[IPL] IPL4 Main Event Discussion

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Dignitas vs. CLG

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TSM vs. Curse

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Mono vs. aAa

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EG vs. v8

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CLG vs. v8

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CLG vs. Mono

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TSM vs. Dignitas

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http://www.twitch.tv/ipllol/b/314127089 - 12 hour VOD

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http://www.twitch.tv/ipllol/b/314357662 - 9 hour VOD

CLG Interview with HSGG

Rivington: So coming into the first game,what was going through you mind when you saw you were against that global comp?
HSGG: Since IEM, we know that Moma likes to play Karthus so we banned it. We were surprised that they didn't ban Shen. They were probably like: "Oh, this guys sucks at Shen, it doesn't matter if we give it to him", hahaha.
Rivington: So have you been working on Shen since then I guess?
HSGG: Yeah, I've been practising Shen a lot. I used to build him wrong and play him improperly but it's much better now.

Rivington: So how was the Anivia pick working for you in both of those games then?
HSGG: Jiji is a really good Anivia and he's been playing it for a long time. One of his walls zoned like 4 people in one of the games, it was ridiculous. And that then let us pick off people one by one however we wanted to.
Rivington: One of your things is not prioritising Dragon. You don't feel like fight for it if it's bad for you. You gave up a lot of early game control first game.
HSGG: We fell behind on global gold, but so long as Shen is strong enough to 1v1 splitpush and the other 4 don't get caught, then it all works out. So it was fine for us, we didn't mind.

Rivington: Fizz was an interesting pick from aAa. Do you have any thoughts on it?
HSGG: Fizz is a really bad pick in a 1v2 lane so we forced them to sent Leona there. Our lanes weren;t like that. We pulled a lane against the assassin comp, and then they were forced to respond to us rather than being able to make plays.
Rivington: So then how else did you prepare for the lane swap and make sure you had the advantage from it? You were running TP on GP.
HSGG: We have an advantage due to the positoning on the map from TP. That means we can force initiatives, pressure the map, take dragon. And then we have TP pressure late game as well, like I can go top after a fight and push it in or fight Urgot bottom and then suddenly appear elsewhere.

Rivington: aAa travelled here, long flight, maybe jetlag. So it's affected their play. Same for you coming from Korea. Monomatic has been talked about a lot. Big up and coming contenders from the qualifiers. Do you have any thoughts? Are you scared?
HSGG: It's tough this IPL with the competition. Dignitas is looking really strong, TSM is an accomplished team. Curse is also really good. Those would be my picks for this tournament I think.

Rivington: So what do you do at night at Vegas?
HSGG: Nights were we don't have games, wedo whatever we want. But we learnt from New York that partying before a match is not a good ting hahah
Rivington: Do you have any plans? We know you don't normally ever say
HSGG: Hm yeah. The thing is that since we were overseas people haven't seen us play a lot of champions because due to the ping we don't play champions with skillshots
Rivington: So with the trip to Koera, how has thjat helped out
HSGG: We came in to Korea rusty because we didn't have eberythgin set up. Once we had everything set up, and we got a lot of help from our friend locodoco
Rivington: So how did it work? Was it mlike hey they're more aggressive
HSGG: They're just like, really really really aggressive. They don't take into consideration the jungle unless they have the lanes really punned down.
Rivington: You guys have moving plans
HSGG: We're going back to Korea after this, but we''re also considering a gaming house in California

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aAa Interview with Moma

Rivington: So how are you feeling after those games then?
Moma: We're disappointed. It could have gone so much better but we lost straight up 2:0.
Rivington: You're probably feeling tired. When did you get in to Vegas then?
Moma: Yesterday. We used the time to check out the place and prepare. We thought we were good to play against CLG but then they have good midgame and get the Nashor and lose first game.
Rivington: So the global team comp in the first game, why didn't you use Shen? You didn't ban Shen?
Moma: We totally forgot about Shen. We thought we could handle it. In the IEM, we played Nidalee against Shen and destroyed him but it didn't work this game and we couldn't catch him and we lost. We couldn't initate on them and then we lose.
Rivington: Being a dominant Fizz player, and understabding how it works, wthey chose to 2v1 you. How do you pkay that?
Moma: There's no way to actually counter it. nRated needed to come up and support me. It's ok after level 6 but until then it's dso bad. He does so much dame to me with the AD Carry to we needed to do something. It was ok, but then we got aced at one stupid point and it was over then.
Rivington: It seemed like you guys had the advantage and momentun early game in both games. You had TF first game, dragons and even stole one.
Moma: It was good. We took dragon and some towers, they took some tpowers. But then Shen was always splitpushing, and always escape with ghost on Shen and then we can't catch him. We can't initate on them
Rivington: So the split push was a problem. You lose a lot of dps trying to stop
Do you have anything planned that you haven't shown on others
Moma: We don't actually have anything planned. We were so focused on beating CLG the past few days. We need to wait and see who we face before we do anything.

