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[Interview] GSL 2012 Code S Finals - Page 2

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LimitSEA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia9580 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-03 15:01:20
March 03 2012 14:58 GMT
#21
On March 03 2012 22:33 bittman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 03 2012 22:27 Dodgin wrote:
You are third Zerg champion after Fruitdealer and Nestea. How close do you think you are to Nestea?

In terms of career, he’s way ahead. In terms of skill level, I will keep learning from Nestea and keep catching up but I’m still quite behind. However, I will practise with the goal of passing Nestea one day.


Interesting. He is either very humble or considers nestea better than him.

Thanks for the translation.


As a viewer it feels like DRG is stronger than Nestea currently (especially following results), so I wonder if DRG is catching up to the shadow of Nestea's dominance around june last year? Or whether he actually looks at Nestea's play currently and still feels like he's coming short despite the more average results?

I'm pretty sure Nestea and DRG practice together as it is (I believe they practice ZvZ with each other since there are few zergs at that level in Korea), so DRG has probably seen a lot of Nestea that we haven't.

I think the preview from TL sums it up pretty well; the only people Nestea lost to in this season of Code S are the two players who eventually made the finals in very close series. He said himself that his mind fogs up around the mid game and he gets rather impatient, so he rarely shows what he considers his full potential. I wouldn't be surprised to see Nestea play at levels close to DRG's right now.

That said, though, I do believe DRG's being incredibly humble. He's just playing so well, I can't see another Zerg doing anything better than he has.

Loving the friendship between DRG and Genius, btw. Watching them interact with each other and talk about each other cracks me up. xD
Long live the King of Wings
Azurues
Profile Joined March 2011
Malaysia5612 Posts
March 03 2012 15:11 GMT
#22
the 2nd pictute can be made into an advertisement of hair products
NietzscheanKant
Profile Joined April 2011
Finland92 Posts
March 03 2012 15:41 GMT
#23
Great interviews, well done DRG!

Also,

On March 03 2012 22:21 storywriter wrote:

You showcased your girlfriend today. Why did you decide to do this at the finals?

As a man, I thought it would be cool to show off his girlfriend after a victory.

was quite hilarious.
"There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance." - Socrates
motumbo
Profile Joined February 2011
United States130 Posts
March 03 2012 17:02 GMT
#24
Great interview, DRG's answer to the prize money question was hilarious.
Meteora.GB
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada2479 Posts
March 03 2012 17:10 GMT
#25
Ahahah, the interviews with DRG are always the best.

Too bad Genius didn't win the finals, but I'm fine with DRG winning it all. For how long he's been around since the days of being a ladder god, it took him a long time to get to winning a finals. A well deserved championship.

Now let's see when a Protoss finally wins something since MC last did in March last year, a year void of any Protoss winner.
Heimatloser
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany1494 Posts
March 03 2012 17:23 GMT
#26
On March 03 2012 23:53 Chickenlegs wrote:
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On March 03 2012 23:32 storywriter wrote:
[image loading]
DRG's GF


Good looking girl, but more importantly, A white boy in the picture

she reminds me of a certain broodwar progamer who currently is at the height of his play.
the pufferfish terran!
All what KT currently needs is a Zerg and a second Terran
borny
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
China481 Posts
March 03 2012 17:27 GMT
#27
hahahhaha this is like the best interview ever!

Genius, KNOW THY PLACE!
Naniwa . July . Morrow . ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Go STARTALE!
awesomoecalypse
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2235 Posts
March 03 2012 17:32 GMT
#28
this series was fun to watch, but its convinced me that the Phoenix upgrade is not something Protoss is gonna get basically ever in competitive play. Genius opened stargate or double stargate nearly every game, always built a bunch of phoenixes, took each game fairly into the lategame, and at one point even built a fleet beacon to mass carriers, DRG consistently built mutas (though didn't simply mass them), and Genius still never got the upgrade. Now, maybe if the upgrade didn't exist DRG wouldn't have transitioned away from mutas at all, so perhaps the upgrade serves some function as a deterrant, but its definitely not something thats actually gonne get researched.
He drone drone drone. Me win. - ogsMC
Fionn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States23455 Posts
March 03 2012 17:32 GMT
#29
DRG joins MVP, Polt, Nestea, MC and Jjakji to be GSL champions who won while having a girlfriend.

No confirmation if MMA or FruitDealer were dating someone during their title runs, but wouldn't be surprised.

