This has been the best season of GSL in the league's 10 year history. Seriously. There's been SO many amazing series throughout the season, and it just felt like destiny that we should also have an amazing finals. This finals is up there with MVP vs Squirtle and DRG vs MMA as the best of all time in terms of entertainment. For pure skill, this one's by FAR the best. I'm BLOWN AWAY by how good these guys are. God I love StarCraft.
I would not go that far, there have been many epic series between the 4 horsemen of terran (maru, innovation, byun and ty), but it is definitely up there
To those that are about to watch this: you're in for a ride. This is what a finals series should look like. These two are just on a different level. Very much like their first finals encounter, these were insane games that could have gone either way. I am looking forward to this Maru/TY rivalry for years to come. Also, Banshees, let's goooo!!!
@@snowytail7882 In chemistry, reactions generally move slower at lower temperatures. This is true in other branches of science as well, because heat is just energy, essentially. So when you cool things down to the lowest temperature possible, absolute 0, everything stops and nothing happens.
Thank you all at the GSL for making all this possible. I've watched since Season 1, and all the messages from the Pros at the end were real meaningful. I will continue to watch every game and support every year! Hopefully I'll be able to fly down to the studio to attend in person :D
it's been shown that smiling can relieve pain. see kipchoge, the best marathon runner ever. he's smiling all the time while running, tricking his body.
@@tomleszczynski2862 Unfortunately, both already lost in King of Battles. Clem was the only foreigner in top 4. Raynor didn't even got out of the group stage. Raynor should join Code S again and we'll see how far he will get this time.
@@wotwot6868 Well koreans completely dominated this time, but last GSL vs the World foreigners dominated, zerg is less dominating lately and mot foreigners chances are zerg. I think Reynor, Serral and Clem are very close to top korean level, they can def beat all of them if they are on their A game.
@@Foudzing serral and reynor is definitely one of the top but I wouldn’t put them on par with Maru, TY, and Rougue. They haven’t really achieve much this year tbh.
@@Foudzing GSL vs the World is a show match in the middle of a Code S tournament. And that's just 1 of many tournaments. Most tournaments where Koreans are allowed to play are/was still dominated by Koreans. Note that I am not arguing that Reynor, Serral and Clem are not close to top korean level. Foreigners have historically gone toe to toe with Koreans in a few tournaments. Neeb, Elazer's Blizz run, Scarlett's finals against sOs (3rd and 4th is Special and Elazer).
Dam, great match, almost as good as the 2018 match but this time it went to TY. Dam I wanted Maru to win.... tough pill to swallow but can’t deny how good the match was. GG
Some sloppiness from Maru in game 2 allowed TY to come back from behind. But Maru's micro was being pushed to the absolute limit. I don't think he was prepared for good TY's micro has gotten.
What a phenomenal final,so back and forth,each game had so much nuance in it,it was no domination but a slugfest.Congrats to TY,he showed such highevel in this match.
@@masonlenox6829 Currently Reynor. Overall(currently active),- Maru, Rogue, Serral. Reasoning,- 1. Serral is meta player and his success period coincided with overall zerg domination(and this meta was created by Rogue and Dark). Other 3 were less dominant at their best, but they didn't care about meta and won when other people of the same race were not winning. 2. Their success lives much longer and relies on tournaments with full presentation of the best players. Most of Serral tournaments wins are without korean players. Maru - first premier win 2013- last 2020 (9 "international" premier tournaments won) Rogue - 2017 - 2020 (7) Serral - 2018 - 2020 (5 international out of 12 overall) 3. Serral never played GSL and never showed how he does in this format. TY is far below because he has issues with regular format. And when he was good at regular format, he couldn't win GSL. Overall best is life imho. But... *sigh. He didn't end good.
TvT is my least favorite matchup, but I think this was one of my favorite matches. What a rollercoaster!!! Every match was so interesting and surprising. Absolutely brilliant!
Because Gyuri doesn't egg anyone on to talk smack and get the hype going. 35:42 Just wouldn't have happened. No offense to her, but I think they make the right call.
artosisTV has a good discussion on the blizzard shift. Sounds like the bottom line is SC2 was not designed around a long-term sales model - they were planning on the 3 waves of box sales and then everything after that was trying to figure out how to justify the consumption of talent. Compare that to other games which have micro-purchases built in, or even SAAS like what, all modern productivity titles? The genre is going to have to get reborn with an architecture that will allow the same kind of long term stability in rules and concept, plus the ability to do balance updates, plus a pay model that keeps the designer invested. Or just releasing the title to be open source or something!!!!!
