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[Interview] Polt - Behind the Nickname #7

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TrAiDoS
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Germany263 Posts
August 27 2015 13:58 GMT
#1
Dear StarCraft and TL community, it has been a while since the last interview. To try to make up for this I had the pleasure to talk to none other than [image loading] Choi 'Polt' Seong Hun also knows as Captain America himself. Enjoy! :-)




Behind The Nickname #7: Choi 'Polt' Seong Hun.

[image loading]


[image loading] TrAiDoS: For the first part of the interview, I would like to talk a bit about your life.

How is life for you at the moment?

[image loading] Polt: It is really good. I'm enjoying what I can do right now.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Please take us through a day of Polt. Do you have a daily routine?

[image loading] Polt: I usually practice, eat, and watch something. I have a full lazy day from time to time.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: What did you study in Korea and what do you study in the USA? When will you most likely be finished with studying?

[image loading] Polt: I studied animal biotech in Korea, and I studied ESL(english as a second language) in the USA. I don't know when I will be finished with studying because I always want to study new things.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: What will you do after you finished your studies?

[image loading] Polt: I will get a job, or I might study further.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Do you want to work in the eSports scene or somewhere else?

[image loading] Polt: I'm not sure. I will figure it out later when I retire.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: How is your life in the USA compared to life in Korea? Can you please name 3 things you like and dislike about the USA?

[image loading] Polt: Life in the USA is generally easier. I like food, people, and malls, but I dislike public transportation, distance, and shower in the USA.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Why the shower?

[image loading] Polt: The shower in the USA is not movable.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: What was the craziest thing you have ever done?

[image loading] Polt: To decide to be a progamer when I was about to finish my school.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: What does „loneliness” mean to you?

[image loading] Polt: I rarely feel lonely. I might feel that if there is no one I know in the world.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Please tell us something nobody knows about you.

[image loading] Polt: I am extremely lazy, and I can sleep anywhere for so long.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: What would make your life better?

[image loading] Polt: love and achievements

[image loading] TrAiDoS: What really annoys you the most? Why?

[image loading] Polt: Nothing much can annoy me. Probably I get annoyed the most when I see people being immoral.


[image loading] TrAiDoS: Now I would like to focus more on your pro-gaming life.

How and when did you come up with the name „Polt”? Does it have a special meaning? Is there a story behind it?

[image loading] Polt: It's a character's name came from a game I used to play when I was younger.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Which goal(s) to you have as a pro-gamer?

[image loading] Polt: I just want to be remembered to everyone even after I retire.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: How do you train most of the time?

[image loading] Polt: I put a lot of time on figuring what actions are most efficient at certain points.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: So, do you play more (ladder or custom games) or do you watch replays?

[image loading] Polt: It depends on which skill I am lacking in. I play more when I feel like my mechanic is not decent, I watch replays more otherwise.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: How can you be a full time student and still be that good at the game?

[image loading] Polt: I think it's possible because I study intermittently. I can't be good at both if I study for like more than 3 years.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Which person in eSports do you respect the most and why?

[image loading] Polt: I respect myself the most. Every other person is different from me, so it's very difficult to respect someone else.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: What do you like the most about the eSports scene? If you could, what would you change about it?

[image loading] Polt: I like enthusiastic fans the most. I want people's perspective about eSports to be changed, but it'll happen in anytime soon. Thus, there is nothing I want to change.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Where do you see the biggest problem in eSports?

[image loading] Polt: Since eSports since is kind of new, there are many people who are immature.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Did you play some LotV yet? If so, what do you think about it? How is the balance in your opinion? What do you wish for LotV?

[image loading] Polt: No, I haven't played LotV yet. I just wish LotV is fun to play and watch.


[image loading] TrAiDoS: Part III of the interview – let's have some fun! :D
If you were a ghost and you could help and annoy one person. Who would you help and who would you annoy? How would you do it and why?

[image loading] Polt: I will help a player who lost to me the most times, and I will annoy a player who beat me in the finals.
I don't know how I can do it because I don't want to do anything illegal.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Let's say you have the super power to make it rain. How would you do good things to the humanity and how would you precipitate us into ruin?

[image loading] Polt: I personally hate raining weather, so I will only use it to help farmers. Maybe I could ruin the ground if I get too lazy to use the super power.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: How about the girls? ;-)

[image loading] Polt: What do you mean about girls???

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Like, do you have a girlfriend or do you have any problems with girls in general?

[image loading] Polt: I don't have any problems with girls in general.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Let's say we're in 2035, at the airport, and you have a son who is about to go to Korea to live there and become a pro-gamer in StarCraft IV. What would be the most useless advice you, the loving father, could give to your son as he enters the plane?

