#playerinterviews

Source: http://v.huya.com/play/2403184.html

Meiko: Hello everyone, I’m EDG’s support, Meiko

Q: First of all, I wanted to ask you, especially because you won 2-0 today. How do you feel?

Meiko: I’m pretty happy. Although, it was really difficult during late game of the second game.

Q: So in the first game, we saw that your opponent banned three of your AD champions. At that time, you chose Kog’maw and Thresh for bottom lane combination. I saw many people say that this was very “EDG”. When you are scrimming, do you usually play this kind of bottom lane combination?

Meiko: Kog’Maw in this patch isn’t actually used too much in this patch. But he likes to play this champion in ranked. After having a lot of ADC’s banned, we could only use this one.

Q: So there’s another question we wanted to ask. Actually, after you finished your first game, I saw that Snake also won 2-0. Your team, in the near future, is also going to face against Snake. In your face-off against Snake, are you more excited or nervous?

Meiko: I’m more excited to face against Snake. Because playing them should be our last game.

Q: Yes, I think it is the last game of Summer Split when you can face off against them. I also wish that you will perform well. The last question is, because before Meiko said in an interview that the best looking player in LPL is-. Who did you answer? Easyhoon right? Why?

Meiko: Because I have a good relationship with Easyhoon. And I really think he is really good looking.

Q: If you say that, do you think Deft would be heartbroken?

Source: http://www.pentaq.com/4761.html

Q: How does it feel to be back in the jungle?

Dandy: It feels really good. Because I used to play jungle before.

Q: How would you rate your current performance? How many points will you give yourself?

Dandy: Because I haven’t been performing well. If it’s out of 10, I would give myself…3 points (Laughs)

Q: What responsibilities do you think junglers have in this patch?

Dandy: Recently, there has been a lot of champions like Graves and Kindred. They’re not tanky champions, so they need to be like the ADC or the mid laner and take on more damage roles. Other champions are still similar to before.

Q: Are damage output champions more suitable for your play style?

Dandy: I don’t really like that style. However, these types of champions have been really efficient in scrims, so I will also practice them.

Q: Then what is your style?

Dandy: I like to scale my champion better than the other side and manage my jungle vision well. I like to carry my team in team fights late game.

Q: After Mata left VG, who shot calls now?

Dandy: Right now, it’s all five of us. We all make calls. Nobody in particular is the shotcaller

Q: How is it communicating within VG?

Dandy: I’m trying very hard to learn Chinese. I pretty much know all of the terms in game. That’s why I don’t have many problems with that.

Q: Why did you choose 3 rounds of Rengar last match?

Dandy: I’ve been pretty confident with Rengar since season 4. I originally thought that Rengar is playable on stage in this new patch, however I didn’t play too well that day.

Q: What did mata whisper do you when he hugged you on stage?

Dandy: (laughs). He told me to laugh. He said that my expression wasn’t very good and wanted me to laugh a bit.

Q: Have you been playing “Fight the Landlord”? *Chinese card game

Dandy: I stopped playing recently.

Q: You know you have a nickname related to “Fight the Landlord” right?

Dandy: (using Chinese) Dui San? (I don’t play this game, so I have no idea what this means)

Q: Did you teach Easyhoon how to play “Fight the Landlord?”

Dandy: Yes

Q: How is he with “Fight the Landlord?”

Dandy: He’s good at LoL, but he’s really bad at that.

Q: Do you think you look like him? *Holds up a picture of Zheng Yi Jian*

Dandy: (Shakes head) He’s better looking.

Q: Some people also say that you look like WeiXiao. Do you think you look morel like Zheng Yi Jian or Weixiao?

Dandy: (Laughs and shakes his head) I don’t know.

Q: Do you think you’re good looking?

Dandy: What? (Shakes head, laughs).

For those who are curious, this is Zheng Yi Jian...

Source: http://v.huya.com/play/827692.html#relate_vid=827692

*Note: I translated the translator. My Korean isn’t good enough yet :( 

Q: Welcome to the interview stage. Today we’re bringing you’re an interview with Pawn. Welcome!

Pawn: Hello. I’m EDG’s mid laner, Pawn.

Q: So for today’s match, Pawn’s performance was very spectacular. His first game was with Le Blanc and his second game was with Ahri. All of the audience who were watching the game could tell you that he performed very well on Ahri. I’m personally curious on why you decided to change the roles of the champions in the second game.

Pawn/Translator: In the second game, I could have chosen an AD champion. However, our team was missing AP damage, so I deicded to choose Ahri.

Q: So we can see in today’s game that Pawn and Clearlove has been the ones starting the snowball in EDG’s recent games. After both of you returned to the team, EDG has been able to gain successive victories. So do you have significant effects n the team? Compared to when the substitutes are playing.

Pawn/Translator: First of all, whoever plays depends on my back condition. If his back is good, then I’ll continue to play. If my back isn’t in a good condition, then Athena will play.

Q: Uh… my question wasn’t exactly addressing that content. Haha, however, that’s okay! However, we’re all worried for Pawn and his back condition. So he’s been playing in the past few games. Will he be able to keep this up and satisfy the fans?

Source: http://www.pentaq.com/4687.html

Q: How would you rate your performance in the past few weeks.

Koro: Pretty stable

Q: Some people say that you seem to perform better when Clearlove plays. How do you think about that?

Koro: I think all of them were pretty good. I feel like all of my games were stable. I don’t think there were any significant up and downs.

Q: Today, during the second game, there were a few times when you tried to teleport to help your team and didn’t really have a positive effect. What was the reason?

