Enjoying some Crazy Bread while watching these finals. It's a really cool pizza build where you skip cheese and have your sauce on the side. Thank you for yet another whacky invention RT!
@@magnum333that’s a very accurate description. Imagine if their real military was controlled by mouse and keyboard, they would rule the world with their robotic precision 😂😂
@@JoshDragRace0688 Yeah it is very common today. If the cancer is just in the thyroid they remove it and it should be ok. He just has to take thyroid hormones for the rest of his life..
thank you so much for translating the interview/game segment after game 1; we've missed those in previous ASLs when the voice dub took over the subtitles; it is always great to hear more about our players behind-the-scenes, sincerely THANK YOU!!!
@@Yurinator2 apparently he got the nickname (The iron wall) a while ago, not because of his reverse sweeps but because of his defensive-reactive playstyle
55:00 The bug that affected Valkyries was the fact that in the original Star Craft there was a hard limit on how many sprites can be on the screen at any given time. Valkyrie attack generates a lot of sprites and they usually fire when a lot of other units and effects are in the game. What ended up happening is that Velkyrie was going to fire but cuouldn't spawn the sprite needed for its fire animation, so the the whole attack just didn't happen.
Glad it was fixed in remastered. I remember day 1 brood war release myself and 3 friends watching his dad play the game and making a valkyrie for the first time and we were all like "wtf it's a girl" the 144p box art did not lead us to believe that lol.
@@Yessia2 Yeah me too. Back in the days when I was watching pro StarCraft (when Boxer was in his prime) I was hoping to see Valkyreis but they never did because of the bug. Now they became importnt unit for Terrans and I'm so happy.
@@zolniu Hell yeah. Boxer not around anymore but I was definitely taking my tv over to friends house to watch some of the a bit later osl/msl finals live at 4am eastern during the flash jaedong prime. But been watching this game professionally since it started.
Thank you guys for uploading this video in 60 fps (vs the 30 fps on other videos). The video quality should definitely match your casting quality. Peak! Thanks again Tastosis!
I dunno, I suppose it's a Korean cultural thing that I don't get, but Caster Park's pre-match shtick annoys me. If I was one of the players, it would be very difficult not to respond with sarcasm.
@@SplashJohn My understanding is they have this on Korean TV and they try to make it as entertaining as they can even by creating drama out of thin air
@@Azuciea Yes, I'm aware of the intent (no different than the overblown promos before a boxing match in the USA), but I don't need or enjoy manufactured drama. And it doesn't appear to me that the players enjoy it either; they just put up with it. Don't get me wrong -- I'm just sharing a personal opinion, not whining for a change. Obviously SSL is made for Korean audiences, not for foreigners like me -- and rightly so.
Sad to hear about Sharp's diagnosis as well as for how this series went. Always cheering for him, and I appreciated the flashes of brilliance here (that second game was cool!).
Yeah that really bugged me how long Tastosis stayed on that topic, praising the hidden base so undiscovered when in reality that drop was intended to hit the 6 o clock, and SoulKey was just way too on top of the D.
Thanks for the great translations and great casting! I don't know if yall heard me when I asked to turn Caster Park up a bit during the translations but I heard him loud and clear today, Thank you!
Im a casual spectator. I watch RT play and I watch ASL for a 4-5 seasons. I think Zerg played at the highest level is completely busted. They have no weak point. Early they are strong, mid they are strong, late they are strong. The times they lose its usually completely preventable on their end.
@@Windw00d yeah it seems that one thing that keeps them from completely dominating is the volatile nature of ZvZ, where even a much worse overall player can kick an absolute champion out
Terrans play too scared versus zerg, always reacting with the same crap every game sitting in their base building turrets with marines and medics majority of the time. They need to change it up and be more aggressive early more often. Bunker rushes, Vulture rushes, vulture drops, Marine Medic drops, quick wraiths into quick valkries, etc. instead of playing the "safe" game versus zerg.
Soulkey's run was crazy. It's not like he had an easy run. He faced the two players that everyone else was trying to avoid and rolled them. His set against Snow was especially crazy considering how close their set in S16 was.
@@leggchanyu This is absolutely true. During the course of his 3 straight championship run Soulkey has beaten nearly everyone that is worth beating. JYJ, then an epic semi with Rush that went 7 games, then Mini in a finals. Mini again, then he crushed Snow in 6 games after being down 2-0, then a 7-game epic finals with hero. Now in SSL he beat Light in a solid 6 games, demolished Snow again 4-0, and the finals with Sharp was a formality. Rush and hero were close and Rush in particular was a hair away from winning his game 7 but otherwise the result of the other series was never in doubt. I definitely would've liked to see a rematch with Rush and/or hero. The only top 10 players Soulkey hasn't met during his run are Queen because his form has fallen off to the point where he no longer makes the playoffs, Royal who also hasn't been playing well or doesn't seem to care about the playoffs as much anymore either after he won his ASL, and Flash who has been absent for several years.
