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Lee Je Dong (Jaedong), “I think I may have let my guard down a bit.”
I may have advanced partly due to maps
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I may have advanced partly due to maps
Q: You advanced to the Semifinals after a hard fought full-set Bo5.
A: I fought a much harder battle than I had expected. Even though I won, it was a really difficult set of games. Snow seems to have prepared extremely well, and I was surprised at how good his harassment play was.
Q: What did you think of Snow’s play today?
A: I do think I let my guard down a bit, and that’s something I need to reflect on and try not to repeat. To be honest, I’ve been losing a lot since this morning in practice, and I did kind of have a bad feeling about this series. And accordingly, coming into the series today I didn’t play as well as I could have. I did win, but I feel iffy about it.
Q: Snow’s High Templar harassment was top-notch.
A: With my style, I’m usually not very vulnerable to harassment. So I was pretty confident in that regard, but I ended up getting harassed at almost a dizzying pace. Because of that, I ended up even allowing a comeback in a game I was ahead in (*sigh*).
Q: Which game was the most difficult?
A: Set 4 on Benzene was the hardest. Snow came prepared with a build that I did not anticipate. Combined with that, getting harassed just once I couldn’t really focus that well. I was really disappointed with that game partly because Benzene was my most confident map. It even made me think to myself that I may lose the last set; I entered the last set with a ‘we'll see what happens’ sort of attitude.
Q: You’ve made it to the semi-finals 5 seasons in a row now. This is a chance to wash away the unpleasant memories of two silvers in an MSL in a row. I feel like you’ll be confident because the semi-final will be against a Zerg.
A: It is quite amazing. It is quite satisfying that I’ve been in the semi-finals for almost a year now. [T/N: This is not a translation error; I realize that 5 seasons is more than a year and almost approaching two years. That’s just what the interview says.] Firstly my goal is a gold, and I am confident in meeting a Zerg in the semi-final, but as long as I don’t underestimate my opponent and play to the best of my abilities I feel like I could win.
Q: What do you think were the major factors involved in winning this series?
A: I didn’t think I’d win on Triathlon. I was so confident in winning on Benzene and Circuit Breaker that I hardly practiced at all for Triathlon. So I thought ‘I should try to win the rest of maps as much as I can’ but winning set 3 was really the winning point for me, I think.
Q: Any last words?
A: Thanks for the teammates that helped me practice and thanks to Killer for giving me advice on builds. Yesterday and today, the coach and the manager both gave me lots of support, and I think that helped. I do feel like my fans will be a little worried about my play recently. I feel like Snow played extremely well, but I advanced at least partly because of maps. I had a good experience today, and I learned something too, so I’d like to take home the winning trophy without causing too much distress to my fans.
Kim Myung Woon (Zero), “This is my prime chance for a championship.”
I want to face Kal in the semi-finals
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I want to face Kal in the semi-finals
Q: This is the first semi-finals in five seasons.
A: I’ve had this quarterfinals jinx for a while now. I think this is because of the mental pressure I face before really important games. Today I think I advanced without those sort of pressures. I’m still having a kind of difficult time appreciating the fact that I am in the semi-finals.
Q: Your advancement to the semi-finals was easier than expected.
A: I did come to the stadium aiming for a 3-0. I won with some luck in set 2, so I feel like that helped me solve set 3 patiently.
Q: There is a prevailing opinion that the maps are favored for Zergs.
A: I don’t think it really favors Zergs that much. There are certainly maps good for Protoss. I personally think that just as much as there are maps that favor Zergs, there are two maps that favor Protoss as well. Luckily, I think the order of the maps favored me in this series though. I thought the maps that favored Zergs over Protoss were positioned at the beginning of the series, giving me an advantage to win.
Q: After a 2-0 lead, I feel like you would have felt that you had a good chance at taking the series with Dante’s Peak as the third set.
A: I did think that, but I shook off the thought immediately considering such thoughts could lead to my defeat. I tried to focus on the game immediately.
Q: You are now the team captain.
A: It was actually decided before announcement within our team. Even in yesterday’s game I was taking on the role of captain of our team. I have seniority over most members of my team, and even in age I am older than most other members as well. As a team leader, I need to show leadership, so I feel that my ambition for winning my matches has grown as well. I will take the position of team leader with good responsibility.
Q: Did your loss streak in Proleague affect your games today?
A: It’s been kind of hard for me recently because of my stagnant results in Proleague. But the games I need to play are there, so I tried to focus my best on the games that were right in front of me. It would be a lie to say that the losses didn’t affect me at all, but I thought that I needed to work my hardest for the upcoming sets.
Q: Who do you want to face in the semi-finals?
A: Honestly, it is more comfortable for me to face Kal. Not only is he a Protoss, but I am ahead in head-to-head statistics, so I think I’ll be more comfortable if he makes it to the semi-finals.
Q: You must be ambitious about a championship.
A: I think this is my prime time for a championship. With me gaining some age, I feel like my hand movements have slowed down a bit, so I think I need to win right now (laughs). I really do want to win.
Q: Any last words?
A: There is a Proleague match on Sunday. It’s the last match before the Lunar New Year, and our team’s been kind of in the dumps recently due to us not been doing so well recently, but I really want us to win, and go into the holiday with a relaxed mind.
Congratulations to Jaedong for taking the series after a well-fought, extremely awesome set of games!
Kudos to Snow, my favorite rookie, for putting up the games of your life, and showing us that you are capable of great things
Congrats to Zero, for getting a well-deserved advancement far into the leagues after a long time!
As for Stork, dual-leaguing is hard, and I wish you the best in the OSL Finals anyway.
Also, totally unrelated to this topic, but best of luck to Violet; get well soon.
