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Interview with iG.MacSed [Live Report?]

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BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-24 14:01:56
December 24 2012 13:52 GMT
#1
Forenote: I'm not sure if I posted this in the right section, or if this belongs in the Community News section. At the time of me posting this, I have no power to post this in Community News, so I have no clue to where else I can post this

Translator's Note: I did my best to translate this, if you guys think I made mistakes, feel free to correct me.

By now, I'm sure a great deal of you are wondering to yourselves, "Who is this guy from China that is the third-best foreigner on the Team Liquid Player Database?"

I informed XiaoSe from NeoTV that I would like to conduct an interview with China's strongest player (according to our records of him, that is), and about 12 hours ago I was given that opportunity. So, here is the Chinese version of the interview if you guys would like to see it. This interview was conducted via text exchange in QQ Messenger:

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Interview with iG.MacSed [live report?]

macsed, 人们说你就是中国区最好一个玩家,你认为这个说法对不对?
其实我觉得中国有很多比我好的玩家,可能只是今年运气比较好,比赛赢得比较多而已^^

你是什么时候成为各职业玩家?
在WAR3时期的时候就是职业选手了,差不多是08年了.老人了-.-

你有个白天中的职业吗? 还是打职业的比赛就是你的收入办法?
没有,我是全职职业选手,我主要工作就是练习和比赛,中国职业环境确实不太好,但是这个影响不了我对电子竞技的热情和奋斗。

好多美国的女生想知道,你有个女朋友吗?
有的 哈哈 (sorry ladies!)

你来自中国哪一个城市?
MacSed 11:21:26 PM
湖北武汉呢~~~~您知道黄鹤楼和长江大桥么?就是那里。
Ben 11:22:35 PM
我这个人从来没有去过武汉,但我这边有一位来自武汉的朋友。
MacSed 11:23:33 PM
有机会可以来武汉玩玩~~很不错

你多长时间打了星际争霸?母巢之战自从吗?
MacSed 11:26:25 PM
没有打过星际1,星际2公测的时候开始玩的~
Ben 11:26:47 PM
哇,这么厉害呀。

你有没有考虑加入个国外的战队?我知道美国的EG战队的Suppy是美国出生的,长大的,但他会说,读,而且写中文。他是一个华人。
没有考虑过国外战队,我很专一的哦^^哈哈.我非常喜欢现在所属的战队.嗯我知道suppy,在WCS的时候我听过他说中文,而且说的很好。

除了星际争霸2之外,你玩其他的游戏吗?
偶尔会玩玩LOL,但是只是跟朋友一起玩~如果是自己一个人的话,只会练习 [Starcraft 2]。

你的游戏里名字的来源在哪里?
MacSed 11:39:43 PM
好吧,其实这个名字是我当时打魔兽的时候随便找几个字母拼起来的,就是这样,看起来是不是很帅
Ben 11:40:20 PM
我觉得听起来好酷

你玩哪一个组?
神族。

这就是我最后个问题:你在NSL应该有什么样子的结果?你觉得你可以成为NSL的冠军吗?
我觉得想冠军很难,我觉得我的目标应该先是8强,然后再考虑前4的事情,然后再考虑冠军,哈哈一步一个脚印,慢慢来。


English Translation of the interview, from Enders116.
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Me: MacSed, People are saying that you are the best player in China, do you think this saying is correct?

MacSed:Actually, I think China has a lot of fairly good players, maybe it's just that this year [I am] very lucky, and I won a lot of games and that's it.^^

me: When did you first become a pro gamer?
MacSed:At about the time that Warcraft 3 was big, more or less 2008. I'm an old man. -.-

me: Do you have a day-job? Or are you just play professional-level games as your only form of income?
MacSed: I don't, I'm just a full-time gamer. My main work is playing in tournaments and practicing. The [Starcraft 2?] environment in China really isn't that good, but this doesn't affect my love and endeavors for esports.

me: Do you have a girlfriend?
MacSed: Haha, Yeah. [Sorry ladies!]

me: Where are you from in China?
MacSed: I come from Wuhan, Hubei province. You know the Yellow Crane Tower and The Yellow River Bridge? Right over there.

me: I myself have never actually been there.
MacSed: If you have time to actually come to Wuhan and hang out, it would be a lot of fun.