@@jesse1381 that's a nice summary of Soulkey's path. For me, the player that impressed me more with his play was JyJ in seasons 15 and 16. Since I don't watch starcraft besides SSL, I don't know in what shape he is, but if I can make a guess, I think only him, Rush and the top zergs have a chance against Soulkey right now. Not even a single Protoss. Not even Mini. I hope Flash returns with great shape next season, so the tournament becomes more interesting again
@@jesse1381 And in the couple seasons before that, he had some of the most f'd up RO16 groups and got out of them, too. S14 was ZvZ hell where he had to beat both Queen and Soma to advance, and S15 he took down Snow and Light (after losing a BO1 with Best). He's earned his trophies by beating the very best, no question.
Tasteless's restraint to not bring up the Artosis pylon when they're talking about naming things at the start of SC2 was remarkable. True brosef moment.
Its probably because it became a meme, the >insert name here< pylon is often used to refer to anyone who uses a single pylon to power multiple things. Also, artosis didnt name it that way. It was another caster as a joke, and it stuck up.
I love the Cast, but damn me if it doesn't look like Artosis is being haunted the Ghost of Tasteless Past from a Muppet Christmas Story when they come on camera.
2:24:58 it's so touching seeing Sharp being so emotional... yes, SoulKey is insane, but let's remember that Sharp has beaten several giants to get to this finals, all while having cancer. Big grats to that guy, hats off Mr Sharp!
@@rekrfeht Why not? I even went out of my way to download an extension mentioned earlier in the season by Artosis to not be able to see this videos length. People enjoy things differently, zero harm for a top comment to block spoilers.
About the Valkyrie’s bullet convo in game 2: The Valkyrie’s problem in the past was the bullet sprite limit. If there were a lot of ranged units attacking, the Valkyrie’s attack sprites would stop spawning in the game. Current SCR’s bullet limit is 4x what it the original limit was, so Valkyries can be on the map without the sprite limit hindering them.
If not more, since the competition these days is higher than ASL S2,3,4. If Soulkey wins a 4th in a row he seals it. No one EVER won 4 of the same Starlegue in a row.
@@level_earth_observer1986 What makes you think that way. Terran has a weaker early and late game and stronger mid game and in specific scenarios, stronger end game due to Vessel/BC/Tank combo when the map is running out of resources.
@@stambe8605I don't think so. Closer to the time of Kespa, the better they played. In the past, they sleep, eat, and play, with coaches, managers, etc, true professionals. Now it is more like freelancers
2:08:47 I think Sharp irradiated the Hydra to see if Soulkey would turn it into a lurker, that way he would know that his lurker upgrade isn't finished.
Someone please recommend a good channel about StarCraft's history for starters!! Those comments about the possible raise of a new bonjwa made me look at liquipedia, only to discover that there's still a long way to go for Soulkey's triumphs to match the achievements of the old pros 🤯
The way SoulKey plays Zerg just always looks like his opponents are on the back foot. Almost as if he can just pressure them and then easily pivot and react to their builds, whereas they have to full commit to advancing specific tech or catch him off guard with a weird strat like in game 3 lol
Congrats to soulkey, ya gotta admit he’s a nominee for greatest Zerg ever. He’s got my vote, micro, macro, knowledge, decision maker, he’s got all the skills and executes them so consistently. The results don’t lie 26 years after launch
SOULKEY BONJWA As a zerg, this season has been cathartic watching terran and protoss tears shouting zerg OP IMBA when all the other zergs have sucked and Soulkey makes way fewer mistakes than all the other top players and astrogaps them strategically in a macro and micro sense. He's just better.
One of the best protoss in the world couldn't get a reaver on the field in 4 games against this. Soulkey has taped into something nearly impossible to beat with any strategy seems like, idk
@@Hawkize31 last season, snow said he made a shit ton of mistakes vs soulkey and said he only played at 30%. this season he played even worse. snow mostly lost because he played poorly. snow's micro is one of the best in the world, but his strategy in PvZ has historically been terrible, although it has been getting better. also reaver is not so good in PvZ until late game.
Blows my mind that the SSL/ASL with the least Zerg representation is the time everyone starts to cry Zerg OP. Annoys me that people try to discredit Soulkey by saying he plays an OP race when he's just a monster of a player. Same thing happened in Flash's era; Flash is dominating so Terran must be OP right? Nah Flash was just that good.
