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aboxcar
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
United States447 Posts
March 06 2014 09:18 GMT
#21
please i would like to know how did "很苦很苦" become "very cool" ?

....
everything that rises must converge
Geisterkarle
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Germany3257 Posts
March 06 2014 09:29 GMT
#22
Breaker, I blame you that I'm hungry now and searching for recipes for Chili Chicken...

Nice interview! I still know XiGua from WC3 days! Great times!
There can only be one Geisterkarle
tissue
Profile Joined April 2009
Malaysia441 Posts
March 06 2014 09:43 GMT
#23
IMO 非常期待能有一个中国选手能去欧美线下战队训练.打破魔兽以来的不变的定律吧

"I'm really looking forward to the day that a Chinese player will join an NA/EU team. Let's break the post-WC3 status quo (of only Koreans imported into foreign teams)"
Marou
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany1371 Posts
March 06 2014 14:01 GMT
#24
Great to have some interview of the chinese players, those are to rare !!

Thanks !
twitter@RickyMarou
Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
March 06 2014 14:15 GMT
#25
I'm surprised no one sympathises with this:

XiGua:The happiest... That should be the days when I was practicing with my teammates in WC3, because those days it was really really cool. There were seven of us altogether but only two beds. Everyone was practicing very very hard to produce results. A lot of the time I was leaning on my chair sleeping. Then I would just wake up wash my face shower brush my teeth and just continue practicing. This kind of feeling was wonderful, I was really really happy. Afterwards I took second prize in WCG's nationals for WC3.


It sounds ridiculous.
purakushi
Profile Joined August 2012
United States3308 Posts
March 06 2014 14:15 GMT
#26
Thanks for this!
T P Z sagi
tili
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1332 Posts
March 06 2014 14:44 GMT
#27
That W3 story, and the SC2 love, so awesome
moofang
Profile Joined June 2011
508 Posts
March 06 2014 14:48 GMT
#28
Just wanna point out that

The things that Chinese players will strive for really are too few.


May sound a little misleading - Xigua meant that Chinese players have very little [tournaments] to strive for due to internet issues.
ClueClueClue
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Sweden1203 Posts
March 06 2014 15:16 GMT
#29
The closing words were like 150% passion speaking.
Cogito, ergo toss.
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2722 Posts
March 06 2014 15:35 GMT
#30
Love it. Thank you for doing the interview Breaker!
very illegal and very uncool
burningPurple
Profile Joined May 2010
Norway76 Posts
March 06 2014 15:38 GMT
#31
Dang, dem Chinese players all seem to have such a good work morale, and also always so mannered! And XiGua has a really cool personality on top of that typical Chinese go-get-it attitude. Really hope he and Macsed does well in WCS
Sad that no western teams haven't picked any Chinese players up yet.. I wonder if there are visa-difficulties or some type of politics / policy involved. I'm thinking like, maybe it would be too hard for a team to get a Chinese player out of China to play tournaments or something.
You must learn to allow patience and stillness to take over from anxiety and frantic activity... The good player is patient. He is observant, controlling his patience, and organizing his composure. When he sees an opportunity, he explodes.
Visage814
Profile Joined April 2012
United States109 Posts
March 06 2014 18:25 GMT
#32
On March 06 2014 18:18 aboxcar wrote:
please i would like to know how did "很苦很苦" become "very cool" ?

....


"苦" literally means cool
Don't trust google translate!
iMOOrtal
Profile Joined March 2013
Canada144 Posts
March 06 2014 18:51 GMT
#33
On March 06 2014 17:34 imrusty269 wrote:
Xigua such a likeable guy ^^


Lol i was about to type that exactly. I love how he basically says SC2 makes you a better person, hes right too
Nine to Five? Or, Five to Nine?
mikumegurine
Profile Joined May 2013
Canada3145 Posts
March 06 2014 18:54 GMT
#34
Is it possible for iG to send more of their players to EU tournaments, open tournaments, etc?
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
March 06 2014 19:07 GMT
#35
On March 06 2014 18:43 tissue wrote:
IMO 非常期待能有一个中国选手能去欧美线下战队训练.打破魔兽以来的不变的定律吧

"I'm really looking forward to the day that a Chinese player will join an NA/EU team. Let's break the post-WC3 status quo (of only Koreans imported into foreign teams)"


Technically, Dignitas does still throw out Dream in the occasional team league. So that's something.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
Thalandros
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Netherlands1151 Posts
March 06 2014 19:27 GMT
#36
XiGua: I really love Starcraft 2. Even if I retire later, I will continue to love SC2. Also everyone please continue to support SC2. don't give up just because the game is too difficult. On the contrary, the game will train your perseverance. It will raise your personality. It may also even help you.


Wow, dem feels. Really like XiGua. Honest, down to earth and seems optimistic. GL to him in the ro16!
|| ''I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.'' ||
spritzz
Profile Joined November 2009
Canada331 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-06 19:35:12
March 06 2014 19:34 GMT
#37
On March 07 2014 03:25 Visage814 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 06 2014 18:18 aboxcar wrote:
please i would like to know how did "很苦很苦" become "very cool" ?

....


"苦" literally means cool
Don't trust google translate!


"苦" literally means bitter. You're confusing it with 酷, same sound. (ku)
In context, he says it was very tough -> 7 ppl 2 beds etc.
zugzug
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-06 20:11:28
March 06 2014 20:00 GMT
#38
On March 07 2014 04:34 spritzz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2014 03:25 Visage814 wrote:
On March 06 2014 18:18 aboxcar wrote:
please i would like to know how did "很苦很苦" become "very cool" ?

....


"苦" literally means cool
Don't trust google translate!


"苦" literally means bitter. You're confusing it with 酷, same sound. (ku)
In context, he says it was very tough -> 7 ppl 2 beds etc.

I should keep a hand-written journal in Chinese. Would make me both more literate and more sensible. I've gotten lazy since I graduated.
On March 07 2014 04:07 Circumstance wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 06 2014 18:43 tissue wrote:
IMO 非常期待能有一个中国选手能去欧美线下战队训练.打破魔兽以来的不变的定律吧

"I'm really looking forward to the day that a Chinese player will join an NA/EU team. Let's break the post-WC3 status quo (of only Koreans imported into foreign teams)"


Technically, Dignitas does still throw out Dream in the occasional team league. So that's something.

The only objection I have to that statement is that Dream was studying for his undergraduate degree in the UK while he was on Dignitas if I'm not mistaken. A lot of pro players for any eSports game title from China will quit once they finish studying for their undergraduate degree.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
JacobShock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Denmark2485 Posts
March 07 2014 01:07 GMT
#39
Man, this guy seems really cool. I really like his last remark, that putting a lot of time into sc2 is not a waste of time.
"Right on" - Morrow
slowbacontron
Profile Joined October 2012
United States7722 Posts
March 07 2014 01:33 GMT
#40
On March 06 2014 15:43 mikumegurine wrote:
wtf thats more chili than chicken

how can you eat that without your mouth exploding?

thx for doing the interview

wonder if anyone knows why he choose the name "Watermelon"?

If I recall correctly, his head is supposedly shaped like a watermelon? But I dunno
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