• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 08:26
CEST 14:26
KST 21:26
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2914Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12
Community News
Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format12[IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend!4Weekly Cups (July 6 - 12): Protoss strike back12BSL Season 22 Full Overview & Conclusion8BSL Season 22 Full Overview & Conclusion8
StarCraft 2
General
Is the larve respawn broken? BGE Stara Zagora to be held again in June 2025 Weekly Cups (July 6 - 12): Protoss strike back Serral wins HomeStory Cup 29 Yamato Cup Series
Tourneys
WardiTV Summer Cup 2026 GSL CK #5 Race War RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event HomeStory Cup 29 Vespene Cup #1 — $300+ USD, July 10
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
New Map Maker - Looking for Advice - Love or Hate Work In Progress Melee Maps [D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 534 Burning Evacuation Mutation # 533 Die Together Mutation # 532 Nuclear Family
Brood War
General
Pros Debate: Zerg Unfairly Nerfed? (ASL S22 map) BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Etiquete rules in Asl? screpdb: new Starcraft reporting tool ASL 22 Proposed Map Pool
Tourneys
[IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend! Escore Tournament - Season 3 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL22] Wildcard Qualifier
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Creating a full chart of Zerg builds Relatively freeroll strategies
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Path of Exile Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Summer Games Done Quick 2026!
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Power Rank NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread UK Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The HerO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Movie Discussion! Series you have seen recently...
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread McBoner: A hockey love story Tennis[sport] Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop How to clean a TTe Thermaltake keyboard?
TL Community
Northern Ireland Global Starcraft The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Poker (part 2)
Nebuchad
The Experiences We Want and …
TrAiDoS
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
Gauntlet SC2: A Retrospectiv…
Ctone23
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Evil Gacha Games and the…
ffswowsucks
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 7863 users

[ASL14] Grand Finals - Page 5

Forum Index > Brood War Tournaments
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next All
Recommended Games
+ Show Spoiler +
+ Show Spoiler [Set 1] +
Poll: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 1?

Yes (14)
 
100%

No (0)
 
0%

If you have time (0)
 
0%

14 total votes

Your vote: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 1?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): If you have time


+ Show Spoiler [Set 2] +
Poll: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 2?

Yes (5)
 
45%

No (3)
 
27%

If you have time (3)
 
27%

11 total votes

Your vote: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 2?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): If you have time


+ Show Spoiler [Set 3] +
Poll: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 3?

Yes (11)
 
100%

No (0)
 
0%

If you have time (0)
 
0%

11 total votes

Your vote: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 3?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): If you have time


+ Show Spoiler [Set 4] +
Poll: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 4?

Yes (14)
 
100%

No (0)
 
0%

If you have time (0)
 
0%

14 total votes

Your vote: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 4?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): If you have time


+ Show Spoiler [Set 5] +
Poll: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 5?

Yes (10)
 
91%

No (1)
 
9%

If you have time (0)
 
0%

11 total votes

Your vote: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 5?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): If you have time


+ Show Spoiler [Set 6] +
Poll: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 6?

Yes (12)
 
92%

If you have time (1)
 
8%

No (0)
 
0%

13 total votes

Your vote: Recommend Rush vs Royal Game 6?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
(Vote): If you have time


+ Show Spoiler [Set 7] +
skip

Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-08 14:52:45
October 08 2022 14:49 GMT
#81
On October 08 2022 21:49 TMNT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 08 2022 20:54 royalroadweed wrote:
Gotta eat crow. Thought Royal only made it to the finals cause of fortunate bracket luck and Rush would stomp.

It's not far from the truth tho. He did get some luck with the bracket, getting Shine in Ro8, avoiding Protoss altogether, and cheese also played a big role in his run to the championship.

You can't legitimately say he's better than any of Light, Rush, Soma, Queen, Hero, Soulkey, Bisu, Snow,... but those players knocked each other out and Royal got the better of Soulkey and Rush. in what feels like two 50/50 series. Out of the recent ASL champions, he's probably the least convincing.


honestly Royal vs Soulkey was 50/50 but I think Royal won this series convincingly. When you look at the macro games, he won most of them decisively and for the one macro game that he lost, he was in serious trouble from the early vulture tank attack but still managed to get back into a decent position before losing.
HOLYBATS
Profile Joined August 2021
Turkey797 Posts
October 08 2022 16:14 GMT
#82
I was planning to come to Korea for the finals. I cancelled when it came to TVT. Caught sleep on first match. Damn finals should not be mirror match.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19368 Posts
October 08 2022 18:11 GMT
#83
On October 08 2022 20:03 prosatan wrote:
Bisudagger nailed the prediction !!!! Congrats !!!