Game 2 was absolutely wild. I was ready to skip ahead to game 3, no chance Soulkey can win. Then I remember he had the same situation again Light. Sure enough, 30 seconds later Soulkey goes from down 30 supply to up 30. Bonjwa
Spoiler protection The last two seasons I've enjoyed watching Sharp develop into a higher tier player who always makes the correct decision, so while Soulkey is amazing I at least gave Sharp more of a chance than this. Sharp gets in and does some damage, you start anticipating an upset and then two minutes later SK just runs in and _smashes_ him anyway.
It was really his execution wasnt up to par, maybe he got nervous who knows, but there were at least two other games where he could had put up much more of a fight if he hadnt made one tiny mistake like sending vessels head on only for them to eat scourge
I like Sharp, but I couldn't go into this finals expecting anything other than Soulkey obliterating everyone else - he's just been so dominant in this season. It was never about who else could win, it's about who has the honour of being annihilated by the champ in the finals. He seems inviolable.
@@zergu-yf3gdyeah for sure, rain has beaten soulkey in the asl a few seasons back, also i feel like soulkey is “worse” if we can say that in zvp than in zvt but rain got smashed by sharp so that was ended there i feel like soulkey would have won this tournement no matter what, he was smashing everyone, even the snow 4-0 was outstanding
@@denesolah1328 its funny when we originally got Soulkey vs Light i thought it was gonna be a finals worthy match up, but after it was done i felt kinda dissapointed, it was lackluster, but after all the other series we had, Light was the only one who actually put up a fight against Soulkey, even if it was a 4-2, most of the games themselves were much closer than in any other series.
If you pause the video at 0:21 and toggle with the . and , keys to get it to the frame where it says Starcraft you can see it says ASL in the background instead of SSL :)
Congrats to Soulkey! Three in a row is a massive achievement. But let's be honest - he is the first one winning three in a row because there isn't a bunch of level designers trying to stack a whole tournament to work against Zerg. Wink wink, Flash rules.
GG's to both players, Sharp had soo many good ideas, sucks that his execution like Tasteless and Artosis said really cost him a lot. Well played by Sharp, especially throughout the whole reason, performing better than Terrans who were supposed to be better than him. I look forward to another strong performance from Sharp, as a zerg fan his performance this season was super impressive.
With FlaSh's return, I'd just love to see him bring us fun & entertaining games. We don't need him to just win rather just bring us FlaSh's content to the big screen
I predicted 4-0, I was wrong. Still, massive difference of skill between those 2 players. It seems like SK will be untouchable until FL comes back to SSL.
Not to take away from Soulkey's impressive 3 peat, but Flash also has a 3 peat, it was s2/s3/s4, was a while ago so likely they forgot, he also won a 4th in s8.
@@ch420newsteam They said they were not sure in the previous cast to be fair. I literally said the word "also" and s8, why would you think I don't understand that it wasn't part of the streak as the seasons I mentioned?
It blows my mind that SnOw, herO, and Sharp can make it to the RO8 and be seeded nearly back to back thru seasons and yet not a single one of them has a championship. Wild. Soulkey might be at Flashs level.
1:05:50 you sir, have the best, most truthful sign I've ever seen. I absolutely thought 1:07:00's convo was going to lead to the Artosis Pylon Build. and spoiler welcome new Bonjwa.
i kinda wish the casting for this finals had been a little more like they used to be but maybe thats just rose tinted glasses also i wish we could get translations for the final quotes at the end by every player i am definitely not disappointed with the games honestly, i hope next season will be even better
Gonna watch the video later but I gotta say, that thumbnail does not give me hope for an exciting, competitive series. From those expressions both Tasteless and Artosis are trying to think of the best way to explain to their children that they can't afford cancer surgery for the family dog and it has to be put down.
@@skillfuldabest As a zerg player myself I think ZvZ is more interesting, I still enjoy all mirrors, it's more "rock paper scissory" for sure, in ZvZ I love how fast paced it is and every unit is so important.
that last game was hard to watch i cant even tell if he knew about the 6 o clock base or not, he did fly a wraith over it while it was being built however
Bonjwa is a term used to describe a player who dominates the StarCraft scene for a long period of time. A bonjwa has a very high winning percentage and successive title wins. However, a bonjwa is not defined by his statistics or records. Rather, a general consensus is reached that he is the most dominant progamer of his era
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Sharp is really likeable. I hope everything goes well for him health wise and starcraft wise. I'll keep rooting for you!!
37:25: Sharp casually revealing in his player interview that he has thyroid cancer and will receive surgery for it in December O_o.
Enjoying some Crazy Bread while watching these finals. It's a really cool pizza build where you skip cheese and have your sauce on the side. Thank you for yet another whacky invention RT!
Artosis invented the name of this bread.
lmaaaaaaooo
Before Arty came along it was just normal bread.
