StarCraft 2 Champion Leenock Interview

[Darkknight6957]

I love how the translator makes him look like an ass, but he's actually being modest in korean.

[lordhuebi]

great player, so creative

[lilchinboi]

Doesnt this kid have school?

[GZA73]

@lilchinboi nah he, like a lot of other good professional SC2 players, prob plays SC2 full time. not sure if he's sponsored/on a team, but if he's winning $50,000 I guess it's somewhat sustainable.

[GZA73]

@lilchinboi oh whoops nvm, he does go to school.

[ZehProtoType]

gratz Leenock

[YiDog21]

how can someone from korea be a "national" champion

[mix955]

@YiDog21 racist

[wussyib]

@YiDog21 The same way the "World" Series is all teams from North America.

[Ekenn123]

leenock is cute.

[vladamirrrr]

jesus, all of the questions are the same... how do you feel winning with so many gsl players, how do you feel since its your first win in a big tournament, how do you feel as.... bla bla fuck you!

[EneoFTVV]

Herro, i am stakwaft mayor leeg gaming campyon! Crawl me tai waaan

[iTectrix]

That's not fair he's Asian!!! 

[EckoGRY]

@01ficus he dropped out of school.

[guybrush93]

that really makes you wonder, is starcraft really all about practice? I'm sure MOST of pro players in Providence practiced much more than him, but he still pwn'd them (O.o)

[Actraiser1]

Lee-Nock! Lee-nock! Lee-nock!

[Crunkmastaflexx]

Its just stupid how good leenock is

[dxhaloxc]

he has way more emotion in interviews than any other korean players hahaha

[01Ficus]

I can't wait to see more of this guy and to the people insulting him for no reason shut up . He's still going through school and doing what he loves for a living and at 16 you should be happy for him not just saying insulting things for the hell of it.

[Toddmushroom]

@01Ficus

Agree, but he's not going in school!;)

[iamthehate86]

He ripped Huk apart in GSL other week 2-0, suprised so many people don't watch GSL.

[ingodubingo]

he's a fat brat who aborted school to play a video game!

[TheSketchExpress]

@ingodubingo Yet he made your year's salary in one weekend.

[ResurgamZerg]

@ingodubingo Jealous mofo? He's still in school, go look. Fuckin sick of internet douschebags making trash talk comments with no evidence on something they could never do.

Leenock = Total baller. Can't wait to see more. It's gonna be awesome. 50 thousand bucks. Man i'm jealous, in a good way.

[TheKingkongsmomma]

@ResurgamZerg didn't the translator said he didn't go to school anymore? after he beat nani on stage i think when he said it

[TGODxwiz]

never got pussy in his life

[qwertdc]

@TGODxwiz he's 16......

[rockaquaka]

@TGODxwiz He will, with that 50000 bucks dat u'll never get in ur whole entire fawkin life

[MelancholyApples]

Did this guy win the MLG tournament at Providence? Or was it some other MLG tournament i didn't know about?

[TheBladivine]

Mocus sounded delicious for the korean translator. 10:00

[TheRSCOOL]

trolololo lolol lolol

[saintglory]

he sounds like jacki chan

[RMJ1984]

Does he actully get to keep the money? isnt he on a team?

I thought that the money went to the team, since they team i assume pays his monthly salari ?

[benzinator11]

@RMJ1984 they probably get a small part of it but I doubt its that much. Leenock probably gets at least half of it

[genskie24]

@RMJ1984 Players keep all winnings. The team salary comes from sponsors etc.

[TheSWTORMMO]

@RMJ1984 nope individual prizes go to the individual who wins them. The team salary is completely separate.

[Abs9106]

no naniwa interview??

FUUU SLASHER!

[SweetSinFZ]

FUcking Slasher, gtfo.

[DomiiFTW]

hwanni is awesome! he did a really great job translating!

[D4V3Z02]

Naniwa played too greedy thats why he lost.

[IrreligionX3]

@D4V3Z02 Not exactly, he tried to set up a defense, but zerglings are just too boss for protoss

[D4V3Z02]

@IrreligionX3 no he was too greedy. Zerg sometimes have to sacrifice 3 overlords to see toss cheese. He only used one probe and It got caught offguard and he could assume that aggression will follow when the probe gets killed in the half way, he was too greedy to scout and lost.

[D4V3Z02]

@IrreligionX3 and actually not the zerglings were "too boss", the roaches were bcause they exploitet the cannon placement.

[Spenis6969]

@Blueblox321 i totally agree with you, but listen to this kids words he's 16 and he is so generous he will buy his parents a new car. I think that HE deserved the win because of that, he'll support his family with it. I'm a Naniwa fan but i don't think naniwa would have done anything witht hte money, all my props go to Leenock, congratulations man!

[zombie01924]

id hate it if my language took so long so say things that are so much shorter in english :\

[asianwankster]

@zombie01924 i dont think he translated all of it perhaps left some unnecessary things

[TheSunnycar]

@zombie01924 took so long so say things?

