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The SOOP StarCraft League (SSL), formerly the AfreecaTV StarCraft League (ASL) (Korean: 아프리카TV 스타리그), is a StarCraft: Remastered tournament series hosted by SOOP [1] in South Korea. It began its first season in June 2016 and used StarCraft: Brood War for its first three seasons prior to the release of StarCraft: Remastered .
In 2024, AfreecaTV changed its name to SOOP Co., Ltd, as a way to get ready for international expansion. [ 2 ] [ unreliable source? The first service of Nowcom in South Korea was Nownuri which is VT-based online BBS started in 1994 and currently they operate Afreeca , SOOP Live TalesRunner , O2Jam and ClubBox as well as Nownuri .
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The English-language broadcast was performed for years by Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski and Nick "Tasteless" Plott, a combination known as "Tastosis."The pair were considered a major draw of the tournament and helped establish a new standard in esports commentary in the English-language market, with the pair praised as "fan favorites" and their work praised as iconic to the medium.
Plott grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, along with his brother Sean Plott, who is also an e-sports commentator. [3] [4] Upon graduation from high school, he attended Regis University in Denver studying philosophy and psychology, and was a member of the parliamentary debate team.
There have been several commercial attempts to bring televised professional StarCraft matches to audiences outside South Korea.GOM TV hired Nick "Tasteless" Plott, an American who previously cast StarCraft at the WCG and other international events, to provide English commentary for the 2008 GOM TV Star Invitational and the 2008 Averatec-Intel Classic tournaments.