I hope he's back next year. Some part of me wonders if he's almost a bit intimidated by his own reputation and doesn't want to go back if he isn't very very confident, since naturally everyone's gonna be all like 'holy shit Flash is back!' when he does re-enter. But what if he tries out and doesn't even qualify, or bombs out in the first round, lol.
@uxie6177 i think so. I think he its taking time first to let the controversy settle but also make sure he is in shape. If he tries and gets a RO24 or even RO16 exit it'll be very embarrassing for him and might tarnish his goat legacy
Beating Soulkey who just went 5-1 vs. Mini in finals I suspect he's feeling pretty confident and just preparing another random run or to win a few ASLs as protoss since historically results favor zerg/terran? Could be wrong but I think Flash just has the mindset of a conqueror, what do I want and how will I take it with the fear of his reputation taking a hit pretty low. He also did bomb out as random if I remember right, but he stuck to the plan which to me makes him even more of a goat. Seems like he's just creating interesting experiences for himself and his fans with his play since just beating everyone and winning everything as Terran started to bore him a bit.
My head canon is that he's been theory crafting protoss for the last 2 years. Of the three races it's the most playable through his injuries. And he is the sort of guy who might want to prove he can win with the historically least champion rich race.
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That was insane. If you didn't say that was the number #1 Zerg it would seem that it's some poor schmuck being flexed on by Flash. It's actually quite scary that so many overlords have died, so much economy used to replace them yet Zerg remained with a strong army enough to go on the offense.
Despite getting away with the risky Nexus first build, this is still an impressive victory by a rusty and off race Flash. Perhaps he is making good progress on returning to form?
funny how Soulkey made Mini his bitch when doing this style. Flash brain be like "Drops are always clumped together, storm will handle this" GIGAbrain activate
Easy there, this game was not played recently, it was played earlier this year when Soulkey was still busy playing LOL and he did not know it was Flash and was just chilling on the ladder. Put it into a tournament he's gonna 4-0 Flash.
@@spinvnall these excuses go the other way around as well. Flash was just iut of the military, chilling on the ladder, playing his off-race, etc. Could also make the same argument that if it was a tournament Flash would 4-0 because he would prepare. Now I'm actually of the same opinion of you, but your argument is shit.
Without taking away from the brilliance of Flash, it feels like SoulKey wasn't fully invested in this game. Certain decisions for static defense and better overlord defense are quite obvious for a player of his caliber and could have been implemented, but were not, which eventually left him behind. Still an absoluely great game! It's always such a pleasure to watch 2 legendary players dish it out.
@@The_Scouts_Code Flash is definitely smarter and has better logic and game sense than Mini, but his Protoss is not better than Mini's. At least for now :)
I feel if the overlord drop flanking attack happened sooner and he was more deceisive with the execution the game could have gone on quite a bit longer. It seemed like he was hesitating what to do there which gave Flash all the time he needed to drop those storm perfectly.
which usually is not easy to do as protoss , u don't know what zergs can do sometimes , specially at lower level toss when u need to know if mutas or hydra bust is coming to your expansion
@@gasstationpeanuts1814 to be honest even his macro management in this game was insane , the technology , the microing everywhere and decisions , corsairs sneaking behind and positioning .. I feel like FlaSh is that guy that can play all kind of instruments and kick everyone's ass at it!
Flash's counter is his wrist injury. He is playing other races to overcome it. He started it with an old Goliath rush, but that got countered recently. Therefore he is developing into a Protoss Executor.
Because making an evo chamber, and a spore colony, and 2 drones costs like 350 minerals. 4 hydras is better. And also shoots downwards if they go mass zealots
You know Soulkey was swearing . Dude got supply blocked 3 times and thus his army did not have a chance against flash . The drop attempts just show Soulkey realizing what he needs to try ,well done.
Play Protoss against Zerg, storm them. Play Zerg against Terran, swarm them. Play Terran against Protoss, emp them. scbw is one giant rock paper scissors.
2018 ASL map makers: Flash OP, make all maps terrible for Terran 2023 Flash: kekw I actually can’t remember which season it was where they had those insanely imbalanced maps just to stop Flash.
