United States of America. Terran player. 20 years old. Skew from Micro Media. Invited to BlizzCon.
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So, Alex, did you expect to be invited to one of the fanciest tournaments in the scene a year ago?- No, not really. I've never played this game that hard to be expected to be invited to something like this -- but I'll get to meet a lot of friends I've only known online.. so I'm really happy about it.
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You and Testie will be only non-Koreans on spot, what do you think about that? - Well, I expect what everyone else expects - the progamers will crush us. I'm really honored I get to be in the same invite tournament with Testie and the progamers, though, so I don't mind win or lose.
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Many raised their eyebrows when they saw you in the list of invited players. Do you think yourself that you're "worth" the spot?- I think at one time I was Top 10 outside Korea, definitely... But Top 2? Who knows... There's a lot of "top" players I've never gotten the chance to face simply because of time zones, etc. I haven't played in over a month actively, so I'm not in shape for this, but I will give it my all and try not to disappoint those who could have maybe made more of it than myself.
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Looking at your first opponent, YellOw, do you think there's any chance at all for you to defeat him?- Sure, there's a chance. TvZ has always been the matchup I've had no problems with... But I've played progamers -- it's just a world apart from even the top foreign Zerg. Yellow is also out of practice though, I think, so maybe that'll be my saving grace. I don't know. Then there's the pressure situation... I know that's his realm, and my hell. So... pray for me! ;p
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But it's on your home field - and Koreans have previously had trouble with the food and other things that might make them lose their edge - do you think the fact it's in USA could be of your advantage?- Hahaha, no... I don't think so. Food isn't going to throw anyone off their game. These guys have performed flawlessly under the pressure of an entire country. You really think taking a plane flight changes any of that? I don't.
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If you could pick one person in the tournament to face first, which one would it be. Which one do you think you have the biggest chance of winning?- Hmm... Any of the Protoss, simply because I don't have any Zerg partners to practice with. I DO have a few good Protoss players I play with from time to time (and will warmup with for this), so I'm hotter at it than vs Z right now. I actually haven't even looked at who got invited, so I can't pick one... at the moment. :)
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When you first heard that you were one of the invited ones - how did you react?- I was sort of irritated. I havn't been playing SC at all.. and I don't believe there's enough time to fully warm up. But I don't want to give up this spot - StarCraft is the greatest game of all time, after all.
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Blizzard employees mentioned in a recent interview that they wanted the players at BlizzCon to try out SC2 while they're there. Would you like to try it at BlizzCon, if you have the chance?- Actually, I'm leaving right after my matches to go to Disneyland with my brother and some friends, so I wont be playing it, as far as I know. I'll have forever to play SC2 later on, so I'm not worried about it now.
