Borislav, also known as Grast, hosts StarKraftika, an educational series dedicated to StarCraft: Brood War and its Remastered edition. With over two decades of competitive experience, he provides in-depth knowledge of Bulgarian SC strategies, mechanics, and history.
Grast knows the game inside out, having spent years practicing with and coaching some of Bulgaria's top players. He's also been managing Team Psi (Psistorm.eu), one of the oldest foreign StarCraft teams, since 2004 and captaining the Bulgarian National Team since 2008, a spot he got simply because the community voted him in, which is unusual in esports.
At a glance
- Over 20 years of competitive StarCraft.
- Manager of Team Psi (Psistorm.eu), one of the oldest foreign StarCraft teams, since 2004.
- Captain of the Bulgarian national team since 2008, voted in by the community.
- Has practised with and coached some of Bulgaria's top players.
His profile is on Liquipedia, and you can hear him in a few interviews further down.
What he does
Grast still plays semi-actively, coaches and mentors players, and leads Team Psi in weekly tournaments and leagues. He has a long track record of organising online and offline StarCraft events (see Events). He also makes:
- StarKraftika: 24+ video episodes on StarCraft: Brood War, in Bulgarian, made with Psistorm.eu and ArxBG, with written episode guides in English and Bulgarian.
- The blog: strategy guides on every race and matchup, and guides to reading your own replays.
- Repalyzer: a free replay analyzer for StarCraft: Remastered that turns your replays into a library, player trends and the one thing to fix in each game.
- Training games: Micro Arena and Macro Juggler, two free browser trainers.
Interviews
Grast talking StarCraft, Brood War in Bulgaria and the national team on other people's shows.
24:25
Zone Unlock: StarCraft се завръща! Турнири, Psistorm и Brood War с Борислав Христов
Zone Unlock: StarCraft is back! Tournaments, Psistorm and Brood War with Borislav Hristov
The history of StarCraft in Bulgaria, Psistorm, how the game has changed, why he still prefers Brood War to StarCraft II, and StarKraftika's learning resources in Bulgarian. Recorded ahead of the Brood War tournament at goodgame Festival 2026 in Sofia.
47:41
ТОПКАСТ #68 – StarCraft: една 26-годишна любов
Topkast #68 – StarCraft: a 26-year love
A sports podcast's StarCraft episode: why Brood War outlived StarCraft II, South Korea's dominance, the Bulgarian national team, betting and match-fixing, Poland as Europe's Korea, Flash, APM, and stories from trips to play the game.
10:14
NEXTTV 035: Гости: Borislav и Stakiman
NEXTTV 035: Guests Borislav and Stakiman
Back on NEXT TV with StakimaN after the NEXT TV PsiCup final, talking about the cup and their plans ahead.
20:02
NEXTTV 022: Esport гости: Николай „StakimaN“ Неделчев и Борислав „Grast“ Христов
NEXTTV 022: Esports guests Nikolay "StakimaN" Nedelchev and Borislav "Grast" Hristov
Grast and fellow Team Psi player StakimaN as guests on NEXT TV's esports show, the channel he later ran the NEXT TV PsiCup with.
About this site
StarKraftika is a free educational fan project. StarCraft® is a registered trademark of Blizzard Entertainment. StarKraftika and Repalyzer are independent fan projects, not affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment. The site is built by Europe4U.online.
Events he has organised
Grast has organised StarCraft tournaments and leagues in Bulgaria since World Cyber Games Bulgaria in 2007, and casts many of them himself on Twitch. A selection:
Recent
- StarCraft: Remastered LAN at GoodGame Festival 2026 (Sofia, November 2026): host and organiser, under Psistorm's patronage. Three online qualifiers in October, then a live 1v1 final and a 2v2 tournament at the festival.
- Brood War LAN at the GoodGame LAN party (Sofia, May 2025): two online qualifiers and an on-site one, then a four-player final at Bar Singles. Ticket money went to Playing Narratives, a training programme for young talent in the games industry.
- PsiCup seasons: Winter 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022 (three tournaments and a playoff, with a sponsor-funded prize pool), Fall 2023 and Xmas 2025, plus PsiCup #25 for StarCraft's 25th anniversary in 2023. Since January 2026, a weekly tiered PsiCup on the Team Psi Discord works as an unofficial ladder for the Bulgarian scene.
- Psi League 21/22: an individual league open to every Bulgarian player, with two qualifiers, ASL-style groups and live-cast playoffs, with prizes funded through StarCraft merch for a cause.
- Bulgarian StarCraft ELO rating (since 2019): the national player ranking he runs, used to seed Bulgarian tournaments.
- Bulgarian national team: selection tournaments in 2011 and 2019, and Bulgaria's captain in the Titanes del Ring Nation Wars (2019–20), ten Swiss rounds against the best players outside Korea.
Earlier
- Legacy of the Void launch BarCraft at Yalta (Sofia, Gaming Knights, November 2015): a BlizzCon viewing party two days before Legacy of the Void came out, billed as the first BarCraft in Bulgaria supported by Blizzard, with a 16-player StarCraft II tournament with Blizzard prizes.
- NEXT TV Psistorm tournaments (2014–2015, StarCraft II): the 2014 NEXT TV Psistorm tournament and the 2015 NEXT TV PsiCup, run with NEXT TV, with the finals commentated live from the studio.
- ON!Fest 2012, ON!Gaming main stage (Sofia, Inter Expo Center, September 2012): coordination and organisation of the gaming stage, whose StarCraft II tournament brought together almost all of Bulgaria's top players.
- StarCraft II Launch Party (Sofia, July 2010): the launch-night party at The Mall, with an eight-player Brood War tournament won by Technics.
- ESL Gaming Weekend (Sofia, May 2010): ESL Bulgaria's weekend at The Mall, in partnership with Blizzard Entertainment, with a StarCraft: Brood War Invitational.
- ASBIS StarCraft Challenge #2–#5 (ESL Bulgaria, 2009): online and LAN qualifiers in Sofia, a 16-player group stage, then an eight-player LAN final on 5–6 December 2009, played alongside the ESL Pro Series finals.
- World Cyber Games Bulgaria 2007: the online qualifiers and the national finals.
