asl continues and we're halfway through the ro24. tonight, the PvZ group >Snow (p) >Zelot (z) >Jaedong (z) >Jaehoon (p) and on teusday, the TvZ group >Soulkey (z) >Ample (t) >Action (z) >PianO (t)
They've changed up the format slightly and taken a few things from KSL. Finals will be a bo7 instead of a bo5, and the next round (ro16) will be a mix of Bo1s and bo3s instead of all bo1s. The ro24 and ro8/4 stay the same
I remember he said something involving his family that was pre-arranged and he couldn't reschedule.
Is he instead partying with HK whores and doing coke?
>these are the ro24 groups
They should do r32. Didn't the old school 2007-2009 GOMTV tournaments have 64 players?
Elijah Stewart
Jaedong is COOKED. It is now the era of Jaehoon.
Evan Smith
nah, it goes from 24 -> 12 + 4 seeded players to make the ro16
Michael Davis
>cadenzie again? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO >SHES WORSE THAN RAPID
Dylan Williams
Jaedong
Henry Scott
>>Jaedong (z) doesnt he have to go to the army?
Joseph Hall
It's JD's season right?
Sebastian Gray
>Finals will be a bo7 instead of a bo5 ow god poor dong's wrists
Owen Gutierrez
the dong shall rise again
Justin Sanders
apparently he and day9 are partying it up in Hong Kong. That's probably the family element.
>hey nick, where should we go on holiday >hong kong? >why >i saw it on the news the other day, can't remember why
Michael Davis
Would you prefer a shouting retard who knows nothing of the game, or a quiet person who knows the game?
She just needs to work on her speaking voice.
btw does anyone know what Rapid actually does when he doesn't cast? his twitter is literally just him casting or hanging out with friends. He posts a lot of pics from KSL and ASL even when he's not casting, which means he's either:
1. Hanging around there when he's not working. 2. He works in production somehow.
I really don't mind cadenzie. She's a decent caster but stands in contrast to the screaming hyperactive american archetype. In the long history of starcraft casters she's probably about mid tier, which is especially good for a girl because almost all of them have been absolutely awful.
Lincoln Ramirez
Yeah man totally. I've been a fan of FlaSh for a LONG time. I hate to bring fucking WRESTLING into this discussion, but he's like Okada, where he just makes everything feel like a big deal.
Jace Martinez
>Would you prefer a shouting retard who knows nothing of the game I too hate Tasteless
Nathaniel Ward
I dig the music
Bentley Torres
Fuck me mate, she can't be worse than Kelly was
Jayden Fisher
I seem to recall ZombieGrub co-casting some small foreigner BW tournament last year and it wasn't too bad.
Jason Scott
Plus, considering she's only done 2 or 3 casts total like this she's doing pretty decent.
Chase Gutierrez
She was a lot better last night than she was casting the qualifiers Its nice having some input from a zerg player
Alexander Ward
Korea time is just not the same when Tasteless isn't there. Instead we get the tranny with bad teeth and an annoying voice casting...
It took me a while, but I've come to realize it's been at least years since Nick has actually played BW. He's said he's been unable to play due to wrist problems for 2-3 years. And before that would he have been playing BW at all? Doubt it.
So he may have not really played the game much sicne like 2010 or something.
He's just casting on previous knowledge and shouting.
What a lazy drunk!
Ethan Kelly
in other news, according to pros/koreans Bisu is out of the military early or saved up his leave or something and is out and playing online. He was apparently playing vs. JD and Larva the other night and still looking good.
She has decent game knowledge and it's nice to have a zerg. I think she just needs a bit more practice casting so she's a bit louder and more confident.
The Virgin Flash: >Posts vids of him playing well and getting 30,000 views
The Chad Family Man Larva: >Posts some dumb vid of him playing with his daughter and gets 300,000 views
Brody Fisher
Nick does actually play; the reason Artosis has been gatekept out of S-rank for so long is because Tasteless keeps a smurf account (hitting S with Protoss is easy, you just proxy 2 gate every game) and stream-snipes Artosis just to tilt him with proxy gate and proxy robo games and send Arto back to low A
he's not a lazy drunk, he's a dedicated troll
Samuel Russell
That's because he's been playing other games. As a korean he shouldn't even acknowledge other games
Logan Phillips
Why does it always show the weird letters for protoss? Doesn't starcraft support korean by now?
