[CSL] Individual Tournament

Hi everyone, DarthThienAn here =D.

Welcome to the Collegiate Starleague's first Individual Tournament, hosted by yours truly. The bracket was randomly generated by an online site. This is a Round of 32 tournament. Players were chosen based on their wins during the season. Some last minute qualifiers took place to eliminate some extras, but now we have 32, and can begin the tournament! =]

Geoffrey Lee (UVic) 8-1
UVic_baechigi
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Sami El-Dabbagh (McGill) 7-0
Freaky[McGill]

Royce Newcomb (UCSB) 7-0
ucsb.trypt

Joseph Liu (McGill) 6-0
pho[McGill]

Amos Lin (UCSB) 6-0
ucsb.arsenic

Duran Parsi (UCSD) 6-0
Xeris_Xeris
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Kevin Riley (HMC) 6-1
hmc_qxc
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David Kay (Princeton) 6-1
[pu]Magneus

Spencer Liang (Harvard) 6-2
[H]spencer

Kevin Kang (UWO) 6-2
15step[UwO]

Chen Gui (UCI) 5-0
Fira[UCI]
[spoiler=Interview 2]
1. How was your Ro32 match? Close? One-sided? Anything exciting during your games?

Pretty standard games. I played pretty well considering they were the only games I had played for over a month (vacation hihi). I pretty much played it safe both games and won without too much struggle.

2. What do you think of your opponent this week?

I'm not sure what to think. I've never seen him play nor watched any of his replays. He's a terran and I hate this matchup with a passion. He also did pretty well in CSL, so I think I have some practice ahead of me.

3. Favorite videogame (other than Starcraft)?

Currently, Heroes of Newerth. Overall, and I hate to admit it, but probably World of Warcraft. That game is so addictive it just has to be my favorite, although I am glad I quit. It was quite an investment.

4. Tell us about your SC past (ie. other tournaments, how long you been TLing, when did you start playing, etc.)

Well, I've been banned from TL a couple times in the past, for reasons I don't even remember. I started playing SC probably 8 years ago with a few IRL friends. We pretty much just played UMS and money maps for fun. I didn't really start playing seriously until maybe 2003-2004, after joining BeThe. Later on I was recruited into sMi and that's when I started gaming much more. I was able to obtain A on PGTour, but after that I started college and the game didn't interest me as much anymore. I've been playing on and off since 2008, but SC is mostly just a mild hobby nowadays.

5. Any advice for your [insert your race here] fans? What are your feelings about the Protoss race?

Lol I dunno what fans I have; I was never really that known. Zulunation_9 is probably my biggest fan aside from IRL friends. We used to play lots of games in sMi, he was a very good practice partner and attributed to much of my success back in sMi. I like Protoss because it relies on extremely fast APM and reflexes less than T and Z, and moreso on finesse and situational awareness. May not be true, but it's just what I've noticed.

6. Thoughts on TSL? (random =D)

I wasn't keeping track of TSL until earlier today when my friend AstroMech IM'ed me about Nony vs Idra. He suggested that I watch the andromeda game so I did. Those blanket storms were quite amazing.
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Sanghoo Lee (Emory) 5-1
eU.ziz

Dennis Qian (Rice) 5-1
[Rice]Menace

Mike Kim (UVic) 5-1
UVic_Prime
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1. i dont know. i hope i win the first round and then i ll think about the next games and all. Geoff is gonna be the toughest player cuz we know everything about each other and also maybe other koreans.
2. Favourite P v Z cuz i watch lots of P v Z vods (especailly Bisu's)
3. A++++++++++++++++++
4. It was fine but im sure that our team will do much better in next season.
5. Nothing.
6. Bisu[Shield]
7. Dark Templar[/spoiler]
Jeff Yang (Cornell) 5-2
[CU]LaTeR

Hyung K. Oh (Rutgers) 5-2
[RUTGERS]Clazz

David Kim (UCSD) 5-2
Xeris_Jaeyun
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1. How do you feel about your chances this week? How about overall? Are you confident, do you think you'll make it to the finals, who are tough players that you might meet, etc.?

