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[ASL20] Grand Finals - Page 18

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M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland4286 Posts
October 26 2025 11:14 GMT
#341
This matchup sucks donkey doo-doo so hard it's actually insane.
M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland4286 Posts
October 26 2025 11:14 GMT
#342
"GGs"

Whatever.
Bonyth
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland617 Posts
October 26 2025 11:15 GMT
#343
20+ years of protoss underperforming. Yet people still claim protoss was the weaker player.

Also people on TL saying that Snow was at fault for not scouting zerg when he had spire and didn't have 5 corsairs: i hope u are at least aware of the implications, as you are risking life of 1 corsair to get additional info on zerg. U'd think it's just 1 corsair, but i assure u it's a very important corsair.
RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
Chad3132 Posts
October 26 2025 11:16 GMT
#344
Mini vs soma woulda been a much hyper finals. GGs.
Can't stick around for the balance whine though.
Crimson)S(hadow
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Philippines851 Posts
October 26 2025 11:20 GMT
#345
was that a kpop star in the black clothes after game 2? anyone know who it was?
"It's the end of the BW era which i devoted everything to for 10 years. I tried playing sc2, but my BW memories run too deep; I felt like I was playing an entirely different game" -ToSsGirL
Gorsameth
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands22597 Posts
October 26 2025 11:21 GMT
#346
On October 26 2025 20:02 Marl wrote:
bisu vs soma was the real finals sadly. fuck that island map.
I can forgive the island map cause Bisu blundered his air army.

That game 7 tho. that was rough ><
It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
TMNT
Profile Joined January 2021
3351 Posts
October 26 2025 11:39 GMT
#347
On October 26 2025 20:06 Rainalcar wrote:
Bisu won that one game after a crazy Soma throw. That's the only reason it went to g7. ZvP is imbalanced. There are so many Zs with dominant win rates. P reaching even 55% is miraculous.

User was temp banned for this post.

How is he banned for this post lol. This is not something outrageous to say. If the mods don't want "balance whine", a simple message would have sufficed.
Timebon3s
Profile Joined May 2018
Norway772 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-10-26 12:25:47
October 26 2025 11:46 GMT
#348
Think they banned the wrong post there.


mod edit: don't be a moron.
ScoutWBF
Profile Joined April 2005
Germany641 Posts
October 26 2025 11:54 GMT
#349
On October 26 2025 20:15 Bonyth wrote:
20+ years of protoss underperforming. Yet people still claim protoss was the weaker player.


Gotta hope it's PvT next season in the finals.
But Terrans also get destroyed by the good Zergs right now. :/
Peeano
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Netherlands5902 Posts
October 26 2025 11:54 GMT
#350
On October 26 2025 20:20 Crimson)S(hadow wrote:
was that a kpop star in the black clothes after game 2? anyone know who it was?

I wouldn't know, but if you care enough you can at least provide a screenshot or tinestamped link.
FBH #1!
RowdierBob
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
Australia13504 Posts
October 26 2025 11:55 GMT
#351
Still can’t believe JYJ and Royal have fluked into winning ASLs by getting charmed brackets that didn’t have any protosses and Snow for all his brilliance in PvT and PvP can’t get over the S-tier Zerg hump.

As long as he keeps running into the Soukeys/Heros/Somas etc I’m not sure he can win one.
"Terrans are pretty much space-Australians" - H
TMNT
Profile Joined January 2021
3351 Posts
October 26 2025 12:14 GMT
#352
On October 26 2025 20:54 ScoutWBF wrote:
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On October 26 2025 20:15 Bonyth wrote:
20+ years of protoss underperforming. Yet people still claim protoss was the weaker player.


Gotta hope it's PvT next season in the finals.
But Terrans also get destroyed by the good Zergs right now. :/

If it's Flash in the finals there's not much hope for Protoss even for Snow. But probably better than the Zerg as even Soulkey is no match for him now.
Zergxhx
Profile Joined November 2020
China220 Posts
October 26 2025 12:36 GMT
#353
I don't want to see more PVZ next season
TMNT
Profile Joined January 2021
3351 Posts
October 26 2025 13:02 GMT
#354
On October 26 2025 20:10 oxKnu wrote:
The real winners on ASL finals day are the fans because we also get a fat online ProLeague series with all the names.

P.S: The people saying Soma is just beneficial of the match-up for this title are delusional. He clearly showed you that he is superior to his opponent in the finals.

