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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37014 Posts
2014 GSL Season 1 Interviews:
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Code S Ro16 Winners
Code S Ro8 Winners
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2014 GSL Season 1 Grand Finals Winner
 KT Rolster Zest
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Source: inven eSports
With your 4-3 victory, you have accomplished your royal road. How do you feel?
During the entire match, I was feeling pressed from the very first game. So I thought that it was going to be very difficult. But I told myself that I would be able to win as long as I was able to focus for each game. I am so glad that I was able to win the championship. I don’t know how to express how I’m feeling right now.
Were you disappointed that the finals venue was at the GOM studio?
The location was on my mind, but most of my thoughts were consumed with winning the championship. I was disappointed when I first got there, but I can’t help but feel that I was able to win because I focused on the match right away.
You did not shed any tears after winning. How come?
I think I was more happy than emotional, so I think that’s why (laughs).
You pulled off a lot of comeback victories today. Why do you think this is so?
Honestly, I felt the certainty that I would not lose if the game got to the late game stage and 200/200 battles took place. That’s why I kept telling myself to just keep on hanging in there.
Why do you feel so confident that you won’t lose in a 200/200 battle?
I want to say it’s because of my confidence in my own skills.
Game 7 took place on Daedalus Point, a Zerg favored map. Weren’t you feeling uneasy because of that?
It’s true that that map is favorable for Zergs, but that’s only if the Zerg goes for roach/hydra. So I was able to win because I was able to prepare a response for that.
How do you plan on using your championship prize money?
I really haven’t earned that much money up till now, so I plan to keep on saving up from here on out (laughs).
You lost game one. You must have been really nervous given that this was your first finals.
Rather than say that I was nervous, I was angry at myself because I wasn’t able to predict what my opponent was trying to do and I ended up losing. I would have been in a dangerous situation if it was a bo5, but since it was bo7, it didn’t bother me too much.
It looks like you are making a name for yourself as the SK Telecom T1 killer. It looks like you are strong against your rival team.
They are a rival phone company team so I tell myself that I always have to win against them. We keep meeting each other because we’re both so strong, and I plan to keep on winning from here on out.
During your match, GOM did an entertaining interview with your friend from back home.
I’m not sure if he’ll believe me or not, but I have always had a mature look since the sixth grade (laughs). He is a good friend that I will spend forever with.
During that interview with your friend, it was revealed that you tend to avoid girls. Is this true?
I was really shy around girls when I was young, but not anymore.
Never in the history of SC2 has there been a player who was the strongest player. Do you feel confident enough to become one?
There has never been a strongest player yet. But I won’t become content with the fact that I won a championship, and I’ll keep working even harder from here on out so I don’t really care.
Your goals from here on out?
For human beings, the desires never end. My role model is my teammate and friend, Flash. I want to grab at least somewhere around six championships just like him.
Since KT got eliminated from the SPL Round 2 playoffs right before the finals, wasn’t your momentum somewhat cut off?
I did lose during the playoffs, but I didn’t lose in a macro game. So it didn’t really bother me much.
Did you think about the championship after you won game six?
I didn’t think about the championship. All I could think about was blocking the attack that I knew was coming for game seven.
Anything else you would like to say?
I have never felt so stressed before while preparing for a match. I got frustrated at my teammates a lot. I want to thank them for helping me with practice, Samsung Zerg players, and teamless Symbol as well.
I have now achieved the royal roader title. I want to thank the fans, my family and friends who travelled such a long way to come see me in the finals, and the coaching staff for always supporting me. I also want to thank the KT Rolster organization. Lastly, I want to thank anyone and everyone who cheers me on from behind the scenes.
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Only 6 championships? Gotta start somewhere, I guess.
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Canada16217 Posts
Thank you Seeker !
During that interview with your friend, it was revealed that you tend to avoid girls. Is this true?
I was really shy around girls when I was young, but not anymore.
Go Zest!
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Thank you Seeker for all your interviews. Wow Macro toss is the new style.
