Woongjin’s Zero easily swept Hiya and Horang2 to make it into the proper Starleague, becoming the first on Woongjin to do so. Zero, who always showed a mix of humility and confidence in interviews, said, “Since it’s my first Starleague qualification in a while I want to give it my all,” and “I want to break my jinx of failing in the round of 8.”
Q: Reaction to qualifying up Zero: It’s been so long since I’ve made the Starleague round of 16, I’m really happy.
Q: How did you prepare Zero: Although I usually analyze opponents by watching VODs, Hiya didn’t have any recent games, so I tried to watch his personal stream, but he wasn’t broadcasting yesterday (laughs). I was a little worried because I’m not familiar with Hiya’s skills, so it’s a relief the matches went well.
Q: Did you expect to qualify today Zero: I thought it’d be a relief if I could just qualify. I didn’t expect to win 2-0, so I’d prepared all the way to the final match.
Q: It was the most dominant qualifying performance, though Zero: I prepared for the final match because I’m always very competitive.
Q: What were you thinking when you discovered the reaver shuttle in the second match Zero: At first, my opponent’s natural didn’t have gas. Because my opponent found my hydra den early on, I’d expected speed zealots. When there wasn’t a corsair, I started preparing an all-in rush, and I panicked when I saw the reaver. But, I figured a protoss would also send a shuttle at least once and gathered units for that. I think that calculation was important. It’s not easy to make such a decision in an important match (laughs).
Q: Tell me about recent events Zero: I’ve only been practicing very hard. I’m continuing to practice Starcraft 1, and since it’s not a very busy time right now, with proleague over, I’ve been focusing on practicing Starcraft 2. However, in order to make it to the Starleague, in recent days I’ve been going all out on Starcraft 1.
Q: If you could predict how the other Woongjin players will do in the ODT Zero: Neo.G_Soulkey will do well on his own (laughs). If he can show the same skill as in this past proleague, he’ll qualify guaranteed. If he can’t, he won’t. I think lately the players lost a lot of [Starcraft 1] ability due to Starcraft 2 practice. They just need to do their own thing. Whoever practices the most will advance.
Q: Anything you want to say Zero: I’ll prepare hard for the round of 16 and get really far. I have a jinx where I always fall in the round of 8, but now that I have a chance to break it, I’ll give it my all. Finally, I want to thank all my teammates who helped me practice.
CJ’s Horang2: I’m really happy with my first round of 16
Horang2 didn’t take his opponents lightly. In the final match, CJ’s Horang2 took out the unaffiliated Hiya and made his very first Starleague appearance. “I watched the Starleague and dreamed about being a progamer, and now I’m there,” said Horang2. “I’ll justify my qualification with the appropriate level of play.”
Q: Thoughts on qualifying up Horang2: When I was about to head out [to the studio?] the sunny weather turned rainy, and I was upset. But I’m happy because I qualified (laughs).
Q: It’s your first qualification, so I think you might feel different from the others Horang2: Wow (laughs). It really does feel good, but I don’t know how to explain it
Q: You struggled in your first match Horang2: I blocked my opponent’s first attack handily. But Modesty’s mutalisks stabbed here and there really well, and it was hard. If he hadn’t rushed his play and instead played it slow, I wonder if I wouldn’t have lost.
Q: You lost helplessly in the winner’s match Horang2: I didn’t know Zero would make more hydras (laughs). I think Zero exploited his timing well.
Q: It looked like you were really nervous in the final match Horang2: I was definitely worried because it was the final match. My opponent was Hiya, who’s gotten a lot of attention this Starleague, and I didn’t want to face him and become the villain (laughs).
Q: You’re the first qualifier from CJ Horang2: My teammate Rush was the first [from CJ] to get to the ODT, but since he’s not making it out anyway I want to say that he should just do his own thing. I want to help him, but the group he got sorted into is all zergs, so I feel bad I can’t help. I’ve always had high expectations for Rush. I want us to get really far together.