Koro: When we were discussing, we thought that we could get the kill if I flashed. However, he ran pretty fast when I flashed, so I probably couldn’t get the kill. Thus… a small mistake.

Q: In this season, there are many outstanding top laners. For example, Flandre, and S5’s MVP Marin. Do you feel pressured?

Koro: I think the top laners are all okay. Like I feel like there’s no significant difference. They’re all okay.

Q: Then when you lane against them, does it feel any different?

Koro: Flandre might be a little more confident. As for Marin, he’s actually pretty confident too.

Q: How will you rate LGD’s recent performance?

Koro: They probably just haven’t integrated well. Because all their carry positions need a lot of support, so it’s hard to reasonably split the resources.

Q: What do you think is the biggest difference between Fireloli’s jungling and Clearlove’s jungling?

Koro: The biggest difference…he likes to catch people more. Clearlove leans towards scaling his champion and playing the tempo. Fireloli mainly helps lane. 

Q: In today’s game Clearlove “stole” your Malphite. Did you discuss this beforehand?

Koro: We didn’t. He asked me if I wanted it. I told him he can take it if he wants it. It’s nothing.

Q: Compared to last year, it seems like the focus of your games are more on the mid and top laner?

Koro: Actually, you still have to look at the team. Or you look at your opportunities. If it’s easy to catch top, then go catch top. If it’s easier to catch bot, then go catch bot.

Q: Right now looking at MVPs, top laners seem to have a higher proportion. Why do you think this is the case?

Koro: Because top lane champions are really strong in team fights this patch. They can carry easier. For example, champions like Poppy. If you hammer them well in a team fight, then use your W, then you can easily get MVP.

Q: Which top lane champions do you recommend?

Koro: Poppy, Nautilus, Fiora, Tahm Kench. If I can only recommend one, Tahm Kench is pretty easy. He’s easy to master.

Q:  For this patch, who is a really good opponent?

Koro: A pretty good opponent… (After thinking) ... they’re all pretty good. (After being forced to answer only one person) Flandre.

Q: You have many fans. Are you really cautious about your every action because of that?

Koro: No, I’m not.

Q: A lot of netizens are interested in what new hair style you’re planning on getting. After posting on Weibo for hair style recommendations, did you choose one?

Koro: Yeah. Just that… I won’t thin out my bangs. I’ll just cut my bangs shorter.

Q: Is your back better now?

Koro: It’s neither good or bad.

Q: Do you have any plans for Chinese New Year?

Source: http://v.huya.com/play/760310.html *NOTE: Transcribed this from audio. Since Chinese is a tonal language and the music is kind out loud, some words may be missed. Also, TBQ kind of has a regional accent which makes it harder

Q: It looks like your condition is really different from before, why is that?

TBQ: I don’t know either.

Q: Can all the TBQ fans in the arena cheer for TBQ? I feel that it’s not easy for a man to stand back up like this. This kind of performance, doesn’t matter if people criticize him, is really good. Your performance with Lee Sin in the first game was really good. However, why did you choose LeeSin in your second game again?

TBQ: I told the other coach that if he dares to not ban it, then I won’t be afraid to take it.

Q: You’re that confident?

TBQ: Yeah

Q: We all know that TBQ a while back was very down. Now witnessing the LeeSin come back...how do I say this.. everybody seems really excited to watch this. How did you adjust your mindset?

TBQ: I just don’t think of other things. I just practice, sleep, practice, sleep. I just don’t think about other things.

Q: So as for now with being in this all new OMG, the casters and I all say that you and XiYang are the older members. So who normally shot calls?

TBQ: Since I have a lot of experience, I do the shot calling. Others will also do some shot calling. They’ll say all the things that are going unnoticed.

Q: So right now, TBQ in OMG is taking on one of the main roles within the team. After this game with your LeeSin, it looks like a lot of teams will be trying to counter it. So right now, other than LeeSin, do you have any other champions that you have the same confidence in? 

TBQ: Actually, I’m confident in all of them.

Q: So all of the casters say that confidence is really crucial. So for this game, OMG took down a 2-0 win and were able to grab the victory from IG. I believe that this victory is really important to OMG. Were your teammates all really happy?

TBQ: The atmosphere is really good.

Q: So right now in OMG, do you think that OMG’s structure is still good and suitable? Because, right now you’re a fighting team. Most of the teams we see now days are teams who play with the tempo and will try to find an opportunity for a team fight somewhere in the middle. However, you guys fight from the beginning to end.

TBQ: If our opponents give us the opportunity, of course we’ll fight.

Q: But then you know that when you fight in games, that means there’s the possibility of making mistakes. So is the current OMG not afraid of this?

TBQ: We’re all new people so we’re not scared of about making mistakes. If we lose, we lose.

Source: http://bbs.ngacn.cc/read.php?tid=8831815&rand=59

Q: First of all, I want to welcome you to China. Have you gotten used to living in China yet?

Easyhoon: Thank you. I’ve been adapting well.

Q: Easyhoon, when were you first introduced to League of Legends? How did you become a professional player?

Easyhoon: In December of 2011, I saw my friends play and decided to play. In 2012, I was just a player with a very high rank. Heart asked to play together so we participated in LCK under GSG.

Source: http://lol.duowan.com/1512/313777687783.html

Q: This is the first time you’ve played at All-Star. Did you think that the Chinese players were going to vote for you as the mid lane representative?

Rooke: I really didn’t think that I was going to be voted in as part of the Chinese All-Star team. I can’t express how happy I am about that.

Q: So compared to other mid laners, do you think you are you stronger, better looking or cuter?

Rookie: No one has ever told me I was good looking in my lifetime. I think I’m a pretty strong mid laner though. Also, it might be because I’m cute.