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[Interview] 2012 GSL S3 U&D Group D Winners

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storywriter
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia528 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-24 14:58:41
May 24 2012 14:34 GMT
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SKMC

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Tell us how you feel about being in Code S for the fourth season in a row.

If I beat Zenio, it would’ve been much smoother so that was disappointing. Zenio didn’t make it this time but I hope he becomes motivated for next season and makes it into Code S.

Were you confident about getting out of the group in first place?

The Up and Downs format isn’t great for Protoss. I think Protoss is best suited for a best of 3. Best of 1s aren’t good. I think that’s the reason for my performance today. Having said that, I was confident since I learned a lot at the recent MLG.

What did you learn at MLG?

I think I played without having an understanding of Terran players and lost a lot as a result but through my experience at MLG, I finally know how they think. So from now on, I shouldn’t lose often against Terran at all.

You haven’t been doing well since moving teams, why do you think that is?

Attending so many foreign tournaments, I think the lack of practice had an impact. In ro16, I had all my strategies hard countered and lost helplessly. Rather than moving teams, it was that my style had become too exposed and figured out.

There are concerns that not having any teammates is affecting your performance

It’s not like that at all. In fact, receiving a wage and practising in a stable environment outweighs that. There are many players on foreign teams who interact with Korean players for practice. It’s simply that I became too predictable.

IM and SK have teamed up.

I started receiving help starting yesterday. I couldn’t get help with PvP since Seed is on the team but for other matchups, they were a great help. I asked players on other teams for help until now but I’m happy to have players that I can regularly go to for help without worrying about bothering them.

Recently, your former team oGs disbanded

The team I was on in Broodwar, MBC Games, disbanded too so I’m extra sad to hear that oGs disbanded. I hope all its players find a great team and get to practise in a stable environment.

What’s your schedule like for the near future?

I am going to go back and forth between the US and Korea for various tournaments. I don’t mind most aspects of travelling except that I’m gaining a lot of weight due to jet lag. Everything is fine except the weight gain.

Are you confident about posting results in upcoming tournaments?

I think I can make at least ro8 in short term tournaments like MLG even if my condition isn’t great. After MLG Anaheim, I’m thinking of focusing on GSL for a while. MVP recently had his fourth championship so it’s time for me to step up. Especially since my face is gone from the GomTV hall of fame, I’ll work hard to win even if just to get my picture back up there.

Anything to add?

My mother and girlfriend were worried so I’m relieved to have made it into Code S. I hope they also enjoy my performance at the Red Bull tournament in the US that I’m attending tomorrow. I want to say thanks to IMHappy, IMSeed, IMNestea, MVPDream, and EGJYP.


Source: http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?category=13439&id=1202795

LG-IMSeed

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Your thoughts on being in Code S for the second season in a row?

I wasn’t sure how to prepare so I just went on the ladder. I laddered with strategies that I use in practice and won every game so wasn’t too nervous. It made me want to get far in tournaments.

You had a disappointing loss last season so how will you prepare for this season?

I think I paid too much attention to the the skill level of my opponents last season and lost as a result. So this time, I’ll change it up a little. I’m trying to be more flexible in the way I play.

You lost your first set to MC, wasn’t it hard hitting?

I didn’t pay much attention to the first game. It’s a PvP so winning has about as much meaning as losing. I was confident about subsequent games so I wasn’t in a state of shock or anything.

You had a comeback against Hack

Hack came up with such a novel strategy which bewildered me. Luckily though, my destroying his starport seemed to be even worse for him. As a result, I determined that my opponent was doing a cheese rush and was able to make a comeback.

You must have been on the edge of your seat watching MC’s last game

I was guaranteed a tie breaker at least. However, I really wanted to avoid it if possible. I wanted to get in without further trouble. As I saw MC’s dark shrine go up, I decided that I should get warmed up and then he somehow won which I’m thankful to him for. I’m glad that I didn’t have to play again thanks to MC winning.

Your goal for next season?

Rather than setting a special goal, I’ll just practise consistently like I usually do. As I watched MVP’s games the past season, I felt that winners really do win. So, if I’m a winner myself, I should be able to post some great results regardless of how I play. Of course, I will work hard. It’s just that I want to pay less attention to my opponents and their strategies and focus on the fundamentals in preparation for macro games based on those fundamentals.

Anyone you want to face in ro32?

I really want to face Symbol. I’ve lost to him more than I’ve won and he’s one of the great ZvPers which makes me want to beat him. I’ll turn it into an intense and epic match.

Anything to add?

I want to thank all members on IM. I also want to thank the coach, his wife and the LoL team’s ‘Tattoo’ ‘Lee, Min Woo’ hyung. Tattoo told me that if I shook his hand before the games, I would win and what do you know, it came true. I guess his hands are something special. ‘Lee, Seung Hyun’ from Zenex (T/N: says Leesy on TLPD) and MVPSniper helped a lot with practice despite unfortunately losing in Code A. I want take this opportunity to thank them both.
I want to thank my team’s sponsors: LG Electronics, Googims, Coca Cola, Nvidia, and SteelSeries.


