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[Interview] 2012 GSTL S2 R2 Group A Loser's Match

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storywriter
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia528 Posts
July 06 2012 16:03 GMT
#1
SlayerSCoca

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You ended the match on your own. How do you feel?

I’ve never scored more than a single kill in GSTL before let alone an all kill so I’m extremely happy.

Were you planned as the second player?

Yes. I was to snipe the Terran player if Alicia lost.

Byun was the starting player so your rematch was a possibility from the beginning. Did this put pressure on you?

A little. However, this just motivated me to work harder. I’m glad it paid off.

Your win rate against Protoss is the highest of any Zerg but Creator came out to face you as the second player.

Frankly, I thought that Creator would be the biggest hurdle on Prime. I meet him regularly on ladder and he’s just a very well rounded and solid macro player. So I gave myself about 50%. I worked hard on ZvP as well.

BboongBboong came out as the third Prime player and your win rate against Zerg is barely over 10%

I do quite well in ZvZ in practice but not so in tournaments. This eroded away my confidence and made me start doing some strange play which made it even worse. With today’s victory, I think I can perform well in ZvZ also from now on.

When did you feel like you could all kill?

I felt it as I took down MKP. There was no way I could avoid MKP and I actually practised ZvT very hard so played as I had planned. As I took down MKP, I predicted that Maru would come out next.

Didn’t Byun’s quick return to glory make you impatient?

I was more jealous than impatient. I’ve been number 1 on the ladder but keep failing to qualify for Code A so I had my fair share of disappointments and despair

Qualifying for OSL seems to have given you a boost.

Initially, I thought I wouldn’t do well after looking at the bracket. There were too many great players in my group. Having qualified out of such a group has given me confidence.

Does your all kill today signify your return to glory?

My return will be when I hit ro16 in OSL and qualify for GSL. It will only be after I start doing well in individual leagues.

Your next opponent is Fnatic. How do you expect it will go?

Fnatic has many great Zergs. As long as I practise ZvZ well and stop aLive, I think we can reach ro4.

Every time Byun has an interview, he wishes you well. Do you have something to say to him?

I’m really grateful to Byun ‘hyung’ for watching out for me. I hope we both do really well in GSL and meet in the upper rounds.

Anything to add?

Today’s all kill was thanks not only to my skill but also to my teammates who practised with me. MMA left Korea to attend an event tournament in the States today so I hope he wins that. Also, Crank and Miya got eliminated from Round 1 of Code A and I hope they are feeling better and do even better in the future.
Lastly, I want to thank Jessica and Boxer who believed in me.


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torm3ntin
Profile Joined October 2009
Brazil2534 Posts
July 06 2012 16:07 GMT
#2
This kid is sick good :D
Grubby and Ret fan, but a TERRAN player :D
cork
Profile Joined June 2012
34 Posts
July 06 2012 16:12 GMT
#3
i have always said to my freinds that coca has always been top 5 zerg in the world. So happy that he proved me right :D GOGOGO coca!
"you underestimate my power" - Anakin Skywalker before injury
FlamingForce
Profile Joined September 2011
Netherlands701 Posts
July 06 2012 17:02 GMT
#4
Go CoCa! ^^
polyphonyEX
Profile Joined May 2012
United States2539 Posts
July 06 2012 17:03 GMT
#5
Great player, but why the perm?
vthree
Profile Joined November 2011
Hong Kong8039 Posts
July 06 2012 17:08 GMT
#6
Seems they ask Terrans about TvZ but don't really ask Zergs about ZvT (except DRG). And even Protoss players are commenting about TvZ nowadays...

David Kim!!! Are you listening??? Look, I think the Queen buff is good in that it removes a lot of the 'unscoutable' terran cheese. But please look at TvZ mid/late game to give a better composition for terrans vs BL/infestor/corruptor. Kinda stupid to designate terran as the aggressive race that has to do early damage but then take away all the means to do that early damage without going all-in.

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Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37023 Posts
July 06 2012 17:36 GMT
#7
WHOOOOO!!

COCA BABY!!!!

thx storywriter
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-06 18:05:42
July 06 2012 18:02 GMT
#8
On July 07 2012 02:08 vthree wrote:
Seems they ask Terrans about TvZ but don't really ask Zergs about ZvT (except DRG). And even Protoss players are commenting about TvZ nowadays...

David Kim!!! Are you listening??? Look, I think the Queen buff is good in that it removes a lot of the 'unscoutable' terran cheese. But please look at TvZ mid/late game to give a better composition for terrans vs BL/infestor/corruptor. Kinda stupid to designate terran as the aggressive race that has to do early damage but then take away all the means to do that early damage without going all-in.

