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WW.SortOf travels to Korea + GSTL

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Tidus Mino
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom1108 Posts
March 05 2013 18:25 GMT
#1
Western Wolves SortOf is flying to South Korea today, for a 3 month stay with New Star Hoseo for some solid Korean practice with the release of HOTS, as well as a chance to compete in GSTL as part of a partnership between New Star Hoseo and Western Wolves. SortOf travelled to South Korea for a short 3 week stint in October 2012, and has decided he would like to go back, meet his friends in New Star Hoseo once again and live in the mecca of esports. The purpose of this trip, is not just practice, and to expect a huge growth in skill overnight. The trip is designed to help SortOf develop as a player, as well as a person by experiencing living away from home in a team house for a long period of time, and being able to immerse himself fully in a new culture and a strong practice environment.

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MadCatz and WesternWolves promise to keep our fans up-to-date with some neat features, including media coverage of the tournaments they attend. To start out, we've prepared a small interview below:

Interview with WWMCZ.SortOf

Thanks for taking the time to do an interview SortOf! Could you provide our readers with a small introduction first?

WW.MCZ SortOf: Hey! My name is Rickard Bergman, you may know me as SortOf and I'm a 19 year old Zerg player from Sweden.

You'll be leaving today, did you get everything packed?

WW.MCZ SortOf: Yeah, I started packing a few days back, got almost everything ready now so I cant wait to go!

When it comes to professional gamers moving/travelling abroad, their number one obstacle is convincing families and friends. What's their view on your trip to Korea? Are they supportive?

WW.MCZ SortOf: My family and friends have been very supportive of me, cheering me on, watching the tournaments I participate in etc and I'm very thankful for that, its been helping me alot.

Could you name one thing you're expecting to miss the most while being away from home?
WW.MCZ SortOf: Being away from my family and friends is gonna be the hardest, but I'm very happy to be going back to Korea.

What're you're really looking forward to see/do while being in Korea?

WW.MCZ SortOf: I really miss the food in korea, so getting back to that is going to be great. Besides that I'm looking forward to see the gomstudio.

If you compare the Korean to the European scene in terms of StarCraft II, what's the biggest difference gameplay-wise?

WW.MCZ SortOf: First of all, there is a huge diffrence in the amount of high level players there are, Korea have so many more talented highskilled players compared to Europe and America. Gameplay-wise, Europeans and Americans are alot more greedy compared to the Koreans, who play a much more solid, wellrounded style.

Are there any Korean players/teams you're looking forward to meet?

WW.MCZ SortOf: I'm really looking forward to meeting all the NSHS guys again, it's gonna be so great! As well as my team mate Sting of course!

When will our fans be able to see you play? Which events will you attend?

WW.MCZ SortOf: Next up the fans can see me at PAXeast. Sadly I will no longer be attending IPL6, as it has been cancelled. I've also been invited to join forces with the NSH team and play for them in the GSTL. Can't wait!

How long will you be staying there?
WW.MCZ SortOf: I'll be staying there until mid-March, and I'm going on a trip to the US for PAXeast, after that I'm going back to Korea again until mid-May/early June.

Again, thank you for the interview. Any last shout-outs?

WW.MCZ SortOf: Shoutouts to WesternWolves and all our Sponsors, MadCatz, Sapphire, AMD and Cyborg for making this possible.


For more updates on SortOf's journey, make sure you like our Official Facebook SC2 Fanpage.
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opterown *
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
March 05 2013 18:27 GMT
#2
excellent, good luck!
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gazageiras
Profile Joined February 2011
Finland242 Posts
March 05 2013 18:28 GMT
#3
Cool, SortOf is great!
NrG.NeverExpo
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2114 Posts
March 05 2013 18:28 GMT
#4
gl ricky, always such a hard worker ~
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Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
March 05 2013 18:29 GMT
#5
Nice. There's probably a good chance he'll get fielded in the GSTL too, considering how sparse NSH's roster is.
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GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
March 05 2013 18:30 GMT
#6
Nice! There are few foreigners I would want more than SortOf when it comes to Korea journeys
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Teodice
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Sweden641 Posts
March 05 2013 18:30 GMT
#7
Lycka till Rickard!
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AyMnRSC2
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States123 Posts
March 05 2013 18:30 GMT
#8
Wow, congratulations to SortOf, this is a very big step for him and I wish him nothing but the best of luck
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Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
March 05 2013 18:32 GMT
#9
Great news/ Lycka till Rickard!
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archonOOid
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
1983 Posts
March 05 2013 18:32 GMT
#10
Maybe he needs to connect with the other foreigners in Korea so he won't feel so isolated. Start a facebook group! I hope he will be playing in some of the team leagues.
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garlicface
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada4196 Posts
March 05 2013 18:32 GMT
#11
Hope to see some magic from him in GSTL. Haven't seen a foreigner pull their own weight since HuK went out as ace for oGs. qxc's all-kill was good too, but HuK's is the more memorable for me.
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followZeRoX
Profile Joined March 2011
Serbia1451 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-05 18:34:14
March 05 2013 18:33 GMT
#12
Gl even tho I think that someone needs to be one of the best players in his region before going to Korea. In every case, respect and gl there.
nihlon
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden5581 Posts
March 05 2013 18:49 GMT
#13
Is morrow going back to Korea as well?
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Fragile51
Profile Joined October 2011
Netherlands15767 Posts
March 05 2013 18:51 GMT
#14
That picture is pretty amusing. Good news all around!
fAnTaCy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States893 Posts
March 05 2013 18:54 GMT
#15
Good luck Rickard! Crush some nerds in Korea man <3
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
March 05 2013 18:55 GMT
#16
Good luck! NSH roster is small enough there is definitely a good chance we might be seeing SortOf a couple of times in the GSTL although bo7 instead of bo9 kind of sucks for seeing more players
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krutopatkin
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany2612 Posts
March 05 2013 18:55 GMT
#17
wow this is great news, good luck!
Erik.TheRed
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1655 Posts
March 05 2013 18:57 GMT
#18
Haha that picture is hilarious. GL to SortOf!
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Lazzi
Profile Joined June 2011
Switzerland1923 Posts
March 05 2013 19:04 GMT
#19
Nice, good luck!
It's good to be back
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
March 05 2013 19:06 GMT
#20
so does this mean Sting in GSTL? o:
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