It's not "just", obviously, otherwise BTS could also ZvP his way to ASL champion too. But you don't think having the ability to kill your opponent when they have no reliable way to scout your killing move is not a massive advantage?

Today, the first game is a map win for Soma, the Dominator and Polestar games are matchup advantage-based wins, only the Knockout game is a fair and square win for him. On Snow's side, the Radeon game is a fair win, and the Metropolis one is a bit of a BO advantage win for him.

How can you claim Soma is a superior player when Snow is a superior player to the best Terrans, who in turn are superior to Soma himself. It's almost there's a second, determining factor that decides that merry go round
SCRVN
Profile Joined June 2024
227 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-10-26 13:07:56
October 26 2025 13:07 GMT
#355
Actually, I am so sad when I am about to say the truth, the series should be SnOw 6:0 soma today, people've watched this one, they would agree with me.

Game 1: SnOw had advantage 99% time of game (he used the strategy that I thinked it's good for him. It's mass ground units), soma throw some times, but still won.

Game 2: soma has just killed all zealots then mass Hydras. SnOw has no info anymore, guess wrong, gg.

Game 3: SnOw outplayed so much soma by micro, macro, timing attack.

Game 4: soma "all in" with 100000 lings but just destroyed only a gate. And then, he built a Spire, spent some redundant money by Scourge, mass Hydras like game 2.

Game 5: SnOw played like game 1, it's just a real win.

Game 6: soma spamed Hatchery and prevented SnOw did the same. It's fair if Hatchery's cost 400 or Nexus's cost 300, you know?

I didn't see any Soma's skills better than SnOw, except how he picked his race.

starcraft remasteredvn | Other StarCraft Tournaments
barcodejester
Profile Joined March 2022
53 Posts
October 26 2025 13:16 GMT
#356
it will be interesting to see what free win for zerg map they will come up with next season but i am willing to bet there will be one.

It is really baffling that the premier tournament uses wildly unbalanced maps that even an amateur can tell you will be a shit show.
WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3556 Posts
October 26 2025 14:19 GMT
#357
Feels bad for snow as a cj and protoss fan but honestly soma had a great run and we can't argue he doesnt deserves it.
Horang2 fan
Maks
Profile Joined December 2010
Ukraine203 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-10-26 14:22:40
October 26 2025 14:22 GMT
#358
To me, it’s not just that Zerg are clearly stronger than Protoss — all the non-standard maps from the last few seasons are Zerg-favored too. And it’s not just Protoss struggling; Terrans are feeling the pain as well.
oxKnu
Profile Joined December 2017
1267 Posts
October 26 2025 14:34 GMT
#359
On October 26 2025 22:02 TMNT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 26 2025 20:10 oxKnu wrote:
The real winners on ASL finals day are the fans because we also get a fat online ProLeague series with all the names.

P.S: The people saying Soma is just beneficial of the match-up for this title are delusional. He clearly showed you that he is superior to his opponent in the finals.

It's not "just", obviously, otherwise BTS could also ZvP his way to ASL champion too. But you don't think having the ability to kill your opponent when they have no reliable way to scout your killing move is not a massive advantage?

Today, the first game is a map win for Soma, the Dominator and Polestar games are matchup advantage-based wins, only the Knockout game is a fair and square win for him. On Snow's side, the Radeon game is a fair win, and the Metropolis one is a bit of a BO advantage win for him.

How can you claim Soma is a superior player when Snow is a superior player to the best Terrans, who in turn are superior to Soma himself. It's almost there's a second, determining factor that decides that merry go round


I think you are bit blinded by fandom here.

Soma can only play against what he is given and I assure you he will most likely be competitive in any match-up to a level higher that what Snow showed today, if you want to play that comparison game.
oxKnu
Profile Joined December 2017
1267 Posts
October 26 2025 14:36 GMT
#360
On October 26 2025 23:22 Maks wrote:
To me, it’s not just that Zerg are clearly stronger than Protoss — all the non-standard maps from the last few seasons are Zerg-favored too. And it’s not just Protoss struggling; Terrans are feeling the pain as well.


This has been discussed many times. The rumour is the guy that has the final say on the maps is a Terran that makes sure the maps are always "safe" of anything that might bother Terran in TvZ. So basically P is left to chance each time. Sometimes it's really bad. (remember Benzene?), sometimes it's random. (like this season).
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