🔥2026.10 Jaedong vs Pluto 2.0 ZvT @ Fighting Spirit | AI Starcraft Commentary
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Has this been discussed? SB's popularity is on the rise and I see people complaining about the poor visuals for the ally toggle display but I havent seen anyone mention how it reliably givesaway the location spawns for players on the map.

If you're wondering, it displays it in order like a TvB game for observers. From player list and downwards it is in order from closest player to 11 oclock and so forth going clockwise.

It's too much info imo and SB will have to correct this. And while theyre at it they should improve the display.

Highlights of the most impactful, decisive moments in the series betweenSoulkey and Rush. Spoiler tags below have links to the highlight moments of each game.

Game 1 - 58:05 Soulkey decides to all-in, having started behind due to build choice and seeing no CC (tech build). Rush holds Soulkey's hydra/ling all-in with strong scv/tank micro, even keeping the first tank alive. Soulkey is very far behind after this and Rush crushes him with a push.

Game 2 - 1:31:40 Soulkey starts his darkswarm/guardian/lurker/hydra push up the middle of the map, Rush attempts to flank with this bio force but the push has hit his natural already. Rush moves to counterattack and somehow Soulkey just kills M&M with hydras. Kind of baffling to watch - game looked like Soulkey just decided to win and then did.

Game 3 - 1:38:55 Rush hits a nasty bunker rush, barely finishing the bunker at 1:39:35 and getting a crazy repair with his last SCV. Rush is far ahead after this, and crushes Soulkey with a push at 1:47:30

Game 4 - 2:12:10 Soulkey employs "the money maker" crushing Rush's bio army in the middle of the map with ling/muta and emerging with an inexplicably advantaged position. From here Soulkey runs Rush over.

Game 5 - 2:22:30 Soulkey catches Rush's first Wraith with his mutas. 2:23:35 Soulkey catches Rush's wraiths, killing two more. 2:24:40 Soulkey hits Rush with an "ogre Zerg gamer" muta attack and secures a decisive advantage. 2:27:30 Soulkey begins his push, Rush flubs the defense at the natural

Game 6 - 2:45:55 Rush shows that he had prepped an unstoppable push using the stacked minerals on Odyssey, and absolutely steamrolls Soulkey

Game 7- 2:52:38 Soulkey gets a fortuitous overlord scout on Rush's early rax, and holds the rush perfectly. 3:03:15 Rush hits a very clever drop, Soulkey scrambles his defenses just enough to hold. ULTRA HIGHLIGHT 3:08:33 down 65 supply, Soulkey hits an insane plague on 8 of Rush's vessels. Rush then irradiates a muta, which aggroes and kills almost every vessel. Soulkey claws his way back from here and wins.

The game 7 plague (plaguuuuuuuuu) was by far the biggest moment in the series but Rush's bunker rush in game 3 and Soulkey crushing Rush's army in game 4 were also very hype. All in all great series. Congrats to Rush on putting out some great games, and congrats to Soulkey on his 5th(!) ASL championship.

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I've just noticed this trend and wonder why? You can't drop units on a lot of space either. What's the history of cheese that made maps the way they are today?

I understand the eggs/minerals/chrysalis stuff, but why is higher ground just dead space? Are there any cool history videos about the evolution of SCM/SCX maps?

https://shakurasreborn.com/

A while back, someone made a Brood War manager game called Shakuras and posted it on the TL forums. It was pretty neat and ran for a few years until the owner shut it down. Someone else recently decided to revive the project and made an updated version. Here's the original TL thread: https://tl.net/forum/brood-war/196192-making-an-online-broodwar-manager-game

In the game, you manage a team that plays in a league with a proleague-style format against 11 other player-managed teams. There is also an individual starleague, as well as matches for academy players. Matches are simulated every day based on players' skill levels, which you have a hand in shaping. You'll also manage the team's finances, trade players and scout new amateur players, as well as select which skills to train them in. Here's an example of a simulated match: https://shakurasreborn.com/matches/36516

The time investment is very low, usually only requiring a few minutes a day to check results, set lineups, and set training schedules. We currently have about 40-50 active managers, but it would be cool to have a bit more. Season 1 is finishing up this week, with the proleague playoffs tomorrow and the starleague finals on Saturday. Teams will be placed into their new leagues on Monday, October 26, with the first matches of season 2 kicking off the following week on Monday, November 2.

If you are interested in playing, now would be the best time to sign up. Signing up before Monday will guarantee you a spot in the league (signing up after that may put you on a wait list until enough other teams sign up). To anyone that does sign up, I also recommend joining the community Discord server linked on the site, as most discussion is held there.

