[ENG] 2024 SSL AUTUMN | RO.4 M2 Rain vs Sharp (Tastosis)

[@hexaquras9374]

if Rain loses the dt rush we can all blame Artosis since he's the test subject and not anyone else

[@bandwarrior007]

Artosis came up with CrAzY protoss too!? Dan is unstoppable in the scene.

[@someguyik]

He also came up with CrAzy Korean in AoE2.

[@orriHirro]

Out of control, I tell you… OUT OF CONTROL

[@pyrothem]

Crazzy Toss!

[@IntoTheSkyy]

Wait til you hear about crazy terran. your brain go boom

[@IYPITWL]

What build is that? :) my guess is sunken bust with nukes

[@avinotion]

My first thought when coming to this video: "whoever wins this one will get the chance to lose to Soulkey". I'm very willing to eat my words if it turns out I was wrong.

[@lukebomber]

Well Soulkey did help Sharp prepare for Hero so he could avoid ZvZ. He wouldn't have done that if he didn't think he had a better chance against him than Hero.

[@SuperCosmicSpaceMagnet]

Pretty much my view too. "Let's see who's going to earn the chance to get crushed in the finals". Soulkey is absolutely incredible - especially in this format with longer sets.

[@ahejleira5654]

Sharp could have a shot maybe vs Soulkey. Rain is a 100% Soulkey win.

[@deaconshoes394]

@@ahejleira5654 exactly what I was thinking - historically I'm team Rain in this matchup but I want to see Sharp vs Soulkey

[@Zyzyx442]

We need to Flash to lighten our darkest hour and end the tyranny of Soulkey.

[@cochonkg]

That feeling when you load KZbin and there is a Tastosis video uploaded 1 minute ago

[@danielhouse6244]

Absolutely!

[@raverpoker]

It's called THE CHILLS smh 🥶

[@fatboyjr364]

CHILLS

[@gkdlswm]

Chills

[@kathorsees]

Chills

[@shok24199]

Everyone else in interviews acts "humble" out of politeness or politics, but Sharp seems the most genuine. Just look at his reactions when he wins a series; the dude wants this more than anyone else. I think he's gonna pick up a ton of fans this season, not just because of his superb play, but because of his honest humility and genuine passion for the game. Personally, I think Soulkey is going mop the floor with Sharp, but I'd be thrilled to see an upset...even just a nail-biter game 7.

[@SplashJohn]

I agree to all of that. I like Sharp a lot, both his play and his persona. In the Finals all I'm hoping for is that he'll give Soulkey a better fight than the other top Terrans did. An upset would indeed be thrilling.

[@ChiefQueef92]

The thing that gives me hope for sharp is that’s what i thought about the ro8 vs hero. I think sharp’s only hope is to bust soulkey before hive tech. I’ve don’t remember the last time i saw soulkey lose to sk terran when he has hive tech.

[@ATOQ777]

It's Tasteless and the caster Crazy Artosis, inventor of Crazy Zerg.

[@somekindoflandcow]

And now CRAZY PROTOSS?? What will we see next......

[@PajakTheBlind]

@@somekindoflandcow We won't se crazy terran for sure, as we know they are never crazy and can only struggle and optimize ;)

[@helljumper_]

He also invented Crazy Terran (which is just him getting supply blocked at 24/24 every single game)

[@jinny7]

Ah yes...crazy zerg, evolved from ogre zerg

[@michaelbird9148]

Great series from Sharp! Always a player I cheer for. Even if he doesn't win against SoulKey, I'm hoping for him to remain in form, stay confidence, and show his best. You guys have done a great job with production this year. You're really hitting your stride with that balance of speed, quality, etc. I appreciate your transparency about the process too ... I know people give you grief over it no matter what. Overall, great stuff!

[@kathorsees]

Can anyone tell me how Dan "Crazy" Stemkoski got his lesser-known second nickname "Artosis"? I've always known him as Crazy Dan and I can't figure out how this recent "Artosis" moniker popped up.

