2-game winning streak right from his debut! MBCGame's Ace (also known as aMeBa)! "I think this is the best possible result I could have achieved."
A valuable new player has emerged from the MBCGame team, who had been struggling with their lack of good, new players. Due to a weak B-team and highly anticipated backup players not performing up to expectations, MBC had to undergo a terrible Round 3, and in this time of difficulty, this new player is great news to the team, with the 09-10 season looking bright for them.
This player is MBCGame's zerg player, aMeBa, aged 22 (Korean age) this year. After making a spectacular debut by defeating Air Force ACE's 'Sashin' Anytime, where he showed great management skills, he followed up by defeating Hwaseung Oz's Hiya, recording an impressive 2-game winning streak. Getting a win is already hard for a new player making his debut, so winning the next game is even more amazing. He showed that he was proficient in the 'management' area in his match against Anytime, and also in the 'all-in' area in his match against Hiya.
aMeBa initially made his debut as the name 'Park Jun Sang'. But due to personal reasons, he changed his name to 'Jeong Woo Seoh' in June this year. After changing his name, aMeBa was reborn and is making a name for himself.In the 2007 player drafting, he recorded the worst score and yet, was able to catch coach Ha Tae Gi's attention. The reporter said that aMeBa left a strong first impression with his military-style haircut and different scratches. (TN: Refer to bottom of post to see what's a 'scratch')
The following is the interview with aMeBa.
- A short introduction about yourself to Fomos and e-sports fans. ▲ Hi, I am Jung Woo Seoh, aged 22. It has been a year since I first entered this team. I am a Zerg player. There are a lot of Zerg players in my team so I am learning much from my seniors.
- You made an impressive 2 game winning streak since your debut. How do you feel? ▲ Many people congratulated me on that. It still feels like a dream. It's enough to make me wake up everyday, thinking if it was a dream. People around me are telling me to work hard and that it is just the beginning. I feel the same.
- You displayed impressive management skills in your match against Anytime. ▲ It was my first match so even if I were to lose, I wanted to put on a good performance to appeal to the viewers. I played while trying to keep my mind at ease. That was why my result was good. I told myself that this could be my first and last chance.
- How did you feel when you recorded your first, and eventually your second win? ▲ When I won my first match I was still in a daze. I had the thought that I won because I worked hard. When I won my second match, I thought that 'even I can play well on such a stage' and gained confidence.
- Your head-on aggressive play against Hiya was outstanding. ▲ When I first got into the team, I did not know that I was able to play aggressively. But after getting to know Hyun hyung, I learned a lot. Hyun has some traits that I don't. I worked hard to learn that, and I think it came out well in my match against Hiya.
- Your first win revolved around 'management', and your second win revolved around 'all-in'. ▲ I wasn't all comfortable because of my first win. But after reading articles, I found out that I was being well rated. That is why I felt that I had to work harder and put on an even better performance. I wanted to play a different kind of game from the one I played against Anytime. I think that Hiya is one who likes to take the advantage and play mindgames. I felt that I would lose if I were to lose my advantage, so I worked hard to play aggressively and take the early lead.
- Then what is your true playing style? ▲ I think that it is similar to the style I displayed in my match against Anytime. But one thing I realised after joining the team was that I can't be successful with just my own style alone. That is why I am working hard to pick up other players' playing style.
- In the 2007 draft, you were rated as the worst player and yet you were chosen by MBCGame. ▲ I really felt that that was the last chance for me. But I lost all my games in the semi-progamer rating games. I was confident in my skills but I was too nervous, and I felt that I would never become a progamer. So I went to the house of the team I most wanted to get into and took a test after meeting up with Coach Ha. Coach Ha welcomed me and told me that he wanted to see my determination. In the end I got a military-style haircut. But it still did not have enough of an impact, so I got a scratch.
