ASL Champion Doesn't Qualify!?!?! 

Man, Scan facing Light in the group finals is such a sad thing, other groups were super accesible and he just got shafter.

You know Snow is doing his evil laugh when he see 13 terran in asl

Don't worry, Scan conceptually qualified

Queen loses to some nameless guy, that nameless guy instantly loses 0-2 to some other nameless guy, that other nameless guy proceeds to lose 0-2 to Speed... Thats harsh man.

It's probably unfair to him but my first thought after hearing Kwanro's name was a flowchart from 2010 that described his playstyle and, iirc, every single path ended in "all-in".

I feel like every ASL Scan gets to the finals of a qualifier and then gets knocked out by a Round of 16+ player. Poor guy.

man I found myself repeating after artosis when I saw scan had to face light in the finals. "that's not fair". "no artosis, it isnt fair" x)

Queen losing to random terran is crazy

"Protoss OP" meanwhile they have the least players qualified by a respectable margin 😂🤣

On Tyson being "Kind of a dick". We need some backstory here.

This has happened to Scan just about every ASL qual that I can remember. He hits someone like soma, Barracks, and now Light in the finals.

Why didn't effort want to play? He's my favorite Zerg so it's too bad he's not playing.

do more of these! I love to see a commentator perspective on who qualifies. Puts it into context when ASL gets uploaded to youtube with all the storylines

I love how excited you are about the topic. Now I want your cast on these games!

Love the deep dives into the matchups, this brings more weight to the matches when the seasons begins!

Speed pulled out the CRAZIEST cheese I’ve ever seen in his final match. One base tank/vulture rush against Zerg. Craziest thing I’ve ever seen!!!

Get this man that Canada goose jacket. Man's always cold

This was a very enjoyable vid, I hope you do this for every ASL.

there are so many good matchups here, are you going to cast any? thanks arty!

When is Flash coming back? I'm ready

I remember the first time I saw baby play he was very young, so glad to see him back. I always cheered for him in sc2, but broodwar is in such a great state that it's the only thing I watch nowadays. I really hope he does well :)

Protoss needs some new blood at the top level. I feel like it's always the same Protoss players that get anywhere at all, and Snow and Mini feel a cut above the rest, although Snow keeps under performing, and so does Mini in a lot of cases. In many seasons it has felt like a Protoss is really struggling to get anywhere close to the top. Rain was like the Protoss god when he was active, and Mini was close to achieving something special there for a while as well, but he's been too inconsistent. We need a second Protoss revolution!

I can’t wait to see TY play. I bet TY could play GSL and ASL at the same time

dang, now im legit excited!

just watched SCSL Best vs Beast, cant wait to see how Beast will do in ASL

Great video to get into the ASL mood! :)

This is so crazy seeing all these SC2 Pros getting (back) into BW and I am so hyped for TY!

I'd love to see these games casted (with the bracket at the start, for context)!

Hello! Is there a way to watch these qualifier matches? Was really hoping leta or horang2 would make it. Really enjoyed sparkyz back in the good ol days

I didn't know Soma was in the military - bummer about that, i wanted to see him do well this season

It's those bigass shoes that held him down. I tell you!

Can u cast any of those games?

Shine being in ASL is good for the viewers. I am fully ready for some insane cheese.

One of the best ASL lineups we have had. Hype.

8:11 17:01 dang sad day for wraiths

Super happy that Zelot made it, we will at least get to see two games of his wanton aggression. :( for Scan.

This is my favorite brand of Artosis

Love that thumb nail

Could you cast some of these games if you get your hands on them? I’d love to watch .. ALL of them :) (but especially Soo vs TY)

I'd love to see some of these qualifiers cast!

Love this breakdown, you and Tasteless should do this over on Afreeca!

crazy to see Movie. haven't seen that dude in a minute, he used to be fire

Looking forward season 17!

this is gonna be a good season

You are a Shine appreciator? I see you're a man of culture as well

I’m so excited for this season!!! Hurry up ASL haha

its true man very sad.... hes my fav bw player because z is my main , would have loved to see him play . bw also misses flash , i feel like the asls are too boring without him . I remember the days when everyone praised the one who could beat flash .

I wanna see Light vs Scan

Let’s watch those finals of the groups

13 terran out of 28 qualified. The statistics don't lie. Now and always, tesagi.

love the ending, cuz i damn sure ain't watching the other guys

Personally I wish we got Free as well so we would have the 8 dragoon squad. I always loved Free's playstyle (its similar to mine) so I am sad he aint getting in.

