How do you feel about securing your first ever OSL victory after taking down MarineKing?
The game itself made me feel really pressured. I played with the thought that I had already lost but my hard work was the driving force that made me able to pull off the comeback. I tried to make him feel extremely bothered with my play and I think that went really well.
What was the reason that made the game so hard?
I couldn't block his banshee attacks very well. I took a lot more damage than I thought I would and I also put myself in disadvantageous situations through how I handled battles.
MarineKing was in the lead but you were still able to force him to transition to late game.
It seemed like Terran players prefer to go to late game on this map. That's why I think MarineKing intentionally was aiming for the late game, so I decided to delay his timing through my use of zealots and I think that decision was a good one.
The playoffs are right in front of you so isn't practice hard?
We still have time so the team has been very lenient on my practicing. That's why I've been able to practice for my individual leagues.
Have you been receiving help form coach BoxeR?
There were a lot of things I didn't know about the game that existed that he taught me. I think I'm going to keep requiring help from him from now on.
Were you sure about today's victory?
Before the group nominations began I really wanted to avoid Mvp and MKP. But then MKP picked me so I got flustered. I stated that I was confident but truth be told, I didn't think I had a chance of winning. I think I won because I got lucky. I normally really suck at PvTs mostly so since I got rid of the only Terran in the group, I'm going to be able to play great games.
Your next opponent is DongRaeGu.
Since he is a GSL champion I'm going to have to prepare extensively.
Anything else you would like to say?
I want to thank Mercury hyung and hudadek for practicing with me. BeSt hyung also plays today so I hope he wins so that we can go back together feeling great.
You over came Mvp and secured your first OSL victory.
After seeing the KeSPA players lose yesterday I felt some burdens. But my practices went well so I was confident that I would win.I think the game went well like I wanted them to.
What did you mean when you said that your practices went well?
I had a lot of time. That's why I was able to get in plenty of practice. Most of my teammates went on break so they were gone but our SC2 secret ace remained and that one player was all the help I needed. I really want to thank him for that.
Wasn't facing Mvp a lot of pressure?
He was a player I really wanted to win against. I wonder if beating a top Terran player will get me recognized.
If you had to evaluate today's game?
I brought a strategy with me that I did not expect to happen. I excluded the thought that he would go triple CC but he ended up doing exactly that so I got flustered. Thankfully, I was able to put myself ahead quite a few times with a lot of nice timing engagements so I grabbed the victory.
Feels like you would have gained a lot of confidence after beating Mvp.
The game against PartinG is going to be the key game. If I can win against him I think I can start to think about grabbing the championship. I think all KeSPA players are going to have to push the GSL players back with their confidence.
How do you plan to prepare for the rest of your games?
We're on break right now so there are no Protoss players to practice with, so I'm worried about that. I think I'm going to have to practice heavily on ladder. If I can beat PartinG, I will do a ceremony.
Anything else you would like to say?
I will definitely defeat PartinG and do a ceremony. PartinG was supposed to be a "walking 1 win card" but he won yesterday. I'll congratulate him for that for now but he should know that to me, he is still a "walking 1 win card".
All the games played today before mine, the KeSPA players won so I got nervous but I'm glad I was able to win like this. With today's victory, I grabbed the confidence I needed to face the rest of my games.
The GSL players before you all fell so what did you think as you watched?
As far as I could tell, MKP played pretty badly. Mvp hyung's build order was not in sync with his opponent's so he disappointingly lost. He probably thought Flying would go for a passive macro game but he ended up doing an aggressive game instead so Mvp lost in a weak fashion.
How are your PvPs and PvTs?
In PvTs, the battle of build orders is even more crucial than PvPs. So it's about 5:5. In order to flip this ratio around Liquid`TaeJa would have to attend this tournament.
Even though your blink stalker build order was revealed you still won.
It was a strategy where I would have been fine even if he found out about my build order as long as my warp prism intention was never revealed. I saw his probe movement so I followed it with my stalker and I saw that he sent it back home. So I was sure of my victory.
Seems like you probably didn't practice a lot since it was a PvP.
Since the battle of build orders is so crucial I actually prepared even more for this one. In order to make a comeback in disadvantageous situations, I brought up certain skills. I practiced with Squirtle, Creator, PartinG, Seed, JYP, and inori. I practiced with the top finishes from WCS so I was able to fine tune my plays.
In the OSL, KeSPA players and GSL players are equally putting up fierce battles.