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Curse Interview with Elementz

Rivington: So we didn't see
Elementz: They surprised us with a Kayle Nunu pick bottom lae and first blooded Pobelter top. But we managed to push in bot and denied Kayle cs. We took a Dragno advantage and then in mid-game fights we have a farm advantage and then
Rivington:
Elementz: Yeah, the Kayle Nunu worked really well and they could really kill us haha. Second game, Pobelter got camped top hahahaha.
Rivington: So he doesn't come to touraments much
Elementz: Yeah haha. He was playing Lee Sin
Rivington:
Elementz: Both games we banned Vlad, Udyr and Vayne.
Rivington:
Elementz: They banned Kogmaw, Mayokai, and I can't remember the other one.
Rivington: How was the dragon control
Elementz: I kept warding their entire side. I had a really good ward control of our bottom side.
Rivington: How do you feel about the comptetitoon?
Elementz: Yeah, we know them. We've played TSM a lot. We know Dignitas. v8 we've played a lot and they're actually pretty good. They might make it far.
Rivington:
Elementz: Last night was pretty passive. We went out for dinner, had a couple of drinks. Then went back and relaxed. Watched a movie haha.
Rivington:
Elementz: We've played 10 or 15 min after CLG started. The casters are loud, can't hear each other haha.
Rivington: What do yo think of the CLG aAa cgame
Elementz: Well, they're similar teams. I mean they have Nidalee poke. I wouldn't give it to either one of them
Rivington: So CLG won that yah. You also had a good showing. Any shoutouts?
Elementz: We have a Facebook thing. We're siging 5 shirts. Facebook, Team Curse. Also, check our lolpro.com

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Epik Interview with Nhat Nyugen

Travis: So tell us, how did Game 1 go?
Nhat: They weren't expecting our red invade and then me going top and killing them by going top. It was really bad for Pobelter.
Travis: So what team comp were you running then?
Nhat: Picks that game we were running Shen top, Ryze bot, Nunu+Kayle bot and can't remember our jungler.
Travis: So I guess that first kill was good for your team?
Nhat: Well, after coming bot lane we were at a disadvantage from missing a lot of cs. I know Elementz doesn't run MRes Blues so we tried fighting but it can't work
Travis: Do you remember the bans Game 1?
Nhat: We banned Maokai, Alistar and Kog'maw against them.
Travis: And second game?
Nhat: We had similar bans. We banned Ryze instead of Maokai but they still got picks they wanted like Mundo.

Travis: So what's the thoughts on Lulu the new support? Will she make a splash at IPL?
Nhat: It's really a matchup thing. It really depends on the other picks. Elementz and v8 Muffinqt run it sometimes bot lane.
Travis: So how does she fare compared to other supports then?
Nhat: She can play really aggressive maxing Q Glitterlance first, or play passive with E first with the shield Help, Pix! and use that.

Travis: So what's the new lineup at Epik looking like and how's it looking for you guys? You guys lost Dyrus and Dan recently.
Nhat: We lost Dan in the jungle. We have ClakeeDee in the bot and Mashme in the jungle. We shifted Westrice up top to replace losing Dyrus. ClackeeDee and Mashme, they're really underrated and raw players but they'r e good and they've been doing well for us.
Travis: ClackeeDee is from the fighting game community actually, isn't he? So he's kinda used to LANs then.
Nhat: Yeah, he has a lot of tournament experience.

Travis: So what's the outlook for your next few matches.
Nhat: Well, we have to take it game by game and see who wins TSM against v8
Travis: And thoughts from this set then?
Nhat: Take it one game at a time
Travis: Any predictions for top three IPL then?
Nhat: Just us. Don't care about the other two. I just want us to do good. It's like a personal challenge thing haha.
Travis: Any shoutouts?
Nhat: Shoutout to my team, and hope we do well. And to our sponsors and IPL for running this tournament.

