Next up on our set of interviews ahead of the SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 event is Jung-Hyeon "rindA" Jeon, with whom we discussed MVP Project's preparation for the event.

The Korean team return to Europe more than six months after attending the SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 finals, where they bowed out of the tournament after just two games following defeats to G2 and FlipSid3 Tactics.

Since then, MVP Project have undergone a few changes, twice announcing a new fifth player and installing former Team 3D member Ronald "⁠Rambo⁠" Kim as their head coach.



rindA believes MVP Project are stronger than they were at the StarSeries S2 event

With 16-year-old talent Soo-Yong "⁠kAyle⁠" Jung in their ranks, the team have been in great form, winning VSL 2017 Spring and securing a spot at the StarSeries event through the tricky Chinese qualifier after besting the likes of Born of Fire and Vici Gaming.

With preparations for the Ukrainian event in full swing, we caught up with Jung-Hyeon "⁠rindA⁠" Jeon and picked his brain on matters concerning Rambo's impact, the addition of kAyle and the current state of the Korean scene, among other topics.

What has your preparation for the tournament been like? What aspects have you been focusing on? Our team practice time is from 2pm to 11pm every weekday, with a dinner break. During our free time, we also practice our aim and play pug matches. Our focus has been on improving our teamwork and communication. Of all the teams in attendance, yours is perhaps the one that is the least known (apart from 5POWER). What are your goals for this tournament? Do you want to use it as a learning experience, or are you aiming higher than that? We want to give our best and see how we fare against the best teams in the world. We will try to learn something from every match we play. At the StarSeries S2 finals, your team went out after two matches, taking just 12 rounds. Were you surprised with the level of play there? What steps have you taken to be better prepared against international teams? We learned a lot from that event from the practice matches we had and from the official tournament matches. And while we did not play as well as we would have liked, those matches inspired us to train harder. It has been a year since that event, and we believe we are a stronger team now, so we are excited about this event.

At the recent IeSF World Championship, your team finished in third place. Were you happy with that run? We always try to win the tournaments we enter, so we were a bit disappointed. Still, top 3 is not that bad.



kAyle is MVP Project's newest member