It's a brand new season of competitive StarCraft: Brood War! Afreeca Starleague (ASL) Season 21 started last week and runs until the 24th of May 2026.Today's players, featuring the Dong himself:Best (P)Leta (T)ZerO (Z)JD (Z)Korean livestream: https://play.sooplive.com/afstar1English livestream: https://play.sooplive.com/dth03119Liquipedia page:https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/ASL/21
I hope I can stay up late enough to watch all of Leta's games tonight. I think Best and ZerO are going to get through, but the Dong has looked pretty decent these last few ASLs so it's not a sure thing.
>mfw it's not pure terran tonight
the dong is rising
>>736149470DONG >DONGDONG >DONGDONG >DONGDONG >DONGDONG >DONGDONG >DONGDONG >DONGDONG >DONG
Let's go.
Didn't know people still played P and Z
I miss yesterday
looking forward to 2 port wraith
>>736149745Protoss players aren't "people"
>>736149780Looking forward to brodoss gorsairs :D:D:D:D
CAM ON JAEDONG*BANG BANG BANG*SCOR SOM FACKING GOALS*BANG BANG BANG*
at least there's no possibility of a TvT today
>>736149653
shoulders confirmed
whisper a little quieter jd I can almost hear you
>>736149992Shoulders out for the Dong
They were destined to advance a long time ago.
where can one watch proleague? got the soop links or something?i was watching it on the saiyans stream but he's an absolute retard and i can't deal with his shit anymore
lol wtf was that?
Gamers catching some strays on the English streamFuck you cunt, I didn't even want to talk to girls
will never get used to how fat almost everyone becamezero/queen also looks like an old lady
lel
kek who was that
>>736150093>proleagueJust pick your favorite player and watch them on afreeca. They'll be observing whenever they aren't playing. You should be able to find links on teamliquid
>>736150284Mong's just ahead of the curve.In due time, it all comes back to his rotund self.
Leta even more handsome than normal
Watching them wiping off their hands always reminds me of that one player who likes to play with sweaty hands
>cross mapOwari da
KINO DROP PLAY
>wraithswell played
build gaet
protoss fucking shits
Gatewayman?
oh shit I forgot, how much did I miss
>>736150936This is the first game of the nightLeta's been trickling vultures at Best for the last 10 minutes, who hasn't had much difficulty from them.
>Leta is actually repairing his tankswhat is this sorcery
jannies clean up the blue jelly
>flash returns>the terrans perform wellflash effect?
>>736151098>blue jellyThe official term is Goon Juiceā¢
das a lot of tanks
>>736151207+3 tanks, absolute suffering
I'm shocked to see leta playing tvp so well
>>736151383His win percentages are decent. Still, he's against Best so I wasn't expecting this either
TOTAL TEMPLAR DEATH
crazy what a map favoring your race does to a mf
>>736151457>t.protossape
>play terran>winGreat tournament gooktards
>>736151114more like the map pool, why do you think flash is back in the first place?
>>736151457You're right, this map is terran favored. In TvZ.
Very nice game
>>736151114That actually does happen to a degree. Flash develops builds that help all terran players.
It's time.
>>736151726It is.
>JaedongIt's time for:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRM70Jw7F4M
>>736151713by the divine mandate of heaven, all Terrans have to play better when Flash participates
Retire already, old man
>>736151842https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQWVLa4zTMM
mpv doesn't support the new soop site sadly.
>>736151924Which one? They are all old men.
>>736152018Yes.
>>736151990I have no idea what you're talking about.
>>736152141I can't get it to work.
ayo did i make it in time
>>736152329This is the second of five games, so you have plenty still to watch
>>736152141I can't get yt-dlp to work
rip
Queen choking on that J.DONG
this micro
do zerg players have lower or higher iq than terran players?
>>736152353cool nice>zvzat least it's gonna be a short match
I forgot I was watching JvZ
HOLY FUUUAAAARKKKKKKJD IS BACK BAYBEEEE~!!!!
