We continue our series of interviews with WCS America Challenger League players, this time looking across the ocean to China. Yesterday we had Jim and Top, today we have MacSed and XY!
*Interviews were performed a while back, so some answers could be dated.
iG.MacSed
Introduce yourself: Hi everyone, I'm MacSed from the Invictus Gaming.
Origin of ID: I made this up from some random letters lol.
Name some movie titles that describe your style Sci-Fi movies.
Most notable accomplishment/Proudest moment in SC2 NGF 2012 1st place, StarsWar 7 1st place and 3rd place from WCG 2012.
Your biggest strengths and weaknesses as a player? Strength is defense and counterattack, weakness is going offensive.
What SC2 unit represents you best, and why? Oracle, subtle and vile.
Who is your favorite player and why? Rain, he is very solid and is very good at making comebacks.
One thing you would change about StarCraft II. Ignite Afterburners now requires 50 energy.
Form a team with any other 5 players, not including those currently on your team. Flash, Rain, Soulkey, Life, INnoVation.
Who will win Season 1 of AM, EU, KR? Soukey for KR, aLive for AM, I can't really say for EU.
If you could play in AM or EU without lag, which would you pick? AM.
How many years would it take for China to become the best in the world at StarCraft II if it were an Olympic sport? One year.
What did you think of your last match against Illusion? I was playing horribly.
Prospects on next matches in group stage: Play at my best potential and win.
Favorite food: Meat. Flash or Jaedong? Flash. Cats or dogs? Dogs. Coke or pepsi? Pepsi. Soap or body wash? Body wash.
Introduce yourself I'm Yao "iG.XY" Xiang from Chinese team Invictus Gaming.
Origin of ID Just an abbreviation of my name, it's not a coordinate lol.
Name some movie titles that describe your style Some Sci-Fi blockbuster.
Most notable accomplishment/Proudest moment in SC2 At the beginning of my career, I was able to win for my clan in a ace opportunity in a clan war. Though we eventually lost, I was really proud of that.
Your biggest strengths and weaknesses as a player? I'm good at multitasking but in direct engagements, I'm not strong enough.
What SC2 unit represents you best, and why? Ghosts (but that's the unit I'm not good at).
Who is your favorite player and why? Flash, my favorite in both BW and SC2
One thing you would change about StarCraft II. Reduce the damage of oracles or reduce their range.
Form a team with any other 5 players, not including those currently on your team. Flash, Life, Rain, INnoVation, sOs.
Who will win Season 1 of AM, EU, KR? INnoVation wins KR, and I believe EU and AM will be won by Korean players as well.
If you could play in AM or EU without lag, which would you pick? AM.
How many years would it take for China to become the best in the world at StarCraft II if it were an Olympic sport? It's too far to reach tbh.
What did you think of your last match against Hellokitty? It was against hellokitty who is Chinese originated as well, I used my multitasking skills to defeat him.
Prospects on next match again DeMusliM? The next opponent is strong. I need to prepare well and play well.
Favorite food: Hotpot. Flash or Jaedong? Flash. Cats or dogs? Dogs. Coke or pepsi? Coke. Soap or body wash? Body wash.
On May 29 2013 23:22 sidh97 wrote: everyone seems to pick flash for these questions T____T glad that tl is doing this so everyone gets a little more understanding about chinese players.
On May 29 2013 23:09 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote: How many years would it take for China to become the best in the world at StarCraft II if it were an Olympic sport? It's too far to reach tbh.
At least he is being realistic. I wouldn't say never, but at least a decade under the most ideal conditions. The foreign scene as a whole can catch up in half the time, but to say a single region can catch up in a year or two is unrealistic. Even with a population and great eSports infrastructure like China, I don't see them ever getting there.
Random question: What's the correct name for the CD thingy? We in Germany called it "Discman", but I'm not sure that this is the real english name (just like the germans say "handy" for mobile phone)...
