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[namisashimi]

EDG vs SS (Week 6) Post-Game Interview: ‘I was reincarnated.‘

source. broadcast post-game interview, post-game press conference interview by xingyin (星吟) for pentaq.

translator. i have two midterms coming up, so of course i had to translate clearlove’s interview. kill me.

the first translation is from the on-stage interview that occurs on the lpl broadcast after the game; you can watch the video here.

Welcome to the post-game interview! I'm your host, Luoxin, and first, congratulations to EDG on their victory! We've invited the top-jungle duo here for some questions.

CLEARLOVE. Hello. (waves) I'm EDG's jungler, Clearlove ... 7. (laughs)

And you even added the seven specially!

MOUSE. Hello, I'm the toplaner, Mouse. (laughs)

Today the chat wasn't filled with 666, but rather 777. Of course, our 'rookie' jungler made his debut today – tell me a little about how you're feeling!

CLEARLOVE. Mm, well. Before the game I was still very nervous, after the game, pretty okay. And my teammates were really helpful, they carried me for two games.

Of course, Mouse also performed very well. But we want to ask Clearlove7 – Little7 classmate – how he felt about his performance. You said you thought it was about average, right? But on the whole, how do you feel EDG has changed after adding 'new blood' like you? (t/n: she calls him 小7同学, where 小 is 'little' and 同学 is 'classmate.' since she uses the 小7 nickname a lot, i'm going to translate it as 'little7' when it comes up.)

CLEARLOVE. ...are you asking me? (Yes.) Uhh, it's a change in style. Because I have more experience, and our Meiko and Scout said they wanted to stop losing, so I felt like I had to lead them to victory.

Is there anything Mouse would like to say to this? Our 'rookie' jungler said he's got a lot of experience.

MOUSE. I was just about to say that. (laughs) A new guy saying he's experienced.

CLEARLOVE. I was reincarnated.

In the second game, we saw the enemy team's two toplaners came to meet Shen, but didn't hit you, they just hit the tower. How did you feel then?

MOUSE. I wanted to keep them from getting the tower, because our team had delegated all the tower-protecting duties to me. So I wanted to protect that tower.

Then Little7, when they were taking the tower and you were around Baron, what were you thinking?

CLEARLOVE. I thought at that time, all we could do was take Baron. But we took Baron very slowly, because we had three ocean drakes and a cloud drake. If we'd had four mountain drakes we would've been able to rush it.

So the dragon spawns weren't on your side, right?

CLEARLOVE. Right.

In the third game, you were also very 'carry'! Of course Mouse also did well, he really styled on everyone with Camille. Here I want to ask you two what your thoughts are after the match.

CLEARLOVE. Uh, Snake plays really tactically. All three games, they wanted to split-push. So after we lost the second game, we decided to play a 1-3-1 splitpush composition for the third, and it worked pretty well.

MOUSE. I think because Zzitai used to play top, he understands how to splitpush well, and that's why they really like splitpush compositions. But we also have tried that style in scrims, so we could use it to fight them.

So you've put a lot of thought into this, right? I see Little7 has something he really wants to say.

CLEARLOVE. Huh? Uh, we haven't really studied it, because our pick-bans are done by our coach. So I can only say our coach planned the picks and bans well.

So your coach researched them well, right? You guys don't do too much research yourselves.

CLEARLOVE. Uhhhh. We just, we study our direct lane opponents.

Last year, I remember Clearlove once said, 'I've studied Sofm completely!' Meeting up against Sofm again after a year, what's changed?

CLEARLOVE. He's still a very strong farmer, so as long as you can keep him from clearing, he'll be a lot less useful.

Mouse, do you have any words of encouragement for the new player, Little7?

MOUSE. (laughs) Use your – uh, just do your best and work hard! (he pats clearlove on the back)

CLEARLOVE. Actually, usually my teammates call me Seven-bro (t/n: seven哥). I think this ID makes people laugh a lot.

