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[Interview] ACE vs Team8 Winner

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rotinegg
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1719 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-07 13:12:45
December 06 2011 14:23 GMT
#1
Hot-Player (P)Tyson "Priority is Being a Good Backup"

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Team8 is a collection of ace's. Hwaseung OZ's (Z)Jaedong and (Z)Killer, Wemade Fox's (T)BaBy, and MBC Game's (T)Sea, (P)Jaehoon and (P)Tyson were designated as their respective teams' ace's, and picked up by KeSPA's new team. Among the players, Tyson is the bottom feeder for the 10-11 season in most-wins. He is dead-last despite his respectable 29 wins. This just shows the depth of Team8. Even after the team's inception, Tyson has been ranked consistently at 6th in the in-house tournaments. It is almost as if he was MBC Game's ace only in name.

On the 6th, however, Tyson reminded us of why he was deemed an ace: he executed a brilliant strategy against ACE's (T)firebathero and steamrolled him. We met with this hot player Tyson.

Q Thoughts on your first victory this season.
A My results were poor towards the end of last season, and then our team disbanded. I am happy that I got my first win, and also that our team won. My teammates said if I win my match, we will win 3:0. That put a lot of pressure on me, but I am happy that it came true. I want to prolong this moment of happiness for as long as I can.

Q Did you prepare to play Firebathero.
A I thought I would use this strategy if I met a Terran. We have to do something about Terran these days because everybody is going greedy builds. I hope a lot of other players cheese the heck out of Terran so they won't opt for greedy builds so easily. However I am sad that the Firebathero had to be my scapegoat.

Q What do you mean?
A Our dorm is in Itaewon so I get to see him and his friends a lot when I go out. A lot of them are also very dark-skinned. I have a soft-spot for dark-skinned people I guess (laughs).

Q There is word that Coach Joo was worried by your gameplay.
A I went into a slump towards the end of last season and couldn't practice properly because our team disbanded. My gameplay suffered a lot as a result. I practiced very hard but I wasn't good enough to play in the last two matches. I am still lacking, but slowly making progress.

Q You used DT's.
A I put a lot of time into devising this strategy but I didn't want it to be exposed so I rarely used it. It was based on a lot of theory-crafting but it worked well today.

Q There was a long break [before the season started].
A It served as a time to look back upon myself. I entered into a new team and the other players were so good. I wanted to be just as good as them, but my hands couldn't keep up. I decided to go back to my rookie mindset. The team atmosphere is amazing. Everybody contributes. Everybody is nice. I just need to play better.

Q Team8 is going up against Woongjin Stars on the 18th.
A I'm still not good enough to have a spot on the lineup. It's a relief that I have two weeks to prepare for this match, though. I will prepare thoroughly and bring another good strategy.

Q How do you place in the internal tournaments.
A I am 6th out of 6. It's depressing. I see myself as an extra on the team. Coach Joo sometimes jokingly says "just play your role as backup well." It gives me motivation to practice harder.

Q Any last words.
A Team8 has a great atmosphere. I won today and our team won too, continuing our winning streak. I will do my best to maintain this positive atmosphere and momentum.

Source: Daily E-sports

Here is Fomos' interview with Tyson, translated by OpticalShot
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OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
December 06 2011 14:26 GMT
#2
Picture is so dark~
Tyson is my new anti-team killer. I have FBH main Tyson anti. Whooping -6 (or is it -8 considering team win/loss, forgot how the points work). Too bad he's 6/6 on the team ranks, but that's nothing to be ashamed of when you're against Killer-Jaedong-Sea-Baby (and Jaehoon, lol).
[TLMS] REBOOT
rotinegg
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1719 Posts
December 06 2011 14:27 GMT
#3
i have tyson on anti too T_T i had a bad feeling about it when the december calendar was revealed and saw team8 was going up against ACE, but couldn't find a suitable replacement that was higher than him in points...
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Sawamura
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Malaysia7602 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-06 14:31:39
December 06 2011 14:31 GMT
#4
thanks for the translation rotinegg , however my personal opinion is tyson aka bridge has no honour , dt are just not fair for terran's , how can we kill something that can't be seen except with the help of turrets and scan . Fbh T_T
BW/KT Forever R.I.P KT.Violet dearly missed ..
amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
December 06 2011 14:42 GMT
#5
Tyson says that he is 6 of 6 on the team. What about the 3 rookies as well?
The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings
fortheGG
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom1002 Posts
December 06 2011 14:54 GMT
#6
On December 06 2011 23:42 amazingxkcd wrote:
Tyson says that he is 6 of 6 on the team. What about the 3 rookies as well?