Adrian Ortiz
Flash admitted in an interview a long time ago he had a brief but intense addiction to World of Warcraft, and going to the League of Legends North American server to play some 150+ ping Shaco used to be how Koreans relaxed
Ryan Rogers
>tranny Stop this untruth. People might actually think it's true.
David Ward
I look back REALLY FONDLY on that time of SC2, because I was at university and I could watch Code S and Code A EVERY day, and I was SO DEEP into SC2. Now that I'm a working man, I only manage to watch on Sundays. I can't watch Saturdays cause it's 5am, and I can't do weekdays cause it's during work. I can't watch VODs, cause the video length gives away the results. Being a SC fan in 2019, with a job is hard.
Back on topic, I just remember Kelly being AWFUL man. Did you know she's STILL in the E-sports scene, managing a mid tier DOTA2 team? As long as she's not on the camera, I'm happy.
Pic semi related- a picture from when I used to watch Code S in what I think was...Season 4? Back in my absolute DEEP DAYS of SC fandom.
>Snow feared a drop in his main. >Zealot floated overlords for a fake drop in the main. >Snow moves his reaver into position to defend his main. >Has to rush his reaver bakc the other way >when it gets their most of the canons are dead >Reaver starts glitching out wasting precious seconds >First scarab is a dud
Did the reavers kill a single unit?
Matthew Evans
Nah, he got rused into slow walking his reaver bak to the main by the fake drop, then having to slow walk it back. excruciating, he got played like a damn fiddle
James Cook
How many heros do we have in SC2? I recall there's at least 3 pro "Hero".
Blake Rodriguez
how did larva do in his group? havent been here in a while
>ready to go to uni and play vidya all day, skipping courses >blink >uni time is over and didnt do all the stuf I wished for. ahhhh
Mason Myers
Starcraft women main Zerg similarly to how WH40K women play Tyranids; because it lets them be a mom to hundreds of cuddly crawlies.
Look at how fucking cute some of the portraits can be. Original Ultralisk has puppy eyes. And then there's the way Carbot portrays the Zerg.
Daniel Kelly
>having no game knowledge and fake yelling is better than an active pro who actually plays the race that was in the game That's a cool way to look at it.
Henry Scott
no, he really is not
Brandon Moore
DONG OF DONGS
Connor Ortiz
shit the bed but advanced
Christopher Kelly
>The Hoon of Hoons Artosis is so funny just for little stuff like that.
I unironically agree. Naruto vs Pain is still shounen kino.
Jacob Sanchez
I highly doubt he actually likes Naruto, he's probably just talking about it because Naruto = anime and anime = cool so him talking about Naruto must make him cool
Joseph Davis
rapid is almost exactly how i imagine somebody who enjoys naruto would look though
Colton Brown
I finished uni almost ten years ago. Now I'm just some guy who gets payed to play with kids all day. Good life, but nothing compared to the uni life when you had infinite money, infinite time and you had a good body.
Now I'm a chocolate cake on wheels who SOMETIMES manages to catch SOME Starcraft
If im honest pal, it's my dream job. I get to help kids develop, I only work 26hrs a week, and still make enough money to live on my own, very comfortably.
I'm applying for JET next year with all the XP I have supporting kids. Then its only a quick plane trip to watch the GSL Finals...
Michael White
>posting sad artosis when Protoss is getting btfo you don't know artosis my man
I've fallen for the not dying alone meme so that isn't really an option for me Fucking sweet my dude, make sure you right something meme-y on your sign
Samuel Wright
artosis doesn't hate protoss though, he just hates protoss versus terran.
Chase King
do you think artosis hates protoss or defilers more
Are protoss players still obsessed with scarab drops?
I can't wait for the entire match to be decided by if the shitty scarab pathfinding decides to kill 500 drones and hydraliscs in one shot or gets stuck on a wall
Matthew Ortiz
that was what he said first, hence the emphasis on TORY. "no observer, no observatory"
Carson Thompson
Apologies for stupid question in advance, but why did Korea go back to Brood War? Did they get sick of Starcraft 2 after a while?
Hunter Brown
I think he meant the observatory isn't finished yet, which it wasn't. When the korean observer showed it it was just starting warp in.
John Perry
nobody ever gave a fuck about sc2 in korea at any point.
