http://s.163.com/12/0116/19/7NTPPPTS00314D0E.html and
which were translated from
http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=1076471&category=13439 and http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=1076567&category=13439
I am sorry I only have one of the interviews. The website I translate from seems to only translate to Chinese the interviews of the people that they deem popular. If there is anyone who knows Korean and can translate directly from thisisgame and wants to do it, you're most welcome to do so and take over the translation of the player interviews. Just let me know
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Players in the group (no order of merit)
SlayerS_MMA
FXO_Gumiho
SlayerS_Yugioh
Liquid_Zenio
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First Place
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SlayerS_MMA
Q: It's been a long time since you played in an official game. What are your thoughts?
A: After resting for such a long time, I was afraid of losing the feel of playing in a tournament, and so I came to the studio earlier than usual. During the off-season, I was quite concerned because of the long period of rest and made the necessary adjustments, and that allowed me to advance in the tournament today.
Q: Even though the winner in the previous season was Jjakji, it seems like you are the one receiving more attention because of the Blizzard Cup.
A: I am not too concerned about that, so I didn't really give much thought to it. Maybe people haven't seen it yet, but I still feel that Jjakji is a really good player. I feel that he should be receiving more attention than me.
(T/N: Translation for this next answer might be a bit off. I didn't have sufficient background knowledge, and spent like about a few hours looking for it, but couldn't find related information, so I left the part out. Think it's talking about who they played against. 70% of his answer is still there though If anyone knows, just let me know and I'll add it in.)
Q: What did you do during the rest period?
A: I have been working out. I've mainly been playing soccer. I got to play against Lee Keun-Ho, and he said I played really well. It is a moment I will always remember.
Q: When did you officially start preparing for the GSL?
A: I started preparing since one week ago. I practised mainly on my mechanics before that, and only started preparing my strategies one week ago.
(T/N: Translation for this next question might also be a bit off. Not familiar with the language used. Sorry This was one hard interview to translate)
Q: There was a teammate in the same group as you today. Do you think that was very unlucky?
A: No, I didn't think that way. However, I had hoped that if we had to play each other, it would be in the winner's game. I hope he would make it to the round of 16 by winning the final game.
Q: Do you have any thoughts of winning the GSL three times?
A: What's most important now is still to improve my standard of play. In 2012, I hope to win at least 3 tournaments, but it might be a bit hard this season.
Q: What do you think are your chances of winning the GSL this season?
A: It was a surprise for me that I would be taking part in IEM6, and leaving the country tomorrow for it.This presents a great difficulty for me in my preparation of the round of 16.
I think the round of 16 is one of the biggest hurdles. As long as I am able to pass the round of 16, I think I would be able to get pretty good results.
Q: You won't be able to take part in the choosing ceremony for the groups this Friday.
A: That would be left completely to Coach Ryu Won. He is very good at at analysing, and I believe he will choose an opponent who will be able to play interesting games.
Q: What are your aims for 2012?
A: It is to win 3 tournaments in the GSL within the year. Another important aim is also to be healthy. Hopefully, the whole team will be able to be healthy and achieve good results in 2012.
Q: Any last things you wish to say?
A: I want to thank Ga Yeon nuna, Boxer hyung, Coach Ryu Won, and Head Coach Cella. The coaching team, especially, who have been working very hard to manage the conditions of the players.
The players will be fighting on, and I hope that the coaching team will fight on too. Many people have given me a lot of help for this tournament.
I want to thank all the players who have helped me, including SlayerS_Clide, SlayerS_Ryung, TSL_Heart, SlayerS_Coca, SlayerS_Miya (Thanks to xpaperclipx for finding this ). There are still two more trainees in the team, and I suppose they might be getting a bit impatient. I hope they won't be too impatient. Their chances will definitely come, and I hope they will continue working hard.
(T/N: Seriously this was such a hard interview to translate. I'm constantly second guessing myself on many of the statements :| I hope it's accurate.)
Q: It's been a long time since you played in an official game. What are your thoughts?
