Come one, come all~!!!It's a brand new season of competitive StarCraft: Brood War! Afreeca Starleague (ASL) Season 21 started YESTERDAY and runs until the 24th of May 2026.Today's matchup:Soulkey (Z)Ample (T)JyJ (T)sSak (T)Korean livestream: https://play.sooplive.co.kr/afstar1The link for the English livestream, I've been told, is this:>https://play.sooplive.co.kr/dth03119Though I must admit I've not actually checked whether this is correct (KR stream ftw).Liquipedia page:https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/ASL/21
Lee Hyun Kyung posted another baby pic today. Liquidpedia still has Lee Eun-bin listed as hosting.
Soulkey is fucking washed. It's over.
>>735613452He was out of practice last season, and he was just hoping to wing it. This is why he probably has spent time seriously training.
>soulkeyI'm going back to sleep
Thanks for the notification. Watching now.
Korean stream infinite loading. Anyone else?
why the fuck is soop not working?
>>735613862Oh I'm not the only one? I can't get it to load. Had it load last night.
>>735613861>>735613862Yep, same. Probably on their end, or something not configured in latest browsers.
Korean Gooks: Always evil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns91FMaXN8EGypsy is watching ASL.
>>735613861>>735613862delete the origin part of the url
>>735613984okay, works now, thanks m8
for me it's ample and ssak
TERRAN DISHONESTY IMMINENT
>>735613984Why the fuck does that fix it. Goddamn sloop.
Disgusting
https://play.sooplive.com/afstar1/292658373
soulkey is so dead, lmao
JUST KILL THE NATURAL RETARD?
>>735613984gg, thx
lol
Bad move out, Ample, he's fucked now
amazing choke
>>735614113?
How can he throw so hard.
Why did Ample run out onto the map? That was a very predictable outcome. Was it just a high risk high reward gamble? I would have thought that turtling up, hiding behind turrets, would be the stronger option?
wew, ample is seriously shithow the fuck do you lose that you fucking idiot
>>735614359I suppose he thought that the longer Soulkey is left alone, the more he'd recover from that rush? Also compounded by the fact that he hasn't built an Engi Bay yet, therefore Ample thinks his defence would come too late.I dunno, I'm just throwing out guesses here.
I am finding out Afreeca has another in-studio tournament? With another host? I see Mong and Flash in this. Is this an older video? https://vod.sooplive.com/player/190407217>[츠캄 몬스타즈]스타 저그 박준오 츠캄 밀리내전 송이vs먼진 4:2
he had less scvs than soulkey had drones
>>735614414Mong Monging it up.
unbelievable choke, that was pretty much a 99% win
Neither the english or the korean streams will load for me, anyone know how to fix this shit?
>>735614524see >>735613984
>>735614414https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/Jeongseon_Sooper_CupUni team league with the finals offline. I think these displaced a lot of the money that was set aside for the Ladies leagues. Super Cup? heh heh. I love how the asians use English in ways that would never occur to me.
>>735614524https://play.sooplive.com/afstar1/292658373I think OP is using old links that don't redirect to the right site. SOOP has re-arranged their site recently.
>>735614657Yeah they killed the .com yesterday and redirected it to .co.kr, now it has reversed but with the wrong subdomain because they're retards.
What is this shit intro music when games start? Bring back the Ai slop music with lyrics from previous seasons. It was better.
damn, i can't believe i missed match 1 already.I thought the intro would last much longer.
Who or what is Newocean?
I can't make out Korean words. It is just a stream to me. I think the Japanese have a tendency to pause and say words in shock which might make it easier. Korean all mumbles together.
have there been ads this season? Korean ads are kino.
Ample sucks, and SK is getting out. Between JyJ and Ssak who is getting out?
>live wraith reaction
uhhhh what's with that vulture?
This guy doesn't give any fucks
>>735614975Can't say I agree, I can clearly make out the pauses and cadences in Korean speech despite not understanding the language.
jesus, jyj was up 40 supply and now ssak is up 10
oof
This game is a clown fiesta
>>735615540Holy SHIT. JyJ was mostly in control or command for most of the match, and his supply was superior. That one slip up tilted the balance towards Ssak and he never recovered.
what happened to sctven stream?
>>735615806https://play.sooplive.com/dth03119/292658451
>Wake up>Watch one match>Go to workSuch is Korea time
drone rapes the small marine
drone imba
TOTAL DRONE DEATH
drone rapes the puny vulture too
>>735613326love these threads because i never follow any of this shit but like to watch
Holy fuck that was a tight hold, any less and Soulkey would've won outright
Holy shit imagine if Ssak takes this because SK stumbled ?
soulkey gonna die now
Incredible play from sSak, he played really well. Very tight decision-making.
Holy shit. JJ is fucking smoked now. What an upset. What a mess. JyJ looked to be in control of that TvT until he lost those 3 dropships full of mech units. SK was doing pretty well in his game, then fumbled with an aggressive push with lurkers. Did SSak just luck into victory TWICE?
