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[Translation] Ex-KTF Player Interviews

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United States4549 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-26 00:48:22
March 26 2009 00:21 GMT
#1
New Estro Member Haran, "I won't lose my chance at Estro"
If I just add to the strength of Estro, I think we'll do well

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You’ve now joined Estro – what are your thoughts?
- It feels really new. It feels like when I first became a progamer.

What made you finalize the decision to transfer?
- After KTF Coach LeeJiHoon first mentioned the idea, I heard that Coach KimHyunJin has had an eye on me for a while now. I thought about the transfer for several days, and I thought that I would be able to perform better on the Estro team so I decided on the transfer.

Are you adapting to the team well?
- I’ve spent a few days with the team and I think I’m adapting pretty well. The atmosphere seems a lot more comfortable than at KTF.

Did you have any close friends on Estro?
- I’m on the same clan as PuMa, and I spent my amateur player days with Fancy. I wasn’t close to any of the other players, but I’m rapidly getting to befriend many of them so it’s a relief.

You never really got a chance to participate while on KTF.
- Even after Luxury and Firefist joined, I had 2 opportunities to participate. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to live up to those chances. It’s my fault. While on Estro, I’ll never let another opportunity pass again.

How would you say the power of Estro zerg are?
- Hyvaa is good, and Magma was powerful as well. When I arrived, upon seeing the skill of the zerg, I noticed they were very good. Especially Action who sits next to me, was very good. If I just add to Estro’s strength, I think we will do well.

Anything you want to say to your teammates at KTF?
- Over the past, I’ve grown attached to all of you so much so it was really sad for me to leave. I really wish the best for KTF players. Although I’ve moved teams, I’d like it if we could meet often and have a shot of alcohol or two together, and continue staying on friendly terms (laughs).

Any words for your fans?
- I’ve moved from KTF to a new team. I will work very hard so please watch out for me in the future~

Original Korean Interview:
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- 이스트로에 합류하게 됐는데 소감이 어떤가
▲ 새로운 느낌이다. 처음 프로게이머가 됐을 때의 느낌인 것 같다.

- 이적 결정은 어떻게 내리게 됐는지
▲ KTF 이지훈 감독님이 이스트로 이적 생각을 들은 뒤, 김현진 감독님이 예전부터 날 지켜보고 계셨다는 사실을 알았다. 이적에 대해 며칠 생각을 했는데, 이스트로에서 내가 더 잘할 수 있을 것 같다는 생각이 들어서 이적을 결정하게 됐다.

- 팀 적응은 잘 되고 있는가
▲ 며칠 생활을 해봤는데 적응이 잘 되고 있는 것 같다. 분위기는 KTF보다 여기가 더 편한 느낌이다.

- 이스트로 선수들과 친분이 있었는지
▲ 이호준 선수와는 같은 클랜이고, 최지성 선수는 아마추어 숙소 생활을 같이 했었다. 다른 선수들과는 친분이 없었지만, 생각보다 빨리 친해지고 있어서 다행이다.

- KTF에서 출전 기회를 잡지 못하고 있었는데
▲ 박찬수, 김재춘 선수의 영입 이후에도 나에게 2번 정도의 기회가 왔었다. 하지만 나는 기회를 모두 살리지 못했다. 내 탓이다. 이스트로에서는 절대 기회를 놓치지 않겠다.

- 이스트로의 저그 전력은 어떤 것 같나
▲ 신대근 선수도 잘하고, 박문기 선수도 강력했었다. 막상 와서 다른 저그 선수들의 실력을 보니 정말 잘하더라. 특히 옆자리의 김성대 선수의 실력은 대단했다. 내가 조금만 힘을 보태면 이스트로는 잘 될 것 같다.

- KTF 동료들에게 하고 싶은 말이 있나
▲ 그 동안 정도 많이 들었는데 이렇게 헤어지게 되어서 아쉬운 마음이 있다. KTF 선수들 모두 잘됐으면 좋겠다. 팀은 옮겼지만 자주 만나서 술도 한잔씩 하고, 친하게 지냈으면 좋겠다(웃음).