MOUSE. It's not Seven-bro, it's Saiwen-bro. (laughs)

translator. second interview is the press conference interview; i’m going off the pentaq account of it, which you can read here.

In the second game, the enemy team took the nexus before EDG could recall. Could you explain what was happening at that time?

CLEARLOVE. Starting Baron then was already a very risky decision. After our toplaner died, we knew the other team would definitely not let us back, so the game was pretty much over. All we could do was plan for the next game.

As a 'rookie,' were you nervous playing?

CLEARLOVE. Before the games, I was pretty nervous, so I didn't talk too much with my teammates. After the game, I felt like I'd returned to my own stage, and after getting back to form I didn't have too much pressure, so I feel like I played okay.

In the first game, you chose the rarely-played Rek'sai, and you also picked Fervor of Battle as your keystone. Why?

CLEARLOVE. Rek'sai will have a little more damage with Fervor of Battle. I wanted to target the enemy jungler, and our coach doesn't worry about my champion pool, so he let me pick Rek'sai.

In order to waveclear, Shen will usually choose between Titanic Hydra and Sunfire Cape. In the second game, Mouse built both. Is there a reason for that?

MOUSE. I felt against Camille, I needed some damage to win against her, and if you only build tank you'll still get beat up. So I wanted some damage to trade with her.

Mouse, when you were 1v3 in the toplane, why did you decide to do that? Why did you think you could win that?

MOUSE. Because I realized when they hit me, I barely lost any health, while I did a lot of damage to them. So I turned around and fought them.

Clearlove, after joining the team, has there been any change in the shotcalling? Does this have any impact on the team's fighting style?

CLEARLOVE. Meiko is still the primary shotcaller. I'll provide him information, such as the enemy jungler's movements. Otherwise, I don't think there are any differences.

Today, Clearlove's ID was Clearlove, not Clearlove7. Why didn't you change your ID?

CLEARLOVE. Because on the roster, the ID hadn’t been changed from Clearlove. To change it, I'll have to wait until summer split, so please wait for my play in the summer.

Clearlove, do you feel like your performance today was satisfactory? How many points would you give yourself?

CLEARLOVE. If it's out of ten, I'd give myself enough to pass, because I feel like my expectations for myself are very high. If I didn't carry, I'd give myself 6 points.

How will you arrange Clearlove and Fireloli's chances to play in the future?

COACH. Clearlove7 is a very experienced player. He hasn't been a part of the team's practices until recently, but his current performance is still very eye-catching, and his future performance should be better and better. On the other hand, maybe because Clearlove7 has too much name recognition, Fireloli hasn’t had much momentum, and his performance isn't as good as it was before. Who gets to play will depend on the current situation and each player's performance.

In the first game, Meiko was on a killing spree as support. As an ADC, what did you think?

ZET. I didn't realize he'd gotten that many kills, so I don't know what to say.

As someone who joined EDG recently, what does Zet think is the difference between Clearlove and Fireloli?

ZET. Today was the first time I've played with Clearlove7, so I don't have much to say. But I feel like Clearlove7 is someone who can direct the entire game, while Fireloli will sacrifice himself to help the team.

Last week, when we interviewed Snake's manager, Zuowu, he said he'd take a bite out of EDG. Today EDG did win with a 2-1 score. Could you evaluate Snake's performance today?

CLEARLOVE. Snake was very tactical today, because they wanted to play a 1-3-1 splitpushing teamcomp. The first game, our midlaner, jungler, and support worked together to get a large advantage early, so we quickly closed out the game. In the second game, they played quite well, and they managed to use the 1-3-1 strategy very thoroughly, so we couldn't do much to them and lost. In the third game, our coach considered their tactics and plans and the fact that we could also play this style, so we also played this kind of teamcomp and made it so they couldn't pick anything else. In the third game, we performed pretty well and won. All in all, I feel like Snake played very well today.

Clearlove, why do you think EDG lost the second game?