I don't know who my opponent is but it is a ZvT and as long as it's not Assem I don't see myself losing. From my side of the brackets.. I'm excited to face off against Cameroncrazie, FirA, and especially Baechigi. I was disappointed that we couldn't face Uvic, including Baechigi, in the western finals so I hope this tournament will give me that opportunity. From the top brackets, it's probably going to be a fight between Jackass and Dino. If I get to the finals, I'll waiting and rooting for Dino. It'd be awesome if we could have our rematch on a much larger stage.

Note that this is all speculation if I do get lucky enough to advance . Not saying I'm going to get there for sure

2. Strongest/Favorite matchup? Why, etc.?

Strongest matchup was formerly ZvT but due to half of the starcraft community switching to protoss, it's now ZvP. I just love giant lurker contains and punishing them with nonstop lings and hydras if they dare ever to break out.

3. Highest ICCup Rank? (from? jk)

B, 7600 points.

4. How was Season 2 for you? Make new friends? Improve your skill? Practice lots? Roflstomp lots of CSL newbs?

Season 2 was great; I wouldn't be practicing if it weren't for this.. and it's just so fun having something to play FOR instead of just wasting my time practicing for nothing in a game that's about to die in the coming years.

5. Reason for your ID?

Jaeyun is my korean name. I went by this alias before I even knew who Jaedong was.. so for you who think I copied his name.. I didn't

6. Favorite programer?

Uhh.. I don't really have one except maybe Jaedong.. but that's just because he's so good and exciting.

7. Favorite unit?

Probably lurkers.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Interview 2]
1. How was your Ro16 match? Close? One-sided? Anything exciting during your games?

My Ro16 match vs CameronCrazie was very close, though I ended up luckily winning 2-0. I was so used to practicing ZvP, and due to my lack of preparation.. my ZvT was terrible but I can tell he wasn't playing at his best either. Though both of the games were really close, they were just bad games for the both of us. My muta micro was really bad and it didn't help that he knew how to defend against them well.. so in order to stay in the game I pretty much flipped a coin and countered him both games. It could've gone either way, luck was just on my side today.

2. What do you think of your opponent this week?

He was a lot better than I thought he'd be. He made some fatal micro errors here and there and so did I. I just hope we can face each other sometime in the future when we're both playing at our bests because I know he's definitely a competent terran.

3. Favorite videogame (other than Starcraft)?

None, really.

4. Tell us about your SC past (ie. other tournaments, how long you been TLing, when did you start playing, etc.)

As you can see I only have like 6 posts so I've only started to surf around TL for about a year (not really posting). I've played pretty much when SC came out but I always fooled around on it.. and I still do. I just don't play competitively enough. As for tournaments, the only actual tournament I attended and won was UCSD's 2009 Winter Game Fest (2010's coming up in a few days).

5. Any advice for your [insert your race here] fans? What are your feelings about the Protoss race?

Yeah, don't switch to P and learn drone timings . I love protoss, people all think I'm wholly a Zerg player but I can play T and P at a solid B- level (except maybe mirror matches). Protoss is the my favorite race as it's the most versatile and creative race.. just these days lower level p's only know how to mass instead of abusing its flexibility.

6. Thoughts on TSL? (random =D)

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1. Alright, there's been a long break since the last interview. What have you been up to? School? Practicing? Studying your opponent?

Mostly school, just living life. I've actually been playing a lot of starcraft due to UCSD's WGF Tournament.

2. 8 people left - who's gonna win it all? You?

I have a pretty good shot at it.. I don't really know how great my next opponents will be but if all goes well I'll probably face Jackass in the finals and we'll have to see what happens from there.

3. Watch the OSL finals? What'd you think?

Yep, Movie played great but FlaSh is just too solid.

4. What do you think of the map pool? Favorite map? Least favorite map? Do you like Outsider?

They're all okay, Heartbreak Ridge is my favorite probably. I used to hate Outsider but after giving it a chance I've grown to like it.