Q: What kind of group do you want next Horang2: I don’t spare any worry on groups. I’m going to my best no matter who I face. In the end, whoever’s best will move on.
Q: Updates on what you’ve been doing Horang2: I’ve been practicing. Our vacation ends tomorrow, so I’ll go watch a movie with Bbyong.
Q: Anything you want to say Horang2: When I was young, I watched the Starleague and dreamed about being a progamer, and it blows my mind that I’ve made it there. I’ll have to show a performance worthy of that [dream]. Lastly, I’m thankful for everyone who came in support despite the bad weather, and I hope they have good weekends.
Playing in the Dual Tourney Goo Sung Hoon (Hiya), “I never thought of moving on into Starleague”.
“Would I make it in Starleague. Thinking of this as the last time, I came to enjoy.”
After dropping out from the Progame Team draft, spending his days as team less Hiya appeared at the Dual Tournament Stage. Since then he has been doing internet streaming showing his game and happily spending his days, Hiya says after hearing about his eligibility of playing that he thought of not entering. He says he thinks of this as the last chance to show fun games, and emptied his mind on playing.
It probably won’t happen but he says even if he moved on to the main stage that he won’t live the progaming life again.
Q. After not being picked up by a team, how have you been? Hiya – I did internet broadcasting. Lots of games came out, so League and Legends and etc, and spent my days freely.
Q. How is the personal broadcasting on Afreeca? (Korean streaming site) Are you popular? Hiya – I was more popular than I first thought. Honestly I thought this won’t work out when I first started streaming. Maybe if I had high expectations, I think I would have lost interest in continuing to stream. The popularity was more than I expected, and it was quite fun so I’m currently enjoying it.
Q. Until playing today in Starleague, did you almost have a change of mind, or thoughts of giving up? Hiya – It was brief, but I did have thoughts of regret playing. While streaming my viewers change often, I kept getting questions about Starleague so that gave me lots of stress. There was lots of flaming as well. Since I’m not part of any professional team; me playing in the Starleague is a funny thought. This is probably the first instance of an Internet broadcasting DJ participating. This will confirm show how much my skills have dropped, so I came.
Q. Even if you are streaming, it is a completely different setting compared to a team. How did you prepare? Hiya – I could not prepare properly. At least I think I focused on adapting to the maps. The map pools between amateurs and pros are very different. I still don’t know about today’s map completely. Thinking of rather moving on, my thought process today is to do my best and try to be satisfied with the games.
Q. If there was a difficult point in preparing? Hiya – There was not. Within a pro team, you either play with people on your level or someone on a higher level that can point out problems in your play. For me I have been streaming, the amateurs opponents are very skilled but all around the same level. There is a level gap between a pro and an amateur. Since I have to play people a level higher than my regular games, it makes me nervous.
Q. If you show a good record this Starleague, do you have any intention on entering a team? A – I never thought of joining a pro team. Honestly, I did not want to come out. I think this time will probably be my last time.
Playing in the Dual Tourney Goo Sung Hoon (Hiya), “I never thought of moving on into Starleague”.
“Would I make it in Starleague. Thinking of this as the last time, I came to enjoy.”
After dropping out from the Progame Team draft, spending his days as team less Hiya appeared at the Dual Tournament Stage. Since then he has been doing internet streaming showing his game and happily spending his days, Hiya says after hearing about his eligibility of playing that he thought of not entering. He says he thinks of this as the last chance to show fun games, and emptied his mind on playing.
It probably won’t happen but he says even if he moved on to the main stage that he won’t live the progaming life again.
Q. After not being picked up by a team, how have you been? Hiya – I did internet broadcasting. Lots of games came out, so League and Legends and etc, and spent my days freely.