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CLG Interview with Doublelift

Travis: So I'm here with Doublelift who I managed to get. For those of you who don't know, he's also my room mate who lives with me in the States and he appears on my show State of the League sometimes too. So Doublelift, how's it going?
Doublelift: Yeah, it's alright. I went to have a shower right after our games and just got back here before you dragged me onto stage.

Travis: So, I've seen the coverage of the OGN Korea Tournament you guys are in. And the production is really good. And you guys have these professional photos on the OGN page.
Doublelift: Yeah, they made us do these photo shoots. So I look like an idiot, like I want a hot dog or something lol.
Travis: Yeah, Hotshot and Chauster were telling me about how they have really strict rules for the OGN tournament.
Doublelift: Yeah, it's harder than playing the matches. When we play, we cuss a lot. It's so hard trying to catch ourselves. If we cuss on national television the station gets fined so we have to be careful. If we cuss we lose a ban and so if we cuss three times we lose all our bans for the next game.
Travis: So I guess send Saint V to rehab then?
Doublelift: Yeah, he needs a lot of help haha.

Travis: So what's like like there in Korea? You guys get along better now?
Doublelift: No, we just argue more than we normally do. The biggest thing from the gaming house we got is that we play against the Koreans. They train all day in like a small closet and play all day. They're really good.
Travis: So if they go out of Korea they'll stomp everyone?
Doublelift: I wouldn't say stomp. But they can rival a lot of the top teams already.

Travis: So how have you guys been getting better? I know you guys lost that game against Xenics and then trained really hard.
Doublelift: So yeah. One time we lost to ManyReason's team and we were all yelling at each other. We were so angry. Like, we almost ended up physically fighting with each other as a result. And then Loco came and said he'd be our coach and help us. So he coached us and went through things with us. Now Saint is our caller and everyone has to listen to him no matter what and not question him. It's like one of the reason we lost to ManyReason.

Travis: I met Jiji earlier and he said how you sleep 14 hrs a day. You slept a lot when you were living with me but I thought that when you went to Korea you'd change and not sleep as much.
Doublelift: Yeah I sleep a lot. But it's not a big deal I mean I get my stuff done haha.
Travis: You don't ever talk to me every since you went over there. It hurts man. You ignore me on Skype and everything. Tell me how everything is over there.
Doublelift: It's like.. wait, what was the question over there? Oh yeah. Like, we lost a lot of things after we went over there. We eat fast food every day haha it's so unhealthy.
Travis: You told me you have a gym nearby.
Doublelift: Well, we thought we had one but we don't. And we're too lazy to go find one.
Travis: I hear you have a crazy landlord?
Doublelift: Our landlord is like an attourney and a doctor at the same time. Like, when he was in Residence which is just before becoming a full doctor, he went to law school at night and studied law. And then we went and because business man afterwards. It's like he does all that and doesn't even become them and do something completely different. The landlord thing is part of his business stuff.
Travis: Is Chauster replacing my spot in your heart? You seem to be really close to him now.
Doublelift: Yeah, I mean he's my support man. We're like real bros. And I don't know how you can replace something that never existed. Haha. Not really. You're still cool. Just joking, you're not haha.
Travis: Wow Doublelift, so mean. I'm just going to end it here before my tears flowing gets broadcast to everyone. So, sponsors shoutouts and anything you want to give?
Doublelift: So shoutout to CLG, everyone who sponsors us in CLG like Razer and Own3D, any of our affiliates and people who work with us. Oh, and Tina.

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Dignitas Interview with Voyboy

RedBaron: So tell us about how those games went. You guys had your backs against the wall a lot.
Voyboy: Well, we started off really poorly. Scarra died and I lost my lane and I was stuck between a Rock and a hard place. It was so hard for us but we had to try and scrape through and force it. And then eventually Corki got fed from a whole load of kills and we finally managed to win from there. We had to try everything to keep Corki alive to let us win.
RedBaron: So what was with the Lulu top pic game 2 then?
Voyboy: We had a team comp in mind. Lulu lets Kog move around and Irelia is not as good since the nerfs.

RedBaron: What was going through your team's mind when you were at risk of being 2:0'ed?
Voyboy: It was brutal. When they got like to that stage we were like how was this going so wrong? But we had to pull together and we managed to get through.
RedBaron: Is it something about the practise or mentality that lets you get through?
Voyboy: We friends. If something goes wrong, we don't go ballistic on someone or anything. We just say ok and move on and try to win.

