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[Interview] 30 Questions, 30 Answers : by.hero

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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-19 05:54:07
April 19 2009 03:43 GMT
#1
From cute looks to impressive skills : STX's by.hero

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(T/L Note: The ages mentioned are in Korean terms)

'The Almighty' (P)JangBi has chosen STX Soul's (Z)by.hero to be the star of today's '30 questions, 30 answers' section.

By.hero performed exceptionally well against Protoss in the recent Batoo Ongamenet Starleague, and was a genuine contender for being named a Royal Roader (t/n: First OSL qualification + Winning that OSL = Royal Roader), and with cute looks and impressive skills, he looks set to be the next big thing.

- By.hero is a such-and-such person. Describe yourself.
▲ Hello~! I'm STX Soul's 20-year-old Jo Il Jang, filled with passion and effort.

- Your reason for becoming a progamer?
▲ Hm.. When I was still schooling, I liked to play games a lot. I felt that the progamers were very cool and gave me thrills whenever I watched them play on television, and before I knew, I wanted to be a progamer too.

- Your most memorable event after becoming a progamer.
▲ Hm.. I'll have to say it's the recent Batoo OSL. I was quite filled with disappointment, but I felt that I have grown a lot after experiencing this OSL.

- Your most memorable match.
▲ It is my game against Boxer in the 2007 Proleague. It was my first win after losing so many times in the Proleague, so that is the most memorable match for me.

- Your most difficult moment as a progamer.
▲ Hm..There was once where I was sent out to play 2v2 against WeMade FOX. I lost without being able to do anything that game, so I felt very sorry for my teammates, and I do not want to play such (poor quality) games again.

- You are being noted for your good recent games. How do you feel?
▲ I felt really good! I think being noticed is a really good feeling keke.
I'm practicing really hard nowadays, so please do look forward to my matches ^^

- The person who has had the most influence on your life up til now.
▲ Hm.. I think that would be my parents! They always provide me strength from behind-the-scenes, and they are the ones who always guide me towards the right direction (of life).

- This is Jangbi's question to you - Your recent performance against Protoss is really good. What is your secret?
▲ Hm.. I still think that I am lacking a lot! My secret is... my ability to spit out massive amount of units that no other Zerg players have???

- Who do you want to choose for the next '30 questions, 30 answers' and what is your question?
▲ I'll choose Woongjin Star's (Z)ZerO. / His play against Zerg is really great, and he pays attention to even the smallest details. Does he have any special know-how?

- Any words to people who desire to be a progamer?
▲ I think that passion and perseverance is really important! If you play with passion and perseverance every moment, you will surely make it~^^

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- What is your method of de-stressing?
▲ Hm.. I do not feel any stress recently... If you are stressed, solve it with lots of sleep!

- Your most memorable trip/travel?
▲ Hm... There was once when our team went skiing. That is the most memorable trip I had, and it was very fun.

- Your most recently watched movie, and who did you watch it with?
▲ We rented a DVD movie called 'Goal' and watched it with my teammates!

- When did you experience your first love?
▲ 19 years old.

- Favourite food?
▲ Chicken!

- Favourite TV program?
▲ 1 Night 2 Days! (Awesome show, try watching it)

- Any speaking habits that you just say without you knowing it?
▲ "ORLY?"

- Who do you tease the most, and who do you connect with the most in your team?
▲ I tease... (Z)JulyZerg hyung the most! The person who I connect with the most is also JulyZerg hyung!!

- Your most treasured item and the reason?
▲ Hm... My cellphone?

- What do you do right before you sleep and right after you wake up?
▲ Right before I sleep: I think about all the things that happened that day.
▲ Right after I wake up: I go to drink water.

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Your fans are interested in these!

- You defeated (P)Bisu 2:0 in the Round of 36 of Batoo OSL. How did you feel?
▲ Hm.. After that games ended, I felt good. I got into the Round of 16 for the first time, and I was congratulated by many people... I felt even happier because Bisu is a really great player and I managed to defeat him!

- Did you and your team's captain (T)Hwasin's relation get affected after the team-kill in the Batoo OSL's Round of 8?
▲ There was nothing of that sort! I too felt that that might happen, but after the match ended, Hwasin hyung came over and congratulated me, saying 'good job'. He must have felt disappointed (for losing), so I feel really bad for losing so helplessly in the semifinals...

- You play very well against Protoss. Tell us how to play ZvP well!
▲ Hm... I think that macro is important against Protoss! I think that you have to keep scouting your opponent, play high economy while having good macro, and improve on macro and micro!