[@ADiDAS796]

"Artosis" actually means "Crazy Dan" in the lost Vulture language

[@whymecma]

As per Liquipedia: "Decided upon his name by combining the first two characters of his old ID "Archmage-Danny" with the "tosis" portion of the Korn song "Cameltosis"."

[@CleosashaGaming]

Patreon is NOT switching to yearly only. It's simply removing first-of month billing but same-day monthly subscriptions remain.

[@Supershadow7890]

Which is funny because it's a reversion to their previous business model

[@fredhurst2528]

Glad someone explained this. Couldn't imagine how yearly only could possibly be a good business decision.

[@4spenzor4]

wont this just mean you have to manually sub every month? so effectively it removes auto subing with a monthly rate?

[@praill]

​@@4spenzor4no they're just changing it so you get revolving full month subs that renew on the same date each month instead of subscribing sometime in a month and having it auto renew at the 1st of next month

[@Phrog64]

Why do they keep saying this? Do they just not understand the change or are they being disingenuous since they get sub drops between seasons?

[@dan1st]

@2:02:28 Artosis again saying Flash has never won 3 in a row, but that's wrong. Flash won ASL 2 3 4, was awarded a golden ruler & golden trophy for it.

[@MikeMastropierro]

Came here to say this

[@inguh7041]

A golden ruler? U serious??

[@pgDraxos]

@@inguh7041 Yeah, Flash could be extremely OCD about things. He wanted his mouse pad and keyboard to be an exact distance from the edge of the desk and would measure it out when he set up for his games.

[@dan1st]

@@inguh7041 Not sure why my comment disappeared. But yeah, look for the Flash article on Liquipedia. Also search on G for the term "Flash golden ruler", 1 of the top results is an X post about it, ironically by none other than Artosis himself. 😂

[@somekindoflandcow]

@@pgDraxos I mean, there's clearly some method to his madness... 👀

[@Pabmyster]

Everyone stay doubting Sharp, but the more his opponents underestimate him, the more he comes up big. I hope he can make Soulkey eat his words from when he said that Snow was the real final challenge. Sharp is staying humble and hungry

[@SplashJohn]

I'm a big Sharp fan, and I'm not doubting him, but just trying to stay realistic because Soulkey has destroyed all the other top Terrans. Sharp has plenty of time to prepare for the finals, and I certainly believe he's capable of anything, but of course Soulkey also has plenty of time to prepare. Let's go Sharp!!!

[@Pabmyster]

@SplashJohn agreed, Soulkey is definitely the reasonable favourite and Sharp is for sure the underdog, but I can't help but love rooting for the underdog story!

[@snaffu1]

@@SplashJohn Well said. Sharp did thump Hero unexpectedly, and Hero was the one we all expected to meet Soulkey for a rematch--but here we are! Sharp is definitely a huge underdog, but I will never count him out, and DEFINITELY not after such a crisp tournament run like this! Let's go Sharp!!

[@Olinser]

I hope it's a good finals but SoulKey just made Snow look like an absolute clown, that series was NOT close. Unless SoulKey has a terrible off day I think his threepeat is in the bag.

[@a176]

its 2024 and im watching Tastosis cast brood war

[@fireflake_dnb_470]

the crazy zerg joke is an instant classic. this will haunt arty forever.

[@somekindoflandcow]

Learning Artosis didn't actually come up with the name Crazy Zerg was like finding out Santa Claus isn't real

[@zergu-yf3gd]

@@somekindoflandcow like lets be real it wasn't just tasteless who thought it xD

[@somekindoflandcow]

@@zergu-yf3gd I've never heard of anyone who DIDN'T think it was Artosis who came up with it, even. I think we all had the exact same reaction that Tasteless did

[@THAC0MANIC]

@@somekindoflandcow what is funny is i remeber alot of ppl originaly thinking no artosis didnt come up with it, but coz tasteless and a few other ppl just automaticly assumed he did and keept talking about it for like a decade many ppl believed them instead of looking up if its true.

