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Simplistik
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
2140 Posts
May 12 2025 13:22 GMT
#141
On May 12 2025 22:20 Peeano wrote:
Throw by Light, but perhaps he had little gas left in the tank for a big game or he just gambled. Either way congrats to Best.

In terms of results this is the best ASL in years, in terms of seeing amazing games maybe not so much (yet?)

I wonder if stamina is a factor. Best seemed to have more (nervous) energy than Light from about game 5 onwards.
Dear BW Gods, it IS now autumn, so...
M2
Profile Joined December 2002
Bulgaria4168 Posts
May 12 2025 13:23 GMT
#142
On May 12 2025 22:11 CicadaSC wrote:
what a throw from light. light should have gone for a longer game since best was nervous. i mean, beating him with 2 fac would have been nice like u beat him in map 1 but honestly map 1 was a fluke, best simply needed to pull back more once his obs was out no need for those mines to connect on goons. either way, seeing bests emotion i am happy for him, though i dont see him touching soulkey.

Short game sounds better to me in the context of nervousness, it creates a fast and strong pressure spike, while a longer game allows more room for the players to gather themselves.
Knife kitty, night kitty, put you on a slab. Stealthy kitty, hunter kitty, stab stab stab :-)
prion_
Profile Joined September 2022
79 Posts
May 12 2025 13:52 GMT
#143
Best did look shaky in game 6 but I think he still had the mental edge, Light was super tilted especially after the Dominator game
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13425 Posts
May 12 2025 14:41 GMT
#144
Happy for best. I thought after his awful mistakes in games 1 and 2 that it was the same old best choking in the big games. But he pulled his shit together and dominated from there on in.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
RJBTVYOUTUBE
Profile Joined December 2023
Netherlands1261 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-05-12 14:45:57
May 12 2025 14:44 GMT
#145
Its known among top pros that Light is a tilter, but not in the sense of his execution or micro becoming worse, but him feeling like he HAS to attack or make a move and win decisively, even though its high risk. It happened in all of his losses. Most tilters lose their mechanical edge.
JDON MY SOUL!
RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
Chad3132 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-05-12 15:07:47
May 12 2025 15:05 GMT
#146
Best really does look sick when he loses. It's like he shits the bed but doesn't stop and so he rises up on his shit until he's crushed between his own mountain of shit and the ceiling.
He looks pretty unstoppable once he starts taking the map and gets into his flow state but making it there is a whole different story. Game 1 and game 6 are especially head scratchers, where he had it in the bag but then decided to rock some serious 4 AM taco bell extra cayenne to maximize the incredibly moist and powerful bed shitting that was to come.
That said, a Best vs Soulkey finals could be amazing. It'd be sick to see Best pick Soulkey up by the collar like Darth did to that guy who might've had the death star plans and throw his BITCH ASS against the wall like an old bag of russets. Go Best.
ilu too soulkey
Soft_General_5023
Profile Joined December 2023
136 Posts
May 12 2025 15:47 GMT
#147
seems that terran struggles vs p nowadays, i wonder if it is going to be reflected in next asl maps
Zergxhx
Profile Joined November 2020
China208 Posts
May 12 2025 16:01 GMT
#148
Light looks quite tired this year
weiliem
Profile Joined January 2008
2073 Posts
May 12 2025 16:59 GMT
#149
On May 13 2025 00:47 Soft_General_5023 wrote:
seems that terran struggles vs p nowadays, i wonder if it is going to be reflected in next asl maps

Fear not for the God shall return next season
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19366 Posts
May 12 2025 17:50 GMT
#150
The best ASL ever continues. Way to go BeSt!
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania8900 Posts
May 12 2025 17:58 GMT
#151
I am so happy for Best !!!

Rip LB tho...
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TornadoSteve
Profile Joined March 2018
1115 Posts
May 12 2025 18:36 GMT
#152
On May 13 2025 00:05 RogerChillingworth wrote:
Best really does look sick when he loses. It's like he shits the bed but doesn't stop and so he rises up on his shit until he's crushed between his own mountain of shit and the ceiling.
He looks pretty unstoppable once he starts taking the map and gets into his flow state but making it there is a whole different story. Game 1 and game 6 are especially head scratchers, where he had it in the bag but then decided to rock some serious 4 AM taco bell extra cayenne to maximize the incredibly moist and powerful bed shitting that was to come.
That said, a Best vs Soulkey finals could be amazing. It'd be sick to see Best pick Soulkey up by the collar like Darth did to that guy who might've had the death star plans and throw his BITCH ASS against the wall like an old bag of russets. Go Best.
ilu too soulkey


