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Lotze: "I already exceeded my expectations"
- How does it feel to be the first one to qualify to the round of 16?
▲ Honestly, because Idra is a world-class player, I couldn't guarantee I would get to the round of 16. Because I wasn't nervous, I was able to play my game and was able to qualify.
- You lost the first match to mass roaches.
▲ I played aggressively in the beginning and thought I was ahead. So I tried to control the center, but my army got caught. I think that's why I lost the game.
- You used a hidden Void Ray strategy the second game.
▲ I originally prepared a different build. I was going to do a fast Colossus followed by an all-in. However, I learned early this morning Idra was preparing against my build order and preparing against another team's Protoss players. The Protoss player was using a build I was going to use. So I saw that with Hyungjoo Hyung, and so I quickly adjusted my build.
- You won with difficulty after continuous skirmishes.
▲ Because it was the most standard Zerg and Protoss skirmishes, it wasn't difficult. I had a few Colossus just playing around, so if I checked that, i would have won a lot easier.
- The hidden expansion at 6 o'clock was the key to victory on the 3rd match.
▲ It's not something I planned. I had a lot of minerals left over, so I built that expansion, and I think it ended up giving me quite a benefit. In the end, the 6 o clock expansion supported me quite a bit and luck followed me because of that.
- You might have changed your goals now that you've made it to the round of 16.
▲ I thought that if I beat Idra, I could at least get to round of 8. So, for today, I concentrated on just beating Idra. Now, my goal is to go as far as I can. I will have no regrets even if I lose. I've already exceeded my expectations.
- Is there anything else you want to say?
▲ Hyungjoo hyung and Joonhyun hyung, who are on my team, helped me quite a bit with practice. I will definitely buy them something tasty to eat later.
Source: http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=110574&db=interview&cate=&page=1&field=&kwrd=
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idra got torch'd haha
lotze definitely had to try harder for it, building 4 whole warpgates to completion is a pretty dedicated fake.
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Congratulations Lotze, now like 90% of the TL population hates you -.-
nah just kidding! thanks for interview!
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Pretty disappointed in the results, but more power to Lotze. He played some good games.
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PS: If I make some weird typos, especially about Bread, then I blame the fact that I was watching a kdrama while translating this.
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Did they interview Idra too? I thought they interviewed all the foreigners even if they lost.
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Well that sucks, was really hoping to see IdrA go further. I've always liked TLO, but never been crazy for him. His play really impressed me though, guess I'm going to jump on the bandwagon for him!!!
PS. He should find better practice partners that don't give up their builds  . Or is it because people can check the build order starts... arghhh!
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Brilliant mind games, really. Getting IdrA to go roaches the second game by doing a last minute twist of his Last Temple match history build orders. Double expanding to his normal third to hide his hidden expo on Metalopolis, causing IdrA to believe that he was ahead on bases when he was equal/behind.
IdrA played well but man, he got tricked good.
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Yikes, didn't see that one coming. Good for Lotze though.
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Metagame 
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Meh its like impossible to win as a zerg if you dont have a perfect game IMO.
zerg cant win unless they know what protoss is doing exactly, hope patches come out soon
and make idra happy. :D
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Milkis, you are like our direct link to the korean news, we should build a huge statue in your honor.
Also, I'm glad to see the koreans taking over. My only exception is TLO because he is amazing.
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a well deserved win.
seriously. he played brilliantly, and punished IdrA for bad scouting and thinking he knew what his opponent could do.
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Was sad to see Idra lose, but Lotze played really well and Idra made a crucial mistake in not scouting properly the 3rd game T_T
Thanks for translating!
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I hope Idra doesn't feel too bad, the only games he lost are the ones where scouting cost him the game(though not much could have been done in G2). In G3 Idra had him on the ropes pushed back into his nat and would have won right there if not for the hidden expo. That little flaw in his play is easily fixed, and the next time we see Idra in the GSL I'm sure he'll be stronger than ever Idra fighting!
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hmmm... another demonstration that solid standard play > countering with expectations through metagame?
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I'm pretty disappointed, especially since IdrA was one of the last few Zergs in the tournament. All my hope lies with Cool, Zenio, and Check to keep Zerg in the later brackets so I'll actually want to watch them.
IdrA gets such tunnel vision when dealing with his macro and he only has a 50-50 shot of actually going out and scouting for hiddens. I think it's pretty ironic that right before the VR's came on the second game, IdrA sent some lings over to find the Stargate. If only he had sent them a couple minutes earlier.
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On September 16 2010 01:33 fabiano wrote:Show nested quote +On September 16 2010 01:28 tbrown47 wrote:
Congratulations Lotze, now like 90% of the TL population loves you -.-
Fixed. Milkis, you are like our direct link to the korean news, we should build a huge statue in your honor. Also, I'm glad to see the koreans taking over. My only exception is TLO because he is amazing.
I think you being glad that the Koreans are taking over is the exception to the rule. Most of us would probably like to see a few non-Koreans.
Next season!
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On September 16 2010 01:43 choboPEon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 16 2010 01:33 fabiano wrote:On September 16 2010 01:28 tbrown47 wrote:
Congratulations Lotze, now like 90% of the TL population loves you -.-
Fixed. Milkis, you are like our direct link to the korean news, we should build a huge statue in your honor. Also, I'm glad to see the koreans taking over. My only exception is TLO because he is amazing. I think you being glad that the Koreans are taking over is the exception to the rule. Most of us would probably like to see a few non-Koreans. Next season!
we still got TLO!
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Yeah, I just mean I want more. But I'm definitely rooting for Dario
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