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RJBTVYOUTUBE
Profile Joined December 2023
Netherlands1125 Posts
November 29 2025 09:08 GMT
#41
On November 29 2025 00:36 mtcn77 wrote:
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On November 28 2025 20:11 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote:
On November 28 2025 05:51 mtcn77 wrote:
On November 28 2025 02:33 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote:
On November 28 2025 00:15 mtcn77 wrote:
On November 27 2025 20:37 WombaT wrote:
On November 27 2025 19:37 mtcn77 wrote:
On November 27 2025 13:52 Soft_General_5023 wrote:
hard to believe Shuttle won an ASL, was he better then, or just others got better?

Winning is about self confidence. Shuttle has that big brother vibe going for him.
Personally, I think anything 1-10 was super high cerebral, 10-19 was dumber by the minute like SC2, but I like 10-19 better. However on single matchups, I think somewhere around 1-10 were best, I forgot which seasons had the most arbiter stasis pushes I find best.

Why were seasons 1-10 more cerebral than what came after?

It was pretty easy to follow the action during the second part. I guarantee you you couldn't guess it in 1-10 like you could in 10-19.

I disagree with 1-10 being more cerebral. 10-19 are much more refined with smaller marging for error.

1-10 was berserk. 10-19 was refined, but in a noninteresting way SC2 is. Maybe I'm overly nostalgic. I still have a predisposition to PvT. 10-19 feels more TvZ favoured. Good, but not like PvT wild.


I really disagree with that. Season 10+ was better to me in every aspect except maybe some maps being way too unbalanced. And perhaps the enforcement of less bases, less minerals at some expansions did force games to generally be a bit shorter, which also resulted in more semi-all-in timings.
I think if they reduce the size of the map pool back to 5, and take out some obvious weird maps, that the competition will feel both maximum refined and berserk.

Just to concur: do you think more bases and more minerals are what made 1-10 seasons PvT festivities? We might have stumbled upon some brilliant idea.


It has by design become more difficult to expand to a 4th base/3rd gas for terran.
JDON MY SOUL!
Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12025 Posts
November 29 2025 09:30 GMT
#42
On November 29 2025 07:36 ZZZero.O wrote:
There was one with this blue island map. I liked it a lot.


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mtcn77
Profile Joined September 2013
Turkey659 Posts
November 29 2025 10:40 GMT
#43
On November 29 2025 18:08 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 29 2025 00:36 mtcn77 wrote:
On November 28 2025 20:11 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote:
On November 28 2025 05:51 mtcn77 wrote:
On November 28 2025 02:33 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote:
On November 28 2025 00:15 mtcn77 wrote:
On November 27 2025 20:37 WombaT wrote:
On November 27 2025 19:37 mtcn77 wrote:
On November 27 2025 13:52 Soft_General_5023 wrote:
hard to believe Shuttle won an ASL, was he better then, or just others got better?

Winning is about self confidence. Shuttle has that big brother vibe going for him.
Personally, I think anything 1-10 was super high cerebral, 10-19 was dumber by the minute like SC2, but I like 10-19 better. However on single matchups, I think somewhere around 1-10 were best, I forgot which seasons had the most arbiter stasis pushes I find best.

Why were seasons 1-10 more cerebral than what came after?

It was pretty easy to follow the action during the second part. I guarantee you you couldn't guess it in 1-10 like you could in 10-19.

I disagree with 1-10 being more cerebral. 10-19 are much more refined with smaller marging for error.

1-10 was berserk. 10-19 was refined, but in a noninteresting way SC2 is. Maybe I'm overly nostalgic. I still have a predisposition to PvT. 10-19 feels more TvZ favoured. Good, but not like PvT wild.


I really disagree with that. Season 10+ was better to me in every aspect except maybe some maps being way too unbalanced. And perhaps the enforcement of less bases, less minerals at some expansions did force games to generally be a bit shorter, which also resulted in more semi-all-in timings.
I think if they reduce the size of the map pool back to 5, and take out some obvious weird maps, that the competition will feel both maximum refined and berserk.

