After a rough discussion, translators (take note!) will (or should) not be putting ' [spoilers] ' tag in the topic title from now onwards, since the existence of an interview already implies that there would be spoilers in the content.
Contains spoilers for Flash vs Iris GOM Grand Finals
FireFist: "I am happy to have performed an all-kill." "I think the results of my intensive training after putting aside thoughts of under-performing are now showing."
- Your thoughts on performing an all-kill? ▲ It is tough for a progamer to perform an all-kill, and despite this being an event league, I still feel rather proud about it.
- Were you confident in performing the all-kill? ▲ I was. I did not feel any pressure to force myself to think that I had to play more games no matter what.
- When did you feel that you could 100% perform an all-kill? ▲ After defeating Hydra on Heartbreak Ridge, I expected sKyHigh to make an appearance on Andromeda, which was the following map. But when they (CJ) sent out Orion instead, I felt I had a chance to perform an all-kill.
- You were not very active in the Proleague 08-09 season. ▲ Even up til Round 3, I was in the A-team but I kept under-performing so I was demoted to the B-team. Initially, I didn't think much about it, but after seeing other players playing and winning games, I wanted to go out and play games as well. That is why I practiced very hard, hence the results today.
- You seem to be performing well in this STX Masters cup. ▲ I think that after not performing so well in Round 4, as well as being eliminated from both leagues, I had a lot to think about. Thinking about the game itself a lot helped me improve my management abilities, and practicing in a server where many progamers play on helped me as well.
- Your final opponent was EffOrt. Did you feel any pressure at all? ▲ I personally think that in a ZvZ, odds are 50:50. I think I was able to win easily today because EffOrt played just as I expected him to.
- With the end of the Proleague 08-09 season, you must have very little games to play. How do you feel? ▲ As a progamer, it is not a good thing. That is why I am practicing hard for the STX cup. Flash won the GomTV Classic yesterday, so he will now be able to play with us as usual once again. With our current momentum, I think we can even aim for the finals.
- You will be facing Hite next. ▲ In today's match against CJ, the first half of the maps benefit the zergs, while against Hite, it is the second half. That is why, like today, it might be possible to snipe their players.
- A short comment about the next season. ▲ It feels that I haven't been performing well lately. There are many times where I grow too cocky, so now I will work hard to not let my guard down and be a good enough player like Flash.
- Any final words? ▲ I am thankful towards my teammates who helped me with practice, as well as my coaching staff who gave me the chance to play today. HoeJJa and I have played as our team's zergs often in this STX cup, so I hope Luxury and 815 can play in the next match and record some wins too.
Thanks for the translation, kona. I always thought FireFist had the most badass ID in progaming. I'm glad he's living up to it. Also his shirt is awesome.
Concerning spoilers... for the title edit and future titles maybe consider making sure "Interview" is viewable from the sidebar? Right now it's on the far right, so people browsing from the sidebar won't know it's an interview... until it's too late =O
On August 17 2009 23:44 EchOne wrote: Concerning spoilers... for the title edit and future titles maybe consider making sure "Interview" is viewable from the sidebar? Right now it's on the far right, so people browsing from the sidebar won't know it's an interview... until it's too late =O
Taken note. Thanks for the feedback!
Edit: Can somebody change the title to " [Interview] Masters - CJ vs Olleh KT Winners" ?
On August 17 2009 23:44 EchOne wrote: Concerning spoilers... for the title edit and future titles maybe consider making sure "Interview" is viewable from the sidebar? Right now it's on the far right, so people browsing from the sidebar won't know it's an interview... until it's too late =O
Yep, this is a good point. The vast majority of readers will reach these translations from the sidebar, and there is no way to tell they are interviews unless it's in the first few words. Maybe just a tag like [Int] or something? The better reason to include such a tag early in the title is to make your translations easily searchable (would it need to be 4 characters then?) and attract interview-loving, sidebar-reading TLers.
I really don't think this is a big deal though...people are smart enough to figure out that a topic titled after an event, sitting in BW after that event has been played is going to contain spoilers.
And more generally, I think the entire "anti-spoiler" culture in the foreign SC scene is just ridiculous. Every forumgoer goes head over heels to make sure that a SC news site hides SC news...it's just bizarre. It should be the responsibility of those who don't want to be spoiled to keep themselves away from SC news sites, not the responsibility of everyone at those sites to protect them from their own weird viewing habits. This is especially true now that watching live is so easy and VODs are so immediately available.
tl;dr way to go kona, spoiler tags in interview titles were a useless encumbrance.
On August 18 2009 00:38 MrHoon wrote: I find it funny that instead of Luxury and 815 racking wins up, it's HoeJJa and FireFist; the exact polar opposite.
And good luck next game against hite KT! You guys are doing really good!
FireFist probably has played the most games on Iccup ever. Great interview, i always knew he had good potential, so i always was surprised why he underperforms so much. Talk about a huge difference between practice and tv games.
I remember it always being a pain to watch Firefist's games (vs Backho's offensive gg? and his failed sunken rush on Colosseum). I'm glad he's doing well now.
So I'm sure FireFist is getting a raise now haha. What a turn around. From B team to AKing CJ. KT has so much potential except no one is consistent besides Flash lol. If everyone was consistent KT would be unstoppable.
First I was shocked and didn't believe it, Firefist allkilled CJ. But guess it have to be true. Very impressive.
On August 17 2009 23:44 EchOne wrote: Thanks for the translation, kona. I always thought FireFist had the most badass ID in progaming. I'm glad he's living up to it. Also his shirt is awesome.
You just got to love that shirt, it sure did make me smile
congrats to firefist. At first I thought there would be no way he could all-kill but after seeing CJ send out hydra and then orion, and basically letting him warm up, i kinda expected him to beat effort
On August 18 2009 03:58 GrimAngel wrote: congrats to firefist. At first I thought there would be no way he could all-kill but after seeing CJ send out hydra and then orion, and basically letting him warm up, i kinda expected him to beat effort
This is a really good point. If there was anything the winner's league taught us it's that players that have a chance to sit down through a game or two are much more likely to keep winning.
EPT
FireFist: "I am happy to have performed an all-kill."![[image loading]](http://fomos.kr/board/interview/1250509143_1.jpg)
sKyHigh to make an appearance on Andromeda, which was the following map. But when they (CJ) sent out 