Source: http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?category=13439&id=1202797
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ReaperX
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong1758 Posts
May 24 2012 14:36 GMT
#2
amazing interview, keep it up man. mc fighting!
Artosis : Clide. idrA : Shut up.
Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
May 24 2012 14:38 GMT
#3
ty storywriter can't wait for Seed interview
Shieldz
Profile Joined October 2011
Hong Kong18 Posts
May 24 2012 14:40 GMT
#4
MC gogogo
Tsubbi
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany7979 Posts
May 24 2012 14:40 GMT
#5
gaining weight through jet lag!?
JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
May 24 2012 14:40 GMT
#6
Great interview! I'm glad MC made it.
Thanks storywriter!
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LimitSEA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia9580 Posts
May 24 2012 14:43 GMT
#7
Thanks again storywriter. ^^

MC practicing with IM now, and he's suddenly confident in his PvT. Hopefully we see a resurgence of the bosstoss.
Long live the King of Wings
Gladiator6
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden7024 Posts
May 24 2012 14:44 GMT
#8
Sick with MC recieving help from team IM!
Flying, sOs, free, Light, Soulkey & ZerO
LeLfe
Profile Joined February 2011
France3160 Posts
May 24 2012 14:52 GMT
#9
looks like MC could make a big statement soon
Writer for Red bull (Fr) and Iron Squid (En/Fr) @ClemLeLfe on twitter
fortheGG
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom1002 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-24 14:59:36
May 24 2012 14:59 GMT
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zenio ;-;


nice interview bit disappointed that it wasn't someone else
storywriter
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia528 Posts
May 24 2012 14:59 GMT
#11
all interviews now up

On May 24 2012 23:40 Tsubbi wrote:
gaining weight through jet lag!?

your diet gets screwed and you get no exercise because you're tired all the time.
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Dodgin
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada39254 Posts
May 24 2012 15:01 GMT
#12

Your goal for next season?

Rather than setting a special goal, I’ll just practise consistently like I usually do. As I watched MVP’s games the past season, I felt that winners really do win. So, if I’m a winner myself, I should be able to post some great results regardless of how I play. Of course, I will work hard. It’s just that I want to pay less attention to my opponents and their strategies and focus on the fundamentals in preparation for macro games based on those fundamentals.


I like his attitude, winners gonna win
LeLfe
Profile Joined February 2011
France3160 Posts
May 24 2012 15:07 GMT
#13
thank you storywriter, you make following the GSL better
Writer for Red bull (Fr) and Iron Squid (En/Fr) @ClemLeLfe on twitter
Olinim
Profile Joined March 2011
4044 Posts
May 24 2012 15:12 GMT
#14
Hope MC benefits alot from having teamed up with IM.
SeaSwift
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Scotland4486 Posts
May 24 2012 15:12 GMT
#15
On May 24 2012 23:34 storywriter wrote:
You lost your first set to MC, wasn’t it hard hitting?

I didn’t pay much attention to the first game. It’s a PvP so winning has about as much meaning as losing. I was confident about subsequent games so I wasn’t in a state of shock or anything.


Seed being upfront about PvP ^_^

Thanks a lot, storywriter! Superfast translations as always!
ROOTheognis
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
United States4482 Posts
May 24 2012 15:17 GMT
#16
On May 24 2012 23:59 storywriter wrote:
all interviews now up

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On May 24 2012 23:40 Tsubbi wrote:
gaining weight through jet lag!?

your diet gets screwed and you get no exercise because you're tired all the time.


sounds like me except I don't travel!
If you avoid your weakness, it will remain your weakness. www.twitter.com/#!/rootheognis Follow me!
Amornthep
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Singapore2605 Posts
May 24 2012 15:53 GMT
#17
Thanks for the interviews!
zyzq
Profile Joined February 2011
United States3123 Posts
May 24 2012 15:55 GMT
#18
MVP becoming an inspirational figure. ^_^
vthree
Profile Joined November 2011
Hong Kong8039 Posts
May 24 2012 16:04 GMT
#19
Lol, Seed going to warm up when he saw the DTs... Those DTs actually did so much damage killing 2 tanks and burning scans. Once MC saw that the tanks were being rebuilt, he knew a push was coming
Yaki
Profile Joined April 2011
France4234 Posts
May 24 2012 16:17 GMT
#20
Both great protoss players
MC ■ MarineKing ■ LosirA ■ To someone who has lost after trying his best, no words from the winner can console him.
bluegarfield
Profile Joined December 2010
Singapore1128 Posts
May 24 2012 16:19 GMT
#21
MC is seriously gaining a lot of weight (i remember last time his SK polo tee is very loose, now it looks almost tight-fit)

either that or he wears a smaller shirt :p
ELqQQT_T
LongBow
Profile Joined May 2012
United States265 Posts
May 24 2012 16:21 GMT
#22
Awesome interviews Storywriter. Go go Seed! Protoss Fighting!
jkang
Profile Joined May 2011
United States404 Posts
May 24 2012 16:37 GMT
#23
"As I saw MC’s dark shrine go up, I decided that I should get warmed up and then he somehow won which I’m thankful to him for."
LOL
brokenLoL
Profile Joined May 2012
United Kingdom419 Posts
May 24 2012 16:42 GMT
#24
MC must have a slow metabolism or something because HuK travels a lot and he's still skinny.