I don't think it's going to take that long for KeSPA players to catch up. Compared to the BW days, SC2 replays are publicized more and there are already roads that we figured out for them so it's going to be easy for them to catch up. But I think I still have an advantage when it comes to multi-tasking, tactical macro, and army control so I plan to utilize these advantages to their full potential for this tournament.
If there was a player in the OSL who could stop you from taking the championship?
Definitely the Protoss players, PartinG, Oz, and Sun are candidates for that. I'm not scared of Zergs all that much and the only scary Terran player is probably Mvp hyung. Originally I used to be scared of MKP but after watching today's game, not any more (laughs).
Your next opponent is the final weapon, Flash.
In SC2 earnings, I am ranked at #1. I don't particularly have a desire to face Flash but other people seem to want to. I'm going to take it a little easy on Flash and play up to par with him.
Anything else you would like to say?
I want to thank the players who helped me with practice. For some strange reason, I don't get nervous for foreign tournaments but GSLs and OSLs makes me nervous. I'm going to fix this about me and show better performances for next time. Today's game was a quick game so I want to apologize to the fans. For my next game, I will show a unique strategy that people can use on ladder. I want to thank my girlfriend for coming with me today, my mother for cheering for me, and I want to wish SK Gaming's LoL team a good luck since they've been doing really well recently. If I end up sucking in the near future I will head over to the LoL's team house and do the dishes there (laughs). I hope they will watch over me. But if the LoL team starts sucking, I'm going to prepare a lot of dishes for them to wash on my end (laughs).
Quite surprised that the Kespa players took down Mvp and MKP. Interested in the Flying vs Parting games. Flying sounds like he really wants to take him down.
Korean progamers and fans generally don't care much about their IDs but foreign fans tend to stick to the name they gained notoriety on. Not surprisingly most people here would continue to recognize Rain as "Sun," and this has been the case for many players, such as Kal (Goojila), Iris (Berserker), Baby (Ty), Backho (Jesus, lol) and Forgg (never and many other aliases).
"Anything else you would like to say?
I want to thank Mercury hyung and hudadek for practicing with me. Flying hyung also plays today so I hope he wins so that we can go back together feeling great."
Strange he would hope Flying wins but not his teammate Best.
On August 30 2012 01:20 setzer wrote: Korean progamers and fans generally don't care much about their IDs but foreign fans tend to stick to the name they gained notoriety on. Not surprisingly most people here would continue to recognize Rain as "Sun," and this has been the case for many players, such as Kal (Goojila), Iris (Berserker), Baby (Ty), Backho (Jesus, lol) and Forgg (never and many other aliases).
"Anything else you would like to say?
I want to thank Mercury hyung and hudadek for practicing with me. Flying hyung also plays today so I hope he wins so that we can go back together feeling great."
Strange he would hope Flying wins but not his teammate Best.
When Bisu joined in to SKT, BeSt wasn't really friendly to the Revolutionist. So in a sense, I understand that maybe BeSt would act cold toward Sun as a repeat.
On August 30 2012 01:20 setzer wrote: Korean progamers and fans generally don't care much about their IDs but foreign fans tend to stick to the name they gained notoriety on. Not surprisingly most people here would continue to recognize Rain as "Sun," and this has been the case for many players, such as Kal (Goojila), Iris (Berserker), Baby (Ty), Backho (Jesus, lol) and Forgg (never and many other aliases).
"Anything else you would like to say?
I want to thank Mercury hyung and hudadek for practicing with me. Flying hyung also plays today so I hope he wins so that we can go back together feeling great."
Strange he would hope Flying wins but not his teammate Best.
SON OF A BITCH! Seeker you idiot! Thank you for pointing that out. Flying and BeSt both have the names "Jae Wook".
On August 30 2012 01:18 SHOOG wrote: Quite surprised that the Kespa players took down Mvp and MKP. Interested in the Flying vs Parting games. Flying sounds like he really wants to take him down.
No surprise. You thought Mvp and MKP are better simply because you have known them for a long time, because GSL is the center of sc2 ever since the release in 2010. The illusion that GSL players > Kespa is caused by your previous experience.
In SC2 earnings, I am ranked at #1. I don't particularly have a desire to face Flash but other people seem to want to. I'm going to take it a little easy on Flash and play up to par with him.
But I think I still have an advantage when it comes to multi-tasking, tactical macro, and army control so I plan to utilize these advantages to their full potential for this tournament.
So basically MC is saying he is better than Kespa players in every single way.