Q. How is the personal broadcasting on Afreeca? (Korean streaming site) Are you popular? Hiya – I was more popular than I first thought. Honestly I thought this won’t work out when I first started streaming. Maybe if I had high expectations, I think I would have lost interest in continuing to stream. The popularity was more than I expected, and it was quite fun so I’m currently enjoying it.
Q. Until playing today in Starleague, did you almost have a change of mind, or thoughts of giving up? Hiya – It was brief, but I did have thoughts of regret playing. While streaming my viewers change often, I kept getting questions about Starleague so that gave me lots of stress. There was lots of flaming as well. Since I’m not part of any professional team; me playing in the Starleague is a funny thought. This is probably the first instance of an Internet broadcasting DJ participating. This will confirm show how much my skills have dropped, so I came.
Q. Even if you are streaming, it is a completely different setting compared to a team. How did you prepare? Hiya – I could not prepare properly. At least I think I focused on adapting to the maps. The map pools between amateurs and pros are very different. I still don’t know about today’s map completely. Thinking of rather moving on, my thought process today is to do my best and try to be satisfied with the games.
Q. If there was a difficult point in preparing? Hiya – There was not. Within a pro team, you either play with people on your level or someone on a higher level that can point out problems in your play. For me I have been streaming, the amateurs opponents are very skilled but all around the same level. There is a level gap between a pro and an amateur. Since I have to play people a level higher than my regular games, it makes me nervous.
Q. If you show a good record this Starleague, do you have any intention on entering a team? A – I never thought of joining a pro team. Honestly, I did not want to come out. I think this time will probably be my last time.
On April 23 2012 10:49 Kimoleon wrote: Oh dag nabbit, I had a feeling I would get sniped today :D We should have a thread on calling translations, hmm..
@Jellyfish if you could add this to OP, would be greatu~ So close Hollywood Fishiking T-T
Playing in the Dual Tourney Goo Sung Hoon (Hiya), “I never thought of moving on into Starleague”.
“Would I make it in Starleague. Thinking of this as the last time, I came to enjoy.”
After dropping out from the Progame Team draft, spending his days as team less Hiya appeared at the Dual Tournament Stage. Since then he has been doing internet streaming showing his game and happily spending his days, Hiya says after hearing about his eligibility of playing that he thought of not entering. He says he thinks of this as the last chance to show fun games, and emptied his mind on playing.
It probably won’t happen but he says even if he moved on to the main stage that he won’t live the progaming life again.
Q. After not being picked up by a team, how have you been? Hiya – I did internet broadcasting. Lots of games came out, so League and Legends and etc, and spent my days freely.
Q. How is the personal broadcasting on Afreeca? (Korean streaming site) Are you popular? Hiya – I was more popular than I first thought. Honestly I thought this won’t work out when I first started streaming. Maybe if I had high expectations, I think I would have lost interest in continuing to stream. The popularity was more than I expected, and it was quite fun so I’m currently enjoying it.
Q. Until playing today in Starleague, did you almost have a change of mind, or thoughts of giving up? Hiya – It was brief, but I did have thoughts of regret playing. While streaming my viewers change often, I kept getting questions about Starleague so that gave me lots of stress. There was lots of flaming as well. Since I’m not part of any professional team; me playing in the Starleague is a funny thought. This is probably the first instance of an Internet broadcasting DJ participating. This will confirm show how much my skills have dropped, so I came.
Q. Even if you are streaming, it is a completely different setting compared to a team. How did you prepare? Hiya – I could not prepare properly. At least I think I focused on adapting to the maps. The map pools between amateurs and pros are very different. I still don’t know about today’s map completely. Thinking of rather moving on, my thought process today is to do my best and try to be satisfied with the games.
Q. If there was a difficult point in preparing? Hiya – There was not. Within a pro team, you either play with people on your level or someone on a higher level that can point out problems in your play. For me I have been streaming, the amateurs opponents are very skilled but all around the same level. There is a level gap between a pro and an amateur. Since I have to play people a level higher than my regular games, it makes me nervous.