5. What do you think of your chances this week, and your opponent?

I should be fine, my ZvT is still a bit rusty but it's all coming back now. I haven't seen my opponent play but people tell me I shouldn't have a problem.

6. What do you think the prize is / should be? ^^

No idea.. didn't know there was one
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[spoiler=Interview 4]
1. As usual: How was your Round of 8 opponent? Any difficulties there? Easier than previous round opponents?

Well, my opponent hasn't really been playing at all these days and attempted to cheese the first two games so the series went by pretty quickly. I'm sure he's much better when he's playing normal and in shape.

2. How does this round look? Out of the last 4, who's the toughest opponent?

Probably jackass, if I win the semifinals i'm definitely expecting him to come out of the top side of the brackets. I've beaten qxc once in an ace match back in the regular season but I have no idea how much better he's gotten so we'll see.

3. This was last week but thoughts on the MSL finals?

Lame, the third game was exciting to watch.. too.

4. Preference for Finals map?

Nope not really.
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Jeffrey Huang (Yale) 5-4
Dullahan[yale]
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1. How do you feel about your chances this week? How about overall? Are you confident, do you think you'll make it to the finals, who are tough players that you might meet, etc.?

Looking at our CSL records, Xeris is definitely the favorite, though considering that PvP can be such a toss-up at times (sorry, bad pun), it could have been worse. I highly doubt that I'll get to finals - there's quite a few strong players, especially in this half of the bracket, though the lack of terrans probably improves my chances marginally.

2. Strongest/Favorite matchup? Why, etc.?

PvZ's been my best matchup ever since I realized I could plop down 10 gateways and run around the map with a ball of doom j/k, but seriously, I think a lot of it may have to do with how Bisu was so dominant early on when I first got into competitive SC and I watched a lot of vids of his games. The other explanation that comes to mind is that I originally chose Protoss because of psi storm (<3), and the rest should be obvious from there.

PvP's interesting because of all the potential cheesiness and all the mindgames that go along with it. And Bisu v Pokju totally inspired my early PvP play ^^

3. Highest ICCup Rank? (from? jk)

D+ (though every time I say I intend to mass game, I always seem to find some excuse, so I haven't really laddered anywhere near as much as I would have liked)

4. How was Season 2 for you? Make new friends? Improve your skill? Practice lots? Roflstomp lots of CSL newbs?

Considering that we forfeited so much last year, anything would probably have been an improvement this year I found it somewhat ironic that despite spending hours each week discussing with my team about who to play on which map, we always seemed to end up with suboptimal matchups (and more often than not, I'd be matched against their weakest player)

5. Reason for your ID?

Golden Sun! I came up with my ID back when I was on AWBW and really obsessed with Golden Sun. I kept using it when I transitioned into SSBM since I couldn't think of anything else at the time, and I've kept it since.

(Adding Link: Golden Sun Dullahan)

6. Favorite progamer?

None really... I like watching whoever's doing well at the moment since that generally yields the highest chance of really awesome games

7. Favorite unit?

Battlecruisers! I have a nostalgic attachment to them considering that they were the sole factor behind my first time finishing a 1v7 (comps). I still find it fun to put a replay on fast-forward and watch a BC fleet annihilate everything in its path.[/spoiler]
Julian Xu (Duke) 4-0
CameronCraziE

Thomas Roxlo (MIT) 4-0
[MiT]olXor

Mike Choi (Northwestern) 4-0
[NU]m_num_num

Elias Lee (UCD) 4-0
UCD_beefmoo

David Kent (UCR) 4-0
UCR_Dino

Brandon Ewing (ASU) 4-1
Atrioc

Daniel Chen (CalTech) 4-1
Saracen

Kishan Pandya (Rutgers) 4-1
[RUTGERS]nexus
[spoiler=Interview 2]
Me is DimSum
ME:How was your Ro32 match? Close? One-sided? Anything exciting during your games?
NEXUS:The matches are boring. They are indeed, VERY one-sided. In fact, they are so one-sided that I actually text and eat an apple/cereal during the game. I actually remember not even using my keyboard during some games because I felt like seeing my APM with mouse only. It's a joke. I demolish everyone. People win 1 game with some stupid all-in build and think they're wild, when in fact, I'm sitting there eating my cheerios and they try to 4 gate. Nothing exciting, it's merely 1a2a3a4a and typing GG.