CLEARLOVE. First, there's my personal mistakes. I didn't expect that Kha'zix would go to my blue directly, causing us to give Kha'zix so many kills early and giving a lot of pressure in lane. The second thing is our team didn't have the ability to start fights, so next time we face that kind of teamcomp we'll have to pick some way to force a fight.

Was the loss in the second game because there were communication problems?

CLEARLOVE. It wasn't really a communication problem. My teammates told me Camille was MIA, but I made a bad decision, and didn't expect Kha'zix to come that quickly. They forcefully killed me. As a result, I lost my priority in my jungle, and then their 1-3-1 composition made us very helpless.

#league of legends #lpl postgame interview #edward gaming #edg #source: pentaq #this was actually a super cute interview to translate #it's always nice when you watch the post-game interview and they're having fun and laughing

[namisashimi]

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.

#league of legends #lpl postgame interview #oh my god #source: pentaq #the comment i saw on this interview summed it up as 'where am i? what am i doing here?' #also the term juejue used for jayce with a lead is actually 变态 which means perverted #you might recognize it as 'hentai' in japanese #but it's often used as slang for 'annoying' or 'frustrating' like it is in this context

[namisashimi]

YM vs OMG Post-Game Interview: ‘Next season we can’t get relegated again!’

cyn: ...sorry omg, but it’s hard to believe you after you’ve broken my heart so many times. :< happy i can finally stop worrying about this this season, though, and i hope i’ll have many more interviews to translate next year!

as usual you can find the original source on pentaq.

In the team, Xiyang's always been a blue-collar, low-economy type of player. In today's first match, you picked Gangplank. Can you explain why you chose that?

XIYANG. Actually, I've played Gangplank many times in practices, but never had a chance to bring him out before.

Gangplank has shown up a lot recently. What do you think is the primary reason for him being picked in competitive?

XIYANG. He's pretty powerful, even though he's somewhat weak in the early-game, he's very strong in the mid to late-game. He has damage and the ability to split a teamfight.

In the first two games, you won easily, but YM caught up and brought the score to 2-2. How did you feel when that happened?

JUEJUE. Losing two games in a row was a little stressful.

What was your team's plan going into the final match?

JUEJUE. In the final game, Kog'maw's late-game is very strong, as long as he can farm reasonably well early he's fine.

In the second game, Icon played Syndra. We all know Xiyang's Syndra is top-tier, so could you evaluate the performance of your teammate on her?

XIYANG. It was pretty good, much better than before.

And in comparison to your Syndra?

TEAMMATE. His Syndra was taught by you!

XIYANG. No, no, I've never played her in scrims, but I play her a lot in solo queue.

In the fourth match, you had Baron stolen, but in the final match you still chose to start Baron yourself, why did you make this decision?

JUEJUE. Because the enemy jungler was dead and my Elise had execute and smite, so it couldn't be stolen.

What's your plan for the next season? Do you have greater goals?

ICON. We can't get relegated again. Playoffs? Worlds? [laughs]

YM is one of the stronger teams in LSPL. After five games against them, what does Xiyang think of their team?

XIYANG. YM's top and jungle are too disgusting, this is the first time I've run into this kind of constant tower-diving.

In the final match, you guys chose to play protect-the-ADC and Smlz picked a champion like Kog'maw. Did you previously plan to do this?

SMLZ. Yes, we picked away Braum in order to pick Kog'maw later.

Xiyang, what do you think were the reasons your team lost the third and fourth matches?

XIYANG. We lost our first outer tower very early, and afterward we always had to deal with Trundle or Renekton split-pushing, so the game stalled out.

Xiyang, you picked Poppy three games in a row. What do you think her strengths and weaknesses are on this patch?

XIYANG. Against most conventional toplaners, Poppy has an easy match-up.

Smlz, what do you think about Five, who has spent this year assiduously protecting you?

SMLZ. He's pretty good, better than the average support.

Five, last split you said you hoped Smlz would take more. Did your hopes come true?

FIVE. It's all right, he will communicate in games.

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