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Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27154 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-11-13 14:25:49
November 13 2005 10:32 GMT
#1
New to StarCraft? Time for a history lesson. IntoTheRain started as an old school protoss gamer and magic user extrordiaire, then advanced to a career in broadcasting after his playing days were over. Last night, our beloved Uhjoo gave our forum members a chance to ask the legend anything they wanted, for a limited time only


Before I start, Ujhoo, You bring value here like no other.

Uhjoo: Ask Questions now and he will answer gogo~

On November 09 2005 11:03 FrozenArbiter wrote:
:O The stormgod lives :D
1. Why did he decide to retire?
2. Does he still play at all?
3. Has he ever considered coming back?


IntoTheRain:
1. It wasn't fun anymore. Just got tired of it.
2. I love gaming, but not Starcraft anymore. I play solo-player RPG's like Final Fantasy.
3. Probably not, because of army duties.


On November 09 2005 11:08 SP)diQ wrote:
Best toss player atm according to him ?


IntoTheRain: No one really stands out now. Everyone seems pretty even. You can't pick a winner if any top two play against each other.

On November 09 2005 11:09 HaiVan wrote:
Does he like apple pie ?


IntoTheRain: what kind of question is that?
i like french pie (korean snack)

On November 09 2005 11:10 pubbanana wrote:
Where does he live now that he left the GO team office?


IntoTheRain: kangnam-gu daechi-dong, seoul.

On November 09 2005 11:10 MaGic~PhiL wrote:
For which pro gamers does he have the biggest respect ? ( Grrrr, Boxer, Nada, Garimto .. ect.. aynone else ?? )


IntoTheRain: Those guys who succeed very late, who have worked really hard and for a few years do poorly but later succeed purely through hard work and effort, like GoRush.

On November 09 2005 11:10 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Oh, ask him how he feels about game balance ~ I can't remember ever hearing a toss progamer talk about it :X


IntoTheRain: Nowadays it seems like the balance is great, it seems like whoever is better wins.

On November 09 2005 11:11 Hot_Bid wrote:
how did he come up with IntoTheRain? i always thought it was one of the coolest names...


IntoTheRain:I was in a guild called intothe. When the guild was first made, they made a bunch of id's that we had to choose from. The best id was intotheaiur but that one was taken. Later on that id was stupid. I took the worst one, intotherain.

On November 09 2005 11:12 Smorrie wrote:
What was his best & worst experience during his progaming career?


IntoTheRain: The best: when i won. worst: when i lost in the qualifiers SKY starleague (the one Garimto won).

But i was always happy not to meet zergs in a tournament.

On November 09 2005 11:16 expostfacto wrote:
who is his favorite player to watch?


IntoTheRain: Boxer. He's the most fun, because he's not perfect. He's flawed, but then when he makes up for those flaws it's fun to watch.

On November 09 2005 11:17 EnDeR_ wrote:
If he could be any vegetable he wanted, which one would he be?


Quoting intotherain after he heard the question: do you usually ask questions like this overseas? (then after pause) obviously it's cucumber.

On November 09 2005 11:18 BLaCk,.VipeR wrote:
His favourite final fantasy game?


IntoTheRain: FF X

On November 09 2005 11:20 exalted wrote:
What does he feel about the future of starcraft? How long does he feel it will still remain at this level of competitiveness in Korea?

Does he worry that other progamers like him (especially the long time gamers, like Nada, Boxer) will start to become jaded with the game and play it only as a job now?


IntoTheRain:
First question: Every year people say, it will disappear, but it keeps going year after year, so i guess it will keep going.

Second question: It's obviously a concern. I'm a case of someone who stopped playing because it wasn't fun anymore. But to succeed as a progamer, you have to consider it a job. It's just like another job: if you don't enjoy it, your performance will fall.

On November 09 2005 11:22 ZoXXeR wrote:
1. Favourite match ever played?
2. How come he chose Protoss as his main race?
3. Regretting anything from the professional gaming career?


