Thanks AFreeca TV, thank you Artosis and Tasteless, best casters in esport Terran history! Awesome games, last seasons round of 8 was amazing but this Flash vs Soma was something else. awesome, awesome to the MAX!
Seriously though... How am I meant to feel about this? Wanted him to win; wanted him to lose. Humiliating contestants with Random felt weird, but it was also extremely impressive-plus, I have enormous amounts of respect for Flash. ... Who was meant to be the Underdog here, even? I really feel conflicted in not seeing Flash get to the finals with Random; partially because I wanted to see the greatest SC player ‘do the impossible’, but also partially because of Flash’s personality, himself, in that his games are often one-sided in incredibly-creative/insightful ways (whether it’s a win or a loss - that is). ... In the end: I couldn’t decide whether to cheer for Soma, or Flash. I don’t like seeing him ‘bully’ his opponents, but I also feel a degree of injustice in his losses. Regardless though: the best of wishes to Soma for this win! Gogo Soma! Bravo on conquering the Emperor of SC! :3
Well said bro, feel the same way and i'm a huge Flash Fan. Guy is legitimately the best video game player of all time. The level of dominance shown this season, even in his off race and the degree to which he understands THE Hardest 1v1 ever.. astounding. Super happy he made it to Ro4 so he has a seed into next season. Watching one of the greatest minds of the game show his mastery is a thing of beauty. Flash is Truly a Master of SC, and now that he's essentially said, 'Beating all of you with Terran isn't enough of a challenge, i'll beat you with your own race too" he has really taken the skill cap off of himself and is showing an ability to move the meta of the OTHER races forward as well. Incredible, i'll be an SC fan until the last game is cast by Tastosis.
I'm eons away from Flash's class, but I really can't comprehend why he didn't block his ramp with a Forge on Ringing Bloom. That, and him forgetting to cancel the nexus, was such a crushing blow. In any case, I think Flash played exceptionally well with all three races, and I can't wait for the 3rd place match and next season because he'll be unstoppable. I hope some other people decide to go random, too. It absolutely changes the whole tournament.
i think he could even win that game the moment he killed all those OVAS and had the all the zealots inferont of the 3rd ... If he didnt went to the left and goes straight for the kill he maybe wins ... + Corsairs just massacring those lords hahaha... Soma really got sloppy in that game ...
ne e lesno da zapomnish vsichki timings i build orders s 3te rasi. Tova koeto flash napravi v tozi turnir, da stigne do semi finals s random, napravo im eba maykata na vsichkite. Ako go beshe i spechelil tova veche shteshe da e podigravka :DD
@@za1728, така е. Със сигурност никой не е правил нищо подобно. Просто ми изглеждаше прекалено очевидно, че трябва да запуши мястото там :) Чакам с нетърпение следващите игри с рандом :)
It actually would have given him the edge against anything slower than a 9 pool. Since it's a large map, he probably didn't expect Soma to go 9 pool. He took the risk; it didn't work.
Flash is god as terran, but he is beta tier as zerg. He knows he cant win straight macro zvz, so he either needs aggresive cheese or make a greedy advantage. He was unlucky that soma blind countered.
@@ОлегХореев Eh, no ... lol Anything other 12 hatch would be good aginst it lol... specially in the moment soma sees with the overlord that something is off... I mean 300 miinerals are seen specially i nzvs z where the overlords are there right away specially on a 2p map lol ... Even with soma goes 12 hatch, he will notice right away that something is off lol. ANd just go kill it ... lol ... Only the long way of both bases could somehow help here ... But the more i think of it the more i think it is crazy on the edge of free win for the other player... THis is not PvsP where it takes a eternity to bring a observer to the other base ... IT is a 2 p map and overlord is right there ... Soma doesnt see 12 hatch on expo, does see much less of what he should have ... Lets say 100 less for no ling speed no need for over because sunken ? Or what? In any case soma would notice probally or he would deserve to lose LOL... Either way to claim that flash was unlucky in that game is a far stretch and probally untrue. So not really sure against what it would be good, but i dont think it would be good on a 2 P map a side from a long distance between both spawns ... I mean FLash blundered his nexus, but i dont think soma would think Flash is that bad ... SPecially after losing vs him in game 1 right before, i think worst build on that map in that instant in the series, Somebody needs to test this and see vs what it holds ... But even than it is questionable ... It probally was a kind of masss lings all in ... The extra lings would surpise soma etc.