RedBaron: Dignitas has been around on the scene for a while. But you're had a lot of success lately. How's it been like as a player?
Voyboy: I mean like I walk around and people recognise me. I never expected that in a million years from doing something like playing video games.
RedBaron: Is there any particular thing you'd like to see, like someone going "Voyboy I want to have your babies?"
Voyboy: It's be funny haha.

RedBaron: So what are your thoughts on LoL as a competitive game and the scene as a whole?
Voyboy: LoL has shown it's a top E-Sport and Riot has done a good job. And it's been big around the world, like in Taiwan and other places. We want to keep making things happen.
RedBaron: You're still in highschool right? How is it like being a progamer but still having to have school?
Voyboy: Playing competitively with going to school, 8hrs a day, and then doing homework. It's hard. I'm the limiting factor to our team, like they want to practise and I'm like, well, I can't.
RedBaron: Any final shoutouts?
Voyboy: Thanks to our fans for supporting us. Thanks to our sponsors, Intel, Razer and everyone else.

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Monomatic Interview with NintendudeX

RedBaron: You guys looked like you were going to win that series. How did it feel not getting it and having the games slip out of your hands?
NintendudeX: We did really well in all three games. We took it to them first game.
RedBaron: You almost carried with Riven in Game 3. What's special about Riven?
NintendudeX: I really like having that mobility and CC and Olafs run Ghost so it's easy to combo everything to kill people.
RedBaron: You guys took out M5, arguably the best team in the world. They're not here because of you. And you've had a lot of other online success. How do you see this tournament?
NintendudeX: We plan on going all the way. And that hasn't changed, even though we lost to Dignitas. We still feel we can go all the way and win this.
RedBaron: So you're playing aAa. Any thoughts on that match up?
NintendudeX: We don't know much about them, but we saw their games against CLG. Can't comment on strategies, but we have ideas planned.
RedBaron: What are your thoughts on the IPL experience so far?
NintendudeX: It's been incredible. Only been here since yesterday but it's amazing. It's our first LAN but we've had an amazing time.
RedBaron: You guys in particular had a lot of big changes, having picked up ZionSpartan and Zigs. How did you guys manage to practise and everything?
NintendudeX: Zion and Zigs are excellent additions. We haven't practised that much but it's been amazing how well we've done. We were really surprised with our performance today and we hope to do even better.
RedBaron: You're the youngest competitive team here, maybe in all of LoL. How do you balance highschool wth LoL?
NintendudeX: It's hard to practise. We have to practise on weekends. It cuts into your social life and makes it hard, but we make it work.

Monomatic Interview with Paradoxical

Travis: Did you do research on aAa?
Paradoxical: Yeah, we had a laptop and we loaded up their games from Hannover and IEM and stuff. For the first game, we just copied all of CLG's bans. And then we got away with Zigs's Urgot because they didn't know about us. I think we're really lucky that not many people know about us so don't know what to ban or counterpick.
Travis: How is your first tournament?
Paradoxical: It's a dream really. We're just people who play solo queue. So it's amazing being here.
Travis: So what were you doing last night?
Paradoxical: We just went and got dinner. Panda Express haha.
Travis: Living it big eh?
Paradoxical: Being underage takes a lot of the fun out of it. But thanks to IPL for all of this.
Travis: Dignitas pushed you guys to the loser's bracket. Do you guys see yourself doing well, maybe even the win first LAN you guys ever attend?
Paradoxical: First place would take a lot of work. But we have a chance at top 4 definitely.
Travis: So any shoutouts?
Paradoxical: Shout out to my team and sponsor who fronted the whole trip out of his own pocket. And to Amy.
Travis: And your family? I know they're here.
Paradoxical: Yeah, thansk to them for coming.

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Random Interview with Dyrus with Seltzer

Seltzer: What separates you from the other LoL Players?
Dyrus: It's a lot easier to get into than DotA. There's over 70 champions (Chiharu: 93 atm actually) and it changes every week. For someone who is an old school player from Beta it feels like a completely different game.
Seltzer: What are some of the things Riot does to help the competitive scene?
Dyrus: They throw money at it. People want to watch League and they want events. And they make it happen. More people want to watch. People want to be entertained. And it helps me as a streamer. And it helps E-Sports too.