IntoTheRain:
1st question: can't pick.
2nd question: i always liked magic-using units, like storms. even in warcraft i liked those types of skills, and the high templar had those skills. i like magic units more than regular warrior type units.
3rd question: if i had less success, i might regret it, and although i could've achieved more, i'm rather satisfied. around 70-80% satisfied.

On November 09 2005 11:23 (paladin)roMAD wrote:
What can he say about AnyTime?


IntoTheRain: Although he won the starleague, i think we still have to wait and see if he will continue to do well. He needs to prove his consistency at this point.

On November 09 2005 11:26 Redstorm[MFx] wrote:
ask him who he tought was the best foreigner ever in korea. (plz say slayer;P)


IntoTheRain: grr...

Uhjoo: Ok, it is 4:20 am, time to say good-bye

Again, thanks a lot Uhjoo, invaluable stuff.
ModeratorGodfather
Tame
Profile Joined June 2004
United States116 Posts
November 13 2005 10:43 GMT
#2
nice, very good idea for the fans to ask the questions instead of the one single interviwer, they should do mroe interviews like that more often
SW)Tame Tame[s.R] sE)Tame Tame[x] oMg.Tame
varaon
Profile Joined November 2004
8 Posts
November 13 2005 10:47 GMT
#3
Great!
lil.sis
Profile Blog Joined March 2005
China4650 Posts
November 13 2005 10:48 GMT
#4
i have a tendency to disagree, since when the questions are pre-prepared the answers are more insightful and thought-provoking

for those of you who missed the thread this was done on the fly and therefore very few questions were compelling
好好喝喝天天快乐
Sky101
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States1758 Posts
November 13 2005 10:57 GMT
#5
Thanks so much to Uhjoo and IntotheRain for the interview, also big kudos to Mani for posting this!
Peter, Dang, pm me!!!
[GiTM]-Ace
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4935 Posts
November 13 2005 11:24 GMT
#6
i liked it
I may not be the best player right now but I think I can beat any 'best' players. I'll beat all the best players and become the best player. Watch me. - Jju
greatmeh
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Canada1964 Posts
November 13 2005 11:30 GMT
#7
cucumber??
PaSsiOnPinK
Profile Joined October 2005
China125 Posts
November 13 2005 11:31 GMT
#8
its so funny. ;p
Striving to better we oft mer whats well.
IcedEarth
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States3661 Posts
November 13 2005 11:38 GMT
#9
Yeah FFX. It's not FF7, but it's my 2nd pick. Go ITR FiGHTiNG @^_^@~
Guardian guardian guardian of the blind
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32277 Posts
November 13 2005 11:40 GMT
#10
Nice
Moderator<:3-/-<
Dachau
Profile Joined January 2004
Poland285 Posts
November 13 2005 11:41 GMT
#11
nice interview, thx ujoo
DukeOfDrones
Goze2008
Profile Joined November 2005
United States13 Posts
November 13 2005 12:03 GMT
#12
How is Uhjoo so pimp? Why is he able to talk to IntoTheRain?
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
November 13 2005 12:10 GMT
#13
On November 13 2005 21:03 Goze2008 wrote:
How is Uhjoo so pimp? Why is he able to talk to IntoTheRain?


In some thread Uhjoo talked about his experience playing a 3v3 with 2 progamers against at least 2 progamers, all of whom where smurfing. He was Xellos's interpreter at WCG2004, so I guess he has the mad contacts.
BrutalMenace
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States1237 Posts
November 13 2005 12:25 GMT
#14
wow very nice translations. props to uhjoo, mani.
useLess
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4781 Posts
November 13 2005 12:26 GMT
#15
Fuckin' Uhjoo, you rock so much. :D
Moonlight Shadow
TreK
Profile Joined August 2004
Sweden2089 Posts
November 13 2005 12:43 GMT
#16
ownage ;D
Bergkamp ftw!
TreK
Profile Joined August 2004
Sweden2089 Posts
November 13 2005 12:44 GMT
#17
hope he wasnt too offended by 2 rather unusual question :o
Bergkamp ftw!
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22256 Posts
November 13 2005 12:50 GMT
#18
On November 13 2005 21:44 TreK[cF] wrote:
hope he wasnt too offended by 2 rather unusual question :o


