I think I was about 15 when I first heard that people play starcarft as a sport professionally in south korea. Being a kid with no internet, I literally thought that those people must be insane. Now look at us. Watching a bunch of "old" dudes playing the game at a level that no casual person can even imagine. It means so much to me, that this scene is still alive and that Tastosis is still casting and that ASL is still the highest level of Starcraft, and maybe even the highest level of any esport to present day. I truly wish, that Broodwar will be played competetively for many years to come, as I get this experience from no other video game
when I was in high school 2004-7 there was a store by the school owned by koreans and sometimes I'd see him playing VODs on the computer by the till... I tried to talk about it but the language barrier was still real lol. was cool to see though. (West Coast of Canada) this game is 25 years strong I absolutely believe it will not die anytime soon.
Holy heck, I don't think Tastosis noticed but [spoiler below] . . . . . . . . . in game 7 Soulkey ran his lings down that lane in the middle in view of HerO's overlord, then (02:06:43) went off to the left, looped back toward his own base and ran down the middle again, possibly making HerO think even more lings were coming
I enjoyed Tastosis being voiceast over the Korean casters as a compromise for the camera. Felt like I was watching Most Extreme Elimination Challenge from back in the day.
They dont know how to render a video properly. This upload has low video bitrate. It's almost a joke to be honest cuz everything is blurry due to that.
I'm glad SoulKey didn't repeat his mistake from the 1st game in the decider game. It's always nice to see people adapting and learning throughout the series
long live Tastosis and ASL. What an incredible season, I do think Soulkey is starting his "era" of dominance after years of people wondering why he hasn't won.
love how they've trained for 10 years, played tens of thousands of hours and they win the competition to be the best player alive and their expression: =|
Congratulations to the 🏆 winner Thank you Tastosis for the superb casts It was my first ASL where I could see games in person. Can’t wait for next season Long live StarCraft
Watching all those ultras get plagued was awesome, but the devourer\muta\scourge vs queen\muta\guardian finale was unmatched in the history of the esport.
2:02:32 La mejor parte de todo el stream, saber que Starcarft es el abuelo de los esports y sigue siendo el número 1. Yo soy un fanático de España y en Europa sigue habiendo muchos fans de este maravilloso juego. GRACIAS TASTOSIS Y MUCHAS GRACIAS ASL!
Well, for a ZvZ, that wasn't awful, but still quite a let-down from the rest of the tournament. Regardless, thank you Tasteless & Artosis, your commentary is always a treat!
SK really proved himself in ASL16. 76 was an incredibly original map. It took him quite some time to forget that memory. I honestly didn't give him a shot back then, but he has his basics well.
@@miqotesoulia8620 dont forget scourge. I am also not such a big fan of TvT because most the times they only make 2 marines and then switch totally into mech (like most TvP games but there are at least a few marines all in). However these games are at least longer. Most diverse games are Zerg vs other races. They should add a new resource research depending on the race you fight. for example buffing hydralisks/spores ONLY when fighting zerg.
Thanks for getting these videos out as soon as possible, guys! Humorous note: Missed chance to have Tasteless with Sock Puppet Arty 😂 Excellent finals all around.
3 Zergs in top 16, 2 in the finals. Ridiculous, but both these players completely deserve to be here. But now that this happened, he has to go for 3 and become the true legend. Absolute mind of steel, you just can't shake this guy in a series.
Haven't watched yet but of the mirror matchups ZvZ is my favorite. Here's to hoping there is at least one 25 minute game this series! Edit: I love how you made caster park ( I believe thats his name) much more audible in this cast, I love to hear how hype he gets.
and tasteless mic sounded bad at times. they seem to be plagued by weird technical issues. maybe if people donated more to the Patreon they would get it right
Fun map idea for ZvZ - if the game starts with two zerg players, a trigger is set on the map to auto spawn a spore colony in the base and natural for each player. I feel like this could be a safe and fun way to try and explore more late game ZvZ matches without any outrageous map designs
@2:06:46 - does Soulkey path his lings to make it appear as if he's mass flooding? when in reality he's transitioning to muta? It looked like the intent had herO (and our casters) fooled that it was a ling all in.
