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On July 03 2009 10:12 errol1001 wrote:
Yeah, I really thought this interview was a lot better than most/many... I mean, some of the answers were pretty generic but they were to generic questions. More interesting questions got better answers.
The interview and answers are pretty darn good if you consider that it was an email interview. I.e. no probing follow-up questions. Live and/or telephone interviews by experienced interviewers (people that don't get starstruck/intimidated) are really the best but I think it's an unreasonable expectation for a foreign fansite of E-Sports. Maybe one day we'll have the ability and access to pull off a live, in-depth interview, but this interview is pretty good in the meantime.
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This interview is better than the usual ones.. but it's still to conservative imo.
We need more questions like:
'What does your girl need to have: good boobs/good ass?'
'Do you believe in God?'
'Is there a progamer that you think is overrated?'
'Do you have brothers or sisters?'
'Whats better, summer or winter?'
something to get a feel of the guy.
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
On July 04 2009 07:10 niteReloaded wrote:
This interview is better than the usual ones.. but it's still to conservative imo.
We need more questions like:
'What does your girl need to have: good boobs/good ass?'
'Do you believe in God?'
'Is there a progamer that you think is overrated?'
'Do you have brothers or sisters?'
'Whats better, summer or winter?'
something to get a feel of the guy.
4 and 5 might be pretty interesting actually, but seriously 1-3 are totally not acceptable for a gamer interview. One is completely irrelevant to anything and way too personal to ask someone who is basically a complete stranger (unless you're talking about Susie and Sea or me and FBH etc.) Three is one of the questions you wouldn't ask because the gamer would *have* to give you a diplomatic answer that basically said *nothing* about a specific name (of a gamer) because otherwise he could get into a lot of trouble with his managers/coaches and could potentially harm the relationship between the two teams. It's just not done here.
Be realistic. You cannot treat a Korean progamer as you would a foreign scene one - they're in totally different situations and are governed by a very different series of rules when it comes to conduct - the closest we get to events where trash is talked and it's all pretty casual and humour based are MSL/OSL selection night and the Rival Battle Breaks - things like that are *very* rare.
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On July 04 2009 07:48 NeverGG wrote:Show nested quote +On July 04 2009 07:10 niteReloaded wrote:
This interview is better than the usual ones.. but it's still to conservative imo.
We need more questions like:
'What does your girl need to have: good boobs/good ass?'
'Do you believe in God?'
'Is there a progamer that you think is overrated?'
'Do you have brothers or sisters?'
'Whats better, summer or winter?'
something to get a feel of the guy. 4 and 5 might be pretty interesting actually, but seriously 1-3 are totally not acceptable for a gamer interview. One is completely irrelevant to anything and way too personal to ask someone who is basically a complete stranger (unless you're talking about Susie and Sea or me and FBH etc.) Three is one of the questions you wouldn't ask because the gamer would *have* to give you a diplomatic answer that basically said *nothing* about a specific name (of a gamer) because otherwise he could get into a lot of trouble with his managers/coaches and could potentially harm the relationship between the two teams. It's just not done here. Be realistic. You cannot treat a Korean progamer as you would a foreign scene one - they're in totally different situations and are governed by a very different series of rules when it comes to conduct - the closest we get to events where trash is talked and it's all pretty casual and humour based are MSL/OSL selection night and the Rival Battle Breaks - things like that are *very* rare.
Personally, I don't 'believe' in 'strangers' anymore.
I find it very stupid that you have to spend a bunch of time with people before you can start acting like yourself.
Manners and polite behavior is so last millenium.
Ask whatever you want, do whatever you want.
I'd start the interview with:
"You may chose to pass a question, but then we'll all think you're a pussy."
soooo "elvis or MJ?"
I realize not everyone thinks like me, so if you(whoever makes the interviews) have to take one thing from what I posted in this thread:
-> Get their opinions on things that you can _actually_ have different opinions about.
edit: I just realized this is my 2222 post.
- dedicated to [NC]..YellOw -
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
On July 04 2009 08:09 niteReloaded wrote:Show nested quote +On July 04 2009 07:48 NeverGG wrote:On July 04 2009 07:10 niteReloaded wrote:
This interview is better than the usual ones.. but it's still to conservative imo.
We need more questions like:
'What does your girl need to have: good boobs/good ass?'
'Do you believe in God?'
'Is there a progamer that you think is overrated?'
'Do you have brothers or sisters?'
