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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?36948 Posts
2014 GSL Season 1 Interviews:
Code A Qualifiers
Code A Week 1 Winners
Code A Week 2 Winners
Code S Ro32 Winners
Code S Ro16 Winners
Code S Ro8 Winners
Code S Ro4 Winners
2014 GSL Season 1 Grand Finals Winner
Day 1 Winners:
 Zest
Day 2 Winners:
 soO
KT Rolster Zest
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Source: inven eSports
How do you feel about advancing to your first ever finals for an individual league?
I set my sights on that finals stage, so I practiced even during my break time. I had no idea it would feel this good. I want to hurry up and get over this good feeling so that I can win the championship at least a day earlier.
How did you prepare for your match against Rain?
Since I knew that Rain was a player who liked to play macro style games, I decided to correspond to that by practicing to always be one step ahead of Rain since I also had confidence in my macro games. But I struggled because Rain tried to be aggressive overall, and I think I put on a shaky performance.
You are taking down all the previous champions. Do you have the desire to face Life since he is also a previous champion?
I am working hard right now to create a good kind of jinx. I had no idea that I had actually taken down that many champions during my tournament run. Since I believe in jinxes, to be honest, a good jinx can actually help me feel calm. Since I also need to grab revenge against Life, I am hoping to see Life in the finals no matter what.
Now from T1’s perspective, you have become a player where they should feel threatened even at the sight of your name. How do you feel about soO?
I debuted through SC1, but I was never able to beat T1. Recently, I’ve had to take on a lot of SKT players and I’ve won all of them. Now that I’m in the finals, won’t I likely meet another SKT player? But regardless of who makes it through, I’ll be in a good situation because of that good jinx mentioned earlier. All those T1 players I faced have outstanding concept of the basics so they are good players, but for some strange reason, I beat them all.
It looks like you are finally showing everyone the results of your practices. What do you think?
Honestly, my skills skyrocketed during the last moments of the previous season. I was really looking forward to my performance for individual leagues but for some reason, I couldn’t get through the qualifiers. I had a feeling that I would be able to make it really far as long as I got through the qualifiers, and since I was able to make it to the finals once I finally got through, I am really feeling it now.
This is your first ever finals appearance. What kind of match do you think will occur?
This is my first time making it to a finals for an individual league, but since I’ve been to a finals before for a team league, I’ve felt that weighted pressure before. I think I’ll be able to easy take the championship as long as I prepare well.
It looks like you’ve completely mastered the art of PvP. Are your confident in your PvZ as well?
Thinking back to my results, I know that my win record for PvZ is just as high as my win record for PvP, and since I am confident during practices as well, as long as there are no Terrans then I should be able to win.
Since Rain evened up the score to 2-2 after you were ahead 2-0, wasn’t there pressure there for game five?
I saw that fifth game as the deciding factor. I felt that I wouldn’t be able to go the finals if I ended up losing that fifth game. I boldly went for an attack in game five but it turned out that Rain also did a three gate play. Whenever both players go for a three gate play, the player who takes the first initiative always falls to a disadvantage so I was pretty much screwed.
However, after Rain held me off with his photon overcharge, he then sent three stalkers to my base. I decided to attack after I blocked those three stalkers and that’s when I all of a sudden got lucky and remembered about sentries. So I made sentries, utilized force fields, and I think that’s how I was able to win.
It looks like your focus during critical situations is good. Is there a secret there?
I don’t know about other people, but for me, I have to lose the first match in order to feel less nervous like I do during practice, and then I can handle the next matches afterwards. I lost that first game in the final match for the Ro16 like I wanted to so that I could win in the end.
It looked like you had tears in your eyes during the televised interview. How come?
Since I knew that I had worked harder than anybody else, I was overflowing with feelings. But I want to suppress these feelings for now so that I can release them all after I’ve won the championship.
You are even performing well for Proleague. Wasn’t there some kind of playoffs trauma there for you at one point?
That trauma existed even during Proleague round one. But I was able to overcome that trauma after defeating Rain. It felt like I had torn off the seal. If you think about it, there is no pressure when you realize that you’ve lost against a good player. I think I was able to properly bring out my skills from practice.
It must not have been easy for you to practice for GSL since you’re so busy with Proleague. Was the supervisor lenient?
The remaining Proleague matches were all important ones, but the supervisor was lenient so I was able to practice for the GSL at the same time as I practiced for Proleague. I am happy that I was able to establish good results for both.
Anything else you would like to say?
I want to thank MyuNgSiK and Stats for helping me with practice. I even asked sOs for help after beating him in the quarter-finals. I didn’t ask for that much help though, maybe just one or two games. On top of that, I even asked herO to help me out after he lost to Rain. I am grateful that he accepted.
I want to thank my family for always cheering for me. I am glad that I was able to keep my promise to my fans since they told me they wanted to see me perform in the finals. Lastly, I want to thank the supervisor and the coaching staff.
SK Telecom T1 soO
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Source: inven eSports
How do you feel about taking down Life and advancing to a Code S finals twice in a row?
I still feel dazed because this was the most difficult match I ever had to endure. I think I’ll start feeling it once I go back to the team house.