- 팬들에게 하고 싶은 말이 있다면
▲ KTF에서 팀을 옮겨 이스트로에 새로 합류하게 됐다. 앞으로 열심히 할 것이니 많은 관심 부탁드린다.



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Hery, "I believe my transfer to STX will be a huge opportunity for me"
I feel sad and sorry towards KTF

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Your thoughts on moving to STX?
- Coach KimEunDong thinks highly of me so in that aspect I’m very thankful. However, because I spent so much time at KTF, it’s still a bit awkward.

You spent a long period as a KTF player, are you sad?
- I knew I was transferring from a week ago but even as I tried to ready my heart the time was short and it was still really sad. Yesterday after finishing the farewell party with all the KTF members and saying goodbye, I went home alone feeling a mixture of emotions. While I was at KTF, the coach changed often and each time they had high expectations of me, so the thought of the fact that I couldn’t live up to those expectations came to mind and I felt extremely sorry.

Upon moving to STX, you probably have a lot of hopes.
- I do have a lot of hopes. I’m not sure what the reason is but I just feel like things will go well. For a while I’ve been thinking about change but it never worked out. Although it’s true one must change oneself, with this transfer a huge change has occurred and I see it as a good opportunity.

When do you think will be a point of revival for you?
- When I completely settle into the team, I think I will be able to show my abilities. Although I was a senior on KTF, I’m now a new player on STX so I will have to work hard and approach the players first.

After this transfer what is your goal?
- I haven’t thought about it concretely but the thing I need most right now is a victory. It’s been so long since I’ve had a victory in the regular season, so if I can get a win I feel the rest will play out smoothly.

You’re now starting anew – message for your fans?
- For a long time I was in a slump so I’m sorry for showing only a losing side of me. I just went through a huge change so I hope the people that are watching will also think of it as a good change. I really want to work hard and show a good side of me as soon as I can. I will make it so that next time instead of this kind of interview, I will be interviewed after I win a match.

Original Korean Interview:
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- STX로 이적하게 됐는데 소감은
▲ 김은동 감독님께서 저를 굉장히 좋게 봐주셔서 그런 부분이 굉장히 감사하다. KTF에서 오래 생활했던 만큼 아직 어색하긴 하다.

- KTF에서 오랜 시간 선수 생활을 했는데 아쉽지는 않나
▲ 이적한다는 사실을 일주일 전부터 알고 있었는데 그 시간 동안 마음의 준비를 많이 했음에도불구하고 많이 아쉬웠다. 어제 KTF선수들과 다 함께 송별회를 마치고 마지막 인사를 모두 나눈 뒤 혼자 집에 가는데 굉장히 착잡하더라. KTF에 있는 동안 감독님도 많이 바뀌고 그 때마다 기대를 많이 받았었는데 그 기대에 부응하지 못했던 것들이 떠올라서 미안한 마음도 컸다.

- STX로 팀을 옮기면서 기대도 있을 것 같은데
▲ 굉장히 기대하고 있다. 특별히 이유는 모르겠지만 잘 될 것 같은 느낌이 든다. 그 동안 변화를 주고 싶은 생각도 많았는데 그게 잘 안됐다. 자기 스스로가 변화를 해야 하는 것이 맞지만 이번 이적으로 큰 변화를 하게 됐고 나에게 좋은 기회라고 생각하고 있다.

- 부활 가능 시점은 언제라고 보는지
▲ 팀에 완벽히 적응했을 때 내 실력도 완벽하게 보여줄 수 있을 것 같다. KTF에서는 고참에 속했지만 STX에서는 가장 신입이 됐으니까 내가 먼저 노력하고 선수들에게 다가가야 할 것 같다.

- 이적 후 목표는 무엇인지
▲ 구체적으로는 생각 안 해봤는데 굉장히 필요한 것은 1승인 것 같다. 공식전 1승을 한 지 너무오래 됐는데 1승을 하고 나면 그 뒤부터는 잘 풀릴 것 같다.

