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[Interview] PDPOP MSL Final Winner's Interview - Page 3

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]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-20 03:32:05
February 20 2011 03:31 GMT
#41
On February 20 2011 02:49 DyEnasTy wrote:
Can someone please tell me why everyone of these guys give all the money to their parents?


because they're barely even legal adults.

also, filial piety in asian culture etc. etc.
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GrapeD
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada679 Posts
February 20 2011 06:08 GMT
#42
GG hydra!!! My hero!!!
Some people hurt people. I defenestrate those people.
Treeplant
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States214 Posts
February 20 2011 06:56 GMT
#43
I really hope he doesn't get hit by the winners slump. Fortunately he seems much more humble than before, especially explaining his genius marketing scheme of overflowing confidence, but the curse of the first trophy remains!
xxpack09
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2160 Posts
February 20 2011 07:02 GMT
#44
To anyone that says effort was all "cheesy zergling allins"

Watch the effort vs forGG series at the WCG 2010 Ro16. Polaris Rhapsody, Match Point, and ESPECIALLY Fighting Spirit. My favorite series of my favorite player of all time
xxpack09
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2160 Posts
February 20 2011 07:08 GMT
#45
On February 20 2011 12:31 ]343[ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2011 02:49 DyEnasTy wrote:
Can someone please tell me why everyone of these guys give all the money to their parents?


because they're barely even legal adults.

also, filial piety in asian culture etc. etc.


Isn't it also so that their parents can take care of it for them? (save/invest/whatever)
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
February 20 2011 07:27 GMT
#46
EffOrt, Coach Cho, and Hydra. How come there are people who aren't CJ fans?
ModeratorEffOrt, Snow, GuMiho, and Team Liquid
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
February 20 2011 07:40 GMT
#47
On February 20 2011 16:08 xxpack09 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2011 12:31 ]343[ wrote:
On February 20 2011 02:49 DyEnasTy wrote:
Can someone please tell me why everyone of these guys give all the money to their parents?


because they're barely even legal adults.

also, filial piety in asian culture etc. etc.


Isn't it also so that their parents can take care of it for them? (save/invest/whatever)


I suppose that vaguely falls under the first thing I listed.
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moopie
Profile Joined July 2009
12605 Posts
February 20 2011 09:24 GMT
#48
This interview actually made me a bit of a hydra fan :3
I'm going to sleep, let me get some of that carpet.
vectorix108
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4633 Posts
February 20 2011 12:18 GMT
#49
Thanks for translating. Awesome to see hydra win.
Aka XephyR/Shaneyesss
Subversive
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2229 Posts
February 20 2011 12:35 GMT
#50
On February 20 2011 01:08 darktreb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 19 2011 23:37 FirstProbe wrote:
I get the feeling that a number of people think Hydra is Effort 2.0. Personally, I've always found Effort to be super cheesy, heavily ling reliant, and a lucky Starleague winner. Hydra plays much better imo, and I suspect he'll be a force to reckon with.


I don't understand this. Did you know that Effort was almost undefeated in ZvP and ZvT (minus Flash) for like an 8 month period in 2009, and even then his only major losses in ZvZ were to Jaedong and during Calm's MSL run? He dropped off at the beginning of 2010 before ninja-ing a Starleague against Flash in which he came back from 0-2.

It's ridiculous that because Effort's title came after a short period of time when he was slumping (and after that infamous tiebreaker) that people forget he was INSANELY good in 2009, a period of time in which he was the favorite against everyone other than Flash and Jaedong and even then knocked Jaedong out of GSL (BW edition) S3 and beat Flash in a PL ace match. Hydra's current run, while very impressive (and I'm a huge fan of him), pales in comparison to what Effort did for much longer in 2009. It's just that Hydra's run also coincided with him taking a title, while Effort took his title later than his best sustained run. I think Hydra will continue to be really good and is a legitimate threat in any league (just like Effort always has been) but as of right now if anything it's too early to call Hydra Effort 2.0 yet.

