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Flash-fOrGG, "We want to continue our winning streak"With the help of many people I was able to overcome the difficult times"
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- Your thoughts on winning?
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fOrGG= I thought Really would come out on Fortress so I mainly prepared for a terran but I was a bit surprised when 
Flying came out instead. However I think I was able to win by dealing with it well.▲
Flash= I’m really happy we were able to win 4:0 and now we’re on a 3 game winning streak… I hope we can continue this momentum and keep winning like we did last season.-
Flash this is your first interview after dropping out of the MSL.▲
Flash= Usually if I lose a game I get over it within 10 to 30 minutes but that day it took the rest of the day... Afterward I did nothing and just got some rest. I just spent my time as I usually do and because my loss was due to my own lack of skill, though it’s disappointing, since I can focus more on proleague and the OSL I’ll just have to show more impressive results there.▲
Violet= I’d really hate to have to play Flash in the survivor tournament after working so hard to get through the prelims (laughs).-
fOrGG you seem to have recovered after slumping a bit.▲
fOrGG= I still haven’t completely recovered yet. I’ve changed the way I’m thinking about games – I think that may be why I’m on a winning streak right now. I want to keep this winning pace going.- Did you not predict
Flying would use drops?▲
fOrGG= I wasn’t really anticipating it but Reach hyung did use drops during practice. In the beginning because there were a lot of dragoons and he blocked my scouting scv, I did somewhat predict drops but I just didn’t deal with it as well as I should’ve.-
Flash – your game was disadvantageous from the start.▲
Flash= It was a really bad start. By dropping out of the MSL I’m sure many fans were worried about my abilities but through today’s game I think I’ve shown that I’m still doing okay so I’m happy about that. I think I still have fortune on my side. I’m really glad I was able to have a come back in a game like this and I hope my fans don’t worry about me anymore.-
Flash you made a scouting error in the beginning.▲
Flash= It wasn’t a mistake. It’s difficult to completely explain the situation but it wasn’t a mistake – I scouted that way on purpose. This is my own tuned strategy so to explain it would be revealing too much. Just think of it as a type of mind game (laughs).- With the revival of its protoss line, KT is doing much better as well.
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Flash= It’s a big relief. Everyone’s abilities have gotten better, and recently during practice the games have played out well too. Our confidence is overflowing. We’ll have to make sure not to get overconfident but I believe if I just hold my ground other players will also follow suit. I’m sure we’ll be able to show good results.-
Action mentioned yesterday in his interview after qualifying for the MSL that he felt extremely frustrated after practicing with you.▲
Flash= For Action’s MSL game I personally suggested we practice together. Action thought Triathlon was a good map for him but after practicing with him he grew very frustrated… though I don’t remember the specific details of our games together I do remember him getting very frustrated (laughs). To add to this, Suny hyung and BarrackS hyung also played really well but I think Action just relayed the information incompletely… he wasn’t frustrated just because of me (laughs).-
fOrGG – what do you believe is necessary to get out of your slump?▲
fOrGG= Recently my games have struggled during the lategame so if I can work on perfecting my management I believe I can fully recover.- Now it feels like in the LeeSsang record, you’ve pulled ahead.
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Flash= I sent an encouraging text to Jaedong hyung and I believe Hwaseung will be able to pull out of their losing streak soon as well. In the past when my teammates were losing, Coach Lee pulled me aside and told me that if I continue playing my part, my teammates would soon follow suit and recover and I received a lot of strength from those words. I believe if Jaedong hyung doesn’t waver and continues to play his part, his Hwaseung teammates will also soon follow suit and catch up to him.- Last words you want to say?
