[GSL] 2012 Season 1 Group Nomination Ro16

On January 20 2012 18:22 MrCon wrote:
MVP picks Gumiho
"Did you get picked because you look like Leenock ?
- No, he picked me because I play weak in the ro32
- No, he looks like Leenock, so why not
- Many people suspected that you'd pick MKP
- I beat him way too many times, it's no fun to pick him
- What is your goal this season ?
- As always it's to win, since it's a new season and new year, as I won first season last year, I want to repeat
- How many times do you want to win this season ?
- I want to win 2 times, and defeat all players who beat me last season
- Nestea ?
- Last time I lost but next time I will win"

On January 20 2012 18:28 MrCon wrote:
Now Nestea's picks :
"At the team house everyone wanted to pick Gumiho, but MVP wanted to pick him.
- We have some statistics on who get picked the most, supernova 5 times, MKP 5 times *didn't heard the rest*
- Nestea, are you still confident in ZvZ ? But there are only 2 zergs here, DRG and Curisou.
*Nestea is trying to pick his words to not say rude things, Chae encourage him to speak anyway*
- The overall level of protoss has improved a lot, I have made a lot of research to overcome this but so far there is no way to beat protoss *yes, he didn't answer*
- I am confident in ZvZ, but as there is so much protoss players I will pick a protoss *camera shot on Oz who is disgusted*
- Nestea, you said you want to pick Oz, did you change your mind ?
- I want to say sorry to that player *Nestea picks DRG*
- Why DRG ?
- I really ment to pick Oz, but I had a lot of talk with DRG on bnet and he recommended Oz to me, so I was didn't knew who to pick"
*Imo DRG will pick Oz*

On January 20 2012 18:33 MrCon wrote:
DRG : I promised to Nestea to not help his opponent in practice, but now I'll do it
*Nestea and DRG say stuff that make the KOR casters explode, but the translation doesn't makes sense*
"Nestea, do you want to meet MVP in the finals ?
Yes. He's not an easy opponent, but in a bo7 I can mindgame him"

On January 20 2012 18:37+... MrCon wrote:
MC's turn now
"How is your condition right now ?
Fine
- You moved team recently
- Since it's an individual league, I can be greedy *??*
- Did you want to pick DRG or Guminock ?
- Even if you don't pick them they would have dropped out anyway. If I pick a protoss player it'll be too easy for the 3rd and 4th place in the group because they'll only have to practice for 2 races max.
- Protoss is doing well atm, are you still the best protoss player ?
*camera shoot on Oz*
- I am still the best and if anyone disagree you can come to me after you win a GSL
- Traditionally you always pick a player regardless of if he's strong or not, what will you do ?
*MC picks Ganzi*
"MC - I have many stories with Ganzi from broodwar. I didn't pick him because I want to beat him but so we can make out of the group together and sacrifice the other 2 members of the group.
Ganzi : - I think he picked me because I'm not so good in TvP, but he should not underestimate me. I was willing to play vs MC to prove I have a good TvP. I will make this group the group of hell by picking the best players.
MC : I think Puzzle is harder than MKP *Mindgaming here imo*
MKP : I don't want to go to group C (MC and Ganzi's group). All the others except MVP are easy opponents
- MC, you did really well last season, then suddenly you picked MVP and dropped to code A, do you regret ?
MC : - Regardless, I can overcome everything with my play *not answering the question*
MC : can you still compare to MVP and Nestea ?
- I hope we all do well this season. This year is dragon's year, so protoss will do well *John doesn't get it but it's because of broodwar*

PS : this is so much better than past group nomins

On January 20 2012 18:46 MrCon wrote:

Now MMA's coach picking for him as he's in Ukraine :
- I'm sure MMA gave you a list to pick from, do you plan to follow the list or choose yourself as a coach ?
- All the players in the list didn't make it in the ro16 *wtf ? MMA made his list when ?*
- Please raise your hand if you want to play vs MMA *Only Oz raise his hand, haha what a BOSS*
Oz : I defeated MMA last season so it should be interesting
MMA's coach : - MMA wanted to play a zerg or a terran, but there is only one zerg remaining, and the finals will be TvT as MMA will meet MVP in the finals, I must not pick terrans to not show TvT strategies before the finals. Curious, would you pick Oz ?
*coach very strategic here*
Curisou : is there a break time ? Can we make secret deals ?
Chae - No. Time to pick.
*MMA picks Oz ! But no ! But yes !*
Oz : I think I will win no matter what, I don't understand why MMA picked me. MMA, if you watch this, you will NOT win GSL this season, so you'd better win whatever tournament you're in atm.