It was a great season, congratulations to the winner, he definitely deserved it! I am grateful for the ASL experience, but I do wish we had a sister tournament in a double Round Robin format as well. Just shower thoughts.
Yeah no more 3rd place match. On Liquipedia it says season 16 and 17 both gave 3mil to each 3rd and 4th place equally. Maybe not enough people were watching?
Of course SoulKey's the first player to break the first game loss curse 🔥. I'm all for this new era of dominance from SK, one of my favourite players. I feel bad for herO though... He's so good and deserves a championship 😢
Tasteless was soooo close to the perfect transition into the game. It could've been, "I've got the skies covered. You've got the seas covered. We're going to go into this next game." Good cast. SoulKey played well and overall outplayed Hero. Solid finals.
The craziest part I noticed while looking at both of their builds from each game is that SoulKey will float minerals before picking a build. I have to assume its because hes waiting on information like if 4/5 pool is incoming or something like that.
20:16 Artless commentary commences 30:15 Game one! 48:13 Game two! 58:53 Game three! 1:14:39 Game four! (plus some good pre-game banter) 1:32:37 Games five and six! (plus tasteless gets a geography lesson) 2:01:57 Game seven!
I don’t know if the sound balance was a little off for this video but I had a much harder time, in this particular video, hearing the English VoiceOver with the Korean as loud as it was.
Awesome series, thanks Tastosis! I'm gonna he in Seoul in August and would love to go to the studios. I saw that the ASL starts around August/sept. I couldn't find dates googling. Are they already set?
I feel like the FINALS deversed a better audio quality which makes me think both of them weren't home for the recording, and it shows, especially with Tasteless' robovoice :(
Also drives me nuts tasteless wont get an actual cam from this decade when its his job. Artosis looks great, Tasteless is in 240p. If they wore suits again that would be a nice touch as well, take the cast more seriously.
@@Mairve Trust me... tasteless doesn't care. If he cared about his job or this game he would offer some valuable insight instead of relying completely on Artosis.
thanks for the casts, this ASL season was great! btw could you guys turn the volume down for the korean audio when the translator is talking? the koreans and BGM are clashing with the translator (like at 8:00)
@@johngelderblom7107 😂😂😂 ZvZ is just so stupid. Cheese and rush every game. Then again, its better than TvT which would last for 6 hours. Only watchable mirror matchup is PvP.
It's not only the builds that worked. Also are those who failed. They may Become a future revolution. Like snow with his mass Reaver's or soulkey with his one base island base for troy.
No worry about things being over in a half hour, they played 53 minutes. No spores, no hydras, very old-school. Hero's micro wasn't up to the task, but he did finally break the 'Winner of the first game takes the title' streak.
Tastosis trying to hype up zvz, hoping for some longer games and new strategies. Me checking the length of the video for a bo7 match. Yeah ain’t gonna happen 😂
![[ENG] ASL S14 RO.8 Match1 RoyaL vs Shine (Tastosis)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/a9lIHOTKcF8/mqdefault.jpg)
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No hydra was harmed during the recording of this series.
It was definitely a ZvZ match.
Always muta😂
If you're reading this you're one handsome nerd
I know, thanks.
no u
Love it! Just because the Pros are in a zero sum Zerg bucket doesn’t mean the fans have to be. Cheers!
no, U
No you're handsome!
Commenting for the algorithm. Long live ASL
BUMP
Long live ASL
I think I was about 15 when I first heard that people play starcarft as a sport professionally in south korea. Being a kid with no internet, I literally thought that those people must be insane. Now look at us. Watching a bunch of "old" dudes playing the game at a level that no casual person can even imagine. It means so much to me, that this scene is still alive and that Tastosis is still casting and that ASL is still the highest level of Starcraft, and maybe even the highest level of any esport to present day. I truly wish, that Broodwar will be played competetively for many years to come, as I get this experience from no other video game
I sadly didnt find out until college aka when starcraft 2 beta was out and I found Day9. I missed out on so much.