Almost 100% predictions for ASL14! What a series. Royal played beautifully!
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Vasoline73
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States8073 Posts
October 09 2022 02:56 GMT
#84
Nice job Royal! GGs.
BlueStar
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Bulgaria1171 Posts
October 09 2022 08:24 GMT
#85
I'm impressed the thread got so many pages of replies for a TvT.

GGs
Leader of the Bulgarian National SCBW/SC2 team and team pSi.SCBW/SC2
Djabanete
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States2786 Posts
October 09 2022 10:53 GMT
#86
Surprised at all the scorn for TvT. This final delivered. Heck, most FvJ finals have been less satisfying in terms of back-and-forth between the players. Not much hype this time, but fun games to watch!

I liked how aggressive Royal’s openings were.
May the BeSt man win.
Magic Powers
Profile Joined April 2012
Austria4478 Posts
October 09 2022 13:38 GMT
#87
Agreed, this final was among the better ones in SC history in terms of action, skill and creativity. Royal mixed in fast-paced aggressive strats and outplayed Rush in a bo7, which is extremely hard to do.
If you want to do the right thing, 80% of your job is done if you don't do the wrong thing.
Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6183 Posts
October 09 2022 15:03 GMT
#88
Damn Sorry is soo damn good. Nice games, he made TvT interesting to watch.
outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
October 09 2022 15:41 GMT
#89
Such an action packed TvT, RoyaL's aggression delivered! Rush's TvT is his best MU and if it goes long enough he should win but RoyaL didn't let him breathe. Well deserved, I was having high hopes for him and he did it finally!
ASLCHAMP15Rush then!
sunbeams are never made like me...
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8685 Posts
October 09 2022 21:08 GMT
#90
Usually I like TvT a lot but these finals were mostly meh. So many mistakes...

On October 08 2022 23:49 Anc13nt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 08 2022 21:49 TMNT wrote:
On October 08 2022 20:54 royalroadweed wrote:
Gotta eat crow. Thought Royal only made it to the finals cause of fortunate bracket luck and Rush would stomp.

It's not far from the truth tho. He did get some luck with the bracket, getting Shine in Ro8, avoiding Protoss altogether, and cheese also played a big role in his run to the championship.

You can't legitimately say he's better than any of Light, Rush, Soma, Queen, Hero, Soulkey, Bisu, Snow,... but those players knocked each other out and Royal got the better of Soulkey and Rush. in what feels like two 50/50 series. Out of the recent ASL champions, he's probably the least convincing.


honestly Royal vs Soulkey was 50/50 but I think Royal won this series convincingly. When you look at the macro games, he won most of them decisively and for the one macro game that he lost, he was in serious trouble from the early vulture tank attack but still managed to get back into a decent position before losing.


Idk, Rush played so defensively, no scouting at all. Royal "outmacroed" him because he just expanded and Rush never scouted and punished it - or expanded himself. With 5v3 bases, of course you win in the long run unless you are putting your rally point into the enemy tank line and never move it again.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51648 Posts
October 10 2022 07:14 GMT
#91
On October 09 2022 19:53 Djabanete wrote:
Surprised at all the scorn for TvT. This final delivered. Heck, most FvJ finals have been less satisfying in terms of back-and-forth between the players. Not much hype this time, but fun games to watch!

I liked how aggressive Royal’s openings were.


probably because it contained absolute no marquee players - if this was flash vs light or something no doubt they'd be more fanfare
Commentator
rararara
Profile Joined March 2021
115 Posts
October 10 2022 15:08 GMT
#92
It was a great series. Normally despise mirror-matches. but the skill, meta and intensity was high level, hard to not enjoy it.
Was cheering for Rush to get his ASL-win finally, but Royal's strats won me over in a couple of games. Really nice variety and fully deserved winner. Congrats!
Lazyer
Profile Joined August 2011
United States388 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-10 19:55:43
October 10 2022 19:55 GMT
#93
GG ASL14ChampRoyal
Patasti
Profile Joined July 2020
Romania15 Posts
October 11 2022 07:44 GMT
#94
Royal had an impressive run, well done.
Muff2n
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United Kingdom252 Posts
October 12 2022 02:45 GMT
#95
A great series indeed, a pity to hear about the viewer count.
Galacsia
Profile Joined February 2020
Chile163 Posts
October 12 2022 13:17 GMT
#96
RoyaL has me in awe, I love the way he plays, not afraid to mix it up and be more aggressive yet still solid on a regular game. Congrats to him on the Champion title. We finally have RoyaL Champion.

