The HerO Fan Club! - Page 153

On December 08 2011 08:55 Porcelina wrote:


Can recap, it is only from memory so might not be entirely accurate. Would of course recommend to check out the VOD when it is available either way, but here is something for the meantime.

On MLG Providence:

Hero said he did not have such high hopes going in to the event. But as he progressed through the open and the championship bracket he just kept on winning, so he was gaining confidence. However, against HuK he got very nervous, especially seeing that a win would have put him so close to being able to take the whole tournament and he played in a fashion that he was not happy with.

On DreamHack:

He said it was a life changing experience in his pro gaming career. He had dreamed of winning a tournament of such stature since he was a child, and winning in front of such a big crowd felt unreal or like a dream. Later in the interview, he added that he felt more comfortable at DreamHack because of the added Team Liquid presence and because of the support of his team mates than at NASL.

On Code A R32:

Hero pointed out that he simply played badly and lost, no real reasons given. Just a bad day and a bad series from him, he would do better in the future.

On NASL:

He once again felt very nervous before the finals. He was not feeling comfortable at all and stated that his hands did not move in the way he wanted them to, and that he was very frustrated with not being able to show what he could do in the finals versus Puma. As stated above, while nervous at DreamHack as well, he felt different about that finals, partly because of the support from his team mates but also because of the huge crowd (cheering him on?).

On Blizzard Cup:

Hero said he was very happy with the map selection, that he possibly thought the maps favored him or at least that they were good for him. He thinks he has a real chance of making it out of his group because of this as long as he prepares well for each map and player and that he can play like he does in practice.

On Korean Protoss in comparison to Zerg and Terran:

Slasher stated the perception that while Korean Terran and Zerg are widely considered to be ahead of their foreign counterparts, the same did not necessarily hold for Protoss, where Naniwa and HuK could be considered to be the best in the world whereas the other races definitely had Koreans as frontrunners.. Hero stated that he thought it mostly was because foreign Protoss were simply better in relation to Zerg and Terran when compared to the best Koreans.

Hero stated at the end of the interview that he would not be streaming games tonight (awww) as he would be preparing specifically for the Blizzard Cup (hell yeah!). He ended it thanking the fans who support him, in English (<3).

There was probably more stuff, but I think I covered the major points. Nice interview.