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[Interview] MBC vs Hwaseung Oz Winners

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themonkyguy
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Australia149 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-20 16:50:28
December 20 2010 16:50 GMT
#1

Winner: MBC

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(T)Light

- How did you feel after the match ended?
▲ All the match-up came up exactly the same as we predicted, and we all got the opponent that we prepared for. Although the games looked very easy, but the preparation for them were extremely difficult. We think that this is a very valuable victory.

- You caught (Z)Jaedong again after round 1.
▲ During the first round, Jaedong tend to play in protoss favored maps, and it was not what I expected. But he also play in balanced maps so I did prepare for it somewhat. Jaedong is likely to play on this map today so I prepared to play against him. To beat Jaedong with protoss or zerg is very difficult, so I prepared especially on maps that him or another zerg will likely to play on. On the contrary, Jaedong didn't seem to have prepared for ZvT much.

- Your record against (Z)Jaedong is at 9:10.
▲ I don't really pay much attention to records, but he is number 2 on Kespa ranking and is one of the best player, so it's very hard to play against him. However terran does have a slight advantage in the matchup so I feel that it is still playable.

- Sea was brought up on set 4, were you anticipating a 4:0 win?
▲ No, Hwaseung is a very difficulty opponent, we were even prepared to go to the ace match. Especially since if it does go to ace match, there is a very high chance that it will be Jaedong, so it is very hard. There aren't anyone on the team that can take down Jaedong for sure. We couldn't afford to be careless in any of the games today.

- You were in a dangerous position when you lost your first bunker, was that how you assessed the situation?
▲ I thought that I must defend it at all cost. It was dangerous when his zergling broke in. I thought that I might have lost the game before my medics came out, but when I saw his zergling reinforcement I knew he is doing an all-in.

- Your win today brought your win-rate back to 50%
▲ Thinking back to last season, I was like this during round 1 and 2 also. I only started to change people's opinion during the winner's league. I wanted to play well too. I am working very hard now, so I will not be too concerned over short term results. I'm beginning to develop a mindset where I enjoy the game, and I'm preparing each match seriously.

- Next opponent is SKT.
▲ SKT's current form is shaky, so they will be desperate to win. However we are desperate to win also. We only have 2 match remaining in round 2 and both are against higher ranked teams. We will prepare very seriously for both match and we must win.

- Will you attend the eSports Award on Wednesday?
▲ I'm still very far away from being awarded (laugh). To be honest I don't really care for it much. I don't care about records and I don't wish for awards. I have already set my own record in the winner's league and I'm very satisfied with that. Of course it would be nice to get something from the eSports Award, but it will require alot more hard work for it to be possible. Only the best players should be awarded, and attending the Awards this time in all honesty has little meaning for me.

- Any last thoughts?
▲ I have been preparing for Bloody Ridge, but I always seem to bump into protoss. I practiced 300 games in 3 days and the map really felt protoss favored. Thats why I really hoped that (Z)Jaedong would play on Bloody Ridge today. Before I came to the match, coach (P)Pusan did some practice with me and pwned me, his skills are still the same as before, maybe he should play next time (laugh). Today is the first time we won 4:1, I hope we can win more in the future.

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No other players were interviewed apparently...

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Original: fomos.kr
CJ Entusman #48 (-_-)
tenacity
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
1587 Posts
December 20 2010 17:07 GMT
#2
holy fuck. 300 games in 3 days? wtf man. i always thought that light is super cocky, but he seems to be very humble and a nice person. he gained a fan
It does not need to be fun to be fun.
zerious
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3803 Posts
December 20 2010 17:16 GMT
#3
On December 21 2010 02:07 tenacity wrote:
holy fuck. 300 games in 3 days? wtf man. i always thought that light is super cocky, but he seems to be very humble and a nice person. he gained a fan


crazy stuff

And Coach Pusan still monsterrr
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
December 20 2010 17:20 GMT
#4
thats like 16hours/day, way to massgame:=) congratz light and thnx for the interview
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
Getz
Profile Joined April 2010
United States559 Posts
December 20 2010 17:20 GMT
#5
On December 21 2010 02:07 tenacity wrote:
holy fuck. 300 games in 3 days? wtf man. i always thought that light is super cocky, but he seems to be very humble and a nice person. he gained a fan


Yeah, wow 300 games is insane.
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Elefanto
Profile Joined May 2010
Switzerland3584 Posts
December 20 2010 17:21 GMT
#6
100 games a day?
WTF?
This is insane, i never thought they would train this ridiculously hard O.O

Mad props for the discipline
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alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
December 20 2010 17:27 GMT
#7
COACH PUSAN?
how come i dont recall him becoming a coach T___T thats sad ! D: but well at laest hes still spirit tossing the shit out of Light! lolol

300 games in 3 days GG insane.
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_Quasar_
Profile Joined October 2010
Russian Federation4405 Posts
December 20 2010 17:33 GMT
#8
btw maybe the reason for OZ fail is that they haven't got a strong former player as a coach? (the mentioning of how (P)Pusan "pwned" (T)Light led me to thinking so)
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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
December 20 2010 17:55 GMT
#9
Is that just an exaggeration, or do ya think he really played 100 games a day? O_o That would be insane!

Thanks!
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Caos2
Profile Joined November 2008
United States1728 Posts
December 20 2010 17:56 GMT
#10
Thanks for the translation!

