EPTFlash Announces (and Retracts) Hiatus From ASL - Page 4
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Intelligence13
Canada19 Posts
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prosatan
Romania8982 Posts
Speaking of him , a nice game vs Best on this new ASL map , "Screaming Sea": + Show Spoiler + But he lost  | ||
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Magic Powers
Austria4478 Posts
On July 06 2025 07:06 machinus wrote: Flash has nothing to prove to anyone. It is weird that people are questioning his motives. Flash doesn't play BW tournaments lightly. He's not a SC genius, he is a hard worker. Casually playing 268 games when he feels like he can with low stakes means absolutely nothing. That is just amusement for him. But entering a tournament is a completely different mental activity. Every game matters. It's not about "reputation" and it is silly to bring that up for this gamer. It is about winning. Flash does not want to commit to a tournament if he can't put in his normal amount of grinding, practice, and work. I think Flash would be very happy if his wrists healed, he could play, and he lost to Soulkey while giving one more real fight. Flash is still incredibly competitive in every non-casual game. You can see that quite clearly by the way he reacts to losing. He often and loudly expresses his immense frustration - which is a common behavior for the literal goat in any game or sport. No, Flash doesn't just play for fun now. He puts in a great amount of effort. The real reason why he can't compete at the top level is that everybody else has improved so much. The competition has gotten much tougher and Flash realizes that he can't surpass them anymore. He's now "just one of the others". Still easily top five, if not top three, but certainly not the top dog anymore. | ||
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mtcn77
Turkey729 Posts
On July 06 2025 17:37 Magic Powers wrote: Flash is still incredibly competitive in every non-casual game. You can see that quite clearly by the way he reacts to losing. He often and loudly expresses his immense frustration - which is a common behavior for the literal goat in any game or sport. No, Flash doesn't just play for fun now. He puts in a great amount of effort. The real reason why he can't compete at the top level is that everybody else has improved so much. The competition has gotten much tougher and Flash realizes that he can't surpass them anymore. He's now "just one of the others". Still easily top five, if not top three, but certainly not the top dog anymore. There is truth to this, however the reason Flash is barred from entry is because JyJ laid out the entire SK gameplan open for Soulkey to learn through S15 to S17. There will never be another time when zerg is at a loss for tournament grade sparring partners. Not even JyJ has the same chance except if ASL were to bring back 76(I hope!). Terran still has the upper hand in island maps, but that is it. Zerg has both ground and air superiority. You need a Boxer level switch of gameplay to bring Terrans into the limelight again. I'd never believe the day would come, 2000s are fashionable again. | ||
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prosatan
Romania8982 Posts
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tankgirl
Canada481 Posts
what the fuck is wrong with people get well soon, flash. | ||
FlaShFTW
United States10529 Posts
On July 07 2025 19:56 prosatan wrote: Same game as above (Flash vs Best) but from Flash point of view : https://youtu.be/ytfy_glBdzg?t=45 cool game, but man PvT just feels like a ticking time bomb on this map. Basically kill Protoss before carriers, or it's GG. | ||
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Toshinou-Kyouko
Philippines636 Posts
T has a good chance against toss in the air if they stacked wraiths and are cloaked. Add a vessel with emp too for faster killing. | ||
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Ideas
United States8174 Posts
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RJBTVYOUTUBE
Netherlands1267 Posts
On July 10 2025 22:10 Ideas wrote: It seems like some players have had far more wrist injuries than others. Does pretty much every pro deal with wrist problems at some point? For example Light has been playing for just as long as flash/JD and I've never read about him having wrist problems. the physical set up of mouse, keyboard, chair to desk height, and stretching the wrist flexor muscles all affect the chances of devloping wrist issues. proper set-up and injury prevention routines can completely prevent wrist issues. So no, not all pros have wrist issues. | ||
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mtcn77
Turkey729 Posts
On July 11 2025 01:03 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote: the physical set up of mouse, keyboard, chair to desk height, and stretching the wrist flexor muscles all affect the chances of devloping wrist issues. proper set-up and injury prevention routines can completely prevent wrist issues. So no, not all pros have wrist issues. There are multiple issues. Carpal tunnel is triggered by those you describe above. Ulnar tunnel, from what I read, is very strictly related to vibration. I think Flash was was wearing an elbow brace. I'm very late to the debate, if anybody would verify if it was indeed the elbow he got surgery from: #1. | ||
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jinjin5000
United States1553 Posts
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ShowTheLights
Korea (South)1715 Posts
thanks jinjin we appreciate you so much! And clarification: Flash and RAIN are the only people who can stop SK unforunately both out next season | ||
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zelevin
United States322 Posts
And clarification: Flash and RAIN are the only people who can stop SK unforunately both out next season I've read this multiple times. Anyone have the source for this info? Rain just recently got to like #3 on the ladder, currently #6. | ||
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Ze'ev
159 Posts
On July 06 2025 17:37 Magic Powers wrote: yeah I'm sure the half dozen of wrist surgeries has nothing to do with anything. Wtf??Flash is still incredibly competitive in every non-casual game. You can see that quite clearly by the way he reacts to losing. He often and loudly expresses his immense frustration - which is a common behavior for the literal goat in any game or sport. No, Flash doesn't just play for fun now. He puts in a great amount of effort. The real reason why he can't compete at the top level is that everybody else has improved so much. The competition has gotten much tougher and Flash realizes that he can't surpass them anymore. He's now "just one of the others". Still easily top five, if not top three, but certainly not the top dog anymore. | ||
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Ze'ev
159 Posts
On July 08 2025 00:13 tankgirl wrote: seems to be a weird trait in humans where we both adore successful people and despise them and project all our venom and disappointment and inadequacy in our own life on them when they stumble in order to feel better about ourselves. A lot of pathetic and spiteful people coming out of the woodwork in this thread.this is the most cringe thread ive ever read what the fuck is wrong with people get well soon, flash. | ||
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TT1
Canada10045 Posts
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Magic Powers
Austria4478 Posts
On July 13 2025 07:06 Ze'ev wrote: yeah I'm sure the half dozen of wrist surgeries has nothing to do with anything. Wtf?? He had those surgeries - including the associated pain - during his peak for many years. | ||
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4267 Posts
Haha.. Yeah, whatever. | ||
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RJBTVYOUTUBE
Netherlands1267 Posts
On July 11 2025 05:57 mtcn77 wrote: There are multiple issues. Carpal tunnel is triggered by those you describe above. Ulnar tunnel, from what I read, is very strictly related to vibration. I think Flash was was wearing an elbow brace. I'm very late to the debate, if anybody would verify if it was indeed the elbow he got surgery from: #1. its not a pathology that develops because of vibration. It develops under the same conditions as carpal tunnel syndrome. consistent and repetitive pressure on the nerve causing compression. this can be caused by multiple things, such as resting the hand exactly on the ulnar tunnel, a cyst or tumor growing exactly there, tightness in the muscles/soft tissue caused by overuse of the muscles in small tiny movements, ones made when holding a mouse for example, or having enlarges blood vessels which compresses the ulnar tunnel. Another less common cause is a genetic growth deviation that makes the tunnel more narrow than it should have been, which increases the risk of ulnar tunnel pathology by a lot. I for example have mid carpal instability syndrome, where some ligaments in my wirst are, since birth, deformed or lax and are unable to keep my mid carpal bones rigidly in place, resulting in them being able to slightlt move around my in my wrist. this puts me at an increased probability of developing carpal or ulnar tunnel pathologies. To prevent this I take very good care of my wrists. | ||
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