[@Pangora2]

The first game I saw when I came back to watching was a TvT where Sharp won his way to be seeded into an ASL. It was so fun to watch Sharp play, and I continue to enjoy what he does.

[@bladorac]

Thanks for blowing my mind. I did started on that seed battle too this season game 0 and seeing sharp get here to the finals is so far an amazing journey.

[@bakeurstew1434]

Those storms at the end were crazy, look at the supply before and after

[@fifthofascalante7311]

So far the first game was sooo good. Sharp’s micro is sharp. Tastosis didn’t even mention the body blocks not even letting the DTs backtrack. And how he redeemed those tanks in stasis. Maybe it won’t be as one sided versus SoulKey.

[@fifthofascalante7311]

Sharp is so nervous on stage he’s very relatable. Hype finals.

[@BioReptiles]

We are magic in the air, we are love, we are care, we are here for the ride, join the fun side by side

[@Kelberoth]

*proceeds to shred*

[@Cray2TheZ]

I hate this song but I love this comment! :)

[@NotAZombie-r9z]

The cringiest, gayest, most nonsensical lyrics ever created.

[@ocircles738]

Are these really the lyrics?? I thought for sure I must had been hearing it wrong lol

[@charlesnewborn3760]

Cringe.

[@MechShark]

I woke up this morning with *chills* and now I know why.

[@Leeroy49]

26 years and still you see new ideas and moves. GGs.

[@MentalNewb]

I was so sad when the video you uploaded was taken down but I'm glad the correct one is up now. 😅

[@sergeimashkov2022]

My second son is less that a month old and he's napping nicely listening Tastosis casting. Love you guys, cheers from Russia!

[@markmuller7962]

Shield batteries are so satisfying to use

[@iithunderii9800]

Love both of these guys, awesome players and personalities

[@dixonyu4349]

I laughed out loud at the idea of rain just barcode trolling artosis with dt rushes 😂

[@bladorac]

Artosis is a very special man 😂😂😂

[@debostahn]

I've been watching ArtosisCasts recently, and it is very cool to see some of the patterns from those casts show up in the SSL. Thanks for the extra context Artosis!

[@SplashJohn]

Oh man, I am SOOOO looking forward to this! Rooting for Sharp! Let's goooooooo! (Edit: Finally finished watching, couldn't be happier for Sharp. Not a big fan of Rain's part-timer attitude. I suspect Sharp won't fare any better against Soulkey than the other top Terrans, but hey, stranger things have happened. Let's go Sharp!)

[@mapro3948]

Man, Sharp is such a sympathetic guy 🙂

[@lorne7218]

Im so proud of sharp, hope he wins the finals. I'll never forget seeing his stream one time when Artosis hosted him on Twitch. He was just in que for a competitive match and moments after thanking Artosis after for the host he looked right at the camera, brought together his hands and shouted "PLEASE, GIVE ME MONEY" just as the match started. So i hope my boy gets that top prize money.

[@tomrotelli1355]

I'm a Terran fan, but I really wanted Protoss to take this ASL. I mean SSL.

[@Gonzalo_105]

rough times for the brotoss...

[@zograf4572]

Terran forever

[@HasekuraIsuna]

Some Protoss will need to "solve" how to beat the Hydra Bust before ever winning a Starleague.

[@goodisgood153]

CHILLS WALL . . . . . . . . .

[@LockWithNoKeys]

“Amateur question, never 16 carriers, it’s an A-move race Artosis,” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dixonyu4349]

@@LockWithNoKeys not a 1a2a3a4a 😂

[@Slybow]

Legendary 6hp tank has seen it all

[@bladorac]

You know the cast is good when you get good one liners 🎉

[@SplashJohn]

47:53 "WTF is a kilometer? Love, USA." LOL!

[@i_am_ergo]

Must be Brits. The US isn't known for self-deprecating humor.

[@MoonJung82]

@@i_am_ergo just because the brits are known for it, doesn't mean anyone else does it

[@GreenClawForestry]

The Brits use the metric system, it's almost certainly an American.

