[LRSL] The LR Tournament Thread - Page 51

Hey Jer99! Why don't you give us a short introduction of yourself for the thousands of viewers out there who may not be as familiar with you as we are?

Hey! My name is Jeremy and I am a 21 year old living in Canada. I played a ton of brood war but mostly UMS so I do have somewhat of a background in the RTS scene. I picked up SC2 on release day and started out as Protoss on the ladder, later switching to terran. I don't ladder that often, normally getting in about 30 1v1 games per season, but I do play more team ladder games with some friends.


You have just made the semifinals of the most stacked tournament of the year, the LRSL Season 1. As Polt's representative you've advanced over DarkLordOlli's minion HerO fanboy Darkhoarse and the master himself. How do you feel about your performance so far?

My Ro16 matches went very smoothly and as I had hoped, but I had a tough time in the Ro8. DLO put me on a good run, and I do think that if he went for proxy stargate play or more DT rushes I would have lost. I got lucky in the last game and saw his colossus with an SCV so I had time to get enough vikings out to hold on, and ended up taking him out 3-2

You had a rather easy time against Darkhoarse (3-0) but the Ro8 match was heavily contested. Overall which of those matchups (TvT or TvP) would you rate as your strongest? Or might it even be TvZ?

I feel as though my TvT is probably my best matchup with my TvZ being a close 2nd. My TvP is by far my worst matchup, I really don't like to play vs Protoss at all.

In the semifinals you're going to face Talionis who won both of his series by defeating terran opponents. Did you expect to face him here? What do you think about the matchup?

I honestly did not know who I would face at this point because I haven't really seen any of the other players play, so I don't really know where their skill level is at. I didn't even get to see his games so I might go back to some VoDs and study him a bit since he's got a bit of a streak vs Terrans right now. I don't mind playing vs Zerg and unless he hides some crazy all-ins I think i can take the series 3-0 or 3-1

The LRSL has sparked immense interest from the community so far. As a Live Report warrior you likely haven't experienced this kind of exposure to the mainstream before. Are you sure you can handle the pressure?

My stream viewing numbers have almost quintupled from when I normally stream, so I am happy that I am getting this many viewers. I do try to stream and cast the other matches when I can, and when I play my own matches I do stream the FPView of that.
As for the pressure I feel like I perform my best when under pressure, everything just seems to go so well and smooth. It feels like time is slowing down almost and I have more time to assess the situations, macro and micro, and everything else that goes on in the game.

If you could sum up the reason why you're going to win the first LRSL in one sentence, what would it be?

Dodging Protoss

Any shoutouts, trash talk, HYPE?

Shoutout to my stream viewers thanks for tuning in! No trash talk really, when I do I end up losing catastrophically in my next series.


Thanks for taking the time and good luck in the tournament!

Thanks!

Hey Talionis! Why don't you give us a short introduction of yourself for the thousands of viewers out there who may not be as familiar with you as we are?

I'm just some Australian dude living in Scotland. I used to post frequently back in the days of the KSL and all that lovely stuff. I haven't been as active over the past year as I'm in my last year of university (Mathematics master race) but I'm always around here.
I've been playing Starcraft on and off for about 5 years now. Used to play Protoss, but I've picked up zerg in the past couple of months due to Soulkey being a complete boss.


You have just made the semifinals of the most stacked tournament of the year, the LRSL Season 1. As Soulkey's representative you've advanced over Swedish fan favorite Zealously and notorious Prime fanboy Lorning. How do you feel about your performance so far?

My first series was exactly what Soulkey vs Naniwa should have resulted as, aside from a slight scare in game 3. I think Soulkey would be proud. There are some very apparent flaws in my other games when it comes to managing my economy but I believe they will be simple to fix. My games should look a lot better in the next round.


You displayed strong ZvT so far but didn't have to show any other matchup. Would you consider your ZvT a strength of yours or is it merely foreboding greater things to come?

I'd say ZvT is my most consistently good matchup, but some of my mechanical flaws can make it really difficult against good players. My ZvP can be better against specific types of protoss players. I'm just lucky that there are no other zergs in this tournament.


In the semifinals you're going to face the winner of Jer99 and DarkLordOlli, both of whom won their Ro16 series 3-0 on the back of their mirror matchup. Neither of them will have played a zerg when they eventually face you. What are your thoughts on both those players and who would you rather face/why?

I've seen very little of Olli in this tournament, but I would expect him to come in with a very specific build or do something early on to set the pace of the game.
As for Jer, it seems he plays very standard with tendencies to do a lot of drops and multipronged harass.
I think that Olli's style matches me well, but if I can clean up my play a little I think playing against Jer will be a really exciting match.


The LRSL has sparked immense interest from the community so far. As a Live Report warrior you likely haven't experienced this kind of exposure to the mainstream before. Are you sure you can handle the pressure?

Yes.


If you could sum up the reason why you're going to win the first LRSL in one sentence, what would it be?

I'm the only zerg left and my name's not Jaedong, history says that I've got an extremely good chance.


Any shoutouts, trash talk, HYPE?
Nope. If you want hype, watch my next games.

Thanks for taking the time and good luck in the tournament!