- But since you got last in the draft rankings, you must have thought that would be hard for you to get into MBCGame. ▲ Coach Ha initially told me that they had a lot of practice partners so they could not get me into the team. But I told him that that does not matter, and that as long as I was allowed into the team, I would work hard for the next draft. I think he welcomed that openheartedly.
- Why did you choose to be a progamer? ▲ It is because I love gaming. After leaving eSTRO, for a year, it was tough to get into a progaming team. I was sad because I thought I had a bad image. I knew that I could do well, but I felt that my path was being blocked off because of prejudice. I think that I grew even more determined because of that.
- What do you think is the advantage of being a progamer? ▲ I hate losing. On the other hand, I feel so happy when I win. I think that the advantage of being a progamer is that many people will clap and cheer for you when you're a progamer and they're watching your games. But of course, it's tough too. However, I am optimistic and positive. Actually, my mom was severely against my decision (to be a progamer). I believed that (my dream) will definitely come true.
- After your debut as a progamer, who were you most influenced by? ▲ I think it's Hyun hyung. I was living an independent life and was low in self-esteem. I also had family issues. So I wasn't able to play with confidence. But Hyun hyung does anything with confidence, regardless of what his opponent does.
- When you are asked these kind of questions, the answer is usually with reference to legendary players such as YellOw, Reach and sAviOr... ▲ I was influenced by them too. But honestly speaking, you get influenced heavier by people you meet up with in real life and practice with than with people you just watch on TV when you're an amateur. That is why I said it's Hyun hyung.
- Then who were you most influenced by while watching TV? ▲ It's GoRush. When GoRush wins, he makes his opponent seem so weak and little. I felt like wanting to play like him when I watched his games.
- You have won two games straight after your debut, so you must have set a target for the next season as well. ▲ I have not thought of a real target yet. But I think I can win 15 to 20 games. I also want to be the 'King of the new players'. It's because they say the bigger your dream is, the better. But there are a lot of Zerg players in my team, so I have to focus on helping my seniors first.
- What else are you good in, other than Starcraft? ▲ Ironically, I am very bad in other games. Actually, I started playing Starcraft because in high school, I thought I was very good in it but I was totally defeated by my classmate. That's why I started playing Starcraft with a lot of determination. I can't play other games like Special Force or Kartrider. My younger brother players such games better than me. Other than gaming, I enjoy reading and going to the karaoke. But I am not a good singer (laughs). I especially like watching movies.
- You said you like movies, so what genre to you enjoy? ▲ I enjoy movies with a moral story behind it. A memorable movie? It's a movie titled 'The Island'. It's a movie with Scarlett Johansson in it, and it made me think a lot about human cloning.
- You are 22 years old, not really a young age for a new player. ▲ I felt very grateful when I was allowed into the team. There are many younger players in the team, but I felt that I still had to treat them as seniors. I worked hard to fit in. I did not think about my age. Age is not that important when you're living in the society.
- You weren't relatively young so you must have felt slightly desperate. ▲ I was quite desperate. My mother lives alone so I worked hard to be of immediate help to her. I thought long and hard about whether I should be doing other things other than gaming, which could be of even greater help. But I felt that doing what I like with my all would be helping my mother the greatest.
- What did your mother say after you recorded a 2-game winning streak since your debut? ▲ She does not understand the game. Also, I'm a bit blunt so I told my mother not to come down on site to watch me play. But she secretly came to watch me play. And I felt really happy to win in front of my mother. When I won 2 games in a row, she told me 'well done'. When I won my first game, she told me that I should not be too overly confident and that it's alright to lose, so I should put in my best effort for my second game.
- What kind of player do you want to be? ▲ Even if I don't become a special, key member, I want to be a player that my team can fully put their trust in. I play for my team. I also want to advance into the individual leagues, but rather than winning and attaining all the glory, I just want to hear that my team is doing better.