Dont think they're even considered competition , if he did worse than the rookies I doubt he'd be joking about it lol.
Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-06 15:14:27
December 06 2011 15:11 GMT
#7
Thank you for the translation. Glad Tyson got to play a game, too bad he had to cheese FBH, but a win is a win.

As a side not it is interesting to see Valve already sponsoring Ongamenet, probably for DOTA 2 would be my guess.
Brood War forever!
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
December 06 2011 15:19 GMT
#8
i just realised that tyson kinda looks like ggplay...
POGGERS
kuroshiroi
Profile Joined November 2010
3149 Posts
December 06 2011 15:20 GMT
#9
On December 06 2011 23:31 Sawamura wrote:
thanks for the translation rotinegg , however my personal opinion is tyson aka bridge has no honour , dt are just not fair for terran's , how can we kill something that can't be seen except with the help of turrets and scan . Fbh T_T

Protoss is fighting back, first the two base attacks in PvZ, now DTs in PvT. About time we see Terran greed being punished by Protoss. But poor FBH...
Fly Jaedong, fly!
rotinegg
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1719 Posts
December 06 2011 15:27 GMT
#10
On December 07 2011 00:19 konadora wrote:
i just realised that tyson kinda looks like ggplay...

that's what i was thinking lol
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Sawamura
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Malaysia7602 Posts
December 06 2011 15:35 GMT
#11
On December 07 2011 00:27 rotinegg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2011 00:19 konadora wrote:
i just realised that tyson kinda looks like ggplay...

that's what i was thinking lol


GGplay 2.0 ?
BW/KT Forever R.I.P KT.Violet dearly missed ..
e_i_pi_1_0
Profile Joined September 2009
933 Posts
December 06 2011 15:36 GMT
#12
Thanks for the translation.

Just out of curiosity, did they only interview Tyson, or did they interview the other two winners as well?
Jaedong and Hwaseung Oz fan.
Boundz(DarKo)
Profile Joined March 2009
5311 Posts
December 06 2011 15:47 GMT
#13
He looked so tired in his games, this picture and interview confirms it lol. Fighting!
trexbqs
Profile Joined January 2011
Malaysia1731 Posts
December 06 2011 15:56 GMT
#14
Tyson

Thanks for translating. I'm really appreciate it.
Learn,live and love it.
rotinegg
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1719 Posts
December 06 2011 15:57 GMT
#15
On December 07 2011 00:36 e_i_pi_1_0 wrote:
Thanks for the translation.

Just out of curiosity, did they only interview Tyson, or did they interview the other two winners as well?

it says on fomos that he was interviewed alone. jaedong and killer refrained from giving an interview to give tyson the spotlight (i think)
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Archers_bane
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1338 Posts
December 06 2011 19:02 GMT
#16
Glad Tyson received recognition, now for Jaehoon to step up! lol
Starcraft's BW glory days have passed, RIP Jaedong's dominance - 2013...EDIT 2017: WE BACK BOYS
Daozzt
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1263 Posts
December 06 2011 19:21 GMT
#17
Q How do you place in the internal tournaments.
A I am 6th out of 6. It's depressing. I see myself as an extra on the team. Coach Joo sometimes jokingly says "just play your role as backup well." It gives me motivation to practice harder.


What happened to the other 2 guys on the team? Did they retire?
Kiett
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States7639 Posts
December 06 2011 19:33 GMT
#18
On December 07 2011 04:21 Daozzt wrote:
Show nested quote +
Q How do you place in the internal tournaments.
A I am 6th out of 6. It's depressing. I see myself as an extra on the team. Coach Joo sometimes jokingly says "just play your role as backup well." It gives me motivation to practice harder.


What happened to the other 2 guys on the team? Did they retire?


There are 3 rookies on the team. They're more like practice partners for the main 6 right now, at least until team 8 can score a sponsor and then they can recruit more rookies and B-teamers to be their practice partners. Team 8 doesn't really have the luxury of sending out rookies over top players when their priority is to get swift, decisive wins to attract sponsors, so I guess they're just not included in the rankings.
Writer:o
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-06 19:53:42
December 06 2011 19:53 GMT
#19
Tyson looks a bit like Lee Byung Hun imo.

fighting!.
WriterXiao8~~
DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3714 Posts
December 06 2011 20:06 GMT
#20
So sad it had to be against FBH.
Much better to die an awesome Terran than to live as a magic wielding fairy or a mindless sac of biological goop. -Manifesto7
Gao Xi
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Hong Kong5178 Posts
December 06 2011 20:19 GMT
#21
Lol Tyson stuck at #6. They play WJN next so he might not get to play. 10~% of FPL had Tyson on anti :/
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phyren
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1067 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-06 20:45:39
December 06 2011 20:45 GMT
#22
Having either tyson or jaehoon on your anti team is short sighted. Neither of them are particularly good, but they are the only protoss on the extremely small team 8. They are both almost certain to get played often.

