Q&A with IdrA/iNcontroL - Page 4

00:01:00 – What were your parents’ opinions were when you decided that you wanted to be a pro gamer?

00:04:10 – Thoughts on Jinro retiring from Starcraft 2?

00:07:45 – If you had to name a most memorable game from your Starcraft 2 career, what would it be?

00:11:05 – If you had to root for a non-EG player to win a major offline tournament, who would you be rooting for?

00:14:04 – What does it mean to be successful at a tournament? What do you consider success at a tournament?

00:17:09 – In your Starcraft 2 career, what’s been the biggest disappointment you’ve had?

00:20:45 – Tell us about your training schedules and how you figured out what worked best for you? What do you think is the best part of your training regimen and what do you think you can work on in your training regimen?

00:24:15 – When was the last moment that really sticks out to you that Starcraft 2 made you genuinely happy?

00:30:39 – Favorite place you’ve traveled to?

00:00:30 – Who is your favorite player and why?

00:04:10 – Tell us about your game plateauing and what you can do to improve. What mental things do you do? What things do you work into your practices to help you get over those hurdles?

00:06:10 – Who on the team do you think is improving the most? Who do you think in a scene has really improved quickly?

00:09:14 – Why are there so few Protoss GSL victories overall? Is this a statement of Protoss balance, or is the Protoss skill ceiling lower than T or Z?

00:12:44 – What is your favorite matchup to play? What is your favorite matchup to watch?

00:16:40 – How do you feel about things going into Heart of the Swarm?

00:20:10 – What does your training regimen look like coming into this next MLG championship? What personal goals have you set for yourself going into the event?

00:22:43 – What is your favorite tournament format? Of the events you’ve been to, which has been your favorite?

00:25:38 – Who was the first person you’ve met in eSports that you’re still friends with today?

00:00:43 – Do you coach? Do you have plans on coaching? Why?

00:03:31 – What is your favorite unit in terms of design and personality? What is your favorite unit in terms of practicality?

00:07:00 – Do you have any players in particular that you idolize in terms of play style and work ethic?

00:09:40 – If you could pick one tournament other than GSL to win, what would it be and why?

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00:11:00 – What is the coolest fan interaction you’ve had?

00:12:35 – Why do you think you flew under the radar for so long and then everything exploded at once?

00:13:58 – Do you think Europe or North America will ever catch up with South Korea in the professional StarCraft scene?

00:15:51 – What do you think is the worst part of being a pro-gamer?

00:17:07 – Have you ever considered doing an academy, amateur tournament, or anything to help out the amateur team of B Team?

00:18:00 – Who is the player that you least like to play? Who is the player that you would least like to play?

00:18:58 – Why do you think the Starcraft 2 community as a whole is so unforgiving?

00:20:30 – In regards to the KeSPA switch, do you think that players like Flash and Jaedong will be as motivated to do well as they were in Brood War or do you think that the not so well known players are going to end up being better?

00:21:51 – How accepting are most pro-gamers when people enter the scene? Are they mostly friendly, or are there established clicks?

00:23:40 – If you next few events go well, would you consider a full time career in StarCraft 2?

00:25:45 – Do you really enjoy the gameplay of StarCraft 2, or do you mostly thrive on the thrill the competition brings?

00:26:44 – What’s your most memorable game played?

00:28:37 – After a loss, what do you do to get yourself out of a slump? How do you manage to stay motivated and keep pushing through?

00:00:35 – What are the biggest cultural shocks you've experienced while leaving your respective countries and continents?

00:02:14 – What kind of tournament do you prefer more, a GSL style tourney, where you can prepare for your opponent, or an MLG style tournament, where you just play games back-to-back and no one has time to prepare?

00:03:35 – Is there an identifiable moment where you decided that you were going to pursue StarCraft professionally?

00:05:09 – How are you feeling with the MLG Raleigh event just around the corner? What are your expectations going into the event? Do you think you’re going to perform better or worse than you did at Anaheim? What’s your training regimen been like?

00:06:56 – Speaking of Raleigh, what matches are you hoping to avoid and what matches are you hoping to encounter the most at the event?

00:07:56 – Do you have a player of each race that you fear the most?

00:09:45 – Do you have any interesting stories with fans?

00:12:08 – What country do you feel yields the most excited fans at an event?

00:13:09 – As a player, what can fans do that you really appreciate and make you happy?

00:15:10 – What do you think Protoss can do to crush early marine pushes in TvP?

00:16:07 – What was going through your mind when you thought your bag was lost at Dream Hack?

00:16:44 – Why did you pick Evil Geniuses over the other professional teams?

00:18:38 – As a disabled gamer, since I have don’t have as much APM as other players, is it possible to make it to Masters with such a low APM? (50)

00:19:52 – What’s your biggest gaming memory?

00:23:07 – What’s the three best things you’ve seen in the current iteration of the HotS beta and what are the three worst things you’ve seen?

00:25:16 – What’s one small part of pro-gaming that you think all your fans should know about that they might not think about?

00:27:45 – What entails being the House Manager?

00:00:41 – What do you guys think about the proposed changes to creep spread?

00:02:00 – If you could go back during the beta and choose a race knowing the future and how the meta-game was going to end up being, what race would you choose?

00:03:00 – What is your opinion on the worker acceleration trick? Have you tried it? What do you think of it?

00:04:13 – With the upcoming Heart of the Swarm beta, how do you think you’re going to divide your practice to stay strong in Wings of Liberty while preparing for the future release of Heart of the Swarm?

00:05:40 – You’re stranded on an Island: You get to have one book, one celebrity, and one item of food.

00:07:30 – If you could bring one unit from Brood War to Wings of Liberty, what unit would it be?

00:08:00 – Do you think you can win WCS even though you will be playing another tournament that weekend?

00:09:48 – If you could transport yourself to any fantasy or sci-fi universe from a book, movie, or video game, which would it be and why?

00:11:05 – Which Korean player are you closest to? (Excluding PuMa and JYP)

00:12:13 – Who in your opinion are the top three StarCraft 2 pros at the moment? Why?

00:13:27 – Do you think that with HotS will you see certain pro-gamers fall off the map while other players randomly excel rapidly due to the massive change in strategy?

00:15:05 – Who do you think will get out of their IEM Groups?

00:21:37 – How big do you feel the correlation between good physical health and your play is?

00:24:00 – How do we solve this problem with oversaturation of tournaments and StarCraft content?