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FakeSteve: Well first of all the standards.. name/age?
[Aficionado]: Seo Hyung Seok / 27
Manifesto7: 27 korean age / 26 NA age
FakeSteve: And you're coach of the POS Team
What exactly does your job involve?[Aficionado]: My job include everything for POS players <---that's simple
Manifesto7: haha busy guy
[Aficionado]: hm some : )
FakeSteve: So what, you help them prepare for games?
[Aficionado]: of course I usually prepare for their games everyday, and even I should keep thier fitness everyday!
[Aficionado]: and I should pick new players for team
FakeSteve: What is it you do to help them prepare for games?
[Aficionado]: analyze opponent's style, lastest strats of enemies, even making new build order for fantastic assualt, etc
FakeSteve: I'd assume that would take very deep understanding of StarCraft.
[Aficionado]: even I punched them if they want some lazy : )
FakeSteve: hahaha
FakeSteve: And stay away from greasy western food!
[Aficionado]: hm yeah deep understanding i need
FakeSteve: That would make it easier for you to spot new talent eh?
[Aficionado]: keke sure
FakeSteve: What do you look for in a new team member, in terms of skill/personality?
FakeSteve: even age?
[Aficionado]: both
[Aficionado]: Skills, personality and age all important for picking new players up for team pos I think
[Aficionado]: I picked 14 NA age boy last month : )
FakeSteve: Oh!
[Aficionado]: I think he is the best among world 14 NA ages
FakeSteve: Who might that be?
[Aficionado]: secret : )
FakeSteve: haha, okay ;]
FakeSteve: Do the current team members have a say in who joins team POS? Or is it strictly your call?
[Aficionado]: hm : )
[Aficionado]: depend on me
[Aficionado]: ^^
FakeSteve: So can you offer some insight about judging skill? it must be hard to choose the best members for the team, what spefically do you look for in terms of skill?
[Aficionado]: keyboard skill, mouse scroll speed, attitude playing SC, some dedication to playing SC
[Aficionado]: I believe good hardware skill makes the best
[Aficionado]: usually people who has good strategic mind makes good result but I think they coudn't climb the highest level : )
FakeSteve: Interesting
[Aficionado]: ^^ for example, July had not any strat play during the 2 years
[Aficionado]: But he made it StarLeague champion
[Aficionado]: A person who has good basic skill and mind will approach the top level if he has enough practice : )
FakeSteve: Ahh
FakeSteve: how did you get your position as coach anyway?
[Aficionado]: We made teamPOS 2002 with Mr. Ha
[Aficionado]: and I got coach position august 2002
[Aficionado]: I had planned other job, but i couldn't escape Mr.Ha's trap
FakeSteve: Who is Mr. Ha?
FakeSteve: haha
[Aficionado]: our Head Coach
[Aficionado]: Ha Tae Gi
FakeSteve: He considered you best for the job?
[Aficionado]: yeah
FakeSteve: Well here's a chance to brag a little bit.. What makes you such a great coach?
[Aficionado]: cuz I graduated physical Education course he had thought bejjang will make the best team
FakeSteve: Ahh, Keep players healthy
FakeSteve: Whats your favorite part of your job?
[Aficionado]: analyzing other team players game
[Aficionado]: What makes you such a great coach --->answer : POS guys determined my job and purpose : )
[Aficionado]: determined my destiny
[Aficionado]: how bad guys they are, aren't they?
FakeSteve: haha
FakeSteve: do you ever try any ninja spy stuff? Find out how the competition is playing? ;]
[Aficionado]: ninja spy stuff haha sounds interesting
[Aficionado]: never but i really wanna their play if its possible haha
FakeSteve: haha, no doubt
[Aficionado]: actually i watching their magical play in my dreams everyday : )
[Aficionado]: so i ninja !