Q. If you show a good record this Starleague, do you have any intention on entering a team? A – I never thought of joining a pro team. Honestly, I did not want to come out. I think this time will probably be my last time.
Q. If you show a good record this Starleague, do you have any intention on entering a team? A – I never thought of joining a pro team. Honestly, I did not want to come out. I think this time will probably be my last time.
This group was tough. On one hand, I wanted Horang2 and Zero to do well. On the other hand, watching Hiya lose was heart breaking.
On April 23 2012 10:55 Bibbit wrote: Oh Horang2, you could never be a villain. <3
In my world he is.
Ahhh... it's sad, but I'm glad that Hiya at least showed some good games before being eliminated. I knew it was unrealistic but I really thought he was going to make it until the very end :<
At least Zero looked quite good, his comment about sc2 is kind of unnerving though, even if the transition is going to happen I would hope they'd put off sc2 until they're eliminated from the OSL at least... I mean, a few weeks of extra practice probably isn't going to change much in the long run, whereas winning (potentially) the last OSL would be huge.
My hopes of seeing an epic final OSL get further diminished as it's now apparent pros have to juggle practicing for two games now instead of one...
To be honest, if it's going to be like this and the OSL starts to show some more mediocre games due to practice time conflicts, it would have been better to have a final OSL end with Jangbi vs Flash as that seemed to be a much more epic sendoff than this might be. Although this may not happen. Don't want potentially last OSL to be....well...mediocre, you know?
On April 23 2012 11:02 Apex wrote: My hopes of seeing an epic final OSL get further diminished as it's now apparent pros have to juggle practicing for two games now instead of one...
To be honest, if it's going to be like this and the OSL starts to show some more mediocre games due to practice time conflicts, it would have been better to have a final OSL end with Jangbi vs Flash as that seemed to be a much more epic sendoff than this might be. Although this may not happen. Don't want potentially last OSL to be....well...mediocre, you know?
It was Jangbang vs Fantasy but dont worry ! The mighty Horang2 will make sure to make his first OSL win spectacular.
On April 23 2012 10:49 Kimoleon wrote: Oh dag nabbit, I had a feeling I would get sniped today :D We should have a thread on calling translations, hmm..
On April 23 2012 10:49 Kimoleon wrote: Oh dag nabbit, I had a feeling I would get sniped today :D We should have a thread on calling translations, hmm..
@Jellyfish if you could add this to OP, would be greatu~ So close Hollywood Fishiking T-T
Playing in the Dual Tourney Goo Sung Hoon (Hiya), “I never thought of moving on into Starleague”.
“Would I make it in Starleague. Thinking of this as the last time, I came to enjoy.”
After dropping out from the Progame Team draft, spending his days as team less Hiya appeared at the Dual Tournament Stage. Since then he has been doing internet streaming showing his game and happily spending his days, Hiya says after hearing about his eligibility of playing that he thought of not entering. He says he thinks of this as the last chance to show fun games, and emptied his mind on playing.
It probably won’t happen but he says even if he moved on to the main stage that he won’t live the progaming life again.
Q. After not being picked up by a team, how have you been? Hiya – I did internet broadcasting. Lots of games came out, so League and Legends and etc, and spent my days freely.
Q. How is the personal broadcasting on Afreeca? (Korean streaming site) Are you popular? Hiya – I was more popular than I first thought. Honestly I thought this won’t work out when I first started streaming. Maybe if I had high expectations, I think I would have lost interest in continuing to stream. The popularity was more than I expected, and it was quite fun so I’m currently enjoying it.
Q. Until playing today in Starleague, did you almost have a change of mind, or thoughts of giving up? Hiya – It was brief, but I did have thoughts of regret playing. While streaming my viewers change often, I kept getting questions about Starleague so that gave me lots of stress. There was lots of flaming as well. Since I’m not part of any professional team; me playing in the Starleague is a funny thought. This is probably the first instance of an Internet broadcasting DJ participating. This will confirm show how much my skills have dropped, so I came.