'Whats better, summer or winter?'
something to get a feel of the guy. 4 and 5 might be pretty interesting actually, but seriously 1-3 are totally not acceptable for a gamer interview. One is completely irrelevant to anything and way too personal to ask someone who is basically a complete stranger (unless you're talking about Susie and Sea or me and FBH etc.) Three is one of the questions you wouldn't ask because the gamer would *have* to give you a diplomatic answer that basically said *nothing* about a specific name (of a gamer) because otherwise he could get into a lot of trouble with his managers/coaches and could potentially harm the relationship between the two teams. It's just not done here. Be realistic. You cannot treat a Korean progamer as you would a foreign scene one - they're in totally different situations and are governed by a very different series of rules when it comes to conduct - the closest we get to events where trash is talked and it's all pretty casual and humour based are MSL/OSL selection night and the Rival Battle Breaks - things like that are *very* rare. Personally, I don't 'believe' in 'strangers' anymore. I find it very stupid that you have to spend a bunch of time with people before you can start acting like yourself. Manners and polite behavior is so last millenium. Ask whatever you want, do whatever you want. I'd start the interview with: "You may chose to pass a question, but then we'll all think you're a pussy." soooo "elvis or MJ?" I realize not everyone thinks like me, so if you(whoever makes the interviews) have to take one thing from what I posted in this thread: -> Get their opinions on things that you can _actually_ have different opinions about. edit: I just realized this is my 2222 post. - dedicated to [NC]..YellOw -
This would work fine in America or probably any other country, but here in Asia manners/polite behaviour and social hierachy (especially related to age and family) are still really prevalent.
I didn't understand it myself at first, but someone explained to me that making friends here depends upon connections and also the concept of 'friends' here is pretty different to the casual way in which you can become someone's friend elsewhere - alot of friendships stem from childhood and continue on until old age - even if it's not as widespread with younger people here the idea of asking 'friend level' questions in a professional interview is still pretty much out of the question.
Hence asking whatever we like just isn't possible. Especially not in a professional gaming enviroment - I think some more random questions would be fine, but anything too intense/asking people to dish the dirt just wouldn't pass the coaches/managers to be allowed to be published on or offline and if it wasn't pre-approved and got published anyway would land both the gamer and interviewer in trouble and compromise future interviews/contact with the team for things like merchandise sales etc - does anyone really want that just for the chance to hear if a gamer likes boobs or ass more? -_-;;;;;
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If you want anymore interviews with any more progamers, asking if they like boobs or ass more will NOT get them for you. Proteams DO know of TL, they DO read our posts and they DO keep tabs on what's going on.
If because of a stupid interview a progamer got reprimanded, punished or (I know this is extreme but) taken off the roster, what good would that do for us in the future? It's not something I'd want to risk just for a few shits and giggles from the foreign community.
Respect other cultures, son. Stop being ignorant.
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however, asking them what their favorite female celeb is would be acceptable... hmm ideas 
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they will all probably say taeyeon or something generic.
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On July 04 2009 08:09 niteReloaded wrote:Show nested quote +On July 04 2009 07:48 NeverGG wrote:On July 04 2009 07:10 niteReloaded wrote:
This interview is better than the usual ones.. but it's still to conservative imo.
We need more questions like:
'What does your girl need to have: good boobs/good ass?'
'Do you believe in God?'
'Is there a progamer that you think is overrated?'
'Do you have brothers or sisters?'
'Whats better, summer or winter?'
something to get a feel of the guy. 4 and 5 might be pretty interesting actually, but seriously 1-3 are totally not acceptable for a gamer interview. One is completely irrelevant to anything and way too personal to ask someone who is basically a complete stranger (unless you're talking about Susie and Sea or me and FBH etc.) Three is one of the questions you wouldn't ask because the gamer would *have* to give you a diplomatic answer that basically said *nothing* about a specific name (of a gamer) because otherwise he could get into a lot of trouble with his managers/coaches and could potentially harm the relationship between the two teams. It's just not done here. Be realistic. You cannot treat a Korean progamer as you would a foreign scene one - they're in totally different situations and are governed by a very different series of rules when it comes to conduct - the closest we get to events where trash is talked and it's all pretty casual and humour based are MSL/OSL selection night and the Rival Battle Breaks - things like that are *very* rare. Personally, I don't 'believe' in 'strangers' anymore. I find it very stupid that you have to spend a bunch of time with people before you can start acting like yourself. Manners and polite behavior is so last millenium. Ask whatever you want, do whatever you want. I'd start the interview with: "You may chose to pass a question, but then we'll all think you're a pussy." soooo "elvis or MJ?" I realize not everyone thinks like me, so if you(whoever makes the interviews) have to take one thing from what I posted in this thread: -> Get their opinions on things that you can _actually_ have different opinions about. edit: I just realized this is my 2222 post. - dedicated to [NC]..YellOw -
god, how old are you lol
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On July 05 2009 10:26 SuperArc wrote:Show nested quote +On July 04 2009 08:09 niteReloaded wrote:On July 04 2009 07:48 NeverGG wrote:On July 04 2009 07:10 niteReloaded wrote:
This interview is better than the usual ones.. but it's still to conservative imo.
