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GSL Code S held its Season 2 qualifier just days after the conclusion of Season 1, determining the final 12 player roster for the May-June event.
The competition was less intense than in Season 1, as Reynor, Trigger, and NightMare all declined to try and reclaim their spots. As such, most Code S ‘regulars’ who participated were able to advance with the exception of Ryung. sOs, who surprised the SC2 scene by breaking his retirement and qualifying for Season 1, failed to make the cut this time around.
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Code S Season 2 will be played from May 28 to June 13.
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Canada3334 Posts
Looks like a slightly more competitive lineup than S1 as well.
United States10318 Posts
Good mix of players, nice to see the others get a chance too
Germany320 Posts
United Kingdom855 Posts
Makes his decision to pick Protoss against GuMiho in Season 1 look even weirder…
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On May 19 2025 14:17 DarkGamer wrote:
Do we know, why reynor and trigger didnt try again? dallas is 23.-25. and the gsl starts 28.5.
They also play in Bellum Gens, which is Jun 4-7, I guess its too much traveling back and forth to KR if they want to play in S2.
United States17626 Posts
Maru won 2-0 against GuMiho in a TvT.
Makes his decision to pick Protoss against GuMiho in Season 1 look even weirder…
Maru had quite a day of TvT lol. Beating Byun, Cure, and Gumiho. (The only other player he beat was sOs, and he lost to herO 1-2)
Northern Ireland24473 Posts
On May 19 2025 14:17 DarkGamer wrote:
Do we know, why reynor and trigger didnt try again? dallas is 23.-25. and the gsl starts 28.5.
They also play in Bellum Gens, which is Jun 4-7, I guess its too much traveling back and forth to KR if they want to play in S2.
Yeah it’s a pity but that makes a lot of sense
United States1477 Posts
Yeah it’s a pity but that makes a lot of sense
i feel like i’m not buying it. are none of the korean players going to go to these tournaments?
Northern Ireland24473 Posts
i feel like i’m not buying it. are none of the korean players going to go to these tournaments?
Korean players live in Korea.
Even with the squashed GSL schedule we have compared to previous formats, that’s still a decent chunk of time for foreigners to base themselves in Korea. Then to go from Korea to Europe, back, and Korea to America and back
Could be a purely economic decision, could be a worry about disruptions to performance.
Woulda been cool to see but it’s something of an inevitable consequence of EWC’s preposterously long delay, and now trying to squash everything in
Germany1107 Posts
i feel like i’m not buying it. are none of the korean players going to go to these tournaments?
None of the korean top players expect Maru did even try to qualify and Maru declined his spot eventually, probably because of GSL. So even for most koreans the travel expense (and stress) was not worth it. It is even harder if you are a foreigner who has to bounce between the two countries, neither of which is your actual home.
Hong Kong745 Posts