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Winner Interview after the AoL:King of Kong

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yoonstar91
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
88 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-06 00:57:59
January 06 2012 00:23 GMT
#1
BEWARE IF YOU DID NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED ABOUT THE KING OF KONG EVENT RESULTS!

Correction about "Kong"

On January 06 2012 09:29 Verator wrote:
Kong originated from Yellow, its a korean word for bean that has several connections to Yellow. Yellow was the first notoriously second-place player, and the 'kong-line' is the history of players in a similar situation, aka mkp.



And as always~ Thanks for reading! =)
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On the 5th, “Arena of Legend- the King of Kong” was held through the Battlenet and DRG beat Losira 4:1 at the Finals.

You are now the King of Kong

I am very happy right now. But this was only an event therefore I still feel like I’m still in the line of Kongs. I feel like people will keep make fun of me and call me Kong line.

You only lost your second set. You won 4:1 overall. Why did you lose the second game?

I wanted to end the game quickly, therefore I gave up on my game play and tried to do an all-in. But that did not work out too well. I should have just done what I have planned. After that game, I just played as I have practiced and ended up winning.

You won prize money approximately $2000 (Korean won deleted to reduce confusion...). How do you plan to spend that money?

I don’t have any plans yet. I would like to eat good food with my teammates for the new year.

What is your view of the “proper” way to escape the “Kong Line?”

All I have to do is win the Code S to escape the so called “Kong Line.” It doesn’t have to be this season. I think I’ll be fine even if I win the GSL Regular Season later. If I fail to win, I should probably try to not get second place? I would rather fall out of Round of 32 or Round of 16 than lose at the Finals (haha).

When do you think you will end your relationship with the Kong Line?

I really like how I am playing these days and I’m starting this year well. Therefore I think I’ll escape the Kong Line soon if I keep it up.

This is your first victory for this New Year 2012. 2012 is looking good for you.

Since I just won the first tournament of 2012, I think I’ll be able to do well this year. Even I think my playing skills have improved. In fact I am quite astonished by how good I am watching my own replay VODs! Except for the games where I do not play as planned, I really like the way I am playing the games. I feel that I have improved a lot. Also, our team’s skill level has increased tremendously overall. Therefore winning chance is 50/50 in my team when we do an internal team tournament of our own to rank our skills.

In Code S Round of 32, you are in the same group as 2 other teammates.

I hate it. If there were only two MVP players in the group, we can both proceed. But 3 means that one must fall out of the group. It breaks my heart. It is unfortunately, but I will obviously/must advance and I’m sure Genius and sC will be able to sort out the conflict amongst themselves and one of them will advance.

What is your new year’s resolution?

I hope to win more prize money than concentrate on the quantity of the tournaments won. My goal is to win approx.. $259616 (Korean won deleted to reduce confusion...) this year. I hope to earn that much when combining both GSL and Foreign tournaments. It’s a lot of money, but I want to be a bit greedy this year.

Any last words to your fans for the new years?
Fans! Have a happy new year! I hope all of you reach your goals and dreams!







Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
January 06 2012 00:26 GMT
#2
crazy goal, I like it
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kagemucha
Profile Joined August 2010
United States326 Posts
January 06 2012 00:28 GMT
#3
Should be AoL:King of Kong Winner's Interview. Your title already spoils it all LOL. and also the huge ass picture of DRG.
pQylling
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Denmark139 Posts
January 06 2012 00:28 GMT
#4
"I hope to win more prize money than concentrate on the quantity of the tournaments won. My goal is to win 300 million won( approx.. $259616) this year. I hope to earn that much when combining both GSL and Foreign tournaments. It’s a lot of money, but I want to be a bit greedy this year."