We need more questions like:
'What does your girl need to have: good boobs/good ass?'
'Do you believe in God?'
'Is there a progamer that you think is overrated?'
'Do you have brothers or sisters?'
'Whats better, summer or winter?'
something to get a feel of the guy. 4 and 5 might be pretty interesting actually, but seriously 1-3 are totally not acceptable for a gamer interview. One is completely irrelevant to anything and way too personal to ask someone who is basically a complete stranger (unless you're talking about Susie and Sea or me and FBH etc.) Three is one of the questions you wouldn't ask because the gamer would *have* to give you a diplomatic answer that basically said *nothing* about a specific name (of a gamer) because otherwise he could get into a lot of trouble with his managers/coaches and could potentially harm the relationship between the two teams. It's just not done here. Be realistic. You cannot treat a Korean progamer as you would a foreign scene one - they're in totally different situations and are governed by a very different series of rules when it comes to conduct - the closest we get to events where trash is talked and it's all pretty casual and humour based are MSL/OSL selection night and the Rival Battle Breaks - things like that are *very* rare. Personally, I don't 'believe' in 'strangers' anymore. I find it very stupid that you have to spend a bunch of time with people before you can start acting like yourself. Manners and polite behavior is so last millenium. Ask whatever you want, do whatever you want. I'd start the interview with: "You may chose to pass a question, but then we'll all think you're a pussy." soooo "elvis or MJ?" I realize not everyone thinks like me, so if you(whoever makes the interviews) have to take one thing from what I posted in this thread: -> Get their opinions on things that you can _actually_ have different opinions about. edit: I just realized this is my 2222 post. - dedicated to [NC]..YellOw - god, how old are you lol
He doesn't 'believe' in 'age'
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On July 05 2009 10:45 SonuvBob wrote:Show nested quote +On July 05 2009 10:26 SuperArc wrote:On July 04 2009 08:09 niteReloaded wrote:On July 04 2009 07:48 NeverGG wrote:On July 04 2009 07:10 niteReloaded wrote:
This interview is better than the usual ones.. but it's still to conservative imo.
We need more questions like:
'What does your girl need to have: good boobs/good ass?'
'Do you believe in God?'
'Is there a progamer that you think is overrated?'
'Do you have brothers or sisters?'
'Whats better, summer or winter?'
something to get a feel of the guy. 4 and 5 might be pretty interesting actually, but seriously 1-3 are totally not acceptable for a gamer interview. One is completely irrelevant to anything and way too personal to ask someone who is basically a complete stranger (unless you're talking about Susie and Sea or me and FBH etc.) Three is one of the questions you wouldn't ask because the gamer would *have* to give you a diplomatic answer that basically said *nothing* about a specific name (of a gamer) because otherwise he could get into a lot of trouble with his managers/coaches and could potentially harm the relationship between the two teams. It's just not done here. Be realistic. You cannot treat a Korean progamer as you would a foreign scene one - they're in totally different situations and are governed by a very different series of rules when it comes to conduct - the closest we get to events where trash is talked and it's all pretty casual and humour based are MSL/OSL selection night and the Rival Battle Breaks - things like that are *very* rare. Personally, I don't 'believe' in 'strangers' anymore. I find it very stupid that you have to spend a bunch of time with people before you can start acting like yourself. Manners and polite behavior is so last millenium. Ask whatever you want, do whatever you want. I'd start the interview with: "You may chose to pass a question, but then we'll all think you're a pussy." soooo "elvis or MJ?" I realize not everyone thinks like me, so if you(whoever makes the interviews) have to take one thing from what I posted in this thread: -> Get their opinions on things that you can _actually_ have different opinions about. edit: I just realized this is my 2222 post. - dedicated to [NC]..YellOw - god, how old are you lol He doesn't 'believe' in 'age'
actually thats also true
we're all just human beings that are often playing stupid roles.
there are really some society's mechanisms that don't serve us anymore.
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On July 04 2009 09:59 lilsusie wrote:
If you want anymore interviews with any more progamers, asking if they like boobs or ass more will NOT get them for you. Proteams DO know of TL, they DO read our posts and they DO keep tabs on what's going on.
If because of a stupid interview a progamer got reprimanded, punished or (I know this is extreme but) taken off the roster, what good would that do for us in the future? It's not something I'd want to risk just for a few shits and giggles from the foreign community.
Respect other cultures, son. Stop being ignorant.
Wow, you make it look like I KNOW the asian culture, but decide to act like I don't.
Still, I think the interviews could be much more interesting without any bad consequences.