LOL @ Pusan's beating Light. I really enjoyed Spirit Toss' matches.
Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
December 20 2010 18:00 GMT
#11
I'm at a loss as to how you can actually play 100 games in 1 day. I don't think there could possibly be enough time.
I say he's exaggerating and it's more like 30/day.
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Malinor
Profile Joined November 2008
Germany4733 Posts
December 20 2010 18:07 GMT
#12
On December 21 2010 02:55 Holgerius wrote:
Is that just an exaggeration, or do ya think he really played 100 games a day? O_o That would be insane!

Thanks!


I am pretty sure it's an exaggeration for the number of games played, but as Stylish pointed out, he probably just played 16hours a day on the same map, so what does it actually matter how many games it really was^^.
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_Quasar_
Profile Joined October 2010
Russian Federation4405 Posts
December 20 2010 18:22 GMT
#13
On December 21 2010 03:00 Lightwip wrote:
I'm at a loss as to how you can actually play 100 games in 1 day. I don't think there could possibly be enough time.
I say he's exaggerating and it's more like 30/day.

There are 1440 minutes in the day, so... if you play without sleep 24/7 your games must last for an average of 14-15 minutes... wtf for this, when a) TvT and TvP usually last more, b) Light obviously had to sleep :D
For the Swarm!!! Jaedong & Neo_G.Soulkey fan.
valaki
Profile Joined June 2009
Hungary2476 Posts
December 20 2010 18:35 GMT
#14
On December 21 2010 03:22 _Quasar_ wrote:
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On December 21 2010 03:00 Lightwip wrote:
I'm at a loss as to how you can actually play 100 games in 1 day. I don't think there could possibly be enough time.
I say he's exaggerating and it's more like 30/day.

There are 1440 minutes in the day, so... if you play without sleep 24/7 your games must last for an average of 14-15 minutes... wtf for this, when a) TvT and TvP usually last more, b) Light obviously had to sleep :D


Practicing for a map is a bit different i think. Maybe a lot of them were only building placement practices, and other kind of short games.
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Tomken
Profile Joined January 2010
Norway1144 Posts
December 20 2010 18:40 GMT
#15
Yeah, gief Pusan back, sup with going coach when he's prosuuuu
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Ryo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
8787 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-20 19:00:03
December 20 2010 18:56 GMT
#16
Without Pusan as coach, Jaehoon and Tyson wouldn't be doing so well. Last season Pusan was supposedly playing really well in practice too but he got too nervous on the televised stage and lost more matches than he should have. So it's a good thing he moved on to coaching.

Given the standard of MBC's practice partners, Light's games probably weren't that long. 50+ games a day is very possible.

I wish they had interviewed Saint too, it's been awhile since he got an interview and today he played solidly.

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Thanks for translating! Much appreciated
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_Quasar_
Profile Joined October 2010
Russian Federation4405 Posts
December 20 2010 19:16 GMT
#17
Oh yes Jaehoon is doing so well in this PL, I'm a fan of him (and also because he is known as Jaedong's best friend ^_^ ). But seriously, Jaehoon is so good at macro, and his multitask doesn't suck too. When he is friends with his nerves he looks just too fearsome
For the Swarm!!! Jaedong & Neo_G.Soulkey fan.
tenacity
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
1587 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-20 20:24:45
December 20 2010 20:24 GMT
#18
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It does not need to be fun to be fun.
Ryo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
8787 Posts
December 20 2010 20:37 GMT
#19
On December 21 2010 05:24 tenacity wrote:
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Kim Ki Hoon, aka (P)Lazy, the player estro picked up from the previous Courage draft.

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GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
December 20 2010 21:38 GMT
#20
Wow 100 games a day GG.
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SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
December 20 2010 21:46 GMT
#21
However terran does have a slight advantage in the matchup so I feel that it is still playable.


Indeed -_-
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
TheDefiler_Saves
Profile Joined December 2010
Norway97 Posts
December 20 2010 23:32 GMT
#22
Thanks alot for this interview.

These mindgames about who they will send out on the different maps are really intriguing.
tryummm
Profile Joined August 2009
774 Posts
December 21 2010 05:16 GMT
#23
If his average game was 10 minutes (Which is very short) that would be 17 hours/day. I call bullshit on this one. If he didn't sleep/eat/go to the bathroom and his games were over 14.4 minutes on average...this would be mathematically impossible.
moopie
Profile Joined July 2009
12605 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-21 06:22:16
December 21 2010 05:30 GMT
#24
On December 21 2010 14:16 tryummm wrote:
If his average game was 10 minutes (Which is very short) that would be 17 hours/day. I call bullshit on this one. If he didn't sleep/eat/go to the bathroom and his games were over 14.4 minutes on average...this would be mathematically impossible.

Not every practice game needs to be finished all the way through. If he is training his opener, he only needs to play a few minutes before seeing what he and his opponent are both planning, and compare army compositions for the early game. If he or his opponent blunders at one poin, which happens when testing new builds/timings, they can restart as well.
I'm going to sleep, let me get some of that carpet.
Invictus
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Singapore2697 Posts
December 21 2010 08:18 GMT
#25
hes probably learning how to bunker rush protoss every game. j/k.

probably he is just going through certain parts of the early game and learning how to defend early ling pressure(sea vs shine)
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Womwomwom
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
5930 Posts
December 21 2010 08:32 GMT
#26
Its probably an exaggeration. Pretty sure he just means he grinded hard to bring his play level back to a decent level...I wouldn't take it too literally.

Either way, I'm pretty sure he just spent a lot of time testing out new simcities to better deal with early pressure. His funnel simcity against Jaedong was particularly different from the many complete walls or depot/bunker combinations you often see from most terrans.
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