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
Wow at least 6 championships I like your confidence
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I still remember few years ago when Zest wasn't well known, Flash said in an interview that Zest is the one to watch out for. Looks like he was right.
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your Country52797 Posts
I now hope zest actually wins 6 championships.
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
Symbol is the practice king for GSL Champs.
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On April 08 2014 12:10 stuchiu wrote:
Symbol is the practice king for GSL Champs.
GSL friend-zoned?
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my boy zest! I can't imagine how soO must be feeling though.
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I know another reason why he trusts not to lose 200/200 battles, but I won´t tell. 
Great interview, thanks for translating! <3
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China6328 Posts
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Zest won't be shy around girls now. "Baby baby baby look. Stop what you're doing. I'm the GSL champ"
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Hopefully Zest gets to go to international tournaments. I wanna see more of him!
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France9034 Posts
Zest's plans for the future are quite straightforward, I like it.
"If I could win a gazillion championships that'd be great I think".
I'm so tempted to say I've found a protoss I can cheer for, but it seems ridiculous to cheer for the guy that just won it all 
(Oh at least he's been on my FPL for ages)
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Maybe it's a big deal in the championships, but, why does it matter where it's played?
I mean, the pc's are different or something? Because I think you can carry your own kb/mouse/etc, so I don't know why it should matter the place.
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Good guy Symbol helping out :D
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On April 08 2014 17:04 linkhimura wrote:
Maybe it's a big deal in the championships, but, why does it matter where it's played?
I mean, the pc's are different or something? Because I think you can carry your own kb/mouse/etc, so I don't know why it should matter the place.
Smaller stage, smaller crowd, less hype.
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"Never in the history of SC2 has there been a player who was the strongest player. Do you feel confident enough to become one?" - I don't really get this, there are players that have been at the very top for a long time i.e. Mvp, Taeja, Drg etc..
Maybe miss translation..
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Thanks a lot for the translation, Seekeru!
Never in the history of SC2 has there been a player who was the strongest player. Do you feel confident enough to become one?
There has never been a strongest player yet. But I won’t become content with the fact that I won a championship, and I’ll keep working even harder from here on out so I don’t really care.
This question puzzles me, seems the interviewer is really uninformed and missed the early time of SC2 and Mvp's dominance back then.
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On April 08 2014 17:11 Zerg.Zilla wrote:
Good guy Symbol helping out :D
Always helping in the shadows, yet he drowns in silver ;;
It's hard to be Symbol
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On April 08 2014 17:59 NFxJehuty wrote:
"Never in the history of SC2 has there been a player who was the strongest player. Do you feel confident enough to become one?" - I don't really get this, there are players that have been at the very top for a long time i.e. Mvp, Taeja, Drg etc..
Maybe miss translation..
But are they truly b+ Show Spoiler +
Not yet one could argue
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37014 Posts
On April 08 2014 17:59 NFxJehuty wrote:
"Never in the history of SC2 has there been a player who was the strongest player. Do you feel confident enough to become one?" - I don't really get this, there are players that have been at the very top for a long time i.e. Mvp, Taeja, Drg etc..
Maybe miss translation..
I contacted Leenock and asked him to translate what 절대 강자 means. It means someone who is the best and cannot lose to anyone. So I believe I accurately translated this question.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On April 08 2014 18:56 Seeker wrote:Show nested quote +On April 08 2014 17:59 NFxJehuty wrote:
"Never in the history of SC2 has there been a player who was the strongest player. Do you feel confident enough to become one?" - I don't really get this, there are players that have been at the very top for a long time i.e. Mvp, Taeja, Drg etc..
Maybe miss translation.. I contacted Leenock and asked him to translate what 절대 강자 means. It means someone who is the best and cannot lose to anyone. So I believe I accurately translated this question.
So essentially the question is "can you become a bonjwa?"
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Russian Federation604 Posts
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On April 08 2014 17:59 NFxJehuty wrote:
"Never in the history of SC2 has there been a player who was the strongest player. Do you feel confident enough to become one?" - I don't really get this, there are players that have been at the very top for a long time i.e. Mvp, Taeja, Drg etc..
