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Part three: (released Mar 5th)
 qxc of coL speaks, in part three of an extensive three part interview for the SK Gaming 1on1 series, about claims of Terran imbalance, whether races carry their own inherent strengths and whether the top foreigners will ever be as good as the top South Koreans.
Some of the topics discussed:
-Will a foreigner ever make a GSL Code S final?
-Creating builds vs. copying them
-Does the marine counter everything?
-Why qxc says "nobody is even good at [SC2]"
-Whether races have their own inherent strengths or players impose their own onto the races.
-Why qxc says " IdrA's mindset is like the most horrendously corrupted piece of trash" he has ever encountered.
The 18m56s video interview can be watched at SK Gaming.
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Part two: (released Feb 29th)
qxc of coL speaks, in part two of an extensive three part interview for the SK Gaming 1on1 series, about his all-kill of Incredible Miracle in the GSTL, the significance of creativity in SC2 and his interests in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Parkour.
Some of the topics discussed:
-How Koreans and foreigners compare in terms of amount of contacts for practice partners from other teams.
-How qxc has changed since his semi-final win over  HuK at the IEM V American Finals
-Why he says he got "lucky" vs. MVP during the all-kill of IM in the GSTL.
-Designing builds with similar early components for deceptive purposes.
-To what extent SC2 rewards creativity vs. playing by-the-book.
The 17m37s video interview can be watched at SK Gaming.
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Part one: (released Feb 21st)
qxc of coL spoke, in part one of an extensive three part interview for the SK Gaming 1on1 series, about his guiding principle in life, the misconceptions he sees from Westerners about Korean prohouses and why he thinks "foreigners just aren't good at improving".
Some of the topics discussed:
-The need for a system to improve at SC2 in Korea.
-The "prevailing misconceptions" qxc sees about how Koreans practice and what foreigners do when they're in Korean prohouses.
-His belief that "you can't think while you're playing" in relation to the mindset of playing nonstop as practice.
-Why he thinks "foreigners are f***ing horrible!"
-His analysis of the outcome of the ThorZaIN vs. PuMa series from NASL S2 and how it relates to the concept of playing the same practice partners over and over.
The 22m17s video interview can be watched at SK Gaming.
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One part will be released each week.
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qxc sick nerdballerminator.>9000 Love that guy!
Thanks a lot to SK for the interview.
qxc whaiting~~!
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wow 1 hour interview in total? nice! Thx Sk
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These interviews are really good, the guy who asks the questions is intelligent and the lenght of the interviews makes it possible to go more in-depth.
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Interviews like this need a good write up on the important parts so I can save 22 minutes and you can spend 2 hours writing it.
Cmon, we got lots of writers in the community don't we?
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qxc is telling 100% the truth..  my respect to him just got over 9000
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qxc seems like a nice guy to know
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On February 21 2012 21:33 DarKcS wrote:
Interviews like this need a good write up on the important parts so I can save 22 minutes and you can spend 2 hours writing it.
Cmon, we got lots of writers in the community don't we? Just for you lazy people a little nice overview but I won't let you get away not watching it so yea,
Little Summary:
+ Show Spoiler +
Intro 0:00 - 0:25
The beginning of QXC 0:25 - 1:20
BW beginning of qxc, rank, college tourny and his decision to become a pro
QXCs motivation/guiding principles 1:20 - 3:45
About his motivation to play starcraft, his guiding principles and general future plans in terms of competition
QXCs general life plans and interests 3:45 - 5:00
Outdoor acitivites to-do, talking about exercising
The art of learning 5:00 - 8:00
About the book and how it affected QXC, about his "System to improve"
Amount of practice/How to practice 8:00 - 10:15
Talking about how he thinks its efective to practice SC2 and how he structres it
Foreigners compared to Koreans 10:15 - 13:35
Little rant about foreigners losing to koreanes, general talk about the difference between KR und foreigners. Still focusing on the practice parts.
What QXC got from KR and about pro-houses 10:35 - 15:50
Again about how to practice in SC2 concerning MachtUps 15:50 - 17:30
Talking about how to improve in bad MUs
Discussing about the variation of practice partners 17:30 - 19:30
Analogy from CS and again difference between foreigners and koreans concering amount of training partners and the effects of it.
Difference between KR and foreigners from an analysis viewpoint 19:30 - 22:17
Cute little nice analysis of MLG Finals Thorzain vs. Puma. And again concering variation of practice.
Nice interview, looking forward to the next episodes :D
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Just leaving some feedback but I will not being watching this because of hows it being released ,1 part each week is a ridiculous way to release it. This truly does infuriate me more then it should. It just seems dumb how were having these announcement of announcements. Or having a tourny release its players 1 a day for 2 weeks. Stop treating the fans like were some simpleminded child.
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On February 21 2012 21:52 jcroisdale wrote:
Just leaving some feedback but I will not being watching this because of hows it being released ,1 part each week is a ridiculous way to release it. This truly does infuriate me more then it should. It just seems dumb how were having these announcement of announcements. Or having a tourny release its players 1 a day for 2 weeks. Stop treating the fans like were some simpleminded child.
It is frickin 22 Minutes long? Whats is wrong with you people?
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They should talk about a place for qxc to get a haircut.
blarbs
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Really interesting interview, I love qxc's approach to the game/scene/practice, can't wait till part 2/3 are out :D
@Aunvilgod : Jinro never left korea, he droped out of the gsl, jinro has been living in korea all last year and he still is.
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qxc sounds like a chill guy to talk to
Pretty good interview (or just part of the whole thing) and I agree with most of his points about Korea and training in general.
Most people got this common misconception about things and thats really hurting them in the long run
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Love your interviews Thorin! I can't wait for qxc to go fulltime, I love that guy's personality and playstyle and thought he showed absolutely awesome potential when he played in Korea.
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Hell yea he is graduating soon, we are expecting you to practice then under 200times the earth's gravity, qxc.
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On February 21 2012 22:36 bubblegumbo wrote:
Hell yea he is graduating soon, we are expecting you to practice then under 200times the earth's gravity, qxc.
Lol you think so? You really think he is that much of a noob? He will practice in the hyberbolic chamber WITHIN the Room of Spirit and Time dude ... get your facts right!
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What is QXC argument for "thinking about the game" for 4-5 hours and only play 4-5 hours?
Does koreans really do that? And even if that is true, did they only play 4-5 hours when they got their mechanical skills up to a decent level through BW?
I think this is a bad mentality, most ppl like to watch games/discuss strategy rather than laddering. IMO 99% of all players would benefit more by playing and less by "studying".
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On February 21 2012 22:40 Hider wrote:
What is QXC argument for "thinking about the game" for 4-5 hours and only play 4-5 hours?
Does koreans really do that? And even if that is true, did they only play 4-5 hours when they got their mechanical skills up to a decent level through BW?
I think this is a bad mentality, most ppl like to watch games/discuss strategy rather than laddering. IMO 99% of all players would benefit more by playing and less by "studying".
99% of players aren't pro players, and therefore have very bad mechanics. So in that case you're right.
I kind of think that qxc was more specifically talking about pro players though. Just a guess.
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