On May 30 2013 00:20 ibraishome wrote: Random question: What's the correct name for the CD thingy? We in Germany called it "Discman", but I'm not sure that this is the real english name (just like the germans say "handy" for mobile phone)...
where i'm from in the states we called them 'walkmen' or 'cd players'
On May 30 2013 00:20 ibraishome wrote: Random question: What's the correct name for the CD thingy? We in Germany called it "Discman", but I'm not sure that this is the real english name (just like the germans say "handy" for mobile phone)...
where i'm from in the states we called them 'walkmen' or 'cd players'
Floppy discs, walkmen and VHS tapes are not that old c'mon...
I'm almost 25 and I used all of them during my childhood, taping DBZ episodes because they would air on TV during class time. The first thing I would do when I got back home was to eagerly rewind the tape and hope I had programmed the VHS correctly!
On May 29 2013 23:09 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote: How many years would it take for China to become the best in the world at StarCraft II if it were an Olympic sport? It's too far to reach tbh.
At least he is being realistic. I wouldn't say never, but at least a decade under the most ideal conditions. The foreign scene as a whole can catch up in half the time, but to say a single region can catch up in a year or two is unrealistic. Even with a population and great eSports infrastructure like China, I don't see them ever getting there.
it's hard to judge what's the standard for "the best in the world" though. Jim is currently one of the top Kr ladder players. I think another chinese player is around rank 20 Kr GM. with such strong players leading the competition, I won't be surprised to see China catchup if the game was more popular. not to mention how ridiculously fast China is improving when it comes to olympics, they are starting to get gold in swimming where it is normally dominated by the western countries like Australia.
On May 29 2013 23:22 sidh97 wrote: everyone seems to pick flash for these questions T____T glad that tl is doing this so everyone gets a little more understanding about chinese players.
not enough Zergs :/
Well, there is actually some good Zerg in China. The Better of them are Xigua, Comm and Toodming. And ZooCourage made it quite far in the NA qualifier. Not to forget the most popular guy in the Chinese SC2 scene, F91.
On May 29 2013 23:22 sidh97 wrote: everyone seems to pick flash for these questions T____T glad that tl is doing this so everyone gets a little more understanding about chinese players.
not enough Zergs :/
Well, there is actually some good Zerg in China. The Better of them are Xigua, Comm and Toodming. And ZooCourage made it quite far in the NA qualifier. Not to forget the most popular guy in the Chinese SC2 scene, F91.
On May 29 2013 23:09 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote: How many years would it take for China to become the best in the world at StarCraft II if it were an Olympic sport? It's too far to reach tbh.
At least he is being realistic. I wouldn't say never, but at least a decade under the most ideal conditions. The foreign scene as a whole can catch up in half the time, but to say a single region can catch up in a year or two is unrealistic. Even with a population and great eSports infrastructure like China, I don't see them ever getting there.
it's hard to judge what's the standard for "the best in the world" though. Jim is currently one of the top Kr ladder players. I think another chinese player is around rank 20 Kr GM. with such strong players leading the competition, I won't be surprised to see China catchup if the game was more popular. not to mention how ridiculously fast China is improving when it comes to olympics, they are starting to get gold in swimming where it is normally dominated by the western countries like Australia.
Yeah people are missing key words in that question... Olympic sport. If its in the Olympics, China would spare no expense to make sure they're the best, especially if it just entails making kids to play a game 10 hours a day.
MacSed got it right. If it was in the Olympics, China would make sure their players trained their butts off.
On May 30 2013 00:20 ibraishome wrote: Random question: What's the correct name for the CD thingy? We in Germany called it "Discman", but I'm not sure that this is the real english name (just like the germans say "handy" for mobile phone)...
where i'm from in the states we called them 'walkmen' or 'cd players'
Same, although I have heard "discman" as well.
You are correct. Walkmans play cassettes. Discmans play CDs.
On May 29 2013 23:22 sidh97 wrote: everyone seems to pick flash for these questions T____T glad that tl is doing this so everyone gets a little more understanding about chinese players.
not enough Zergs :/
Well, there is actually some good Zerg in China. The Better of them are Xigua, Comm and Toodming. And ZooCourage made it quite far in the NA qualifier. Not to forget the most popular guy in the Chinese SC2 scene, F91.
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MacSed from the Invictus Gaming.![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Waxangel/WCS2013/America_1/macsed.jpg)
Illusion?![[image loading]](/staff/Waxangel/WCS2013/America_1/xynotcoldplay.jpg)