Wow Sharp got to the finals while dealing with thyroid cancer? I wish the best for him
Me too, he's the most "human-looking" player... all the others seem to be androids... 😆
@@magnum333that’s a very accurate description. Imagine if their real military was controlled by mouse and keyboard, they would rule the world with their robotic precision 😂😂
@@andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175they are working on it with aerial drones and unmanned ground vehicles.
@@andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175 you're right... that's the kind of warfare that's going on currently
maybe we could wish him well. Does he have a youtube channel or something?
37:25 Sharp is playing this series with Thyroid cancer. That is insane.
Was sad to learn that. Guy is a legend he played very well this season beating some great players
RIP.
Damn. Gotta give him credit though for reaching the finals.
@@xynovitch255 Has like a 95% chance of survival.
@@JoshDragRace0688 Yeah it is very common today. If the cancer is just in the thyroid they remove it and it should be ok. He just has to take thyroid hormones for the rest of his life..
thank you so much for translating the interview/game segment after game 1; we've missed those in previous ASLs when the voice dub took over the subtitles; it is always great to hear more about our players behind-the-scenes, sincerely THANK YOU!!!
“Shout out to artosis, the creator of CRAZYZERG” - goated sign 🐐
Soulkeys biggest strength is that he never has to face Soulkey
Soulkeys biggest strength was that Flash lost money to some crypto b.s. and after that was ashamed to play publicly for 4 years
@@FourOneNineOneFourOne We shall see next season...
everyday, actually.
@@FourOneNineOneFourOne F flash really, he will never dominate again!His ERA is GONE!
@@tiagomota4734 ok ill check back in a year
Come here to hear Nick and Dan, thanks guys for the many years of joy! Deep from my heart. LOVE TASTOSIS!!
"Last time you were in the finals was 8 years ago, if you lose today, your next finals may be when youre 41!" he did not have to do sharp like that.
Soulkey has the nickname "The Iron Wall" so the sign with 3 blocks is 3 "Iron Walls", aka 3 Soulkey championships.
Mind blown holy fk
Makes sense how many series has this guy gone down 0-2 only to reverse sweep
Aaaaaah, so that's what that amateur Adidas logo stood for!
So that was the thing that the wall meant. Thanks. But what about the (dead) fishes?
@@Yurinator2 apparently he got the nickname (The iron wall) a while ago, not because of his reverse sweeps but because of his defensive-reactive playstyle
55:00 The bug that affected Valkyries was the fact that in the original Star Craft there was a hard limit on how many sprites can be on the screen at any given time. Valkyrie attack generates a lot of sprites and they usually fire when a lot of other units and effects are in the game. What ended up happening is that Velkyrie was going to fire but cuouldn't spawn the sprite needed for its fire animation, so the the whole attack just didn't happen.
Glad it was fixed in remastered. I remember day 1 brood war release myself and 3 friends watching his dad play the game and making a valkyrie for the first time and we were all like "wtf it's a girl" the 144p box art did not lead us to believe that lol.
@@Yessia2 Yeah me too. Back in the days when I was watching pro StarCraft (when Boxer was in his prime) I was hoping to see Valkyreis but they never did because of the bug. Now they became importnt unit for Terrans and I'm so happy.
@@zolniu Hell yeah. Boxer not around anymore but I was definitely taking my tv over to friends house to watch some of the a bit later osl/msl finals live at 4am eastern during the flash jaedong prime. But been watching this game professionally since it started.
Thank you guys for uploading this video in 60 fps (vs the 30 fps on other videos). The video quality should definitely match your casting quality. Peak! Thanks again Tastosis!
I love how Caster Park twists the players' words right in front of them
I dunno, I suppose it's a Korean cultural thing that I don't get, but Caster Park's pre-match shtick annoys me. If I was one of the players, it would be very difficult not to respond with sarcasm.
@@SplashJohn it just meant for a more entertaining interview, I’m sure the players recognize this.The players only laugh or have little response.
He's a clown in a good way 😄
@@SplashJohn My understanding is they have this on Korean TV and they try to make it as entertaining as they can even by creating drama out of thin air
@@Azuciea Yes, I'm aware of the intent (no different than the overblown promos before a boxing match in the USA), but I don't need or enjoy manufactured drama. And it doesn't appear to me that the players enjoy it either; they just put up with it. Don't get me wrong -- I'm just sharing a personal opinion, not whining for a change. Obviously SSL is made for Korean audiences, not for foreigners like me -- and rightly so.
SoulKey looked so dominant for this entire tournament.
The 4-0 vs snow was insane. He makes zerg look absolutely broken.
Sad to hear about Sharp's diagnosis as well as for how this series went. Always cheering for him, and I appreciated the flashes of brilliance here (that second game was cool!).