Nice grammar :(

[zombie01924]

@TheSunnycar its not really bad grammar its just a typo

[genskie24]

@zombie01924 It's not the full translation. It's summarized.

[Dsanchito99]

@genskie24 shut up fagget

[TeamQuestionReality]

Question: What are you going to do with your $50, 000?

Leenock Answer in Korean: Hiring G I Joe to kill Godzilla

[genskie24]

@TeamQuestionReality Godzilla is a Japanese problem. You're mixing your Asians.

[Dsanchito99]

@genskie24 shut up faget

[PirateHunterX2]

@Dsanchito99 faggot*?

[genskie24]

@Dsanchito99 If you're going to insult someone at least spell correctly so you don't come off as an uneducated retard. You had two tries and failed both times so I'm not offended one bit. Instead I feel sorry for you because your education has failed you. And feel sorry for your parents more, for having such a dumb child. You sir are why I support prophylactics/abortion.

[asianwankster]

seems like the camera guy has to pee rly badly

[redfox2020]

without the translation, this interview would be 6 minutes

[FrOoOstBite]

No surprises here,SC 2 is the national sport in Korea

[MadStrafe]

I recently watched Leenock play some GSL games, and when I saw he was at providence, I told my friend Leenock would win it all. He has been playing amazing as of late, and I figured that trend would continue, and it did. He took out 5 MLG champions in losers bracket to advance. FIVE. Congrats Leenock.

[iCreepyTrash]

the camera is shaking because the person holding the camera is nervous cause Leenock is a monster.

[KissyShelby]

the 1 dislike is naniwa XD

[MrCaptainprice]

Damn you Koreans!

[miskkkko]

A Nani-hating comment in top comments, really? Do some research to find out what actually happened and don't just jump in the Reddit bandwagon.

[tallplay7777]

i wonder how many 16 years kid can behave so mature like Lee.



[jmlakes]

I get the feeling koreans or maybe asians in general don't show much emotion when speaking. Its kinda weird, since you just won MLG at 16!

[Kruderinn]

@jmlakes You might have to check your eyes, he looks very happy to me...

[miskkkko]

@jmlakes Humility is quite highly valued in some if not most Asian countries. But then you have the likes of MC who ditch humility to put up a good show :]

[SuperMisterAA]

Naniwa is a boss ♥

[10kuplus]

I swear Naniwa was trolling drg by intentionally losing, nexus first on Xel Naga Caverns ROFL

[gabrielusa911]

it so great when humble guys like this win, they can actually use their money to help their families. If nania would have won he would prob buy weed and hos.

[BulkChomp]

Why all the Naniwa hate? I'm just genuinely happy for Leenock. Great plays from him in this tournament and a great win.

[SenitelKJ]

@BulkChomp Many suspect him of cheating during his match with NesTea I think..

[alexandreknut96]

I have always been a Huge fan of Leenock ever since he was in the GSL and am so happy that he won, GO LEENOCK!!! SCREW NANIWA

[Jinto117]

Way to fucking choke Naniwa. You take out Nestea twice only to be defeated by a kid.

[nitrostealth6]

@Jinto117 Screw naniwa xx

[ben9090210]

@Jinto117 For a kid he is a pretty amazing SC2 player.

[IndoChink]

@Jinto117 dude Leenock 2-0'ed Boxer, Idra, Huk, MvP and 2-1'ed MMA on the way to the finals. He isn't 'just a kid'

[Jinto117]

@IndoChink

Depends on your viewpoint. Since I'm 23 someone who is 16 years old is just a kid in my eyes. Likewise someone who is 40 may view me as "just a kid".

[s33thr3w]

@IndoChink dude, he's 16 lol = kid.

[killerkidyoyoyo]

fuck naniwa

[23SuS23]

only 16 years old, give this kid 2-3 more years and he'll be the next Jaedong of sc2!

[WhiteSouI]

where can watch the vods???????????

[ZICRENIC1]

@WhiteSouI there will be on mlg.com in the next days. but not yet

[ohmygod1986]

Naniwa was too greedy and predictable

Leenock for champion

[2MinuteSoup]

fucking leenock.. so godlike, i knew u'd shine sumday, the first time i saw u in GSL season 2(?) i had high hopes for ur ass, GET IN THERE GJ!

[SvennemanZZZ]

lol leenock is overconfident. stepping in flash his footsteps should be pretty much impossible because he dominates so hard

[AntoniusSilvius]

@SvennemanZZZ Erm, he didn´t confirm nothing of the sort.

[SvennemanZZZ]

@AntoniusSilvius he says he's gonna win alot more tournaments

[gsfmediaproductions]

leenock taught arrogant & retarded naniwa a lesson in humbleness - when naniwa called nestea an idiot, he lost every bit of respect i had for him as a player. GO LEENOCK! FOR THE SWARM!