Just to concur: do you think more bases and more minerals are what made 1-10 seasons PvT festivities? We might have stumbled upon some brilliant idea.


It has by design become more difficult to expand to a 4th base/3rd gas for terran.

Yet, I've never heard it the same for protoss. If anything smaller maps are told to be favoured for timing attacks vs zerg. Is it the opposite for PvT - the bigger the better? I wonder...
Turrican
LUCKY_NOOB
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Bulgaria1519 Posts
December 01 2025 13:16 GMT
#44
Season 6 Finals are the best, but IDK about the rest. A lot of seasons have good stuff happening in them.
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RJBTVYOUTUBE
Profile Joined December 2023
Netherlands1125 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-12-01 13:58:41
December 01 2025 13:55 GMT
#45
For me nothing beats ASL19. Soulkey vs snow, Soulkey vs best, Best vs light, Best vs queen was all absolute peak starcraft. Soulkey vs SnOw on dominator was the most brainy cutthroat game ever.

All of these sets were brilliant, specifically Best's comebacks vs Queen and Light were top tier story telling. Whoever wrote the script was cooking.
JDON MY SOUL!
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50637 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-12-01 14:30:22
December 01 2025 14:30 GMT
#46
personally 6 and 19.

booyaka
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mtcn77
Profile Joined September 2013
Turkey659 Posts
December 01 2025 23:08 GMT
#47
On December 01 2025 22:55 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote:
For me nothing beats ASL19. Soulkey vs snow, Soulkey vs best, Best vs light, Best vs queen was all absolute peak starcraft. Soulkey vs SnOw on dominator was the most brainy cutthroat game ever.

All of these sets were brilliant, specifically Best's comebacks vs Queen and Light were top tier story telling. Whoever wrote the script was cooking.

They weren't any better than ASL 14. In 15, JYJ really delivered, yet I like scrappy games on both sides. Each tettering on breaking new meta and scrapping years of it at the same time. I think Royal did it better. That is why I like ASL 18 finals better than 19. However there weren't any good arbiter play from the protoss players, so any pre 10 is better overall. Games should not feel scripted I mean.
Turrican
RJBTVYOUTUBE
Profile Joined December 2023
Netherlands1125 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-12-02 03:10:16
December 02 2025 03:03 GMT
#48
On December 02 2025 08:08 mtcn77 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 01 2025 22:55 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote:
For me nothing beats ASL19. Soulkey vs snow, Soulkey vs best, Best vs light, Best vs queen was all absolute peak starcraft. Soulkey vs SnOw on dominator was the most brainy cutthroat game ever.

All of these sets were brilliant, specifically Best's comebacks vs Queen and Light were top tier story telling. Whoever wrote the script was cooking.

They weren't any better than ASL 14. In 15, JYJ really delivered, yet I like scrappy games on both sides. Each tettering on breaking new meta and scrapping years of it at the same time. I think Royal did it better. That is why I like ASL 18 finals better than 19. However there weren't any good arbiter play from the protoss players, so any pre 10 is better overall. Games should not feel scripted I mean.


the season JyJ won his semi set was really good, but it was just that semi set that was really good(and the ro8 set). asl19 had 4 amazing sets. we never before had 4 amazing sets of top top top starcraft in a single round of 8 before. ASL14 did have amazing Royal vs Soulkey and Rush vs HerO but that Ro8 only had 2 great sets. Soulkey winning ASL16 had two amazing soulkey vs JyJ and Soulkey vs Rush sets, but again, that is only two amazing sets. Season 15 had Soulkey vs JyJ and HerO vs JyJ with two amazing sets, but again that is only two great sets. Season 19 had 4 amazing sets! Unheard of!
JDON MY SOUL!
Sorusaba
Profile Joined October 2017
295 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-12-02 09:11:49
December 02 2025 09:10 GMT
#49
Season 19 had a ton of incredible games as pointed out above.