Life’s ZvZ record was astounding, and yours was not necessarily the best. Weren’t you feeling anxious?
I’ve heard a lot about how good Life was, but I didn’t have any specific data on him. Earlier today, I saw that he had a 22-5 record and I honestly got scared. However, he’s a player with an excellent record for overseas tournaments rather than for ones in Korea so I wasn’t feeling that intimidated.
SK Telecom players should be on break right now. So how did you practice?
We have been on break ever since last Thursday. The Zerg players decided to stay but I felt bad that they were staying because of me. So I just practiced once per each set, and then KT Rolster’s Action and Sleep helped me out.
It looks like you were able to grab the pace of the match after you blocked Life’s spine crawler attack on game four.
Honestly, I thought that I was done for since that’s a build order you can’t win against. But somehow I was able to block it well. Afterwards, I felt confident that I was going to win game five but I ended up losing so I got flustered. But I think the remaining games went well.
How do you plan to prepare for the finals?
I plan to start legitimately training once my teammates return from their break.
This will be the first ever SC2 individual league rival match between SK Telecom and KT.
I knew that Zest was an excellent player from long ago. His current momentum is amazing. But personally, I am not scared. In fact, I was more scared of Rain. That’s why I’m not really worried.
What do you think the final score will be?
I can’t help but think that I’ll win by a score of around 4-2.
Anything else you would like to say?
First off, I want to let SK Telecom know that I will win no matter what. I want to thank my cousin for coming to cheer me on today. Lastly, I want to thank coach Hyuk for buying two pairs of earphones for me after mine broke today.
Methods to locating SC2 interviews!
- Go to the TL.net search bar and type in [Interview] and then search. You will find the most recent interviews at the top
- Go to the SC2 Interviews/Translation Archive
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To me it's always interesting to hear which players were involved in preparation. Zest's practice partners are pretty vanilla though  . Hoping for the Zest vs. Life final!
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United States23455 Posts
He is "suppressing his feelings until he wins the championship". Gonna see some serious waterworks if he wins then! Thanks Seeker!
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big thanks seeker!
zest fighting!
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It looks like you’ve completely mastered the art of PvP. Are your confident in your PvZ as well?
Thinking back to my results, I know that my win record for PvZ is just as high as my win record for PvP, and since I am confident during practices as well, as long as there are no Terrans then I should be able to win.
All the Korean pro players seem to be complaining about Terran these days. I knew it was bad but I didn't know it was this bad...
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Wanted Rain to win, but that's a really good interview. Go Zest!
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?36948 Posts
Huh... No one cares about Zest... Oo;;
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
I have nothing in particular to say but I shall post to confirm that I read the interview and take particular interest in the performance of Zest and to notify Seeker that I am grateful for his translation
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Zest the SKT killer. Banking on soO to make the final and Zest to continue the trend.
Thanks Seeker!
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Zest is really becoming a likeable player. All these recent interviews are all very good. Looking forward to him winning the finals, which he is definitely favored to do.
Thanks, Seeker!
Edit: Also, we siege tank now.
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On March 27 2014 16:11 Seeker wrote:
Huh... No one cares about Zest... Oo;;
Heh, well I'm not really a fan of him but he's definitely top3 Protoss right now, and I think he's the best. That said, nice to read a Protoss interview with almost no Terran whining! Probably also helps he doesn't face one next in the GF.
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Woot Wooki! He's become so strong.
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Thanks for the interview translation as always!
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I'm pretty sure he will win this season. The momentum is scary.
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Thanks seeker! Life will crush zest like a lemon though
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?36948 Posts
soO's interview is now up!
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However, he’s a player with an excellent record for overseas tournaments rather than for ones in Korea so I wasn’t feeling that intimidated.
lol soO knows whats up
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Canada8157 Posts
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Thanks seeker thats fast. GJ. And Zest will 4-1 SKT zerg soo. New contender for the Kong line lol
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On March 27 2014 03:02 parkufarku wrote:Show nested quote +
It looks like you’ve completely mastered the art of PvP. Are your confident in your PvZ as well?
Thinking back to my results, I know that my win record for PvZ is just as high as my win record for PvP, and since I am confident during practices as well, as long as there are no Terrans then I should be able to win.
All the Korean pro players seem to be complaining about Terran these days. I knew it was bad but I didn't know it was this bad...
Welmu also. Welmu said that its great that he cant meet terran in ro8 WCS EU. He said its his worst mu.
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
Damn, soO looks so handsome in that pic
Thanks Seeker
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Not everybody gets 2 shots at the title, make it count Soo!
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
Good job soO now you get to be bopped by Zest
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"I plan to start legitimately training once my teammates return from their break."
Pfft, okay what?
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On March 27 2014 03:02 parkufarku wrote:Show nested quote +
It looks like you’ve completely mastered the art of PvP. Are your confident in your PvZ as well?
Thinking back to my results, I know that my win record for PvZ is just as high as my win record for PvP, and since I am confident during practices as well, as long as there are no Terrans then I should be able to win.
All the Korean pro players seem to be complaining about Terran these days. I knew it was bad but I didn't know it was this bad...
