Round of 32

Round of 16

Group of Death

Today was an important day for every MC fan out there. After a very impressive run to the finals, today he was set to take his third GSL championship. Unfortunately MC couldn't bring home the gold but his tournament so far has been more than impressive.We're going to take a look back at his entire tournament and talk about why this was a very special tournament for MC and what it means for the future.The first group stage of the GSL has proven to be the biggest hurdle for a lot of people as it's hard to tell who's playing the best StarCraft at the time. For MC coming into this season of GSL he was going through a change in his playstyle. His transition from a one base or two base all in type player to a deadly macro player was almost complete.His group presented a massive challenge for him with two very high level Terran players in his group. His TvP has been his weakest match up for a while now and with Ganzi to play first it was going to be a rough group. Right off the bat he went down 0-2 in his group. For any player this is the worst possible start to their GSL run but for MC it just made him work harder. MC is known worldwide to have frightening PvZ and unfortunately for Sniper he felt the full wrath of MC, losing 2-0 in the losers match. This meant MC would face off once again against Ganzi, with the Round of 16 at stake. This situation would have crushed many pro gamers but for MC it was just another bo3. He smashed Ganzi 2-0 and continued on in second place.After a very tough round of 32 MC had to deal with what was considered the. With so many top ranked players crammed into one it made it impossible to tell who was the favourite.MC kicked off his first match against none other than MarineKing. With MC's weakest match up being Terran it blew people away to watch him dismantle MarineKing. Everyone feared the day MC played macro but now his transformation was complete. MarineKing was a player who everyone thought would be the only one to give MC trouble and he took the game in dominating fashion. Next up he would face Squritle, a player who was known for his sick PvP. After two intense games it was tied at 1-1. MC came out and destroyed game 3. Claiming his spot at the top of his group and in the round of 8.When the bracket was announced it was no surprise to see MC get one of the toughest brackets. His first match was against none other than his former teammate, Taeja. No one really knew what to expect from Taeja but what we saw was nothing but a display of two champion tier players giving it their all. Most people expected MC to walk this series with no problem but Taeja didn't allow that. MC found himself battling for his Semi-Final slot. However a player of MC's caliber was too much for Taeja and we saw MC advance after a very intense 5 game series.In what was considered one of the most anticipated matches of the entire tournament the two former champions battled it out for the chance to advance to the final. There was a lot of talk about DongRaeGu being the favourite and that MC wouldn't match up to him in PvZ. Those statements were far from the truth. The world witnessed MC obliterate DRG 3-0 and advance to the final. In what was MC's most dominating performance of the entire tournament.Here we have the two best players of the entire tournament facing off. Both players have very different styles of play. A lot of the community were sceptical of a Protoss vs Protoss final. In fact this would be the first time we would see the match up happen in the final. These two players are the reason why PvP isn't the same match up it was last year, the innovation and tactical brilliance they bring to the table is what made this finals one of the best we've seen yet.Unfortunately we watched MC take three early losses and be one game away from defeat. But this is were we saw why MC is a special player. In the face of defeat he took a chance and executed it perfectly, that one game was what MC needed to bring himself back to life. Although the comeback was in motion Seed was the better player on the day and managed to defeat MC 4-1 to take his first GSL Championship.With everything being said, we witnessed a new MC this season. It's scary to watch a player develop as the season unfolds and dominate some of the best players in the world. The third championship MC craves isn't too far away, this is only the beginning.Up next for MC is the Republic of Gamers Summer event in Finland next week. Be sure to check out the preview of the event on sk-gaming.com as well as the in depth analysis of today's final of GSL.