Game 2: not building two sunks immediately when the overlord spotted the lings. Game 5: not dumping another pylon to wall-off a high ground main with a free natural when he spotted the lings. Two zealots between the pylons and the gate would have held off the attack. Two unforgivable mistakes, which had cost flash the match. :/
@@dirkauditore8413 True - not saying that it's an easy game :) But after Flash handled the other opponents in the earlier matches, I was a bit disappointed. Also, almost all protosses wall off the entrance on that map, especially against zerg players.
Random is very much a double edged sword but is ultimately more advantageous for Flash Imho. In a sense both players have to prepare thrice the amount of builds, 3 for each map as neither player knows what matchup each map is going to be, so that's not just on Flash to prepare extra builds. The main issue with going random is obviously proficiency with all 3 races. However it somewhat evens out with the main advantage going random gives you, which is heavily restriction your opponent's build and strategy as they have to take all 3 races into account so they must use generic all purpose builds rather than superior specialized ones. That's also the reason Zerg suffers the least from facing against random, as they have the most build flexibility of all 3 races so by the time the Zerg knows what matchup it is he hasn't fully committed to a build just yet whereas Terran and Protoss already partially committed and if they need to transition it'll be much harder.
Pretty much my thoughts well. And since Flash is so strong with terran already, when he pulls that it's just a straight advantage for him. Finally ZvZ is quite volatile so he can squeak by sometimes using build orders as we saw. (Though he almost HAS to win by that, as his ling/drone micro is not quite on the level yet.) The real weakness IMO is PvZ and possibly PvP. (I'm betting Snow and similar players won't make the same mistakes twice.) Granted, the PvZ game would have looked very different if he hadn't screwed up twice early game, but with zergs destroying even top protoss like Snow with ease, it would be a tough macro game for him I think. Either way, it's exciting and I hope he continues with this. Everyone knows he could easily snatch more gold medals going terran, so there's no dishonor in losing while conducting a grand experiment like this. Spruces things up a lot.
no. not really. not even close. going random at that level is like playing with hard handicap unless all you do is cheese. theres a reason pros stick to one single race and practise like 16hours a day with it to be competetive. now divide that practise time by 3 races. its like in any other high comp mechanical games. no matter the talent if u cant put enough time into your training you will simply lose.
My thought too (but I'm an idiot who can't play the game myself so it's nice to see I'm not alone in thinking so). Feels like Flash made a couple of questionable choices in these games, both strategic and tactic. Hopefully getting this far is enough to make him go random next season too and maybe fix that.
I felt like he should've tried to kill drones too, instead of trying to bust the sunken. He lost way too many lings there a nd even though he killed the sunken it costed him too much
@@yueyy No bro, I still haven't! I wish they would leave the name of the songs they use during their streams. Nice to see somebody tried to help out though! If you have any news let me know, I will do the same
@@dirkauditore8413 Will do, pretty pessimistic on chances of finding it though. I searched for on and off for over an hour. My girl did the same and we both got absolutely nothing xD
영호야 너라서 가능했던 시간들이였다 오늘 떨어져도 뭐라하는 사람이 없을수 밖에 없는건 너라서 가능했던 도전에 결과물도 4강신화면 만족스럽기 때문이야 랜덤8강은 과거에 흔치않지만 있기는있었고 8강이였으면 상당히 아쉬 웠을텐데 4강까지 간건 2002월드컵 4강 신화의 스타로 비유할만큼 넌 대단한 사람이라고 생각한다 비록 꿈으로 남았지만 그래서 더욱더 좋은추억으로 오래도록 깊게남을것 같다 짭제는 세대 교체에 중요한 포인트가 될선수로 보이고 영호를 이겼으니 랜덤이라 인정하는거 이런거 크게 의미부여 할필요 없지만 그래도 너가 인정한선수로 명운이든 홍구든 누가올라오든 짭제가 우승하는 모습 나또한 보고싶다 너무 고생많았고 군대가기전 이제는 너의 본캐로 돌아가 마지막피날레 단일대회 전무후무 5회 우승의 도전하자 사랑한다 최고다
Did rapid and no regret cast ASL 9 or something i forget? Or was it KSL 4 ? Apparently there is some kindof cyber creeper allegation against him. Tasteless and Artosis are both actually really good at the game and have phenomenal synergy it's always a bit dissapointing when there's an amazing game but they didn't cast it. I think everyone's issue with rapid is even though he got better at casting it's doubtful he ever really got any good at the game so he was always going to be an outsider from a strategy perspective even if he did have the game facts down other than from an observer perspective. Which admittedly watching pro games does help you understand better but not 100% if you don't know how to apply it
@@Art-uz3fk for me the main problem is he don't even have game fact down. He does not look closely at what the observer is showing, he often comments some things that are not happening in the game. And he has absolutely no clue who has an advantage or who is going to win, witch makes his comments off.