Of course, this is coming from someone who put ggaemo on their anti.
whatusername
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada1181 Posts
December 06 2011 22:25 GMT
#23
On December 06 2011 23:23 rotinegg wrote:
Q What do you mean?
A Our dorm is in Itaewon so I get to see him and his friends a lot when I go out. A lot of them are also very dark-skinned. I have a soft-spot for dark-skinned people I guess (laughs).


this sounds incredibly weird to me
im gay
Xpeijz
Profile Joined January 2011
Finland400 Posts
December 06 2011 22:25 GMT
#24
100% agree with Tyson about terrans and their greedy builds. If they keep doing 1rax CC they need to be punished for it.
tangwhat
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand446 Posts
December 06 2011 23:05 GMT
#25
why is valve a sponsor?
Doraemon
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Australia14949 Posts
December 06 2011 23:08 GMT
#26
On December 07 2011 08:05 tangwhat wrote:
why is valve a sponsor?


i didn't realise either. that's quite interesting
Do yourself a favour and just STFU
Dakkas
Profile Joined October 2010
2550 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-07 00:57:23
December 07 2011 00:57 GMT
#27
On December 07 2011 08:05 tangwhat wrote:
why is valve a sponsor?


Holy crap I didn't notice that. Good find!

Starcraft: Source?!?!?!
chongu
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Malaysia2593 Posts
December 07 2011 01:00 GMT
#28
On December 07 2011 09:57 Dakkas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2011 08:05 tangwhat wrote:
why is valve a sponsor?


Holy crap I didn't notice that. Good find!

Starcraft: Source?!?!?!


probably upcoming dota2? someone please enlighten us.
SC2 is to BW, what coke is to wine.
DarkMatter_
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada1774 Posts
December 07 2011 01:16 GMT
#29
On December 07 2011 08:05 tangwhat wrote:
why is valve a sponsor?

Valve for Team 8 sponsor!

But seriously, great find. My respect for Valve has increased even more.
SevenSeven
Profile Joined February 2011
Korea (South)37 Posts
December 07 2011 01:23 GMT
#30
I saw this at the stadium and I was pretty much cursing Tyson for doing that cheese. Mother****er.
Dakkas
Profile Joined October 2010
2550 Posts
December 07 2011 01:31 GMT
#31
On December 07 2011 10:23 SevenSeven wrote:
I saw this at the stadium and I was pretty much cursing Tyson for doing that cheese. Mother****er.


Quit hating, he was justified in doing it.
Keyboard Warrior
Profile Joined December 2011
United States1178 Posts
December 07 2011 01:32 GMT
#32
Tyson hwaithing!
Not your regular Keyboard Warrior ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
December 07 2011 01:37 GMT
#33
I comment on valve earlier and everyone misses it lol.
Brood War forever!
Ryo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
8787 Posts
December 07 2011 01:47 GMT
#34
Some Korean fans think Tyson looks like the actor Lee Seo Jin.
영원히 엠비씨게임 히어로 팬.
setzer
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3284 Posts
December 07 2011 02:00 GMT
#35
Pretty sure the Valve logos have to do with WCG.
tangwhat
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand446 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-07 04:40:10
December 07 2011 04:39 GMT
#36
On December 07 2011 10:37 Kralic wrote:
I comment on valve earlier and everyone misses it lol.


It's okay buddy I read your post and noticed everyone ignored it so I decided to ask again. I got your back homie *daps your fist lightly*
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
December 07 2011 04:51 GMT
#37
Kespa definitely overdid it by putting the 6 best free agents all on one team, especially when they knew they were changing proleague to Bo5 format. Now at least 1 but as many as 3 quality progamers will be sitting on the bench wasting their talents every week.
Jragon
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia1471 Posts
December 07 2011 04:58 GMT
#38
I also enjoy FBH, but in general I dislike dark-skinned people

+ Show Spoiler +
lol wtf
"Bisu is just too good." - Jaedong (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=218995) "Bisu hyung's play is just too good" - Flash (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=225861)
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
December 07 2011 05:30 GMT
#39
the heckkk wtfff valve on the wall :O

also haha tyson forever the underdog + Show Spoiler +
on my antiteam
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tryummm
Profile Joined August 2009
774 Posts
December 07 2011 06:36 GMT
#40
On December 07 2011 07:25 Xpeijz wrote:
100% agree with Tyson about terrans and their greedy builds. If they keep doing 1rax CC they need to be punished for it.


He wasn't talking about the 1 rax CC, that has been around for over a year. He was talking about the follow ups and 14 CC openings. For instance, watch Shy's PvT game from this season and you will see what I'm talking about.
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