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Hi everyone.

Lately Zerg players like Jaedong and EffOrt are all over the place. sAviOr showed up at a recent ProLeague match as well. Who have we not heard from much? July!

On June 29, 2009, DailyESports did a pretty lengthy interview with him to catch up (there is an entire translation if you're interested). Some stuffs he said about/to the fellow Zerg masters:

"...[In response to the big buzz about [NC]Yellow’s recent win against Bisu, July said that the buzz is regrettable. Why?]

The whole buzz pissed me off. Since when it was a miracle for a progamer to score one win? [NC]Yellow always practices hard and he was still the best progamer for us, so it was sad to see that one win was considered the ultimate miracle or something.

For progamers who have been around a while, [NC]Yellow is a legend. But people on the Internet do nothing but make fun of him. I don’t know what they get bringing down a legend.

I’m glad that he won, but on the other hand it’s heartbreaking to see where he’s at now and people on the Internet making fun of him. I wish people stop doing that to a legend.

I wish people stop bringing down everything and all he gave to be where he was. Please!...

...July to Luxury:
You slowed down after winning the MSL. Please come back! You might not believe this but I’m not an extrovert so I didn’t get to know you better at the All-Star. But let’s be friends! Let’s meet up with Yellow[Arnc] at Battle.net sometimes.

July to Savior:
Nowadays we see Savior fans vs July fans. It’s good to be good at team leagues but I hope you be good at individual leagues. That’s where the name of Savior is symbolic. I hope you make a great comeback.

July to Jaedong:
As a Zerg user, it’s good to see you doing well. But it’s sad to see you playing too many games! It reminds me of my days at the team POS. I hope you keep a good pace. I sucked at it and got into a slump, so I hope that doesn’t come to you. Don’t exhaust yourself with game and be a progamer who’s at the top longer than I was.

July to Yellow[Arnc]:
You’re good at ZvZ and Luxury is good at ZvT, so you guys can help each other. I will teach ZvP, and teach me ZvZ! We should be friends soon!..."

Speaking of Zerg masters, how can Jaedong be stopped? I have you the answer. It's not Bisu. It's unfortunately not Flash. It's definitely not Stork. It's not even KeSPA.

It's this thing...
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Hi everyone.

Savior, Bisu, and Flash were on a Korean radio SBS on June 16, 2009.

Thanks unbee (that's not my YouTube channel btw...) for providing the interview.

They talked about cool stuffs, including when Savior had his first kiss and when he wants to get married, how much they like ramen, etc.

An interesting thing was Flash revealing his salary:

DJ – another fan asked how much you guys make. You’re pros yet young, giving up a lot to be pros.
Choi – it might be embarrassed to give exact numbers…maybe reveal just the first digit?
DJ – Savior? Doesn’t everybody know?
Savior – top guys levels are like two to three…
DJ – $200,000 to $300,000?
Savior – I never said that…
DJ – lol.
Park – I should practice harder…
Bisu – yeah it’s about that…
DJ – Flash, you’re still in high school…and you make that much?
Flash – yeah…

(unbee got some good stuffs about Savior, including this tribute video)

And I was watching OnGameNet live stream, and Carri's "7224" was on. It is a show talking about behind stories of Korean professional StarCraft scene.

Inside a moving car, Carri was talking with two StarGirls, after Bacchus OSL 2009 Group Selection. Interesting stuffs that the StarGirl Yeonji talked about:

- When asked what does she think about inside the game booth, she said, "I think about...'I wanna play!!""
- She also said that Flash brings a ruler to the game booth and measures things (to make sure that computer, keyboard, and mouse are positioned in the exact same way as they are when he practices).
- 9 out of 12 progamers who played in her booth proceeded to the round of 16
- She likes dark-skinned guys.
- She predicted Effort as the winner of Bacchus OSL 2009.