Invictus Gaming's JackeyLove was interviewed after their win over Fnatic at the Worlds Final. JackeyLove talks about achieving his dream at 17 years old, the hardships of playing professionally and his advice for those that want to make it as a professional player.







Obtained right to translate interview from source: Dadianjing





Q: How are you feeling after winning Worlds?





It’s a feeling that cannot be described with words. You have to experience it.





Q: Can you try to describe it?





If I had to describe the feeling, it’s pure joy.





Q: How long have you played professionally?





This is my first year.





Q: You’ve won Worlds during your first year of professional play, do you think it’s due to your talent or luck?





I think everyone on our team is very strong individually and plus we had pretty good luck this year.





Q: When did you start to like Esports?





Initially I enjoyed playing the game in middle school for fun but I started playing for real after I graduated from middle school.





Q: What’s the difference between playing for enjoyment and playing professionally?





The biggest difference is the desire to win. When you are playing for fun, if you lose it doesn’t have a huge effect, you can just play the next game. When you play professionally you have to win.





Q: Is this your dream?





I’ve achieved my dream today





Q: What about for the future?





I hope to win Worlds again in the future, as much as I can.





Q: What would you like to say to aspiring professional players? Since you’ve played for a year but you were on the team bench for 2 years.





If you are not especially gifted, I would say it would be best not to play professionally, just play as entertainment. If you do choose to pursue to play professionally, you need to work hard, even if you are naturally gifted. Attitude is also very important, you shouldn’t also need to win, and you also need to work harder than normal people 3 or 4 fold. If your desire to win is less than others, your professional career will be very difficult.





Q: So you mean it’s tough being a professional player?





It’s extremely difficult. Many people don't see the work behind it. If you play normally for a few hours a day, and even if you lose it doesn’t matter much. When you are playing at a professional level, when it comes to competition, there is a lot of pressure. This pressure has a huge effect on the players especially during crucial matches.





Q: What is the something about the life of a professional player you would most like to share with people?





I’ve been in IG for 3 years; I had to learn for 2 years before I had the chance to go on stage.





Q: What was the most difficult thing for you?





It was my first bo5, it was the Semifinals for LPL Spring 2018. At that time we felt like we could take on anyone and had a high chance of victory although it wasn’t absolute. In the end we lost to RNG. It was very painful for us. We fixed our issues ever since then. Attitude is also very important, after that Semifinal I felt like our attitude got readjusted to a more consistent level. You can say we lost more, got used to losing. It turned out we played better after that.

Translated by: Benson Cheng @1337sn1per