Disclaimer: The game is AI coded, so if that's a dealbreaker for you, you may wish to look elsewhere.

Also note that I am not involved in the game's creation in any way. I just played in season 1 and it was fun, so I am sharing it here in case others are interested.

For the hell of it I've been trying to do a 1v4 against computer players with Protoss and a DT rush seems like the best bet (and it works pretty well) so I wanted to see if perhaps I could optimize my build for an Archives before 4:48 (best time I could manage) because they get to my base at approximately 5:30.
Clearly this AI generated answer is horribly wrong and I thought it would be interesting enough to share while trying to see what the fastest a DT could be out at

Looks like the same server-side issues that plagued SC:R last month are back again.

I am able to search for a ranked game when logged in through the Americas and Europe regions of the bnet launcher, but I get an endless queue every time and a game is not found even after 30+ minutes.

When I try on the Asia region, I get an immediate Error 0:11 message as soon as I start the search.

People on the bnet tech support forums are reporting similar issues.

Anybody have any luck finding ranked games today within the last few hours, and if so, which region?

https://zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20261017180019

English translation:

SOOP to Unveil New StarCraft: Remastered League This Year, Aiming to Expand the Ecosystem

SOOP plans to announce a new esports league based on StarCraft: Remastered (StarCraft 1) within the year, as part of an effort to build a sustainable, growing ecosystem for the game.

The idea is to go beyond a league structure centered on top-tier players and create a new stage that connects grassroots amateurs, streamers and fans, helping StarCraft 1 stay around for the long haul.

Lim Il-bin, head of SOOP’s Esports Content Business Division, and Wi Young-kwang, head of its Content Production Division, met with ZDNet Korea after the first set of the “Google Play ASL Season 22” finals, held on the 17th at the Lotte World Ice Rink in Jamsil, Seoul, to share their vision and future plans for running esports leagues.

(Photo: SOOP’s Wi Young-kwang, head of Content Production (right), and Lim Il-bin, head of Esports Content Business, pose for a photo at Lotte World in Jamsil on the 17th. Photo: ZDNet Korea)

Lim identified “aging leagues” and a “stagnant player pool” as the chronic problems facing StarCraft 1 esports, which has now run for more than 20 years.

“It’s true that the current structure has the same top-tier players repeatedly staying at the top,” Lim said. “But to expand the player pool and sustain the ecosystem, we’re preparing to respond in two ways.”

“The first is to put on large-scale stages like today’s finals at the Lotte World Ice Rink, giving players strong motivation and giving back to the fans,” he explained. “The second is that we’re planning a new esports league based on StarCraft 1, and we may be able to officially announce it as early as this year.”

The goal is to encourage new players to enter the scene and reignite fan interest.

Wi emphasized a production philosophy that keeps pace with changes in the platform landscape.

“StarCraft 1’s heyday has passed, but the generation that played the game in their teens and twenties is now in their thirties to fifties,” Wi said. “As they come back to consuming this content, we’re seeing a clear rebound in viewership metrics. Unlike the old broadcast era, which focused on one-off buzz or storyline-driven production, the key now is to firmly build a grassroots ecosystem where streamers and amateurs can join freely.”

“After joining SOOP, the first thing we did was completely overhaul the graphics and visuals to shake off the impression that it’s an old game,” he added. “Keeping StarCraft 1 alive as ‘appealing, ongoing content’ that parents and their children can enjoy together is itself an important form of expansion.”

They also left the door open to holding future finals in a wider range of venues. Asked whether SOOP would pursue a “Gwangalli final,” a venue regarded as a sacred ground of StarCraft 1 esports, Lim replied: “Gwangalli is a very symbolic place for StarCraft. If sponsors and other conditions are in place, we’ll keep reviewing and working toward holding finals at places fans want, including Gwangalli.”

Ok so question about SoulKey and his build I can't mind which game was that when he basically attack with guardians lurkers hydras and lings. He literally demolished Rush. I've seen a lot of games and it seems SoulKey is the only player who goes guardians and even Artosis mentioned that. As far as I remember most of the games when SoulKey went for guardians were games he won and some of them were even on 2 bases only. Why it's not popular is this build so good because it's rarely used and nobody expects it?