@@towTruck42 Poor execution and mismangement of the game should mean that they design a sequel to the series. However, not every single game needs mtx, granted i bought every skin for this game to support it but Blizzard needs to INVEST in the game to get a return, not half ass it like EA, notice how poorly EA games sell today compared to 10 years ago. Blizzard is on it's way as well because of bad decisions, which is tragic because I always want to support blizzard as much as possible, this is not a decision I can get behind, this is tragic. SC2 is the only good RTS, and now they have abandoned it, Pray there's a sequel to this series otherwise it's an IP that will go to waste and lose a lot of loyal customers of blizzard in the process.
What's with TY's ship weapons upgrades (seemingly sticking at lvl 1) in game 4? Nobody seems to notice while I felt this is/was massive, though at least mentionworthy... Did Tastosis overlook it whole game long? All in all very entertaining and enjoyable finals with overall great casting!
That’s a good point. I felt like TY had money to complete those. Maybe the issue is ship weapons boost battlecruiser performance greatly, but the value is somewhat inferior if you have a Viking army.
Wow! That was an incredible series! Maru was on his game today, he made some absurd plays and pulled out some near miracles there, but TY was just too strong. Insane games, they kept on getting better as the series continued!
really enjoyed this season. I feel there has been a gerat evolution of play this season. So nice that not every game was 4M or standard builds across the entire tournament. SC2 seems in a great place right now to enable interesting and varied games.
man, i want both to win but I do like the slight underdog as well. ggs to both and wish them lots of health and success in the future. TY and Maru make sc2 so much better.
Maru conceded too early game 5, he had a bigger army and TY wasn't producing very much so it was worth going across the map with everything and trying to win. Might've been a very slim chance but for a GSL final you surely try?
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This has been the best season of GSL in the league's 10 year history. Seriously. There's been SO many amazing series throughout the season, and it just felt like destiny that we should also have an amazing finals.
This finals is up there with MVP vs Squirtle and DRG vs MMA as the best of all time in terms of entertainment. For pure skill, this one's by FAR the best. I'm BLOWN AWAY by how good these guys are.
God I love StarCraft.
Preach
It's all great until a Wild Serral Fan Appears
I’m waiting for a tournament here... mogul.gg/games/SC2
DRG MMA was awesome
That is true
The best TvT match ever in SC2 whole history.
I would not go that far, there have been many epic series between the 4 horsemen of terran (maru, innovation, byun and ty), but it is definitely up there
@@terryfeynman I agree, but TY and Maru are on top of their game, I would argue. The match just really lived up to the hype.
I would agree 👍
I think their previous code S finals was way better. But we probably have different tastes.
Bullshit
''Thirteen minutes and combat shield is almost done guys don't worry''
Just like in my regular games
"Every game I'm seeing is the best I've ever seen"
A testament to how awesome this series was
To those that are about to watch this: you're in for a ride. This is what a finals series should look like. These two are just on a different level.
Very much like their first finals encounter, these were insane games that could have gone either way. I am looking forward to this Maru/TY rivalry for years to come.
Also, Banshees, let's goooo!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~
Too bad TY is gone now :(
Artosis: "Stabilize? the temperature could drop to zero kelvin and this game wouldn't stabilize!" Ah, a man of science I see. :P
Nah, he once said, that Einstein was the first one to measure the speed of light.
He once said the world wasn’t flat
yeah but a good scientist will admit when he's been wrong. Artosis is on that train for sure! He'll make jokes about it!
That was a good irony in that moment, I liked it. Just don't get it literally.
@@snowytail7882 In chemistry, reactions generally move slower at lower temperatures. This is true in other branches of science as well, because heat is just energy, essentially. So when you cool things down to the lowest temperature possible, absolute 0, everything stops and nothing happens.
Intro Cinematic Pose - 32:03
Pregame "trash talk" - 32:56
Tasteosis Banter Starts - 45:26
Map 1 - 52:12
Map 2 - 1:08:15
Map 3 - 1:44:02
Map 4 - 1:55:45
Map 5 - 2:34:09
Map 6 - 2:50:20
Praise be to Lord Helix!
@@myselfremade Bless you my child
god bless
Map 7 - 3:15:35
@@BlackIndigenousPosse No one forced you to click read more, or even watch comment expecting them all to be spoiler free...
