OMG vs EDG (Week 6) Post-Game Interview: ‘I’d give Juejue 10 points, if not more!‘
original source. broadcast post-game interview, post-game press conference interview by xingyin (星吟) for pentaq.
translator. i’ve been too busy to do longer translations recently - just been doing post-game interviews in the reddit discussion thread when i catch the games. however, i had some spare time today and saw a comment saying ‘omg’s interview today was a little troll,’ so i figured why not.
this post has two interviews - the first one is on-stage and occurs during the lpl broadcast. you can watch the video here.
Hello, welcome to the post-game interview. I'm your host, Yu Shuang, and I'm very happy to have LPL's very own fill player, Juejue, for an interview.
First, you just won such an exciting game! Are you happy?
JUEJUE. EDG is also a very strong team, and because our midlaner was banned for a bo3, I played and we won very unexpectedly. So I'm quite happy.
Then in the future, will you be the sub midlaner or even the starting midlaner?
JUEJUE. If I perform well, we can consider it. (laugh)
In the first game, you brought out Zed. Playing Zed requires a lot of familiarity with the champion, so have you been secretly practicing it for a long time?
JUEJUE. Uh, in ranked I'll put mid as one of my roles, so I play a lot of mid.
You played both Jayce and Zed very well today. In all three games, Jayce was a very good pick – do you think Jayce is a tier one pick in mid and top right now?
JUEJUE.Jayce has a very strong laning phase, and if he's at an advantage he's really frustrating to deal with.
I'm sure a lot of summoners will be working on their Jayce skills. Next, in the first game, your team traded zero for five at thirteen minutes. Why did you choose to start a teamfight at dragon then?
JUEJUE. Because the other team had gathered around there, and I was hiding in the botlane bush. I went and got a lot of AOE damage off, and then we decided to fight.
Did you feel like the team was doing exceptionally well today?
JUEJUE. All my teammates were really 'carry.' (t/n: he says carry in english.)
In today's matches, you guys really played out OMG's fighting style. Did you find success as OMG’s midlaner because you’d played jungle and understand how to work together with a jungler?
JUEJUE. Uh, World6 and I would talk a lot and discuss what was going on.
Last question – we know your team's ‘cooking auntie’ makes great food! When you get back, will she give you extra chicken legs? What's your favorite dish?
JUEJUE. If we win, usually she'll add dishes. And I like to eat Sichuan-style boiled beef.
translator. the second interview is the post-game ‘press conference’ interview, which happens off-stage and includes the whole team. i’m going off pentaq’s account of the interview, which you can read here.
Juejue, did you have any particular expectations for yourself before the game?
JUEJUE. We received the news that our midlaner would be suspended suddenly before the series. EDG is a very strong team, and our midlaner couldn't play, so we had a really casual manner going into the game and ended up doing well.
Smlz, you played Kog'maw twice in this series. What's the benefit of Kog’maw this patch?
SMLZ. Lulu is rather strong this patch, so we wanted to bring out Kog'maw and see if he could synergize well with her.
What were the factors in letting Juejue play mid?
COACH. We made this decision because we didn't have any other choice. The only other person on our roster who could play was Juejue, but luckily he was pretty good at mid.
This split, Xiyang has started playing champions that are both tanky and can do damage, instead of the low-income, blue-collar frontliners he used to play. Why?
XIYANG. I felt like we wouldn't be able to win today, so I played casually.
In the past few weeks, OMG has controlled elder dragon very tightly. Could you talk about your reasoning and what particular strategies you have around using the elder drake buff?
WORLD6. When I'm in control of the tempo of the game, I'll focus on controlling neutral objectives, and my teammates will also remind me to take care of neutral objectives.
After winning, is there anything you'd like to say to Icon?
JUEJUE. If you don't work hard I'll play mid instead.
Juejue, how would you grade your performance today?
JUEJUE. The first match was alright, in the second and third games I didn't do that well.
Smlz, you got a quadra kill with Kog'maw today. How did you make the decision to teamfight then?
SMLZ. From that position, with Lulu's shield, I felt like we could win 4v5.
Who's today's MVP?
SMLZ. Juejue.
Juejue, you were very bloodthirsty today. Why?
JUEJUE. Because I wanted to prove myself.
World6, when you made a mistake at Baron in the third match, what were you thinking?
WORLD6. I was afraid they'd steal Baron, so I wanted to kill the enemy jungler.
What would the coach give Juejue's performance today?
COACH. Of course I'd give him ten points. After all, he stepped in as a substitute and even managed to win the game. Under this situation, of course I'd give him ten points or even more, because he exceeded all the responsibilities given to him.
Will you consider letting Juejue play mid in the future?
COACH. Of course, we'll respect his own decision. His previous performance hasn’t been entirely satisfactory, but I feel like World6 and Juejue aren't actually that different in terms of skill. Juejue gets stressed more easily and doesn't play as well. Because he was playing as a sub in the midlane position, he didn't have as much pressure, and this should also be a learning experience for him.
Juejue, you did very well today. Did you play these midlane heroes before, or did you only pick them up recently?
JUEJUE. In ranked, I'll often play mid.
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