EDward Gaming has traditionally been the king of China, but this year, they had to qualify through the regional qualifier. Now, EDG is having little issue taking care of business in the Play-In Stage as one of the strongest 3rd tier seeds. Tian “Meiko” Ye still remains as the most consistent part of his team and distinguishes himself as a team leader.

We had the opportunity to talk to Meiko at the end of the day regarding EDG at Worlds and the fan support they’ve received.

Firstly, with your win over Dire Wolves, it seemed like you guys weren’t too happy. What were your thoughts?

After our win, we weren’t too happy about it. We still made a lot of mistakes and it wasn’t perfect. We were discussing about those mistakes.

EDG didn’t really have a good Summer. What did it feel like to have to climb back to qualify, instead of sitting at top?

It’s definitely different from previous years. Previous years, we were number one seeds so we didn’t have to play the qualifier or the play-ins and just watch and analyze other teams. It’s definitely a much tougher journey to have to play so many games in the qualifier and play-ins, but meanwhile, I feel like the process is like being reborn.

We will be able to get together and practice super hard during qualifiers and climb back. I am pretty happy about this whole process and maybe, we can get even further than before in the tournament.

With that, another new thing about EDG is that you play with two junglers. What different things do Clearlove and Haro bring to the team?

The two junglers have different playstyles. Clearlove is a more experienced jungler so he helps other lanes while Haro sometimes might focus more on jungle. Clearlove gives our team advice and helps us make better decisions. His jungle pathing also coordinates better with the team. Whereas, Haro is better at aggressive junglers and can counter jungle a lot more.

So, lastly, there are a lot of fans here for you guys here in South Korea. They got a whole bunch of Subway ads for you guys and are chanting “EDG Jiayou” for you guys during games. What is it like to have that support out here?

We are very happy about all the things that the fans did for us. Actually, we all saw everything and know about it. We are really grateful for those things that the fans did. And to return that effort to the fans, we will try our best to go as far as we can.

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