PolarfluKe Interviews Thread

PolarfluKe: Tell us a little bit about yourself for the people who don’t know you.

LzGamer: Hello my name is Jacob Winstead aka LzGaMeR. I have been a competitive gamer since 2006 in StarCraft: Brood War and I am a professional StarCraft II gamer for team Evil Geniuses.

PolarfluKe: Hi, for the people who don’t know who you are please introduce yourself.

HyuN: Hello, my name is Seok Hyun Ko, currently practicing as ‘TSLHyuN’ in the TSL team house.

PolarfluKe: Your blogs on TeamLiquid give a deep insight into your trip to Korea. What did you originally expect on your trip?

Carn: Well I went there without really knowing what to expect. I had a year to make something happen and prove that I could compete as a StarCraft II professional gamer and qualify for the GSL, so the only thing I knew was that I wasn't here to have fun, but to work towards that goal as hard as I could. What ended up happening since my arrival in Korea, I absolutely had no idea it would turn out like this.

Polarfluke: Tell us a bit about your history in gaming and your introduction into eSports.

DoA: I have been playing video games since I can remember. It has always been a mix of console and PC; never just one of the other. I started out with basic games on the Commodore 64 and kind of went on from there. My introduction to competitive gaming was playing fighting games like Mortal Kombat 2, SSF2 Turbo and Primal Rage in the arcades. I did also play a lot of the early RTS’s such as Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and the first couple of Command and Conquer games. I was really into PC shooters around the time of Quake 3 Arena and the original Unreal Tournament. Casting Starcraft II was really my first involvement with eSports aside from just hearing about it from time to time on the internet.

Polarfluke:Tell us a little bit about yourself and your history with Starcraft?

Machine:My name is Bryce Bates, I am a professional Starcraft 2 player and have been playing competitively for 7 years now.

Polarfluke:Tell us a little bit about yourself.

Goody:My name is Sasha, I’m better known as GoOdy. I am from Germany, 25 years old and I play Terran for the team ESC ICYBOX.

PolarfluKe: Hey man, How are things going on your side?

Brian 'Spades' Francis: Things are going great, a lot of big things happening in the Starcraft 2 scene, it is really exciting.

Polarfluke: Tell us a little bit about yourself.

Benjamin Baker: My name is Benjamin James Baker, I’m English and 21 years old. I love playing video games, I love watching movies and I enjoy having a good time!

Polarfluke: Want to tell us a little bit about yourself?

Manuel ‘Grubby’ Schenkhuizen: Sure. I'm a professional electronic Sports athlete that goes by the name of Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen. My specialties are RTS games, namely Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2. I've been a Professional gamer for 8 years

Polarfluke: Tell us a little bit about yourself?

Patrick Bolleboom: My nickname is DaBoO and my real name is Patrick Bolleboom, I'm from the Netherlands and I'm 22 years old. In the day I'm a personal trainer; I give Judo and Jiu Jitsu lessons. My hobbies are Judo, Jiu Jitsu and MMA.

PolarfluKe: Hi, how are you? Tell us a bit about yourself?

Kelly Ong Xiao Wei: Hi! I'm Kelly, I’m 21 years old. My favourite Pokemon is Bulbasaur and my favourite colour is grey/green.

PolarfluKe: Hey, how are you? Can you give us a small introduction about yourself?

Choi Ji-Sung: Nice to see you. My name is Choi Ji-Sung, better known as Bomber; the Starcraft 2 Terran professional gamer in StarTale.

PolarfluKe: Hey man. How are you? Want to tell me a little bit about yourself?

Hong Seung Pyo: I was known as CellaWeRRa and I am a 27 year old gamer. My real name is Hong Seung Pyo and I now go by the name SlayerSCella.

PolarfluKe: Before we start diving into details about the book and the rest of the awesome stuff you are involved in, tell us a bit about yourself.

Patrick ONeill: I'm chobopeon and I wrote The Starcraft Bible. I work over at GosuGamers, ESFI, SK-Gaming and I used to write at TeamLiquid. I write about Starcraft and that is pretty much about it.

PolarfluKe: Hi how are you? Want to give a small intro about yourself?

Greg Fields: Hi, I'm Greg "EG.IdrA" Fields, I'm an American Starcraft2 pro-gamer currently competing in South Korea.

PolarfluKe: Hey man, how are things going? Care to give us a small introduction about yourself?

JP McDaniel: Hello! It is going I suppose. My name is JP McDaniel and I'm an eSports personality who works closely with MLG and also host the popular SC2 podcast, State of the Game, among other different projects.

PolarfluKe: Hey man, how are you feeling today? Want to give a small intro?

Trevor Housten: I'm feeling quite well thank you. My name is Trevor Housten and I go by the ID TorcH. I've been involved in the competitive gaming scene for about 8 years now mainly with FPS, but a bit of RTS, fighting, etc. here and there leading up to SC2 full time starting with the beta.

PolarfluKe: Hey man, how are you? Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

John Park: There’s not much new information I can tell you. I’m John Park a.k.a Junkka. None of them are my real name though. My passport name is Jun Kyu Park although it’s different in Korean. We do not reveal our true name like dwarves in Lord of The Rings. I’m 29(27 outside Korea), single, and one of those ridiculous people living with his parents(in Korea it’s custom for children to live with their parents until they get married, and eldest sons like myself often live with parents even after marriage).

PolarfluKe: Hi man, How's things? Want to just introduce yourself for the readers a little bit?

SC: All good. Well I am Shaun "d.Apollo" Clark and I'm 21 years of age. Born and bred in England. I stared online gaming around 13-14 then worked my way up till I played in the WCG 2007 wherein I got a gold medal for playing Command & Conquer; I then transitioned into Starcraft Brood War and then Starcraft 2. And that brings us to where I am now.

Pf: How do you view yourself as? Are you first a Starcraft 2 player, a coach or even a caster?

GR: I would think at this time I am first a Starcraft 2 player but I have to admit that I get as much pleasure out of casting at a high level and also coaching; I went to university to get my English degree but also to eventually become a teacher. I have it down to the core that one of my great pleasures in life is imparting information to other people. It is just something that I enjoy and hope to do both at the same time.

Pf: Morning. Would you like to open with how you are doing and a few details about yourself?

CL: Good and yourself? ^^; Well my name is Chris Loranger and I'm a 21 year old regular kid that just happens to play sc2 for a living and am currently living in Korea for that "job". I play Protoss, play for team liquid, and go by the ID HuK.

PolarfluKe: Most notable for 6 pooling your group, what motivated you to do it? Was it just the need to make it out of the groups or something more deeper?

First of all, I know that both Lucifron and NTT are much better macro players than me. I decided to go for a six-pool. I did it because I felt like it was my biggest chance of winning. Bad-mannered or not.