[Translation] Flash Interview on FOMOS - Page 3

On October 31 2009 06:16 okum wrote:

I hope this new protoss build isn't the next 14cc or no turrets. To be honest, as highly as I rate Flash and would like to get my hopes up, I don't expect him to be able to fundamentally change the TvP matchup after all these years.

If his last couple of TvP games contain elements of this new strategy then it just seems to be about increased dropship usage. This impression could be completely wrong though. (My dream would be that he has figured out how to use bio effectively against protoss... but that's not going to happen.)

On October 31 2009 04:56 Letmelose wrote:
Q: So nerves don’t affect you now?
A: Nope (laughs). I still get nervous. I took medications to help with my nerves even after I won for the first time. I won on televised matches, but the games were not indicative of my skill level. On the few occasions that I perform up to my practice games’ standards I mention it during my interviews. Regular fans don’t know much about the level of gaming that goes on in the practice room. Even now, I can’t play as well as I did during practice. If I’m to be blunt, I rarely lose during practice. It doesn’t matter whether I play my teammates, or even Bisu or Jaedong. I think if I play as well as I do during practice there’s no reason to be the underdog against these players.

Q: Your display of skill on television is ridiculously high nonetheless.
A: I think I am able to represent eighty to ninety percentage of my skill level. However, that ten percent difference is critical. It was especially so in my recent match against FBH. I was able to smile because my team won, but I was very unsatisfied with my game. People said that I played well, but I did not think so.

Q: If so, were there any games that you were truly satisfied with afterwards?
A: The come-back game against FBH was okay, and I was very happy with my performance in the GomTV Invitational finals back then. My match against Jaedong on Harmony was okay as well. I think the game I played against Mind on Othello displayed the full hundred percent of my capabilities.

On October 31 2009 06:01 Letmelose wrote:


Stork rules. He plays WoW more than Starcraft, watches Japanese animes while others contemplate build-orders for their next opponent, dates his cute looking girlfriend and once in a while practices Starcraft if he feels like it.

Yet he somehow remains as one of the best protosses in the world for five years running. He has his life figured out. Bisu can go show off his probe control that he practiced for seven hours the day before only to get smashed to the ground by 1a2a3a hydralisk wave from Shine. Stork has this all figured out. When the maps get protoss friendly again, he'll probably add another silver medal to his already extensive collection.