[image loading] Polt: I love you.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Aaawww, but that's not really a useless advice. What would you say to him to troll him in this situation?

[image loading] Polt: I think it is very useless.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Let us go back to the girls one more time please.
How do you hit on girls at university parties?

[image loading] Polt: I don't need to do that because girls hit on me.

[image loading] TrAiDoS: Imagine you are the hotdog mafia king of LA. What would you do to keep and build up your position of power?

[image loading] Polt: I will kill everyone but myself.



Big big thanks to [image loading] Polt for taking the time to answer the questions. Make sure to follow him on Twitter CMStormPolt.

Don't forget to follow me as well on Twitter for more interviews and eSports content, I am @TrAiDoS_.

I hope you guys liked the interview. Don't forget to check out the other interviews of the series I did so far (down below).



Previous Interviews:

Snute Interview - Behind The Nickname

Dayshi Interview - Behind The Nickname #2

ToD Interview - Behind The Nickname #3

Harstem Interview - Behind The Nickname #4

State Interview - Behind The Nickname #5

MMA Interview - Behind The Nickname #6
🎮 Gaming & Esports Performance Researcher | ✖️ https://x.com/TrAiDoS | 🌍 https://www.christian-staedter.com/ | 🕹️ Esports Freelancer - Admin 👨‍🏫 University Lecturer
Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
August 27 2015 14:10 GMT
#2
I get the feeling Polt was a little annoyed by the quirky questions at the end of the interview lol.
TrAiDoS
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Germany263 Posts
August 27 2015 16:05 GMT
#3
On August 27 2015 23:10 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
I get the feeling Polt was a little annoyed by the quirky questions at the end of the interview lol.


No, I felt like he was not really sure about some of the questions (intention and what I tried to achieve with them). We also did the interview over a longer period of time since he was very busy and I was too.
🎮 Gaming & Esports Performance Researcher | ✖️ https://x.com/TrAiDoS | 🌍 https://www.christian-staedter.com/ | 🕹️ Esports Freelancer - Admin 👨‍🏫 University Lecturer
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16103 Posts
August 27 2015 16:30 GMT
#4
"TrAiDoS: Let us go back to the girls one more time please.
How do you hit on girls at university parties?

Polt: I don't need to do that because girls hit on me."



Polt is the best.
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
bosshdt
Profile Joined April 2015
Afghanistan98 Posts
August 27 2015 18:27 GMT
#5
haha :
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
August 27 2015 18:39 GMT
#6
On August 28 2015 01:30 Charoisaur wrote:
"TrAiDoS: Let us go back to the girls one more time please.
How do you hit on girls at university parties?

Polt: I don't need to do that because girls hit on me."



Polt is the best.

Yeah what a beast. Wish I could be that cool. :/
kiss kiss fall in love
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19400 Posts
August 27 2015 18:40 GMT
#7
Polt has always been a cool guy. Great answers.
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Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37125 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-08-27 20:11:37
August 27 2015 18:49 GMT
#8
What a Poltastic interview!

Thx TrAiDoS~
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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PVJ
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Hungary5221 Posts
August 27 2015 18:55 GMT
#9
Does anyone know what game he's referring to?
The heart's eternal vow
Sogetsu
Profile Joined July 2011
514 Posts
August 27 2015 19:01 GMT
#10
Poltimus, I will always remember you <3
Raptor: "Es hora de salvar a los E-Sports..." http://i3.minus.com/ibtne3liprtByB.png
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24239 Posts
August 27 2015 21:33 GMT
#11
Don't worry Polt. No one will forget you. And gosh I won't ever forget that biomech build vs Classic on Overgrowth, damn I was jumping on my chair, that was freakin amazing !!!
kuya__
Profile Joined August 2015
3 Posts
August 27 2015 21:53 GMT
#12
can you do more follow-up questions next time?
which game is polt out of?
how often does he have a full lazy day? what does he do in that lazy day? etc.
TrAiDoS
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Germany263 Posts
August 28 2015 07:55 GMT
#13
On August 28 2015 06:53 kuya__ wrote:
can you do more follow-up questions next time?
which game is polt out of?
how often does he have a full lazy day? what does he do in that lazy day? etc.


Hi, thanks for the feedback (also to the other guys). :-) I'll try to ask more follow-up questions, even tho it is not that easy to handle to.
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Salteador Neo
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Andorra5591 Posts
August 28 2015 08:12 GMT
#14
Such a boss :D
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