FakeSteve: hahaha
FakeSteve: So what are your players up to right now? Practicing hard, i assume? ;]
[Aficionado]: exactly
[Aficionado]: proleague practicing : )
FakeSteve: Under the iron fist of Aficionado
[Aficionado]: kakaka
[Aficionado]: iron fist what a good nick for me ! thx : )
[Aficionado]: If they request some rest, I would say "hey, unlimited game you need ok?"
FakeSteve: hahaha
[Aficionado]: joke : )
FakeSteve: Speaking of that, do they have a schedule the follow? or do they just practice as much as they want?
[Aficionado]: of course they should follow the schedule
[Aficionado]: but they need extra practice for other individual leagues so they always play a SC everyday
[Aficionado]: Too many leagues in korea thesedays so they playing SC 10 hous a day usually
FakeSteve: Practice for the ProLeague and Team League are most important?
[Aficionado]: yes, its important for team, but i think individual league is important too
FakeSteve: Do you want them to try to participate in every league? or just a few?
FakeSteve: individual leagues I mean
[Aficionado]: sure every league : )
[Aficionado]: they wanna be top class progamer like July you know : )
[Aficionado]: Wish for the best makes hard course !
[Aficionado]: If they wanna take part in a few league, they don't need to practice too much games like that
FakeSteve: of course
FakeSteve: Does the rest of the team look up to July?
[Aficionado]: sure ^_^
[Aficionado]: he is the most respectable player which try to be progamers in korea : )
[Aficionado]: he made starleague top1 in a year : )
FakeSteve: Taking down iloveoov and Reach in the process, impressive to say the least
FakeSteve: I bet you were so proud of him ;]
[Aficionado]: hm I had shouted "what the hell.. july won" kaka it was great experince
[Aficionado]: sure ^^
FakeSteve: hahaha
[Aficionado]:: I picked him 2002
[Aficionado]: he was 1300 rating of old gamei-server i remember
[Aficionado]: but july had played 50 games everyday, and he passed all preliminaries of korea broadcasting league past 1 year
[Aficionado]: awesome case : )
FakeSteve: ^_^
FakeSteve: So what do you do to keep the players healthy and fit?
FakeSteve: I've heard the coach of the Hexatron team makes them climb a mountain or something ;]
[Aficionado]: kaka everything, food, trainning, image trainning, view, hair style and some stuff : )
[Aficionado]: kakaka daniel right?
FakeSteve: Daniel Lee
[Aficionado]: yeah but I think they had only a few : )
[Aficionado]: POS is like the Sparta of game team : )
FakeSteve: haha
[Aficionado]: Sounds body, sounds mind <--basic mind : )
FakeSteve: Do you prepare them to deal with crowds, fans, camera, the media, things like that?
FakeSteve: teach them how to act on camera?
[Aficionado]: hm not much : )
FakeSteve: Just basic stuff? "Don't punch photographers, dont swear at the other player!"
[Aficionado]: just some advice for overcome fear-crowds, fans, camera : )
[Aficionado]: hm exactly : )
FakeSteve: Just tell them when they join, "I do all the punching on this team"
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[Aficionado]: oops
[Aficionado]: wait a sec
[Aficionado]: phone call
FakeSteve: sure, sure
[Aficionado]: back
FakeSteve: hihi
FakeSteve: who was on the phone? ;]
[Aficionado]: girlfriend : )
FakeSteve: ohhhhh! ;]
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FakeSteve: So let's talk about you... what are you doing in the few hours you have to yourself today?
[Aficionado]: preparing proleague and i have to go our home today : )
FakeSteve: haha, work work work!
FakeSteve: any hobbies?
[Aficionado]: SC, watching porno movies, sing a song, every sports i can play. etc
[Aficionado]: watching porno movies <--joke
FakeSteve: ^___^
Manifesto: :O
[Aficionado]: (oh no, you knew it)
FakeSteve: ahaha
FakeSteve: you like playing SC eh?
