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Hongun
HongUn has long been a favourite of mine. I realise this is going to be a fairly niche club, but he always provides entertaining games. He is truly unpredictable, being completely unafraid to do non-standard plays.
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Turns out the Mothership is the counter to flying Factories
Beyond the entertainment value of getting motherships and carriers in the GSL, he has proven himself to be a very solid player. He was ranked Code S from GSL Open Season 1, and kept a code S spot for far longer than many other celebrated players, and reached the semi-finals in July.
His play is unconventional without being gimmicky. Whilst playing it is apparent he is thinking about the game, willing to change or adapt his strategy as necessary, and deviate from a build if he thinks it's best. Whilst learning a build and just sticking to it can certainly be a powerful way to play, I personally find HongUn's unpredictability, adaptability and creativity inspiring and refreshing.
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Joker.
HongUn has provided so many comedy moments too. He doesn't seem to take any of it too seriously. A highlight for me is when he always picks out a new nemesis (normally a friend) then declares war on him and his family and everyone they've ever met.
If there is any interest I will start trying to compile some videos/interviews and stuff.
As of GSL October, we have:
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Links
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*Stream: http://ko.twitch.tv/hongun
*CecilSunkure's excellent strategy post on the mothership in HongUn vs NaDa in GSL March, Code S Ro32, Group D, Game 6.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=196043
*GOMTV, all GSL VODs can be found here.
www.gomtv.net
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Interviews
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24/02/2011 Code S Winners
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Q : Congratuation! how does it feel?
HongUn : I did not show good games against Terran lately. I am happy that I showed better games today. I don't know how to express my feelings in words
Q : Did you prepare for 6 warp gates rush on the first game?
HongUn : I decided to use that build after I saw his command centre. So it was just a counter build.
Q : Your use of Colossi in the second game was outstanding
HongUn : I think theBest put his Vikings too forward so I could take the benefit of that. So I could save my Colossi.
Q : Who would you want to face in the next round?
HongUn : Check is my teammate and we know each other well so I want to face Jinro
Q : What's your goal for this season?
HongUn : Looking back now how I said I want to win the tournament last season even makes me laugh at myself. There are so many people on ladder who are really good and I think I know myself better now. So I am happy that I am in the rounds of 16.
Q : Are you not undervaluing yourself too much?
HongUn : I am sure that not every players would feel like me but after being in the up/down matches I am just glad that I am in the rounds of 16. When you are in Up/Down matches you sensor some sort of alerts. Code S is the tournament with 32 best players . Saying winning the tournament by beating all players sounds bit cocky to me, at least for now.
Q : Any last words?
HongUn : I left Prime house and practising at home recently. My parents support me and look after me I thank them very much. I also thank Clide and Alive. There was a fan who gave me a hand made Stalker with papers, told me that something for me was inside that Stalker. It is really well made paper Stalker so I did not have guts to open it yet. I am keeping it as it is for now. I really thank that particular fan.
Big thanks to CryingPoo for this interview (original thread:http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=195962)
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Q : Congratuation! how does it feel?
HongUn : I did not show good games against Terran lately. I am happy that I showed better games today. I don't know how to express my feelings in words
Q : Did you prepare for 6 warp gates rush on the first game?
HongUn : I decided to use that build after I saw his command centre. So it was just a counter build.
Q : Your use of Colossi in the second game was outstanding
HongUn : I think theBest put his Vikings too forward so I could take the benefit of that. So I could save my Colossi.
Q : Who would you want to face in the next round?
HongUn : Check is my teammate and we know each other well so I want to face Jinro
Q : What's your goal for this season?
HongUn : Looking back now how I said I want to win the tournament last season even makes me laugh at myself. There are so many people on ladder who are really good and I think I know myself better now. So I am happy that I am in the rounds of 16.
Q : Are you not undervaluing yourself too much?
HongUn : I am sure that not every players would feel like me but after being in the up/down matches I am just glad that I am in the rounds of 16. When you are in Up/Down matches you sensor some sort of alerts. Code S is the tournament with 32 best players . Saying winning the tournament by beating all players sounds bit cocky to me, at least for now.
Q : Any last words?
HongUn : I left Prime house and practising at home recently. My parents support me and look after me I thank them very much. I also thank Clide and Alive. There was a fan who gave me a hand made Stalker with papers, told me that something for me was inside that Stalker. It is really well made paper Stalker so I did not have guts to open it yet. I am keeping it as it is for now. I really thank that particular fan.
Big thanks to CryingPoo for this interview (original thread:http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=195962)
EDIT: All pictures from www.gomtv.net, buy a season ticket etc.
Sorry Jinro! I love this guy. He has some problems with unit control I admit, but he is incredibly unpredictable and has about a billion different powerful builds up his sleeve, and executes them quite well. Right when you think all he does is semi-cheesy 1-base strategies, he pulls off a great macro-oriented double Forge build. Furthermore, I've never seen anything like his clutch wall-in defense against FD in GSL3. That was incredibly sick, and really demonstrates some great on the fly thinking under lots of pressure. To top things off, this guy is probably the biggest showboater in all of GSL. He makes Carriers (and wins with them) at a huge risk just because he told his fans that he would try to show them the first GSL Carriers, and then he decides to go Mothership against NaDa with a massive troll grin on his face (and he tried to pull off a Mass Recall just for the hell of it, and though it unfortunately didn't work I think he's awesome for trying).
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