I had a feeling flashes zerg would lag behind the other two, ggs still but all I'm saying is that first game was a 100% build order counter that he only got because he was random. You could tell his muta micro was off. And that move in game 2 shows he isn't confident doing a straight forward zvz
1:37:40 wow didn't expect to hear "Only for the weak" it's a shame it's a cover, but I'll be sure to listen to some old school In Flames after this! -Trigger, Clayman, Reflect the storm, Upon an Oaken throne, Behind space, System... good stuff!
Wonder if flash will play random next ASL. Hope he goes back to terran. Random is not going to win him championship. (Flash fan here, don't wanna see him lose :( )
Flash es un excelente jugador, me lo esperaba en la final. Por otra parte Soma... Soma es una IA , es el ojo zerg que aprende de la estrategia de su adversario y se va a haciendo fuerte en la medida que el juego avanza. Espero verlo en la final con Queen . RIP Larva.
Zoma took advantage of flash late scouting to not to reveal his race right away especially in game PvZ plus zoma came well prepared for the series!kudos zoma vs larva finals brewing!
well, in game 5 (ZvP) actually his 9 pool opening is a disadvantage against a good Protoss, but Flash failed to defend the speedling rush. If he had defended the lings, he would have been ahead.
@@ivanilii considering he supply blocked soma and did so well despite that horrible start, I'm sure if he defended the ling rush he absolutely would have won
A few greedy builds that have high risks sometimes didn't pay out against someone playing standard style . Too bad Flash, hope you can be the champion next ASL
If Flash did build literally 2-3 more turrets in the main in game 4, he would have certainly won it and the series would have gone at least to a decider... What s pity
It's easy to say after what was wrong, but in other game him skipping couple turrets gives the win and you wouldn't say a thing.... That's silly to point out such things after match is over :/
@Panpan Cancery Gaming ZvZ is SO much better than TvT. I love the hectic back and forth of ZvZ. And the games are usually over quick, keeping the pace fast.
Flash should just off race it, then he can random it. He goes random and he's still hoping for Terran. If that's the case, play Terran. His random off race is not S ranked so I don't see why he think he can leave things to chance. In any mirror match, his chances are slim.
@@XtremeGoku This is how I feel about Flash's transition to Random. It's like a drug dealer, selling drugs to get in the hood and not out. It's like a kid from the nice part of Bedstuy that claims to be from Bedstuy but cries himself to sleep or a rich kid with no exposure to any sort of challenge wanting to be aggressive. As the 'Goat' that many claim him to be, and as a conservative player that he is, it's not consistent with his character.
@@hincuant417 I get your point but lets be real he made it to the semi-finals and with some refining he can clean up some of his mistakes he made with protoss and zerg. He wants to make history and cement his legacy by playing as random not just off-race.
@@XtremeGoku He can fix his legacy by beating Effort and fixing last season's loss. His random win would be by chance and not assertion. Flash just wants to stand out. Look at me, look at me type shit.
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Don't normally comment on YT but wanted to say thank you to both Afreeca and Taste-Tosis for hosting, commentating, and making a great show!
Thanks AFreeca TV, thank you Artosis and Tasteless, best casters in esport Terran history! Awesome games, last seasons round of 8 was amazing but this Flash vs Soma was something else. awesome, awesome to the MAX!
This was the real finals, sadly. We're getting two ZvZ matches for the rest of the season.
thanks afreeca but no more english cast from now on :(
The air raid by Mutes from 1:29:16 to 1:30:25 hammered 42 Terran units. SCV & marines a half each.
What a great game.