[Aficionado]: hm not really : (
FakeSteve: remember when i beat you on Bifrost aahahaha
FakeSteve: i'm so vain
FakeSteve:
[Aficionado]: kaka : )
[Aficionado]: that was just friendly game : )
[Aficionado]: If I serious I can beat testie : )
FakeSteve: Oh I'd never win a serious game, don't worry about that
FakeSteve: You won a season of WGT didn't you?
[Aficionado]: yeah ^^
FakeSteve: yeah see
FakeSteve: I can't touch that skill level
FakeSteve: All I can do i slap manifesto around
[Aficionado]: hahahah
Manifesto7: -.-
Manifesto7: lies
FakeSteve: haha
FakeSteve: Are there any troublemakers on the team? or do they all stay manner out of fear for your mighty fist?
[Aficionado]: kaka none : )
[Aficionado]: Actually... all troublemaker : )
FakeSteve: haha
[Aficionado]: they should keep the silence if I really push my mighty fist : )
FakeSteve: hahaha
FakeSteve: New POS team logo: Aficionado's Fist!
[Aficionado]: hahahha
[Aficionado]: -,-v
FakeSteve: You've got a nice logo now with the new sponsor
FakeSteve: awesome new uniforms too
[Aficionado]: thanks a lot ^_^v
Manifesto7: makes KTF look chobo
[Aficionado]: cuz we made our uniforms with SPRIS INC which make casuall brand and EGOSYS INC
FakeSteve: Is there any competitions between coaches? Any rivalries? ;]
[Aficionado]: hm not yet : )
[Aficionado]: but I hope it will be : )
FakeSteve: Anyone you want to have a rivalry with?
[Aficionado]: hm I don't want talking about rivalry : )
FakeSteve: haha no problem ;]
FakeSteve: You ever check out TeamLiquid.net? Nice little website we've got
[Aficionado]: sure : )
[Aficionado]: I always check TL site
FakeSteve: awesome
FakeSteve:
Manifesto7: :O
Manifesto7: im so glad!
[Aficionado]: Since TL opened, NazGul let me know that open news
[Aficionado]: so I really love TL site : )
FakeSteve: Great to hear
[Aficionado]: TL is the best site ever : )
FakeSteve: hahaha
[Aficionado]: for SC community
FakeSteve: The best english StarCraft website anyway
[Aficionado]: yeah i think so
FakeSteve: Helps that we've had a huge boost in english-speaking Koreans who write out live reports for games
[Aficionado]: hm
[Aficionado]:: live reports for games <--this already exist korean SC potal site like "www.fighterform.com" and other site planned open in a few days
[Aficionado]: but Im not sure some korean make english live reports for TL
[Aficionado]: I think.........Waxangel?
[Aficionado]: I think he can write live reports of game everyday : )
FakeSteve: We have several these days.. [BoyGiRl]Sharp, DoubleStormIII, there are a bunch
FakeSteve: And wax is far too lazy to write every day ;]
FakeSteve: So recently you've had your POS guys playing with Testie, with the possibility of joining the team. What happened there?
[Aficionado]: not much
FakeSteve: Didnt have the skill?
[Aficionado]: I don't know but he has good strategic mind, If he has good course of practicing he will be good player : )
FakeSteve: ^_^
FakeSteve: He tells me he's going to refine his game a lot, get back into the best frame of mind
FakeSteve: Maybe you'll hear from him again ;]
[Aficionado]: kaka yeah i hope : )
FakeSteve: What do you think of any of the other foreign players? Is Testie the best, but still not quite good enough?
[Aficionado]: I think foreign players has not enough skills for suceed as a progamer in korea.. but I think foreign players strategic mind is good : )
Manifesto7: keyboard/mouse skills you mean?
[Aficionado]: accuracy to type hotkey, and speed to control all keyboard as fast as he can
[Aficionado]: kind of REAL apm
FakeSteve: Like the ability to play to perfection physically in every game
FakeSteve: no hotkey misses and such?
[Aficionado]: ^_^ yes
[Aficionado]: 1a2a3a4a5a6a7a8a9a0a <-- can you type this one in a 2 secs?