Season 5 of ASL, when Snow beat him in the quarters BARELY 3:2 on broken maps (and i think Flash could have won, but he took some unnecessary risk imho, again because of the maps and also of Snow's rep of a great PvTer) and Snow was a very very good player at that time, but still wasnt the monster he is now. Also Flash was on a 3 straight ASL victories, so the stupid organizers decided to intervene and made the mapmakers to make those maps. I remember reading somewhere, that after he lost to Snow, while he was still in the studio some guy from the ASL personally apologized to Flash for the maps they had in that season.
Taking Flash away from Starcraft might be one of the greatest military atrocities in history
SPOILER ! ---> @@FourOneNineOneFourOne
War crime against humanity
@@FourOneNineOneFourOne I mean, obviously Flash is a god, but this is a selected bo1 with nothing at stake.
@@FourOneNineOneFourOnehe got away with nexus first
he could had played currently but theres drama behind his btc shilling
Can't wait to see Flash back in ASL. Maybe another Random attempt?
What a beast!
I hope he's back next year. Some part of me wonders if he's almost a bit intimidated by his own reputation and doesn't want to go back if he isn't very very confident, since naturally everyone's gonna be all like 'holy shit Flash is back!' when he does re-enter. But what if he tries out and doesn't even qualify, or bombs out in the first round, lol.
how about full protoss to become the best protoss of all time? :D
@uxie6177 i think so. I think he its taking time first to let the controversy settle but also make sure he is in shape. If he tries and gets a RO24 or even RO16 exit it'll be very embarrassing for him and might tarnish his goat legacy
Beating Soulkey who just went 5-1 vs. Mini in finals I suspect he's feeling pretty confident and just preparing another random run or to win a few ASLs as protoss since historically results favor zerg/terran? Could be wrong but I think Flash just has the mindset of a conqueror, what do I want and how will I take it with the fear of his reputation taking a hit pretty low. He also did bomb out as random if I remember right, but he stuck to the plan which to me makes him even more of a goat. Seems like he's just creating interesting experiences for himself and his fans with his play since just beating everyone and winning everything as Terran started to bore him a bit.
It was not a good day to be an overlord.
"It is a good day to die!"
Is it ever?
The last drop was pretty sweet too, but psi storm is so strong. Flash showing he can do excellent storms just like the best protoss players.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
OvaLord Cube: "Today was not a good day..."
I just woke up and read the thumbnail as "FLASH VS SOCIETY" and I thought my man was trying to make a statement or something lmao
there's nothing better than artosis casting flash games, truly a god gamer
hopefully he plays ASL again
My head canon is that he's been theory crafting protoss for the last 2 years. Of the three races it's the most playable through his injuries. And he is the sort of guy who might want to prove he can win with the historically least champion rich race.
Those storms at 13:20 clutched it out for Flash. Really well-done.
I think he was already really far ahead from the drop in the main not doing anything and soulkey was basically all-in. Those were nice storms though.
incredible, flash is the avatar of starcraft
Seems like Flash is a little shy today with his webcam off
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Give it up RT, even Flash has swapped to Protoss.
that carrier transition was clutch and definitely revolutionise the game
Halfway across the world and working 7days a week I really appreciate the casts, I know nothing about BW outside this and the asl games
Wow what a great game!! Those drops looked scary but Flash handled everything so well. The psi storms at the end were epic!
His army and sair movement was so insane. Taking every possible opportunity to exploit when z extended.
No zealot early pressure. He truly read everything Soulkey was doing the whole game.
That was insane. If you didn't say that was the number #1 Zerg it would seem that it's some poor schmuck being flexed on by Flash. It's actually quite scary that so many overlords have died, so much economy used to replace them yet Zerg remained with a strong army enough to go on the offense.
Zerg recovers from supply blocks easily. Because they can make 25 units at once
@@stevenbell5224yeah but even so. Replacing 12 overlords is 1200 min. That’s not nothing especially early in the game
@@trogdorburninator7936 Also 12 larva, zerg would much rather have used that on drones or hydras.
couldn't he build a couple of spores,would cost him less maybe than losing that many overlords
Lmao the corsair zealot early game flex was real
Keep these uploads coming. I enjoy these short games
Flash should come back as Protoss. What else is there to prove as Terran? But if he can win 1 ASL as Protoss, it actually adds to his legacy.
Protoss actually aligns with Terran build order and actually is agressive earlier on.