I really see both Pros & Cons of Random.
@LowLinK He definitely would. I hope he sticks to it. With all my heart. I'm going Random too now.
That def matrix on dropship play was awesome! Game turned around in a moment!
flash went around the maginot line lol
the song at 39:00 is over yourself by heart of gold if anyone is wondering :D
In the second build what flash was trying is what soulkey did in asl s12 against Queen in r08
this is most super-awesome games in SC1 that i ever wait for. So cool to see random surprise from Best GAMER EVER!!!
Flash (esp in Random form) is the main ticket for ASL... I honestly only watch ASL because of him
2:16:08 Tasteless freestyle
Who else is here for the tasteless rap
I almost missed this! Thanks!
So happy today !Been a Soma hardcore fan for a long time and am really glad he is in the finals.Love ASL love Flash love this game
Seriously though... How am I meant to feel about this?
Wanted him to win; wanted him to lose. Humiliating contestants with Random felt weird, but it was also extremely impressive-plus, I have enormous amounts of respect for Flash.
... Who was meant to be the Underdog here, even? I really feel conflicted in not seeing Flash get to the finals with Random; partially because I wanted to see the greatest SC player ‘do the impossible’, but also partially because of Flash’s personality, himself, in that his games are often one-sided in incredibly-creative/insightful ways (whether it’s a win or a loss - that is).
... In the end: I couldn’t decide whether to cheer for Soma, or Flash. I don’t like seeing him ‘bully’ his opponents, but I also feel a degree of injustice in his losses. Regardless though: the best of wishes to Soma for this win!
Gogo Soma! Bravo on conquering the Emperor of SC! :3
Well said bro, feel the same way and i'm a huge Flash Fan. Guy is legitimately the best video game player of all time. The level of dominance shown this season, even in his off race and the degree to which he understands THE Hardest 1v1 ever.. astounding.
Super happy he made it to Ro4 so he has a seed into next season. Watching one of the greatest minds of the game show his mastery is a thing of beauty. Flash is Truly a Master of SC, and now that he's essentially said, 'Beating all of you with Terran isn't enough of a challenge, i'll beat you with your own race too" he has really taken the skill cap off of himself and is showing an ability to move the meta of the OTHER races forward as well.
Incredible, i'll be an SC fan until the last game is cast by Tastosis.
You're completely making this up. Flash isn't trying to humiliate his opponents.
Wow tastosis casting again right after TY/Maru?!?!?!?
Congrats TY!
I'm eons away from Flash's class, but I really can't comprehend why he didn't block his ramp with a Forge on Ringing Bloom. That, and him forgetting to cancel the nexus, was such a crushing blow.
In any case, I think Flash played exceptionally well with all three races, and I can't wait for the 3rd place match and next season because he'll be unstoppable.
I hope some other people decide to go random, too. It absolutely changes the whole tournament.
i think he could even win that game the moment he killed all those OVAS and had the all the zealots inferont of the 3rd ... If he didnt went to the left and goes straight for the kill he maybe wins ... + Corsairs just massacring those lords hahaha... Soma really got sloppy in that game ...
@@majormononoke8958, yep! I also thought he was gonna win at the point Soma's supply was 22 (overlords).
To me it felt like he knows his ZvZ is his weakest so he practiced that a ton and didn't practice or study PvZ nearly enough.
ne e lesno da zapomnish vsichki timings i build orders s 3te rasi. Tova koeto flash napravi v tozi turnir, da stigne do semi finals s random, napravo im eba maykata na vsichkite. Ako go beshe i spechelil tova veche shteshe da e podigravka :DD
@@za1728, така е. Със сигурност никой не е правил нищо подобно. Просто ми изглеждаше прекалено очевидно, че трябва да запуши мястото там :) Чакам с нетърпение следващите игри с рандом :)
Great game. Even the ones flash lost. The thumbnail is wrong and there are 8 double ads shoved in the beginning.
You'll get em next year, Flash. This was a warmup round.