[@zergu-yf3gd]

@@GreenClawForestry yeah it's not necessarily self-deprecating it's just standard USAUSAUSA sillyness

[@kevinf.2556]

THANK YOU TASTELESS FOR THE CRAZY PROTOSS JOKE XDDD

[@diegomaradona3561]

Another upload? Life’s good! P. S Havent seen this yet but after watching Soulkey vs Snow I’m sincerely shocked by how good Soulkey is and I highly doubt that someone will beat him at this point

[@tiagomota4734]

Come on the round of 4 was nothing short of pathetic for the protoss, im a protoss myself , very bad games!

[@1lomi901]

First game Rain's defence with that stasis was on point, god damn.

[@PeNguiN-0-27]

We are the soup starcraft league sounds like AI but kind of slaps.

[@Mumu1672]

It's funny to see tasteless' 240p cam next to hd cam. tasteless needs to download more bandwidth 😂

[@SplashJohn]

Tasteless t-shirt in his merch store: "Potato cam 4 ever!"

[@TheCopyTitan]

That's not the reason his video looks blurry. It's because they want to upload the videos ASAP. Can't explain it well, but it's for the sake of us getting faster uploads.

[@Elric_Stormbringer]

crazy protoss joke was epic

[@John3.36]

Rain did not play well today. He came in overconfident and got pwned by the hungry Sharp.

[@enruins1312]

Come on bro. I get this is the comment section but damn..

[@olivierslupik9353]

I'd rather compliment the winner instead... Sharp definitly out multitasked him especially in last game with the multi drops. You can see he sent those dropships and microed the dropped units, no just dump them there. Sharp appeared to be just better than Rain and its not because Rain sucks

[@zergu-yf3gd]

@@olivierslupik9353 dude that last battle tells you who is best. it's not sharp but gg to him anyway

[@dj_koen1265]

@@zergu-yf3gd sharp > rain

[@zergu-yf3gd]

@@dj_koen1265 it's not hard to siege tanks and plant mines. rain demonstrated a higher level of skill.

[@gregajk]

9days have passed, watched this 5 times already... It'd be ABOOUUUTTT TTIIIIMEEE to get those FInals... 😏🤪

[@psycho6776]

Always a good time when Tastcrazy casts starcraft!

[@1901shams]

thank yo guys, you guys are awesome.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ocircles738]

Daaamn, really looking forwards to this grand final now

[@ABlackFalcon]

Soulkey and Sharp played in the finals of Blizzard's KSL season 2, back in 2018. Soulkey won 4-1. Both are better than they were then but Soulkey is just so amazing... I hope Sharp can win but it will be hard.

[@Shield_Battery]

49:20 I saw SCAN practice this with his University student on Retro a few month ago, while singing Call Me Maybe, lol. no better way to teach proper defensive mine placement than hearing those attack sounds. I was genuinely impressed seeing how clean Scans Off racing was. But also scared how easily he could just switch and never need to look back.

[@KaiserFlash]

I was about to go to bed and this treasure just dropped.

[@ThePaydayer]

Same lol

[@danielhouse6244]

Also same.. bed can wait

[@ATOQ777]

Same here

[@goimdal]

can't wait to see the final , w'll be a amazing bo

[@rdt1104]

Good to see more & more foreigners in the audience

[@joebazooks]

whoah sharp and sea look like brothers in that clip lol

[@lifenote1943]

I could feel the chills

[@Junglej0hn]

omfg these semifinals truly are something else xD

[@tiagomota4734]

Yeah pathetic

[@nonAehT]

i did not know that Radeon was named after AMD but it kinda makes sense with the name. Learned something new :)

[@y2kkmac]

Radeon and Vermeer both have AMD logos in the center of the map.

[@Cray2TheZ]

Looking forward to the finals! GG!

[@MrTheQuestioner]

SPOLIER WARNING! I absolutely love that the first ever SSL has two players with S-names in the finals! The script writers were thinking ahead with this tournament.

[@anoramba]

Best of 7 in 2 hours? I'm getting chills...

