Pony Express Issue 103: Nov. 30 - Dec 7, 2009

[15:56] <@vGl-CoW> i get like zero support here
[15:56] <@vGl-CoW> you guys are like a broken bra
[15:56] <@Pholon> hm? what do you need?
[15:56] <@vGl-CoW> acceptance of the fact that i am a orb
[15:57] <@vGl-CoW> every point on my surface is at an equal distance from my center
[15:58] <@aers> are you claiming to be a sphere
[15:58] <@intrigue> i believe you cow
[15:58] <@intrigue> i always have
[15:58] <@intrigue> and always will
[15:58] <@aers> dont believe intrigue he's not telling the truth
[15:59] <@vGl-CoW> but i want to believe
[15:59] <@vGl-CoW> even though he said 'what no way' like five minutes ago
[16:00] <@aers> its a trap
[16:01] <@vGl-CoW> do you think he's just trying to lull me into my comfort zone, only to then brutally eject me from it by claiming that i am in fact not a sphere
[16:02] <@aers> yes
[16:02] <@vGl-CoW> thats horrible
[16:02] <@vGl-CoW> intrigue is this true
[16:02] <@intrigue> i brought you into this world, and i can take you out just as ezly
[16:03] <@intrigue> the spacecraft that brought you to earth
[16:03] <@intrigue> was shaped like a gumball machine
[16:03] <@Pholon> aN orb
[16:03] <@Pholon> ya nub
[16:03] <@vGl-CoW> a orb
[16:03] <@Pholon> k fine
[16:03] <@intrigue> pholon you give up your principles too quickly
[16:03] <@intrigue> 8 seconds was all it took for you to give up
[16:05] <@Pholon> sif I'm gonna be arsed dealing with some stubborn belgian
[16:05] <@Pholon> I have better things to do
[16:07] <@vGl-CoW> o <- me (a orb)
[16:07] <@vGl-CoW> me, IRL, 2009

Unfortunately all his posts got nuked =/

LordWeird: Alright. First off, tell us a bit about yourself. Specifically, your age, gender, and geographical location.

l10f: I'm 17, Male, living in NY, USA.

LordWeird: Ah, so you live in the city, or what?

l10f: Nope, Rockland County. Very suburban area. Not too many people and there are a lot of big houses. It's about 40 minute drive to the city.

LordWeird: Did you get a chance to go to WCG USA?

l10f: No, I don't have a car, so unless someone is willing to take me to any events, I can't go to any.

LordWeird: Ah that sucks.

l10f: Yes it does

LordWeird: Moving on, tell us about your TL career. How did it start, and how did you end up getting the coveted star?

l10f: I first encountered TL when I was watching that infamous Baezzi video. I visited the site after getting somewhat bothered by what Baezzi said on that video. After that, I forgot about its existence for a while, until I really started watching Professional StarCraft. I joined it, but didn't post for a long time. I started posting on LR threads after a while, and trolling. I even got banned by manifesto7 once. When vacation hit, I had nothing to do, and nobody was doing the MSL Semifinals B where Calm beat Jaedong interview, so I decided to do it. I found it fun to translate, and continued to translate variousarticles/interviews.

l10f: One day I went on TL irc for the first time, and I started chatting when Kenningit suddenly said "l10f starred imo" and gave me the star. After that, I continued to translate, but after doing the MSL group selections I got lazy a bit :p

LordWeird: So are you a native-born Korean who moved to the US?

l10f: Yes, I was born in Korea and lived there until 4th grade, and moved to US 7 years ago, during World Cup 2002. I remember seeing Turkey vs South Korea in U.S. and feeling sad after we lost

LordWeird: So now you're part of the Coach-Pupil League. What caused you to want to get involved in this? What can you tell us about it?

l10f: I was stuck in C- for 3 seasons on iCCup, and I recently made C. I know there are a lot of players that are also struggling in the lower levels, and when I saw EsX_Raptor's blog, I thought that it was an amazing idea. So I talked to him, and we decided to ask TL members if people would be interested. Unlike what I expected, so many people were interested in such a league. We have enough coaches and players signed up already to start a league. However, the only problem is that I feel like people will drop out in the middle. I really hope that people signed up knowing the responsibilities that come with being on a team. I think this will go really well as long as the people involved are serious about participating.

l10f: Did I see your name on the list? I don't remember

LordWeird: Yeah, I'll be playing. I'll be losing, but I'll be playing.

l10f: I'm less worried about people playing on the matches. I'm worried about people not practicing (note from LW: I misread this at "participating")

LordWeird: That's always a problem with running large scale events. How do you intend on preventing this from happening or do you feel this is something that cannot be prevented?

l10f: I don't think it's possible to have nobody drop out. We have too many players compared to the coaches, and not everyone will be put on a team. I think if a player decides to drop out, we can replace him with another player that wanted to play, but could not. Although joining a team in the middle of the league isn't ideal, it's the best we can do.

LordWeird: So tell us more about your Starcraft abilities. You mentioned you were C, but nothing else. How long have you been playing the game and to which race do you swear your allegiance?

l10f: My first StarCraft game was when I was around.. 7,8? I was really young. My cousin put me on a computer, told me to play this game, and left me alone. Before he left, he typed "show me the money" on the screen. It was a 2 hour long game against a computer which I eventually lost. After that, I didn't see the game for a while, because my computer was too slow to run it. I started playing again about 3 years ago, as a Terran player. That didn't last long either. I stopped playing in a couple of months. Then I came back as a Protoss player about 1.5 years ago. I played mostly on USEast, until I found out about iCCup and reached C-. After that, I changed to Zerg, and played the last 2 seasons as Zerg. This is the first season I've reached C, and I can consistently stay on C. I think that's okay, but not too good.

LordWeird: So who is your favorite poster on TL?

l10f: I don't want to pick one specific person.. but I'm good friends with ghostWriter, although I don't always agree with his posts. Then there are a lot of posters that I love. Although I haven't really talked to some of these people, I love HAREM, Roffles, TOP, NeverGG, Day[9], IntoTheWow, Manifesto7, Lyriene, Kau, ilikestarcraft, and so many more that I can't name them all

LordWeird: Now, who is your least favorite poster?

l10f: Some of the people that I dislike are banned already for being generally bad posters. I'll refrain from saying some names because I don't want to get into any arguments or receive nasty PM's.

LordWeird: What a nice guy you are.

l10f: If you say so

LordWeird: What has been your favorite moment on TL since you've been here?

l10f: I enjoy my time in TL in general, I don't think I can pick one single moment.

LordWeird: You have to.

l10f: Hmm I guess when GTR decided to use my idea of translating 태풍의눈 to Eye of the Storm instead of Typhoon's Eye and he wanted to name it Cyclone's eye I think, not Typhoon

LordWeird: So what's been your most embarrassing moment on TL?

l10f: Of course, I would have to say, when I got banned although it's not in the automated ban thread because Manifesto changed it into a warning after reading my first translation.

LordWeird: Unfortunately for you, you have to send me the post that got you banned.

l10f: + Show Spoiler +

LordWeird: Ok, well I guess that's it for now. Anything you'd like to say to your beloved fans?

l10f: I want to thank everyone who always thank me for the small things that I do for TL.net. I have been slacking in translating things lately, but it looks like my lovely cousin has it covered I will try to return to doing the translations once this Coach-Pupil League gets going. Thanks everyone!

l10f: P.S. if you're in the league, and you drop out, I will find you, and kill you.

LordWeird: Thanks for your time!

l10f: No problem!