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fOrGG= We’re on a winning streak so I hope we can continue riding this momentum.▲
Flash= Though it was a bit hard after dropping out of the MSL, I recovered from it faster than I thought. The people around me comforted me a lot and it was then I realized I have a lot of people who care for me. Because of this, I believe I’ll be able to recover even better in the future. Also, recently when my mother saw the icyhot patch on my hand, she told me she hoped I would drop one MSL or OSL. After hearing that, I realized I really do have a lot more to learn from my mother. My mother was worried when she told me that, and I was so touched – I just wanted to say how very, very thankful I am to her for her thoughts.Source: fomos plus a little bit of desports
Stats-Violet, "We still have a long way to go"Violet, "Rather than flat insults, we need healthy criticism"![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Smix/kt2.jpg)
- Your thoughts on winning?
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Violet= Woongjin’s zerg are very strong so I knew it would be a tough match but I’m so happy we were able to win and I think it’s just important for us to keep up this momentum.▲
Stats= The score was 4:0 and the team is also on a winning streak so I’m happy about that but there’s still a long way to go so I think we’ll have to keep working hard.- You guys won back to back against Woongjin zergs.
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Violet= Because I won the first set nicely, I thought that the other players would also follow suit after me. Though I did anticipate a zerg, I kept my mind open to other races as well. I was able to use the play I wanted to, and though I worried a lot because I lost to Action and HoeJJa a lot during practice, because I was able to win after unimpressive results recently, I think the players that followed after me felt even stronger and were thus able to win.▲
Stats= I was anticipating a zerg from the moment I started practicing for this set. Coach Kang said it would definitely be a zerg player so I only practiced my pvz and I think the result was good because of that. Personally, I’m very satisfied.- With the protoss line winning, KT was able to win.
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Violet= I won, and the team also won so I’m so happy. My gameplay was also pretty good so I’m satisfied in that regard as well. I hope that we can stretch our abilities to the max to continue getting these results. Above all else, I’m so happy Stats is doing well. To be honest, I should have been doing better but I think I just added pressure to Stats to do better so I felt really sorry. I’ll have to play better in the future. Right now we’re on a 3 win streak and I’ve only won 2 games so it’s not yet time to be completely satisfied. I’ll have to focus on increasing my abilities even more.▲
Stats= Though our recent performance has been good, I don’t think we can easily relax and take it easy yet. Because we lost a lot in the 1st round, we still have a long way to go. We’ll have to keep our winning streak going, Violet hyung will hopefully keep doing well, and our teammates will hopefully keep trying hard.- Your games were similar.
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Stats= I didn’t share any strategies with Violet hyung.▲
Violet= We didn’t share any information while preparing for today’s matches but we sit next to each other and we regularly share information with one another so that’s probably why our games were similar. Also, you usually start taking after the person who does well and I think that’s why my play style is starting to take after Stats’ style. Also, Woongjin’s players’ strategies were similar so our reactions were similar as well. But still, today Stats did better (laughs).▲
Stats= No! I think Violet hyung did better (laughs).-
Stats you suffered a bit because of your opponent’s use of burrow.▲
Stats= Originally after going to attack I was going to use psionic storm to inflict some damage but because of my opponent’s burrowed zerglings my expanding timing was delayed as well as my attack timing. However, because zerg was also in a situation where they had to build units, I wasn’t in that bad of a situation.- Last words you want to say?
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Stats= I want to give a huge thank you to Tempest hyung and HoeJJa hyung for helping me practice, and also extend my thank you to the coach and coaching staff who believed in me to send me out, as well as Coach Lee Kil Man.▲
Violet= I want to thank Action and HoeJJa for helping me practice and I also want to say that I think they are both amazing players. Compared to the other players, I surf the starcraft community boards a lot but lately there’s been a lot of harsh posts. I want to address those people. A starcraft player puts in hours of thought and effort for one game. I wish they wouldn’t insult that hard work. I really wish they’d either keep those thoughts to themselves or not post those insults. Though even bad attention is somewhat good, when reading those posts, it is really hard for the player. If encouragement is too much, rather than straight out attacks I wish they would give healthy criticism instead. Maybe it’s because my teammates have become like my family now, but when I read those posts, it really tears my heart up. I just hope they think of our feelings just a little bit please.
Source: fomos plus a little bit of desports