I think he’s going to military next yeae
Game 3 was so outrageously good. 57:40
Third game was probably one of the best games of all time
Flash has this amazing way of being behind and winning in 1 or 2 unexpected moves. Hope he comes back for season 18
that 9 pool build vs protoss with only 2 drone on gas was sick. fast speedling into fast 3 hatch. gonna try that in my games.
of course we can find out. If it's hard by static analysis of the code, start 1000k games and look at the statistics.
awesome match up = we need more random players
but I think second game was free - 3 hatch pool vs Z ? how that supposed to work against zerg - madness
I agree, but only flash has ability to play with any tribe terran, toss, zerg. And that is why he is called as a God
It actually would have given him the edge against anything slower than a 9 pool. Since it's a large map, he probably didn't expect Soma to go 9 pool. He took the risk; it didn't work.
Flash is god as terran, but he is beta tier as zerg. He knows he cant win straight macro zvz, so he either needs aggresive cheese or make a greedy advantage. He was unlucky that soma blind countered.
@@ОлегХореев
"Beta tier as Z."
Lol..
@@ОлегХореев Eh, no ... lol
Anything other 12 hatch would be good aginst it lol...
specially in the moment soma sees with the overlord that something is off... I mean 300 miinerals are seen specially i nzvs z where the overlords are there right away specially on a 2p map lol ... Even with soma goes 12 hatch, he will notice right away that something is off lol. ANd just go kill it ... lol ...
Only the long way of both bases could somehow help here ... But the more i think of it the more i think it is crazy on the edge of free win for the other player... THis is not PvsP where it takes a eternity to bring a observer to the other base ... IT is a 2 p map and overlord is right there ... Soma doesnt see 12 hatch on expo, does see much less of what he should have ... Lets say 100 less for no ling speed no need for over because sunken ? Or what? In any case soma would notice probally or he would deserve to lose LOL...
Either way to claim that flash was unlucky in that game is a far stretch and probally untrue.
So not really sure against what it would be good, but i dont think it would be good on a 2 P map a side from a long distance between both spawns ... I mean FLash blundered his nexus, but i dont think soma would think Flash is that bad ... SPecially after losing vs him in game 1 right before, i think worst build on that map in that instant in the series, Somebody needs to test this and see vs what it holds ... But even than it is questionable ...
It probally was a kind of masss lings all in ... The extra lings would surpise soma etc.
Thank you AfreecaTV! Keep them coming.
Game 2: not building two sunks immediately when the overlord spotted the lings.
Game 5: not dumping another pylon to wall-off a high ground main with a free natural when he spotted the lings. Two zealots between the pylons and the gate would have held off the attack.
Two unforgivable mistakes, which had cost flash the match. :/
easier said than done
@@dirkauditore8413 True - not saying that it's an easy game :) But after Flash handled the other opponents in the earlier matches, I was a bit disappointed. Also, almost all protosses wall off the entrance on that map, especially against zerg players.
Random is very much a double edged sword but is ultimately more advantageous for Flash Imho. In a sense both players have to prepare thrice the amount of builds, 3 for each map as neither player knows what matchup each map is going to be, so that's not just on Flash to prepare extra builds. The main issue with going random is obviously proficiency with all 3 races. However it somewhat evens out with the main advantage going random gives you, which is heavily restriction your opponent's build and strategy as they have to take all 3 races into account so they must use generic all purpose builds rather than superior specialized ones. That's also the reason Zerg suffers the least from facing against random, as they have the most build flexibility of all 3 races so by the time the Zerg knows what matchup it is he hasn't fully committed to a build just yet whereas Terran and Protoss already partially committed and if they need to transition it'll be much harder.
Pretty much my thoughts well. And since Flash is so strong with terran already, when he pulls that it's just a straight advantage for him. Finally ZvZ is quite volatile so he can squeak by sometimes using build orders as we saw. (Though he almost HAS to win by that, as his ling/drone micro is not quite on the level yet.)
The real weakness IMO is PvZ and possibly PvP. (I'm betting Snow and similar players won't make the same mistakes twice.) Granted, the PvZ game would have looked very different if he hadn't screwed up twice early game, but with zergs destroying even top protoss like Snow with ease, it would be a tough macro game for him I think.
Either way, it's exciting and I hope he continues with this. Everyone knows he could easily snatch more gold medals going terran, so there's no dishonor in losing while conducting a grand experiment like this. Spruces things up a lot.
no. not really. not even close. going random at that level is like playing with hard handicap unless all you do is cheese. theres a reason pros stick to one single race and practise like 16hours a day with it to be competetive. now divide that practise time by 3 races. its like in any other high comp mechanical games. no matter the talent if u cant put enough time into your training you will simply lose.
