[Interview] OSL Ro36 Day 2 Winners

Sea： The chance of the Korean team advancing to ro16 is more than 60%.



-Thoughts on advancing to ro16?
▲ The first game went smoothly, I thought the second game would be the same but I made alot of mistakes and lost. I'm still very confident in game 3 though, great's management is very good, so it was a matter of luck to win.

-How did the matches feel?
▲ Since I haven't played in the OSL for awhile now, I was pretty nervous. However I felt like I must advance, so I managed to keep my focus during the games.

-Through winning the wildcard, you only had to play one bo3.
▲ I'm glad that it was there, it made advancing so much easier.

-Did you get less practice time due to watching the world cup?
▲ Yesterday our coach jokingly said, there OSL matches today and SPL matches tomorrow, how the heck can you guys still watch the world cup? It gave us abit of a shock (laugh), but in the end he bought us some watermelons and we watched it together.

-What were your thoughts on the game against Argentina?
▲ Argentina is very strong, so it was no surprise that we lost. But we really did played badly in the second half, and losing 1-4 made us very sad. The fact that 3 of the goals came from Higuain but not Messi gave me mixed feelings.

-What do you think was the reason for the loss?
▲ In the first half I thought we did ok defending Messi, but in hindsight he seemed to have switched position with Veron then, and once he switched back in the second half everything went bad. Plus Park Chu-Young's own goal in the first half kind of opened the floodgate. We played well before then but that own goal messed up our rhythem. Also Yeom Ki-Hun wasted his chance with his solo effort.

-What are you thoughts on the game against Nigeria?
▲ Argentina should beat Greece even if they send a team of substitutes, so we'll be fine as long as we play well against Nigeria.

-Any last thoughts?
▲ I hope our national team will do play the game against Nigeria well and advance to ro16, wince we only needed a draw, we have a very good chance of advancing, more than 60%.

free： I can finally get a taste of the group selection.



-Thoughts on qualifying for OSL ro16 for the first time?
▲ My win rate during practice was pretty good. Calm went for cheesy moves in both games today and I defended it, so it felt like I won it easy and I'm very happy. I thought the matches are gonna be hard at the start.

-Your DTs was very effective in the first game.
▲ It would have been better if they came out quicker, but the hydras came too quickly so it was abit hard to defend. I was very lucky that the DTs were effective.

-You blocked your opponent's all-in perfectly in the second game.
▲ I pretty much could guess his opening. Although I didn't expected a lurker drop, but my opening is safe against most strategies, so I was confident that I could defend it. During practice I asked Crazy-Hydra to try using all of the all-in strategies against me, and this was one of them.

-You have yet to lose any games this OSL.
▲ I'm very happy, I wasn't in a very good shape against Canata the other day, so I hope I can play better in the future.

-You have been playing for a long time, and yet you are now a royal road candidate.
▲ I'm very happy to be able to step onto the OSL stage. Since I won so easily, that reality haven't really hit me yet. I'm very looking forward to the coming games.

-This will be your first time participating in group selection ceremony.
▲ Many players wear proper suits in the group ceremony, ZerO looked very cute, but his height is a little...no, I promised him that I would only say good things about him (laugh). In the group selections ZerO dressed very properly, he was short but very cute, I hope I can do something special in my first group selection ceremony.

-What kind of group are you hoping to get in ro16?
▲ When I first saw the ro36 groups I thought Calm is a very strong player, I thought if I can beat him then I will be confident to get through no matter who my ro16 opponent is. However I don't want to meet Flash too soon (laugh). Since he will be an eventual opponent, I hope I can meet him deeper into the tournament.

-Anything you want to say to the Stargirls?
▲ In my previous interview I didn't really meant that I 'like' them, it was just a random comment. But now everyone thinks I like them and I was too embarrassed to talk to them today. They are really pretty though.

-Which Stargirl is prettier?
▲ They are both very pretty, but I personally liked Choi Un-ae. (T/N: I believe that's the one usually on the right hand side booth)

-Any last thoughts?
▲ Due to having to prepare for SPL, there wasn't alot of time for practice, but many of our zerg players still helped me the best they can, and I'm very thankful to them. I also want to thank all of the fans that has been supporting me, especially those who was wearing my mask and cheering for me when I first entered the scene. I've never been able to advance in OSL, and I'm deeply regretful towards them. This is only the first time I talk about them since I was always too shy to bring it up, but they have always been supporting me loyally ever since I started without any results. Now I finally understood how important their support is to me, so I hope they will continue to cheer for me like always after they saw this interview (smile).

Hyuk： I'm so happy I don't even know what to say.


(T/N: some happy face you've got there lol)

-Thoughts on advancing to OSL ro16 for the first time?
▲ I don't even know what to say, I'm just happy.

-You played both your games aggressively.
▲ During practice I usually play management games, but sometimes I get gut feelings during matches that I can win with aggressive play, so I chose to play that way.

-During the first game it felt like your attack had been blocked.
▲ After I took out my opponent's bunker, he thought I ran out of zerglings and I successfully lured him out of his base. It was a mind game and if I could take out his army then I would be in an advantage.

-You controlled your mutas well in the second game.
▲ As a professional player, everyone can control like that during practice, but some players make mistakes during live games because they are nervous.

-Your older brother Park Sung Joon (ex-Samsung player, possibly ZergMaN?) helped you alot.
▲ He told me alot about RuBy's favorite strategies, plus he has similar playstyle to me, so it helped me alot.

-You used to be very inconsistent, but you seem to have become more solid now.
▲ I did used to be very inconsistent, I was scared that if I get eliminated again I would go back to the way I was. But I felt that the OSL stage is very beautiful so I decided that I must advance this time.

-You are usually a very quiet person, so we are looking forward to your performance in the groups selection ceremony.
▲ I'm usually very talkative, but I become lost for words as soon as I get in the front of the cameras. I'm the most talkative person in my team, and since I don't know when I'll ever get into a group selection again, I should definitely talk more.

-If you can talk as much as BeSt that would be good enough.
▲ It takes 10 minutes to travel between the training room and the living quarters, and BeSt can talk non-stop during that time, but actually I still talk more than he does.

-Your older brother's best result in the OSL was fifth place.
▲ I saw it online before, people say the older brother played so well, so why does the younger brother suck? I hope my performance from now on won't let me hear those comments again.

-How did you feel watching the world cup?
▲ Watching the game made me feel uneasy. Although I didn't want to over criticize them, they did played very badly. I don't know that much about football, but we really shouldn't concede that many goals. Yeom Ki-Hun's solo effort was such a pity.

-Any last words?
▲ Lately in order to improve my consistency, the coach gave me alot of very good directions, and I'm very thankful to him. I hope I can perform better in the future.