[@l4unchp4dgaming38]

::SPOILER:: This is probably the most DISAPPOINTING Ro4 I have ever seen.Great Cast as always, but man...I thought these 4 guys were gunna duke it out in some epic battle...instead they cheesed until they died. I'm excited for Sharp though. If he dethrones Soulkey, it'll be the most LEGENDARY upset in a LONG time.

[@drewwalbeck6006]

Haven't seen it yet but dang it'd be so cool if Sharp goes on to the finals

[@PuertoRicanAsian]

1:49:46 "There's many ways to end a game. Some are more epic than others, but some are certainly also more smart than others." - Tasteless 😂 Such a good quote.

[@Saiakaa]

Sharp is honestly looking so Sharp. Don’t forget this guy destroyed Hero, one of the most consistent Zerg in top 4-8. I think Sharp can do it!

[@bladorac]

His game is very entertaining to watch too. Very robust and imo the comeback king

[@HasekuraIsuna]

With how SoulKey utterly destroyed SnOw, Rain would surely have gone down 0-4 too. Sharp with his record against Hero should produce much more back-and-forth, even if SK ends up winning.

[@Sabu113]

These semis man. We need more ssls a year.

[@JacenLP]

I am much more hyped for this than the other Ro4 game.

[@arbootieoaks]

Spoiler . . . . . . . . . Well done to Sharp! Love his style and his energy. I hope he can make the finals competitive because Soulkey is a monster. If Sharp plays out of his skin it might still end 4-2 to Soulkey

[@rekrfeht]

Is it just me or Tasteless looks less pixelated here compared to soulkey vs snow?

[@SplashJohn]

Just you. Last year I started a rumor that Tasteless deliberately chose to go with the retro-look potato cam as an homage to StarCraft's early years. And I'm a reliable source, so that's the story I'm sticking with. 😆

[@xpotion7686]

This series was definitely better than other R04 matchup. But i feel like the finals is gonna be a 4-0 given Soulkey is just too good

[@bladorac]

Similar how hero was supposed to win vs sharp? Dont give up on tjis finals, soulkey vs sharp is a very interesting matchup, is al up to sharp to get ready and soulkey to not get overconfident like rain and hero did.

[@zergu-yf3gd]

@@bladorac he's gotta find the answer to crazy zerg or he's getting rolled

[@xpotion7686]

@@bladorac I know people say that Hero is close to Soulkey but i dont see it at all, hero already showed vulnerabilities against Aggro Terran play when Barracks took him down so i assumed that series would be close. It feels like Sharp is gonna need 4 different cheeses to win, because if he trys to macro Light already showed its not happening

[@ShirpaTheShirpa]

SoulKey looking like a monster. I hope the winner here can make it a series 🙏

[@NoobVersusPro]

10 minutes in and this series is already 10x better than snow vs soulkey

[@bladorac]

Snow is demoralized hard by soulkey.

[@NoobVersusPro]

@@bladorac Yeah, I think every nonzerg is. Haha. It seems Soulkey has basically solved ZvP where he just can't lose. And he says he's even better vs. terran tho...

[@meguemil8542]

I'm rooting for you, Sharp!!!

[@peacebone8112]

What is the winrate of arbiter builds in the ASL/SSL? I swear I've never seen an arb build win PvT.

[@troyfiss9332]

I feel the same way. They never do anything for the commitment; just high templar seem always better and is half the tech.

[@ppshchik]

Game 4 was so satisfying to watch

[@thunder____]

16 carriers = crazy protoss

[@Medinaxz]

Yay, the Tastetosis version.

[@HungrySquirrels]

Love it❤

[@slbjjk]

Date on finals?

[@lukebomber]

Did you know Artosis invented the word "crazy"? That's so... Unbelievable

[@bladorac]

How the hell this is not the top comment 😂

[@HeatIIEXTEND]

damn bopped :D ggs

[@GamerayVideos]

Ah, every Tastosis day is a good day!