On January 20 2012 19:00 MrCon wrote:
- DRG, Genius won you and did a ceremony in your booth, how did he improve so much. Do you want to play him ?
- Yes I do. I could pick him so he'll beat Nestea and I'll get revenge, seems an ideal pick.
*Pick Genius but doesn't place it on the board.*
Genius : please put it down !
*Genius seems anxious*
DRG : why, I thought you were confident vs Zerg ?
- I always lose to DRG during practice ! *but he beat him in ro32* Everyone says zerg is easier but not for me.
- Nestea, how would you feel if Genius was in your group ?
Nestea - I whined on protoss but I still beat them all the time *LOL*
Genius : I think he's mind gaming us.
* DRG picks MKP*

On January 20 2012 19:06 MrCon wrote:
MKP : I like ZvT *hell yeah* I always felt that top3 zergs were Nestea, DRG and curisou so I always wanted to play them.
DRG : since MKP wants to play against zergs perhaps he should pick Curisou.
Curisou + Nestea + DRG : I don't want a 3 zergs group.
Curious : I expected to be picked early because I'm zerg, it's unexpected.
- Who do you think are the top 3 control players ?
- The top 4 are. *so MMA, MVP, Nestea, MC*
- MKP, it seems you're better recently, did you practice a lot ?
- I did well in the ro32 because everything went as planned in TvT, but for TvZ and TvP, I'm confident that I won't lose to anyone.
- You're next to MVP's group now. 2 champions in fact.
- Last year I played against MVP in the finals, I want to play him again this year. I hope MVP and Nestea play each other so I can play the winner.
DRG : I will practice hard blabla

On January 20 2012 19:10 MrCon wrote:
Ganzi : DRG is a rude person for not calling Nestea Hyung. MC said his concept for the group is revenge, it's a good choice we share many stories together. I have a rivalry with MMA, I'm happy that he's not here, and the team house atmosphere is good without him, I hope he has an accident and can't return to Korea *LOL* He always has what he wants in the house. My goal is to defeat MMA this season.
*Ganzi picks Jjakji*
- Ganzi defeated jjakji before, was it the reason of your choice ?
- I didn't pick him because of my winrate against him, he's a great player, but he has defeated Boxer so I have to avenge him.
jjakji says he will pick aLive.
MC : I guess they'll just make MMM and I win, I don't lose to terran this days. So I hope jjakji pick a P or Z so I don't have to wait for TvT to finish to play in the group *LOL*

On January 20 2012 19:23 MrCon wrote:
Puzzle : the one player I don't want to lose against is MMA *they all hate him haha*
- What do you think of PvP ?
Puzzle : I hate this matchup, Oz will be tough. I did not expect a protoss to pick a protoss, and even tho Oz said he's confident in PvP, i think in PvP luck is more important than skill.
Note from John : PvP confirmed as a coinflip
Puzzle, what about your APM ?
- I don't know.
Oz seems satisfied of his choice.
Oz : there are 2 P players left, I wouldn't mind you pick one, you have to overcome PvP to be a champion. Our team hasn't done too well in the GSTL, but this time we're ready. Most of our players are terran so we stand a chance *lol*

On January 20 2012 19:29 MrCon wrote:
Guminock's turn :
- Gumiho : what is your honest opinion. You look like Leenock. Are you older than Leenock ?
- Yes, 2 years older. I don't mind people compares us, but Leenock eats too much., so it helps distinguish between us.
- Have you prepared for TvT in the ro16 ?
- I do base my play on preparation, but when I play on stage I get nervous and forget all my preparation. But since MVP has a lot of VODS on the internet I will prepare for him.
- depending on your choice group A could be a 4 terrans group.
*Gumiho picks curisou. curisou looks depressed*
- Reason of your choice ?
- I once lost to Curisou 3-0 in code A, revenge.
Engine : It was 3-0 but the games were very close *I remember, it's true*, curisou himself said it was a very close call.
Gumi : I couldn't sleep that day
Curisou : I did expect Gumi to pick me, cause I'm the only player he could take revenge on.
*Nestea is sleeping in the background*
MVP is happy with that choice.

On January 20 2012 19:47 MrCon wrote:
Engine : supernova, you seems to always get picked last, if you had t ochoose which group would you prefer ?
- Group C (*MC, Ganzi, jjakji*), despite having MC in it.
- You've been code S for long time but never ro8 or ro4, why ?
- I think I've been unlucky so far, but that'll change. Perhaps I'll get to choose next time, so far this group nomination is very boring for me.
- Let's begin with the last round of nominations ! MKP, jjakji, Puzzle and Curisou's choice now.
*showing clips of their opponents gg'ing, they did the same for every player*
- curious will get to choose first, he's in group with MVP and Gumiho
- I have already made my mind. Gumiho said he picked me to take revenge, I'll do the same, the race is terran.
- There's aLive and Supernova
*Curousi picks aLive*
- Last season I nearly went to code B because I lost to aLive, this season I'll have my revenge.
- aLive, what do you think on your group ?
aLive : - Last season I had the same group with MKP instead of Gumiho, but the result will be the same.
-Before the group nomination, MVP predicted this group exactly.
John notes how MVP is a smart person.
Curious : I doesn't feel that good *he looks depressed in fact*
- But it'll be easy to practice vs terran only
- I'll make it out of the group. I feel more comfortable now that it's not my first time in code S.
- How is startale nowadays ?
- Very well. We want to win GSTL.