Oh come on, for once it was not mentioned in the interview but you had to bring it up eh.
Is it so hard to keep the balance whine away
Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
July 06 2012 18:07 GMT
#9
On July 07 2012 02:08 vthree wrote:
Seems they ask Terrans about TvZ but don't really ask Zergs about ZvT (except DRG). And even Protoss players are commenting about TvZ nowadays...

David Kim!!! Are you listening??? Look, I think the Queen buff is good in that it removes a lot of the 'unscoutable' terran cheese. But please look at TvZ mid/late game to give a better composition for terrans vs BL/infestor/corruptor. Kinda stupid to designate terran as the aggressive race that has to do early damage but then take away all the means to do that early damage without going all-in.

This is not the place.
Refer to my post.
movac
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada494 Posts
July 06 2012 18:09 GMT
#10
what's the tournament that coca mentioned that MMA is attending in the states?
soulist
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States932 Posts
July 06 2012 18:10 GMT
#11
He said that MMA left to attend an event in the United States. What event is that?
Evil Geniuses<3
MegaFonzie
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia1084 Posts
July 06 2012 18:11 GMT
#12
On July 07 2012 02:08 vthree wrote:
Seems they ask Terrans about TvZ but don't really ask Zergs about ZvT (except DRG). And even Protoss players are commenting about TvZ nowadays...

David Kim!!! Are you listening??? Look, I think the Queen buff is good in that it removes a lot of the 'unscoutable' terran cheese. But please look at TvZ mid/late game to give a better composition for terrans vs BL/infestor/corruptor. Kinda stupid to designate terran as the aggressive race that has to do early damage but then take away all the means to do that early damage without going all-in.


Couldn't you have put this in one of the 6000 threads where people already argue about this crap. No need to bring it into this one.

OT: Very happy for CoCa, he's long been one of my favourite players. Seeing him have a big success like this at a live match is really great to see. It's been a long time coming
@x5_MegaFonzie
aintz
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada5624 Posts
July 06 2012 19:47 GMT
#13
ooo right the whole coca byun incident where coca gged to give byun code a spot and had to forfeit his code s. hopefully he gets back into code s soon
Lunaro
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada77 Posts
July 06 2012 19:49 GMT
#14
On July 07 2012 04:47 aintz wrote:
ooo right the whole coca byun incident where coca gged to give byun code a spot and had to forfeit his code s. hopefully he gets back into code s soon


uhh... that is not what happened. try again
OMGaZERGling
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada44 Posts
July 06 2012 20:21 GMT
#15
coca so boss
ALL HAIL ZERG HEROS DRG - SYMBOL- NESTEA -
P7GAB
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada486 Posts
July 06 2012 20:36 GMT
#16
such a pimp
aintz
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada5624 Posts
July 06 2012 22:07 GMT
#17
On July 07 2012 04:49 Lunaro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2012 04:47 aintz wrote:
ooo right the whole coca byun incident where coca gged to give byun code a spot and had to forfeit his code s. hopefully he gets back into code s soon


uhh... that is not what happened. try again


so what did happen mr smartypants?
Dissonance23
Profile Joined September 2010
United States259 Posts
July 06 2012 22:12 GMT
#18
On July 07 2012 07:07 aintz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2012 04:49 Lunaro wrote:
On July 07 2012 04:47 aintz wrote:
ooo right the whole coca byun incident where coca gged to give byun code a spot and had to forfeit his code s. hopefully he gets back into code s soon


uhh... that is not what happened. try again


so what did happen mr smartypants?


There was no Code A spot on the line, it was just for an entry into a $1000 tournament.
MrMercuG
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands2389 Posts
July 06 2012 22:16 GMT
#19
On July 07 2012 03:10 soulist wrote:
He said that MMA left to attend an event in the United States. What event is that?


Some IPL tournament, against HerO, Illusion and DRG.
aintz
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada5624 Posts
July 06 2012 23:02 GMT
#20
On July 07 2012 07:12 Dissonance23 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 07 2012 07:07 aintz wrote:
On July 07 2012 04:49 Lunaro wrote:
On July 07 2012 04:47 aintz wrote:
ooo right the whole coca byun incident where coca gged to give byun code a spot and had to forfeit his code s. hopefully he gets back into code s soon


uhh... that is not what happened. try again


so what did happen mr smartypants?


There was no Code A spot on the line, it was just for an entry into a $1000 tournament.


i see thank you for clearing things up
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