Anyway... glad to see MC has seemed to figure out Terran judging by MLG and UnD. Now he needs to figure out how to deny Zerg scouting and the queen range.

#ProtossPresident
Save me from myself
Adreme
Profile Joined June 2011
United States5574 Posts
May 24 2012 16:44 GMT
#25
On May 25 2012 01:37 jkang wrote:
"As I saw MC’s dark shrine go up, I decided that I should get warmed up and then he somehow won which I’m thankful to him for."
LOL


That seemed like the polite way of saying "As soon as I saw him going DTs I figured whelp he loses time to prepare for my tiebreaker but then he won somehow so cool"
Fragile51
Profile Joined October 2011
Netherlands15767 Posts
May 24 2012 16:45 GMT
#26
Man, Seed has such a cool attitude. Hope he does well next season.
Linwelin
Profile Joined March 2011
Ireland7554 Posts
May 24 2012 16:47 GMT
#27
Thanks a lot (one more time) Storywriter! You're awesome
Fuck Razor and Death Prophet
Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-24 18:22:25
May 24 2012 18:21 GMT
#28
MC is such a boss. I don't think any pro-gamer has attempted the travel schedule he's about to do. In the span of 1 week, he will have played in tournaments in NY, Korea and Texas. It's something that even polt didn't want to attempt, even though his up/down games were earlier than MC.
Top 10 favourite pros: MKP, MVP, MC, Nestea, DRG, Jaedong, Flash, Life, Creator, Leenock
Aegeis
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1619 Posts
May 24 2012 20:09 GMT
#29
Wow I just noticed how many high tier sponsors IM has LG and Coca Cola?!!!
"Skills to pay the bills" - Artosis, https://twitter.com/AegeisSC2 ,http://www.tumblr.com/blog/socal-esports
Sajaki
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada1135 Posts
May 24 2012 20:41 GMT
#30
On May 25 2012 05:09 Aegeis wrote:
Wow I just noticed how many high tier sponsors IM has LG and Coca Cola?!!!


They have MVP and NesTea... of course they get the highest sponsors - ____ - 7 gsl wins between those 2 alone... heh
Inno pls...
MrCon
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France29748 Posts
May 24 2012 21:23 GMT
#31
On May 25 2012 00:12 SeaSwift wrote:
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On May 24 2012 23:34 storywriter wrote:
You lost your first set to MC, wasn’t it hard hitting?

I didn’t pay much attention to the first game. It’s a PvP so winning has about as much meaning as losing. I was confident about subsequent games so I wasn’t in a state of shock or anything.


Seed being upfront about PvP ^_^

Thanks a lot, storywriter! Superfast translations as always!

I don't agree at all with that (not the storywriter part :D)
It seems that players with this mindset always do the dumbest mistakes then say "I don't care it's PvP, it was luck". Because if he expect to go far in code S next season without some PvP skill, he'll be disappointed imo.
In his game, he has his force just near his own base, he meets MC forces here....what does he do ? Make a warpin round at his proxy pylon. You can't do stuff like that and then say "oh, it's PvP, nothing you can do".
Felvo
Profile Joined April 2011
United States124 Posts
May 24 2012 21:36 GMT
#32
MC and Seed both good showings for the GSTL cooperation that MC is going to have with LG-IM also it's very good again showing that even after a LG-IM win that more players get into Code S.
wptlzkwjd
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada1240 Posts
May 24 2012 22:00 GMT
#33
"I guess his hands are something special. " Hilarious stuff XD
Feel free to add me on steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/MagnusAskeland/
catplanetcatplanet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3829 Posts
May 24 2012 22:09 GMT
#34
Thanks storywriter! The Lee Seung Hyun is LgNZeNEXLife.
I think it's finally time to admit it might not be the year of Pet
FidoDido
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1292 Posts
May 24 2012 22:29 GMT
#35
good to see the brotosses back in Code S.
SK teaming up with LGIM has brought nothing but goodness for MC. He actually has solid practice partners now that he does not have to go bother like he would have to do when he was flying solo.

Besides, practice with Happy, Seed, Losira, Nestea, MVP.. who could ask for better partners?
LGIMSeed FantasyToss~~ Hipster Seed fan before he made Code A
opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
May 25 2012 00:03 GMT
#36
tyty :D some semblance of racial balance so far!

i want to see MKP and BBBB in this spot tomorrow!!!
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