me: How long have you been playing Starcraft? Since Brood War?
MacSed: I never played SC1, but I played SC2 since the public beta.
me: Wa! That is so great.

me: Have you ever considered joining a foreign team? I know that EG's Suppy was born and raised in America, but he can read, write, and speak Chinese. He's Foreign-Born Chinese (华人).
MacSed: I never considered a foreign team... I am very concentrated, haha. Right now, I am very happy with the clan that I belong to. Yeah, I know suppy, when I was at WCS [BWC] I heard his spoken Chinese, he speaks it very well.

me: Aside from SC2, what other games do you play?
MacSed: Occasionally I play LoL, but I only do this with friends. If I am alone and by myself, I usually put all my time in to practicing [Starcraft 2].

me: Where did your in-game name come from?
MacSed: Oh, actually, this name came from when I was playing [World of?] Warcraft and I generated a random name for my character. Just like that, the name looked so awesome.
me: It sounds pretty cool [to me].

me: What race do you play?
MacSed: Protoss.

me: This is my last question: What kind of results do you think you should have in the NSL [NeoTV Star League]? Do you think you can become the NSL's Champion?
MacSed: I think aiming for the championship is too difficult. I think my goal should just be making it to the Round of 8, and then consider the four things before, and then consider the championship again. Haha, one foot in front of the other, it will slowly come together.


And to those of you whom are interested I will continue to stream the NeoTV Star League for as long as possible. The end of winter break will signal the end of this tournament, if I recall correctly.

As always guys, thanks for the feedback!

Other things to note: After the interview, I told him, "You know why I wanted to conduct this interview with you, right?"
He remarked, "Yeah..." (对的...), I imagine this means, "Yeah, I wanted to know why."

So then I informed him that, according to TLPD, he is the world's 3rd best non-Korean player. He said he didn't know what TLPD was, but I linked him the front page of teamliquid.net and showed him a screen-capture of the TLPD's top 5.

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Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
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Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
December 24 2012 13:58 GMT
#2
nice interview! i think you could post this in SC2 general
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monk
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States8476 Posts
December 24 2012 14:01 GMT
#3
You can generally post this in SC2 General, but this interview is a bit short.
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Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
December 24 2012 15:06 GMT
#4
hey enders good to see your doing this :3 you can generally post interviews into SC2 general.
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
December 24 2012 15:41 GMT
#5
cool interview! Thanks enders. MacSed did very well at WCG. Hopefully we'll get to see more of the Chinese players in the future
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XLongShotX
Profile Joined May 2012
9 Posts
December 24 2012 16:10 GMT
#6
Nice interview :D thanks for doing this enders, short but some good questions
FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
December 24 2012 16:19 GMT
#7
i always learn a ton of mandarin from your contributions thank you for your work
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BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
December 24 2012 22:20 GMT
#8
On December 25 2012 01:10 XLongShotX wrote:
Nice interview :D thanks for doing this enders, short but some good questions

I noticed that as well :| (The shortness). Honestly, I'm hoping to have another interview with a favorite zerg of mine soon, his name is ZergZergRose.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1803 Posts
December 24 2012 22:40 GMT
#9
Great interview Enders! Also, glad to know that you're gonna be casting NSL in English for us~

P.S Him getting his name randomly generated is like Tasteless flipping through a dictionary to get his :O
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BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
December 24 2012 23:19 GMT
#10
On December 25 2012 07:40 Master of DalK wrote:
Great interview Enders! Also, glad to know that you're gonna be casting NSL in English for us~

P.S Him getting his name randomly generated is like Tasteless flipping through a dictionary to get his :O

yeah, but I think he's telling the truth because most Mainland Chinese players have names are are either written in PinYin or Characters. His is neither, really. So, frankly, I believe him.

BTW, can anyone tell me if my translation was good quality?
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
wptlzkwjd
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada1240 Posts
December 26 2012 02:10 GMT
#11
I'm curious, when is his birthday?
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BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-27 05:00:44
December 27 2012 04:59 GMT
#12
On December 26 2012 11:10 wptlzkwjd wrote:
I'm curious, when is his birthday?

According to his QQ profile, he was born on October 4th, and he is 25 years old, so I'm guessing he was born October 4th, 1987.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
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