MC sounding to overconfident imo he shouldnt be to sure about having better multitask etc :D though his game knowledge is definitely better than theirs Also quite interested in that unique build of his
i'm glad MC says MKP played badly and MVP sorta lost due to build order, because if the kespa players are beating top GSL players already... oh shit lol ( I like GSL players and don't want em to get stomped so easy, though of course I want the highest level of play possible! )
On August 30 2012 02:27 LightAngels wrote: I want Flash to win against MC to show him who is really the boss here.
Go easy... meh... he is not called as god for nothing. Go smash him Flash.
I foresee.... I foresee flash going 3 CC again and dying to an MC attack within the first 5-10 minutes of the game.
i see... 2 rax in the middle of the map spice must flow
I forsee Flash opening CC first into double armory and goes for the most glorious 3 base turtle mech play ever seen in sc2. And turrets... alot of turrets.
On August 30 2012 01:29 zyzq wrote: By.Sun is definitely the best KeSPA player. If SKT wins Proleague, he's gonna be the MVP
Sun is great, but Roro impressed me more. I don't just say that because Roro got higher in WCS Korea, but also the fact that his play style was REALLY impressive, and that he was the only zerg in the top 8 (other 7 were all protoss).
A bit offtopic, but I am still baffled at why Protoss seem to be performing so well in Korea, and Zerg everywhere else in the world.
On August 30 2012 01:29 zyzq wrote: By.Sun is definitely the best KeSPA player. If SKT wins Proleague, he's gonna be the MVP
Sun is great, but Roro impressed me more. I don't just say that because Roro got higher in WCS Korea, but also the fact that his play style was REALLY impressive, and that he was the only zerg in the top 8 (other 7 were all protoss).
A bit offtopic, but I am still baffled at why Protoss seem to be performing so well in Korea, and Zerg everywhere else in the world.
In the words of the great SlayerS_Miya: Protoss OP
On August 30 2012 01:29 zyzq wrote: By.Sun is definitely the best KeSPA player. If SKT wins Proleague, he's gonna be the MVP
Sun is great, but Roro impressed me more. I don't just say that because Roro got higher in WCS Korea, but also the fact that his play style was REALLY impressive, and that he was the only zerg in the top 8 (other 7 were all protoss).
A bit offtopic, but I am still baffled at why Protoss seem to be performing so well in Korea, and Zerg everywhere else in the world.
In the words of the great SlayerS_Miya: Protoss OP
Give Jaedong time and he will show everybody how to play Zerg against Protoss ( I'm Stork fan )
On August 30 2012 01:29 zyzq wrote: By.Sun is definitely the best KeSPA player. If SKT wins Proleague, he's gonna be the MVP
Sun is great, but Roro impressed me more. I don't just say that because Roro got higher in WCS Korea, but also the fact that his play style was REALLY impressive, and that he was the only zerg in the top 8 (other 7 were all protoss).
A bit offtopic, but I am still baffled at why Protoss seem to be performing so well in Korea, and Zerg everywhere else in the world.
In the words of the great SlayerS_Miya: Protoss OP
In the words of the great Liquid'Taeja: This is Protoss! Protoss OP
(twitch.tv/twitch ; Taeja plays Protoss against a Platinum NA Z player. As the zerg attacks with a bunch of Roaches, Taeja's mouse dies. He loses his Nexuses at his natural and third, plus his army, but defends with warpins and good mico after GunRun gets him a new mouse. The Zerg player talks quite a bit, and Taeja talks back. It's awesome.)
Whoot, Taeja getting recognition from the protoss president \o/
Thank you for your translation SeeKeR, its kind of awesome that we can always look forward to translations being done within a few hours :D Your work shall be appreciated.
On August 30 2012 03:27 letian wrote: thanks for the interviews, that is awesome.
Besides MC trying to act like a boss he is I've noticed some notes of uncertainty in the future of GSL players.
Really? Winning half the Bo1's vs players slumping (One big win vs Foreigners does not mean Mvp is out of his slump) means they are on the decline and KeSPA on the rise? Come on now...
On August 30 2012 03:27 letian wrote: thanks for the interviews, that is awesome.
Besides MC trying to act like a boss he is I've noticed some notes of uncertainty in the future of GSL players.
Really? Winning half the Bo1's vs players slumping (One big win vs Foreigners does not mean Mvp is out of his slump) means they are on the decline and KeSPA on the rise? Come on now...