ME:Tell us about your SC past (ie. other tournaments, how long you been TLing, when did you start playing, etc.)
NEXUS:Without giving away too much information about my past SC history, I'll simply say this: I demolished ToT)ClouD( in TL Attack (who just recently got wrecked to G5 in TSL2 who is also a horrible player) and then TL.Net didn't give me the mousepad because I'm a "banned" user. As for how long I've been playing... 3 or 4 years? Other tournaments that I've played in - none. I play with koreans (human beings who are actually competant at this game, unlike the idiot foreigners and basically everyone involved in CSL).

ME:If you could fuck one programer, who would it be?
NEXUS:Well, the answer SHOULD be TossGirl, but nah. I'll do Bisu right in the butthole, with some lube, of course.

ME:Any advice for your [insert your race here] fans? What are your feelings about the Protoss race?
NEXUS:I have no advice for my fans because I don't want to have any fans nor do I care about having fans. Secondly, my feelings about Protoss are this: I can't be beaten.
ME:aww cute response
NEXUS:F U SON
NEXUS:IM TRYIN TO BE RUTHELSS HERE
NEXUS:cute is the last thing.

ME:Strongest/Favorite matchup? Why, etc.?
NEXUS:My favorite match up is PvP. As for 'strongest' match up, I suppose it depends on the map. My PvP and PvT are pretty equal. However, some maps I can play better on.

ME:If you could have a grudge match with anyone is CSL, who would it be?
NEXUS:That bitch from some school who was the worst player of all time, yet, SOMEHOW, he managed to beat me during the regular season... the greatest fluke of the century, indeed. I mean, yeah, it's one game and everyone knows one game means nothing, but this is just an embarassment.
ME: lol pisan!
NEXUS:YEAH
NEXUS: that bitch.
NEXUS: then i demolished cu later
NEXUS: 5-0 with off race
NEXUS: rick racked that geek into the next dimension

ME:How do you feel about the next CSL+ season?
NEXUS:Rutgers will win this time. We would've won this time, but I got into a car-accident. Oh well.
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Steven Kim (UCB) 4-1
]Cal[Fin.Obama

Darren Chen (UCI) 4-1
darrenc[UCI]

Seungju Han (UCR) 4-1
UCR_Han

John Lee (UWaterloo) 4-1
uw)jackass

Ali Abdulaal (UWO) 4-1
o3Power91[UwO]

Joel (OSU) 4-2
mg.Azriel AKA Nightmarjoo
[spoiler=Interview]
1. How do you feel about your chances this week? How about overall? Are you confident, do you think you'll make it to the finals, who are tough players that you might meet, etc.?
I'll do well. I've played saracen a fair few times in the past when we were on the same clan, and if I lost at all, I won a lot more. He's a decent player and has pulled off some clutch wins in past clanwars I didn't think he'd win, so I can't write him out altogether. However, especially if I can race-pick per map I'm confident I'll win.
As far as future games go, I can't be sure whether or not I'll do well or not, there are some strong players for sure, and I'm not all that well-practiced on most of the maps.

2. Strongest/Favorite matchup? Why, etc.?
I don't really know anymore. My zvt used to historically be my strongest, as I had a strong tvz practice partner (iCafe.Moto), and I beat Morrow in a straight-up game the season he got B+ (not in a ladder game though, and he was only B at the time). My zvp seems to be doing better lately, but that might just be map-based performance differences. My pvz is pretty strong on desti though, I bet I could beat myself, even with my zvp on desti being my strongest mu atm. My tvz is pretty strong as well on most maps. My zvz is pretty weak, but if the builds work out a certain way I can do alright.