I doubt it since he actually answered them. ^_^

Said it in the original thread, but again, much love to uhjoo and intotherain!
Moderatorhttp://carbonleaf.yuku.com/topic/408/t/So-I-proposed-at-a-Carbon-Leaf-concert.html ***** RIP Geoff
proTOSS[GER]
Profile Joined September 2004
858 Posts
November 13 2005 14:02 GMT
#19
<3 uhjoo
That is many tank yes?
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
November 13 2005 14:37 GMT
#20
Obviously a cucumber! Who would have thought anything else?
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
newHABIT
Profile Joined January 2005
Sweden112 Posts
November 13 2005 15:15 GMT
#21
N I C E!
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17731 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-11-13 16:07:38
November 13 2005 15:38 GMT
#22
AHHHH i missed this!!!
I wanted to ask him how he eats his ramen.

o yeah tell him thank you for taking his time and also thanks to ujhoo for taking his time too.

"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
L!MP
Profile Joined March 2003
Australia2067 Posts
November 13 2005 15:43 GMT
#23
very good work, that was cool. the interview is appreciated, and i hope you pass on our gratitude to the man himself
cYaN
Profile Joined May 2004
Norway3322 Posts
November 13 2005 18:38 GMT
#24
very nice, thanks uhjoo and manifesto
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-11-13 19:17:00
November 13 2005 19:16 GMT
#25
On November 13 2005 20:30 greatmeh wrote:
cucumber??

http://www.google.com
Go.
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Raidern
Profile Joined February 2005
Brazil3811 Posts
November 13 2005 19:30 GMT
#26
uhjoo is just great
but i'm starting to think he is a protoss fan T_T, he got us intervies with nal_ra, forU and now IntoTheRain.

where are the Zerg and Terran? hahaha jk
thanks a lot, thats just great.
For the Swarm!
Drazzzt
Profile Joined September 2002
Germany999 Posts
November 13 2005 21:25 GMT
#27
On November 13 2005 19:32 Manifesto7 wrote:

Show nested quote +
On November 09 2005 11:26 Redstorm[MFx] wrote:
ask him who he tought was the best foreigner ever in korea. (plz say slayer;P)


IntoTheRain: grr...


1.) I am protoss and IntoTheRain (besides Grrrr...) was the player I admired. I have some old Game-Q first person vods and he waaaas stormgod indeed!
2.) Grrr... was best foreigner ever - he is soooo right.
3.) The part about Boxer that he is flawed and, therefore, fun to watch: I never thought about it that way, because his skill was beyond mine to judge. But: he was/is more human than others. So, I love him
Be Nice, Be Fair, Be Mannered.
DarkSlayer)SF(
Profile Joined June 2005
Germany11 Posts
November 13 2005 23:09 GMT
#28
hehe and now gogo a interview with garimto!!
im in love With SlayerS_`BoxeR`
Mynock
Profile Joined September 2002
4492 Posts
November 13 2005 23:35 GMT
#29
Cucumber is hard and straight - it's a vegetable for men.