2:10:26 Sharp already knew about 6 base, his wraith past there a long time ago while the hatchery was being built
Yeah that really bugged me how long Tastosis stayed on that topic, praising the hidden base so undiscovered when in reality that drop was intended to hit the 6 o clock, and SoulKey was just way too on top of the D.
Thanks for the great translations and great casting! I don't know if yall heard me when I asked to turn Caster Park up a bit during the translations but I heard him loud and clear today, Thank you!
What an epic conclusion to the first season as SSL. Really excited for what's to come, next season is going to be one of the most hype ever!
Flash is back
kind of a weakest season in years, maybe ever actually. at least imo, and I watched it all.
@@misterkefir The weakest season was when JyJ won.
As much as i love this game i cant say i enjoy one sided matches, its like it ended and i still feel empty lol
this might be the worst season yet. yikes
Same. Finals was just boring. Group matches were better.
Im a casual spectator. I watch RT play and I watch ASL for a 4-5 seasons. I think Zerg played at the highest level is completely busted. They have no weak point. Early they are strong, mid they are strong, late they are strong. The times they lose its usually completely preventable on their end.
@@Windw00d yeah it seems that one thing that keeps them from completely dominating is the volatile nature of ZvZ, where even a much worse overall player can kick an absolute champion out
@@Windw00d idk about busted but seems op, sure. thing is, there's literally a few players in the world that are currently playing at said level
Game 2 was incredible with so much back and forth
A two hour release at 10pm! Thaaaatss CCRRRAAAAAAAZY crazy like a zerg SKIPPING LURKERS AND DEFILERS FOR UUUUUUULLLLLTRAAAAAAAAASSSSS
HAHAHAHAHAHA CraaaAAAAzy
Terrans play too scared versus zerg, always reacting with the same crap every game sitting in their base building turrets with marines and medics majority of the time.
They need to change it up and be more aggressive early more often. Bunker rushes, Vulture rushes, vulture drops, Marine Medic drops, quick wraiths into quick valkries, etc. instead of playing the "safe" game versus zerg.
Did you watch the series? @@JoshDragRace0688
Chills
Soulkey's run was crazy. It's not like he had an easy run. He faced the two players that everyone else was trying to avoid and rolled them. His set against Snow was especially crazy considering how close their set in S16 was.
@@leggchanyu This is absolutely true. During the course of his 3 straight championship run Soulkey has beaten nearly everyone that is worth beating. JYJ, then an epic semi with Rush that went 7 games, then Mini in a finals. Mini again, then he crushed Snow in 6 games after being down 2-0, then a 7-game epic finals with hero.
Now in SSL he beat Light in a solid 6 games, demolished Snow again 4-0, and the finals with Sharp was a formality. Rush and hero were close and Rush in particular was a hair away from winning his game 7 but otherwise the result of the other series was never in doubt. I definitely would've liked to see a rematch with Rush and/or hero.
The only top 10 players Soulkey hasn't met during his run are Queen because his form has fallen off to the point where he no longer makes the playoffs, Royal who also hasn't been playing well or doesn't seem to care about the playoffs as much anymore either after he won his ASL, and Flash who has been absent for several years.
@@jesse1381 that's a nice summary of Soulkey's path. For me, the player that impressed me more with his play was JyJ in seasons 15 and 16. Since I don't watch starcraft besides SSL, I don't know in what shape he is, but if I can make a guess, I think only him, Rush and the top zergs have a chance against Soulkey right now. Not even a single Protoss. Not even Mini.
I hope Flash returns with great shape next season, so the tournament becomes more interesting again
@@jesse1381 And in the couple seasons before that, he had some of the most f'd up RO16 groups and got out of them, too. S14 was ZvZ hell where he had to beat both Queen and Soma to advance, and S15 he took down Snow and Light (after losing a BO1 with Best). He's earned his trophies by beating the very best, no question.
Tasteless's restraint to not bring up the Artosis pylon when they're talking about naming things at the start of SC2 was remarkable. True brosef moment.
Its probably because it became a meme, the >insert name here< pylon is often used to refer to anyone who uses a single pylon to power multiple things.
Also, artosis didnt name it that way. It was another caster as a joke, and it stuck up.
How much money do we have to gather to get a Flash vs SoulKey Bo7 right now instead of waiting a year for a potential final between them?
Flash no está en su nivel está muy bajo,en la siguiente SSL podríamos ver sin pagar un dinero
I love the Cast, but damn me if it doesn't look like Artosis is being haunted the Ghost of Tasteless Past from a Muppet Christmas Story when they come on camera.
starring Guys in the Chat as Statler and Waldorf
2:24:58 it's so touching seeing Sharp being so emotional... yes, SoulKey is insane, but let's remember that Sharp has beaten several giants to get to this finals, all while having cancer. Big grats to that guy, hats off Mr Sharp!