Terran's so good, this was the first GSL in history with no TvT in it. :<
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I can't tell if that's a cocky smirk or a dazed smile on soO's face
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On March 29 2014 02:43 jubil wrote:
I can't tell if that's a cocky smirk or a dazed smile on soO's face
Maybe he's just happy. Christ.
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On March 29 2014 07:10 Zenbrez wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2014 02:43 jubil wrote:
I can't tell if that's a cocky smirk or a dazed smile on soO's face Maybe he's just happy. Christ.
No he's a faceless boring Korean, he can't possibly be happy. 
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On March 29 2014 00:28 TheBloodyDwarf wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2014 03:02 parkufarku wrote:
It looks like you’ve completely mastered the art of PvP. Are your confident in your PvZ as well?
Thinking back to my results, I know that my win record for PvZ is just as high as my win record for PvP, and since I am confident during practices as well, as long as there are no Terrans then I should be able to win.
All the Korean pro players seem to be complaining about Terran these days. I knew it was bad but I didn't know it was this bad... Welmu also. Welmu said that its great that he cant meet terran in ro8 WCS EU. He said its his worst mu.
Speaking for my self too, i think currently off all Protosses PvT is the Worst Mu, like Rain said in Ro8 Interview, 2 Nerfs and 2 Buffs without that much testing is too much... david...
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zest doesn't have a lot of zergs to practice with... Soo has Rain....
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On March 29 2014 07:10 Zenbrez wrote:Show nested quote +On March 29 2014 02:43 jubil wrote:
I can't tell if that's a cocky smirk or a dazed smile on soO's face Maybe he's just happy. Christ.
he's getting ready to tear some kt toss
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KT helping Soo practice so that Wooki plays him instead of Life in the finals. #deepstrats #KT4ever #yolo
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On March 29 2014 11:03 GolemMadness wrote:
KT helping Soo practice so that Wooki plays him instead of Life in the finals. #deepstrats #KT4ever #yolo
that's some sick meta.
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Oh, come on all protosses whining in this thread.... Tell me when terran wins a premier tournament again. Thanks.
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soO vs. life hardest match of his life. SC2 harder than BW confirmed
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TLADT24920 Posts
On March 30 2014 05:31 Yorkie wrote:
soO vs. life hardest match of his life. SC2 harder than BW confirmed
reported for blatant game comparison!
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zest was my prediction to win the whole thing at the start of the season so I gotta stick with my boy. soO has very scary zvp tho, probably the best in the world right now, so I'm feeling a 4-3 victory for zest.
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is it just me, or does SoO always seem to thank Hyuk for his headphones? (and how pairs of headphones does SoO seem to break?!?!)
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Do you have the desire to face Life since he is also a pervious champion?
typo
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On March 30 2014 13:25 j4vz wrote:typo
Yeah the part about Life being a champion has to be some kind of mistake.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On March 31 2014 04:35 Squat wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2014 13:25 j4vz wrote:Do you have the desire to face Life since he is also a pervious champion? typo Yeah the part about Life being a champion has to be some kind of mistake.
I swear this should be bannable
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On March 31 2014 04:36 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2014 04:35 Squat wrote:On March 30 2014 13:25 j4vz wrote:Do you have the desire to face Life since he is also a pervious champion? typo Yeah the part about Life being a champion has to be some kind of mistake. I swear this should be bannable
I had a feeling that would invoke your ire. Out of curiosity, would there be any repercussions on your end if you did ban me for that?
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On March 31 2014 04:42 Squat wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2014 04:36 Zealously wrote:On March 31 2014 04:35 Squat wrote:On March 30 2014 13:25 j4vz wrote:Do you have the desire to face Life since he is also a pervious champion? typo Yeah the part about Life being a champion has to be some kind of mistake. I swear this should be bannable I had a feeling that would invoke your ire. Out of curiosity, would there be any repercussions on your end if you did ban me for that?
I still need to have my bans approved, but if that weren't the cases an admin would most likely revoke the ban, have me sincerely apologise and then probably scold me for it. Or maybe ban me for a few days instead for kicks.
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Interesting. If it makes you feel better, I made a sig bet which requires me to have "Life Rocks" as my sig if Soo loses the finals.
Or you could spank me if you like.
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On March 31 2014 04:36 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2014 04:35 Squat wrote:On March 30 2014 13:25 j4vz wrote:Do you have the desire to face Life since he is also a pervious champion? typo Yeah the part about Life being a champion has to be some kind of mistake. I swear this should be bannable
Not any more than Sniper jokes...
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On March 31 2014 04:55 Squat wrote:
Interesting. If it makes you feel better, I made a sig bet which requires me to have "Life Rocks" as my sig if Soo loses the finals.
Or you could spank me of you like.
That would make me feel much better, thanks!
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United States11390 Posts
On March 31 2014 04:36 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2014 04:35 Squat wrote:On March 30 2014 13:25 j4vz wrote:Do you have the desire to face Life since he is also a pervious champion? typo Yeah the part about Life being a champion has to be some kind of mistake. I swear this should be bannable
I see nothing ban-worthy here.
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