iloveOOv interview after OGN finals - Page 5

A: They cheered me while believing in me. I'm so thankful. Also I'm particularly thankful to Koh, In-gyu (Canata). Even though he is in the semifinals of the "King of Rookies," he gave up on his own league, and practiced with me for 12 hours a day for 3 days, taking breaks only to eat. I'm so thankful. It's something I felt while practicing with him but this is a player that is really going to get big. (Canata) is a player who practiced with me for the Cengame finals and joined our team. I think he will be the next one to bear the flag for SK Telecom's terran tradition.

On November 21 2004 21:27 instantbunz wrote:
I think a lot of people wanted Boxer to win, partly because of his long history with Starcraft. After all, he was the one that raised the standard of gaming in Starcraft, bringing innovative ways in playing, such as certain kinds of build, control of units, etc. He is one of the few members that have been there since the beginning of progamers.

Personally, I was also hoping that Boxer would win. But in another light I can see how this would benefit Boxer a lot. He did set the record for entering the most semi-finals, beating Yellow, and he is one championship away from winning the most titles. I remember that Boxer said that this final would be as though he was fighting with himself, since he had taught iloveoov lots of things (but not all, as iloveoov was surprised by the build order in the fourth game that he had never seen before).

One interesting thing that I saw at FighterForum.com was their Weekly MVP. The way the MVP is decided is from the votes of the commentators (which make up a large portion of the vote) and from the votes of the people.

It is interesting how 60% of the commentators (the Starcraft experts, analyzers of the game) and 39% of the people voted for iloveoov. This is about half of the people that voted for him.

When Boxer beat Yellow in the semi-finals, 90% of the commentators and 72% of the people voted for him. Normally, when people get picked for MVP, it should be about this much difference.

I can see why only 60% commentators voted for iloveoov. It is because in the beginning of almost every match, he was being controlled by Boxer's mindgames. It was only because of Boxer's little but extremely crucial mistakes (such as not completely scouting a certain area) that turned the tide of the game.

From reading Boxer's message to his fans (536,000+ people registered) on the forum (cafe.daum.net/yohwanfan) posted a few hours ago, I take back what I said about Boxer having the least pressure, because of his experience in the finals. Boxer had to put up with more pressure than iloveoov in the finals, because he had to hold up all that he had achieved, in his position as the Emperor of Terran.

He also wrote on the forum how he could not concentrate during the game, regardless of how much he had planned for the game, ever since the moment he knew that he would be facing iloveoov in the finals. Though this sounds like an excuse for losing the game, I really believe what he said. To lose games 1 and 5 (maps Bitfrost III), both games of which the commentators predicted that Boxer would win if played, tells me that Boxer, though his initial start/build order was going as practiced, could not continue to carry on to the end because of the enormous amount of pressure.

But for now, I am confident that Boxer will forget the past achievements, and return to the one and only

SlayerS_`BoxeR`

-instantbunz-

BoxeR was the one who brought him into the team. BoxeR was one of the only people to believe in oov. BoxeR taught oov almost everything he knows.

On November 21 2004 21:27 instantbunz wrote:
I think a lot of people wanted Boxer to win, partly because of his long history with Starcraft. After all, he was the one that raised the standard of gaming in Starcraft, bringing innovative ways in playing, such as certain kinds of build, control of units, etc. He is one of the few members that have been there since the beginning of progamers.

Personally, I was also hoping that Boxer would win. But in another light I can see how this would benefit Boxer a lot. He did set the record for entering the most semi-finals, beating Yellow, and he is one championship away from winning the most titles. I remember that Boxer said that this final would be as though he was fighting with himself, since he had taught iloveoov lots of things (but not all, as iloveoov was surprised by the build order in the fourth game that he had never seen before).

One interesting thing that I saw at FighterForum.com was their Weekly MVP. The way the MVP is decided is from the votes of the commentators (which make up a large portion of the vote) and from the votes of the people.

It is interesting how 60% of the commentators (the Starcraft experts, analyzers of the game) and 39% of the people voted for iloveoov. This is about half of the people that voted for him.

When Boxer beat Yellow in the semi-finals, 90% of the commentators and 72% of the people voted for him. Normally, when people get picked for MVP, it should be about this much difference.

I can see why only 60% commentators voted for iloveoov. It is because in the beginning of almost every match, he was being controlled by Boxer's mindgames. It was only because of Boxer's little but extremely crucial mistakes (such as not completely scouting a certain area) that turned the tide of the game.

From reading Boxer's message to his fans (536,000+ people registered) on the forum (cafe.daum.net/yohwanfan) posted a few hours ago, I take back what I said about Boxer having the least pressure, because of his experience in the finals. Boxer had to put up with more pressure than iloveoov in the finals, because he had to hold up all that he had achieved, in his position as the Emperor of Terran.

He also wrote on the forum how he could not concentrate during the game, regardless of how much he had planned for the game, ever since the moment he knew that he would be facing iloveoov in the finals. Though this sounds like an excuse for losing the game, I really believe what he said. To lose games 1 and 5 (maps Bitfrost III), both games of which the commentators predicted that Boxer would win if played, tells me that Boxer, though his initial start/build order was going as practiced, could not continue to carry on to the end because of the enormous amount of pressure.

But for now, I am confident that Boxer will forget the past achievements, and return to the one and only

SlayerS_`BoxeR`

-instantbunz-