Misunderstanding. I think I was imagining things, now that I've reread the interviews again.
On August 30 2012 03:09 Quateras wrote: Whoot, Taeja getting recognition from the protoss president \o/
Thank you for your translation SeeKeR, its kind of awesome that we can always look forward to translations being done within a few hours :D Your work shall be appreciated.
Haha. Thank you
On August 30 2012 02:24 Klogon wrote: Hey thanks for this.
Oo;;. I think this is the first time Klogon posted in one of my threads. Mood:
On August 30 2012 00:47 SeeKeR wrote: You won with a strategic macro game.
This must be a fucking joke, right?
Also, if what MC says is true and PvT is all about build orders, even more than PvP, he can't beat Flash. All Flash has to do is to play safe and win because MC is a notorious cheeser/alliner.
On August 30 2012 02:27 LightAngels wrote: I want Flash to win against MC to show him who is really the boss here.
Go easy... meh... he is not called God for nothing. Go smash him Flash.
Even if he wins there are 3 factors here:
1) It's bo1.
2) Flash has the advantage of knowing MC's play
3) Flash is the underdog
Not only so, only the most ignorant people would be blind to the fact that:
1) Flash only has 1 MU to practise 2) GOM players are cracking under the pressure and not performing up to par 3) Flash has been secretly practising SC2 for a long time.
As much as I would hate my favourite player to lose too, people don't have to be bitter and discredit the winner.
Slumping is not a good reason for losing, not practising enough is. Cracking under the pressure? Maybe more dishes would help out the nerves. (Or switch to something less competitive...) Only BO1? I heard inconsistency leads to dish-washing...
Also, wasn't it Flash that commented how Protoss was OP a few month ago? Shame on all of your that doubted. (Honestly, in the middle ages the authorities would have you all hanged...)
I'm looking forward to Flash vs MC. Judging that Flash will win, his unimpressed face will be the best ceremony yet!
On August 30 2012 01:29 zyzq wrote: By.Sun is definitely the best KeSPA player. If SKT wins Proleague, he's gonna be the MVP
Sun is great, but Roro impressed me more. I don't just say that because Roro got higher in WCS Korea, but also the fact that his play style was REALLY impressive, and that he was the only zerg in the top 8 (other 7 were all protoss).
A bit offtopic, but I am still baffled at why Protoss seem to be performing so well in Korea, and Zerg everywhere else in the world.
In the words of the great SlayerS_Miya: Protoss OP
Thanks for the translations seeker. MC with good interviews as always. sad to see how MKP played today but Rain is really good. I hope he gets a Code S seed as one of the two Kespa players that will get one. After seeing him play a few times he has impressed me and I think he can be very competitive in code s
On August 30 2012 01:29 zyzq wrote: By.Sun is definitely the best KeSPA player. If SKT wins Proleague, he's gonna be the MVP
Sun is great, but Roro impressed me more. I don't just say that because Roro got higher in WCS Korea, but also the fact that his play style was REALLY impressive, and that he was the only zerg in the top 8 (other 7 were all protoss).
A bit offtopic, but I am still baffled at why Protoss seem to be performing so well in Korea, and Zerg everywhere else in the world.
In the words of the great SlayerS_Miya: Protoss OP
In the words of the great Liquid'Taeja: This is Protoss! Protoss OP
(twitch.tv/twitch ; Taeja plays Protoss against a Platinum NA Z player. As the zerg attacks with a bunch of Roaches, Taeja's mouse dies. He loses his Nexuses at his natural and third, plus his army, but defends with warpins and good mico after GunRun gets him a new mouse. The Zerg player talks quite a bit, and Taeja talks back. It's awesome.)
In the words of MVP: "Terran is the weakest race."
On August 30 2012 01:29 zyzq wrote: By.Sun is definitely the best KeSPA player. If SKT wins Proleague, he's gonna be the MVP
Sun is great, but Roro impressed me more. I don't just say that because Roro got higher in WCS Korea, but also the fact that his play style was REALLY impressive, and that he was the only zerg in the top 8 (other 7 were all protoss).
A bit offtopic, but I am still baffled at why Protoss seem to be performing so well in Korea, and Zerg everywhere else in the world.
In the words of the great SlayerS_Miya: Protoss OP
In the words of the great Liquid'Taeja: This is Protoss! Protoss OP
(twitch.tv/twitch ; Taeja plays Protoss against a Platinum NA Z player. As the zerg attacks with a bunch of Roaches, Taeja's mouse dies. He loses his Nexuses at his natural and third, plus his army, but defends with warpins and good mico after GunRun gets him a new mouse. The Zerg player talks quite a bit, and Taeja talks back. It's awesome.)
