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MLG Interviews TLO - "Terran it Up"

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Slasher
Profile Joined September 2007
United States1095 Posts
March 29 2011 20:43 GMT
#1
MLG's Galen Andress has interviewed TeamLiquid's TheLittleOne ahead of MLG Dallas this weekend. With a new sponsorship from Sony Ericsson, TLO is under more pressure than ever to perform at the highest level. He gives some insight heading into Dallas, including a possible decision to stick with one particular race.

An excerpt:

MLG: You’ve experimented with different players more than just about anyone on the SC2 pro scene, moving from Terran, to Random, to Zerg, to Random and Terran. Have you decided on a race to play fulltime?

Liquid TLO: Oh well, I don't really wanna comment on that. I have been switching races and everything so many times now. Let's just say I will simply play what I feel most comfortable with.

MLG: So what race should we be expecting you to play in Dallas?

TLO: Terran.

MLG: After staying in Korea to train for the GSL for several months, you moved back to Europe. Is this a permanent change?

TLO: I decided to move back shortly after the last MLG Dallas. The injury definitely played a big role; I needed to take it easier for a while. Also I didn't feel that comfortable living in Korea. It is a very hard environment. Nobody speaks English and it's a very different culture. I think I am more happy than [when I was] living in Korea full-time, but I would definitely go there to play tournaments and visit for shorter times again.

MLG: The SC2 scene is growing at a tremendous rate in the west, with leagues and tournaments popping up everywhere. Not only is it more popular, but top-level foreigners are taking down top Koreans in notable tournaments such as the TSL and GSL World Championships. Do you think StarCraft 2 has a chance to become as competitive and popular in Europe and America as it is in Korea?

TLO: I think we are reaching a similar level and eventually we will even have a bigger and stronger scene in the West than in Korea. Korea is a very isolated country, far away from Europe and America, and—especially in StarCraft—there is not too much interaction with other countries.

Head over to MLG to read the full interview.
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Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
March 29 2011 20:47 GMT
#2
I hope he will still play zerg sometimes.
But he put the better games with terran, obviously.
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hidiliho
Profile Joined September 2004
Canada685 Posts
March 29 2011 20:53 GMT
#3
Nice to hear. TLO's best race has always been terran imo.
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
March 29 2011 20:54 GMT
#4
Let's just say I will simply play what I feel most comfortable with.

MLG: So what race should we be expecting you to play in Dallas?

TLO: Terran.


I am not sure why I obnoxiously laughed so hard while reading this in class.

gogo TLO!
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genius_man16
Profile Joined February 2011
United States749 Posts
March 29 2011 20:55 GMT
#5
Aww I was hoping he would stay random

I really hope that someday we will get a random progamer. I understand why it's hard to pull off but I just feel like they would be so badass.

Maybe when Day[9] graduates he'll be the first :D
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azr
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway144 Posts
March 29 2011 21:02 GMT
#6
Very disappointing, though very understandable.
UberThing
Profile Joined April 2010
Great Britain410 Posts
March 29 2011 21:05 GMT
#7
This guy is jokes!
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Zim23
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1681 Posts
March 29 2011 21:06 GMT
#8
Glad he's picking a race. Random is exciting and all but I think he'll really take it to the next level by focusing on 1 race.
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preZzle
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany223 Posts
March 29 2011 21:07 GMT
#9
well, i hope if he trains terran more he will be in his old shape again ( he certainly performs not as good as he did coming fresh out of korea)

but i am always rooting for my favourite terran/random player; your autograph is hanging right above me - getting inspiration to play from it since gamescom 2010!

go tlo you can do it!
Jermstuddog
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2231 Posts
March 29 2011 21:11 GMT
#10
Terran honestly fits his play more anyway.

Zerg, and to a lesser extent Protoss, don't have the flexibility to do crazy shit every game.

Pretty much every unit in the Terran army is viable, except perhaps the Raven. Giving somebody like TLO room for creativity.
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Qzy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Denmark1121 Posts
March 29 2011 21:13 GMT
#11
Out of round 1 :D

He hasn't been performing well, and without consistent builds he wont perform well in the future.
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StuBob
Profile Joined March 2010
United States373 Posts
March 29 2011 21:13 GMT
#12
I doubt that he will stay Terran forever, I'm pretty sure he will play other races too
I play RANDOM!
hugman
Profile Joined June 2009
Sweden4644 Posts
March 29 2011 21:14 GMT
#13
Ugh, did he have to bring up the IEM thing?
SeaSwift
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Scotland4486 Posts
March 29 2011 21:15 GMT
#14
On March 30 2011 06:11 Jermstuddog wrote:
Terran honestly fits his play more anyway.

Zerg, and to a lesser extent Protoss, don't have the flexibility to do crazy shit every game.

Pretty much every unit in the Terran army is viable, except perhaps the Raven. Giving somebody like TLO room for creativity.


Blanket statements FTW!

I disagree. There are tons of awesome things that P and Z can do, they just haven't been made viable yet (ie incorporated into a decent strategy). Ghosts with Nukes wouldn't have been considered viable in TvT just a couple of months ago, and now they are. The same thing could go with P and Z. Some examples: Mass Queens, mass Overseer, constant Warp Prism, Nydus awesomeness, fast Carrier etc.
link0
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1071 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-29 21:16:47
March 29 2011 21:16 GMT
#15
T v T is the best matchup in the game. I cannot agree more!
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deejY
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany44 Posts
March 29 2011 21:18 GMT
#16
i read "Terran is up" the first time and raged. :D
Irave
Profile Joined October 2010
United States9965 Posts
March 29 2011 21:20 GMT
#17
TLO always entertains while he plays Terran, I'm glad he will continue doing that in MLG. I wish him the best of luck!
McKTenor13
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1383 Posts
March 29 2011 21:21 GMT
#18
On March 30 2011 06:15 SeaSwift wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 30 2011 06:11 Jermstuddog wrote:
Terran honestly fits his play more anyway.

Zerg, and to a lesser extent Protoss, don't have the flexibility to do crazy shit every game.

Pretty much every unit in the Terran army is viable, except perhaps the Raven. Giving somebody like TLO room for creativity.


Blanket statements FTW!

I disagree. There are tons of awesome things that P and Z can do, they just haven't been made viable yet (ie incorporated into a decent strategy). Ghosts with Nukes wouldn't have been considered viable in TvT just a couple of months ago, and now they are. The same thing could go with P and Z. Some examples: Mass Queens, mass Overseer, constant Warp Prism, Nydus awesomeness, fast Carrier etc.


I feel like you just took those from the Day9 dailies. The point is those only work in the lower leagues. Even though they may work a tiny bit in masters, they are extremely easy to counter and people will counter it. The only strategies that would be fantastic in a pro game would be the overseer usage and the nydus play. Besides that you cant do too much crazy shit in pro tournaments because people will counter it instantly before you can use the strategy
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Dice.
Profile Joined May 2009
United States78 Posts
March 29 2011 21:23 GMT
#19
IMHO your best race was always Terran. If you are deciding to play Terran then I am proud of you! Terranitup TLO!
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Motion
Profile Joined January 2010
Germany183 Posts
March 29 2011 21:23 GMT
#20
TLO trained very very hard lately, i count him to the top 3 at MLG. You will see!
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