S2 finals was a sacrifice for this amazing s3 finals
Gotta give the props to mapmakers. I really appreciate and enjoy games on Golden Wall and Eternal Empire. These two are definitely my favorites.
made by the same mapmaker !
Thank you all at the GSL for making all this possible. I've watched since Season 1, and all the messages from the Pros at the end were real meaningful. I will continue to watch every game and support every year! Hopefully I'll be able to fly down to the studio to attend in person :D
You have to go to korea. I did that twice and it was amazing!
@@dirkd8713 Aww that's so cool, it's one of the things I regret not doing earlier. But once this pandemic is countered, I'll be there ASAP!
@@ArtOfDrummingHQ Well, I think I will go again in 2022. 2021 is going to be a busy year for me! I know the good places in Seoul :D
Without a doubt best finals of 2020.
ST2 coming up, lets hope we get a rematch.
@@tigera6 Maru vs TY is always joy to watch.
There’s a reason why TY’s win rate of TvT is over 80%. Congratulations TY!!
TY has been on another planet this year. He prepares and strategizes better than anyone right now.
Masterful games from both TY and Maru.
Congrates to TY for being on another level.
What an incredible series between two absolute legends. This is why we love Starcraft!
I feel slightly ill from riding this rollercoaster of a finals series...just pure insanity and brilliance!
after game 4 I lost it, my brain just died, so much insanity
Makes up for all the other finals this year.
it would take a long time to break down this match
Maru smiling after golden wall match ends..... Shows champion spirit
maru: im practice 2x much
coach: u practice 20 hr a day
maru: give me more computers
it's been shown that smiling can relieve pain. see kipchoge, the best marathon runner ever. he's smiling all the time while running, tricking his body.
I would LOVE to recreate a replay file of that game and jump in with a friend at different points to see how we do
Love of the game. Pure and simple.
This just cements how GSL Code S is really the world championship; was then; still is now.
serral and reynor await
@@tomleszczynski2862 Unfortunately, both already lost in King of Battles. Clem was the only foreigner in top 4. Raynor didn't even got out of the group stage.
Raynor should join Code S again and we'll see how far he will get this time.
@@wotwot6868 Well koreans completely dominated this time, but last GSL vs the World foreigners dominated, zerg is less dominating lately and mot foreigners chances are zerg. I think Reynor, Serral and Clem are very close to top korean level, they can def beat all of them if they are on their A game.
@@Foudzing serral and reynor is definitely one of the top but I wouldn’t put them on par with Maru, TY, and Rougue. They haven’t really achieve much this year tbh.
@@Foudzing GSL vs the World is a show match in the middle of a Code S tournament. And that's just 1 of many tournaments. Most tournaments where Koreans are allowed to play are/was still dominated by Koreans.
Note that I am not arguing that Reynor, Serral and Clem are not close to top korean level. Foreigners have historically gone toe to toe with Koreans in a few tournaments. Neeb, Elazer's Blizz run, Scarlett's finals against sOs (3rd and 4th is Special and Elazer).
This is what a FINAL should be look like, awesome play by Maru and TY👏👏
what an awesome finals with two legendary legendary casters !!!
with THREE legendary casters :D
TY is a caster xd
@@sergeyk9060 TY did 2 jobs at the same time: beating Maru and doing commentary!
who said 2 million people dying was justified by a video game tournament
@@krisdang "2020 sucks" is a meme and it's not just about COVID you absolute vacuum
A TvT for the ages...
1:49:03 TY casually saving 50 minerals. :O
The guy is a god...
No marine left behind
Maru even smiling when getting his prize.... Damn that boi will win next GSL
Thank you AfreecaTV for providing all that entertainment! Keep it up. Will be watching next season for sure. As well as ASL.
Holy SHIT! Whoever won between these 2 gladiators (Congrats TY) WE ALL WON!! What a EPIC FINALS!
52:10 series starts.
God’s love shines down upon you
Dam, great match, almost as good as the 2018 match but this time it went to TY. Dam I wanted Maru to win.... tough pill to swallow but can’t deny how good the match was. GG
Absolutely mind blowing!
I hope those who witnessed it live realize how lucky they are.
Shoot. Yeah I would have loved to be there!!
As a 10 year sc2 fan, and a 7 year chess player, I really appreciated all the chess references Tastosis made throughout this series. Excellent finals!