The Overlord Union: "ARREST THIS MAN! He is a TERRORIST!"
we need Flash in ASL, this guy brings NEW Level into the table
Maybe Flash is like "hmm there's never been a Protoss Bonjwa? We'll see about that!"
I took a break from the channel so I could binge a lot of videos at once and I gotta say I've missed it! Love the videos, man!
Flash is also the best Protoss in the world. He just prefers to be the best Terran in the world
If flash ever comes back to play random, im interested in seeing his offraces more. Especially zerg
another amazing game! thanks for the casts RT, love seeing Flash
Those overlords had families.
Flash games make me so happy. I'll never be even half as good as him, but I love playing random.
I'm not sure even the second best player in the world is half as good as Flash :)
@@CaptainWumbo In a certain way you are kinda right, even if Light is at least half as good as Flash :)
Flash is definitely the Mike Tyson of Starcraft.
Gg, thanks for the cast Artosis.
It's obviously only one game where a protoss got away with Nexus first, but I'm still blown away.
true, but Soulkey had 12 hatch no?
"If opponent no muta, then hunt overlords with corsairs to keep a lid on opponent" protoss meta incoming.
I mean, the greatest strategy is a good application of the obvious
Zerg will always beat Protoss in ASL
Fantastic video, thank you!
That overlord abuse was nuts
Despite getting away with the risky Nexus first build, this is still an impressive victory by a rusty and off race Flash. Perhaps he is making good progress on returning to form?
this is probably the best PvZ match i've ever watched
Flash’s deliberate strategy of not taking the 3rd expansion is very surprising yet effective
funny how Soulkey made Mini his bitch when doing this style. Flash brain be like "Drops are always clumped together, storm will handle this" GIGAbrain activate
Watching these casts makes me so hyped for Flash making another attempt at Random :D
Question is how much he has fallen back on his Terran
(ASL S16 spoiler)
Wow, Mini struggles to beat Soulkey in the ASL, while Flash can do so off-racing as P. He truly is a god at BW
Easy there, this game was not played recently, it was played earlier this year when Soulkey was still busy playing LOL and he did not know it was Flash and was just chilling on the ladder. Put it into a tournament he's gonna 4-0 Flash.
@@spinvn interesting, how do you know this context?
@@bfors8498he's talking out of his ass lmao
@@spinvnall these excuses go the other way around as well. Flash was just iut of the military, chilling on the ladder, playing his off-race, etc.
Could also make the same argument that if it was a tournament Flash would 4-0 because he would prepare.
Now I'm actually of the same opinion of you, but your argument is shit.
@@bfors8498 he made it up , pros know each other accounts online.
Flash is very very good Protoss!
Without taking away from the brilliance of Flash, it feels like SoulKey wasn't fully invested in this game. Certain decisions for static defense and better overlord defense are quite obvious for a player of his caliber and could have been implemented, but were not, which eventually left him behind. Still an absoluely great game! It's always such a pleasure to watch 2 legendary players dish it out.
When project overlord gets intercepted :D
Flash’s Protoss is better than Mini’s
lol, because he won one game on the ladder?
@@majormononoke8958 no, because of how he won it. His play just makes sense. It’s logical and coherent.
@@The_Scouts_Code Flash is definitely smarter and has better logic and game sense than Mini, but his Protoss is not better than Mini's. At least for now :)
Overlord hunting is an underutilized strategy against Zerg.
Keep casting Flash. Liking these last couple
That last fight, the storm macro is impressive.
2:08 "its like a percentage thing"
soo... flash is *flipping coins* here? 😂
can't wait for him to return
I think artosis is frustrated
i actually fell of my chair seeing flash kill that many ovs during the entire game
“Flash played random for asl and did reasonably well”….
He was 3rd…
I feel if the overlord drop flanking attack happened sooner and he was more deceisive with the execution the game could have gone on quite a bit longer. It seemed like he was hesitating what to do there which gave Flash all the time he needed to drop those storm perfectly.
flash used every little bit of scouting intel he got to counter Z perfectly, very precise, makes P look OP
which usually is not easy to do as protoss , u don't know what zergs can do sometimes , specially at lower level toss when u need to know if mutas or hydra bust is coming to your expansion
Flash's best weapon has always been his ability to scout and gain intel.