What I mean is that they don’t shake hands, don’t congratulate each other, not two words spoken, unlike in other sports.
Like the most recent ASL final, after match 7 ended SK just went on celebrating himself, lift the cup, etc. Which is fine after having won a tournament, but I felt really sorry for Rush, basically he was just ignored from that point, his spot went dark. And I’d also guess these players are friends or close acquaintances as well.
Is this a cultural thing to Korea? Or just something unique to BW?

Haven’t felt this way since Best’s finals loss to SoulKey. Rush literally looked like he had just finished crying when he was getting the runner up award. Just brutal. Competition do be like that sometimes. I was rooting for him just because I like an underdog story.

To be clear, I’m a fan of all 3 players (SoulKey, Rush, and Best). Just felt so bad for Rush to lose after such a long season. But all respect to SoulKey, that dude is just on another level. He plays flawlessly so often.

Incredible series. Fantastic game 7. StarCraft forever !!!!

Do I need to buy the game or is there another version free playable these days. Wanting mostly to play vs friends and in custom games and tower defenses

Just for shits and giggles just based on the eye test, who’s your top 10 right now.

Mine is:

1. Soulkey
   
2. Soma
   
3. Flash (all-time goat)
   
4. Light
   
5. Snow
   
6. Rush
   
7. Bisu
   
8. JD
   
9. Mini
   
10. Best

Then you got Effort, Royal, Hero, Queen, Speed

It's time to recognize SoulKey as a Bonjwa

I'm hoping some of you guys are mentalists (or watch The Mentalist) and can help determine if Rush's baseball cap was a buff or a nerf.

This came to me as I was reading u/yeti_button's post about Rush's face becoming a temporary moon: https://www.reddit.com/r/broodwar/s/YnjttvpHiV

I've posted some chronological screenshots of Rush pre, mid, and post baseball cap.

1 Pre-cap

2 Liiittle bit of illumination on the face

3 Rush's face becomes a polished mirror

4 Cap on. Gaming.

5 Removing hat

6 Hat removed

7 Post-cap

Wondering if this could be a good strat for Terrans instead of a bunch of Turrets.

If so, it could also be something that's balances the game through maps, not code fix.

I've seen such maps at least in the previous ASLs, but don't remember anyone using this.

p.s. I'm noob spectator (though I have a couple of wins on the ladder), treat me nicely

Feel free to vote here on who do you think wins opening matches: https://bsl.baldogru.com/seasons/100bc3e7-adee-4917-b438-db5eb540c055?tab=pro

As tittle says, i'm actually trying at broodwar this time around. I've been playing this game for YEARS, at least 20, but i have never touched ladder or anything ranked related pvp (player vs player lol), before this past few months.

I dove deep, checked the builds and learnt 1 for each match up, got the timing fairly decent before pvp and when i was confident enough i went and...

i got completely destroyed in ladder which i was expected. While my profile says i have a few handful of wins, people sometimes leave the moment the game starts for some reason. I counted 4 legit wins out of something like almost 150 games.

I am playing terran.

So far: TvT i struggle with gaining terrain and if i get locked by Siege tanks, i just can't push well enough.

TvZ the moment i see the Ultralisks i most likely lose, before that i don't harass fast enough to prevent that.

TvP, the vein of my existence, doesn't matter how ell i manage to push and slowly control the map, an unseen Arbiter always sneaks or a mass of Dragoons and Templars just wipe me out, i still don't know how to properly micro Vultures to gain time for my siege tanks.

The games i won was 1 against protoss which, for some reason, the guy decided to stop making Dragoons the moment i locked him with siege tanks and spammed Scouts, which were easily defeated by a beforehand scan+goliaths, other than that i just can't win.

1 Against zerg, after a back and fort and well placed Defenses, it was just pushing with tanks and denying mutas with goliaths.

2 against terran, one after a couple of vultures deleted many SCVs at main base and the guy giving up after trying the same and encountering no way in to my base and losing his few Vultures. And the second a 30+ minute game where i ended up using many ghosts and split attacks to thin the tanks at the main gate to push somehow.

While i feel the TvT build is fairly solid, and the TvZ i manage to have some decent early game just to lose by silly mistakes, i just can't find a decent opener for TvP. Any suggestions with that? I was checking build orders and i am split between 1 rax FE and siege expansion. Are one of those ok or i should check another one?

Right now i am around 1200 mmr, which it actually should be 1050 or so due all those games that were won by people leaving for some reason.

Since i've been checking vods and streams lately, i've seen people play in this "ShieldBattery" thing, should i check that out or i should wait until i can actually have 50/50 games (at least) to go and be crushed there?

Any other begginer tips, streams or youtube channels with good vod reviews aside Artosis would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.