3. Highest ICCup Rank? (from? jk)
b-, and get your pylon out of my main.

4. How was Season 2 for you? Make new friends? Improve your skill? Practice lots? Roflstomp lots of CSL newbs?
It was a lot more enjoyable than season 1, I can't wait for season 3. Met some great guys and it was fun lanning and watching proleague with them. I was also able to partake in a most awesome shared-birthday cake-cookie-pie with them, which was epic. I look forward to next season's cake-cookie-pie.
The csl matches were pretty boring. I got a lot of zvz vs bad zergs. Short, uninteresting games. I was hoping to play iefnaij. One game that wasn't a zvz was vs an old clanmate of mine, who left the team less than amicably, and who was much better than me at the time. The game was disapointingly easy, my guess is he hadn't been playing much before csl.

5. Reason for your ID?
I thought Nightmare from Soul Calibur II was cool and that was my first id. My friends often called me "joo" as a nickname, which they got from south-park, so when my team at the time changed servers I added it to my name, and the e didn't fit. Thus: Nightmarjoo.

6. Favorite programer?
July. He's amazing. Stork is a close second. He's amazing too. I like how they both just play their own styles no matter what, and are able to adapt it slightly to every situation and map to win. In particular Stork's pvp has always impressed me; being very good in a mirror mu is a big deal to me. Stork's interviews are awesome to read also.

7. Favorite unit?
The goliath, with the scout in second. Gols are just so cool with their machine guns that always point down and their missiles which always point up, and they walk and move their gun turrets around, and say funny things when you click them. Scouts are cool looking, their blue pulse lasers are cool, as are their blue engine trails. The blue on gold/yellow is a nice touch imo. I wish they were cheaper.

Any other comments? (Go crazy)
Broodwarmaps.net - for all your mapping needs![/spoiler]
[spoiler=Interview 2]
1. How was your Ro32 match? Close? One-sided? Anything exciting during your games?
One-sided. Not much to say about it, just he kept putting himself in a position where I had mutas and he did not. Spores are not magical, so I won.

2. What do you think of your opponent this week?
Should be ok, I'm fairly confident in my zvp, though I don't like hbr.

3. Favorite videogame (other than Starcraft)?
Angband. I like GunZ too, but there're too many hackers for it to be fun to play anymore.

4. Tell us about your SC past (ie. other tournaments, how long you been TLing, when did you start playing, etc.)
I've been on tl for a few years. I've been playing for like 6 years.

5. Any advice for your zerg fans? What are your feelings about the Protoss race?
Go muta everygame you can and use them to outplay your opponent. Don't need to 2hatch. Don't dodge zvz or play offrace, no matter how good your tvz/pvz is. Protoss is just protoss. I've no complaints, I think the game is 100% balanced. I'm confident vs and with protoss.

6. Thoughts on TSL? (random =D)
Should be neat. Dunno how gamjta[x] got in, I raped him pretty hard in tsl ladder straight-up. Avi seems like an ass from his interview, hope he loses.
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Round of 4 Matchups:

Kishan Pandya - John Lee
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David Kim - Kevin Riley
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Round of 8 Matchups:

Kishan Pandya - Sami El-Dabbagh
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Mike Choi - John Lee
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David Kim - Hyung K. Oh
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Joel - Kevin Riley
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Round of 16 Matchups:

Kishan Pandya - Kevin Kang
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Royce Newcomb - Sami El-Dabbagh
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Mike Choi - David Kay
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John Lee - Duran Parsi
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Julian Xu - David Kim
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Chen Gui - Hyung K. Oh
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Joel - Mike Kim
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Steven Kim - Kevin Riley
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Round of 32 Matchups:

