Please join me in welcoming Damncats and Fallen. These two took 11th and 12th place in the Academy qualification tournament. They both are extremely talented and we are excited that they accepted our invitation. I asked both of them a few questions and here are their answers:
What was your reaction when you did not manage to finish top 10 in the compLexity Academy placement tournament? How do you feel now that you have been invited back to the team?
I was extremely bummed when I didn’t make it in the top 10 after the initial tournament. I trained pretty hard for it and didn’t give a good showing. I actually took a few days off sc2 out of frustration :P. While this isn’t the way I wanted to get into the Academy, I certainly couldn’t turn down the offer once I found out what had happened.
Two of the players who had been dropped from the compLexity Academy due to commitment constraints. What level of commitment are you able to provide to the compLexity Academy? Should fans be expecting you to be at the top of the team quickly?
At the very least I’m going to be attending all the weekly practices for sure; how could I not want to practice with people better than me or on my level each week, and they can’t say no! 😀 But in all seriousness, since I got the new I’ve been chatting with a few members, doing some side practice with some people and ironing out a few builds and it’s been a blast. I’m definitely committed to the Academy
100% and I hope that I don’t disappoint any fans out there. I’m in this Academy to
improve and I won’t rest until I’m #1 rank in the Academy.
What do you believe will be most beneficial about the compLexity Academy for you? What are you going to do in order to take full advantage of this?
Well as I said we have weekly practices together and I think it helps a lot to say “Hey I need help with this PvX, want to iron out some games?” And you’ve got a group of guys together that are pretty open to practice and definitely open to helping one another even though we’re sort of competing against each other at the same time. I think the competition and practice and the fear of failure are what’s
most beneficial for me. I want to show that not finishing top 10 in the tourney was a fluke. I’ve been putting a lot of time back into sc2 and I think with practice with the team and just in general I’ll be able to take advantage of the positives of being in the Academy.
What was your reaction when you did not manage to finish top 10 in the compLexity Academy placement tournament? How do you feel now that you have been invited back to the team?
I was disappointed, I felt like I could have done better in the placement tourney. It definitely helped me get over my apprehension/anxiety of playing on a streamed match (and the fear that I will embarrass myself horribly). I did a pretty good job of embarrassing myself I think and it wasn’t so bad after all. Lesson learned at least. I feel pretty lucky to have been invited back. Although it’s a rather lame way to get into the team I must admit, I am glad that two people decided not to join. 😀
Two of the players who had been dropped from the compLexity Academy due to commitment constraints. What level of commitment are you able to provide to the compLexity Academy? Should fans be expecting you to be at the top of the team quickly?
I can commit heavily to any practice/tournament sessions that the academy will hold. I play a lot already so I should be able to fit any events that happen into my schedule no problem. As for the second part I would have to default to the standard Korean response: I will do my best to show entertaining games and to get to the top of the rankings. There are one or two people I am rather scared of though.
What do you believe will be most beneficial about the compLexity Academy for you? What are you going to do in order to take full advantage of this?
I think having more practice partners will be helpful (assuming people in it already want to practice with me, hehe). The terrans in the academy have many different playstyles so being able to experience all of those will definitely be a bonus. I think having more people criticizing errors in my play will definitely help as well (as I’m sure they are quite numerous still, much to my dismay). To take advantage of all this I plan on being present and on time to any events the academy holds as far as tournaments, scheduled practice sessions, etc. And of course keep playing a lot against as many people as I can, whether they are in the academy or not.