[@Yessia2]

While it will be super impressive if Soulkey does pull off 3 wins a row, Flash actually did it in asl seasons 2/3/4. Was a while ago so I guess they forgot, but yeah.

[@zoeinvestor]

Nice!!!!

[@코알라쌤]

We dont have the 3rd place match any more? TT

[@Darkulla]

Tasteless Protoss pro tips 2024: 1. Keep expanding 2. Storm stuff

[@zergu-yf3gd]

artosis terran pro tips 2024: 1. camp 2. wait for them to attack you

[@Gullinnova]

lol yeah transferring minerals in 2v2 SC2 was so broken. Me and a friend went 190 wins 90 losses abusing that with forward pilon feeding protoss while i ran in with speedling. was just brutal.

[@HardmodeHorst]

Less Carriers, more DT´s. Take from that what you will :D Artosis our great Protoss fanboy :D

[@zergu-yf3gd]

havent seen a carrier all season even stork didn't make em

[@HardmodeHorst]

True

[@ImAzraa]

missing the intro somehow? where is the new songy song "we are soooooooop starcraft leeeeeaaaaaaague" :(

[@じょせふ-v2z]

it's so good I need it

[@ImAzraa]

oh? they changed the order. my bad i guess?

[@じょせふ-v2z]

yoooo they did it!!!

[@LoLXaxziminrax]

@@ImAzraa With this being the Ro4, they do announcements on the finals' location and ticket sales first, then get into the song later I think

[@Aktentasche1]

🎼SSL where legends bleeend 🎼 Yea I missed it too...

[@FlapMeister]

With Soulkey in the finals, why even try :P

[@bladorac]

Im rooting for sharp. This will be a great finals.

[@swan9506]

Flash won seasons 2, 3, and 4 (also 8, which is notable for giving us the current 7 map format of the starleague)

[@Tyreeklol]

round of 4 protoss always heart breaking

[@fredhurst2528]

+1 engagement comment. See ya all in the finals.

[@dj_koen1265]

i think rain didnt play badly, he just took a bit too wrongly of a risk at times sharp was just playing really well this set even if it might not look like it, being able to deal with all these curve balls might be exactly what he needs to beat soulkey

[@VatchGaming]

I'm about to SLEEP and i got CHILLS

[@MKANDRESTINPEACE]

it makes Bonyth win in BSL all that more impressive and valuable, against a finalist of ASL-SSL and even sharp could be the winner but i am with soukey, but in TVZ you never know😎👍🙏

[@lordsheepie]

38:32 I've never seen a vulture slide like that before

[@Reruro]

LET'S GO SHARP, ROOTING FOR YA YOU UNDERDOG

[@SERGIYAN]

Any1 knows where can I buy tickets for the next SSL ?

[@SvFilipov-qb5io]

General question - is it worth casting stasis on workers? You could probably get 5 workers with one. It last almost a minute which would probably mean about 300 lost minerals. It is not that much, but maybe early mid-game?

[@PuertoRicanAsian]

Would it block access to patches?

[@SvFilipov-qb5io]

@@PuertoRicanAsian I guess? However the frozen workers would probably be the main reason for the lost mining. Another good implementation strategy would be when your opponent is down to his last two mining locations. Hitting one would be significant…never seen it done tho.

[@PuertoRicanAsian]

@@SvFilipov-qb5io It'd be a lot more lost mining time if 4-5 patches were out of commission for the entire duration.

[@HasekuraIsuna]

How do you get Arbiters with Stasis out "early mid-game"?

[@danieln6700]

It's only yearly for apple, isn't it?

[@shuntensatsu11]

Looks like Flash won 2 MSLs and an OSL all back to back in 2010, but EffOrt denied him the OSL threepeat.

[@screwnacorn]

Crazy protoss new strat?

[@kevinf.2556]

terran on monty hall should do two things a) not mine out the side lanes b) siege up behind middle protoss mineral lines and take their middle lane as terrans 3third protoss can never punish you without heavy shuttle play and as terran you have your guns right at their production

[@payrus963]

CHILLS