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Q : How do you feel lifting the trophy up?
Kang : I am very glad. Glad in a different way when Nestea won GSL. I wish there are more team leagues in the future. I hope this GSTL gave young players an opportunity to do well in the future as well
Nestea : This feels bit different from when I won GSL. I am very happy that I could finish well in the final game.
Q : What was your main focus in today's match-ups?
Kang : The main focus was the timing of sending out IMMvp and Nestea. When IMJunwi had lost his first game I was bit worried about the overall picture I planned for but when YougHwa won the second game I was calm again. ST_Squartle's victory against IMMvp was already expected. On Lost Temple I thought ST_Bomber to play so that's when I had to decide between MvP and Nestea. I also knew the fans were eager to see a Zerg player playing which is why I sent out Zerg players as much as possible.
Q : Your Protoss players played really well
Kang : YongHwa practiced on the new maps as soon as they came out.IMSeed was a card to eliminate Song and IMBbiBbi (*Warning: Bad Translation of Username) also has new and different strategies, I hope BbiBbi can show the fans these new strategies sometime soon.
Q : (To Nestea) Your first play was the last game of the match. Were you disappointed that you could not play more games?
Nestea : To be honest, I thought the team could win even without me. I thought about playing against ST_Bomber but MvP really wanted to play against him and MvP was very confident against him so I let him play instead as other players were protoss players.
Q : Overall in this GSTL, new faces showed us some great plays. Why do you think that is?
Kang : Overall the new players were very comfortable and confident playing. I mean even if they lose they knew that players like MvP and Nestea could make up for their losses so they did not get nervous while playing which is the biggest reason I believe.
Q : (To Nestea) As a Zerg player how do you think about the new maps?
Nestea : When I played on these new maps, I have very hard time winning against a protoss. On Xelnaga Cavern chance of winning against a Protoss is about 50/50 I think but Cravase is the hardest map to win against Protoss. Terminus and Tadarim Altar is also very hard. However against Terran I think it is just alright to play on Terminus.
Q : With the GSTL, now your team has a strong line-up for Protoss along with Nestea and MvP. Very balanced team with all races, what is your opinion on this situation?
Kang : I think this is not quite good enough. To be the best team, I think, there should be at least one best player for the each race. If the team rely on one particular player that team cannot be the best team. At the moment, I am training couple of other Terran players I try not to expose them through Gisado or any other tournaments. I think it is not good for the team to expose a player before they are 'completed'
Q : How many players are you training and also do they have a potential to be the top class players?
Kang : I have three players in training. I think one of them could be the top player like MvP.
Q : You are the only team so far that had won both GSL and GSTL. Are you confident about coming up GSL Feb?
Kang : Personally I think the finals are going to be MvP vs Nestea. (laughs) you might say are you not too biased for your team? but really, I think if they don't face with each other before the finals, it is very possible
Nestea : I don't really know about that.. I rely on maps too much (laughs). I chose SanZenith in my group and I am bit worried now (laughs)
Q : Sadly Starcraft 2 teams are not getting as many as sponsorships as they should at the moment, do you think this win will help the team in that way?
Kang : I think it will help alot. We have a GSL winner and we won GSTL which is a promising result. I don't know why corporates miss out on those opportunities. (*compared to SC1)
Q : Any last words?
Nestea : Junwi did not show what he can do. He was amazing against ZvT during practice matches. I hope he cheers up and don't be down by his performance. Coach's wife gave me a new mouse as a present, I think that's why I won today. I will try really hard for coming GSL to win.
Kang : My wife is really great and caring about this whole thing. In the teamhouse she made snacks and stuff to the players and cheered them up. I always thank for your support. I had not told her how thankful I am that many times so yea I appreciate all her support and love.