Doubter status? DONGED.
damn donger does it
THE DONG
zvz is the hardest match up since so much of it is luck or random minor instances spiralling into huge leads. >I actually like these new captches more than the old ones
dong should've lost that
EXPECTATIIONS SUBVERTED(also how are you guys using mpv? what url do you put in, i can't find an mp4 with inspector on the soop site)
JD vs Leta in the winner's bracket
>>736152483>>736152493>JD vs Flash finals like Afreeca always wanted >JD gets his first ASL winIt's a fairy tale story all set up.
>>7361526072 PORT WRAITH LEEEEEEEEET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!11
>seven minutes before the next matchskip forward isn't working, watching live sucks
>>736152591>>I actually like these new captches more than the old onesThey're faster most of the time.
>>736152672>SHOW ME SHOW>EVERYBODY WANT SOMBODY
>>736152637rigged>>736152690pause the game for everyone else, i'm making snacks
>>736152607>>736150082 You were warned.
Jaedong has been demolishing proleague for so long now that if he gets to group selection he's probably gonna be picked close to last. Everybody fears the Dong.
Afreeca has some weird license for songs that are like covers of popular songs. So I can never quite find the actual songs just the original.
>>736152784Damn I haven't seen him in years. Glad to see hes still at it!
>I put it all on the line
>JD vs JD
>>736152442yes
>>736149470I keep missing this shit by 1 hour even though I'm already up.
>terran dishonesty
>faill all run-byit's fucking over
classic Leta with his wraiths
so this was just a throw by leta?jd held this like he's done it 1000 times
>>736153238it isn't, this is another highly terran favored map
"I'll just Turret and Wraith max"Genius or Maximum Retard mode?
this is like the perfect Leta mapusually 2 port isn't allowed to expand like this
>>736153295the earlygame was low risk high returnnow wraiths are getting big value
>>736153330>tfw zerg goes lukerheuhuehuehue i maek lurker?
>two port wraith goes two port wraithJD dies here, he got build countered
BRING OUT THE FUCKING CATTLE BRUISERS LETAYOU KNOW I WANT IT
leta would just die to 20 lings
i don't speak korean and i don't watch enough brood war to follow what's going on without commentary but i can't stand the fucking english cast
shit ton of wraiths
why is Jaedong so chopped up what happened
>>736153315jaedong literally fought against flash in terran favored maps and is only -1 against him during their primes. he can manage.
take your third
Do Tastosis still cast together? It was the sole reason I watched SC tournaments.
Leta decided its time to go sicko mode.
>>736153498Correct. Saiyan is a rock stupid ugly son of a bitch. He also made a whole video denouncing our boy Rapid.
TvZ is a great matchup
they upload to the SOOP youtube channel but don't do live casts
+2/0 on Infantrywhat do you call this style
>>736153630mean for >>736153569
why did JD not veto JD?I think JD is such a terran favored map not even JD can win against T on JD
PLAEGU
leta just threw?
that one defiler not getting irradiated is probably gonna win jd the game
Its literally over
>MANNER PLAGUE
>plagued his own hydraswut
>plagued his own hydralisksOUCH
>>736153802his Micro just isn'T good enough/too slowhe missed too many opportunities radiating defilers
JD is running out of gas doe, so thats a thing
>leta loses his entire tank count because he was micro-ing a single dropship
DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG
more like geyta, this cat's no good
Leta is so obviously TERRIBLE outside of his early game shenanigans. He didn't do enough damage with the wraiths, and he was ahead because of the sneaky base JD didn't notice. But it was discovered and destroyed. Leta destroying the base and the drones put him ahead for a bit too.But once JD figured it out and closed the noose it was over.
Firebats
Leta's micro is getting better or is it just me?
DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONGDONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG
GGwas close for a while
>>736154126its definitely better than the Micro of Past Leta, but still jank
Never doubted for even one second.
>moves his entire army out of position
>>736154169He was desperate to take a 5th. He lost the second he lost his original 5th, which he should have protected better.
DONGONG
Leta's jank. The match is now whether it's Zero (Queen) or Best. For best balance (heh), Zero should get through since so few zergs have made it to R16.
flash would have won this
THERE GOES MY HERO
>>736154310With the 5th, and having destroyed JD's new expansion with the drop ship? Yes, if you handed it over to Flash at that moment, he would have won.