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v8 E-Sports Interview with TreeEskimo

Travis: So TreeEski, how are you feeling?
TreeEskimo: I'm great man. We just won our games 2:0 and it's all good.
Travis: So how did the first game go since it wasn't streamed?
TreeEskimo: It was a really interesting game. We did something unconventional where we picked two ADs. It happened in a tournament in Korea. (Chiharu: Xenics Storm v CLG) Corki is actually a really powerful top laner right now, especially against AP and we saw double AP. We had never done this before and me team was like ok, but we trust you. And it worked great.
Travis: How did it go down?
TreeEskimo: Across the board we did much better than yesterday. We got a first blood when they tried to invade us. And we forced a flash... wait that's second game. But we got first blood and then had lane pressure. Then we took Dragons, took towers and then we snowballed and won.
Travis: Is that Mundo pick you did and won hard with. Is it something you like and was it because of the matchup?
TreeEskimo: It's something part of the matchup. I like Mundo v Riven. Riven is probably more useful for the team. But then I did well. We picked Mundo first and they probably thought it was jungle but then I've played Mundo solo queue a lot so I know how to face Riven and I think he didn't know what to do.
Travis: So I guess it was like mind games. Cool. So, what are your chances looking like now since the games yesterday?
TreeEskimo: Our games against TSM, I played a lot worse than today. We got together in our room and we strategised and we talked about the games and we decided a lot better and then we played out hearts out.
Travis: You have a relationship with Takashi as a room mate. Nothing more than that. *cheers from audience* You guys picked him up a few months ago (Chiharu: This was when PhantomL0rd got kicked). How has it been since then?
TreeEskimo: We'ce been life long friends since like 3rd grade. It's good being together. We take flights together, we do well. Our team has gotten much better with Takashi, we can run special comps and plays.
Travis: Any shoutouts?
TreeEskimo: I'd like to give shoutouts to everyone on my team. They played awesome. Thanks to our old Managers Hexo and Simon. And to Riot for letting me work there for a while. And thanks to the fans for showing up and making E-Sports what it is.

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Epik Gamer Interview with Salce

Travis: Hey there, I'm here with Salce from Epik Gamer. Some of you may not know it, but we're both from Tamecula, California. So Tamecula represent. How you doing Salce?
Salce: Yeah it's ok. You know, there's probably like just 20 people in Tamecula going like "Yeah! Represent!" Haha. You know, I actually get recognised at school sometimes by random people and get called out.
Travis: Oh really? What's it like for you then?
Salce: It's like really weird going to school and getting called out like "Hey Salce!" and I'm like "Uh... do I know you?" haha. It's kinda awkward to be honest but it's cool.
Travis: Yeah. When you go to college you'll have a lot more video game nerds to hang out with. So then, the games you played. It might be rough, but do you want to talk about it?
Salce: It's all about the early snowball from the start. The early gank and the kills top. We had to sacrifice objectives because we would have lost tower and like. Ah, I'm messing up. But like top lane was really snowballed on. We're limited on picks and they just... yeah.
Travis: Is the new line up like. You have two new people? Is it something comp-wise that hurt you guys?
Salce: MashMe does really good every time bot lane. We could have prepared better in the jungle with out picks. I think we didn't prepare properly as well. Our biggest problem was that our teamfights were so bad. We lost that fight when we should have won it. It was so bad.
Travis: What are your plans for Vegas then for the rest of the tournament?
Salce: Probably take a nap I guess. Being 18 is not the coolest in Vegas. But just hang out here and watch games I guess.
Travis: Any predictions for top 3?
Salce: Probably Curse, TSM and Dignitas to be honest. Dignitas may come ahead because they're too hard to ban out. Lulu Soraka is just ridiclous.
Travis: The triple Support comp is OP?
Salce: Yeah. It's just OP. The other teams will have a difficult time with it.
Travis: So where can people find out and support you
Salce: They can't actually... My excuse is that I'm still finishing Senior years but when I graduate I'll dedicate more time to my fans and make a page but yeah.
Travis: You need to concentrate on school first I suppose.
Salce: Yeah.
Travis: Any shoutouts then?
Salce: Got to make a shoutout to my older brother. He's here. He got me interested in video games. Starcraft, Diablo, and even LoL. He's my inspiration and he's what got me here today.
Travis: Well, take it easy then I guess?
Salce: Yeah. Oh, I'd also like to give a shoutout to my team and out fans. Out new line up is difficult but we tried out best. Also to Kurtoky. He's my homie. He couldn't make it but he wanted a shoutout. And also to Fae. (Chiharu: Princess Aura?)