8⁸8⁸
@@gasstationpeanuts1814 to be honest even his macro management in this game was insane , the technology , the microing everywhere and decisions , corsairs sneaking behind and positioning .. I feel like FlaSh is that guy that can play all kind of instruments and kick everyone's ass at it!
Flash's counter is his wrist injury. He is playing other races to overcome it. He started it with an old Goliath rush, but that got countered recently. Therefore he is developing into a Protoss Executor.
I will never understand why Zerg players don’t just build 1 single Spore Colony to protect the Overlords
same reason terrans will leave one marine in a bunker and wonder how/why they got run over. just crazy greed
Because making an evo chamber, and a spore colony, and 2 drones costs like 350 minerals. 4 hydras is better. And also shoots downwards if they go mass zealots
One spore doesn't do shit. Protoss will ignore it and kill the overlords anyway
you missed the air attack upgrade for flash?
Noticed the Artosis logo on the bottom right is pretty hard to see when not on the fog of war. Needs an outline to make it pop.
MOAR FLASH
Overlord? More like Overdork
-Those Corsairs, probably.
Flash is a GOD its crazy... he could pick any race and given enough time he would be the best at that race of all time
i love watching flash protoss
Keep em' coming Arty
This. This game is why you need to use turrets.
Reading title thought about Jae
HELL YEAH BROTHER
Thank you
You know Soulkey was swearing . Dude got supply blocked 3 times and thus his army did not have a chance against flash . The drop attempts just show Soulkey realizing what he needs to try ,well done.
Hey Arty , what about 3rd 4rd ASL ?
Nice corsair control.
Cant believe Flash won that one, ah well, its Flash' would like to see his Zerg
very special game
insane storms
Anyone else notice the 2 artosis pylons at the end of the game??
What is the flash chanel?
Seems like a premature gg to me
God is clearly the correct name for Flash
Holy shit Flash is kinda good
I haven't seen the end of ASL... why did you have to spoil it for me Artosisssss?
Psystorm is so hard to deal with. seems so OP
What map is it
is Flash switching from Terran to Protoss?
Flash seems to have no problem storming his own units as long as he kills more zerg.
Flash got all crazy of Toss, better than any other toss player
i see arty, i see flash, i click.
Wow crazy game. Also, has Artosis always called they "dry goons" instead of Dragoons?
He and tasteless both have been pronouncing some unit names weird for 25 years
Probably stayed too long in Korea
My God, Flash is so good
Flash took some time to rethink broodwar while in the military - post army Flash is toss Flash 1a2a3a
Play Protoss against Zerg, storm them. Play Zerg against Terran, swarm them. Play Terran against Protoss, emp them. scbw is one giant rock paper scissors.
Finally a protoss wins, but doenst' mean they dont need a buff to balance up the game.
Are BW games usually like this? 2 base vs 3?
Flash is Flash..
Flash going to go for #1 with every race or what?
5:50 wtf his supply went to 27 here resulting in supply block for zerg, yet corsair only killed 1 overlord
its one of build in pvz. if toss didnt make gateway unit early stage, zerg just expand 3rd and prepare mass hydra timing attack
@@user-lw9jv9ft7r only thing i can think of is zerg player accidentally killed his own overlord with hydras
Anything can happen in a single game. Case in point: guess who 4pooled flash years ago😂
Did anyone know that light has amazing protoss as well?
2018 ASL map makers: Flash OP, make all maps terrible for Terran
2023 Flash: kekw
I actually can’t remember which season it was where they had those insanely imbalanced maps just to stop Flash.
Season 5 of ASL, when Snow beat him in the quarters BARELY 3:2 on broken maps (and i think Flash could have won, but he took some unnecessary risk imho, again because of the maps and also of Snow's rep of a great PvTer) and Snow was a very very good player at that time, but still wasnt the monster he is now. Also Flash was on a 3 straight ASL victories, so the stupid organizers decided to intervene and made the mapmakers to make those maps. I remember reading somewhere, that after he lost to Snow, while he was still in the studio some guy from the ASL personally apologized to Flash for the maps they had in that season.
Algoritimun, nihilum.
Isnt flash like 30? why did they put him into the military so late?
Maybe I'm too green, but that seemed like a pretty early GG call?
flash just intimidates his opponent to play like shit, even if they're the best zerg in the world :DDDDDD