>>735616642Did he ever get scanners? That was some tight corner cutting build that seems to delay scanners as much as possible, instead relying upon turrets then getting your Sci-vessels out. Did you see how tight the timing was with those lurkers? His turret died, then there was a slight pause then his Sci-vessel came out and he could see the lurkers to kill him. Literally seconds away from defeat.
>>735616648it's still called being a better player even if it was opps who acted retarded
>>735616648ssak is the best player in the group, he played extremely well in the qualifiers
>>735616648To be fair, that aggressive Lurker push nearly won him the game and would've done so if it weren't for sSak's incredible timing and "star-sense". That single encounter was won on the tightest of margins. I like Soulkey, but sSak played so well against him that I can't be mad with this result.>>735616706Yeah that corner-cutting made him look Flash-like, legit incredible. I feel bad that I rarely ever consider him top 5 Terran.
>soulkey didn't maek>losedWhat's with these amateur Zerg players nowadays?
>>735616914he got to the top, and the fame, the women, the drugs, the booze, it all took its toll.
>>735616835it's not star sense, he scouted with the dropship and saw lots of lings and stuffalso if you put sk under enough pressure he will usually all in
>>735617016>it's not star sense, he scouted with the dropship and saw lots of lings and stuffFair.>also if you put sk under enough pressure he will usually all inYou know what, you're right. I never really thought too deeply about it, but your description does match his playstyle under pressure.
was ample any good?
WHITE WOMAN ALERT
>>735617083he threw a 99% win by being total shit
>>735617160
kek
Racks imba
forgor siege
Holy shit, JyJ was playing his heart out after being put in such a bad position.
jesus, jyj is a much better player
now that faggot sk is gonna advance
>Soulkey will get to ro16 just by beating Ample twice
This music is so cringe
>>735617707They buy a licsense each year for music.
>>735617843Yeah well they should license the same kind of music they had 18 years ago.
>>735617843last season it was all AI slop
>>735617707https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JUked48qPUWHO ARE YOU WHO ARE YOU WHO ARE YOU
Ample's rush was one of the rushes of all time.
kek what is blud trying to do
Gengar
>>735617882I don't think they can afford bands like nickelback and disturbedI think they did a good job in early ASL getting cheap but still good sounding music
good manners from Ample to line up for all those lurker shots
i'm not used to soulkey winning from micro
GUARDIANCHADS
ample is so fucking shit
how did jyj lose to this retard?
>>735618521If Ample can find and destroy the 4th base he wins. If it stays up he lsoes.
TOTAL CRAB DEATH
>sulky
how many kills so the vessels have the moment? they've stayed alive for a very long time.
He hit that defiler with lockdown
big pleygu
impressive how Ample keeps on jobbing this game
no vehicle upgrades
Maek me too
>>735619141what the fuck
ACCCKKKK
fucking kek
whaaaaaaaaaaat? Ample is a retarded monkey who was just bashing his head against SK the entire game. Any better Terran would have won that like 15 minutes ago. What a fucking monkey.
The good guys win again!
fucking insane gamecan't believe ample won that
>>735619312sk doesn't do well against constant aggressionthe guy plays like a bitch and loves to turtle for a reason
>>735619324He was ahead by like 70-90 for most of the game so he was clearly in the lead. For the majority of the game he kept his Sci-vessels alive and only started losing them later on with plague. Constantly using irradiate and trading equally for most of the game. A few snipes against the 4th base - killing the nydus, killing the base, even killing the gas once. He always kept the pressure on SK so he could never recover.Did SK ever scout 3 o'clock base? I bet you he did not and didn't know how Ample had so many units.
>>735619141>no vehicle upgradesThat can't be on purpose right? +5 Siege tanks is so standard and it at least counters the Zerg armor upgrades.
>>735619312yeah ample had shit macro and shit micro and a good player would have won much more quickly after being so far ahead, but the overall strategy of constant pressure was the correct move in that situation
>>735619468he hit 0-1 right before winning
>>735619398SK tried his own secret base under Amples nose, but it was spotted quickly and destroyed.
>>735619324it was over when he denied 11oclock, all he had to do then was to keep trading armies which he almost fucked up
>>735619398dunno, after the lurkers he seemed in a pretty bad spot>I bet you he did not no, he had a zergling there while it was building, he knew, he just couldn't get out and defend all his bases at the same time
>The first>The FinalDoes this mean anything or just Koreans using cool words?
next game on Wednesday, which is Tuesday ie tomorrow for you eastern standard time people.
thoughts?
>>735619690
>>735619757>hero>huro>shine>shinee
>>735619757Hero and Larva are the favorites, but it's also a lot of ZvZ which is almost a coin flip. Huro is the r24 sacrificial lamb. Shine is a wild card and actually good at zvz
>>735619757>LarvaKino
>>735619909Bisu beat him last time in R16.
In one week's time we will get to see two-port wraith play again.
>>735620089Tough groups, aside from Leta anyone could advance
>>735620285>aside from Letaye of little faith
>>735619757man, tulbo is so dead, although he did beat hero twice in the qualifiers
>>735620398>>735620089love me sum leta shenanigans
>>735613326burgerfag here always missing out because matches start too early. hope you guys had fun. will see you fags at the tastosis replays