CLG Interview with SaintVicious

Missed the very beginning, sorry.

Travis: You know, I bumped into Regi earlier and he was like, I'd rather face Dignitas than CLG. Do you have any thoughts on it?
SaintVicious: I guess it's a track record thing where we beat them. (Chiharu: TSM lost to CLG IEM Gamescon and MLG) But we have like a 10 or 20% winrate against Dignitas? I guess it's like aAa where they beat M5, and never lose against them but they can't beat NA teams.

Travis: You have to win two sets of Bo3s against TSM in order to win IPL now. It's going to be very exhausting.
SaintVicious: Man, don't remind me haha. I gotta get some juice to get me through that!
Travis: I don't even want to know what that means...
SaintVicious: Hey man, what do you mean? Hahaha.

Travis: Anything you want to say to your fans? We have girls screaming and like. *crowd scream* You know what, actually I want to know how you're so good with the women. You have like women tweeting you all the time and like-
SaintVicious: Dude, why you reading my tweets huh? You like stalking me or like- *crowd laughs*
Travis: But they're public and-
SaintVicious: And then you tweet me like: "Hey Saint, meet me up in Room 14." *crowd laughs*
Travis: Yeah, but I just wanted an interview man.
SaintVicious: Maybe they just want interviews! Hahaha.

Travis: And do you have anything to say to your fans?
SaintVicious: I really want to thank the CLG fans. It's like, v8 no offense but like when they cheer for v8 it's like "yayyyy" but when it's CLG it's like "YEAAAAHHHH CLG" and they throw babies at us and stuff. It's crazy.

Travis: Do you have any shoutouts you want to give?
SaintVicious: Definitely want to thank Razer and Own3D. They've been sponsoring us for over a year and they've been good to us, helping us get here.

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CLG Interview with HotShotNidaleeGeeGee

Travis: How are you Hotshot?
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: I'm great man!
Travis: How do you hit those spears?
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: I press Q? Hahaha.

Travis: You're up against TSM now. It's like one of the biggest rivalries in League of Legends, you guys have been rivals since the beginning. Do you ever get nervous when facing them?
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: I don't think any of us get nervous. At the beginning we used to but now we just play games and win.
Travis: This tournament we see a lot of picks at the beginning where you focus on specific champions like Kog'maw and Mundo and stuff. Do you have any thoughts about it?
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: People jump on the band wagon with tournaments. Like, Corki used to be top, now it's Kog'maw top pick. But it's just a phase.
Travis: When you stepped off the plane from Korea and you landed, you got here. Did you ever expect to make it here to the Finals?
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: I don't want to sound cocky, but I expected to be there in the top 3. I expected Dignitas to be there, I expected TSM to be there and I expected us to be there.
Travis: It always seems to be the same three teams who dominate events. Do you think there's anything in particular about it?
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: We've all been around for so long. The other teams haven't been around as much and don't have as much LAN experience as us and I think that really affects it.

Travis: You have to go through 2 Bo3s to win IPL. It's going to be a long gruelling match. Are you prepared?
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: It's going be a long series. It's kind of like an endurance run. It's so long and tiring. You gotta keep the endurance up and just get through it.

Travis: I talked to SaintV about the crowd and how they've been so great here.
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: This has been the best crowd at any event I have been to. I love you guys. I don't know about the thunder sticks though, haha.
Travis: We gave them out since we heard the GSL in SC2 was super loud. And we gave them out and then they just went nuts. They've been so loud with them.
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: Yeah. In NA we only get one thunderstick instead of two. You gotta battle it out with the person next to you haha.
Travis: The crowd has been great. The moment we asked them to turn it down they immediately did it. The production crew was like "Wow, they're so respectful."
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: Yeah! Like, thanks guys I really appreciate it.
Travis: Do you want to reward them by beating TSM then?
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: I'll try my best to do that then haha.

Travis: Any shoutouts?
HotshotNidaleeGeeGee: Shoutout to Razer and Own3D and thanks to the fans!