Q. Even if you are streaming, it is a completely different setting compared to a team. How did you prepare? Hiya – I could not prepare properly. At least I think I focused on adapting to the maps. The map pools between amateurs and pros are very different. I still don’t know about today’s map completely. Thinking of rather moving on, my thought process today is to do my best and try to be satisfied with the games.
Q. If there was a difficult point in preparing? Hiya – There was not. Within a pro team, you either play with people on your level or someone on a higher level that can point out problems in your play. For me I have been streaming, the amateurs opponents are very skilled but all around the same level. There is a level gap between a pro and an amateur. Since I have to play people a level higher than my regular games, it makes me nervous.
Q. If you show a good record this Starleague, do you have any intention on entering a team? A – I never thought of joining a pro team. Honestly, I did not want to come out. I think this time will probably be my last time.
haha Kimoleon I translated the entire ODT groups A and B, and only noticed yours when I opened to bw forum to post T_T we probably should find a way to coordinate somehow..
Thanks for the interviews especially HiyAs, Kimoleon. "I think lately the players lost a lot of [Starcraft 1] ability due to Starcraft 2 practice" made me sad T_T
I feel so bad for Hiya after reading that interview...... damn it all
On April 23 2012 11:47 Release wrote: screw horang2. He is the villain. I hope he gets murdered in the ro16 by whoever in an absolutely stomping fashion.
On April 23 2012 10:49 Kimoleon wrote: Oh dag nabbit, I had a feeling I would get sniped today :D We should have a thread on calling translations, hmm..
@Jellyfish if you could add this to OP, would be greatu~ So close Hollywood Fishiking T-T
Playing in the Dual Tourney Goo Sung Hoon (Hiya), “I never thought of moving on into Starleague”.
“Would I make it in Starleague. Thinking of this as the last time, I came to enjoy.”
After dropping out from the Progame Team draft, spending his days as team less Hiya appeared at the Dual Tournament Stage. Since then he has been doing internet streaming showing his game and happily spending his days, Hiya says after hearing about his eligibility of playing that he thought of not entering. He says he thinks of this as the last chance to show fun games, and emptied his mind on playing.
It probably won’t happen but he says even if he moved on to the main stage that he won’t live the progaming life again.
Q. After not being picked up by a team, how have you been? Hiya – I did internet broadcasting. Lots of games came out, so League and Legends and etc, and spent my days freely.
Q. How is the personal broadcasting on Afreeca? (Korean streaming site) Are you popular? Hiya – I was more popular than I first thought. Honestly I thought this won’t work out when I first started streaming. Maybe if I had high expectations, I think I would have lost interest in continuing to stream. The popularity was more than I expected, and it was quite fun so I’m currently enjoying it.
Q. Until playing today in Starleague, did you almost have a change of mind, or thoughts of giving up? Hiya – It was brief, but I did have thoughts of regret playing. While streaming my viewers change often, I kept getting questions about Starleague so that gave me lots of stress. There was lots of flaming as well. Since I’m not part of any professional team; me playing in the Starleague is a funny thought. This is probably the first instance of an Internet broadcasting DJ participating. This will confirm show how much my skills have dropped, so I came.
Q. Even if you are streaming, it is a completely different setting compared to a team. How did you prepare? Hiya – I could not prepare properly. At least I think I focused on adapting to the maps. The map pools between amateurs and pros are very different. I still don’t know about today’s map completely. Thinking of rather moving on, my thought process today is to do my best and try to be satisfied with the games.
Q. If there was a difficult point in preparing? Hiya – There was not. Within a pro team, you either play with people on your level or someone on a higher level that can point out problems in your play. For me I have been streaming, the amateurs opponents are very skilled but all around the same level. There is a level gap between a pro and an amateur. Since I have to play people a level higher than my regular games, it makes me nervous.