Amén hermano! Yo sigo la escena desde mediados de los años 2000 y esto es maravilloso. Por muchos años más!!
when I was in high school 2004-7 there was a store by the school owned by koreans and sometimes I'd see him playing VODs on the computer by the till... I tried to talk about it but the language barrier was still real lol. was cool to see though. (West Coast of Canada)
this game is 25 years strong I absolutely believe it will not die anytime soon.
Imagine same in Russia 🤣
you must've been born in North Korea
Spoilers:
The player who won the first game ended up losing this finals. This is the first time in 17 seasons this happened
Soulkey truly is a master at reverse sweeping
Didn't win Game 1 in Ro4 or Ro8 either!
Thank you! Thought I was crazy, because in previous seasons they always made a big deal about this stat... finally broke the curse
@@xKharrneX Still remember how he reverse-swept Innovation in SC2, feels like yesterday.
oh shit they can finally stop talking about the curse lol??
Holy heck, I don't think Tastosis noticed but [spoiler below]
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in game 7 Soulkey ran his lings down that lane in the middle in view of HerO's overlord, then (02:06:43) went off to the left, looped back toward his own base and ran down the middle again, possibly making HerO think even more lings were coming
Hard to tell how herO interpreted that, but good catch!
Ya I saw that, I don't think HerO reacted incorrectly because of that but it was a helluva play!
Damn, JulyZerg really nailed Jaedong's flank mid-game.
Definitely appreciate the speed at which you're getting these out! Hologram Tastless be damned!
I enjoyed Tastosis being voiceast over the Korean casters as a compromise for the camera. Felt like I was watching Most Extreme Elimination Challenge from back in the day.
They dont know how to render a video properly. This upload has low video bitrate. It's almost a joke to be honest cuz everything is blurry due to that.
I'm glad SoulKey didn't repeat his mistake from the 1st game in the decider game. It's always nice to see people adapting and learning throughout the series
I hope Best is reading your comment.
@@yyyy-uv3po If he had read my comment he would be ooga-booga banging on my door with 100 supply of gateway units?
@@yyyy-uv3po Damn thats brutal but so true as a Best fan.
Soulkey is the best adapting
And now we wait for Season 18. THANK YOU
long live Tastosis and ASL. What an incredible season, I do think Soulkey is starting his "era" of dominance after years of people wondering why he hasn't won.
New zerg bonjwa ?
He has had the 2nd best ZvZ on his corner during the finals.
Of course soulkey is the one to break the curse of losing the first game in the finals yet still winning, awesome games
ASL FOREVER
TASTOSIS FOREVER
Also, a shoutout to Queen as well. Finals wouldn't be if the second best ZvZ after JaeDong didn't coach him. Action, Sacsri, Ggaemo!
45:00 might be the peak ZvZ you were looking for, Come classic Rock, Paper, Scissors,
No one is looking for ZvZ
@@utarian7 False. ZvZ is my favourite matchup. I think there are many ZvZ fans out there.
There should be a losers bracket ffa
ooooh I like it
Oh god PLEASE
And it should be only played on the experimental maps everyone band each season.
Lemon, 76, Neo Arkanid etc...
It's group stages for half the tournament. It's not like it's one massive single elim tournament
love how they've trained for 10 years, played tens of thousands of hours and they win the competition to be the best player alive and their expression:
=|
That's why I kinda wanted sharp to get farther/win, he would have really made a scene😂😅
@@Scrambles2112
What about firebathero???
Congratulations to the 🏆 winner
Thank you Tastosis for the superb casts
It was my first ASL where I could see games in person.
Can’t wait for next season
Long live StarCraft
Fucking every time this guy, I'm going to have a heart attack. Anime protagonist SoulKey.
Raises glasses with single finger. He is such a jojo character.
