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Leave now if you haven't seen the finals yet
>>>>>Interview below<<<<<
Flash, “I almost cried after winning”
From the Golden Mouse to the MSL Golden Badge, Flash reasserted himself as the most powerful player existing today. Practicing until his arm felt like breaking was the effort he put in it to win, Flash’s facial expressions were brighter than anytime before.
You’ve opened the golden age. Your feelings?
I feel really great that I finally got the Golden Badge (laughs). In the pre-match interview, I said “I will savor the happiness after I win it” and it seems like this is the feeling (laughs). I want to continue to win a 7th, 8th starleague and become a player who works for that.
What was the driving force that helped you win?
The rib eye steak that Coach Lee bought for me. Coach Lee heard that Woongjin’s Coach Lee Jae-gyun bought Zero beef sirloin and so he looked for Kangnam’s most expensive restaurant and bought me the beef there. I think I was able to win thanks to that.
You mentioned a lot of thanks to your parents and KT.
My mother always read the comments in articles about me. I haven’t read any in a really long time but seeing my mother feeling bad after reading them wrenched my heart. But they won’t go away even if I keep winning (laughs). I wanted to win for my parents. I think by winning today there will be more nice comments rather than mean ones (laughs). I am where I am now because of my parents.
I think our team’s fans always won in terms of cheering during the finals. But our team’s director always expresses disappointment that he could do more. They really do the most they can but he always wants to show even more elaborate ways of cheering. I don’t think there is any other team that supports the players like ours does. I really want to give my thanks.
Before the match, you said that you needed to read Soulkey’s mind.
My strategy itself was built in order to counter Zero. Woongjin Zerg players play very stably and I took that and turned it into a weakness. My builds worked better than I thought they would so I think I was able to win easily. I didn’t think of Soulkey from the very start.
You are playing SKT1 tomorrow.
I’m going to go practice and am not even be able to eat dinner. My win is important but it is a very critical time for our team as well. My teammates are practicing like crazy right now; they didn’t even come to cheer for me. I want to hurry up and meet up with them and prepare for tomorrow. Previous winners often lose their next Proleague match and lose their momentum but I am going to work hard to keep it alive.
Your valkyrie build was exposed in the first set but you still won that game.
I was planning on moving out after getting two valkyries but after my opponent’s zergling saw my build, I anticipated that he would make drones so attacking was something that I had improvised on the spot. If that attack did not turn out well, the game would have become harder to play.
Why did you pick such an unorthodox build?
I started to think about the finals during the semifinal rounds and thought up a build. I showed the best macro I ever could in the semifinals and I prepared the most unique and unconventional build that I could in the finals. I figured that my opponent would be unable to predict my build and I think that worked out well.
I heard that your arm is not dong very well.
I said that my arm was ok before but the truth is that after playing 3 or 4 games, it starts to hurt bad. I’m thinking to do all that I can to fix it after the season is over. I can’t do anything about it right now, can I? I think it is time to show my true fighting spirit. (T/N: omg flash safety first  )
Do you have a goal this season?
Last year I heard people say things like “It is difficult for Flash to improve any more than he is now”. But my goal is to always show myself developing so I’m doing my best to show a better image of myself this season than the last one. I want to be a player that continues to improve.
It seems like your desire to win the Proleague finals is even greater.
I heard that they were having the finals in Shanghai instead of Gwang-anri. Last time I won an individual league so this time I want to win the Proleague finals with my teammates.
They really are having the finals in Shanghai. What do you feel about it?
I first worried that fans would be greatly disheartened. But I think players are there to win wherever they play. I don’t think they had the finals in Shanghai for no reason at all. I hope the fans would be more lenient about it. It might be something done to develop e-sports more so I hope they will watch it. (T/N: In the FOMOS interview, Flash actually says that he “didn’t like the news” lol...)
Any last words?
I wonder if I have practiced as hard as I did for this than I have ever practiced before. After I won I almost cried. People around me helped me so much and cheered for me so much so I want to tell them that I am very thankful.
And before I went to the match location, my teammates told me to win. I want to beat SKT1 tomorrow, go to Shanghai with my teammates, and complete the feeling of victory.
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thanks for the interview!!!!
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poor poor zero. i watched it live and it was so sad at how zero seemed to fall apart at the valkyrie play
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Every time you troll on the internet you make Flash's mum cry.
Christ? he has to play SKT1 tonight just after that? with fucked up wrists? pretty sure his fans all want him to just take it easy and recover. Heres hoping his teammates can just 4-0 without him.
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does anyone know where I can get a video of A-pink's performance in the beginning? I couldn't find it on nevake's channel and I was looking forward it
On June 12 2011 09:24 GoodRamen wrote:
thanks for the interview!!!!
your welcome 
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The interview on FOMOS said coach Lee bought rib eye steak for Flash when he heard that Zero was bought sirloin, just saying 
btw nice interview nonetheless
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On June 12 2011 09:23 white_horse wrote:
They really are having the finals in Shanghai. What do you feel about it?
I first worried that fans would be greatly disheartened. But I think players are there to win wherever they play. I don’t think they had the finals in Shanghai for no reason at all. I hope the fans would be more lenient about it. It might be something done to develop e-sports more so I hope they will watch it. (T/N: In the FOMOS interview, Flash actually says that he “didn’t like the news” lol...)
