Source: http://lol.duowan.com/1512/313585279885.html

A while back, the news of Chaox coming to China as a coach spread throughout the entire esports scene. His last announcement was last year when he declared that he was joining Roar. After a year, how has China been for Chaox?



Q: Last time we heard from you was last December. At that time, you said you wanted to join Roar, a team based in Shanghai. Looking back, why did you decide to join this Chinese team?

Newbee.Chaox: I really liked Roar’s initial plans. We wanted to practice against some strong Chinese teams for 2 months and then compete in a league (Probably LSPL). But, the situation suddenly changed. We could only stay in China for three weeks and we spent majority of the time looking for a suitable top laner.

Q: I still remember that you started to have thoughts of coming out of retirement at the end of 2013. However, at that time, you thought that the Chinese professional scene was too unorganized. After going back and forth, why did you decide to come to China in the end?

Newbee.Chaox: SKT’s spectacular performance at season 3 Worlds really encouraged me. I realized that I loved esports more than I thought I did. From then on, I’ve been looking for a suitable team. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a team like this in NA. During the three weeks I was with Roar, my view on the Chinese esports scene began to change. At the same time, I was able to come across many opportunities.

Q: Many people see you as one of the first ADC’s. Are you still satisfied with your performance after being away for a few seasons?

Newbee.Chaox: I’m still really happy. I’m currently doing what I want to do for a great team. And I’m trying to do my best. I believe that a lot of LSPL players are also putting in their full effort. What I learned the most during the past few years is that your strength is much more important than your ideas.

Q: What do you think about TSM’s performance at Season 5 Worlds? What do you think of Dyrus’s retirement?

Newbee.Chaox: I think TSM performed pretty well. It’s hard for NA to shine when there’s so many strong Korean teams. Dyrus recently told me that he feels much more relaxed after retiring. He puts most of his effort on his fans now. I’m really happy for him.

Q: Looking at your past games, which match or which moment left you the biggest impression?

Newbee.Chaox: The one I remember the clearest is at MLG where TSM played against CLG.EU. That was the most intense best of 3 I’ve ever played. In the end, we barely won. The next one was at a party during season 2 Worlds where I saw Froggen. At that time, he was drunk. He kept asking me about that match and why I flashed away from his Anivia’s Q during a team fight. (I also saw him try to dance like Anivia).

Q: After you came to China, what do you think is the biggest difference between NA teams and Chinese teams?

Newbee.Chaox: Our chef. In NA, having a chef is really expensive. I’m really happy that I can eat home cooked meals instead of pizza and random things all the time.

Q: What do you like the most in China? Food?

Newbee.Chaox: I like the food here the best. I like how I can have choices for breakfast, such as buns, wontons, jianbingguozi (some sort of fried pancake) and much much more. I can also buy it cheap anywhere. I also like how they have fruit stands everywhere here.

Q: In the esports scene, which coach do you respect the most?

Newbee Chaox: Of course it’s SKT’s Kkoma. I really hope I can talk to him about coaching in esports one day. But I’ll probably just end up talking about food. I don’t think I ever talk about anything else.

Q: What do you think is the hardest and easiest thing about coaching Newbee?

Newbee.Chaox: I try to maintain a fighting spirit everyday and try to work towards becoming an remarkable coach. However, I do think it’s difficult to communicate with the Korean players when there are no translators on site.

Q: From your current situation, do you think you have the potential to replicate QG’s and Origen’s three consecutive jumps from Challenger Series/LSPL to LCS/LPL and then to Worlds? (Shout out to @shadowshoescn for helping me with this translation!)

Newbee.Chaox: I don’t want to predict anything. We’ll talk with our fists, or our mice. Haha

After this, we were able to get in contact with Newbee’s manager, CuZn. We talked about Newbee’s situation for next season.

Q: Chaox coming to China to become a coach is something not many people thought would happen. He had disappeared from the scene for awhile . Why did you decide to recruit him?

Newbee.CuZn: I’ve followed him since he was in NA. I got to meet him after he came to China. We would frequently discuss our thoughts on competing and practicing. After getting to know him for some time, the team and I both thought he would be suitable for a coach. Thus, we decided to invite him to join our team.

Q: Out of all the coaches you’ve interacted with, how is Chaox different? What part of him drew you to him?

Newbee.CuZn: If he had thoughts about anything, he would always openly tell me. What drew me to his character was his confidence.

Q: A while back, there was a rumor saying that QG and NB were going to combine. Right now, the transfer period is ending soon. Can you tell us some of the details?

Newbee.CuZn: In order to completely prepare our team for the League of Legends scene, we invited a few coaches from Korea. We also plan to invest in a team in LPL and TGA. We’re still talking about it right now, so I can’t let you know the details.

Q:Will there be any more adjustments to your team or in terms of Korean imports?

Newbee.CuZn: LSPL’s Newbee would have a some more adjustments. Right now our jungler from Korea, moon, is thinking of playing for LPL too.