- 새롭게 시작하게 됐는데 팬들에게 한마디
▲ 오랜 시간 동안 부진에 빠져 있으면서 계속 지는 모습만 보여 드린 것 같아서 죄송하다. 이번에 큰 변화를 겪게 됐는데 지켜 보시는 분들도 좋게 봐주셨으면 좋겠다. 정말 더 열심히 해서 빠른 시일 내에 좋은 모습으로 찾아 뵙고 싶다. 이런 인터뷰가 아닌 경기에서 이기고 난 다음의 승자 인터뷰에서 만나 뵐 수 있도록 만들겠다.



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STX Coach KimEunDong, "I just want Hery to display his capabilities"
I've always thought he was a good player

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Your thoughts on Hery’s move to STX.
- I’ve always thought he was a good player but seeing him perform poorly in televised matches raised a few doubts and was distressing to see. Recently KTF recruited a lot of terran players so naturally my interest towards Hery rose and I eventually brought up the idea of the transfer. Because conversations with the KTF director went well, the transfer was able to take place. With Hery’s addition to our team, I am hoping he will act as an encouraging stimulus for the other terran players on the team.

Hery spent a long time on KTF and he’s not exactly a young player either…
- This is something I tell other progamers all the time as well but I believe as long as a player has the will, age isn’t a big factor. Hery is the same age as Hwasin on our team, and I don’t believe they are old players. If, however, someone has this mindset, I want to tell them that this is not a suitable mindset for a player to have.

What kind of history do you have with Hery?
- I’ve had interest in him but we never had a special history, though I will say I probably gained more interest due to the fact that he has the same name as Calm on our team. Honestly, with Hery, besides the fact that he practices hard and has strong abilities, I don’t know any further information.

When do you think Hery will be ready to play again?
- Because he’s a player who has been playing, once he joins our team I believe the most urgent matter is getting him ready to play as soon as possible again. However, because the atmosphere with KTF and STX are very different, I believe it will take some time for him to get really settled in.

Your hopes for Hery?
- I won’t ask for anything extravagant like a starleague victory. I just hope that he will get the chance to appropriately display his abilities. His abilities are good enough that he has the potential to become an example to other players. As a progamer, so that he doesn’t regret it, I hope he can get the chance to really show his skills to everyone.

Original Korean Interview:
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- 김윤환 선수를 영입하게 된 과정이 궁금하다
▲ 예전부터 잘하는 선수라고 생각했는데 대회에서 성적이 좋지 않아 조금 의아하기도 하고 안타깝기도 했었다. 이번에 KTF에서 테란 선수를 많이 영입하는 걸 보고 기존에 KTF에 있던 선수들 중 김윤환 선수에게 자연스럽게 관심이 가서 이적 얘기를 꺼냈고 KTF 사무국과 얘기가 잘 돼서 일이 성사됐다. 이번 영입으로 김윤환 선수는 물론 우리 팀 테란 선수들에게도 좋은 자극이 됐으면 하는 바람이다.

- 김윤환 선수는 KTF에서 오랜 시간 활동했고 나이도 적지 않은 편인데
▲ 다른 프로게이머들한테도 늘 하는 얘기지만 본인의 의지가 있다면 나이는 큰 상관이 되지 않는다. 김윤환 선수가 우리 팀의 진영수 선수와 동갑인데 둘 다 나이가 많은 건 아니라고 생각한다. 혹시라도 그런 생각을 가지고 있다면 프로게이머를 하기에 적합한 마인드가 아니라고 얘기해 주고 싶다.

- 김윤환 선수와 어떤 인연이 있었는지
▲ 관심이 가는 선수였지만 특별한 인연은 없었고 다만 우리 팀 김윤환(저그)선수와 이름이 같아서 더 관심이 갔던 것 같기도 하다. 사실 테란 김윤환 선수에 대한 것은 연습할 때 열심히 했고 능력이 있다는 것만 알고 있을 뿐 자세한 정보는 하나도 아는 것이 없다.

- 김윤환의 활동 시기는 언제쯤이 될까
▲ 계속 활동을 해 오던 선수이기 때문에 우리 팀에 와서도 바로 경기에 투입할 수 있는 상태로 만드는 게 급선무인 것 같다. KTF와 STX의 팀 분위기가 많이 달라서 적응 기간은 어느 정도 필요할 것 같다.