S P O I L E R ------- B L O C K E R
I'm not sure why... Excellent design maybe? One of my favorites spoiler blockers 😂 well done
For the algorithm!
gg
Watching all those ultras get plagued was awesome, but the devourer\muta\scourge vs queen\muta\guardian finale was unmatched in the history of the esport.
I dunno, second game where it was 2 ultralisk counter attack was pretty good as well.
Please let me live in your alternate reality
Yeah... but those lurkers, though!
That guardian rush was insane, too bad Bisu's scouts shut it down before Jaedong could do anything
Props to Hero for winning 3 games after getting the BO advantage in only 2 of the 7 games. Tough matchup.
yeah matchup is definitely a bit coinflippy assuming similar skill levels
TH-cam show 1 comment when clicking on a video and for this video it showed this one. Damn.
What would you think about making ZvZs, bo9? Admitting that the matchup is too broken.
Thr decider matched displayed the toughest element of Starcraft, the terrain. The winner won not by luck, but by pure execution.
2:02:32 La mejor parte de todo el stream, saber que Starcarft es el abuelo de los esports y sigue siendo el número 1. Yo soy un fanático de España y en Europa sigue habiendo muchos fans de este maravilloso juego. GRACIAS TASTOSIS Y MUCHAS GRACIAS ASL!
so hyped for this series. Really wish we had snOw instead of SoulKey though.
Well, SK defeated Snow so he is well deserving.
@@sir0herrbatka is that how tournaments work? thanks for clarifying.
@@Spongey1985 I mean: it wasn't easy.
Really, me too. I rooted for Snow, Action and Sharp. Maybe we will have that retro finals next year.
And we love you guys for keeping it alive SCBW forever!!
Well, for a ZvZ, that wasn't awful, but still quite a let-down from the rest of the tournament. Regardless, thank you Tasteless & Artosis, your commentary is always a treat!
SK really proved himself in ASL16. 76 was an incredibly original map. It took him quite some time to forget that memory. I honestly didn't give him a shot back then, but he has his basics well.
to bad ZvZ games are almost sooo short. I would love to see some longer games.
It's my least favourite match up for that reason.
Yea, was really hoping snow or sharp would make it just so we don't have ZvZ. O well, still had some solid lead up games to this finals anyway.
TONS of ppl share this thought. Cant be bothered to watch the entirety of this, sooooo bording. Lings and mutas thats it. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz
@@miqotesoulia8620 dont forget scourge. I am also not such a big fan of TvT because most the times they only make 2 marines and then switch totally into mech (like most TvP games but there are at least a few marines all in). However these games are at least longer. Most diverse games are Zerg vs other races. They should add a new resource research depending on the race you fight. for example buffing hydralisks/spores ONLY when fighting zerg.
@@Anno1602player well, atleast Vultures play is mixed. you can go mines OR speed and the 2 factory has a chance of tank play early on too
arriving home from work and finding the finals uploaded 🎉
Thanks for getting these videos out as soon as possible, guys! Humorous note: Missed chance to have Tasteless with Sock Puppet Arty 😂 Excellent finals all around.
amazing series! thanks to all the players and sponsors
GREAT change this season - and great casting! Thank you for delivering fast games and keeping brood war relevant
3 Zergs in top 16, 2 in the finals. Ridiculous, but both these players completely deserve to be here.
But now that this happened, he has to go for 3 and become the true legend. Absolute mind of steel, you just can't shake this guy in a series.
Haven't watched yet but of the mirror matchups ZvZ is my favorite. Here's to hoping there is at least one 25 minute game this series!
Edit: I love how you made caster park ( I believe thats his name) much more audible in this cast, I love to hear how hype he gets.