Honestly, if I collected all the interviews, deleted the titles and made TL members read them and identify the player who was interviewed, I'd guess we'd have a pretty lame identification rate; they all say the same shit coz you ask questions that can't be answered in any other way.
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thanks for the interview!
2. What did you want to be before you became a progamer?
I wanted to be one of those people who sing at a bar. It has a good atmosphere ^^ I thought that you received wages doing that, but then I found out that it’s something that people do for free to get more exposure ^^;; Another thing I wanted to be was a programmer.
hahaha i thought this was funny :D
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On July 09 2009 08:37 niteReloaded wrote:Show nested quote +On July 04 2009 09:59 lilsusie wrote:
If you want anymore interviews with any more progamers, asking if they like boobs or ass more will NOT get them for you. Proteams DO know of TL, they DO read our posts and they DO keep tabs on what's going on.
If because of a stupid interview a progamer got reprimanded, punished or (I know this is extreme but) taken off the roster, what good would that do for us in the future? It's not something I'd want to risk just for a few shits and giggles from the foreign community.
Respect other cultures, son. Stop being ignorant. Wow, you make it look like I KNOW the asian culture, but decide to act like I don't. Still, I think the interviews could be much more interesting without any bad consequences. Honestly, if I collected all the interviews, deleted the titles and made TL members read them and identify the player who was interviewed, I'd guess we'd have a pretty lame identification rate; they all say the same shit coz you ask questions that can't be answered in any other way.
This kind of thing has come up in dozens of threads. Our western culture is a lot more open, taboo and risky vs the asian one. While yes, their interviews are boring, the best way to find more variation would be to ask things like.. who's your favorite singer, what was your dream as a child, what do you like to do when not playing SC, etc. Even then, even if they enjoy hookers and booze, they would NEVER admit to that. This is a very very conservative culture. Everything they do is usually going to be away from the public eye. =/ Just be mindful when trying to inject your views on a culture you don't know anything about. Not everyone thinks like you do.
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HonestTea
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On July 10 2009 12:11 lilsusie wrote:Show nested quote +On July 09 2009 08:37 niteReloaded wrote:On July 04 2009 09:59 lilsusie wrote:
If you want anymore interviews with any more progamers, asking if they like boobs or ass more will NOT get them for you. Proteams DO know of TL, they DO read our posts and they DO keep tabs on what's going on.
If because of a stupid interview a progamer got reprimanded, punished or (I know this is extreme but) taken off the roster, what good would that do for us in the future? It's not something I'd want to risk just for a few shits and giggles from the foreign community.
Respect other cultures, son. Stop being ignorant. Wow, you make it look like I KNOW the asian culture, but decide to act like I don't. Still, I think the interviews could be much more interesting without any bad consequences. Honestly, if I collected all the interviews, deleted the titles and made TL members read them and identify the player who was interviewed, I'd guess we'd have a pretty lame identification rate; they all say the same shit coz you ask questions that can't be answered in any other way. This kind of thing has come up in dozens of threads. Our western culture is a lot more open, taboo and risky vs the asian one. While yes, their interviews are boring, the best way to find more variation would be to ask things like.. who's your favorite singer, what was your dream as a child, what do you like to do when not playing SC, etc. Even then, even if they enjoy hookers and booze, they would NEVER admit to that. This is a very very conservative culture. Everything they do is usually going to be away from the public eye. =/ Just be mindful when trying to inject your views on a culture you don't know anything about. Not everyone thinks like you do.
No, it's not a cultural thing.
It's the gamer/pro divide.
You think they are gamers and kids. Yes, but they are also professionals.
Are you going to ask lawyers if they like boobs or ass, about their religion, or to diss other lawyers in the after-court interview?
Even in America, pro athletes are reluctant to answer such questions.
People need to remember that these kids are professionals. Yes they are kids, but they are people who are paid to do what they do, they have bosses and parent companies with public images, just like any other professional, and thus they need to control what they say in any setting.
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I missed this the first time, but I want to...
Bump, partly because it's a great interview (with TL!!) with an awesome player that shows the candidness of Violet, and also partly because of the current circumstances involving Violet (If you haven't already, check the Messages for Violet and the Going Violet for Violet threads), and I wanted everyone to appreciate what an awesome person he is.
Edit: I was hyperlinked into this interview through the power rank thread, but how do you navigate into the "Forum index > articles" section? I've been trying for some time now and i can't figure it out.
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I think this thread deserves a good bump too, My reasons are as a starcraft fan who only started go seriously with starcraft pro gaming , I may have missed out interviews like these as a kt fan these interview gave us a whole lot of insight in to what violet thoughts and life . So hoping new kt fan's will at least read these interview know more about the players they are supporting . Always hoping violet to recover well . KT rolster is waiting for you hyung !.
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Great read, I read the whole thread, definitely bumpworthy.
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