- 김윤환에게 바라는 점이 있다면
▲ 특별히 개인리그에서 우승을 하라든지 하는 얘기는 하지 않는다. 다만 본인의 능력을 제대로 발휘해 주었으면 좋겠다. 김윤환 선수가 가진 능력 안에는 다른 선수들의 귀감이 될 만한 요소가 충분하다고 생각하기 때문이다. 프로게이머로서 본인이 후회하지 않을 정도의 능력발휘를 해주길 바랄 뿐이다.


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My heart felt warm after translating the STX Coach interview. The man seems really nice. <3<3
Taken from fomos.kr
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Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
March 26 2009 00:26 GMT
#2
Thanks for the translation!

It's a shame Hery hasn't turned out to be any good. For the longest time he was heralded as like the new and upcoming Terran God. Oh well, hope he gets a chance at STX (Although highly unlikely).
God Bless
Sprite
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1015 Posts
March 26 2009 00:35 GMT
#3
KTF has been doing alot of team reforming jeez.
Firebathero is still the best!
Itachii
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Poland12466 Posts
March 26 2009 00:40 GMT
#4
Haran fighting~~!
thx for translations
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Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom5399 Posts
March 26 2009 00:42 GMT
#5
Awww we'll take good care of Haran - having met him properly now he's a super polite and nice guy. I'm looking forward to seeing more of him when I'm backstage with the other eSTRO players. It's good to hear he's already friends with some of the players (Puma is one of my favorite guys on the team - he really makes a lot of effort to speak English to me and we have fun chats along with Soony and Sangho.)
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Elsi
Profile Joined October 2002
United Kingdom8173 Posts
March 26 2009 00:46 GMT
#6
nice! keep it up!
Avidkeystamper
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States8552 Posts
March 26 2009 01:15 GMT
#7
Smix, you are awesome. This is awesome. Awesome.
Jaedong
Lebesgue
Profile Joined October 2008
4542 Posts
March 26 2009 04:17 GMT
#8
Thanks for the translation smix.

But I can't believe STX took Hery from KTF. He sucked so badly for so long now I think noone has hope for him anymore. Haran to estro is sad but I hope he will have more chance to play there and develope than he would have in KTF.

anch
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States5457 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-26 05:58:44
March 26 2009 05:57 GMT
#9
KTF purge 2009!!
"Hi, we discovered hoejja is better, and we just hired ForGG. You two are no longer needed"
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
March 26 2009 06:39 GMT
#10
Thanks for the translation!
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Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8101 Posts
March 26 2009 06:57 GMT
#11
lets hope the day never comes that STX needs hery :\


srsly I know hwasin is slumpin in PL a bit but DAMN
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Descent
Profile Joined January 2008
1244 Posts
March 26 2009 07:23 GMT
#12
Thanks for the translations, Smix. I hope Hery somehow is the catalyst that lets STX players sweep the medals in the coming seasons. I won't name how that might be possible, but one can hope. =) Hery, STX SouL Fighting~
「 Dream & Future 」 ※ 「 STX SouL 」
[X]Ken_D
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
United States4650 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-26 09:24:15
March 26 2009 09:22 GMT
#13
STX, the team where slumping players go to, only to make the original team wish they didn't lose that player

The eStro trade doesn't make sense to me. I don't recall Haran being as good as eStro's top zerg.
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Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17727 Posts
March 26 2009 09:32 GMT
#14
On March 26 2009 15:57 Ideas wrote:
lets hope the day never comes that STX needs hery :\


srsly I know hwasin is slumpin in PL a bit but DAMN

Hery must be really really good in practice or something because they always sent him out in proleague.
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Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8101 Posts
March 26 2009 23:47 GMT
#15
On March 26 2009 18:32 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 26 2009 15:57 Ideas wrote:
lets hope the day never comes that STX needs hery :\


srsly I know hwasin is slumpin in PL a bit but DAMN

Hery must be really really good in practice or something because they always sent him out in proleague.



i think that just speaks more for how shitty non-flash/luxury KTF is lol
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