about him. Overmind-style, he knows the race so well and plays it without ego, it feels like.

[@ClubTatuaje]

Whats the name of the FIRST song? Thank you.

[@danicule8671]

This dark is a beast, and Trap missplayed most of the games, I still don't get why carriers against hydra bane

[@space_orphan]

Yeah, seems like he badly misread the situation. More high templars and some SENTRIES would have won the game for sure. When zergs skip Ravagers sentries are so good.

[@droserabinata]

@@space_orphan like two sentries would have been incredible

[@cm9128]

What a beast!!!!! Congratulations to the winner! 😱🤗🥰

[@jenesuispasbavard]

Next Protoss Code S champion in 2077.

[@phildurre9492]

??? maru not jn the finals?

[@dtosmanm4743]

Will a Protoss ever win a GSL again? Been so long

[@tigera6]

Only if its a PvP Final, it seems.

[@hohohojo]

Can you guys please timestamp the beginning of the rounds in the description?

[@aldrindetablan4358]

Damn I was rooting hard for Trap. You gonna get it next season man.

[@mr.anderson6810]

Intro .mp3 name??

[@fprohauha]

Great season!! Amazing final and well deserved victory!!!

[@dfg12382]

It's funny how you can counter Protoss air just by spamming a single unit that can also heal, spread creep and doesn't even cost gas or need any tech at all. I approve.

[@85UKDan]

and it benefits from upgrades

[@hornext4937]

It's also funny how despite this, people still whine that airtoss is invincible

[@isaacvieira1475]

queens have been seriously overpowered for so long now its hilarious

[@monkeybunny89]

Well then, you try it And see how many games you win

[@dfg12382]

@@monkeybunny89 No need to, Dark did it to the best protoss and it was a free win

[@l4unchp4dgaming38]

Games start @49:12

[@bunnieskitties293]

That runtime. Someone's about to get shitstomped.

[@glossary90]

Dark was super dominant in this GSL, top of the world atm.

[@JohnSmith-sw2zy]

Congratz to Dark! Trap seemed a little to passive. His killer instinct was not there today. Still exciting to watch!

[@space_orphan]

I think Trap's issue were his tech choices. He wasn't scouting and reacting to Dark's composition very well, and was just determined to tech straight into Carriers every game (which Dark proved he's strong against in the series vs Parting)