Soulkey doesn't look happy when he wins a game. He looks disappointed in you for losing.
cringe (liked your comment)
He just wants to feel something again. Ending terrans in cold blood just doesn't do it anymore :D
Awesome tournament, thank you for putting this on!
Feel the Rhythm! Feel the Rhyme! Get on up, it's Starcraft time! Cool Runnings!
makes sense that fans of jamaican bobsleddimg would be watching this vod already, probably very adept at identifying the source of their chills
Senca driving the Jamaican painted Vulture
spoiler blocker
💀💀💀💀💀AS IF
Bump
It’ll hold. Enjoy the finals on the big screen, dear reader.
Do we really need a spoiler blocker for this one? For the final score perhaps, but does anyone really think it'd go the other way?
@@rekrfeht Why not? I even went out of my way to download an extension mentioned earlier in the season by Artosis to not be able to see this videos length. People enjoy things differently, zero harm for a top comment to block spoilers.
HAHA In the interview Soulkey says " 70% would be too little ,I think I have 99% chance to win" -well ,hard to argue with it.
Flash vs Soulkey would be legendary match!
About the Valkyrie’s bullet convo in game 2: The Valkyrie’s problem in the past was the bullet sprite limit. If there were a lot of ranged units attacking, the Valkyrie’s attack sprites would stop spawning in the game. Current SCR’s bullet limit is 4x what it the original limit was, so Valkyries can be on the map without the sprite limit hindering them.
Honestly this finals was very underwhelming. It's frightening to see SoulKey dominate this much. Dude makes it look like the game is unfair.
Flash won seasons 2,3,4, Soulkey now is looking to be equally as impressive 😮😮
If not more, since the competition these days is higher than ASL S2,3,4. If Soulkey wins a 4th in a row he seals it. No one EVER won 4 of the same Starlegue in a row.
Everyone looks better when flash is not active
@stambe8605 soulkey has already sealed it imo. What's even more impressive is that zerg is the weaker race between terran and zerg.
@@level_earth_observer1986 What makes you think that way. Terran has a weaker early and late game and stronger mid game and in specific scenarios, stronger end game due to Vessel/BC/Tank combo when the map is running out of resources.
@@stambe8605I don't think so. Closer to the time of Kespa, the better they played. In the past, they sleep, eat, and play, with coaches, managers, etc, true professionals. Now it is more like freelancers
Sharp actually did better than I thought he would, even playing "off" today.
As a Sharp fan, I'm gonna go back and watch Sharp v. Rain again. Good times, good times. GG Soulkey.
let's immediately post the results in the comments as soon as we learn them
Sharp vs Hero was the best match in RO8
@@VersusAllOdds Agreed. I'm gonna re-watch that one as well.
back before he had the cancer :~(
2:08:47 I think Sharp irradiated the Hydra to see if Soulkey would turn it into a lurker, that way he would know that his lurker upgrade isn't finished.
"You keep repairing, and you pray" - Artosis
This is not like messi winning a world cup. Is like Messi getting an 11-0 on the finals making all the goals by himself after pass over all the lineup
Watched the live cast and again watching this thanks for the awesome casting and translation
Someone please recommend a good channel about StarCraft's history for starters!!
Those comments about the possible raise of a new bonjwa made me look at liquipedia, only to discover that there's still a long way to go for Soulkey's triumphs to match the achievements of the old pros 🤯
The way SoulKey plays Zerg just always looks like his opponents are on the back foot. Almost as if he can just pressure them and then easily pivot and react to their builds, whereas they have to full commit to advancing specific tech or catch him off guard with a weird strat like in game 3 lol
Congrats to soulkey, ya gotta admit he’s a nominee for greatest Zerg ever. He’s got my vote, micro, macro, knowledge, decision maker, he’s got all the skills and executes them so consistently. The results don’t lie 26 years after launch
Don’t even bring up flash, I’ve seen soulkey beat him in a tournament before!
Agreed, it's him or JD as greatest zerg ever
Watching this season, I grew to like Sharp. Was hoping good things, but congrats to SoulKey. Was a pretty sure thing.
Sharp's so likeable, humble and modest. I wish him the best on his fight with thyroid cancer
That end interview gave me CHILLS
Not the best finals by any means but I'm glad that Soulkey won it.
SOULKEY BONJWA
As a zerg, this season has been cathartic watching terran and protoss tears shouting zerg OP IMBA when all the other zergs have sucked and Soulkey makes way fewer mistakes than all the other top players and astrogaps them strategically in a macro and micro sense.
He's just better.