- Any words to your fans? ▲ There is no such thing as 'putting in your best effort produces in the best results'. But I think I achieved the best possible result. I am taking other people's interest in me as a motivation to do even better. I will work twice, thrice as hard to produce even better results.
◆ Profile Name - Jung Woo Seoh Age - 22 (Korean Age) Birthday - 16th October 1988 Blood type - O Team - MBCGame Hero Race - Zerg ID - AcE[S.G] or aMeBa[NsP] Guild/Clan - S.G Hobby - Watching movies Favourite proverb - The one who dreams for a long time will eventually make it true.
In schools when kids get punished to cut their hair off if you get a scratch you will get in trouble and have to remove it. Its something punks do a lot in school. Which is why i feel its weird. I guess the coaches just thought it was unique.
On July 21 2009 01:22 Ilikestarcraft wrote: In schools when kids get punished to cut their hair off if you get a scratch you will get in trouble and have to remove it. Its something punks do a lot in school. Which is why i feel its weird. I guess the coaches just thought it was unique.
I see it often in gangster movies haha. Happens here too ;;
ameba sg... is he the guy with sick, sick swarm use in those luna zvt games forever ago? i remember a few really cool replays when i was first starting 1v1. good for him, finally making it this far!
On July 21 2009 00:43 konadora wrote: - You said you like movies, so what genre to you enjoy? ▲ I enjoy movies with a moral story behind it. A memorable movie? It's a movie titled 'Island'. It's a movie with Scarlett Johansson in it, and it made me think a lot about human cloning.
Duuude i loved that movie! epic music, epic cinematography, and epic scarlett johansson =o =o =o
On July 21 2009 00:49 StorrZerg wrote: im so lost to why hes 22 when hes only 20?
i thought Korean age just added 9 months?
Nope it's exactly +1 year.
He's 21 in non-Korean age, but 22 in Korean age.
I'm confused since nobody told thid yet :S. If he's born on 16th October 1988 he have 20 years old and he will have 21 on 16th of October. So, same question how can he have 2 more years in korean age. Someone can explain this? I know koreans start at 1 year old instead of 0 but there must be an other thing I don't know and I would would be very thankful if someone could explain it.
On July 21 2009 00:49 StorrZerg wrote: im so lost to why hes 22 when hes only 20?
i thought Korean age just added 9 months?
Nope it's exactly +1 year.
He's 21 in non-Korean age, but 22 in Korean age.
I'm confused since nobody told thid yet :S. If he's born on 16th October 1988 he have 20 years old and he will have 21 on 16th of October. So, same question how can he have 2 more years in korean age. Someone can explain this? I know koreans start at 1 year old instead of 0 but there must be an other thing I don't know and I would would be very thankful if someone could explain it.
I think he didn't go by month, and counted his age by year.
Wow, i just watched his games vs. HiyA and Anytime. While they weren't the most amazing games ever, he definately seemed to "know what he was doing", which a lot of newish players don't. Who knows, maybe he IS 5th bonjwa.
On July 21 2009 00:49 StorrZerg wrote: im so lost to why hes 22 when hes only 20?
i thought Korean age just added 9 months?
Nope it's exactly +1 year.
He's 21 in non-Korean age, but 22 in Korean age.
I'm confused since nobody told thid yet :S. If he's born on 16th October 1988 he have 20 years old and he will have 21 on 16th of October. So, same question how can he have 2 more years in korean age. Someone can explain this? I know koreans start at 1 year old instead of 0 but there must be an other thing I don't know and I would would be very thankful if someone could explain it.
In Korean age you just go by year. So as soon as the new (lunar) year starts, everyone gets a year older. For him, 2009-1988 = 21, then +1 for some stupid reason gives you 22. After his birthday rolls around he'll be 21 regular age, but still 22 Korean age. So Korean age can be either +1 or +2, depending on if the person has had their birthday yet.
Took me a long time to figure that out lol, so when I was in Korea I just lied about my age.