I don't mind mirror mu finals as long as it isn't PvP...
The ZvZ finals we had some seasons back was one of the best finals we've had and this TvT one was fine, not great, not bad.
And the one between Sea and Flash was pretty fun although lopsided.
BeSt / Bisu ftw!!
ajmbek
Profile Joined November 2008
Italy460 Posts
October 12 2022 13:54 GMT
#97
It was a great series but the semis were better.

What do you think will Tastosis post the match before or after the end of the monh?
Sic iter ad astra
Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8685 Posts
October 12 2022 19:43 GMT
#98
On October 12 2022 22:54 ajmbek wrote:
It was a great series but the semis were better.

What do you think will Tastosis post the match before or after the end of the monh?


What's taking them so long? I personally listen to Scan and Nyoken but a friend of mine waits for Tastosis' vods. By the time he gets back to me I have forgotten 80 % about the matches, lol.
Elroi
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden5609 Posts
October 12 2022 21:07 GMT
#99
Amazing to see how happy Royal was after that. Really nice series too. And don't complain, guys, just be happy it wasn't zvz...
"To all eSports fans, I want to be remembered as a progamer who can make something out of nothing, and someone who always does his best. I think that is the right way of living, and I'm always doing my best to follow that." - Jaedong. /watch?v=jfghAzJqAp0
Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8173 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-16 14:38:06
October 16 2022 14:36 GMT
#100
Really happy for Royal, I've been super impressed with his play and improvement over the last 1.5 years. He's been a total force in ASTL and KCM and I was just waiting for him to get over his BoX nerves and reach his potential in ASL. He definitely came to win this season with some awesome builds and series prep. Too bad he didn't get tested in TvP though.

Feel bad for Rush taking down Light just to lose to Royal haha, but I feel like he's destined to win an ASL eventually.

+ Show Spoiler [ KCM spoiler] +
how the fuck are Terran doing so bad in KCM this season when we had a TvT final lol


Free Palestine
Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
WardiTV Qualifier
12:00
Summer Cup, Qualifier #1
WardiTV368
Liquipedia
CrankTV Team League
11:00
Crank Gathers S4: Group Stage
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Lowko365
SortOf 161
RushiSC 1
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 10080
Sea 1728
Bisu 700
Horang2 676
EffOrt 375
BeSt 292
Mini 215
Snow 207
Soma 206
Zeus 141
[ Show more ]
actioN 135
Soulkey 133
Last 117
Light 116
JYJ 83
Larva 78
Rush 64
Mong 60
hero 58
Pusan 54
ToSsGirL 41
Killer 34
JulyZerg 30
Sharp 28
sorry 25
Bale 18
Sacsri 18
HiyA 17
ajuk12(nOOB) 14
Sexy 13
IntoTheRainbow 12
Yoon 12
Barracks 11
zelot 8
Icarus 4
Dota 2
Gorgc5707
XcaliburYe144
syndereN63
League of Legends
Doublelift2222
Counter-Strike
markeloff113
Other Games
singsing1301
B2W.Neo480
crisheroes295
Happy274
DeMusliM236
hiko168
XaKoH 149
Sick132
QueenE25
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick2547
StarCraft: Brood War
UltimateBattle 554
Kim Chul Min (afreeca) 534
Other Games
BasetradeTV187
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 58
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Jankos2339
• TFBlade398
Upcoming Events
OSC
4h 34m
Replay Cast
20h 34m
CrankTV Team League
22h 34m
WardiTV Qualifier
23h 34m
Epic.LAN
1d
Replay Cast
1d 11h
RSL Revival
1d 20h
Clem vs Lambo
Scarlett vs Cure
CranKy Ducklings
1d 21h
Epic.LAN
2 days
IPSL
2 days
Dragon vs Hawk
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
2 days
Classic vs Trap
herO vs SHIN
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
IPSL
3 days
Bonyth vs Ret
WardiTV Weekly
3 days
Monday Night Weeklies
4 days
PiGosaur Cup
5 days
The PondCast
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
CrankTV Team League
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-07-13
HSC XXIX
Eternal Conflict S2 E2

Ongoing

IPSL Spring 2026
Acropolis #4
CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
SCTL 2026 Spring
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S3: W3
ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 1
Escore Tournament S3: W4
ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 2
Escore Tournament S3: W5
CSLAN 4
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
Light Tournament 2026
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale
Eternal Conflict S2 E3
Logitech G Connect 2026
StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.