Flash playing random = answer to all my prayers. What a time to be alive!!
100% this.
It makes shit fun. At the end of the day it's what it's all about. Just look at the smile after game 1.
@@perulv4090 Yes that awesome smile to remind us all that sports even at this level, are played for the fun of it, not so much the competition.
A bit late to the party here, but a big thank you to Afreeca and Tastosis for your consistently amazing work.
Last game, flash got in somas main with like 5 speed lis before soma had speed. He should have killed drones and droned up at home.
My thought too (but I'm an idiot who can't play the game myself so it's nice to see I'm not alone in thinking so). Feels like Flash made a couple of questionable choices in these games, both strategic and tactic. Hopefully getting this far is enough to make him go random next season too and maybe fix that.
It’s soma drones vs Flash lings... he wouldn’t kill anything.
I felt like he should've tried to kill drones too, instead of trying to bust the sunken. He lost way too many lings there a nd even though he killed the sunken it costed him too much
Flash did great most of the tournament but that 5th match he started horribly and 6th was plain bad.
Whats the name of the song at 7:29 PLS I must knooow I've been lookin for the lyrics online and I cant find it
why don't you shazam it?
@@constantinekhvalin6038 I tried with several similar websites entering the lyrics and none of them workd :[
I've shazamed, google audio search and checked all the lyrics and can't find the damn thing :( you ever find it?
@@yueyy No bro, I still haven't! I wish they would leave the name of the songs they use during their streams. Nice to see somebody tried to help out though! If you have any news let me know, I will do the same
@@dirkauditore8413 Will do, pretty pessimistic on chances of finding it though. I searched for on and off for over an hour. My girl did the same and we both got absolutely nothing xD
Anyone know the song played at the end of game 3? It's been used numerous times but I've never found it, not even on the ASL track list
Reasons Behind - Living A Lie
@@grimrider1800 Thanks!
@@grimrider1800 Thanks a lot :D
52:16 "He's gonna fight with his drones and he **will** live." Great understanding of the game right there.
Flash's dropship play is incredible!!
Aw :( oh well, here's to hoping for Flash random in ASL 11. Was a crazy fun run
영호야 너라서 가능했던 시간들이였다
오늘 떨어져도 뭐라하는 사람이 없을수 밖에 없는건 너라서 가능했던 도전에
결과물도 4강신화면 만족스럽기 때문이야 랜덤8강은 과거에 흔치않지만 있기는있었고 8강이였으면 상당히 아쉬 웠을텐데 4강까지 간건 2002월드컵 4강 신화의 스타로 비유할만큼 넌 대단한 사람이라고 생각한다 비록 꿈으로 남았지만 그래서 더욱더 좋은추억으로 오래도록 깊게남을것 같다 짭제는 세대 교체에 중요한 포인트가 될선수로 보이고 영호를 이겼으니 랜덤이라 인정하는거 이런거 크게 의미부여 할필요 없지만 그래도 너가 인정한선수로 명운이든 홍구든 누가올라오든 짭제가 우승하는
모습 나또한 보고싶다 너무 고생많았고
군대가기전 이제는 너의 본캐로 돌아가
마지막피날레 단일대회 전무후무 5회 우승의 도전하자 사랑한다 최고다
uff half the matches zerg, probably Flash's weekest match. Great matches and Soma is playing insanely good
Can we just be thankful that we won’t have Rapid casting our ASL finals? Long live BW! Awesome games
Really thankful. He is not a good caster. Not for this game.
Did rapid and no regret cast ASL 9 or something i forget? Or was it KSL 4 ? Apparently there is some kindof cyber creeper allegation against him. Tasteless and Artosis are both actually really good at the game and have phenomenal synergy it's always a bit dissapointing when there's an amazing game but they didn't cast it. I think everyone's issue with rapid is even though he got better at casting it's doubtful he ever really got any good at the game so he was always going to be an outsider from a strategy perspective even if he did have the game facts down other than from an observer perspective. Which admittedly watching pro games does help you understand better but not 100% if you don't know how to apply it
@@Art-uz3fk for me the main problem is he don't even have game fact down. He does not look closely at what the observer is showing, he often comments some things that are not happening in the game. And he has absolutely no clue who has an advantage or who is going to win, witch makes his comments off.
