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Playing Overseas: Foreigners are very professional, but they envy we got a lot evvents.
'One thing is clear, that Chinese Hearthstone is as alive as foreign Hearthstone. But given the circumstances, it is conspicuously divided between China and the rest of the world. Two places are divided by the way that people acquire information. There is few way that we can have exchanges with each other, which is caused by language, Internet connection and the platform. It very regrettable since foreign players' professionalism could have had a positive impact on our players.'
'There is a few important international events. We lost CN v EU, we lost CN v NA, nobody is in the Ro4 of WCA or BlizzCon. It boils down to one reason: we practise to little. We are far less professional than them. I don't think we can have a BlizzCon semi-finalist even we hand-pick 4 guys. The whole community practise very little. Had we had another CN v KR or CN v JP, we wouldn't win it anyway. They've made incredible improvements.'
'For example, Lifecoach actually moved and lived with Thijs for five days before BlizzCon. They practised 12 hours a day. And another is that at Celestial Invitational, there was a Korean player (Shrink: Surrender, since he was the only Korean there) that hardly went out the hotel room. He just sit in his room playing the game. Even though he hasn't achieved much, the altitude that Koreans displayed by playing 10 hours a day is not what we can compare with. And this hard-working spirit is why Korea leads the way of e-Sports. I hope we don't get caught up and surpassed again in Heartstone.'
'I think they are very envious of us. We've got a lot of events organised by different people on different levels. And we got a lot of open tournaments that can discover new talent. Hearthstone is really a grassroots game here and the fans are very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The prize pool is large.'
Setting up Team Celestial
'I just wanted to do something others don't. I think Hearthstone is a game that can change people's perception of e-Sports. We have a lot of graduates and current students of prestigious universities. So people won't think playing games will affect studies. And I want to create chances for young people, so I founded the team and also is organising events of international exchange nature.'
'I hope we will be pure as a team. We will focus on the game.'
'I am certainly not as good as I was. As I said, I now practise less than before. But I do think I have the advantage in terms of ideas and experience. As for the transition, I think it is still in line of my aim. I want to do Hearthstone things.'
Second Place doesn't Mean Anything
'You aim should be the first place as long as you are in a tournament. 2nd place doen't mean anything. The team and myself have had too many 2nd places. The best case would be a CL team-kill in the final.'
'People are rather familiar with each other in the Grand Finals. There would be a ban this time, which would require more strategic thinking. I hope CL players can perform well this time. We don't really have a Hearthstone star in 2015, except for Chaoshen had some resemblance at CN v NA.'
'I think Anderonie has what it takes. He's the strongest among the nominees of streaming sites. He's not easy to deal with.'
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