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[Interview] Avalon MSL Final Winner's Interview

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ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-30 13:29:28
August 30 2009 13:16 GMT
#1
(Z)Calm: "I will become a player that never gives up!"
"I will continue with my spirited play in the next season."


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-How do you feel about capturing your first title in an individual league?
▲It has always been my dream to ascend onto the stage for the finals. I am thrilled at having my dream turned into reality and to actually win this tournament. Although there were many hardships along the way, since I never thought of giving up and since I had an enjoyable time, I was able to obtain the title. I am really happy!

-What were your first thoughts after you won?
▲The first thing I thought of was myself, holding that trophy. After that, I thought of my family.

-You debuted as a gamer with your older brother, (Z)ToSky.
▲At first,I had no thoughts of becoming a gamer, but my brother took me to a tournament. I guess he thought he would be lonely if he went alone. But I found that Starcraft was fun, so I started practicing and I was able to get my progamer's license. So my career as a progamer is mostly due to my older brother's influence.

-It seems that you had an even stronger sense of responsibility, since your brother retired.
▲I really would have liked it if my brother (hyung) had been successful as a gamer as well. Since he wasn't, I feel that I have to play twice as well, for both his sake and for mine.

-This can be seen as the first time that a 2v2 player has won a starleague.
▲At the time, I was the only player on my team that could play 2v2, so I had to make a sacrifice. But after 2v2 was removed from the proleague, there was a condition that I would be able to concentrate on the individual leagues. Even when I was playing 2v2, my manager and my coach helped me a lot and I never gave up my individual goals. Although I was playing for my team, since I kept being ambitious, I was able to win a tournament like this.

-It seems that your victory over (Z)Jaedong in the round of 4 also contributed greatly to preparing you for the finals.
▲Most people thought that I would lose and even I thought that I would have to practice very hard just to make the probability for victory a 50/50 chance. But after I beat Jaedong, I became very confident and was able to change my mindset.

-In this FA, your salary went up drastically, did that help you win?
▲My team raised my pay like that because that's how much they think I'm worth. So for each game I play, I think about my salary and that I have to play at the level that they deserve. With this in mind, I have to practice even harder whenever I am scheduled to play a game.

-(Z)Jaedong had an interview where he said that he wanted you to win as well.
▲Well, I am the player that knocked him out of the tournament and he used to be the only one dragging the Zerg race behind him. He probably said he wanted me to win so that he could share the heavy burden that he's been carrying all this time (laughs).

-Now you have some time to relax before proleague starts up again. How will you spend your extra time?
▲Although they call it vacation, they only give us a little time before we have to start practicing for the new maps again. Although we were only able to reach 3rd place in the last season, both my teammates and I will practice hard so that we can win in the finals.

-How will you spend your prize money?
▲There have been many people that have helped me, so I will treat them to a nice meal and save the rest of it.

-How will you prepare for the next season?
▲The proleague is always number one in priority. Our team has never been able to win in the proleague before so this season, we will focus completely on it. However, I think that we will be able to have a decent showing in the individual leagues, even if we have to prepare in our spare time.

-Do you have any last words that you would like to share?
▲I would like to thank both (Z)by.hero and (Z)Modesty from my team, as well as (Z)ZerO from woongjin and (Z)815 from KT who helped me practice like it was their job. My presence at the finals can also be attributed to my coaching staff, whose faith in me was a huge help. I also want to thank the fans that have always supported me and I would like to tell my family that I love them.

Source: Calm's Original Interview on Fomos
Sullifam
l10f *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3241 Posts
August 30 2009 13:21 GMT
#2
He practiced with Zero?

Anyway, very nicely done!
Writer
So no fek
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3001 Posts
August 30 2009 13:22 GMT
#3
Thanks for the translation. :D
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thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
August 30 2009 13:24 GMT
#4
cool stuff~ definitely watned calm to win
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-30 13:32:54
August 30 2009 13:32 GMT
#5
Thanks for the translation ghostWriter. This answer confirms PL's utter dominance right now:

On August 30 2009 22:16 Calm wrote:
-How will you prepare for the next season?
▲The proleague is always number one in priority. Our team has never been able to win in the proleague before so this season, we will focus completely on it. However, I think that we will be able to have a decent showing in the individual leagues, even if we have to prepare in our spare time.

