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Itís a marvelous place where our champion lives.
Howíre you doing?
Great.
We went outside to have a breath of fresh air.
Look, people and children with pink backpacks recognize you!
Iíve got a few questions for you.
Before the 1st TI when you only learnt the list of participating teams,
how did you estimate your chances?
Before our coming it was so-so, 50/50
When we came there and saw how Chinese were playing
then even before the group stage we were sure in our victory.
Maybe for 80 %.
What was then?
Did you understand that you would win?
Nothing changed as we havenít lost any game.
Except one in the final. But we did it
Only because our great captain
decided to show everybody that he can do everything.
So he canít yeah?
Ok, the next question
In one interview you told us that
Your parents were at first skeptical
about your career in e-Sports
When you were invited to the International
You knew the sum of the prize.
The question is,
How after that money your parents began to treat you?
ìDear Son, your mummy needs a fur coat!î
It was ok even before the International as I started to win
other championships and received maybe USD 2,000
So I told my parents that I didnít need their money
as I could earn them myself.
In their turn they began to take pride of me
As they knew I was doing something for that.
That I didnít rob the shops, as my mother told me in my childhood.
Later when I won the million I didnít tell anything to anybody
Until I came to Kiev.
Certainly I wrote or called my mother and told her that
I was on the tournament, as she had already known and
Told her that I had won such a sum of money.
How much?
I told her.
Oh, no itís a lie.
Iím serious. And told her about that.
She was shocked but she didnít show that on the phone.
When I came home she praised me very much
Saying that sheíll go abroad and I am to stay here and play.
Son, I wanna go to Goa.
Itís not a secret that the main motivation on the 1st TI was the prize fund.
How did you estimate you chances for the victory and
For the main prize?
It was like youthful maximalist
Or what?
No, we were objectively the strongest team.
Certainly my hands were trembling but closer to the final
I understood that people understand nothing in this game
I felt like a king there.
Do you have such a feeling every time you play?
No, itís like vise versa.
On the championships like StarLadder, yeah,
Weíve got nearly 90% of victory
If we do not fail miserably, itís easy to win.
As for the tournaments like a DreamHack
Then no, the team game isnít good there. But I felt well.
As for this tournament Iíve got some problems
as nobody could understand what he needs to do
Nobody knew anything.
In wasnít clear at all?
Is it comfortable for you?
Do you feel like a superstar and that youíll win when you come?
Yes, I think yes than no.
My honey, yes, you should work like that in Na`Vi!
Ok, talking about your current lineup,
Youíre playing together nearly 1 year
According to Markeloff,
It can play a positive and a negative role as well.
What do you think?
Will you be able to play together for long in the future?
Would you like to play with such a lineup?
Or do you think you should change somebody?
If so, than tell us whoís that?
You know, itís a provocative question as for a change.
Iím ok with such a lineup.
I mean until we win itís ok.
The 2nd place is easy to understand.
As we werenít prepared.
As for the lineup thereís no problem with that.
As for my will to change somebody,
Maybe Iíd try something new.
Itíd be spontaneous, a totally new team but I understand
That there will be no way back and we can totally fail.
Would you like to finish your career?
No, until we have The International, thereís no sense to quit.
Ok, great!
Itís a snide remark about CS: 1.6, yeah?
Why not?
Thatís all guys! Youíve played enough, go home!
Good boy!
You were invited to different TV programs many times
Have you ever been nervous about saying anything too much?
No, now Iím not afraid at all.
I donít afraid of media now.
Itís rather easy for me.
As for todayís TV program, Alexander ZeroGravity Kokhanovskyy
Was invited as well.
Certainly he was contacted as heís a Managing Director.
No, nobody contacted him.
Than who was contacted?
Xeo.
Ok, in any case, how did you choose the guys
who would participate in the program?
Was the choice made for those who lived in Kiev?
Or you were asked if you wanted?
Everybody could go there
But first of all I was in Kiev.
The choice was between me, Dendi and Puppey.
It was the easiest to take me there.
Puppey wasnít asked at all and as for Dendi, I donít remember
Whether he couldnít or didnít want to go.
Thatís why I went with Alexander.
People usually think what they would do if they get a million.
Talking about the last topic on our forum
We made a little contest and everybody had different stories.
Tell us about your plans before youíve got the million and
After that. Were they different?
Or youíve done what you wanted?
They donít differ at all.
Iíve done what I wanted.
The thing I understood after all these championships
Was that you shouldnít plan how youíll spend you money in advance
As before other 3 championships when I planned something for the money
In the final happened something unexpected.
Thatís why I donít plan anything.
As for the 1st International I had some problems with my apartment
As I didnít want to come back to Yalta
So I had to take it for a rent or buy it.
It happened that I bought the apartment.
As for the rest, lot of money goes to refurbishment etc
So weíll see what happen next.
Youíve got a girlfriend, yes?
Yes.
Will you live with her?
In the nearest future I will.
I wanted to ask you how she will merit it, but ok!
She deserves it.
How long are you dating?
More than 1 year I think.
More than a year.
Tell us how you met her.
Did you tell her at once about yourself?
She learned it by herself.
We had a company where this topic was discussed
She always tries to learn more
Even if I donít talk on this topic
Do you have a lot of female fans?
No, I donít have them at all.
So she is not jealous as thereís no reason for that.
No
How can it be?
You have such beautiful eyes!
She must be jealous!
She is jealous but thereíre no reasons for that.
You donít give her a one.
I had such an action in the university
When I was leaving they were smiling and waving their hands
What did you do there?
I was doing some random ***