Energy Pacemaker Interview After Winning Against M3 (LPL Week 1)
Source: http://www.pentaq.com/4411.html
Q: We first want to invite all the players to introduce themselves. Let us know which teams you came from, and if you've played professionally before.
Crisis: I'm EPA's jungler, Crisis. The first time I played professionally was with EP. I played through LSPL.
Romantic: Before, I was part of a LSPL's team called Showtime. I was called to play on EPA later on. I've also started playing in LSPL. I'm EPA's AD, Romatic.
JieZou: I'm EPA's Jie Zou. I never played professionally before. First time playing professionally is with EPA.
Republic: (in Chinese) I, EPA, Republic, Mid laner. (in Korean). I was part of Taiwan's Machi. I came to EPA later on.
GimGoon: (in Chinese) I'm EPA's top laner, GimGoon. (in Korean) My last team was KT. I came here after being recommended.
Our translator adds: GimGoon has been on the team for two seasons now. He pretty much can understand Chinese. The mid laner, Republic, just came over here. He's still learning Chinese).
Q: Were you surprised when you saw the other side lock in Blitzcrank?
Crisis: At that time, they first picked Lulu and last picked Blitzcrank. We already realized that they might use Lulu's movement speed boost to help Blitzcrank engage. Especially since our mid laner at that time wasn’t versatile enough for other roles. We did think of ways to counter them, thus we weren't entirely surprised.
Q: What was your plan in countering them?
Crisis: If Blitzcrank dared to engage us, we would just fight them back. Because the other side didn't have much crowd control. If we fight back, we would be able to overpower them with the champions we had.
Q: After watching a game, the jungler seemed to get hooked the most. Did you make fun of him during the game?
Crisis: Make fun of the jungler? (The translator: he's the jungler...). Normally, during scrims, maybe. However, during games, we’re all focusing so we won’t crack jokes like this. We might say something like that when we’re about to win. However, most of the time, we’re thinking about how to play. Normally, we won’t make fun of our teammates during matches.
Q: How does EPA rate M3 and WE, the teams they’ve played against?
Jiezou: WE feels more experienced than M3, probably because most of WE’s players are players who have played in LPL. M3 is much younger, which is why winning against M3 is much easier. We need to be cautious against WE and need to minimize our mistakes as much as possible. That’s how we can win.
Q: After winning against WE, WE said that they lost because they weren't familiar with GimGoon's Poppy. GimGoon, how do you see this?
GimGoon: I don't think it was because of Poppy that we won, since we also made many mistakes and gave them many opportunities.
Q: Which team gives your team the most pressure? Which team do you think would be easier to play against?
Jiezou: (After discussing with Romantic and Crisis) For me, the ones that give us pressure would be RNG, QG and EDG. As for the ones that are easier, I feel like they're all about the same. No one is easier or not easier. You have to see how they perform in game first.
Q: What do you hope to achieve with your team? What are the best results your team would be able to achieve?
JieZou: At least getting into quarterfinals.
Q: I want to ask your support, Jiezou. Why do you think you lost to WE in the last two games?
Jiezou: That is a very loaded question. I can't answer it completely in such a short time. For now, I can just say that we made more mistakes than they did, which is why we lost to them.
Q: In the other tournaments, I've ween GimGoon play Gangplank quite frequently. Is it because Gangplank is strong in this patch or is it because you have confidence playing him well?
GimGoon: It's because he's a strong champion in this patch. And I also have confidence playing this champion.
Q: After losing to WE last time, did you come up with a way to counter them next time?
Jiezou: We definitely did. However, we're definitely keeping it a secret too. You'll see it when we play against WE next time. It will probably surprise you.
Q: In your future games, which team poses the biggest threat?
Jiezou: Probably QG. Because QG looks the most like a teamt. Each of their role is very stable. They play really carefully . I feel like their team gives our team the most pressure.
Q: Another question for Jiezou. How do you see Poppy in the support role? How is it different from Poppy in the top lane?
Jiezou: I feel that Poppy is more suitable in the top lane. Using her as support is probably only for intimidation factor. You can also use her to confuse your opponents during pick and ban. However, most of the time, it's to play her top lane. However, when you play her top lane, she is quite threatening towards carries, especially after she scales.
Talking to a 3 year old boy this morning.
Me:Would you like to be a pretty princess when you grow up?
K: Eww, no!
Me: What would you like to be then?
K: I want to be a pizzaaaaa!!