A bit greedy one might say indeed...
yoonstar91
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
88 Posts
January 06 2012 00:29 GMT
#5
oh... wow I really suck with titles.....
DaCheF
Profile Joined October 2010
United States305 Posts
January 06 2012 00:29 GMT
#6
Hands down the best zerg atm.
Verator
Profile Joined June 2010
United States283 Posts
January 06 2012 00:29 GMT
#7
Kong originated from Yellow, its a korean word for bean that has several connections to Yellow. Yellow was the first notoriously second-place player, and the 'kong-line' is the history of players in a similar situation, aka mkp.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. -- Bertrand Russell
Baffels
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1486 Posts
January 06 2012 00:29 GMT
#8
I like the goal, setting his sites on Nestea/MVP/MC prize money
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4415 Posts
January 06 2012 00:29 GMT
#9
Also, our team’s skill level has increased tremendously overall. Therefore I am actually around 5th place in my team when we do an internal team tournament of our own to rank our skills.

If that's true then WOW
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
January 06 2012 00:31 GMT
#10
the spoiler alert at the top of the article is great. ;-) but i imagine the title of the op and the picture is enough to spoil, lol.

great job on the translation.
lolmlg
Profile Joined November 2011
619 Posts
January 06 2012 00:31 GMT
#11
Sorry, but who ever considered DRG to be in the SC2 kong line? For one thing it's far too early for there to be an SC2 kong line. Secondly there's only really one player to have that reputation and he's won a lot more medals than any of the others.
Budzlight
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States578 Posts
January 06 2012 00:37 GMT
#12
Shouldnt 222 Million Won (Approximately $2000) be 200,000? Great artical.
I was the 5% that voted for thorzain in the TSL for round 1
yoonstar91
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
88 Posts
January 06 2012 00:37 GMT
#13
On January 06 2012 09:29 JJH777 wrote:
Also, our team’s skill level has increased tremendously overall. Therefore I am actually around 5th place in my team when we do an internal team tournament of our own to rank our skills.

If that's true then WOW


My apologies. misinterpretation. 50/50 chance of winning. Not 5th place. My bad~
THM
Profile Joined November 2010
Bulgaria1131 Posts
January 06 2012 00:37 GMT
#14
On January 06 2012 09:31 lolmlg wrote:
Sorry, but who ever considered DRG to be in the SC2 kong line? For one thing it's far too early for there to be an SC2 kong line. Secondly there's only really one player to have that reputation and he's won a lot more medals than any of the others.


Yep, what most people don't know about Foxer is that he actually has a lot of 1st places in tournaments, I think even more than his 2nds...

But people like to concentrate on the 2nd-s, creates more drama I guess.
Bourne
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom152 Posts
January 06 2012 00:39 GMT
#15
sorry but i do not understand, was their a typo.

"You won total prize money of 222 Million Won (Approximately $2000)"

but "My goal is to win 300 million won( approx.. $259616) this year "

i could just be being retarded, but that makes it seem like there has been a typo somewhere. did he win $20,000 ?
yoonstar91
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
88 Posts
January 06 2012 00:43 GMT
#16
On January 06 2012 09:39 Bourne wrote:
sorry but i do not understand, was their a typo.

"You won total prize money of 222 Million Won (Approximately $2000)"

but "My goal is to win 300 million won( approx.. $259616) this year "

i could just be being retarded, but that makes it seem like there has been a typo somewhere. did he win $20,000 ?



Total as in from this event.. I will fix that to create less confusion
Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
January 06 2012 00:44 GMT
#17
"Being a Kong refers to a player who is a solid player but have yet to win a GSL or unable to win a major big tournament." Facepalmed at this.

Nice interview. The prize money he wants to win is a bit... crazy.
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
Spray
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States402 Posts
January 06 2012 00:44 GMT
#18
God i want that amount of money shitttt
HuK Fighting~~!
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
January 06 2012 00:47 GMT
#19
My money was on DRG all along, he's really on the top tier level as opposed to the "2nd placers" lol. Plus, he did win the LG Cinema tournament back several months ago.
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FreudianTrip
Profile Joined July 2011
Switzerland1983 Posts
January 06 2012 00:48 GMT
#20
How is 222 million = 2000 dollars and 300 million = 256 thousand? I know there's a recession and my math is shitty but I'm still confused.
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