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Pre-Finals Interview with Dan Dinh

Travis: Your brother about to face CLG. Any emotions?
Dan Dinh: Well, he's my brother. It's my duty to root for him. He's my bloodline.
Travis: Do you think CLG can beat TSM?
Dan Dinh: I feel like if CLG is in their element they will definitely win. But then TSM definitely can win. They have that extra buffer of the extra set. Both teams have a really good chance, anything can happen
Travis: TSM recently got that extra help from what people call the manager or coach.
Dan Dinh: It's more like a manager/coach.
Travis: Yeah. Do you think it's been good for them?
Dan Dinh: He's been like a a life coach. The players know how to play the game and that's what they do but there are other things they are bad at like eating habits.
Travis: Do you think he has been a huge contribution?
Dan Dinh: Definitely. Any time you eat healthier and eat healthier, it affects you physically and mentally.

Travis: How have you found the tournament so far to be?
Dan Dinh: I think it's been great. The crowd has great energy, it's a great location. It really mixes together.

Travis: Let's say TSM does win. What are you going to do?
Dan Dinh: We're going to drop 5000 on Black. (Chiharu: Blackjack. Gambling in Vegas basically.) He was like: "If I do that, it feels like I just won Hannover." *crowd laughs*

Travis: You want to mention anything about Solomid and the stuff you do?
Dan Dinh: Yeah, we manage Team Solomid, Solomid.net. You can learn more about the players playing on TSM and read guide written by the pros.
Travis: You're on 4Not. Do you have any plans other than playing on the team?
Dan Dinh: I still feel attached to the game. You walk away from it for a while and then you want to play the game again. I told them I was going to be a lot less avaliable and then they can try me see how it works and can kick me any time.
Travis:
Dan Dinh: Shoutouts to CLG and TSM. They're doing so good this tournament. Shoutout to the fans here and online. And shoutout to Mama who I know is watching right now.

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Pre-Second Round Finals Interview with Kobe24

Travis: Hey there. I'm with Kobe24, an ex-CLG player. Do you mind introducing yourself?
Kobe24: I was on CLG for several years. I know both of the guys on the teams actually. I knew Hotshot before we were even level 30.
Travis: So you're just here to spectate the games?
Kobe24: Yeah, just here chilling and watching the games and cheering them on.
Travis: You and Dan were actually talking about talking about the time you guys were playing together earlier, right?
Kobe24: Yeah, there was a time Andy and Dan Dinh were on the CLG. Very very briefly, but yeah. A long time ago.
Travis: And you're here, you got to play in another showmatch, just like at Dreamhack.
Kobe24: And yeah I got to play on the Rioters v Pros showmatch
Travis: You got to be on the big screen, playing for everyone to see. Do you miss that?
Kobe24: Yeah, I do miss it. I miss the competitive scene and playing for real. The reason I quit was because I didn't have time to practise anymore and I got an Eningeering job. So I had to drop out. Kinda miss it. Things have changed so much.
Travis: Any plans to return to the scene? Feeling nostalgic?
Kobe24: I dunno man. I could maybe do a casting job but doubt I could be a player.

Travis: Do you want to talk about how CLG is going so far?
Kobe24: Yeah, they're really looking good. CLG came in hot after two games v Dignitas but TSM were coming in cold with no warmup. I think that was a factor.
Travis: So what do you think about Game 1?
Kobe24: Uh.. what was the team comp Game 1?
Travis: Um, I forget haha. Ok, so Game 2 then.
Kobe24: Well, I was worried about Game 2 because they didn't have a lot of CC with only Ahri charm but they never team fought until they were really ahead and then it didn't matter.
Travis: I was worried that TSM were in a similar position Game 1.
Kobe24: Yeah, they could only counter initate with CLG having such a strong tank line. Shyvana and Cho'Gath in the front, with Cho having all that CC. Vlad would try to pool and AoE but it just didn't work.

Travis: Are you rooting for CLG or for TSM?
Kobe24: Like I said, I'm really good friends with all of them but I'll say I'm rooting for CLG for old time's sake haha.
Travis: Who do you think will win the next few games then?
Kobe24: I think TSM is going to come out and win the first one at least. They still have a chance.

Travis: Big yells from the audience for CLG at least. Yeah. But I think in a moment there will be TSM shouts. So anyway, how are you enjoying Vegas?
Kobe24: Everyone's voices are going. Especially with the drinking yeah.

Travis: Any shoutouts you want to give?
Kobe24: My brother just started playing League of Legends. Just hit level 15. He's going to follow my footsteps and join a proteam haha.
Travis: Will he join a team before he hits lvl 30?
Kobe24: Yeah man, totally haha.
Travis: And like-
Kobe24: Oh, you know. Just the way this tournament has been run since when I just started is so different. Everything was on wireless and there were disconnects but everything has been done great and it's been great.