Global Star League often known as GSL, the largest Starcraft 2 tournament in the world held in Korea every month. GSL is often considered the highest skill level for Starcraft 2 players. Even being at Code A of GSL is no easy business. Only the greatest players around the world and in Korea managed to secure a spot for them self either in Code S or Code A. A lot of high ranked players from Korea and the foreigner scene failed to qualify for GSL Code A qualifiers. Players have to fight through other highly skilled players as only a few spots are allocated through these qualifiers.
Why am I indicating a topic on 'Watching GSL' by itself in my 'How to Improve in Starcraft 2' tips and strategy guide series. As you all know, GSL consists of the finest players from every races around the world. Often times, these players spent countless hours and training per day. Some players are even training up to 12-14 hours a day on Starcraft. This is a long Starcraft 2 training schedule.
Through the games played in GSL by these professional level Starcraft 2 players, often times, new strategies will be shown in their matches. During the previous GSL season 2, Guinea Pig showed every Protoss players around the world an innovative unseen strategy in his PvZ match. He went for a Pylon Pylon Nexus expansion at 18 food count. He then transitioned into 2 Stargates for Void Rays and Phoenix together with a Robotic Facility for Colossus. Having taken down his opponent with ease, soon this strategy itself has been the most popular strategy on Battle.net servers across all realms; US, EU, Korea and SEA servers.
ST_July the legendary Starcraft 1 player who is now focusing in Starcraft 2 and managed to steal two straight wins from IM_MvP resulting a 2-0 against GSL 4 previous Season GSL champion yesterday in GSL Code S RO 32 Group A. July incorporated a heavily aggressive early build after putting down his Hatchery. July seems to be favouring an early aggression in his Zerg vs Terran ZvT matchup in the form of Zerglings and Baneling bust. Currently majority of Zerg players are performing the defender role in ZvT matches, where the Zerg player will only defend whatever the Terran units thrown at him. However, July plays a totally different style and manage to get two wins from MvP. I will say this type of play, will be seen and used very often in the near future. Another impressive trick such as building a Hatchery and then cancelling it to generate creep to build an Evolution Chamber at his expansion. This trick has caught many players off guard as players do not generally check the building at Zergs expansion.
Finally, from LiquidJinro's game against OgsMC previous season, Jinro managed to grab a 2-0 victory against the very best Protoss in the world by opting for a Terran Mech build. The Terran Mech build has long been forgotten by most players as Terrans generally prefer the bio ball army compositin in the form of Marines and Marauders due to its effectiveness and cost efficiency in the Terran vs Protoss matchup. Soon the mech build itself, has gain serious popularity online.
Hence, a good way to improve yourself in Starcraft 2 will be by watching the GSL itself. Watch, the very latest strategy performed by the very best players around the world. Implement their decision paths and thinking process into your games and you will be a step closer to being a better SC 2 player overall.
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