There are some issues with overlapping audio at the start and end of the cast.
and tasteless mic sounded bad at times. they seem to be plagued by weird technical issues. maybe if people donated more to the Patreon they would get it right
Fun map idea for ZvZ - if the game starts with two zerg players, a trigger is set on the map to auto spawn a spore colony in the base and natural for each player. I feel like this could be a safe and fun way to try and explore more late game ZvZ matches without any outrageous map designs
@2:06:46 - does Soulkey path his lings to make it appear as if he's mass flooding? when in reality he's transitioning to muta? It looked like the intent had herO (and our casters) fooled that it was a ling all in.
Very nice tournament! Thank you Afreeca TV, Artosis & Tasteless and the translator (forgot the name sorry!).
man,. this is just peak gameplay. 3 units only ever built, 5 minute games. peak, truly peak.
Thank you Tastosis for another amazing ASL, congrats to the champion and good job for all the runner-ups!
It was a great season, congratulations to the winner, he definitely deserved it!
I am grateful for the ASL experience, but I do wish we had a sister tournament in a double Round Robin format as well. Just shower thoughts.
That would not have a storyline.
looking forward for next season!!!
Getting it out quicker was definitely the preferred choice, thank you!
Best broodwar comentators out there! I agree, it's a great time to be a Broodwar fan :)
This is the first ASL finals I've managed to watch without being spoiled first. Thank you spoiler block comment heroes
What a great finals! Such a back and forth!
Is there no 3rd place match this season? That usually happens before the finals, right?
Yeah no more 3rd place match. On Liquipedia it says season 16 and 17 both gave 3mil to each 3rd and 4th place equally. Maybe not enough people were watching?
@@ilyaalexakhin8745 Oh damn. Had forgotten there wasn't one in season 16. Was really looking forward to another SnOw PvT :(
Man what a bummer. All these seasons it was the losers finals I watched my favourite eliminated players.
The korean castors have their own YT channel where they hosted a 3rd place playoff between the two for those that are curious
@@thomashan9831 Can you post a link to their channels ?
Thanks again guys!
Of course SoulKey's the first player to break the first game loss curse 🔥. I'm all for this new era of dominance from SK, one of my favourite players. I feel bad for herO though... He's so good and deserves a championship 😢
Incredible season! Thank you again Tastetosis!
Tasteless was soooo close to the perfect transition into the game. It could've been, "I've got the skies covered. You've got the seas covered. We're going to go into this next game." Good cast.
SoulKey played well and overall outplayed Hero. Solid finals.
I honestly thought it would be the other way around, but cheers. Hero is still an amazing Zerg player in my book.
@@MeteCanKarahasan Yeah, he's a great player. I was cheering for him.
What is the song that plays in the break before the final game? I dig it a lot! But there's no music credits given in the description.
Vessel - Infected. It's a Dead Space-themed song
getting it up quicker is always better! great job artosis / tasteless
I love how Dan was talking at the end and it just cut him off lol
7 games, what a treat, thanks TASTOSIS!!!
Really appreciated for quick delivery even on family holidays
BW FOREVER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LOVE Y'ALL
TY for nice cast! Will you guys make 3rd and 4th place video?
The craziest part I noticed while looking at both of their builds from each game is that SoulKey will float minerals before picking a build. I have to assume its because hes waiting on information like if 4/5 pool is incoming or something like that.
Caster Park doing the pre-Finals interview reminds me of Mike Myers as the Japanese game show host on Saturday Night Live 😀
Thanks for another great season
20:16 Artless commentary commences
30:15 Game one!
48:13 Game two!
58:53 Game three!
1:14:39 Game four! (plus some good pre-game banter)
1:32:37 Games five and six! (plus tasteless gets a geography lesson)
2:01:57 Game seven!
I don’t know if the sound balance was a little off for this video but I had a much harder time, in this particular video, hearing the English VoiceOver with the Korean as loud as it was.
Awesome series, thanks Tastosis!
I'm gonna he in Seoul in August and would love to go to the studios. I saw that the ASL starts around August/sept. I couldn't find dates googling. Are they already set?
Insane series 👏
Yoooo it's here!
Amazing series. I thought that Hero was gonna come on top, but Soulkey's decision making was impecable. Also loved every second of this cast.