A: After resting for such a long time, I was afraid of losing the feel of playing in a tournament, and so I came to the studio earlier than usual. During the off-season, I was quite concerned because of the long period of rest and made the necessary adjustments, and that allowed me to advance in the tournament today.
Q: Even though the winner in the previous season was Jjakji, it seems like you are the one receiving more attention because of the Blizzard Cup.
A: I am not too concerned about that, so I didn't really give much thought to it. Maybe people haven't seen it yet, but I still feel that Jjakji is a really good player. I feel that he should be receiving more attention than me.
(T/N: Translation for this next answer might be a bit off. I didn't have sufficient background knowledge, and spent like about a few hours looking for it, but couldn't find related information, so I left the part out. Think it's talking about who they played against. 70% of his answer is still there though If anyone knows, just let me know and I'll add it in.)
Q: What did you do during the rest period?
A: I have been working out. I've mainly been playing soccer. I got to play against Lee Keun-Ho, and he said I played really well. It is a moment I will always remember.
Q: When did you officially start preparing for the GSL?
A: I started preparing since one week ago. I practised mainly on my mechanics before that, and only started preparing my strategies one week ago.
(T/N: Translation for this next question might also be a bit off. Not familiar with the language used. Sorry This was one hard interview to translate)
Q: There was a teammate in the same group as you today. Do you think that was very unlucky?
A: No, I didn't think that way. However, I had hoped that if we had to play each other, it would be in the winner's game. I hope he would make it to the round of 16 by winning the final game.
Q: Do you have any thoughts of winning the GSL three times?
A: What's most important now is still to improve my standard of play. In 2012, I hope to win at least 3 tournaments, but it might be a bit hard this season.
Q: What do you think are your chances of winning the GSL this season?
A: It was a surprise for me that I would be taking part in IEM6, and leaving the country tomorrow for it.This presents a great difficulty for me in my preparation of the round of 16.
I think the round of 16 is one of the biggest hurdles. As long as I am able to pass the round of 16, I think I would be able to get pretty good results.
Q: You won't be able to take part in the choosing ceremony for the groups this Friday.
A: That would be left completely to Coach Ryu Won. He is very good at at analysing, and I believe he will choose an opponent who will be able to play interesting games.
Q: What are your aims for 2012?
A: It is to win 3 tournaments in the GSL within the year. Another important aim is also to be healthy. Hopefully, the whole team will be able to be healthy and achieve good results in 2012.
Q: Any last things you wish to say?
A: I want to thank Ga Yeon nuna, Boxer hyung, Coach Ryu Won, and Head Coach Cella. The coaching team, especially, who have been working very hard to manage the conditions of the players.
The players will be fighting on, and I hope that the coaching team will fight on too. Many people have given me a lot of help for this tournament.
I want to thank all the players who have helped me, including SlayerS_Clide, SlayerS_Ryung, TSL_Heart, SlayerS_Coca, SlayerS_Miya (Thanks to xpaperclipx for finding this ). There are still two more trainees in the team, and I suppose they might be getting a bit impatient. I hope they won't be too impatient. Their chances will definitely come, and I hope they will continue working hard.
(T/N: Seriously this was such a hard interview to translate. I'm constantly second guessing myself on many of the statements :| I hope it's accurate.)
Second Place (Sorry, I am unable to translate this interview because they didn't translate this to Chinese There's a picture though.)
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FXO_Gumiho
T/N: With this interview, I tried to translate from both the Chinese translation and whatever I can get from the Google translated Korean article. Hopefully, this makes it more accurate. It's not my best work, but I thought something was better than nothing
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Previous interviews can be found at the following links.
Group A (NSHoseo_Jjakji, Gamania_Sen, SlayerS_Boxer, SlayerS_Ganzi) - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=302021
Group B (FXO_Leenock, oGs_Fin, oGs_Supernova, SK_MC) - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=302137
Group C (IM_Mvp, FXO_Lucky, EG_Idra, IM_Nestea) - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=302614
Group D (FXOz, Startale_Curious, Startale_Bomber, oGs_Inca) - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=302683