[Interview] Ro8 Day1 Winners - Page 2

I was also not expecting Hiya to win today(Laughs). It's because free's PvT is so good. But after watching today's game, I thought we might meet in the finals.

How do you feel about winning the first set?
Luckily I had a lot of practice time. I experienced something when I played Violet hyung last week in the proleague.

What did you feel?
I think I could have won that last game too if I had gone for a management game while splitting the map in half. Unfortunately, I lost while playing my old style. I definitely learned a lot that game.

You concentrated hard on defense.
The concept was to defend. I made lots of vessels and focused on defence. As a result, I relied on scans to detect his carrier timing.

Is your play style changing because of your desire to win in the individual leagues?
It's actually more because I had a lot of time. With lots of opportunity to practice, I was able to invest lots of time and master this kind of play. I want to become more unpredictable and to do that I need to have a variety of play styles. For sure it's a lot harder than focusing on one strategy, but I'll work hard from now on to improve that.

How are you going to prepare for the remaining sets?
This is my first time in a bo5 like this. It's still a bit weird to me, and I have two games to prepare for in the Proleague. I really don't prepare builds when practicing. I think if I practice like how I have before, I may be able to win.

Are you confident about the remaining sets?
I'm kinda close with Free hyung. Normally I'm pretty busy that I can't practice with him and plus I usually don't practice with other teams. Even just before the first set, we talked.in the waiting room. But a match is a match. I hope to have fun games in the next sets.

Anything you want to add?
Our team's proleague standings aren't so good. I hope we can pull it up. Because my ro16 and ro8 opponents were all protosses, my protoss teammates helped me a lot. I want to show with my TvP that Oz protosses aren't weak.

How do you feel about beating FLASH?
I'm glad that I won the first set, but I feel like I still have a long way to go. Because he's the best player, playing against him is very exciting.

What kind of strategy did you prepare today?
I wanted to do a FE, then use wraiths and transition into a management game. But Flash scouted my proxy rax very fast so I didn't feel like I started very well.

You beat Baby in a long management game too in the Ro16
I positioned really bad and my situation kinda sucked. Somehow it turned to a BC fight and I had experience of playing with Baby before so I thought I could win.

Your late-game is very good. Do you prefer playing longer games?
I don't prefer it, but my hands don't warm up very well. I think they become more and more warmed up as the game goes on.

Your 7 expo was destroyed. Wasn't it dangerous?
I intentionally threw 7 away. While throwing 7, I planned to attack his production facilities with BCs. If I had tried to defend 7, I probably would have lost. I thought it was the only chance to win for me.

How do you feel about the split Bo5s?
Splitting Bo5s lets me understand the map better and practice more so I think it's good. Since Flash is so busy, I think I had more time to practice.

How are you going to prepare for the remaining sets?
My goal is to go 2:2 to play a 5-match Bo5. I want to play Flash a lot. Honestly I came today expecting to have more of a learning game. I'm glad that I won.

Did your team help you?
They let me practice for the Individual leagues and cheered me to do well today.

Anything else?
I want to thank my teammates so much. We lost to CJ yesterday. I played in the last set, and I want to apologize to my coach for the disappointment.