David Bennett
BW died in Korea from pressure from Blizzard not because the scene died on its own. Also the scene wasn't even dead for very long. 2012 was the last year of BW, and it came back in 2015 or 2016.
Isaiah Thompson
main reason was SC2 not being BW
Josiah Flores
Seeing those muta kill so many probes was so satisfying
Landon Thomas
There was no "go back". They just never stopped playing Brood War. Starcraft 2 dropped off in popularity but Starcraft has just been consistent.
Nathan Bennett
Bisu in the army.
Caleb Reed
Pressured by Blizzard and Blizzard Korea into dropping it for SC2 when it released, basically telling KeSPA to either adapt into SC2 or never be allowed to have official sc tournaments again. In the end, SC2 wasn't nearly as much fun and BW was still more popular, even with the huge ass match fixing scandal.
Sebastian James
Can we have a game make it to midgame for fuck sake
Samuel Williams
JD please
Aaron Turner
Some pros picked SC2 over BW after coming back from military, FanTaSy is an example. Both SC2 and BW are somewhat afloat in Korea, and Koreans are still the ones dominating SC2 pro circuits. Maru's back alone keeps the SC2 Terran in its current state in spite of the massive backlash against the current state of TvP.
Ian Cook
Why did they replace the american announcer with an australian dude doing a vague sort of american accent?
Jason Evans
no, rushes only
Ayden Lee
>The greatest player of all time of all games in the history of the Earth.
The cordstomper?
Matthew Hughes
brood war never died, blizzard was literally paying the pros to play it. When the blizzard money dried up they went back to superior brood war.
Christian Nguyen
you're gonna get a hydra bust and you're going to enjoy it
It's almost comical how high level SC2 tournaments are a legion of korean clone people, one obese mexican, and a white tranny
Chase Morris
is that where he keeps his extra vocal cords
Jordan Russell
>finals hosted in aircraft hangars and stadiums >big brand sponsors >individual and team league around the year >top players buying ferraris with their winnings
you are not only retarded (Korean pros have plenty of personality between them, you aren't making these "clone" comments about the BW players), you're literally erasing Serral.
high level BW has only Koreans and sub-high level BW (players who can take maps off pros) are Poles and Peruvians.
Isn't this like the 3rd tournament in a row where JD gets blown the fuck out on the first round?
Aaron Martinez
>i maek cannon Fucking Protoss scum.
Jason Butler
Dong has consistently been playing really badly for at least a year I don't know why you guys thought he was going to advance
Josiah Brooks
damn, jdong is out :S
Ethan Rivera
>covered shoulders
Brandon Wright
It's not fair bros.
Jonathan Ortiz
well, at least we got a decent game out of that series. The rest were horseshit. Poor JD, I hope he just quietly goes to the army and comes back when he's better.
We'll be back on tuesday, with hopefully cadenzie or tasteless casting with artosis >Soulkey (z) >Ample (t) >Action (z) >PianO (t)
His last good result was KSL1. he played like a fucking champ that season, it would have been nice to see him carry that streak on a bit longer. He could have ez made it today if he hadn't fucked up with a B.O loss vs. Zelot
Jack Martin
I was so tired I fell asleep, but I dreamt about the games and even posting about them
in my dream JD was playing terran because he couldn't play zerg anymore since he needed wrists for that
Brayden Howard
>Piano changed his name to Organ Next season he will be Harpsichord.
Henry Diaz
Looking forward to Action's 200 IQ strats
John King
fucking glorious
Well, dark swarm gets better the later the game goes on as protoss becomes more dragoon heavy. But I'm always horrified by what storm does to a zerg
Jacob Cox
>rapid's attempt at hiding his receding hairline
Chase Brooks
Nick and Arty do that too. We joked that nick could hide it until ASL S6.
Hunter Murphy
>literally missed korea time
FUCK
FUUUUUCK
Austin Thompson
>Group of death last season >Action gets out purely because JD fucked up his patrol binding He really needs to stop.
Jacob Harris
You really didn't miss anything, all the games were awful except one
Luis Parker
action has a really tough group this time too
Jose Anderson
>after that disagrace fall asleep >dream >dream youre 10 years younger and on top of your game >see the world at your feet >wake up >feel your broken wrists ache >have to go to the army soon >realize you lost on a bo24 want to go to sleep again