- How does it feel to be the champion?

It feels amazing to have gotten through the qualifiers for the First time and get all the way here to take the win. My original goal was to qualify for the Super tournament, but I am extremely happy that I was able to win and even take out MVP to do so.



- How have you been preparing for your matches so far?

I have been mainly focusing on figuring out my opponent’s play style and finding builds to match up well against their strategies. I think it was hardest to prepare for (T)Jjun since I had no idea what he would do.



- How did you prepare for today’s match against MVP?

I knew that MVP is someone who is extremely confident in his TvT matchup, so I predicted he would focus on macro oriented games. Because I am a macro oriented player as well, rather than focusing on specific strategies, I tried to be in the best condition as possible for this match.



- Today’s matches ended up being pretty aggressive on both sides and rather short. Did you predict that this would happen?

I planned to all-in on that 3rd set, but other than that, I predicted that all the other games would be long macro games.



- Today, it seemed as if your play was one step ahead of your opponent the entire time.

Other than my round of 16 match, I have had only TvTs throughout this tournament. Because I was able to play so many TvTs, right now, I have a great feel for that matchup. MVP only played TvT in the semifinals, so I feel like I was definitely at an advantage coming Into this match.



- If you get Into code S, who do you want to face?

I have played a lot of terrans recently, so I want to face some protoss or zergs.



- Do you have any players that you look up to, or consider your rival, or you worry about?

I think all of the former champions worry me to some extent. And I believe I can still learn a lot from MVP and I believe he is still the best.



- You picked (T)Lyn and (T)Ensnare to be in your up and down group, any reasons?

I have been playing and preparing for TvTs so long that my feel for other race matchups are a bit down. And amongst the terran players (in the up and down), I just picked two players that I don’t have particular attachments to.



- Your goals going Into the up and down matches?

I don’t even have 1% of doubt in my mind that I will lose. I guarantee I will win 2 to 0 and advance.



- Any last comments?

The New GSTL season will be soon and this time, my team will definitely win so I want to ask all the fans to cheer us on.