On January 20 2012 19:50 MrCon wrote:
aLive now.
- Do you like TvP, TvZ ?
- I used to like it *not sure*
- What's you're opinion on TvT ?
- It's pretty clear that MVP will be the first of the group, so I must get 2nd. I'll only concentrate on beating Curisou.
- But if you could beat MVP in the group finals ?
- Oh of course in that case I would try to beat him *stupid question :D* 2011 is over, I want to make it into the finals this year.

On January 20 2012 19:55 MrCon wrote:
Puzzle's turn to pick (MMA and Oz in his group)
- I wanted to choose aLive....
- yopu mentionned you didn't liked PvP, but there are 2P and only 1T remaining.
- I really don't like it but Oz said I had to overcome it to be a champion..I'm really struggling on who to pick. Genius do you want to be group B ?
*Genius says no with the head*
- Parting ?
*Parting nods*
- Supernova ?
*says no with the head*
- Only Parting wants to be group B, I already played him and lost and he ceremony'd me. Genius seems to hate the thought of being group B, so I have to pick supernova.
*and I lose my prediction that SN would get picked last as Puzzle officialize his pick*
- Puzzle, what is your best matchup ?
- PvT is the easiest, PvZ I'm not so confident but I still manage to win a lot. I want to be the Slayer player who goes the farthest. *sorry I missed stuff here talking about the teamhouse*
Note from John : Slayer teamhouse is located in Mr Chae's hometown.
Puzzle : last year my goal was the ro8 which I achieve but I didn't like my performance. This time my goal is to win and like my performance.

On January 20 2012 20:04 MrCon wrote:
supernova : - my group is ok after all, I should be able to advance. I want to show my true skill and become a champion.
HOT6 !
Group C now, MC, Ganzi and jjakji. His turn to pick, there is only Parting and Genius left. So jjakji makes the choice for 2 groups.
- Jjakji, have you discussed your choice with MKP ? *as the one jjakji doesn't pick will be MKP's forced pick*
MKP : I hope Parting comes to my group coz I'm good friend with him and he goes to my school. He's good PvZ but I think he'll advance anyway.
- If jjakji chooses Parting, Genius will have a teamkill with DRG.
- Genius : if you do that I'll have you teamkilled in next season's nominations. DRG is going to lose if you make me in his group.
- will you do ceremony if you win DRG ?
RG grabs the mic and say he would do it*
jjakji chooses Parting.
- Did you make this choice because Parting is easier ?
- No, after seeing Genius and DRG battling each other, it'll be good if they're in the same group.
- You were in the open season but became suddenly a champion.
- *didn't get the answer* In the NSHOSEO house *didn't get it TT* everyone sees me as the ace so it's good to be a champion.
- Which NSH player would you like to see in code S ?
- *john missed the answer* ZenexLine *?*Parting, as a new protoss do you feel the pressure from the other protoss ?
- I want to play against MC and Oz but they're avoiding me. *Ganzi in the background is hot, it I was gay that would be with him*.
Oz : - I play parting 2 times when he was in fOu, so I don't know what he's talking about *what*
Parting : - I'm the 2nd best protoss
- You'll have to wait for the ro8 to see who is better between Oz and Parting. You're the only player from code A who advanced from the ro32 this season.
- Code S is just like code A, the proof is jjakji is the champion *not sure, but :D*
- Comment to fans ?
- Thanks to MrCon, he knew I was good before everyone else, he's the best (fou).

On January 20 2012 20:20 MrCon wrote:
MKP now, he must place Genius in his group (Nestea, DRG, MKP, Genius)
- All the players are ex-finalists in group D.
MKP : I'm sad about the teamkill between DRG and Genius.
- What's so tough in protoss nowadays ?
- Terran says protoss is imba, but that's average terrans. For me it's ok. Genius, hopefully we can have a fun match and when you'll be in loser's group *code A*, I hope you'll win. I think NesteavZ is as good as MVPvT. But I want Genius to make it out of the group. But zerg is almost a dead race nowadays. Prime team nowadays is really hyped up, our business is doing fine, we have the most qualifiers *in code A I guess*. In 2012 I want to stop being a Kong and pass that to DRG.
- Genius, any comment ? It's a tough group even tho you're doing well nowadays.
- People keep saying protoss is really good nowadays but I don't see it. I feel the only reason a lot of protoss are here is because they face easy terrans. In the ro16 they'll all drop out.
- But 5 of 7 protoss made it into ro16.
- I guess protoss is good. I sent emails to David Kim but he's ignoring me, perhaps because of this. But I'm not optimistic.
- Expected score vs DRG ?
- 2-0 of course.
DRG : ever since he took his vacation I don't see him as a teammate anymore, so I will crush him.
- Genius, would you introduce your pretty sister to DRG ?
- No.
- And to any of the 16 players present here ?
- MMA.
*john notes : this is assuming he has a pretty sister*
Genius : - it's most likely I'll get knockout first, but I'll practice hard *everyone laugh so I guess john didn't translate something here*