I reallY like the fast uploads. I don't really need the translated graphics :)
What a season, what a great time to be a Starcraft fan
I feel like the FINALS deversed a better audio quality which makes me think both of them weren't home for the recording, and it shows, especially with Tasteless' robovoice :(
Audio was fine for me. Maybe it’s your device.
@@Handle35667 nah tasteless had some mic issues. not awful but absolutely noticeable. might get your hearing checked out
Also drives me nuts tasteless wont get an actual cam from this decade when its his job. Artosis looks great, Tasteless is in 240p. If they wore suits again that would be a nice touch as well, take the cast more seriously.
@@Mairve Trust me... tasteless doesn't care. If he cared about his job or this game he would offer some valuable insight instead of relying completely on Artosis.
@@sgenyk91 Sad, but true...
Didn't expect the series to be that tight.
really rock-paper-scissors feeling - unfortunate but this is such a sad matchup in a game with so many amazing ones
thanks for the casts, this ASL season was great!
btw could you guys turn the volume down for the korean audio when the translator is talking? the koreans and BGM are clashing with the translator (like at 8:00)
asf finals, tastosis casting it all in 2024 there is nothing more I want to watch! Keep it up guys!
The audio was really bad, I like the speed but audio quality should also be taken into consideration....
Audio was fine for me. Maybe it’s your device.
@@Handle35667 Nah Artosis was recording from a hotel on a portable setup and Tasteless was lagging on Discord quite a bit.
Yeah the audio was subpar at best
much love all!
No goodbye from Tastosis? The ending was oddly silent, no casting. Did they forget to unmute their mics or something lol
They started to speak on 2:17:22 , but aguess inserted audio at the wrong spot lol
Their minds hurt from trying to find things to say about lings for 7 games straight.
@@johngelderblom7107 😂😂😂
ZvZ is just so stupid. Cheese and rush every game. Then again, its better than TvT which would last for 6 hours. Only watchable mirror matchup is PvP.
Lol true.
Thanks, lads!
HYPE
Perfect thumbnail too
LETS GO!!!!!
Wait, there is no 3rd place match?
3rd place was last match
@@-_-_-_-_-_-_-_----- Couldn't find the vod, so I thought it wasn't played. I really wanna see that match!
ya wth where is the Sharp vs snOw vod?
@@joebazooks I don't think it happened. Liquipedia doesn't show any third place match ever happening.
@@-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-----no there isn’t one, there hasn’t been one since season 14
It's not only the builds that worked. Also are those who failed. They may Become a future revolution. Like snow with his mass Reaver's or soulkey with his one base island base for troy.
great games, great commentary
CasterMuse is such an instigator and I love it !
Best eSports game, best players in the world, casted by the best duo. GG
Love ASL and this season was awesome, but ending it with just lings and mutas, I hope the T's and P's are repping in S18! Keep it up Tastosis.
Thanks!
Who is the player who makes the chair commercial?
Oh man the ending is brutal lol I still appreciate the casting tastosis
love it
GG WP what an excellent series despite being a ZvZ. Surprisingly I don't think we had one Spore did we?
No worry about things being over in a half hour, they played 53 minutes. No spores, no hydras, very old-school. Hero's micro wasn't up to the task, but he did finally break the 'Winner of the first game takes the title' streak.
The scoring on the rock paper scissors match was very similar to the actual game scores, but in reverse.
GG
No more ASL ToT it was really a great season sad to see snow not going into the final
Awesome freaking series! So glad it wasn't a blowout
Tastosis trying to hype up zvz, hoping for some longer games and new strategies. Me checking the length of the video for a bo7 match. Yeah ain’t gonna happen 😂
LETS GO!
i can totally imagine caster Park knocking off the trophy during interviews xd
Yay!!!!!! No sleep tonight!!!!
It's ZvZ, you'll get plenty of sleep. 😄
Bring back puppet tasteless! Long live ASL and long live tastosis! See you all next season!