[Winners Interview] Team 8 vs CJ Entus

Jaehoon: "I believe in Jaedong."

Kim Jaehoon has definitely changed. Despite becoming Team 8's captain, he does not break down mentally after a single loss. His skill has increased and whether he plays against Flash or anyone else, he has the confidence to believe he should win that match. Because he thinks that if he does well individually, Team 8 will perform better as well, Jaehoon is determined to work his hardest.

Q. Your team won. How do feel about that?
A. We could have had 2 consecutive victories if we had beaten KT in the previous match so I felt really sorry that due to my mistake we lost. However, I'm happy that my victory in BW today helped pave the path for the team's victory. I want to keep on winning in the future.

Q. Today you went head to head against Horang2 yet again.
A. I was really taken aback. I listened to the entry in advance and heard that my opponent would be Horang2. Suddenly I thought of our battle in round 1 [If I remember correctly, Jaehoon's keyboard malfunctioned during that game and the Kespa referee didn't notice him signalling this with his hands for 10-20 seconds. However despite their own mistake, a rematch was not called. Coach Han was quite upset with that decision.] My teammates said that if it's this bad [that they meet so often], then we should be called best friends (laugh). Truthfully, I don't like playing against Horang2 and I wanted to avoid him today but we were fated to meet again. Despite this, I thought that I have to beat him by out-macroing him.

Q. You won by repeatedly fending off your opponent's attacks.
A. I'm confident in warding off attacks even while expanding. Nevertheless, I was a little bit shaken as I didn't expect the opponent to have upgraded shuttle speed yet. However, because I was feeling confident and warded off the first attack, I thought that I would be able to win.

Q. In round 1, you lost after the referee's decision and your willpower seemed to have been shaken.
A. My willpower collapsed. I really hate this Proleague. In round 1, I was scheduled to play in the Ace set against CJ so I was happy that I had the chance to win 2 games in one day. But because of the referee's decision, this chance was taken away and that made me really angry. However, because I have to perform well for the team's sake, I picked myself up again.

Q. The referee made another bad call during a Starleague match.
A. In all honesty, it wasn't the same situation as mine and I didn't see exactly what took place but I roughly understand what happened. Seeing Flash recover his composure to win, I know why Flash is called the best player.

Q. It had been a long time since your teammate Tyson made an appearance.
A. He's been practicing hard but unfortunately wasn't able to obtain an opportunity to play. Still, he won today despite making centre nexus which he shouldn't have, so it's clear that he's confident (laugh). He wanted to make some kind of impact today and he thought he'd won unconditionally when he actually didn't know that his opponent had an expo at 10 o'clock (laugh). Next time, he definitely mustn't do this and as captain, I'll have to have a word with him for sure (laugh). If he had lost, it would have been horrible.

Q. It feels like you've resolved that nervousness that used to be your weakness since your younger days at MBCGame.
A. To be honest, recently, miraculously my fears have disappeared as I've grown older. I no longer tremble during live matches. No matter who I play against, I have no fear. Even with Ace matches, I'm confident enough to feel comfortable. I'm looking forward to becoming a player who develops even further (laugh).

Q. Jaedong seems to be slumping.
A. It's a pity that these days, everything is judged based on the eventually outcome of the match. However, based on his skill, I think that Jaedong will rise once again. Therefore I don't think I need to say anything to him. I always have the feeling during his matches that because he's Jaedong, he can win so I'm definitely not worried. He's a player who practices really hard so I believe in him.

Q. Your form in round 2 is good.
A. Although it's not a bad record to have won 2 out of 3 games, it's a pity that I wasn't able to show better form in round 1. [Jaehoon currently has 6 wins and 4 losses.] I'll have to win even more games in the future and fulfill this pledge through my matches.

Q. Anything else you'd like to say in conclusion?
A. Because of the hybrid league, all players would like to focus their practice on SC2. Despite this, my juniors really worked hard to help me prepare for this match. I want to tell them that I'm always grateful to them and I'll buy them something nice to eat on our rest day. I hope that there will be good days to come and we can all cheer up.

Source:
http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=62773

Last edit: 2012-07-03 08:01:33

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Pvvned United States. July 03 2012 07:59. Posts 388

Thanks for the translation

I also believe in Jaedong ~

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Dakkas July 03 2012 08:26. Posts 2375

Jaehoon gogogo, easily the best player on T8 right now. So happy to see him grow

BgSBendeR Canada. July 03 2012 08:30. Posts 170

I believe in (Z)

Jaedong too :D

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ThreeActPlay United States. July 03 2012 08:31. Posts 159

On July 03 2012 08:26 Dakkas wrote:
Jaehoon gogogo, easily the best player on T8 right now. So happy to see him grow

Playing better than his spell as "failhoon" last season for sure :-) JD is a much better player though, let's not get carried away.

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Ryo July 03 2012 08:35. Posts 8409

On July 03 2012 08:31 ThreeActPlay wrote:

Playing better than his spell as "failhoon" last season for sure :-) JD is a much better player though, let's not get carried away.

Stop being a hater. Last season, everyone on Team 8 played poorly and understandably so given their ghetto living and training conditions. Jaehoon already made a big improvement in the 2010-2011 season. Even after becoming MBC's captain, he achieved a 56% winrate.

Dakkas said that Jaehoon is T8's best player right now because he has recorded the most wins for the team this season. And in terms of winrate, he's only second behind Baby.

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Xiphos Canada. July 03 2012 09:09. Posts 5732

Jaehoon: "I believe in Jaedong."

What the-

sigh, how the time has changed.

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ThreeActPlay United States. July 03 2012 09:44. Posts 159

On July 03 2012 08:35 Ryo wrote:

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that Jaehoon is doing well and I root for Team 8 more often than not. That being said, you can't simply ignore his results last season -- he wasn't just bad, he was laughably so. Objectively speaking, JD is a much better player than him, slump or not, and to say otherwise is just silly. We're a match removed from JD's complete domination of Best in SC2, and while his results last season didn't live up to his own high standard, he came out week after week and delivered wins late in the season, unlike Jaehoon, who dropped game after game.

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Dakkas July 03 2012 09:49. Posts 2375

On July 03 2012 09:44 ThreeActPlay wrote:

Don't talk if you didn't watch the games or even look at the people he's beaten

Ryo July 03 2012 09:58. Posts 8409

On July 03 2012 09:44 ThreeActPlay wrote:

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that Jaehoon is doing well and I root for Team 8 more often than not. That being said, you can't simply ignore his results last season -- he wasn't just bad, he was laughably so. Objectively speaking, JD is a much better player than him, slump or not, and to say otherwise is just silly. We're a match removed from JD's complete domination of Best in SC2, and while his results last season didn't live up to his own high standard, he came out week after week and delivered wins late in the season, unlike Jaehoon, who dropped game after game.

No he wasn't "laughingly" bad. Either you like to exaggerate to prove whatever point you have or you're just simply not aware of how all the players fared. Even with last season's record of 8 wins and 10 losses, his performance was still well within the top 10 protosses that season (a better record than the likes of Snow, Movie, By.Sun and Free) and top 3 within his own team. Team 8 and the protoss race on the whole didn't do well at all.

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SilSol Sweden. July 03 2012 10:08. Posts 2665

Nice interview! thx!

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Caihead Canada. July 03 2012 10:16. Posts 5159

Can i put this in the compilation thread with credit to you? thanks

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Ryo July 03 2012 12:08. Posts 8409