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Hey guys,
at DreamHack EIZO Open Stockholm I had the pleasure to have a talk to MYM.MvPs Tak ' Monster' Hyun Seung. I took the opportunity and made and interview with the sympathetic Korean since nobody else ever interviewed Monster in english. In the interview he said some pretty interesting things. For example he emphasized that the GSL is a 100 times harder than foreign tournaments or that DongRaeGu ist the best player of the world.
To read out the full interview with many questions click here
Some impressions:
Let's come to your GSL games. You did not reach any Code S season till now and you did have pretty big problems in Code A as well. Is it so much harder to play GSL than playing DreamHack?
Monster: Well, I think the foreign tournaments are about a 100 times easier than GSL. But I consider GSL to be the best tournament, all the elite players are in GSL.
![[image loading]](http://www.fragster.de/de/esport/coverages/dreamhack/2012/stockholm/artikel/bilder/monster-interview-englisch-0.jpg)
So if the GSL is a 100 times harder, why do you think a Code S player like NaNiwa failed to reach the playoffs here at DreamHack?
Monster: NaNiwa is not really good against Zerg. In Code S there were very few Zergs if any. Here he had to go against two Zerg players. I think that's why he didn't qualify. Probably only because of the opponent's race.
To read out the full interview with many questions click here
Note: The interview was held before Monster played the semis
Interesting as well: Interview with DH-winner ThorZain
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thanks monster for dropping new facts, nice interview
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i think he might be right a little, but in MLG, you have to play for 3 consecutive days while in GSL you have weeks to prepare for your opponent...Better ask Squirtle what he thinks in terms of difficulty since he reached finals of ipl4, also Naniwa didnt play as well as he did in GSL (wonder why)
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Don't know about the skill level part, but GSL definitely requires more mental toughness.
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"For example he emphasized that the GSL is a 100 times harder than GSL or that DongRaeGu ist the best player of the world."
Typo?
Interesting interview.
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I think it terms of strongest players, GSL is definitely the hardest. But I think foreign tournaments have a special type of difficulty to them.
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Very confident for someone who was very lucky to win against Nerchio ...
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Btw, your image is broken, it requires a fragster.de password to access; maybe try rehosting it?
Thanks for the interview
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GSL is much harder, ofc, but in GSL you get a new try every month or so, and winning it gives you lots of prestige. There are foreign tournaments often, but far from all are among the majors, which people very much care about.
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nani killed leenock and nestea @mlg ...
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Monster is obviously exaggerating, but yeah certainly gsl is king.
also, x = 100x ?? gsl difficulty = 0
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On April 27 2012 04:46 zezamer wrote:
"For example he emphasized that the GSL is a 100 times harder than GSL or that DongRaeGu ist the best player of the world."
Typo?
Interesting interview.
Well yes :D
Thank you 
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Bit dumb for Monster to say that about Naniwa, he's only been practicing PvP and PvT for like the last month because that's all he's had to face in the GSL.
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Off-topic, but is anyone else getting a login screen?
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you have many typo... reedit it please 
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On April 27 2012 04:54 Torte de Lini wrote:
Off-topic, but is anyone else getting a login screen?
Yes, I was worried I had gotten a virus for a sec.
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On April 27 2012 04:54 Torte de Lini wrote:
Off-topic, but is anyone else getting a login screen?
Yes
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On April 27 2012 04:49 Ichabod wrote:
Btw, your image is broken, it requires a fragster.de password to access; maybe try rehosting it?
Thanks for the interview
Fixed as well. Next time is should stop beeing tired while posting^^
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On April 27 2012 04:54 Torte de Lini wrote:
Off-topic, but is anyone else getting a login screen?
yea i did o.o i keep getting an "authentication request vorschau.fragster.de"
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Login screen issue should be fixed aswell
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EPT