FakeSteve: 1a2q3a5a6a8
FakeSteve: er
FakeSteve: nope
FakeSteve:
[Aficionado]:: with mouse touch
[Aficionado]: [he does it in like twice in 2 seconds]
FakeSteve: 1a2a4a6aw8=
Manifesto7: !!
[Aficionado]: or
[Aficionado]: rally point gathering
[Aficionado]: 4,5,6,7,8,9,0 <--my gate ways
[Aficionado]: set rally in a sec
[Aficionado]: with mouse touch
[Aficionado]: like this : )
[Aficionado]: [he does it in like.... a second]
FakeSteve: I can't do that... but I can do this:
FakeSteve: O
FakeSteve: o
FakeSteve: O
FakeSteve: o
FakeSteve: O
FakeSteve: o
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FakeSteve: can you?
[Aficionado]: ^^
[Aficionado]: oO
[Aficionado]: you know this macro combo? 1a2a3a4r5r6r7r8r9r0r4sz5sz6sz7sz8sz9sz0sz
[Aficionado]: you should this macro in a 2 sec
[Aficionado]: [he does it in under 2 seconds.. again]
FakeSteve: I see what you mean about 'REAL apm'
[Aficionado]: ^^
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Manifesto7: So how long will StarCraft be popular do you think?
[Aficionado]: over 10 years
FakeSteve: Excellent
Manifesto7: is that because of better sponsors?
[Aficionado]: It's growing like chess
[Aficionado]: hm yes
[Aficionado]: and starcraft's popularity is enough to release
Manifesto7: who would you like to see be a sponsor?
[Aficionado]: I want that global INC and companies look up korean game market
FakeSteve: The large, international companies with lots of money for eager players! :D
Manifesto7: do you think that StarCrft can grow outside korea?
FakeSteve: Maybe after we can do 1a to 0a in a second ;]
[Aficionado]: hm just playing SC got limited grown rate, but I think SC Entertainment and broadcasting and league will makes other success outside korea
Manifesto7: it needs to have different language then
Manifesto7: Do you think OGN/MBC will try and get english coverage?
FakeSteve: The language barrier is huge.. It's why when I go to West at 2 am I can't find a game ;]
[Aficionado]: sure I will suggest it to OGN/MBC and the other Broadcasting corporations
[Aficionado]: i know : )
FakeSteve: An English website would be wonderful, many non-koreans would LOVE to have OGN Live Stream accounts, but can't get one
[Aficionado]: But I wanna hearing our eager game with english commentary
Manifesto7: i want to as well ><
FakeSteve: What are your plans for the future?
[Aficionado]: hm ^^ everything that I can
[Aficionado]: like global game league plan : ) hehe
[Aficionado]: I wanna SC insert to mind Olympic someday
Manifesto7: hehe yes!
[Aficionado]: actually Korea mind Olypiad already has SC formally : )
FakeSteve: awesome
FakeSteve: We dont have an Olympic for the mind in Canada -.-
[Aficionado]: And China Physical Education Department included SC in their formal list 99th [means a course in maintaining player health O_O]
FakeSteve:: excellent
[Aficionado]: real awesome fact : ) isn't it
Manifesto7: do you think china is the next market for StarCraft?
[Aficionado]: absolutely
Manifesto7: can we see OGN China leagues?
Manifesto7: or just spectator?
[Aficionado]: hm just spectator right now but I think it will be better
FakeSteve: I would think it would be like the National Hockey League.. All the teams are in USA/Canada regardless of where they players are from
FakeSteve: I'd think people would go to korea to be pro
FakeSteve:: Broadcasts to North America and Europe would be fantastic though
[Aficionado]: kaka : )
[Aficionado]: I really hope so
FakeSteve: Well we're out of questions.. so... we're done i think
Thank you very much for talking to us! [Aficionado]: It will be honor : )
Manifesto7: it is our honor!
[Aficionado]: c ya ^^
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POS Fighting!