And why no raamen question!? :/

Otherwise great interview :o

-Mynock
KimmoL
Profile Joined December 2004
Norway256 Posts
November 13 2005 23:43 GMT
#30
a few stupid questions >_< lol
pooper-scooper
Profile Joined May 2003
United States3108 Posts
November 14 2005 00:26 GMT
#31
Man, his response to the weird questions made me laugh SOOO hard.
Good...Bad... Im the guy with the gun
westvolk
Profile Joined November 2005
United States29 Posts
November 14 2005 00:59 GMT
#32
Disappointed that I missed this... The question about how long SC progaming can continue was very interesting. The real answer is of course: as long as there is money to be made. I often wonder if there is a real marketing genious behind the curtains there. As the favorite vegetable question goes to show, Koreans aren't really that different from other folk (I am a cucumber, too!), so what are the factors that make progaming work there and not here? That would have been my question for him.
DuSkie
Profile Joined November 2004
Czech Republic451 Posts
November 14 2005 02:47 GMT
#33
love u Intotherain :-*
Coulthard
Profile Joined September 2005
Greece3359 Posts
November 14 2005 03:01 GMT
#34
duskie <33
now kimdong su?
2dd
Profile Joined September 2005
Belgium421 Posts
November 14 2005 03:28 GMT
#35
Realy nice done, Nice compelation manifestio7 !
MannerKiss
Profile Joined June 2003
United States2398 Posts
November 14 2005 05:23 GMT
#36
uhjoo fighting~! Great interview
Cucumber may be the funniest comment i've ever read.
I want an igloo.
Klogon
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
MURICA15980 Posts
November 14 2005 07:23 GMT
#37
I have to say I disagree with his choice of Final Fantasy -_-
uhjoo
Profile Joined October 2004
Korea (South)1740 Posts
November 14 2005 13:01 GMT
#38
On November 14 2005 04:30 Raidern wrote:
uhjoo is just great
but i'm starting to think he is a protoss fan T_T, he got us intervies with nal_ra, forU and now IntoTheRain.

where are the Zerg and Terran? hahaha jk
thanks a lot, thats just great.


first, thx for compiling and putting this on front page mani :-)

i promise next interviews are with z's or t's, i don't have a particular fetish for p's, although i admit i'm a huge rA, garimto fan. i was thinking along the lines of iloveoov, themarine (<3 kim jung min), chojja, yellow

if i get a boxer interview i'll gather questions from you all beforehand
i want bubbles the warrior monkey back
mensrea
Profile Joined September 2002
Canada5062 Posts
Last Edited: 2005-11-14 14:48:13
November 14 2005 14:46 GMT
#39
"Before I start, Ujhoo, You bring value here like no other."

I concur.

And you, too, Mani.

[EDIT: And, yeah, IntoTheRain has got to be one of the coolest ids ever.]
actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.
Nebula
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
England780 Posts
November 14 2005 18:17 GMT
#40
On November 14 2005 16:23 Klogon wrote:
I have to say I disagree with his choice of Final Fantasy -_-


Was hoping for FF7 myself . Just dreading the reply of something like 'ff8' or 'ff9' which are
both so very horrible imo =[
<3
HiFi
Profile Joined February 2004
United States518 Posts
November 16 2005 13:38 GMT
#41
does IntoTheRain knows that his name sounds like a high templar do storming? like "welcome to the stormy rain"

back in 1999 when i watched the first progamer VOD (Hani league?), IntoTheRain is the only toss that put at least ONE high templar in every one of his main, expo, etc in every single game. that style is very typical known as his style.
dont spam ya apm, no good 4 ya health
Chibi[OWNS]
Profile Joined May 2003
United Kingdom10597 Posts
November 16 2005 21:30 GMT
#42
--- Nuked ---
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51490 Posts
January 05 2006 15:33 GMT
#43
and i always thought that intotherain's worst moment was when he lost that 4th seed to the olympus starleague
Commentator
Freezer_au
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Australia1461 Posts
January 16 2006 03:43 GMT
#44
Best Storm user ever. I remember in an interview of his he would not storm directly at the enemy units but where he thought they would go ^^.
Crimson..
Profile Joined December 2005
Canada54 Posts
February 09 2006 21:07 GMT
#45
=) intotherain ftw
You win some you lose some you cant win them all.
s2.Tronic
Profile Joined May 2006
4 Posts
June 05 2006 19:43 GMT
#46
WTF! :D
Tronic
bayaba
Profile Joined June 2006
Korea (South)1 Post
June 22 2006 05:22 GMT
#47
ahah good

i'm fan of intotherain

defeated by nal_ra i'm sad TT
***
kimchi49
Profile Joined October 2006
United States10 Posts
November 20 2006 08:02 GMT
#48
is this warning in every article????
*2 gr8t 4u
lala
Profile Joined December 2006
Korea (South)21 Posts
December 04 2006 07:27 GMT
#49
Haha :p

It's really fun..

Stupid question.. vegetable .. lol ...

but I love his willingness to answer that.

Thx uhjoo and intotheRain.

I miss the old progamers and their classic style, passion.
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