JOJOsc2news Profile Blog Joined March 2011 2999 Posts Last Edited: 2012-02-24 17:43:15 #1



"StarCraft 2 is not enough sometimes for living.

I don't know how I'm doing it.

I am living alone and paying for my apartment.

Sometimes I don't eat but that's nothing [...]

as long as I can go to the bar, who needs to eat."

Empire.ho8ot





Timestamps

Personal Background

01 :18





:18 University

01 :57





:57 Hobbies

02 :20





:20 Favorite Music

02 :43





:43 First encounter with Starcraft

03 :07





:07 Career as a poker player

03 :28





:28 Starcraft 2 as his main focus at the moment "I make more money now than in my old job"

03 :58





:58 Favorite/Inspiring Players "I have a lot of players I don't like how they play"

05 :00





:00 Least favorite players (playstyle) "Maybe some people will kill me but I don't like how Dimaga is playing..."

05 :55





:55 History of Team Empire and ho8ot's personal career path "I was the captain and manager of Team Empire for about 3 months"

06 :50





:50 Being on a team - Regular wage, Training and tournament trips

08 :27





:27 Team Empire Boot-camp and training with team-mates "Now I focus only on ladder"

08 :44





:44 Ladder - e.g. Goals for Season 6 "There is a funny video how I reached [Grandmaster]" VIDEO

10 :55





VIDEO :55 Blizzard including Community Maps - What is a good map? "Gold bases are fine..."

12 :53



"I loved Steppes of War, it was a funny map where you already were at the opponent's base..."





:53 Steppes of War and drone rushing "I make drone rush about 1% of games..."

15 :00





:00 Grudge opponents "Most of them are Terrans..."

15 :48





:48 His perspective on Terran and game balance "The game is balanced. Maybe some maps are bad but it's not a problem when you are better than your opponents..."

16 :42





:42 Patch 1.4.3 and Ghost snipe "Blizzard wants Terran not to sit on their base and make ghosts, they want Terrans to fight, making drops, making attacks..."

18 :55





:55 Patch 1.4.3 and Phoenix range upgrade "I think Zerg will stop playing Mutalisk..."

19 :55





:55 Regulatory Body (in relation to NaNiwa and Stephano incidents) *laughs*" "You are in Korea, dude, play a game! Don't be so NaNiwa *laughs*"

21 :15





NaNiwa and Stephano incidents) :15 Making a living "Now I have money from streaming and from playing in clan wars..."

22 :38





:38 Is it enough to make a living? "StarCraft 2 not enough sometimes for living. I don't know how I'm doing it. I am living alone and paying for my apartment. Sometimes I don't eat but that's nothing [...] as long as I can go to the bar, who needs to eat"

24 :05





:05 Laddering and wanting to break things (ladder range)

25 :40





:40 What SC2 content do you watch? "When I have time, I watch Korea..."

26 :08



"I like to watch European events because European is more close and you played some of them. You see them in the tournament and think, 'ha... I beat him with drone rush, how can he be there and I am here, nub' *laughs*"





:08 Hypothetical: Tournament final, the announcer says "Empire.ho8ot versus..."

Who are you most scared of?

28 :18





Who are you most scared of? :18 Will you continue SC2 or start working a regular job?

29 :42





:42 StarCraft II Single Player "I reached it in one week and I had all achievements"

30 :36





:36 If you were to describe yourself as a Zerg unit, which unit would you be?

32 :00



"I have some joke with my girlfriend. I said to her if we have a child, one of them I will name 'Zerg'. She was scared a little bit..."





:00 Her perspective on his career as a progamer "She thinks that I am an idiot..."