The AI subtitles are good for the player interviews
>>736154408They talk slower. You can now understand the poignant questions of HK Lee and her fertile womb.
i remember some weird group format in msl back in the day where you had to win a game and then a match game, otherwise you had to play again, something like that there was one group with bisu that just went on and on because no one would win the match game, it was hilarious, bisu had to play like 7 games or something like that until he got out
I don't think queen loses this
>Queen or Best will get eliminateddamn that's sad, queen already won his asl tho so it should be best
besto husbando
>best v queenCall it
lmao 9 hatch
dishonest
>>736154632There were groups of 4 and you played all other playersif three players were tied they played a tiebreaker
>DISHONEST ZERG VS DISHONEST RACEHOLY BASED
>>736154810Most honest game of the day.
very honest game incoming
welp
damn, that sucksI hope leta wins
BASED BASED BASED BASED
such a kimchi build
>KEK
what a faggot cheesehope leta wins nowfucking loser
queen looks like he feels dirty after that
I have retur-ACKKK
>i'll make a dragoon>it's a good unit
>>736155018the english casters are stealing your bants
>>736155102He didn't know it was an all-in zergling rush. He could have won if he had 4 zealots on the ramp. One canon and he would have won as well.
>Queen v LetaCall it
What the fuck I went for a shower and missed a whole game?
>>736155203Dishonesty
>>736155197>Call itBBS
>zerg builds zerglings>thATs dIsHONesT!!!
>>736155203ZERGLING RUSH KEKEKEKEKE
>>736155203Honest rush against a boomer who thinks he's entitled to mine in peace
>>736155304>Honest rushNo such thing
>>736155304honestly deserved outcome in a BO1
>>736155203you missed HONEST punishment of DISHONEST protoss greed.
best would have won in a real game
Leta is still purple and sweaty after JD chocked him out
ASL is sponsored by Razor and Google play which is okay. But the sports drinks had such wonderful ads and I really miss them.
>>736155449you watch ads?
>casters lamenting that the match was so shortit would have gone longer if toss didn't go for some stupid greedy build and just died for it
>forces a sunk>kills three drones with 3 marinesWait, Leta is actually good?
ziggerbros...
AYO?THAT DEFENSE?
queen is washed
>losing to leta in 2026
:D
zero is getting too fat to play a normal game, huh?
Running lings up was dumb
leta just dies to this, right?
leta w
>>736155945what the fuck was queen thinking
Never doubt.
WRAITHED
>>736155945queen just dies to this.
Queen with ensnare would have won that
>>736156043Correct. Wraiths lose value to the mid to late game Z spell casters so just bide your time.
crazy r24
>"Great multitasking from Queen">Has his lings parked in the corner doing nothing getting slaughtered when just a moving them into the mineral line was an option
>>736156021>he shouldn't be able to expand after this, I should just kill himWhile ignoring that Leta made a comical amount of turrets.
why did queen run his lings by and just have them hold position in a corner while getting killed by wraiths
>>736155504get a load of this faggothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFyAUf0y9ikhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YvgUouPio0
a pretty large number of upsets this time round. Cool games.
>4 person group day>best of 3 matchesReminder that the Round of 16 is the GOAT tournament phase. After that it gets less fun.
now that the smoke has settled, which was the best game in this group?
>>736154795yes, i remember now! that's the onemy sides were in orbit that day
>9 terransand someone wants to argue that the maps aren't terran favored
>>736156301reality is terran favored
>>736156301Other races are just weaker. Especially the poor, innocent toss
>>736156301>make maps terran favoured>snow wins his first ASL
best should have won that game, zerg rushes should to be banned
>>736156121why didn't queen just keep his lings in the natural, there was fucking nothing there, a bunker with one marine and some turrets
>>736156185dong cumback against queef
Next games when?
>>736156565did he have overlords there? maybe he needed to get rid of the wraiths until more overlords arrived
>>736156642Did someone cap the tourney calender?
>>736156642Probably on the 13th
>>736156642two weeks, 13th i think
also i can't believe they are still doing the retarded group nomination shit, it's always been dumb as fuck
>>736156185The ZvZ unironically
Next week a break with the r16 selection. Then actual games the week afterwards.
