EPTInterview with the 3 hite Protosses, "Who has the better PvP?"
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The three hite Protosses snow, horang2, and movie
Snow, Horang2, and Movie each won a game to lead the team to be tied for first place.Movie snapped an 11-game PvP losing streak and won a precious victory. Snow now has 9 wins in proleague, while Horang2 has 8. Horang2 became a PvP specialist, with a 6-1 record against Protoss this season.
-The team is now tied for first place.
Snow: We could've been at the top alone, so there's some regret about that. However, I feel good that we ARE in first place.
Horang2: I don't think I was a huge help (laughs). I will improve even a little to help the team be the sole first-place team.
Movie: Well since Horang2 said that before my turn came, I don't have much to say (laughs). I will also help.
-You snapped your 11-game losing streak in PvP.
Movie: To be honest, I don't think anyone's going to break that losing streak record. I regret snapping a record streak like that today (laughs). Just kidding (laughs). Of course I feel really good to end my losing streak. If I lost today, I can't imagine what would've happened.
-Your early-game Dragoon control was outstanding.
Movie: I was more nervous after I saw I was going to PvP. I prepared to play like this, and I think being a little nervous helped with the dragoon control.
-Does Horang2 help you a lot with PvP?
Movie: I had a lot of fun practicing with him. In practice, I don't lose to Horang2 (laugh). To not lose against someone whose PvP record is above 70% gave me a lot of confidence. I wasn't going to say this originally, but Horang2 said it's okay.
Horang2: It doesn't matter (laugh). Just wait till my turn comes up.
-You became a bit of a "gag character"/comedian.
Movie: I think I changed a bit. I think I learned how to live. I have to be good at such things at least.
-I thought your performance today was excellent. How'd you think?
Snow: I think I did good, but I was nervous. I think I was good at harassing him senseless and shaking him up. I think the opponent was more nervous than normal.
-It was your first game after you won the Rookie of the Year award.
Snow: I wanted to win all the more because of it. The fact that I played a PvZ, the matchup others determined to be my worst, gave me even more motivation to win.
-Just by looking at today's game, there was no weakness in your PvZ.
Snow: My games didn't play out great before. If I look at my PvZ games, I think a lot of them were like that.
-What would you say is the key to being good at PvZ?
Movie: Your concept of the matchup has to be very solid. A protoss can have a high win percentage just by being good at PvZ. Of course, my PvZ results are not very good right now, but if I had to give an advice, it would be this. A protoss who's good against zerg is the best.
-What do you have to say about this, Horang2?
Horang2: I am terrible against Zerg, so I don't want to get into the conversation.
-You won a very close game.
Horang2: I came to loathe 7:30pm games after my horrible game against
Princess. When I thought I would lose, the faces of many people came to mind. I went back and forth between heaven and hell in that game.-It was dangerous since you had no observers.
Horang2: Originally, I was not going to pump much observers. I produced one in the beginning, but I didn't know how it died. I built a photon cannon, so I barely won. I think I was at sensing what's up and adjusting quickly and accordingly.
-Horang2's PvP is very good this season.
Movie: In practice, he's not that good (laughs). However, he has a unique style. I think protosses in other teams are not adjusting to it well.
Snow: He almost never wins in practice (laughs). It's weird that he wins so much in broadcast games.
Horang2: True skill is about winning broadcast games (laughs). Both of them don't have good PvP records. Moreover, Movie is behind 0:2 against me in broadcast games.
Movie: Didn't you use proxy gateway because you thought you couldn't win a management game against me?
-Do you have any more to say?
Horang2: I thank everyone who helped me practice. After coming to hite, I thought the protosses didn't PvP very well, so I lose on purpose in practice to try to give them confidence. That strategy's working well. I think the manager's going to be very happy (laughs).
Movie: How audacious!! In practice the loser must not fool around and be quiet. I won almost all of them (laughs). Thank you horang2 for restoring my confidence.
Horang2: See? My strategy's working. Snow is especially bad at PvP (laughs). Please leave out Snow when we talk about PvP.
Snow: Why am i bad? I have a 3-win streak in broadcast games (laughs). I have 2 Protosses who practice next to me. Whenever I look at one of their screens while practicing, I only see the "you have been defeated" screen.
Movie: I thank everyone who helped me practice. I think I was too arrogant in my last interview. I suffered the consequences. When I win a lot in the future, I hope to reverse that image.
Link: http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=113803&db=interview&cate=001&page=1&field=&kwrd=
Man that was harder than normal.
Hydra: "It's possible to go undefeated in Round 2."[Fomos Reporter Kim, Kyung Hyun] It's possible Hydra can break the win-streak record in Proleague.
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-The team is now tied for first place.
Hydra: It's a good thing. However, there are a lot of games left, so we shouldn't be that happy. Since we're aiming to go directly to Gwangali (site of Proleague finals), if we continue with this spirit we can continue to get good results like this all the way to Round 6.
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Leta, who was on a win-streak with you, lost in Set 1.Hydra: Even though Leta-hyung lost, I believed that the other guys would do well. We didn't worry about Leta-hyung losing, and comforted Leta who came out with a bright smile. The other guys didn't get affected by his loss. Since Leta plays so well, I think he can go on a 10-win streak.
-Did you think you got a lot of the early zerglings?
Hydra: I clicked on the probe and went in, but I couldn't kill the probe in the end. I thought I didn't gain anything.
Violet attacked my drones while I was attacking with zerglings, so I couldn't hunt for probes much. However, I killed the scouting probe, and delayed the natural expansion with my 2 zerglings, so I thought I wasn't in a bad shape.-When did you realize Violet was going 2-stargate?
Hydra: First, I chased the corsair with the scourges, but then pulled back. After destroying one, I scouted his natural and saw 3 corsairs. I thought something was wrong, so I confirmed that he was going 2-star.
-You are undefeated in Round 2.
Hydra: We have one match left, so I think it's very possible to go undefeated in Round 2. If I just focus on winning and not the streak, I think I can break the Proleague win-streak record.
-Any secrets to your Round 2 success?
Hydra: My teammates are very good. Therefore, I can practice well, and feel safe inside the stadium. Not only that, if I see my teammates winning, my desire to win gets bigger. I can play without burdens because I believe in my teammates. I did that today and my mind was calm.
-That's it? No special secret to your undefeated Round 2?
Hydra: Nothing in particular. However, I did start exercising with Leta recently, and go to the sauna 10 minutes a day.
-Any last words?
Hydra: I would like to thank my teammates who helped me practice. We have one more match left in Round 2. Let's prepare well and have a good end to the year.
Link: http://www.fomos.kr/board/board.php?mode=read&keyno=113804&db=interview&cate=001&page=1&field=&kwrd=
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Although I do prefer having the same birthday with Boxer over Hydra more... Maybe this is a sign that if I had practiced more BW, I could have been as gosu as those two? @@;; Or maybe Hydra is really getting possessed by Effort, lol. Where is that hidden secret earchip with Effort giving protips to Hydra while playing broadcasted games?