I don't even know if I can say either player make any crucial mistake in any of the 6 games from micro standpoint. Incredible
Some sloppiness from Maru in game 2 allowed TY to come back from behind. But Maru's micro was being pushed to the absolute limit. I don't think he was prepared for good TY's micro has gotten.
This one really took my emotions for a rollercoaster ride. I can't think of any finals match that could top this from start to finish. Holy crap lol
Thank You GSL
Nick and Dan had so much enthusiasm from start to finish you couldn’t help but be hyped for those games. Amazing games from the two best players!
Amazing play by TY. He just seems so ready for everything when he plays. He never gives his opponent an easy opening.
I just watched this finals right after the season 2 finals. This was so good. Now i'll go back and watch all the games til then.
This finals was everything I wanted it to be and more.
What a phenomenal final,so back and forth,each game had so much nuance in it,it was no domination but a slugfest.Congrats to TY,he showed such highevel in this match.
Wow. What an amazing series. Fantastic games with fantastic casting. I couldn't be happier with the result either.
Best sc2 players, TY and Maru.
@@masonlenox6829 Currently Reynor. Overall(currently active),- Maru, Rogue, Serral. Reasoning,-
1. Serral is meta player and his success period coincided with overall zerg domination(and this meta was created by Rogue and Dark). Other 3 were less dominant at their best, but they didn't care about meta and won when other people of the same race were not winning.
2. Their success lives much longer and relies on tournaments with full presentation of the best players. Most of Serral tournaments wins are without korean players.
Maru - first premier win 2013- last 2020 (9 "international" premier tournaments won)
Rogue - 2017 - 2020 (7)
Serral - 2018 - 2020 (5 international out of 12 overall)
3. Serral never played GSL and never showed how he does in this format.
TY is far below because he has issues with regular format. And when he was good at regular format, he couldn't win GSL.
Overall best is life imho. But... *sigh. He didn't end good.
Holy crap, that was absolutely epic. TY's definitely the greatest Terran, possibly greatest player in the world for 2020.
Maru’s TvZ is on another level though
@@Chrysis312 cure is the who beat serral and reynor, not maru. Still.. i hate both
@@mongolian242 "still i hate both" mad lad
Amazing series, easily the best two players in the GSL fighting it out in the finals, great to see.
Both played very well and the best series I've seen this year.
That were just an incredible games and TvT ! Thx for it! .... This is what everyone wanna see in finals !
One of the greatest series ever. Unbelievable. These two are absolute savages. So creative and strong.
TvT is my least favorite matchup, but I think this was one of my favorite matches. What a rollercoaster!!! Every match was so interesting and surprising. Absolutely brilliant!
Just incredible, no spoilers, just a big WOW
The single most incredible TvT series in the history of StarCraft II.
Why do they always get rid of Gyuri for the finals? Biggest match of the season and they kick her out. I demand justice.
DEH!
Gyuri was the least interesting part of this match, didn't notice her gone.
Cuz you need a hype dude riling things up for the two
True. They need her to get simps like you to watch the video. Luckily, many of us are actually here for the game.
Because Gyuri doesn't egg anyone on to talk smack and get the hype going.
35:42 Just wouldn't have happened. No offense to her, but I think they make the right call.
That was such a damn good series. Both of them are absolute beasts!
Oh yeah, the second screen to watch other activities is just AWESOME> PLEASE KEEP THOSE>
This series went to my BESTofSC playlist. INSANE
GREAT GAMES, thanks all around - GOOD JOB!
This is the Golden Wall game I've been waiting for!
It was a pleasure to watch this amazing championship!
I stopped playing SC2 but that was a delight to watch, Epic close games and insane strategies
10/10 series
Absolutely pathetic how Blizzard has abandoned this incredible game
artosisTV has a good discussion on the blizzard shift. Sounds like the bottom line is SC2 was not designed around a long-term sales model - they were planning on the 3 waves of box sales and then everything after that was trying to figure out how to justify the consumption of talent. Compare that to other games which have micro-purchases built in, or even SAAS like what, all modern productivity titles? The genre is going to have to get reborn with an architecture that will allow the same kind of long term stability in rules and concept, plus the ability to do balance updates, plus a pay model that keeps the designer invested. Or just releasing the title to be open source or something!!!!!