The OSL and MSL just don't mean what they used to.
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captainwaffles
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1050 Posts
August 30 2009 13:53 GMT
#6
Thanks for the translation man, good shit, but damn why do all the koreans give such dull answers?
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fnaticNoname
Profile Joined January 2008
India858 Posts
August 30 2009 13:58 GMT
#7
Congrats to him and thanks for the translations
pripple
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Finland1714 Posts
August 30 2009 14:24 GMT
#8
Congrats to Calm once again, makes me wonder how the hell he won if he trained with Zero ;p

Thanks for the translation!
Jaedong! <> Team MVP <> Mouz.
GoSu
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Korea (South)1773 Posts
August 30 2009 14:30 GMT
#9
Congrats to calm!
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dmfg
Profile Joined May 2008
United Kingdom591 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-30 14:40:40
August 30 2009 14:40 GMT
#10
Congrats to Calm! Though I have to say, as a diehard Jaedong fan, this really hits a sore spot:

On August 30 2009 22:16 calm wrote:My team raised my pay like that because that's how much they think I'm worth.


It's good that some players are getting paid fairly thanks to FA, but still :-/
BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
August 30 2009 14:48 GMT
#11
yay for calm. I like him
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-30 14:51:26
August 30 2009 14:51 GMT
#12
On August 30 2009 22:32 JWD wrote:
Thanks for the translation ghostWriter. This answer confirms PL's utter dominance right now:

Show nested quote +
On August 30 2009 22:16 Calm wrote:
-How will you prepare for the next season?
▲The proleague is always number one in priority. Our team has never been able to win in the proleague before so this season, we will focus completely on it. However, I think that we will be able to have a decent showing in the individual leagues, even if we have to prepare in our spare time.

The OSL and MSL just don't mean what they used to.

Only when the camera is watching JWD!
It has always been my dream to ascend onto the stage for the finals. I am thrilled at having my dream turned into reality and to actually win this tournament.
Administrator~ Spirit will set you free ~
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
August 30 2009 15:32 GMT
#13
that shirt does not handle liquid well at all
Writerptrk
DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
August 30 2009 15:33 GMT
#14
GOGO! Calm.
it was the worst MSL ever
but at least you got a medal
cw)minsean(ru
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
August 30 2009 15:45 GMT
#15
On August 30 2009 23:51 Plexa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 30 2009 22:32 JWD wrote:
Thanks for the translation ghostWriter. This answer confirms PL's utter dominance right now:

On August 30 2009 22:16 Calm wrote:
-How will you prepare for the next season?
▲The proleague is always number one in priority. Our team has never been able to win in the proleague before so this season, we will focus completely on it. However, I think that we will be able to have a decent showing in the individual leagues, even if we have to prepare in our spare time.

The OSL and MSL just don't mean what they used to.

Only when the camera is watching JWD!
Show nested quote +
It has always been my dream to ascend onto the stage for the finals. I am thrilled at having my dream turned into reality and to actually win this tournament.

You can easily say the same for that second quote...of course Calm is going to say it was his dream to win the tournament he just won. But a statement like "The Proleague is always number one in priority," especially because it wasn't in response to a leading question, is hard to interpret as pandering to "the camera" rather than fact.
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omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-30 15:53:27
August 30 2009 15:52 GMT
#16
Calm was involved in a large percentage of this year's most entertaining matches. He was always one of my favorite sleeper players and no one deserves a starleague more than him... no one... not even phantasy.

EDIT: 1337 post!
Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8552 Posts
August 30 2009 16:11 GMT
#17
Wow, that was quick given how he just started to perform this season.
Jaedong
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
August 30 2009 16:11 GMT
#18
o0 cool thanks for translaterion!! :D:D
never knew tosky was his bro! :O
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theuser
Profile Joined June 2008
Romania176 Posts
August 30 2009 16:17 GMT
#19
nice interview..but when will the new proleague season start? how many days of vacation do they have?
AlwaysGG
Profile Joined March 2009
Taiwan952 Posts
August 30 2009 16:20 GMT
#20
nice this will bring STX spirit up for the proleauge season july is not the only one with indv title now
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