Maybe miss translation..
I think they are referring to someone who is clearly the very very very best in the world over a longer period of time, someone who just doesn't loose at all. Maybe if MVP would have actually won vs Life and MMA we could consider him to be that guy, Taeja lacks results in Korea (aka a GSL trophy) and DRG's reign was fairly short. They are looking for a Boxer, Nada, oov, Savior, Jaedong, Flash kind of guy.
Nice Interview, I hope Zest sticks around as I really want to have that number 1 player everyone is aiming to take down.
Soo will probably regret that Yonsu game for the rest of his live as he would have easily won the series if he hadn't messed that one up, I fear that he is mindgamed enough now to never win a championship 
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On April 08 2014 18:14 ACrow wrote:Thanks a lot for the translation, Seekeru! Show nested quote +Never in the history of SC2 has there been a player who was the strongest player. Do you feel confident enough to become one?
There has never been a strongest player yet. But I won’t become content with the fact that I won a championship, and I’ll keep working even harder from here on out so I don’t really care. This question puzzles me, seems the interviewer is really uninformed and missed the early time of SC2 and Mvp's dominance back then.
Yeah, it's MVP if anyone.
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Zest seems cool. Not an awesome personality, but more than most kespa pros. Hopefully when we talk about him from now on we can do it without mentioning Flash
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United States97276 Posts
I'm kind of disappointed that they didn't change the trophy more for 2014
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Zest is a good player, but, SoO is better. I guess he wins because Protoss OP.
User was temp banned for this post.
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I love the traditional GSL trophy but I feel they should change the colour every now and then, When is the last time you saw a bright red metallic trophy opposed to the boring silver cups in IEM kato
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"Never in the history of SC2 has there been a player who was the strongest player. Do you feel confident enough to become one?"
Umm Mvp anyone? He won 4 fucking GSL championships and got 2 second places as well as so many other tournament wins. The guy is the King of Wings for a reason...
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Zest won't win anything ever again imo. He got really lucky the way things turned out with IEM being right before the GSL matches. Enjoy it while it lasts KT fans
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On April 09 2014 00:59 ArTiFaKs wrote:
Zest won't win anything ever again imo. He got really lucky the way things turned out with IEM being right before the GSL matches. Enjoy it while it lasts KT fans
He won the R1 playoffs as well though
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yay thanks Seeker for the translation! 
Zest is so cool. how in hell does he keep calm under such hard circumstances?
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/R3fs14T.jpg)
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I don't know, he feels like a one off, another Seed to me.
But I'm a lot less interested in the Korean scene that I ever was, so that might explain that.
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TLADT24920 Posts
Thanks for translation Seeker!
On April 09 2014 01:41 Noocta wrote:
I don't know, he feels like a one off, another Seed to me.
But I'm a lot less interested in the Korean scene that I ever was, so that might explain that.
pretty much this. I wasn't that impressed with Zest's play tbh. The way he was hyped coming into the finals just didn't fit with what I saw during the games. Rain, Parting and herO are better protoss players than Zest imo. I could actually see how well they played in comparison to Zest where it feels like soO gifted him some games (not to take away from his skills though). Either way, time will tell if he's another one time never to be seen again GSL champion or a repeat GSL champion
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On April 08 2014 10:56 Seeker wrote:
Why do you feel so confident that you won’t lose in a 200/200 battle?
I want to say it’s because of my confidence in my own skills.
Nice dodge by Zest against the interviewer's prodding. Pretty sure they were hoping for a more provocative comment after Zest's implied statement.
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On April 08 2014 12:10 stuchiu wrote:
Symbol is the practice king for GSL Champs.
Alas! poor Symbol
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Zest may have gotten lucky that $o$ came from IEM... but against Rain?
I rewatched the finals and do have to say that SoO's play in set 6 will indeed haunt him forever... . Hope ZeSt keeps kicking ass and taking names.
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