32 :47





:47 Fourth race in Starcraft

33 :27





:27 Where have you learned your English? (unfortunately there is the common XSplit helicopter bug affecting the interview from here on)

35 :47





:47 Shout-outs " "Play Zerg, be cool and hate Terrans

36:38

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exia33 Profile Joined March 2011 United Kingdom 28 Posts #2 Unfortunately I couldn't catch this live to ask questions Time heals what reason cannot

Azza1109 Profile Joined June 2011 United Kingdom 10 Posts #3 Very insightful and interesting. One to look out for I'm guessing. Hell, it's about time

JOJOsc2news Profile Blog Joined March 2011 2999 Posts #4 On February 25 2012 00:32 exia33 wrote:

Unfortunately I couldn't catch this live to ask questions Unfortunately I couldn't catch this live to ask questions



You can catch the next one this Monday with TYCHUS voice actor Neil Kaplan.

Hope you like the VOD anyway. You can catch the next one this Monday with TYCHUS voice actor Neil Kaplan.Hope you like the VOD anyway. ✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!

KicKDoG Profile Joined December 2003 Sweden 764 Posts #5 the "time stamps" was that the time when he actually responded?

otherwise funny interview. http://www.twitter.com/KicKDoG_LoL baylife plox?

JOJOsc2news Profile Blog Joined March 2011 2999 Posts #6 On February 25 2012 01:35 KicKDoG wrote:

the "time stamps" was that the time when he actually responded?

otherwise funny interview.



The timestamps are the exact moment when I ask the question.

The reason for that is that the way a question is asked triggers the kind of response you get and I think it is important to place the response into a context. The timestamps are obviously not exactly my wording for most part because this interview was very much conversational depending on previous responses and live viewer questions. The timestamps are the exact moment when I ask the question.The reason for that is that the way a question is asked triggers the kind of response you get and I think it is important to place the response into a context. The timestamps are obviously not exactly my wording for most part because this interview was very much conversational depending on previous responses and live viewer questions. ✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!

JOJOsc2news Profile Blog Joined March 2011 2999 Posts #7 On February 25 2012 00:34 Azza1109 wrote:

Very insightful and interesting. One to look out for I'm guessing.

I absolutely agree. Looking forward to some tournament appearances. I absolutely agree. Looking forward to some tournament appearances. ✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!

KicKDoG Profile Joined December 2003 Sweden 764 Posts #8 On February 25 2012 01:42 JOJOsc2news wrote:

Show nested quote +

On February 25 2012 01:35 KicKDoG wrote:

the "time stamps" was that the time when he actually responded?

otherwise funny interview.



The timestamps are the exact moment when I ask the question.

The reason for that is that the way a question is asked triggers the kind of response you get and I think it is important to place the response into a context. The timestamps are obviously not exactly my wording for most part because this interview was very much conversational depending on previous responses and live viewer questions. The timestamps are the exact moment when I ask the question.The reason for that is that the way a question is asked triggers the kind of response you get and I think it is important to place the response into a context. The timestamps are obviously not exactly my wording for most part because this interview was very much conversational depending on previous responses and live viewer questions.



Oh alright! thanks Understandable. Oh alright! thanksUnderstandable. http://www.twitter.com/KicKDoG_LoL baylife plox?

JOJOsc2news Profile Blog Joined March 2011 2999 Posts #9 On February 25 2012 02:40 KicKDoG wrote:

Show nested quote +

On February 25 2012 01:42 JOJOsc2news wrote:

On February 25 2012 01:35 KicKDoG wrote:

the "time stamps" was that the time when he actually responded?

otherwise funny interview.



The timestamps are the exact moment when I ask the question.

The reason for that is that the way a question is asked triggers the kind of response you get and I think it is important to place the response into a context. The timestamps are obviously not exactly my wording for most part because this interview was very much conversational depending on previous responses and live viewer questions. The timestamps are the exact moment when I ask the question.The reason for that is that the way a question is asked triggers the kind of response you get and I think it is important to place the response into a context. The timestamps are obviously not exactly my wording for most part because this interview was very much conversational depending on previous responses and live viewer questions.



Oh alright! thanks Understandable. Oh alright! thanksUnderstandable.



I really appreciate the feedback. Glad you liked it

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