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[Interview] Yellow's Mom/Elder Brother & Yellow

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sky_slasher
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States328 Posts
May 16 2009 02:15 GMT
#1
[NC]Yellow's family and he remember the old days.

English translation of a part of this video:



9:46 is when we start seeing Yellow's mom.

9:46 [mom] He didn’t see it again! He’s not paying attention!
9:56 [narrator] His mom’s mind is with him on the stage.
10:08 [mom] In the early days, I went to games with medication that calms you down, so I can give it to him. But he didn’t want it, so I took it, but even then I was nervous watching him. Even after medication! Nowadays I kinda don’t wanna go to the games, even when he has title matches. Even watching him on TV makes me nervous, so I get really anxious actually watching him live on the stage.
10:39 [narrator] Even with his mom’s support, Yellow’s game is difficult.
10:45 [mom] What’s going on?
10:50 [narrator] Yellow lost. So his mom’s mind.
11:00 [mom] How come he didn’t think of his Drones at his main base getting attacked! He’s been through that strategy before over and over.
[subtitle] How was it when he said he wanted to be a gamer?
[mom] I was worried a lot, him giving up college and all. He had a lot of excuses about not going to college; he hated studying. But even so I couldn’t even dream him becoming something like this.
11:28 [yellow] My mom said I should be kicked out of the house if I were to play games. [subtitle] How was it when your parents opposed you becoming a gamer?
[yellow] I wasn’t allowed to play games at home at all. So I went out and played in secret. There was this new PC café in my neighborhood, and I went there and that’s how I got to know StarCraft, and got really into it. So since then, I just spent all time at PC café.
11:49 [mom] He skipped all the after-school study sessions, and went PC café instead. He came home late and said he went to the study sessions, but how could I have known that he went to PC café instead?
12:00 [subtitle] Why did you continue even with all this opposition?
[Yellow] Before StarCraft, I’ve never had any strong passion of what I want to do. I was confident
12:11 [older brother] When he said he would move to the capital to play games, I didn’t feel good.
12:17 [mom] Even when he was into gaming, I really didn’t know what it was. I didn’t even know what was going on even when I watched it on TV. I just thought he would come back home after a while. So I told him, “Ok, I will give you one year to pursue gaming. Consider that going to college one year late.”
12:32 [Narrator] That one year he had to pursue gaming.
12:38 [Yellow] I moved to the capital and just slept on random storage places. I couldn’t eat. I don’t remember having meals, I just had food once a day, and even that it was bowl noodle. I lived like that for a year. I practiced a lot, thinking only winning games can get me out of this.
13:01 [mom] I was saddened and heart-broken. If I were there supporting him, like preparing meals and stuff, I would not have as heart-broken. But he moved far away, so I didn’t know if he was eating well or whatever.
13:20 [narrator] 19 year old. The age when you eat a lot. At that age he moved out of his house and maintained poor life style of eating bowl noodle only, just to pursue game. What was it that carried him on? What is it that make people crazed about StarCraft?
13:48 [fan] Even though I might not know how to play, watching gamers play out is exciting. So I danced when he wins!
[another fan] I like action movies. So watching Yellow storming his opponent-that’s my style!
fnaticNoname
Profile Joined January 2008
India858 Posts
May 16 2009 02:25 GMT
#2
Thanks!
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
May 16 2009 02:30 GMT
#3
haha cool
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JohnBall
Profile Joined December 2008
Brazil1272 Posts
May 16 2009 02:48 GMT
#4
Wow, that's very interesting!
I am glad that all that effort payed off in the end (except for getting a title).

Now, imagine if July had to go through the same...
perfecting the art of five pool forever
ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
May 16 2009 02:48 GMT
#5
lol yellows hardcore he gave up meals for bw

ty for translating
the courage to be a lazy bum
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
May 16 2009 02:52 GMT
#6
This is old yellow, not arnc, right?
Hello
sky_slasher
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States328 Posts
May 16 2009 02:59 GMT
#7
On May 16 2009 11:52 PH wrote:
This is old yellow, not arnc, right?


This is old yellow, [NC]Yellow.

Thanks for reading!
mmgoose
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
769 Posts
May 16 2009 03:18 GMT
#8
yellow's got an awesome mom
And you know if a grandmother had a penis she would be a grandfather.
MuShu
Profile Joined March 2005
United States3223 Posts
May 16 2009 03:20 GMT
#9
Thanks for the translation sky_slasher!
Ozarugold
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
2716 Posts
May 16 2009 03:26 GMT
#10
Thanks for the translations again~
this is my quote.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11566 Posts
May 16 2009 03:29 GMT
#11
fuck yeah yellow!

Yellow is a true gamer. Balls of steel!

thanks for the translation
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
May 16 2009 03:34 GMT
#12
Even YellOw's mom cringes when a Reaver shot takes out a ton of Drones.
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LaLuSh
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden2358 Posts
May 16 2009 03:37 GMT
#13
11:00 [mom] How come he didn’t think of his Drones at his main base getting attacked! He’s been through that strategy before over and over.


Lol! Bad ass mom dissing his strategies haha!
QQplay
Profile Joined February 2009
United States229 Posts
May 16 2009 03:41 GMT
#14
Nice read, thanks for the translation!

FieryBalrog
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1381 Posts
May 16 2009 03:45 GMT
#15
Awesome find! Hong Jin Ho fighting, at least he's relatively well-off (from poker if not only from BW) and famous now!
I will eat you alive
FirstBorn
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Romania3955 Posts
May 16 2009 03:47 GMT
#16
whoah, thanks for the translatios man!

Always liked yellow, too bad he's got so many silvers.
SonuvBob: Yes, the majority of TL is college-aged, and thus clearly stupid.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66363 Posts
May 16 2009 03:50 GMT
#17
YellOw's house looks so much like my cousin's ;___;

Haha, man these Progamers' parents are so awesome. They probably know as much about the game as the coaches rofl
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wswordsmen
Profile Joined October 2007
United States987 Posts
May 16 2009 14:01 GMT
#18
Thank you konadora.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
May 16 2009 14:04 GMT
#19
haha that rules, thanks
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Polemarch
Profile Joined August 2005
Canada1564 Posts
May 16 2009 14:10 GMT
#20
wow... being homeless and hungry for 1 year just to play starcraft? that's insane dedication... mad respect. thanks sky_slasher
I BELIEVE IN CAPITAL LETTER PUNISHMENT!!!!!
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
May 16 2009 14:43 GMT
#21
On May 16 2009 23:01 wswordsmen wrote:
Thank you konadora.


lol not every translation thread is by konadora. .haha

thanks skyslasher
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klizzer
Profile Joined March 2008
517 Posts
May 16 2009 14:51 GMT
#22
yep, thanks sky_slasher (fight the konadora domination! lul)

Also, nice interview, I wonder if someone could sub the video :O
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
May 16 2009 14:56 GMT
#23
That was the situation for gamers in the early days of pro-gaming in South Korea, they didn't really have much and they needed sponsors.

My respect for YellOw increased when I read his story somewhere, having gone through very hard times but he just can't get that gold at times.
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MicroInfest
Profile Joined April 2009
United States29 Posts
May 16 2009 15:20 GMT
#24
crazy. I wish my mom would give my a year shitttt shes only gave me couple months. (since i woke up quit my job and told her i was going to play sc full time) then she proceeded to charge me rent and board- hence ig ot a job
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