One of the best protoss in the world couldn't get a reaver on the field in 4 games against this. Soulkey has taped into something nearly impossible to beat with any strategy seems like, idk
Soulkey broke the game. He’s invincible! Wonder if Flash will be able to do anything…
@@Hawkize31 last season, snow said he made a shit ton of mistakes vs soulkey and said he only played at 30%. this season he played even worse. snow mostly lost because he played poorly. snow's micro is one of the best in the world, but his strategy in PvZ has historically been terrible, although it has been getting better. also reaver is not so good in PvZ until late game.
Blows my mind that the SSL/ASL with the least Zerg representation is the time everyone starts to cry Zerg OP. Annoys me that people try to discredit Soulkey by saying he plays an OP race when he's just a monster of a player. Same thing happened in Flash's era; Flash is dominating so Terran must be OP right? Nah Flash was just that good.
@@TRYCLOPS1no not even close
Game 2 was absolutely wild. I was ready to skip ahead to game 3, no chance Soulkey can win. Then I remember he had the same situation again Light. Sure enough, 30 seconds later Soulkey goes from down 30 supply to up 30. Bonjwa
Spoiler protection
The last two seasons I've enjoyed watching Sharp develop into a higher tier player who always makes the correct decision, so while Soulkey is amazing I at least gave Sharp more of a chance than this. Sharp gets in and does some damage, you start anticipating an upset and then two minutes later SK just runs in and _smashes_ him anyway.
It was really his execution wasnt up to par, maybe he got nervous who knows, but there were at least two other games where he could had put up much more of a fight if he hadnt made one tiny mistake like sending vessels head on only for them to eat scourge
I like Sharp, but I couldn't go into this finals expecting anything other than Soulkey obliterating everyone else - he's just been so dominant in this season. It was never about who else could win, it's about who has the honour of being annihilated by the champ in the finals. He seems inviolable.
@@SuperCosmicSpaceMagnet i think rain would've put up a fight but whatever, has to win the semi first
@@zergu-yf3gdyeah for sure, rain has beaten soulkey in the asl a few seasons back, also i feel like soulkey is “worse” if we can say that in zvp than in zvt
but rain got smashed by sharp so that was ended there
i feel like soulkey would have won this tournement no matter what, he was smashing everyone, even the snow 4-0 was outstanding
@@denesolah1328 its funny when we originally got Soulkey vs Light i thought it was gonna be a finals worthy match up, but after it was done i felt kinda dissapointed, it was lackluster, but after all the other series we had, Light was the only one who actually put up a fight against Soulkey, even if it was a 4-2, most of the games themselves were much closer than in any other series.
A shiver came across the air...
If you pause the video at 0:21 and toggle with the . and , keys to get it to the frame where it says Starcraft you can see it says ASL in the background instead of SSL :)
ahahhahaha IT DOES!. and thanks for that hotkey. I knew arrow keys for 5s but not that frame change hotkey.
1:05:48 god bless
The super bowl of starcraft HERE WE GO!
As it turns out, Superbowl 48 of Starcraft.
I'm hyped and I've got my anti-spoiler plugin ready.
If flash v soulkey ever happens it really will be: the strongest player of today vs the strongest player in history
how is soulkey’s random game?!?
Congrats to that man. Thanks for the casts guys.
Anyone else really enjoy the seasons WITHOUT Flash so much better? ...just me? That's fine...
역시나 아쉬움이 크다.
라바 임홍규(zerg) 라스트 김성현(terran) 선수의 부재도 크다.
전부 우승 가능성이 있는 선수들이다.
@@user-gs7dw7tq1r you forgot Kim "EffOrt" Jung-woo
@tasteless at 1 hour ish mark, the sign in the audience, is that not the Iron Wall as in SoulKey?
Congrats to Soulkey! Three in a row is a massive achievement. But let's be honest - he is the first one winning three in a row because there isn't a bunch of level designers trying to stack a whole tournament to work against Zerg. Wink wink, Flash rules.
Tastosis are the goat of esports casters
FLASH WHERE ARE YOU WHEN WE NEED YOU LOL
the sign = 3 walls, soulkey's nickname is "the wall" so 3 walls 3 championships
So that was the thing that the wall meant. Thanks. But what about the (dead) fishes?
@@fredrik_p sharp = fish :D
철(steel)벽(wall)
@@seiaghen Never heard of a fish with that name, but that is maybe in another language?
SoulKey is the best zerg ever! Congratz!
Thanks Tastosis for the best cast we could ever had!
Well that was pretty much what was expected. At least Sharp kept himself from being swept, but SoulKey is just on fire.
Bonjwa confirmed. Flash vs SoulKey in SSL finals would be one for the ages
Super excited to see the games, and the legendary cast!