Is there anywhere to watch the qualifiers in English? Heck maybe even just KR. I'd love to see the sSak Rain match. Lol also the chat saying this was boring lolol

Can you please cast on your second channel those games that results got you chills (with Beast especially) ? That would be AWESOME!

Qualifying bracket is brutal. Just add another round. Start with 48, best of 1, semi-randomly seeded based on previous season results. Then proceed with Ro24 as usual. Was hoping Calm would get in, had a really cool style last season. Looking forward to Royal, Mind, Shine, and Speed.

Gonna be a tough one for my zergs

Thank you light made it day 2, but poor scan 😢

woo HOo Speed and zelot

chills @ 3:47

I'd happily trade the last 4 terrans in the list, and Zelot too, for Flash, Scan, Queen, Larva and Soma.

Can you cast those games? :)

I can't believe the thumbnail, if that is true.

RIP Scan

Effort is missing due to wrist injury?

What did G5 do to qualify for this? Is he based in Korea?

I wonder what ridesky is missing; performing so well and consistently on ladder and then failing professionally seems strange.

We all know Flash ain't back, but where is Fantasy?

What happened to Flash?

Beast is legit. He smashed some strong players lately. So beating light is a big upset but he has been destroying at some casts ive seen.

@19.55 WHERE IS FLASH ARTY

"If Shine isn't one of your favorite players you don't have a fucking pulse" my man out here spitting facts. Lol. Been a fan of Shine since his days being a sniper in proleague. He's so fucking fun to watch.

Can you do some list of all SC2 players transitioning to SC1? TY, MC - this sounds just interesting

Wait, Queen and Zero are the same person?? I watched a bunch of ASL videos without realizing that, haha.

Shiine is definitely a favorite. Shuttle over Zero is a surprise. Aaah missing soma and effort is a big hit to zergs. Protoss gonna eat.

One day we see Arty in ASL mark my words

How were the players for the wild card qualifier picked?

Larva?

would ASL let you cast any of these qualifiers??

Exciting to see Chinese players doing well! And why did Effort "not want to play"?

I feel like i'm missing out on a ton of epic games

I hope they expand ASL at some point to allow for more players to qualify

Does artosis still talk with idra?

i miss larva so much

Yo RT, Could you show some Rain matches on Artosiscasts as to why you think he's one of the greatest Protoss players? I've only been following bw for a couple years now so the best achievement of his that I've seen is getting dumpstered 0-4 in a final

ZELOT IN ASL AGAIN!!!!!!! MY FAV

Whoa! I do not give a shit about SC2 but TY being in ASL is very very hype! also happy to see Zelot and Shine! Hoping for a 2nd Mini or a Snow ASL win, gotta go with Toss in the end.

So 28 players qualified for a 24-man tournament? How do they get rid of 4 of them?

Is there a Korean sports betting company that takes bets on SC? 🤔

BCM is new goated terran

Hope you're able to cast some of these matches Arty! Good job by Zhanhun getting all the way to the finals in his first bracket. Cool to see some of these foreigners progressing deep in the qualifiers. Sad Flash isn't competing for another season - makes me wonder if he'll ever come back now. Also a shame about Queen, even though I don't exactly cheer for him in ASL. Just sucks for a multiple ASL winner to not make it in. Shows how brutal the qualifiers are (and even more brutal are the stupid BO1s in the first two rounds of ASL itself). And a shame Scan didn't make it. Tastosis casting ASL with Scan in it would be awesome. Great list of players overall though; should be fun. Bit Terran lopsided atm but I expect it to balance out quickly because the weaker players on that final list are mostly Terran.

As the #1 Queen fan NA in the world, along with being a huge ChosimZerg fan, I am disappointed. However, this seems like an ASL many people will enjoy, considering the talent. Looking forward to it nonetheless

Best video. 🥰sSak is in this time!!! 🥰We gona get ASL sSak games

So how does Light not make it in and then makes it in?

Baechangmin is 2300 Terran whose hit 2700 before But he loses to 1900 frequently

9th year of ASL? BW is strong. So epic.

best is soo good atm

Do they need to expand the tournament?

Please cast the qualies with Tasteless!

still no Flash? =(

Do we know at what time the beta starts? And why tomorrow, doesnt it start on 5th (today)?