A lot of surprising answers in the interview. I still remember him as the zerg who first played the get to hive asap and turtle with defilers style zvt.
On July 21 2009 00:49 StorrZerg wrote: im so lost to why hes 22 when hes only 20?
i thought Korean age just added 9 months?
Nope it's exactly +1 year.
He's 21 in non-Korean age, but 22 in Korean age.
I'm confused since nobody told thid yet :S. If he's born on 16th October 1988 he have 20 years old and he will have 21 on 16th of October. So, same question how can he have 2 more years in korean age. Someone can explain this? I know koreans start at 1 year old instead of 0 but there must be an other thing I don't know and I would would be very thankful if someone could explain it.
I don't know how Korean age work, but in Chinese, it's you're born as 1 year old, and every New Year you become one year older. If Korea has the same system, then it would make sense that he's 22 Korean years old and 20 international years old.
It's always fun to see new players break out like this. Especially ones like Ace who, as it seems, had to jump over a hurtle or two to break into the scene. Thanks for the translation Kona - these interviews where you get to learn about a totally new player are just so much more stimulating than the bland winners interviews, and even the 20/20's in some cases, depending on the player being interviewed.
'Also, I'm a bit blunt so I told my mother not to come down on site to watch me play. But she secretly came to watch me play. And I felt really happy to win in front of my mother. When I won 2 games in a row, she told me 'well done'. When I won my first game, she told me that I should not be too overly confident and that it's alright to lose, so I should put in my best effort for my second game.'
His story with his mom sounds so damn similar to XellOs and his mom. If a child has divorcee parents, does the child take up the name of whoever they live with? For example, if his father was 박 and his mother 정, and they divorced, is that why he is now 정우서 rather than 박준상?
On July 21 2009 16:24 GTR wrote: His story with his mom sounds so damn similar to XellOs and his mom. If a child has divorcee parents, does the child take up the name of whoever they live with? For example, if his father was 박 and his mother 정, and they divorced, is that why he is now 정우서 rather than 박준상?
Holy shit!! I loved watching this guy's games as aMeBa! I thought he had moved on to a real job or something. This is really good news. I'm so excited to see what he can do.
Will read later, thanks for translation! The guy on the right is probably him.
Both him and Movie changed their awesome bald hair to the "standard" Korean hair =(. MBC coach is funny drafting Bisu because he was handsome now Ace because of his hair XD Always gotta support my Zerg brethren.
On July 22 2009 05:50 JIJIyO wrote: Will read later, thanks for translation! The guy on the right is probably him.
Both him and Movie changed their awesome bald hair to the "standard" Korean hair =(. MBC coach is funny drafting Bisu because he was handsome now Ace because of his hair XD Always gotta support my Zerg brethren.
haha yeah i love that old MBC 's coach the chubby one he is funny.
On July 22 2009 05:50 JIJIyO wrote: Will read later, thanks for translation! The guy on the right is probably him.
Both him and Movie changed their awesome bald hair to the "standard" Korean hair =(. MBC coach is funny drafting Bisu because he was handsome now Ace because of his hair XD Always gotta support my Zerg brethren.
Yeah the coach was probably like: - Yeah..Bisu....dibs! And that Ace is kinda cubby too!
I couldnt help but 'lol' at the title in that he is a rising player because he's won 2 games in a row. Given, I know it is absolutely 100% impressive that he won them right out the gate, just found it amusing.
I really hope this guy does well though. Its very rare that you see someone so confident and able to win games this early in their career. On top of this he is also 22 (same as me!) so to see someone starting out that well just shows you dont have to be a young kid to win games in Korea.
The length of the interview was also great. For a while there I kept thinking I was on the last question but nah, there was even more! Even the pictures are sweet and making me want my MBC hoodie!
I think the author is making way too big of deal about him winning 2 games though. Kind of silly really. Beating anytime and executing an all in against hiya is nice, but nothing worth hyping a shitload. Sorry read this kinda late.
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