[GSL] Code A Ro32 Day 2 Winner Interviews

Creator

- You won in your debut match, how are you feeling?
I am really happy. It is enough to make me cry.

- Why did you cry? (tears of joy)
I didn’t know I would win this match. After the victory in the first game, I thought I could perhaps pull out a 2:0 win, but in the 2nd set I was thinking, oh “I lost.” Then I was able to win in the 3rd set, so I think that’s why I had tears of joy.

- Your opponent was Leenock, your thoughts?
I was a bit frustrated after looking at the brackets. But fortunately, our team’s zerg and protoss players are so good that I was able to receive a lot of help. I don’t think I could have pulled this out alone.

- Did you go to the teamhouse after qualifying for code A? (I suppose he didn’t live there before)
Yes. I think practicing at the teamhouse is definitely better.

- Did you have aspirations to be a progamer early in your life? (this guy is really young, born in 1996!)
For a long time, I always played games more than studying. It didn’t seem like I could see the answers in academics, so I focused on gaming. I think it is really nice to earn money doing something fun.

- Your thoughts after winning the first match?
Before I came to the stage today, I thought I would be really nervous. But when I sat in the booth, I wasn’t really nervous. I think that’s why it went well today.

- Your goal in code A?
My goal was to make the round of 16. Now, it is to make the round of 8.

- In the future, what kind of progamer do you want to be?
I want to be a player that has many fans. I also want people to want to watch my games.

- Any last comments?
I want to thank BBoongBBoong, AnNyeong, Check, and my coach, Gerrard for helping me practice. I also want to thank Jae Pi for coming to cheer me on, and Sabasaba chicken for sponsoring our team.
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Ryung

- Your thoughts on winning today?
Yesterday, I thought I would lose. But when I woke up today, I felt really good. Being in code A, is not my end goal so I am not overly excited.

- Your situation in the first game was not so good, your thoughts?
I don’t think roaches are that good against terran. So usually, when my opponent gets roaches, I automatically think I won the game. So I didn’t give up and made marauders.

- You lost in the 2nd set, your thoughts?
The hellion build was to test what my opponent was made of. And when the drops came my siege mode wasn’t complete and there were a lot of overlords so it was hard to stop.

- So why did you get the blue flame upgrade?
After scouting, if he kept making zerglings, I was going to counter.

- It seems you should have gotten plenty of time for practice.
I think I practiced too much and it backfired. I was figured out a lot by my opponent, and I lost both my confidence and win ratio. I also worried too much.

- Comparing this to the GSTL, what do you think?
I don’t have all my teammates on the bench, so this is a bit more nerve-racking. If BoxeR wasn’t there before my 3rd game, I would have been more nervous. But I think I will be fine in the future.

- Your next opponent is Creator, what do you think about him?
Recently, TvP has been hard. But I think it will be easier than today’s match.

- Your goal for this season?
My end goal is to win code S, but for now, since I am code A, my goal is to make it to code S. I also want to beat MMA in a match.

- If you make it to the round of 8, you may end up facing BoxeR, your thoughts?
Since my goal is to meet MMA in a match, I must win that match too.

- Anything else you want to say?
I want to thank Drughead, Sleep, Golden, and Sirius for helping me practice. I was a bit cranky during practice so I am sorry about that. I also want to say my teammate Lots is a good player. He hasn’t been televised yet, but I want to ask all the fans to watch for him. When he finds his confidence, I think he will be really good.
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BoxeR!!!!!

- First, your thoughts on making the round of 16?
I wasn’t really nervous, since it was code A, but the games did not go as I planned. I feel undeserving to even give this interview. Personally, going into this match, I thought my TvP was good, but the games did not play out well. Of course, some aspects of my difficulties were that my opponent planned out his strategies well. I was pretty tired today, and in the middle of the 3rd set, I shook my head a bit to keep awake. I think that’s because of the medicine I’ve been taking for my cold.

- In the 2nd set, did you not get to check his army?
I went in thinking that I was in an advantageous situation. But, I did not check for the colossus. I didn’t think he would have it since his robotics got destroyed. When I saw the unit situation I went in with incomplete information and I lost the game.

- Unlike your usual self, you took a long break. How were you recently? (He was sick, hence he missed Dreamhack)
I practiced like I was going to die. My body feels like it’s about to break.

- After last season’s loss, there were some mentions of you thinking about switching race, what is the situation?
That came about from me thinking; “my race” is the weakest (everyone has this thought at one point). My teammate Golden had the same thought. But until I win (Code S) I will keep playing terran.

- You are also playing in overseas tournaments.
I am a bit worried that my opponent will watch these games today and get more confident. I wish he would lose confidence….

- Is it hard for you to get your schedule set up to play in the TSL and NASL matches?
The TSL is more considerate of my time. Since the NASL games are played in the morning, I am kind of playing in a numb state (like when you just wake up). Recently, I’ve been increasing my practice so even my teammates are saying that my skill has gone up. I can also feel it. But after all that, to show games like I did today, I want to apologize to my teammates.

- Your goals for code A?
I have many tournaments simultaneously right now, so my goal is to make the up and down matches. To be honest, I am a bit more focused on practicing for the other tournaments.

- Any last comments?
First of all, I want to apologize to my teammates for my poor showing today. I want to thank Frozen, Kuma, Tiffany, and all my protoss teammates for helping me. I am sorry that I didn’t get to show the form that my teammates were looking for. Also, it was really helpful that the terran captain MMA was here to help me gather myself. When any of our teammates play a match, the team is always watching and supporting them, it’s a really good atmosphere and it is really helpful in preparation. And, I want to especially thank Ga-yeon for helping me so I can just focus on gaming. I also want to thank coach Cella for helping me.
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aLive

- This is your third round of 16 in code A.
It feels like the round of 16 is the starting spot for me. If I fall again here, I will probably think about loss more than before.

- What do you think is the reason for your losses?
I think I lost not because I was unlucky in draws but because I was ill-prepared. I needed more practice.

- How was your match today?
My opponent played much better than I thought, and my luck wasn’t that good today, so it was hard.

- Was your ceremony improvised or planned?
I thought about it when my opponent was decided. I thought about wearing clothes that I could tear up but I didn’t want to do something that had to be too planned so I changed it. I prepared it because it’s more fun than doing nothing, especially for the fans and also for me. Also, if you do something too excessive you get anti-fans so I kept it to a minimum.

- Your round of 16 opponent will be BoxeR, your thoughts?
Previously, I also lost a TvT. I think if I lose a TvT again here, I will lose my confidence. It not that I am not confident but I put my chances of winning at around 55%.

- Is that because your opponent is BoxeR?
I think that’s because of my round of 16 jinx. I always seem to meet a terran and lose.

- Do you think you will need something special?
My thought is to practice much harder than before. I plan to get my ladder score up and regain my confidence. Usually, I restore my confidence by upping my ladder but this time, I will do so twice as hard.

- Do you feel pressured because your team has so many code S players?
I am a bit jealous. I also want to get to code S and get a picture taken with a pop star (he’s talking about the player intros in code S this season). Code S is full of great players so I want to gain recognition by beating those players.

- Any last comments?
I want to thank everyone who helped me practice. I also want to thank my friends and family who always come and cheer for me.
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