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Welcome to the first TeamLiquid 20Q20A! Realizing that the Starcraft 2 community is the union of numerous RTS communities, we noticed that we hardly know anything about a number of the top players in the scene. For those of you coming from Warcraft 3 for instance, are unlikely to know anything about the former SC players winning things in Starcraft 2. Conversely, those of you from the Brood War community hardly know anything about the gamers from other communities. We decided a good way to begin bridging the gap is to begin doing a 20 Questions, 20 Answers style interview (like what was conducted on fomos.kr).
The format is simple - we ask a Progamer 20 Question about anything and everything, they respond back with 20 Answers, and you read the result! Another unique thing about this interview style is that the previous interviewee gets to pick the next person to be interview and gives them a question to be asked. For future 20Q20A, we will also be asking some community questions for the next progamer.
There isn't anyone more appropriate to kick off this brand new interview series than SeleCT. He has recently just won both TeamLiquid Opens as well as a number of other weekly tournaments. He is one of the strongest Terran players around at the moment. He used to play Warcraft 3 Professionally before switching to Dawn of War where he won back to back WCGs in '05 and '06. Now, he plays Starcraft 2. Let's get to know SeleCT a little better...
1. What is the significance of “SeleCT” as a nickname?
It is just exactly what it looks like
SeleCT.Actually, I made my nickname SeleCT for no reason haha. One day, when I didn't know any English, I was trying to make an account on bnet and I was just looking at my monitor thinking and there was button named SELECT.
but I also think quick thinking is really important in the game which has a similar meaning to select.2. Why did you change from WC3 to Dawn of War, and Dawn of War to Starcraft II?
I changed from war3 to dawn of war because some bad things happened with MBC game's war3 league. After I won the DoW WCG twice, my main goal was to quit the game and study in USA. I was studying well until the sc2 came out :D now.. I just have fallen in love with sc2
3. You’ve won both TLopens and you won the DoW WCG twice. Your fans want to know what the secret to your success is!
Play, and play. To win something, there is nothing more important than the effort.
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Select after winning the Dawn of War WCG for the second time
4. Who or what would you describe as your biggest influence(s) and why?
Nothing really influences me ^^;
5. What’s your relationship with SjoW like?
He is great team mate. We practise a lot together and share good times. I also believe he is one of the best Terrans in Europe.
6. What’s a typical day for Select?
NOTHING SPECIAL
except practising sc2 all day7. If you could change three things about Battle.net 2.0, what would they be?
I would make a chat channel, /f m function, and upgrade the replay system so we can see replays with other players, like sc1.
8. What made you become a progamer?
I was just playing war3 ladder at the beginning for fun. However, I got an offer from some website for an interview and it affected my heart and made me want to go pro.
9. Are there any players who you love to beat in tournaments?
No. There is no specific player that I want to beat but I want to beat everyone like I did in the past.
10. Are you thinking of competing in the GSL?
I am planning to participate GSL season 3. My schedule is too tight to play GSL season 2 at the moment.
11. What is your ideal woman?
Hahaha hardest question ^^.
I can't really explain this question with words
However, normally I like pretty girls like everyone does lol
12. If you didn't become a progamer, where do you think you would be right now?
I would be in college doing lab work, homework etc :D:D or.. I would be in US army
13. What are your goals for the rest of the year and for 2011?
Absolutely, to win the GSL season three or at least do well in there
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14. Are there any up and coming players that you think have the potential to become really successful, like yourself?
uhh,, I never thought about this .. and I don't know
15. Who do you want to choose for the next 20 Question 20 Answers interview? And what do you want to ask them?
I want SjoW to have an interview - and uh, my question is: when are you joining me in Korea!!
16. What’s the most common mistake you see weaker players making?
Hm... I think it is their game management and knowing how they should play i.e. what should they do in a specific situation.
17. If every player in the world competed in the GSL, what ratio of Koreans to non-Koreans would you expect in the Round of 64?
In my opinion, the Korean server skill level is the highest of all servers. However, for the top players from each region, there is not a big difference between them. If I assume that, it would be 60% Koreans and 40% foreigner players if we say the same number of ppl compete ^^
18. What are your thoughts about using custom maps in tournaments?
It would really affect the game flow
I've played on a Iccup map on ITV and the game seemed like sc1 because the map was big, also there were no xel naga towers. If we do use custom maps in tournaments, I want them to make it like sc2 maps and not like sc 1 maps because we are playing sc2
19. Any advice for aspiring SC2 progamers out there?
There is no pain no gain. Practise!
20. What’s the funniest game of SC2 that you’ve played?
Someone 4 gates rushed me and I beat him with two cloack banshees ahahahah
I flew my raxes into a place where he can't hit with a ground unit
Thank you SeleCT for taking the time to answer our questions! As decided by SeleCT, the next 20Q20A will be with the Swedish Terran SjoW. If you would like to ask SjoW a question, you can leave it in this thread and if you're lucky it will be picked for the interview. Until next time!
Plexa