Joseph Liu - Kishan Pandya
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Elias Lee - Kevin Kang
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Royce Newcomb - Darren Chen
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Seungju Han - Sami El-Dabbagh
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Brandon Ewing - Mike Choi
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David Kent - David Kay
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Amos Lin - John Lee
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Duran Parsi - Jeffrey Huang
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Spencer Liang - Julian Xu
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David Kim - Sanghoo Lee
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Chen Gui - Jeff Yang
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Thomas Roxlo - Hyung K. Oh
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Joel - Daniel Chen
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Mike Kim - Ali Abdulaal
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Steven Kim - Dennis Qian
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Geoffrey Lee - Kevin Riley
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1. How do you feel about your chances this week? How about overall? Are you confident, do you think you'll make it to the finals, who are tough players that you might meet, etc.?
I might hit couple roadblocks, but I think the biggest obstacle is David Kim, AKA FriedChickenZerg for UCSD. The reason being is, he knows how I play. Other players, I don't care how good you are, I will at least take a game from you, no matter what. If you are anything less than B-, I'll probably roflstomp them straight up too.
2. Strongest/Favorite matchup? Why, etc.?
Although I am a Zerg player for this CSL, I have to say either PvT, PvP, or PvZ. Considering how good my Protoss is when in practice, I have no fucking clue why I picked Zerg. WAIT I KNOW WHY BECAUSE ZERG IS BROKEN AT THE MOMENT. But one matchup? I think PvZ is my favorite.
3. Highest ICCup Rank? (from? jk)
B on ICCup, I tried to get to B+, got to 7600, then crashed down to 7100.
4. How was Season 2 for you? Make new friends? Improve your skill? Practice lots? Roflstomp lots of CSL newbs?
Dude, practice was one thing, but it was really fun. Just chatting with your teammates and roommates about CSL was just an experience that I won't forget for awhile. I remember arguing with Duran and David about lineup over AIM and shit, among other things, and celebrating our CSL+ championship will be amazing as well.
5. Reason for your ID?
I couldn't pick a race, and one of my favorite player, mick, used the ID randompubbie on b.net BEFORE replays came out in 2001. So I decided to stick with being random. And then I realized randomKorean would be lame so I added the face for randomKo_Orean. that's a damn cool name btw.
6. Favorite programer?
Boxer Rox My Sox
7. Favorite unit?
MY PENIS, which I also like to call the Ultralisk. It's so satisfying to see them just running around curb stomping everything.
Any other comments? (Go crazy)
REMEMBER THAT STUPID ASS RAP BY UVIC?//
THEY WAS LIKE "HEY OTHER SCHOOLS! GO EAT A DICK"//
PARADING AROUND LIKE THEY WERE FUCKING SICK//
BUT TOO BAD THEY AINT PLAYING IN FINALS THIS WEEK//
GOOD LUCK TRYING TO REDEEM YOUR TEAM, MR. GEOFF LEE//
'CAUSE ANY UCSD KIDS WILL KICK YOUR ASS FOR ME***

** reason being is that I'm not allowed to play in this tournament. I'd do it myself, but alas... T_T

1. As usual: How was your Round of 8 opponent? Any difficulties there? Easier than previous round opponents?
2. How does this round look? Out of the last 4, who's the toughest opponent?
3. This was last week but thoughts on the MSL finals?
4. Preference for Finals map?
5. Anything else to say?

1. Alright, there's been a long break since the last interview. What have you been up to? School? Practicing? Studying your opponent?
2. 8 people left - who's gonna win it all? You?
3. Watch the OSL finals? What'd you think?
4. What do you think of the map pool? Favorite map? Least favorite map? Do you like Outsider?
5. What do you think of your chances this week, and your opponent?
6. What do you think the prize is / should be? ^^

1. How was your Ro32 match? Close? One-sided? Anything exciting during your games?
2. What do you think of your opponent this week?
3. Favorite videogame (other than Starcraft)?
4. Tell us about your SC past (ie. other tournaments, how long you been TLing, when did you start playing, etc.)
5. Any advice for your [insert your race here] fans? What are your feelings about the Protoss race?
6. Thoughts on TSL? (random =D)

1. How do you feel about your chances this week? How about overall? Are you confident, do you think you'll make it to the finals, who are tough players that you might meet, etc.?
2. Strongest/Favorite matchup? Why, etc.?
3. Highest ICCup Rank? (from? jk)
4. How was Season 2 for you? Make new friends? Improve your skill? Practice lots? Roflstomp lots of CSL newbs?
5. Reason for your ID?
6. Favorite programer?
7. Favorite unit?
Any other comments? (Go crazy)

--Feel free to come up with your own q's and answer them, I was just listing some generic questions.