- Many people say you look like Ji Hyun Woo. What do you think is your most attractive point?
▲ Hm... I thought that it was my ears. But many of my fans said that it was my upper lips... so I think that is my attractive point too...

- If you did not become a progamer, what do you think might be doing now?
▲ I think that I'll be studying in a university!! Or maybe I'll be in the army...

- We heard that you did really well in your studies... Did you really do well.
▲ Hm... I think I did well enough to be satisfied, not so great that you'll go 'Wow, you did great!", but that was before I started playing games heavily...^^;

- What is your ideal type?
▲ I like females whose laughter is their attractive point!! I like people who understand me well and hav a good personality...is kind...
and have the same way of thinking as me!!

- You do not have any special nicknames. Do you have any other players' nicknames that you like, or any nicknames that you want to be called?
▲ I personally think that (Z)sAviOr's 'maestro' nickname is the coolest! And I feel that if I show great games, nicknames will naturally appear. I think that nicknames that the fans create are better...

- What do you think is your own good and bad points? (Does not necessarily have to do with gaming play style)
▲ Hm.. I think my good point is that I have a strong sense of responsibility. I am the type that gets things done no matter what, I guess? My good point is taking responsibility for tasks that are left in my hands! And my bad points are.. not taking care of my younger siblings enough.. I thought I was doing well... I think I have to do even better!!^^

- What is your greatest goal as a progamer?
▲ Hm.. My current goal is for my team to win in the Proleague! My greatest goal is to try everything in my career as a progamer, and to be a player that will be remembered in the history of e-sports forever~

Source: Fomos.kr

Enjoy, feedback and corrections always welcome! *off to watch SKT vs Hwaseung~* SAVIOR VS FBH XD
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ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
April 19 2009 03:48 GMT
#2
Awesome. by.Hero is a cool guy but he went up against Jaedong. tsk tsk tsk, maybe next time bud.
"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."-William Faulkner *_*_*_Kolll FAN_*_*_*
Pieguy314
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada262 Posts
April 19 2009 03:48 GMT
#3
Great interview! Thanks!
asdfasdf
Realpenguin
Profile Joined December 2006
8253 Posts
April 19 2009 03:49 GMT
#4
konadora you're such a baller for doing these translations

On April 19 2009 12:43 konadora wrote:
- Who do you want to choose for the next '30 questions, 30 answers' and what is your question?
▲ I'll choose Woongjin Star's (Z)ZerO. / His play against Zerg is really great, and he pays attention to even the smallest details. Does he have any special know-how?

good choice hero (i hope you translate Zero's when it comes out!)

<Wolfpox> i remember when MVP beat that one guy, and everyone was like 'whoa' except that penguin dude.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51576 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-19 03:53:34
April 19 2009 03:49 GMT
#5
orly

hahahaha

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sung_moon
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10110 Posts
April 19 2009 03:51 GMT
#6
hes 20 years old? wow
Forever Young
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
April 19 2009 03:54 GMT
#7
I thought he was like 15
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Rostam
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2552 Posts
April 19 2009 03:55 GMT
#8
Woo!

On April 19 2009 12:43 konadora wrote:
- This is Jangbi's question to you - Your recent performance against Protoss is really good. What is your secret?
▲ Hm.. I still think that I am lacking a lot! My secret is... my ability to spit out massive amount of units that no other Zerg players have???


That's how zerg should be played, haha...

Thanks for the translation, he sounds like a lot of fun.
BW forever || Thall
pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
April 19 2009 03:55 GMT
#9
I'm always interested in reading the new kid's reactions to winning games against Boxer because they vary so drastically. When s2 beat Boxer in the Proleague, he basically just said "Please don't hate me for beating Boxer, he likes me and practices with me all the time, we're friendly, ect" and this guy is just like "My most memorable game was against Boxer because ... well, I hadn't won in a while up to that point" as if the fact that it was against was incidental, hehehe
Wachet, stehet im Glauben, seid männlich und seid stark.
OnceKing
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States939 Posts
April 19 2009 03:59 GMT
#10
haha he keeps saying "hm." before answering questions
"Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got."
AlwaysGG
Profile Joined March 2009
Taiwan952 Posts
April 19 2009 04:03 GMT
#11
by.hero is one of my favorite zerg player :D

