[SWL] Playoffs Day 1: SK Telecom T1 vs Hite Entus

On March 26 2011 16:55 Milkis wrote:


Q: How does it feel to get your first post season win?
A: It's actually also my first time playing in the post season (laugh). I was able to win because I was able to play calmly just like in practice. I feel really good.

Q: You were a surprising card that no one had expected.
A: I don't think anyone would expect that I would be coming out to play. So I thought I would be able to aim for that. My goal was to just seize the first set, so I'm happy that I was able to achieve my goal.

Q: Who did you think would open for Hite?
A: I didn't think they would send a Zerg, so I concentrated on preparing against Terran and Protoss. I actually expected to play against Movie, but I thought it wouldn't matter even if I played against Leta. Because I am confident in my TvT I don't put much weight on name value. I was able to play with confidence and I was able to get a good game.

Q: You could have gotten greedy after the first kill.
A: Even though I didn't prepare for the second set, the situation I was in was really good so I was a bit disappointed when I had lost. But because I didn't prepare, I didn't have any regrets when I had lost.

Q: Manager Park said that he was certain the team would win if you could get one kill.
A: Normally when I won, the team lost. So I didn't even get winner's interviews and I was quite disappointed. So I don't know why our manager thought that the team would win if I had won (laugh). This is also my first winner's interview (laugh).

Q: Fantasy is a solid Terran Ace on your team. There must be good and bad things about it.
A: I don't think there's anything negative about it. Getting a chance to play does not have to do with some race requirement quota, so I just thought I didn't get to play because I was lacking. Fantasy teaches me a lot of things so I grow in skill everyday. For me, there are only positive things.

Q: Did you gain confidence because of your victory?
A: It's actually a really sad thing that there was no one who expected that I would play today. But using today's victory as a turning point I want to post better results in round 5 and 6. I'm confident even if I face Flash in Winner's League finals, and I actually want to play against him.

Q: Is there anything else you want to say?
A: Because we beat Hwaseung often this season, we are quite confident. We will not let our guards down and work hard so please watch the game. I also want to thank coach iloveoov for helping me whenever I get stuck.

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Q: You led the team to victory with your three kills.
A: I used to have a really weak image against Hite, and with the wins today I was able to regain my confidence. I'm also happy that I was able to complete our team's victory.

Q: You started becoming the provider for your team starting round 4.
A: I don't think it's to the point where I'm the provider (laugh). I think Bisu hyung and I take turns providing (laugh). After all, isn't our team's strong point is that we have many aces?

Q: There was a OSL winner vs MSL winner match with Hydra.
A: I recognized the fact that it was a match between winners. So I wanted to win even more. I made a lot of mistakes in the beginning so the game didn't go so smoothly but thankfully I was able to win. Anyway I am quite happy I won in this battle of winners.

Q: This season you were really weak against Hite Players.
A: Everytime I lost against Hite players, I always started off with a disadvantage. So when I prepared builds, I thought about a lot of strategies so I would be able to take an advantage from the very beginning. I thought that if I had control of the game and played I wouldn't lose and prepared with that mindset so I was quite thankful it went well.

Q: You lost all 5 matches against Skyhigh. Did you hope that Skyhigh wouldn't come up on the last match?
A: When I was preparing for the matches today, even if Skyhigh came out, he would only be able to beat me so I wasn't really worried too much. To be honest I would have still had confidence even if I had played against him. When I practice with Skyhigh I have a 50/50 record against him (laugh).

Q: During the Playoff you get to meet Hwaseung's Jaedong. You lost often against him so you must have quite a different resolve.
A: I played against him a lot and I lost against him in many important matches. If I meet him this time I definitely want to get revenge. I'm really looking forward to this match. I also have confidence I can win. I think I'm playing well recently. But because Bisu hyung said he would take care of Jaedong, I will take care of the other players (laugh).

Q: There was a story circulating around that said that if you got three kills today you would be #1 in KeSPA rankings over Flash.
A: I didn't know it either but Coach iloveoov told me that there was posts on forums that said that if I get two wins on the MST and if I get 3 kills during this match I would be number 1 on KeSPA rankings. But I didn't really care that much about it. But doesn't the fact that people are saying things like that mean that I have caught up quite a bit against the Lee Ssang? Even if I'm not number onethis time, I think that I will be able to be number one someday.

Q: Is there anything else you want to say?
A: When I was preparing for these matches, Sea helped me with practice despite being on vacation. And Best and Paralyze helped me quite a bit so my game against Protoss has gotten quite better. I also want to thank everyone. I also want to congratulate GoRush hyung who debuted as a commentator today.

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