[SoahmZ]

GAWD, I'm Korean so I can understand exactly what leenock is saying, and I have to say, the translator is terrible

[xxxTridenT]

@SoahmZ shut up. hwanni is awesome ^^

[SoahmZ]

@xxxTridenT whatever the case may be on his awesomeness, I think I could be a better translator than this guy. A lot of things, such as emotions, are lost in the translation, both from english to korean, and vice versa.

[DsFToXiiC]

Tso wung chi wen bah fah dum dee dah bah fwen chu wen gaha pun lee wah shen den chen ben. Pah bah mufee wah do pee wee chee wee num chum bum yum. Rem dah teh wah fee wah ha ha we pah wah chen when (continues for additional 30 seconds)

Translator: Crowd gave me energy

Surely he said more? (im not trying to be racist btw nor troll, just such a long sentence and that's it?)

[MiniDonbeE]

Hes 16................ 16... Also Naniwa should have stomped if he played like he did all the tourney but idk what happened.. anyways congrats leenock

[ben9090210]

@MiniDonbeE What happened is Naniwa forge fast expanded every game, so leenock hard countered him every time. Leenock is very deserving of the win. But naniwa was stupid to do the same predictable thing every game.

[Hmonks]

@MiniDonbeE Naniwa did play the same strategy though out the who tournament and he payed the price for it.

[CDMac09]

go leenock! so inspirational! great stuff gonna cheer for u in gsl!

[HLGxMiner]

F U muzzafuzza Your game is CoD. =D JK i <3 your mw2 montages they the best! you play Sc2? o.O

[stacker210]

@HLGxMiner haha I was surprised to see Muzza commenting on this video too! It seems that he's a big general gamer with a focus on CoD.

[Evilhardscopez]

His translator is chakie chan !!!!!

[InFusing]

It wasn't even Naniwa's rudeness that made me want him to lose, he fast expanded/forge for so many game in a row, without being punished by any other player once.

Leenock is a complete different story... He kicked everyone's ass today. A 16 yo, kicked some of the best player's in the world ass(s). BAMF is a appropriate word here. :D

[yourmumsacake]

typical asian wins starcraft

[DRAG0NSIN7]

@yourmumsacake u mad?

[GenericUssername]

@yourmumsacake a white guy beat them all last month

[NewbVeronica]

hell yeah go leenock <3 ILY :D

[peedera0]

anywhere to watch the finals?

[joemamaabc]

@peedera0 they're rebroadcasting on mlgpro.com or your can wait for the replays which should be released in a month.

[MuzzafuzzaGaming]

Hot damn. This kid can play.

[CloakedMarine]

Question: What are you going to do with your $50, 000?

Leenock Answer in Korean: Im gonna spend it on hookers and bitches :)

Translator: He is going to buy his mom a car <3

jk lol

[inasitny]

@CloakedMarine

edit:

Translator: *laughs* (ooo my God I can't translate that q.q)

[Sandeemos]

@CloakedMarine dont ruin jokes by saying jk...we got it!

[quwaloss]

its not "wanted", its "won"

[Schlamp96]

Hes 16 guys lol...

Doesn't make a difference though, that is pretty young :D

I still have 2 years to become as good though... I should probably make it out of Plat first tho :P

[MyMrAnimal]

He's 16 dumbasses. And this wasn't good fucking games. All he did was cheese. And vs Naniwa it was just 6pool and roach rushing. Naniwa is the better player.

[Okesoke]

@MyMrAnimal Naniwa should have 3 Gate Expanded... I was there and glad that smug little swede got beat after trash talking :p

[MakuhdieKuh]

@MyMrAnimal It was a 7pool, and the roach rushing was the way to counter his insanely strong forge expand. Even if i cheered for Naniwa, someone had to punish him for playing the same shit over and over again.

[harobi]

@MyMrAnimal are you serious??? the better player won. fanboy like u is pathetic

[ben9090210]

@MyMrAnimal Naniwa forge fast expanded every game ...... even after leenock started to hard counter him with early aggression, he continued to make the same stupid mistake. That's not what the better player does. If someone builds stalkers you build marauders, it someone builds mutas you build thors. And if someone fast forge expands every game you hit them with early aggression. It's not called cheese. Please learn more about the game before throwing that word around.

[Blueblox321]

@MyMrAnimal The reason Naniwa did FFE too is because if you don't then zergs just get a massive lead. TBH the finals were bad because of the maps. If the maps were GSL maps then the games would've been more interesting IMO

[TheSWTORMMO]

@MyMrAnimal Naniwa isn't the better player you dumb fuck. Leenock is on a different strata.

[XDCress]

Good kid...only 15 too, asians FTW

[AndyTehBomb]

NANIWA LOST! WOOHOO! GO LEENOCK!

[g0dAtCoD]

naniwa didnt win.....? : /

[geofreybros]

THIS KID IS WAY TO GOOD TO BE 15

[lLastGamel]

Seems like a great guy "first time in my life I ever wanted something"

[jpoon7]

Leenock is going to win GSL November!

[zomgroflomnomnom]

first

[GetTheMonkey]

@zomgroflomnomnom idiot

[zomgroflomnomnom]

@GetTheMonkey yup