[KeSPA Cup] 2014 - Day 4 Final - Page 14

On September 15 2014 01:37 The_Templar wrote:

TaeJa wins Blizzcon.

On September 15 2014 04:21 Musicus wrote:


How many people actually watch Baseball? I know there is a Major league and stuff, but how does it compare to Basketball and Football?

On September 15 2014 04:26 Darkhorse wrote:

I think it's higher than basketball, lower than football (don't quote me on this). If you ask me it's pretty boring and more people watch it than should

And I mean American football to be clear

You had a tough time advancing to the Quarter Finals, how do you feel?
I was lucky to be able to go up and play today. In fact, I almost forfeited today’s match.

I heard your condition isn’t good.
I didn’t go home for Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) so that I could carry on practising, but since everywhere was closed I couldn’t play for a week and then yesterday I caught enteritis (intestinal inflammation) of all things, meaning I couldn’t practise properly. The fact I could even go up and play today is a miracle.

It seemed like your concentration was lacking in today’s match.
I’m completely fine now, but since I spent so much time in the bathroom yesterday all my spirit drained out of me. It’s also really hard because I’ve got no energy. I caught a cold too so my condition was bad.

It seemed like your WCS GSL elimination had given you a serious shock.
It was fortunate that I had time to pull myself back together. My heart was regaining strength, so I was flustered when my body started to worsen. However, because I was defeated by strong opponents I didn’t take it too hard. Thankfully I still had the KeSPA Cup left and I wanted to do my best at that competition, but because I was ill it was very frustrating. Nevertheless, I was fortunate enough to be able to make it to the Quarter Final. It seems like I can play the Quarter Finals in better circumstances than the Round of 16.

Were you confident about your match with Son Seok-hee?
I had confidence, but I remember overseas Protoss players being difficult to work out. I had a very hard time playing against Jang Min-chuk.

Is it true that players who play overseas have a different match style?
The style is certainly different. Korean Protoss players are better at the basics, but overseas Protoss players have an unpredictability. Bad situations such as attacks you couldn’t predict happen often.

I heard that Joo Sung-wook said this season’s maps are good for Terran.
No way (laughs). He might have a good feeling about the three maps, but in fact there doesn’t seem to be anything for Protoss to complain about. (laughs).

Jung Yoon-jong and Won Lee-sak didn’t renew their contracts with SK Telecom.
It’s a shame, but from what I’ve heard there’s more merit in overseas teams than Korean teams. I remember Won Lee-sak saying how as soon as he got out of SK Telecom he started getting love calls from overseas teams. Before, among the association officials one man said “If it turns out going overseas really is better I won’t stop him from grabbing the opportunity to go to an overseas team”, now that time seems to have come.

The Korean Association should come up with a better idea to attract player besides salary. Like making it possible for players to freely participate in overseas competitions. The merit of overseas competitions is much bigger than I thought.

Since I’m symbolic and have a lot of affection for KT, I have no thoughts of going to an overseas team. I’m here because of the respect I get. There are parts that the team can fix through efforts but different solutions also need to be found.

From that point of view, I think this KeSPA Cup is a good try. It will be good if more competitions like this happen in the future.

Finally, is there anything you’d like to say?
I will try my hardest to make sure I show my fans the best performances possible from the Quarter Finals onwards. I want to go out and play a good Quarter Final match with Eo Yoon Su.

Since I’m symbolic and have a lot of affection for KT, I have no thoughts of going to an overseas team. I’m here because of the respect I get. There are parts that the team can fix through efforts but different solutions also need to be found.

On September 18 2014 07:52 Silvana wrote:
Interesting thoughts. Poor Flash can't catch a break lol. Thanks for the translation!

If you find yourself bored and have the time and feel like translating something, here's Zest's winners interview!

http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/view.php?ud=2014091420324879053

Thanks again!

On September 18 2014 10:18 Silvana wrote:

Oh man, you come as a blessing! ^.^

If I'm not mistaken, translators here on TL usually group all the WCS translations for a round in a single thread (example). Everytime a player advances the Korean sites interview them, so there is a loooot of stuff to translate so usually the translators ask the forum members to vote who's interviews they'd like to read first.

For the other interviews besides WCS I think the translator simply creates a thread and post the translation there (example).

I'm not sure about the self advertising rules but I don't think there won't be a problem if you link to your own site everytime you post a translation. I'd suggest you go to /r/starcraft and post your work there too.

The Korean sites I can think of that cover Starcraft are www.inven.co.kr, esports.dailygame.co.kr, www.thisisgame.com. Those are the sites you should keep an eye on if you're looking for things to translate. I believe they follow most of the interesting tournaments (WCS (aka GSL), IEM, Dreamhack, MLG).

I'm gonna check out your site now. You should know you're making the nerds here happy :D