[Interview] 2010-11-14 Samsung vs Ace Winners

Post a Reply

themonkyguy

Australia149 Posts

November 14 2010 12:45 GMT

I'm back, and apparently so are these guys:

[image loading]

Stork & great

[image loading]

- Your team rank has risen to 5th, thoughts on the victory?
▲ Stork= Last season we were at the bottom of the ladder and ended up staying there. It has been a very long time since we were at 5th place. Now that we are in the middle of the ranking we will work harder towards the top end.
▲ Great=Firstly I'm really happy that the team reached 5th place. I think we finished around 10th at the end of last season's first round. I feel that we should be able to perform better this season.

- Both of you had to play against former team mates.
▲ Stork=I thought about the possibility of having to play (T)

firebathero during preparation, and it brought back alot of memories. Even when I play him on bnet I've never thought of him as from another team. firebathero used to play TvP very well (t/n: lol), I thought that I can't lose and prepared even harder.
▲ Great= (P)

M18M was close to me in the team, so I did not expect having to play him. We both understood each other's playstyle very well during today's match, and we played to counter each other's style.

- Your expression during the match was impressive.
▲ Great=he was my old team mate afterall, so I was very relaxed. but when something unexpected happen during the match I looked like that.

- firebathero used bunker rush on you.
▲ Stork=After scouting a rax cc opening I did not expect him to tank rush me. I should have blocked it with probes and zealots but didn't, and after losing my nexus I knew I was behind. But I somehow managed to get a maxed army so I thought I'd still have a fight. I didn't think I would win after such a disadvantage, and afterward I was told that at one point I would have lost 80% of the time. I just stayed calm and played normally like I did in practice and that's probably what won me the game.

- You seem to be in abit of a slump after coming back from China.
▲ Stork=I don't think it is because I played bad, it was just that the other players played too well. I'm pretty experienced by now and I know sometimes losing is inevitable, and I try to keep my mind at ease.

- Your form has been pretty good lately.
▲ Great=The OSL completely changed my mentality, therefore I think I can play even better from now on. As a professional player it is very important to seize the momentum and get as many wins as possible. Now that I have qualified for individual league, my team matches are seeing better results as well, so I have high expectations for myself.

- The Samsung team has changed abit.
▲ Stork=Our team has improved alot. There was alot of talk about transferring and it seems we were dragged into it as well. It was like this last time, my personal and team result seem to go hand in hand, so it seems like I must do better.
▲ Great=Other teams have gotten stronger through transferring, but even then I don't think any less about our team. We are all good players, and if (P)

JangBi can kick it up a notch we would get really good results.

-Any last thoughts?
▲ Stork=I want to thank the team mates that helped me practice.
▲ Great=I know M18M has been doing well recently, so I hope he can put today's loss behind him quickly and do even better.

TurN & Grape

[image loading]

- Thoughts on winning?
▲Turn=firstly I'm very happy to have won, I was expecting a terran player and I'm happy it worked out.
▲Grape=I really wanted to win games in SPL, so I'm overjoyed to get my my first win. It took me 5 tries to succeed, so compare to other people I really took my time.

- Were you discomforted by the fact that your team has many protoss.
▲Grape=Before winning today I thought this would be my last chance. I have many protoss players around me so I just wanted to learn from all my hyungs. Only a good player can help then team win so I have been preparely very diligently.

- You have a 7 game winning streak in the first round
▲Turn=Lately I've always felt that I could win, so I was very relaxed during games. Even if my streak is broken now I won't be broken, because I've already played beyond expectation. Also, all my winnings has made me to start fantacising about a 10 win streak.

- You still haven't met a protoss yet.
▲Turn=I always play on maps that are playable to all races, but I keep bumping into terrans. But even if I had to play protoss I would still be confident, I just have to defend and push at the right time.

- You have the same name as one of the MBC commentator and he seem to like you. Also, what kind of progamer would you like to become?
▲Grape=I've only met him once before. We will play against MBC soon and I heard that he'll visit me in the dressing room then. I wish to be like (P)

JangBi hyung. When I was an amateur I was watching alot of great protoss players and learnt alot from them, and since then jangbi hyung has left me a deep impression. Come to think of it I'm very lucky to have entered the Samsung team. When I watch jangbi hyung play I felt like we won't lose, it was very nice.

- Any last thoughts?
▲Turn=I didn't expect to play this will in round 1, I'm very happy. I won't let down my guard in round 2 and I will keep working hard.
▲Grape=I want to thank player jin and (P)

Brave hyung for helping me practice, and I want to thank (P)

JangBi hyung and (P)

Stork hyung for always giving me advice.

Source: http://bbs.wfbrood.com/thread-21399-1-1.html
Original: fomos.kr

Edit: crap I put it in the wrong place lol, can someone move this? me so fail sigh...