@@towTruck42 Poor execution and mismangement of the game should mean that they design a sequel to the series. However, not every single game needs mtx, granted i bought every skin for this game to support it but Blizzard needs to INVEST in the game to get a return, not half ass it like EA, notice how poorly EA games sell today compared to 10 years ago. Blizzard is on it's way as well because of bad decisions, which is tragic because I always want to support blizzard as much as possible, this is not a decision I can get behind, this is tragic. SC2 is the only good RTS, and now they have abandoned it, Pray there's a sequel to this series otherwise it's an IP that will go to waste and lose a lot of loyal customers of blizzard in the process.
They have abandoned more then just this game sadly..
Activision is strip mining the company, Blizzard doesn't exist anymore as you remember it.
this was a great final to watch !
overall this GSL as been one of the most entertaining i have watched it a very long time :D !
epic tvt. epic final. to support GSL i watched all advertisements here on youtube without clicking the skip button!!!!!
What's with TY's ship weapons upgrades (seemingly sticking at lvl 1) in game 4? Nobody seems to notice while I felt this is/was massive, though at least mentionworthy... Did Tastosis overlook it whole game long?
All in all very entertaining and enjoyable finals with overall great casting!
That’s a good point. I felt like TY had money to complete those. Maybe the issue is ship weapons boost battlecruiser performance greatly, but the value is somewhat inferior if you have a Viking army.
@@ShitajiMado but Maru was the one with the +3 vikings, while TY was the one sitting on +1 with 7 bathtubs... dunno :D
crazy finals
Best series I've ever seen
I like TY, but Maru was and always will be my dude :( I'm so sad he lost....
Same very sad but props to TY he deserved it but Maru is truly back in form just need to get rid of those damn injuries
@@TheOnlyAzure what injuries??
@@TeExorcizoConHardTecno wrist injuries
@@syczu12 and shoulder
Wow! That was an incredible series! Maru was on his game today, he made some absurd plays and pulled out some near miracles there, but TY was just too strong. Insane games, they kept on getting better as the series continued!
Incredible. A well deserved win but played amazingly on both sides.
Literally the best game of 2020
really enjoyed this season. I feel there has been a gerat evolution of play this season. So nice that not every game was 4M or standard builds across the entire tournament. SC2 seems in a great place right now to enable interesting and varied games.
like watching two monster AIs duke it out and humans trying to figure out play by play
This was the epicest series ever!
GG WP, well casted! On to the next 10 years!
I put just to listen to until I finish cleaning my room, but man, it's impossible not watch it. Damn!
this looks like fun. let me try
so who should i play vs first?
I love Brood War, but games like this are why SC2 is the best game ever. It was actually bat-shit insane.
Absolutely incredible
Awesome games !! Good job to the winner, and good job to the casters !
I think that was the best finals I ever saw!! Just crazy!!
This is history in the making for sure!
both are great ... a wonderful game of SC
Man Starcraft means so much to them, and to me. What an incredible match. Congrats TY.
What an insane final! A battle between two gods...
man, i want both to win but I do like the slight underdog as well. ggs to both and wish them lots of health and success in the future. TY and Maru make sc2 so much better.
EPIC! Edge of your seat finals.
I dont like TvT but god damn, Golden Wall is such a awesome map
TvT is the best mirror matchup.
@@Loverapten yes, definitely the best mirror after pvp and zvz.
When’s the last finals we’ve had where each game could go either way until the last fight?
Would mining the gold minerals on Golden Wall have any value? It would be a crazy mineral influx I imagine
Awesome tournament, awesome finals! GG!
Battle of the Gods! Nice game, Maru! Congrats, TY!
Great matches. TY was just so strategically/ tactically good.
This may be the greatest TvT of all time.
TY's TVT is just amazing!
Finally a great grand finale that was awesome.
This is the best GSL finals.
Anywhere I can find what tracks were used during this broadcast? Theres a few dnb tracks in there that I'd love to know the names of.
fantastic; loved it.
Who would you cheer for guys?
One thing to say is that I am just happy to see StarCraft 2 being popular again! (compared to other years with less than 100,000 views)
I almost poured water on my cigar and lit my glass on fire while watching this match. I'm not even speechless, more like breathless!
Last professional game on the Golden Wall map. What a perfect game to say goodbye to that map.
Good games, top comentary as always! :)
how did that happened, my most favorite players have to play against each other, who do I choose!? :)
This match is the SCII equivalent of Ali vs Frazier. This final is easily the best final I have ever seen.
Maru conceded too early game 5, he had a bigger army and TY wasn't producing very much so it was worth going across the map with everything and trying to win. Might've been a very slim chance but for a GSL final you surely try?