Wait.. did FOMOS deliberately mistranslate that? wtf?
other than that, good interview. congrats flash (:
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Thank you very much for the translation, white_horse! :D
Lol, now we know the secret to Flash's victory... Meat. And since it was the most expensive meat they could find, no wonder he won the finals.
I was planning on moving out after getting two valkyries but after my opponent’s zergling saw my build, I anticipated that he would make drones so attacking was something that I had improvised on the spot.
This was most likely a major factor as to why Flash won the championship; his lightning fast decision making. It's important for players to be able to adapt to strategies, and Flash yet again showed how flexible he can be with them. This trait of his will allow Flash to develop more as a player in the future and improve himself.
A small mistake- Arm should be wrist instead! Anyway, much thanks to you again for the translation! ^^
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yeah I really respect flash. I don't know him personally obviously, but from the interviews that I read, I really think that he has the work ethic and integrity that makes him really great. Like they say, you only need to be good at games in order to get to the top, but to stay at the top requires more than just being good at games, and flash is the best example of this.
You can't any better than flash in terms of a professional - so outstanding and a hard worker, yet he is also respectful and seems to have a modest and very likeable personality.
On June 12 2011 09:34 getSome[703] wrote:Show nested quote +On June 12 2011 09:23 white_horse wrote:
They really are having the finals in Shanghai. What do you feel about it?
I first worried that fans would be greatly disheartened. But I think players are there to win wherever they play. I don’t think they had the finals in Shanghai for no reason at all. I hope the fans would be more lenient about it. It might be something done to develop e-sports more so I hope they will watch it. (T/N: In the FOMOS interview, Flash actually says that he “didn’t like the news” lol...)
Wait.. did FOMOS deliberately mistranslate that? wtf? other than that, good interview. congrats flash (:
I don't know how post-match interviews work but if all the interviewers sit in a room with flash at the same time and hear his answers altogether, then I think the DES interviewer just decided to leave out the part of flash saying that he didn't like the finals location. The DES and fomos interview articles are pretty much the same in both question and answer.
On June 12 2011 09:33 mnesthes wrote:The interview on FOMOS said coach Lee bought rib eye steak for Flash when he heard that Zero was bought sirloin, just saying btw nice interview nonetheless
fixed thank you
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Does anybody know how long Flash's arm/wrist will last? As much as I can't forgive him easily for giving a trouncing to Zero I still wish him the best =(
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Man, can the proleague finish soon so he can rest his wrist though?
PS: Thanks for translating!
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the valk build is really something to be feared off
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On June 12 2011 09:58 G3CKO wrote:
the valk build is really something to be feared off
not if you go lurkers. I agree with some of the posters in the game thread: zero got thrown way out wack after the first game and played stupidly for 2 and 3. Because why would he insist on going mutas against valks every game? Why not switch it up and force Flash to adapt?
I really think Zero fell victim to the pressure and like so many of the analysts had said, his mental weakness was his downfall. Namely, there was so much expectation put on the Monte Cristo maps and the advantage Zero was seemingly destined to have on it. When he failed the first game on Monte Cristo, I think it got to his head and affected his play. His normally crisp ZvT deteriorated every game so that by the end of game 3, Zero spent the last five minutes suiciding his forces piece by piece, uncoordinated and out of sync. It was really sad to see.
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You mentioned a lot of thanks to your parents and KT.
My mother always read the comments in articles about me. I haven’t read any in a really long time but seeing my mother feeling bad after reading them wrenched my heart. But they won’t go away even if I keep winning (laughs). I wanted to win for my parents. I think by winning today there will be more nice comments rather than mean ones (laughs). I am where I am now because of my parents.
He's right about that: SKT vs KT
Before the match, you said that you needed to read Soulkey’s mind.
My strategy itself was built in order to counter Zero. Woongjin Zerg players play very stably and I took that and turned it into a weakness. My builds worked better than I thought they would so I think I was able to win easily. I didn’t think of Soulkey from the very start.
People in the live thread were quoting out of context/giving improper/incomplete transations to make Flash look cocky by saying that he said he won easily...But he's just so nicee!!!
How can you people be so cruel!
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I don't know how Flash's wrist but he played the finals like picking candy in his pocket. You may mess with the Tyrant but can't against God Young Ho, Zero.
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Flash deserved the victory but I feel bad for Zero. He seems like a nice guy.
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Thanks for the translation. I really hope Flash's wrist will recover...
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Thanks for the translation!
I don't consider myself a Flash fan, but by god, he deserves that badge. His play in all three games was absolutely dominating. Too dominating in fact- I thought the finals were kind of underwhelming due to how one sided they were. I feel bad for Zero though, hopefully he doesn't take the loss too hard, he's been doing great up to this point/in SPL.
It kinda sucks that Flash doesn't have a chance to rest or celebrate his victory yet either, he's facing SKT tonight!
On June 12 2011 09:23 white_horse wrote:
They really are having the finals in Shanghai. What do you feel about it?
I first worried that fans would be greatly disheartened. But I think players are there to win wherever they play. I don’t think they had the finals in Shanghai for no reason at all. I hope the fans would be more lenient about it. It might be something done to develop e-sports more so I hope they will watch it. (T/N: In the FOMOS interview, Flash actually says that he “didn’t like the news” lol...)
Oh no! You translated it word for word?? Lawsuit inc!
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FLASH FTW!!! gogo FLASH!!! 4th OSL!!!
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