Larva vs Mini in season 11 was my favourite grand finals, closely followed by Effort vs Flash in season 6.

However, I can't think of anything more exciting and hype than Flash randoming in the ASL in season 10 so that's probably my favourite.
[sc1f]eonzerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Belgium6813 Posts
December 02 2025 09:58 GMT
#50
While True Season 19 had many closed series. Protoss could have won most of them with early 4-2 in most of cases if it wasnt for Blunders. It comes to mind also that Snow trolled his last game vs Soulkey with that canon Rush. From all the SK seasons that he won i think Season 19 was the one that he was the most vulnerable.
Sonic_md
Profile Joined March 2020
Moldova278 Posts
December 02 2025 14:10 GMT
#51
The best season will be in the future))
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mtcn77
Profile Joined September 2013
Turkey659 Posts
December 03 2025 01:54 GMT
#52
On December 02 2025 12:03 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 02 2025 08:08 mtcn77 wrote:
On December 01 2025 22:55 RJBTVYOUTUBE wrote:
For me nothing beats ASL19. Soulkey vs snow, Soulkey vs best, Best vs light, Best vs queen was all absolute peak starcraft. Soulkey vs SnOw on dominator was the most brainy cutthroat game ever.

All of these sets were brilliant, specifically Best's comebacks vs Queen and Light were top tier story telling. Whoever wrote the script was cooking.

They weren't any better than ASL 14. In 15, JYJ really delivered, yet I like scrappy games on both sides. Each tettering on breaking new meta and scrapping years of it at the same time. I think Royal did it better. That is why I like ASL 18 finals better than 19. However there weren't any good arbiter play from the protoss players, so any pre 10 is better overall. Games should not feel scripted I mean.


the season JyJ won his semi set was really good, but it was just that semi set that was really good(and the ro8 set). asl19 had 4 amazing sets. we never before had 4 amazing sets of top top top starcraft in a single round of 8 before. ASL14 did have amazing Royal vs Soulkey and Rush vs HerO but that Ro8 only had 2 great sets. Soulkey winning ASL16 had two amazing soulkey vs JyJ and Soulkey vs Rush sets, but again, that is only two amazing sets. Season 15 had Soulkey vs JyJ and HerO vs JyJ with two amazing sets, but again that is only two great sets. Season 19 had 4 amazing sets! Unheard of!

ASL 19 and 20 just coasted on the wind of soulkey's previous runs. I cannot for the life of me tell who was the supposed equal opponent. By comparison, anything 12-15 was genuinely more exciting. You tended to the same coccoon that hatched into the next successive zerg era. You could see the potential that was there in Soulkey. There was no slop, or miscalculation, but the wins highlight the losses for me. That is why I like that era.
Turrican
Ikirouta
Profile Blog Joined November 2017
Finland739 Posts
December 03 2025 07:55 GMT
#53
On December 01 2025 23:30 BLinD-RawR wrote:
personally 6 and 19.

booyaka


you made me smile mr blindrawr, thanks!
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M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland4235 Posts
December 03 2025 17:40 GMT
#54
On December 01 2025 23:30 BLinD-RawR wrote:
personally 6 and 19.

booyaka

Same.
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Galacsia
Profile Joined February 2020
Chile163 Posts
December 03 2025 19:02 GMT
#55
Season 2

It had the comeback of a lot of the old players.
TBLS all playing really well, Jaedong vs Flash semifinals.
Players like Effort, Rain, Best and Sea at a high level too
Good maps all around
Hype in the audience was at its peak

Other great seasons that come to mind are season 6, 9, 14 and 19.
Season 4 was pretty good too.
BeSt / Bisu ftw!!
Freezard
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Sweden1016 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-12-03 23:40:40
December 03 2025 23:40 GMT
#56
7 because of NaDa.

Other great ones: 2 -> everyone returning, 6 -> effOrt, 10 -> Flash on random was fun, 19 and 20 -> insane RO4 matches and the 4peat was crazy plus BeSt finally getting places, also Roaring Currents was a super fun map to watch.
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