Introduction
– Name: Lim Yo Hwan
– Game: StarCraft
– Game ID: SlayerS_BoxeR
– Date of Birth: 1980. 09. 04
– Major achievements:
Won the best e-sport player to reverse the games to win
Two times World Cyber Games champion
KT Megapass Nespot Premiere League Champion
CoCa Cola Star League Champion
- Current Activities and goal of this year
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These days he is concentrated on the training for StarCraft Pro-League. Since the final match will be around August, he is spending most of his time to keep his best condition to participate in every tournament with no regrets.
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What was the strength to become e-sports icon?
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In his heyday, not only he concentrated on the training but also promoted himself and e-Sport by attending many other events and exposing himself to the media, while other competitive professional gamers simply worked on their practice. He emphasized that this effort paid him back to become one of e-Sport icons.
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How do you feel when you hear ?占폯erran Emperor??
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When many people refer to him as Star Gamer?? ?占폠con of e-Sport??and ?占폯erran Emperor?? he feels honored to hear such nice compliments from others. However, he feels pressure that he needs to generate better results in every game to meet people?占퐏 expectation at the same time.
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Role model
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In his initial stage, his role models were ?占폥ee Gi Suk??and ?占폩ark Chang Jun?? well-known StarCraft gamers in 1998. As he gained reputation time to time in the Pro Leagues, he got the desire to sweep all the domestic championships not only in the StarCraft game but in other games. In this respect, now he takes Kim Dong Sung, a former world champion of South Korean short track speed skater as a role model because his current role model was distinguished in many different skate fields.
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When do you feel you hit the wall?
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As they say, even Homer sometimes nods. ?占폯erran Emperor??sometimes missed his games. With all his great marks at tournaments, he sometimes feels the limit of his ability, when he did his best to win the games but he failed.
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Do you have any improvement you want to achieve?
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He addressed that he is lack of basic training. During his early time, he gained a reputation through his many new strategies, one of his signatures when playing games, which is able to turn around games against the odds. Now he is so used to playing this strategy that he is struggling with the fundamental skill unlike other gamers. Now he is working on building the basics.
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Do you have comments to say to young pro gamers?
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When IeSF asked him to give some advice to young gamers, he quoted Park Jin Yong, who is a CEO of JYP Entertainment company in South Korea. He heard a story that Mr. Park asked aspiring singers in his company whether they can give up everything except singing. He stressed that young pro gamers who enter into the world of Professional game should have resolute determination for a victory. He also added that only those with ability can survive in this world of competition. Therefore young gamers should be prepared for this.
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Do you have last words to International e-Sports Federation?
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I hope IeSF to grow bigger and bigger like strong International organization. Also I wish many e-Sports players can experience different e-Sports culture of foreign countries and learn more interesting games over the world through the IeSF. I imagine the foreseeable future that e-Sport is recognized as one kind of sport and become an Olympic sport. So I give my best wishes and luck to IeSF.
IeSF appreciated Lim Yo Hwan who agreed to have this interview and we cheer for his next games.
