G-Rex completed the LMS redemption run last night with a 3-1 win over Supermassive, qualifying for the World Championship Group Stage. One year after Hong Kong Attitude’s failure to qualify for the Group Stage, G-Rex distinguished themselves as one of the strongest teams during the Play-In phase of the tournament. Lee “Stitch” Seung-ju stood out as the stable carry that G-Rex could always count on, supported by his team throughout the games and consistently delivering on their resources.

We had the chance to talk to Stitch about G-Rex, his old teammates, and the World Championship.

You’ve been at Worlds before as a sub, but you just qualified for the group stage as the starting AD carry of G-Rex. What is that like?

It’s so different because, you know, at the big stages… it’s all about the experience. Throughout this experience at Worlds as a starting member, I believe I can become a better player and prove myself as a pro player at Worlds.

On this team, you are with two players (Candy and Empt2y) that you played with three years ago. How does it feel to do this with them? Does it feel more special?

When we were in [Midnight Sun] in 2015, all three of us never imagined we would be at Worlds together in 2018. Now, it turns out that we’ve made it to the Group Stage at Worlds and it’s so meaningful. I think Empt2y improved so much compared to 2015 too. Slow and steady wins the race… I have been playing league for a while and I have accomplished a checkpoint so I’m really happy.

Since you were in Samsung for so long, what led you to come back to play in Taiwan?

Actually, I was about to play another year at Gen.G, but five hours before signing… I got a call from Toyz, the coach. He offered me the chance to play with G-Rex and I knew all the players and was already familiar with Taiwan. I just thought “Yeah, I’ll give it a try,” so I came back to Taiwan.

Your match against Supermassive was really close and you guys started out on the backfoot. How did you guys come back?

In order to turn the game around, you need two options… One is a mistake from the winning team and the other is the strong mentality of the losing team. There was this moment where Supermassive made a mistake and their mentality wasn’t strong enough. We were able to punish them and take them down.

What do you think of your upcoming group and how strong are the teams in it?

Honestly, the other three teams are all thinking of each other as winnable. With us joining in, that makes it four teams thinking that everyone is beatable!

You’ve had a lot of Stitch fans at the arena this last week. Do you have anything to say to them?

Seeing all the fans from Taiwan and Korea, it’s really so important to me. They should know that I appreciate all the love and support they send for me. I will give the fans my best performance in the group stage.

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