Q. If you show a good record this Starleague, do you have any intention on entering a team? A – I never thought of joining a pro team. Honestly, I did not want to come out. I think this time will probably be my last time.
You guys should just make a new thread, or resurrect the old one, or even make an IRC channel so that this doesn't happen, I mean it's such a waste. It happens to Kiett all the time too, so you guys should definitely do something to help coordinate which articles you're all going to translate.
Sucks that this is the last time we'll see Hiya on a stage :/ but I can't complain with Horang2 and Zero getting through Thanks for the interview.
On April 23 2012 10:49 Kimoleon wrote: Oh dag nabbit, I had a feeling I would get sniped today :D We should have a thread on calling translations, hmm..
@Jellyfish if you could add this to OP, would be greatu~ So close Hollywood Fishiking T-T
Playing in the Dual Tourney Goo Sung Hoon (Hiya), “I never thought of moving on into Starleague”.
“Would I make it in Starleague. Thinking of this as the last time, I came to enjoy.”
After dropping out from the Progame Team draft, spending his days as team less Hiya appeared at the Dual Tournament Stage. Since then he has been doing internet streaming showing his game and happily spending his days, Hiya says after hearing about his eligibility of playing that he thought of not entering. He says he thinks of this as the last chance to show fun games, and emptied his mind on playing.
It probably won’t happen but he says even if he moved on to the main stage that he won’t live the progaming life again.
Q. After not being picked up by a team, how have you been? Hiya – I did internet broadcasting. Lots of games came out, so League and Legends and etc, and spent my days freely.
Q. How is the personal broadcasting on Afreeca? (Korean streaming site) Are you popular? Hiya – I was more popular than I first thought. Honestly I thought this won’t work out when I first started streaming. Maybe if I had high expectations, I think I would have lost interest in continuing to stream. The popularity was more than I expected, and it was quite fun so I’m currently enjoying it.
Q. Until playing today in Starleague, did you almost have a change of mind, or thoughts of giving up? Hiya – It was brief, but I did have thoughts of regret playing. While streaming my viewers change often, I kept getting questions about Starleague so that gave me lots of stress. There was lots of flaming as well. Since I’m not part of any professional team; me playing in the Starleague is a funny thought. This is probably the first instance of an Internet broadcasting DJ participating. This will confirm show how much my skills have dropped, so I came.
Q. Even if you are streaming, it is a completely different setting compared to a team. How did you prepare? Hiya – I could not prepare properly. At least I think I focused on adapting to the maps. The map pools between amateurs and pros are very different. I still don’t know about today’s map completely. Thinking of rather moving on, my thought process today is to do my best and try to be satisfied with the games.
Q. If there was a difficult point in preparing? Hiya – There was not. Within a pro team, you either play with people on your level or someone on a higher level that can point out problems in your play. For me I have been streaming, the amateurs opponents are very skilled but all around the same level. There is a level gap between a pro and an amateur. Since I have to play people a level higher than my regular games, it makes me nervous.
Q. If you show a good record this Starleague, do you have any intention on entering a team? A – I never thought of joining a pro team. Honestly, I did not want to come out. I think this time will probably be my last time.
You guys should just make a new thread, or resurrect the old one, or even make an IRC channel so that this doesn't happen, I mean it's such a waste. It happens to Kiett all the time too, so you guys should definitely do something to help coordinate which articles you're all going to translate.
Sucks that this is the last time we'll see Hiya on a stage :/ but I can't complain with Horang2 and Zero getting through Thanks for the interview.
Hope you're wrong about that last part and he makes a comeback for sc2 pl.
Thanks for the Hiya interview. Still wished things had went better for him. ;; Why didn't he join any team at a lower salary. If he's still playing regardless, may as well get some income.
I think lately the players lost a lot of [Starcraft 1] ability due to Starcraft 2 practice. They just need to do their own thing. Whoever practices the most will advance.
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