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Today's winner is . . .
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- You’ve won the MSL twice in a row.
▲ I’m so happy I was able to win twice in a row like this. I’ll try my hardest to become the best player of this generation.
- This is your third time in the MSL finals against
Jaedong. ▲ I’ve always thought that of the times I’ve won, my best opponent has always been
Jaedong. We also stand right next to each other in rankings at 1st and 2nd. Rather than being fed up with beating the same opponent, the feeling of happiness of having beaten a strong opponent is much greater. - The mind games played today were incredible.
▲ For sets 1 and 2, I focused on mind games while preparing and for Fighting Spirit, I depended on my own skills. I had a strong strategy prepared for Triathlon but it ended so regrettably that I felt nervous. Thankfully, I feel like the strategy I prepared for the 5th set played out really well so I won easier than expected.
- Your schedule must’ve been really intense – wasn’t that difficult?
▲ Though there is an element of receiving a lot of stress from a heavy schedule, right now I think it’s my blessing. It is physically draining as well but after continuously winning, I think I’m able to overcome that. There’s still the OSL left so I’ll have to focus in the rest of my practice.
- If you end up playing
Jaedong again in the OSL finals don’t you think you’ll be sick of it? ▲ I guess that could happen but because I’ve never played in a great stage abroad before, I want to play
Jaedong on a foreign stage as well. But for now, I’m solely focused on beating 
free.- Are you confident that you’ll be able to win both individual league titles?
▲ I have more than enough confidence right now. Because of the way I was able to win today, I’ve attained a confidence where I believe I can beat no matter who I play against now. I’ll make sure to earn both individual title leagues this season since I wasn’t able to do so last season.
- How did you practice?
▲ My teammates helped me out the most. After that,
EffOrt and Woongjin’s Neo.G_Soulkey helped me out a lot as well so I was able to polish my strategies. As I beat those players, I was able to gain a lot of confidence. - Your prize money this year alone amounts to 180,000,000 won.
▲ I give all my prize money to my parents and receive allowance from them and use it. If I keep it all, I feel like I’d spend it recklessly so I give it to my parents. I had no idea I earned so much money this year. After hearing the amount just now, honestly I was a bit shocked.
- How did you feel when you were up 2:0 and
Jaedong caught up to you 2:2? ▲ Whenever I’m up 2:0, I always feel great. So for the 3rd set I was prepared for an intense fight but I feel like in terms of sheer ability I was outplayed so there was nothing I could do about that. After losing the 4th set, that’s when I started feeling shaken up but through the advice the coaching staff gave me, they pulled me out of it. Because of them, I think I was able to demonstrate my gaming ability properly in the 5th set.
- Is there a moment you remember most from this season?
▲ There were many moments during this season that I felt I was in danger. Of those moments, I think the semifinals bo5 against Fantasy stands out a lot. However, the moment that stands out the most is definitely game 5 of the finals… I think it’s because in that moment I was sure I had won the whole thing.
- After
Jaedong lost, he seemed really upset. ▲ I wanted to be the first to greet him afterwards for a good game but after seeing how disappointed he was, I couldn’t approach him. I hope
Jaedong hyung doesn’t feel too frustrated here and overcomes it so that we can continue to do well together. - It feels like the fervor for LeeSsangRok has dropped recently.
▲ During the Nate MSL where I lost, the fans’ anticipation was amazing, and during the Hana Daetoo MSL, the anticipation was also great but this time since it was the 3rd time in a row, I think it dropped a lot. Because of that, I was surprised as well. I thought the fans would continue to look forward to it because it would be a match between two strong players, but I think they’ve grown sick of watching a matchup between the same two players. I think the fans will enjoy it more if other players work hard to get to the finals so we have more variety in matchups.
- Last words you want to say?
▲ I’m so ecstatic that I’ve won, and if I didn’t have the fan’s support all through now, the
Flash I am today wouldn’t be here either. I want to thank my coaching staff, teammates, and the executive staff. I also want to extend my gratitude towards my parents who are always cheering by my side and to EffOrt and Neo.G_Soulkey who helped me practice for today’s match.source: fomos
History in the making, it happened today folks.
Congrats to my boy Flash <3
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