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[TSL 8] The Hot Seat Community Questions

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olimoley
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States742 Posts
November 17 2021 14:21 GMT
#1
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If anyone has questions for the players of TSL 8, please post them in this thread or tweet them to @TLNet and we’ll pick our favorites! If your question is chosen, we’ll enter you into a raffle to win your very own Secretlab chair once TSL 8 ends!

Remember, we’re looking for fun and unique questions that can be asked during the interviews!


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MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1192 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-17 15:31:59
November 17 2021 15:31 GMT
#2
What is your favourite cheese and why is it Cannon rushing?

"You have to play for yourself, you have to play to get better; you can't play to make other people happy, that's not gonna ever sustain you." - NonY
shindiginit
Profile Joined November 2021
21 Posts
November 17 2021 18:13 GMT
#3
What is the largest change from how [player] prepared for bo3+ series early on in their career compared to now?

What advice do you wish you shared with your younger self?

What took you a long time to learn about the sc2 pro scene?

What do most people not know about life as a pro gamer?

If you were not a pro in sc2, what game would you be playing? If you were not in e-sports, what would you be doing?

Koreans, has Serrals rise starting in 2017 changed how you view foreigners as competition?
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
November 17 2021 18:45 GMT
#4
Which victory in a bo3+ are you the most proud of and why (in your entire career)?

For you, when was the/your Golden Era in Starcraft 2 and why?

Hottest body : Zest or JaeDong?
SC2 is the best game to watch and was the best to play before I grew old and slow...
PabloSanchez
Profile Joined August 2016
United States37 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-26 02:18:28
November 18 2021 03:00 GMT
#5
You get/have to play an Archon match against GM level players. Which caster would you want on your team? (TY doesn't count as a caster)

In your opinion, what is the most iconic moment in SC2 (going back as for as WoL?)

Who would you most like to see return to the pro SC2 scene?

Any particular location you would hope hosts an offline tourney?

What unknown/up and coming players are you aware of that the scene should watch out for?

When would you say you really "made it" as a progamer? Meaning when did you look around and think "so this is my life now?"

Would you ever consider being an SC2 coach after you retire?

What's the most general piece of advice you would give to someone that wants to raise their MMR? What would you say to someone that's plateaued and frustrated with where they're at?
"And PabloSanchez has blown away all the competition" -Wardi
buzz_bender
Profile Joined August 2019
445 Posts
November 18 2021 05:10 GMT
#6
As the SC2 scene slowly transitions back to offline matches, what has been your favourite venue of an SC2 tournament?

What is your favourite unit in SC2?
Gluon
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands397 Posts
November 18 2021 10:27 GMT
#7
Which player most closely resembles a Zealot? And a Marauder?

What is your biggest fear?

What is your favorite comeback mechanic when you're playing?
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LennX
Profile Joined October 2010
4554 Posts
November 18 2021 10:49 GMT
#8
Why did you make that face when you saw your opponent cheese?
Mute user function on TL; http://www.liquiddota.com/blogs/491245-mute-annoying-users-in-lr-threads
Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden590 Posts
November 18 2021 11:48 GMT
#9
What kind of show match would you like to be a part of? (FFA, archon, teams, special rules like TL attacks, mono battles, a tournament with hidden identities etc.)

Who would win in an archon 1v1, your family or [player's] family?
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rwala
Profile Joined December 2019
297 Posts
November 18 2021 23:13 GMT
#10
If you could have any other career besides being a progamer, what would it be?!?
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10174 Posts
November 19 2021 02:48 GMT
#11
What do you think the SC2 professional scene needs right now more than anything? Ex: Funding, fan engagement, Proleague revival, Korean involvement, teamleagues in general, more new players at the high level, etc.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
Jaeho1
Profile Joined July 2018
1 Post
Last Edited: 2021-11-19 08:45:31
November 19 2021 08:43 GMT
#12
Would you go up against Maru or Serral?

Who is the most successful Korean SC2 Player in Starcraft history?
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12890 Posts
November 19 2021 10:21 GMT
#13
Are specific players questions allowed or why is everyone posting non specific players questions?

For koreans: If you started your career a few years later, would you still choose Starcraft 2 or would you have chosen League of Legends or much later Overwatch?
For non-koreans (kinda same but...): If you started your career a few years later, would you still choose Starcraft 2 or would you have chosen League of Legends/DOTA2/CS:GO or much later Fortnite?

Also:
For koreans: do you think Korean was so dominant in StarCraft because of the infrastructure / teamhouses etc., and/or because of PC bangs, and/or because competition is present even at school, compared to other countries where it's not the case?
For non-koreans: do you think region locking helped the foreign scene catch up to koreans to some extent? and/or you think the gap would be closing at a similar pace anyways because there is no new blood in the korean scene whereas there is some in the foreign scene?

That's all for non player specific questions
WriterMaru
Crocolisk Dundee
Profile Blog Joined October 2015
870 Posts
November 19 2021 10:36 GMT
#14
Do you think there will continue to be a StarCraft II pro scene in the next few years?
Stopped watching ESL content in 2022 when the company was acquired by Savvy Gaming Group. Also object to sponsorships by the U.S. Air Force. Thanks for the lively discussions about sportswashing. StarCraft II is not for me anymore.
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
November 19 2021 11:40 GMT
#15
On November 18 2021 19:27 bblack wrote:
Which player most closely resembles a Zealot? And a Marauder?

What is your biggest fear?

What is your favorite comeback mechanic when you're playing?


The chin toss must be the one looking like a zealot!
SC2 is the best game to watch and was the best to play before I grew old and slow...
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-19 11:52:47
November 19 2021 11:49 GMT
#16
Do you use Archon Mode to practise specific match ups?
(Like Reynor did for Katowice)
If so/ if not, why do you use it/ Don t use it?

How do you prepare in general? Do you have coaches?
MaxPax
Trysicle
Profile Joined November 2021
1 Post
Last Edited: 2021-11-19 15:28:04
November 19 2021 15:12 GMT
#17
This is for all the players :DD

What's your favorite hobby outside of gaming?
Who do you look up to as a role model? (Can be outside of esprots)
Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden590 Posts
November 19 2021 19:50 GMT
#18
A King of Battles interview on day 1 was very interesting. It was the first time I saw a language barrier interview that went long and both the player and the casters were laughing and smiling. I think the question about whether or not the player liked its anime redemption arc was a good start. It was a personal question that also joked.

I think personalized questions really are better than generic questions, but they are harder to just pick from a forum.
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-19 21:24:23
November 19 2021 21:15 GMT
#19
A special question for Time, feel free to rephrase it if you want:

''The Chinese Starcraft 2 fans sometime give nicknames to certain players or have some meme around someone, like with (T)INnoVation. Are you aware of any nicknames or memes around other players from the chinese scene and the story around it?
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
November 20 2021 00:19 GMT
#20
If you had to pick two progamers to have as your parents, who would you pick?

If you had to live life as a SC2 unit, which would you pick and why?

Whose the strongest progamer?

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