@@Art-uz3fk Funny enought it seem like he was there at corrupted cup 2019. As a player or caster , who knows...
I had a feeling flashes zerg would lag behind the other two, ggs still but all I'm saying is that first game was a 100% build order counter that he only got because he was random. You could tell his muta micro was off. And that move in game 2 shows he isn't confident doing a straight forward zvz
thanks so much for putting this cast up
1:37:40 wow didn't expect to hear "Only for the weak" it's a shame it's a cover, but I'll be sure to listen to some old school In Flames after this!
-Trigger, Clayman, Reflect the storm, Upon an Oaken throne, Behind space, System... good stuff!
Could the background music potentially give away the random race for the non-random player?
Oh, look at Tasteless doing translation. so good!
Production translates for him and feeds it through his earpiece
Afreeca should host a random only tournament :3
Yesssss
with barcodes and random bracket
I'm not sure. It feels special because only one player is doing it; it wouldn't be anything special anymore if everyone was random.
impressive cast considering this was right after maru vs ty which was an exhausting series
i have literal nerd chills at 29:00 when they're talking about how flash is inventing the meta right now for random in tournaments
Good game, Great cast, lets hope Larva wins now and jumps in the ocean like fbh did.
Too bad flash lost. Lets hope he plays random again!
Tactics can defeat micro edges. Like defender's advantage (which can also be a disadvantage cuz overlords can be targetted)
Yeah scourge more opportunity I guess than muta.
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@@helloitismetomato And a wall to begin with.
Thank you so much for this.
Wonder if flash will play random next ASL. Hope he goes back to terran. Random is not going to win him championship. (Flash fan here, don't wanna see him lose :( )
I think he was pretty unlucky that this ASL turned out to be a Zerg season. Random would work much better against Terran or Protoss.
@Bill Simmons How that ? The military learns from his mindgames, without every season asl with Flash the korrean military goes on strikes...
He was probably not just here to win
He was here to win with random
@@lawrence9561 he's won with terran before, but he needs the final achievement- win ASL as Random
Flash es un excelente jugador, me lo esperaba en la final. Por otra parte Soma... Soma es una IA , es el ojo zerg que aprende de la estrategia de su adversario y se va a haciendo fuerte en la medida que el juego avanza. Espero verlo en la final con Queen . RIP Larva.
Zoma took advantage of flash late scouting to not to reveal his race right away especially in game PvZ plus zoma came well prepared for the series!kudos zoma vs larva finals brewing!
well, in game 5 (ZvP) actually his 9 pool opening is a disadvantage against a good Protoss, but Flash failed to defend the speedling rush. If he had defended the lings, he would have been ahead.
@@ivanilii considering he supply blocked soma and did so well despite that horrible start, I'm sure if he defended the ling rush he absolutely would have won
1st match 30:14
2nd 48:43
3rd 57:27
4th 1:20:19
Guys, why always someone is coughing on streams?????
Since when does Flash play random??
Flash looked like he bbq all the races and ate them
Rolling Z 3 times is unfortunate, everybody hates ZvZ
NOPE I love ZvZ LARVA vs SOMA final BABY!!!
honestly his PvZ looked worse than his ZvZ...
@@mmachine101 Soma's ZvP is very very elite too tho
A few greedy builds that have high risks sometimes didn't pay out against someone playing standard style . Too bad Flash, hope you can be the champion next ASL
He got waaaaaaay too greedy, especially in the protoss game. What was he thinking?
Turns out blue is not the ideal color vs Zerg.
So far...GSL for Terran!
ASL for Zerg!
KCM all kill series for Protoss!
production tab would be nice GUYS CMON
Agreed. Why do they not have it?
Great games, great casting.
Spoiler......
I hope Flash keeps up with his random and wins next season
Great show thanks!
Awesome 3rd game
ASL 10 who will be the next champions?
It will be a ZERG :)
This was soooo awesome
1st match start 30:20
48:48
57:38
1:20:23
1:42:25
2:03:26
If Flash did build literally 2-3 more turrets in the main in game 4, he would have certainly won it and the series would have gone at least to a decider... What s pity
It's easy to say after what was wrong, but in other game him skipping couple turrets gives the win and you wouldn't say a thing.... That's silly to point out such things after match is over :/
Not necesseraily; also something could be said about those 2 dropships getting through with no defense. Game 4 was great.