GG's to both players, Sharp had soo many good ideas, sucks that his execution like Tasteless and Artosis said really cost him a lot. Well played by Sharp, especially throughout the whole reason, performing better than Terrans who were supposed to be better than him. I look forward to another strong performance from Sharp, as a zerg fan his performance this season was super impressive.
With FlaSh's return, I'd just love to see him bring us fun & entertaining games. We don't need him to just win rather just bring us FlaSh's content to the big screen
This is rematch of KSL season2 finals
If you have time, I suggest to see KSL2
Interesting, do not see the finals but only semi's on yt. Where could I find vods?
@@Yessia2on twitch, theres every ksl season lived streamed and uploaded to the Starcraft channel
I predicted 4-0, I was wrong.
Still, massive difference of skill between those 2 players. It seems like SK will be untouchable until FL comes back to SSL.
Hoping for some epic clashes between them in the future.
I knew my goat would win 😎But lots of love for the runner-up also
When is the next season? Ty for this season.
Gg! Congratulations to the winner 🏆
Thank you Tastosis and SOOP
Can’t wait for next season
Long live StarCraft
Not to take away from Soulkey's impressive 3 peat, but Flash also has a 3 peat, it was s2/s3/s4, was a while ago so likely they forgot, he also won a 4th in s8.
it is the 3 in a row. S8 being 4th win does not count in a streak. and they did acknowledge it in a previous cast.
@@ch420newsteam They said they were not sure in the previous cast to be fair. I literally said the word "also" and s8, why would you think I don't understand that it wasn't part of the streak as the seasons I mentioned?
About damn time
43:59 actor yoon shi yoon (dongu) supporting sharp
that's actor Yoon Shi-yoon
@JForcE777 you're right
Where do i find flash streaming?
You can watch him get 4-0ed by Soulkey next season
Soop
@@Figgy20000 I don't think so
Fuck cancer! Hope everything goes well for Sharp!
Amen to that. Get well Sharp and after you've recovered your health, get back on the horse and keep on improving. GGs!
please do not. it helps the cancer spread by breaking the mass up.
Been so excited for this video! Let’s go!!!! Been watching StarCraft lore vids today 🤘
It blows my mind that SnOw, herO, and Sharp can make it to the RO8 and be seeded nearly back to back thru seasons and yet not a single one of them has a championship. Wild. Soulkey might be at Flashs level.
Good comment. SK is a monster
Soulkey is a genius
wish sharp all the best! good run this season good job my man!
1:05:50 you sir, have the best, most truthful sign I've ever seen. I absolutely thought 1:07:00's convo was going to lead to the Artosis Pylon Build.
and spoiler
welcome new Bonjwa.
Can't wait for Soulkey to slap Flash into retirement.
Ok now i want Soulkey to defeat Flash
i kinda wish the casting for this finals had been a little more like they used to be but maybe thats just rose tinted glasses
also i wish we could get translations for the final quotes at the end by every player
i am definitely not disappointed with the games honestly, i hope next season will be even better
@1:28:28: I want to believe they are Sharp's parents, but I have no idea
Gonna watch the video later but I gotta say, that thumbnail does not give me hope for an exciting, competitive series. From those expressions both Tasteless and Artosis are trying to think of the best way to explain to their children that they can't afford cancer surgery for the family dog and it has to be put down.
I love that youtube gets me the crucial information that Simone Biles is mentionned on this cast
Almost turned into a popsicle waiting for this game!
Wow perfect timing boys!
this finals was still more entertaining than the previous ZvZ finals
Excellent example of "damning with faint praise".
Yea, as a zerg player i would even prefer a TvT finals over a ZvZ rofl
@@skillfuldabest As a zerg player myself I think ZvZ is more interesting, I still enjoy all mirrors, it's more "rock paper scissory" for sure, in ZvZ I love how fast paced it is and every unit is so important.
@@Yessia2 tvt is a snoozefest the only thing better is it lasts forever
Literally didn't even watch it
the comment section needs to chill out
couldn't have more chills if I fuckin tried bro
1:06:45
Damn right. You gotta earn your place in the dictionary. You can’t just claim a build as your own. Or a pylon.
where's this song when they are introducing the contestants, my phone cant find this
AI-generated
that last game was hard to watch i cant even tell if he knew about the 6 o clock base or not, he did fly a wraith over it while it was being built however
What is a bonejoua? (Pardon my spelling)
Bonjwa is a term used to describe a player who dominates the StarCraft scene for a long period of time. A bonjwa has a very high winning percentage and successive title wins. However, a bonjwa is not defined by his statistics or records. Rather, a general consensus is reached that he is the most dominant progamer of his era
@Lingboysc2 thank you sir