If you had to compare BeSt to a dinosaur, what would it be and when
Uldridge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium5181 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-05-12 20:33:33
May 12 2025 20:29 GMT
#153
Do you think Best will assume the foetal position or enter a fugue state ifwhen he gets drone drilled in between the assimilators again?
Taxes are for Terrans
Expensive-Law-9830
Profile Joined April 2024
130 Posts
May 12 2025 20:31 GMT
#154
Always great to see players showing that much emotion for advancing... Even if 99% of their income is in streaming these days, it says alot about the prestige attached to ASL. Like the old days of OSL/MSL
RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
Chad3132 Posts
May 12 2025 20:45 GMT
#155
On May 13 2025 03:36 TornadoSteve wrote:
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On May 13 2025 00:05 RogerChillingworth wrote:
Best really does look sick when he loses. It's like he shits the bed but doesn't stop and so he rises up on his shit until he's crushed between his own mountain of shit and the ceiling.
He looks pretty unstoppable once he starts taking the map and gets into his flow state but making it there is a whole different story. Game 1 and game 6 are especially head scratchers, where he had it in the bag but then decided to rock some serious 4 AM taco bell extra cayenne to maximize the incredibly moist and powerful bed shitting that was to come.
That said, a Best vs Soulkey finals could be amazing. It'd be sick to see Best pick Soulkey up by the collar like Darth did to that guy who might've had the death star plans and throw his BITCH ASS against the wall like an old bag of russets. Go Best.
ilu too soulkey


If you had to compare BeSt to a dinosaur, what would it be and when


I know what you're asking, and it's like that scene from jurassic park where Newman drops the can of whipped cream filled with dino eggs into the river before a face off with the spitter dino.
BeSt is both Newman and the spitter, the ultimate auroboros of StarCraft. One moment he's a rapacious mankiller that unfurls horrifying webbing from his face and spits acid, the next moment he's a fat guy who can't drive and just dies there in the rain right before a huge payday.
Not saying BeSt is fat—or that there's anything wrong with fat or being fat—in fact, you could easily argue that he (or anyone, or everyone) is quite fit and handsome. I would. But he definitely shapeshifts into Newman on occasion and Newman's a bit bigger. It isn't even Newman's weight that kills him anyway, but the rain in that scene and his glasses that keep getting wet and fogging up. Luckily, even when BeSt is in his Newman form, he's at least wearing contacts so he avoids that whole thing. But still shits himself.
But BeSt is probably an Allosaurus. When? IDK, tomorrow. Maybe a year ago.
Or maybe a Spinosaurus. I'm changing my answer to Spinosaurus.
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10903 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-05-12 21:45:30
May 12 2025 21:43 GMT
#156
On May 13 2025 05:29 Uldridge wrote:
Do you think Best will assume the foetal position or enter a fugue state ifwhen he gets drone drilled in between the assimilators again?


Somehow still my favorite OSL finals :D


Happy for Best. Met him once ages ago on a Korea trip after a Proleague game, the nicest guy . He is at it since so long, would be cool if he finally wins a big one (I highly doubt it tho...).
NovaTheFeared
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States7232 Posts
May 12 2025 22:44 GMT
#157
Congrats to Best. Is this his first star league final since remastered?
日本語が分かりますか
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19366 Posts
May 12 2025 23:28 GMT
#158
On May 13 2025 05:29 Uldridge wrote:
Do you think Best will assume the foetal position or enter a fugue state ifwhen he gets drone drilled in between the assimilators again?

I heard JulyZerg will be taking the place of the interviewer for the finals.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Simplistik
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
2140 Posts
May 12 2025 23:28 GMT
#159
On May 13 2025 07:44 NovaTheFeared wrote:
Congrats to Best. Is this his first star league final since remastered?

It's his first final since EVER OSL in 2008.

Which makes me wonder... Did he play in the Sonic leagues at all?
Dear BW Gods, it IS now autumn, so...
Simplistik
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
2140 Posts
May 12 2025 23:29 GMT
#160
On May 13 2025 08:28 BisuDagger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 13 2025 05:29 Uldridge wrote:
Do you think Best will assume the foetal position or enter a fugue state ifwhen he gets drone drilled in between the assimilators again?

I heard JulyZerg will be taking the place of the interviewer for the finals.

Man that would be some insane mindgames-comedy...
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