@@spacejaga no I feel he should have expected the counter the moment he realized he couldn’t do damage with his bio ball... it’s a mistake
He wouldn't have that numbers of bio
@@du_gall, well 2 turrets are like 3 marines, also his bio did not do any harassment at all.
flash finally got bad luck
sucks we have to see zvz for the rest of the tournament
Flash will still play in third place match. You'll still get a couple of Terran / Protoss games this ASL :)
He absolutely got robbed here.
Great games, but from now on, it's going to be a very boring final. I can't stand ZvZ, despite all my love to ASL.
It certainly is my least favourite matchup, but the RO8 series with Larva was pretty entertaining.
@Panpan Cancery Gaming ZvZ is just too much micro and too short games.
@Panpan Cancery Gaming Only if you are low IQ.
@ivo georgiev 3rd place series will be just that. Also Larva is probably more fun and Queen can solidify himself as the best Zerg right now.
@Panpan Cancery Gaming ZvZ is SO much better than TvT. I love the hectic back and forth of ZvZ. And the games are usually over quick, keeping the pace fast.
Why does flash go random???
Because he got bored with winning so much as Terran
When is the next ASL anyone knows?
Next year
Soma was down 1-2 and flash pulled Terran, yet soma wins the series without another loss...craziness
finally zerg player who respects and try to counter science vessels
Thanks asl. Game 1 rush is cra-Z lol
1:50:23 Big Game Hunter wall )
Amazing
有说中文的观众么？？
wow! soma incredible
@1:37:00 IN FLAMES - ONLY FOR THE WEAK PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND!!
,and someone buy Daniel a shirt that fits =)
Flash playing random is like Jordan retiring to play basketball.
Good games
In Flames!
why do all koreans do that with the water, leave it in their mouths and swish it around before they swallow it
OUT
@@filoflin5345 u dont know?
1:55:55 Wish I could make a zealot/lurker army.
With this victory i can say that queen has already won asl 10
Flash is out fuck!! Noo!!!!
Quite the opposite. Queen would have had better odds against Flash than Soma. (And Larva isn't defeated yet.)
1:46:30 Flash's face is priceless XD
haha game 1 :) I couldn't stop laughing with the micro
Thank you tasteless.
dayum Flash is legit
Too bad he lost the 2nd Terran grame.
ZvZ is such a drag lol
Flash should just off race it, then he can random it. He goes random and he's still hoping for Terran. If that's the case, play Terran. His random off race is not S ranked so I don't see why he think he can leave things to chance. In any mirror match, his chances are slim.
His PvP is nasty. Zerg is strongly rock paper scissors so I get it
@@XtremeGoku You get what? That he either takes risks or get spanked?
@@XtremeGoku This is how I feel about Flash's transition to Random. It's like a drug dealer, selling drugs to get in the hood and not out. It's like a kid from the nice part of Bedstuy that claims to be from Bedstuy but cries himself to sleep or a rich kid with no exposure to any sort of challenge wanting to be aggressive. As the 'Goat' that many claim him to be, and as a conservative player that he is, it's not consistent with his character.
@@hincuant417 I get your point but lets be real he made it to the semi-finals and with some refining he can clean up some of his mistakes he made with protoss and zerg. He wants to make history and cement his legacy by playing as random not just off-race.
@@XtremeGoku He can fix his legacy by beating Effort and fixing last season's loss. His random win would be by chance and not assertion. Flash just wants to stand out. Look at me, look at me type shit.
2:09:00 Artosis coughing
what are you saying?
@@filoflin5345 covid 100%
Tbh he would’ve been coughing way more throughout the cast if it were covid. Especially talking that much.
i cant believe theyre allowed to pick their colors and dont pick great different colors every game :(
Larva now has a chance to win ASL finals. 👣😂
I think Larva would have had better odds against Flash, to be honest. (Which he may face in third place match.)
Caster Park reminds me of toad in Mario for some reason.
GG
Spoiler
Can’t believe Flash went Wraiths in that game! Arty called it too! Oh man this was so fun to watch! Congrats Soma and awesome try by Flash!
Larva could actually win Asl 😂😂
Yes, finally Larva has a chance to win ASL