In the words of MVP: "Terran is the weakest race."
And what we've learned is that pro-gamers all think their race is the worst.
On August 30 2012 01:29 zyzq wrote: By.Sun is definitely the best KeSPA player. If SKT wins Proleague, he's gonna be the MVP
Sun is great, but Roro impressed me more. I don't just say that because Roro got higher in WCS Korea, but also the fact that his play style was REALLY impressive, and that he was the only zerg in the top 8 (other 7 were all protoss).
A bit offtopic, but I am still baffled at why Protoss seem to be performing so well in Korea, and Zerg everywhere else in the world.
Well thats easy. The dong is clearly hustling them
On August 30 2012 06:06 .vid wrote: oh MC :> such a ballsy statement about playin on par with flash :>
you better put your money where your mouth is.
haha he said he will go easy on flash so the games will actually look close and won't be walkover. gotta love mc he has to win, because i am hyped for any ceremony afterwards from him.
On August 30 2012 06:06 .vid wrote: oh MC :> such a ballsy statement about playin on par with flash :>
you better put your money where your mouth is.
haha he said he will go easy on flash so the games will actually look close and won't be walkover. gotta love mc he has to win, because i am hyped for any ceremony afterwards from him.
On August 30 2012 06:06 .vid wrote: oh MC :> such a ballsy statement about playin on par with flash :>
you better put your money where your mouth is.
haha he said he will go easy on flash so the games will actually look close and won't be walkover. gotta love mc he has to win, because i am hyped for any ceremony afterwards from him.
On August 30 2012 00:47 SeeKeR wrote: You won with a strategic macro game.
This must be a fucking joke, right?
Also, if what MC says is true and PvT is all about build orders, even more than PvP, he can't beat Flash. All Flash has to do is to play safe and win because MC is a notorious cheeser/alliner.
Uh huh. You can't just play "safe" vs every build order, all in or not.
In the battle of build orders MC easily comes out ahead through experience in sc2. He's basically pioneered most Protoss strategies and builds around. If all people had to do was play safe and win against him why does he win so much?
Flash is at the disadvantage, don't kid yourself otherwise. Doesnt mean he cant win, but he's not the favorite to bet on yet
On August 30 2012 09:31 ajabberwok wrote: Can anyone give a link to VODs of these games? I have a GOM subscription, but I am unfamiliar with where to watch OSL games.
As a note it would be nice if these were always linked at the top or bottom of each interview thread. I think someone was doing that thing some time ago and I really liked it. It meant that when people were referring to other interviews or you wanted to read previous interviews up to here you could find them easier.
As a note it would be nice if these were always linked at the top or bottom of each interview thread. I think someone was doing that thing some time ago and I really liked it. It meant that when people were referring to other interviews or you wanted to read previous interviews up to here you could find them easier.
I'd rather have a new section for Interviews + Tournaments. What I mean is the Tourney section right now is too messy. All kind of topics are there. That section ( the way I think ) is supposed to have only the major tournaments, so we can see most of the threads there with tags drop down like
[MGL] ...... [OSL] Round of 16 [ Day 1 ] [GSL] ..... [OSL] Round of 16 [ Day 2 ]
nothing more. Also at the bottom of the LRs should have the links to the invterview's threads and R&S of those should be pinned at the top. That way we can follow the scene easier, for I am not interested in anything besides major leagues.
On August 30 2012 00:47 SeeKeR wrote: You won with a strategic macro game.
This must be a fucking joke, right?
Also, if what MC says is true and PvT is all about build orders, even more than PvP, he can't beat Flash. All Flash has to do is to play safe and win because MC is a notorious cheeser/alliner.
Strangely, Flash also began his televised bw career as a notorious cheeser/alliner. And Flash has stated in a few occasions that he is practising sc2 with the mind set of a new player. So will he cheese the cheeser? Or has he already figured out the sc2 version of 14cc? This should be a very interesting match. I just pray that the game doesn't end with a hotkey error like the Janbi one.
As far as I could tell, MKP played pretty badly. Mvp hyung's build order was not in sync with his opponent's so he disappointingly lost. He probably thought Flying would go for a passive macro game but he ended up doing an aggressive game instead so Mvp lost in a weak fashion.
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