I agree wholeheartedly. The Effort I'll remember is the amazing 3rd best in the world, a contender against JD, Flash and a favourite against almost everyone else. He was so good in 2009 and so super cute in interviews and photo shoots. A really nice guy overall and a great player who should be remembered for his entire career, not just the tail-end of it.
#1 Great fan ~ // Khan // FlaSh // JangBi // EffOrt //
Jackal03
Profile Joined October 2009
Brazil7469 Posts
February 20 2011 16:53 GMT
#51
On February 20 2011 16:27 tree.hugger wrote:
EffOrt, Coach Cho, and Hydra. How come there are people who aren't CJ fans?


i'll never know
BW is back
Megaliskuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5123 Posts
February 20 2011 19:58 GMT
#52
On February 19 2011 23:37 FirstProbe wrote:
I get the feeling that a number of people think Hydra is Effort 2.0. Personally, I've always found Effort to be super cheesy, heavily ling reliant, and a lucky Starleague winner. Hydra plays much better imo, and I suspect he'll be a force to reckon with.



You really can't be serious, he carried CJ through proleague for a long time, did well in individual leagues, was the third best player in the world for an extended period of time, and constantly beat flash when no one else could.
|BW>Everything|Add me on star2 KR server TheMuTaL.675 for practice games :)|NEX clan| https://www.dotabuff.com/players/183104694
jalstar
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States8198 Posts
February 21 2011 00:55 GMT
#53
On February 20 2011 16:02 xxpack09 wrote:
To anyone that says effort was all "cheesy zergling allins"

Watch the effort vs forGG series at the WCG 2010 Ro16. Polaris Rhapsody, Match Point, and ESPECIALLY Fighting Spirit. My favorite series of my favorite player of all time


The Match Point one was hilarious, apparently drones counter marines when Effort's microing them.

http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=163927

I think I listed a good amount of Effort's best games in this thread, and Harem posted a few more a couple of posts down.
MangoTango
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States3670 Posts
February 21 2011 01:25 GMT
#54
Congrats to Hydra! Nice to see Effort there, cheering on his old teammate/protegee.
"One fish, two fish, red fish, BLUE TANK!" - Artosis
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
February 21 2011 01:31 GMT
#55
money given to parents isnt usually for personal investment. its out of respect to the people who gave you life and raised you.
Furycrab
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada456 Posts
February 21 2011 20:07 GMT
#56
From what we know, you have practiced for a very long time in the B team .
▲ The team house for B team is separated from the main team and its facility is alot poorer so it was difficult to practice in. When I was in the B team I thought to myself that I must survive here, and practice more than anyone else. I feel like, not just our team, but other teams should also keep the B team system.


This part I didn't get... is he scared the houses will shut down the B teams?

What are you gonna do with the prize money?
▲ I'm going to treat my team to a banquet, and then the rest I'll give to my parents.


I'm still waiting for the day a big esport winner is going to go VEGAS BABY! (Or at least a big Starcraft player... if a Halo player did that in the past... doesn't count.)

=)

Thx for the translation.

Too tired to come up with something witty.
stk01001
Profile Joined September 2007
United States786 Posts
February 21 2011 20:20 GMT
#57
On February 19 2011 22:19 themonkyguy wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +

- Anything else you wish to say?
▲ It seemed that everyone were not very excited about a ZvZ final, that's why I trash talked (Z)great alot during the pre-match interview. I don't know whether I hurt his feelings or not, and I want to use this opportunity to apologize to him. Also I want to thank my teammates who helped me practice, as well as all my relatives who came from a long way away just to cheer for me.


wow... what an upstanding and gracious guy.. also very modest, his is the type of attitude all progamers should strive toward..

a.k.a reLapSe ---
imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
February 22 2011 01:01 GMT
#58
congratulations to hydra!! worthy winner I think, especially after taking down Jaedong the way he did.

CJ and Zergs.. what's with them?
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
Aquafresh
Profile Joined May 2007
United States824 Posts
February 22 2011 03:38 GMT
#59
On February 22 2011 10:01 imperfect wrote:
congratulations to hydra!! worthy winner I think, especially after taking down Jaedong the way he did.

CJ and Zergs.. what's with them?


My theory is there's really only one true CJ zerg, and he keeps inhabiting the bodies of whomever he feels like. He had a good run with Savior, switched over to Effort cause he was attracted to his alien physique, and then moved on to Hydra for reasons unknown. Effort retired in his prime because he knew the CJ zerg spirit had found a new favorite. He saw what happened to Savior.
meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
February 23 2011 07:13 GMT
#60
Hydra is good. Let's hope he can win another title!
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