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Scarlett:"I never dreamed of becoming a pro-gamer"

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Recently ThisisGame caught up with Acer's Scarlett while she is in Korea competing in GSTL. She discussed what it is like living in Korea, and some of her performances at GSTL.

The 19 year old Canadian, who came to public notoriety through her IPL 4 Open Bracket upset and most lately beat Mvp in her first ever GSTL match sat down with Korean eSports news site ThisIsGame for an interview. She talks about her experience living in a team house in Korea and some of her performances in GSTL. The interview was recently translated by reddit user todobienn.

Scarlett begins the interview by talking about how she first became a pro-gamer, and some of her experiences that lead to her being where she is today.

"Though I played a lot of videogames since I was little, I never dreamed of becoming a pro-gamer. Even when I started playing Starcraft II two years ago, my goal was to just get into Masters. But with the IPL4 open qualifiers, I just naturally became a pro-gamer. I could tell you more, but I'm too shy to talk about myself too much." (laughs)


Scarlett then discusses what its like living in a team house, and how she has adjusted to it, this leads to her talking about how this has helped her grow better as a player.

"I love the team house life. There aren't really any problems and we communicate well enough. It's not hard since the other players are fairly good at English. But there are times when I shut myself in my room because I'm shy."

"I only met about 5 players on the NA ladder so it wasn't really much of a practice. I would have to wait maybe 10~20 minutes in the queue to play one game. There must be some problem in the Blizzard matching system because I would occasionally be matched up with a Bronze player. (laughs) But because there are so many players here in Korea, it's easy to find custom games, and laddering is much more beneficial. Even regular players on the ladder were incredibly good. I feel like I'm improving just from laddering."


The interview goes on to talk about her performance in the GSTL so far where she defeated MVP, but lost to YoDa.

"The game against YoDa? I was really nervous. (laughs) I became even more nervous after getting a win. So I forgot about the Ultralisk upgrade in the late game. I think I could have won if my control was spot on when I attacked with Infestors and Banelings. That mistake eventually led to my loss, but I am still content with my win."


ThisisGame then asked her what her thoughts were on the new WCS format, she goes on to explain that because of the new WCS format she does not have the chance to play against many Korean players, this being the reason she holds GSTL in such high respect.

"I think the new WCS system is fine. But I heard it wasn't the case for other non-Koreans. It's because Korean players now have the option of entering other regions. Honestly, I think last year's WCS wasn't that significant. I won in Canada and in NA but lost to Koreans in the Global Finals. But now there are 3 tournaments and there's a good amount of Koreans in a region. Coming out on top in any of the regions will allow me to come out as a formidable player. From that perspective, I like it very much."

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