Get laid = Get GSL title
Writerhttps://twitter.com/FionnOnFire
Notfragile
Profile Joined April 2011
Greece713 Posts
March 03 2012 18:00 GMT
#30
On March 04 2012 02:32 Fionn wrote:
DRG joins MVP, Polt, Nestea, MC and Jjakji to be GSL champions who won while having a girlfriend.

No confirmation if MMA or FruitDealer were dating someone during their title runs, but wouldn't be surprised.

Get laid = Get GSL title


Let's get some brainstorming in here. We need to make up a plan to get Polt a lovely and caring girlfriend. The poor boy sure needs some care after his ladder practice marathons. And he sure as hell needs some luck in order to get his 2nd trophy.
"The art of war is of vital importance to the state" || MVP.Keen fan since the day he stole my heart with a double 2rax. http://i.imgur.com/A82cl.gif
jtp118
Profile Joined November 2010
United States137 Posts
March 03 2012 18:06 GMT
#31

As a man, I thought it would be cool to show off his girlfriend after a victory.


hahahahahahahhaahahhahah
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97277 Posts
March 03 2012 18:12 GMT
#32
Congrats to DRG! Huge win!
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Zeroxk
Profile Joined October 2010
Norway1244 Posts
March 03 2012 18:16 GMT
#33
On March 04 2012 03:00 Notfragile wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2012 02:32 Fionn wrote:
DRG joins MVP, Polt, Nestea, MC and Jjakji to be GSL champions who won while having a girlfriend.

No confirmation if MMA or FruitDealer were dating someone during their title runs, but wouldn't be surprised.

Get laid = Get GSL title


Let's get some brainstorming in here. We need to make up a plan to get Polt a lovely and caring girlfriend. The poor boy sure needs some care after his ladder practice marathons. And he sure as hell needs some luck in order to get his 2nd trophy.


Polt already has a girlfriend, it's just that the Fionn curse is too strong
Yaki
Profile Joined April 2011
France4234 Posts
March 03 2012 18:37 GMT
#34
Hail to the champion, well deserved
MC ■ MarineKing ■ LosirA ■ To someone who has lost after trying his best, no words from the winner can console him.
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
March 03 2012 18:42 GMT
#35
I like DRG's personality ^^
Jaedong :3
klo8
Profile Joined August 2010
Austria1960 Posts
March 03 2012 18:53 GMT
#36
So happy for DRG, well deserved win. Of course, Genius would have deserved it as well, but he was pretty clearly not the better player today, he made too many mistakes I feel.
This post is clearly not a hurr, as you can see from the graph, the durr never intersects with the derp.
-Archangel-
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia7457 Posts
March 03 2012 18:56 GMT
#37
Weren’t you short on practice time after attending MLG Arena?

Zerg isn’t a race that needs a lot of practice other than studying the maps and I was able to study them on the plane so it was fine. I finished my practice two days after coming back to Korea.

I wonder how many people are going to interpret this as Zerg being OP instead of Zerg not having timing attacks but needing to just play defensive and react well.
mapleleafs791
Profile Joined September 2010
United States225 Posts
March 03 2012 19:05 GMT
#38
On March 03 2012 23:53 Chickenlegs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 03 2012 23:32 storywriter wrote:
[image loading]
DRG's GF


Good looking girl, but more importantly, A white boy in the picture


lololololol, didnt even notice him and that made it even funnier.
Spor.534 Master Zerg NA
babysimba
Profile Joined November 2010
10466 Posts
March 03 2012 20:22 GMT
#39
On March 04 2012 03:56 -Archangel- wrote:
Show nested quote +
Weren’t you short on practice time after attending MLG Arena?

Zerg isn’t a race that needs a lot of practice other than studying the maps and I was able to study them on the plane so it was fine. I finished my practice two days after coming back to Korea.

I wonder how many people are going to interpret this as Zerg being OP instead of Zerg not having timing attacks but needing to just play defensive and react well.


I would interpret it this way. Good zerg players already have really strong core basics due to being forced to deal with all sorts of random shit each game. Tight build orders for a zerg do not require as much preparation time as compared to toss/terran.
Very map-dependent race: need to blind-counter certain builds that are map-favored or simply prediction of opponent tech when having incomplete scouting information, and the need to all-in when the map sucks for late game.
hunts
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2113 Posts
March 03 2012 20:29 GMT
#40
On March 04 2012 02:32 Fionn wrote:
DRG joins MVP, Polt, Nestea, MC and Jjakji to be GSL champions who won while having a girlfriend.

No confirmation if MMA or FruitDealer were dating someone during their title runs, but wouldn't be surprised.

Get laid = Get GSL title


We need to get nestea another couple girlfriends then, he needs more titles!
twitch.tv/huntstv 7x legend streamer
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