hes performance totally anti'd bisu :D

i wud be happy if he win osl like julyzerg
Trust 神教教主 FlaSh | Believe 火心 EffOrt
EvoChamber
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France2505 Posts
April 19 2009 04:04 GMT
#12
This guy and Effort are definitely the best new Zerg out there, it's nice to see he has such a positive attitude. It's interesting that both hero and Effort have legends for mentors, must be a huge help in developing game sense.
That's not awful writing, DAMMIT. It's perfectly sensical english construction.
nataziel
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Australia1455 Posts
April 19 2009 04:09 GMT
#13
nice translation, you're a machine!
u gotta sk8
Perguvious
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1783 Posts
April 19 2009 04:47 GMT
#14
someone should have asked him about his 600+ apm
benjammin
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2728 Posts
April 19 2009 05:08 GMT
#15
maestro really is the best nickname ever, the emperor is pretty close though

thanks for the translation!
wash uffitizi, drive me to firenze
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
April 19 2009 05:12 GMT
#16
I was quite filled with disappoint-ment-

look forward -for

you will be sure to make it = you will surely make it at least i think, it's not incorrect what you wrote, i just guess that this is what he wanted to say

I like people who understand me well and have a good personality...arekind...
and have the same thinking as me!!

i hope these are really correct, English is my 3rd language, these are some mistakes i noticed and wanted to give feedback, thanks for the translation. A side note, i think you use "that" too often, it's not incorrect, but i was told i can be left out many times, and the text becomes more fluent.
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
April 19 2009 05:12 GMT
#17
<3 by.hero ^^
TranslatorBaa!
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
April 19 2009 05:13 GMT
#18
On April 19 2009 12:51 sung_moon wrote:
hes 20 years old? wow


In Korean, that means 19 generally, or even 18 (Boxer is called a progamer in his 30s bu he's 28).
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
April 19 2009 05:22 GMT
#19
On April 19 2009 14:12 Geo.Rion wrote:
I was quite filled with disappoint-ment-

look forward -for

you will be sure to make it = you will surely make it at least i think, it's not incorrect what you wrote, i just guess that this is what he wanted to say

I like people who understand me well and have a good personality...arekind...
and have the same thinking as me!!

i hope these are really correct, English is my 3rd language, these are some mistakes i noticed and wanted to give feedback, thanks for the translation. A side note, i think you use "that" too often, it's not incorrect, but i was told i can be left out many times, and the text becomes more fluent.

Bleh, so many grammar mistakes, my bad haha.
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Jaksiel
Profile Joined November 2008
United States4130 Posts
April 19 2009 05:49 GMT
#20
Yessssss Zero next!

I wish STX would send him out in Proleague, but they also have July and Calm for strong Zerg...
Zero fighting.
Nightmarjoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States3360 Posts
April 19 2009 07:15 GMT
#21
lol I've never heard a progamer talk/answer like that. I laughed at ORLY. I can't imagine a progamer just having a chat and going ORLY? I always forget that progamers are people too, just really good-at-sc-people.
aka Lyra; My favourites: July, Stork, Draco, MistrZZZ, TheStc, LastShadow - www.broodwarmaps.net - for all your mapping needs; check my stream: high masters mech terran: twitch.tv/lyrathegreat
thunk
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
April 19 2009 07:17 GMT
#22
Kondora's translating like a machine.
Every time Jung Myung Hoon builds a vulture, two probes die. || My post count was a palindrome and I was never posting again.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
April 19 2009 07:22 GMT
#23
Apparently this 'interview' was conducted through sending text messages back and forth, so in order to preserve the original expressions, all the smileys and '~' , etc were kept. That's why the 'interview' is so light-hearted.
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miseiler
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States1389 Posts
April 19 2009 17:20 GMT
#24
On April 19 2009 16:22 konadora wrote:
Apparently this 'interview' was conducted through sending text messages back and forth, so in order to preserve the original expressions, all the smileys and '~' , etc were kept. That's why the 'interview' is so light-hearted.


Ah! I was just about to say something along the lines of, 'This interview was entirely too adorable.' Now it makes sense!

Looking forward to ZerO's interview as well.
"Jinro soo manly wearing only a T-Shirt while the Koreans freeze in their jackets" -- Double_O
"He's from Sweden, man. We have to fight polar bears on our way to school." -- Yusername
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
April 19 2009 17:24 GMT
#25
It's good to see a new, promising macro Zerg. 815 has a heavy macro style too, but he's too clumsy. ):
Eiii
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2566 Posts
April 21 2009 06:50 GMT
#26
Aww, he's adorable.
:3
dekuschrub
Profile Joined May 2008
United States2069 Posts
April 21 2009 07:00 GMT
#27
very cool. By Hero seems like a pretty laid back guy.

im excited for zero next! I love the little guy
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