After beating Boxer: 'Koreans know me and Ukraine'

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White-Ra finished fifth in the TeamLiquid Starleague ladder, and is now waiting in the last qualifier round in a group with CloseR, Drone and KiLLeR. The seasoned Protoss player can now prepare for a Zerg opponent in the final round.

"Three Zergs in my group rocks, but they qualified to top 48 so they are all gosu," says White-Ra in an interview with TeamLiquid.

"So I will not relax, because I must play my best if I want to advance to the final stage of TSL."

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I have made it my mission when I went to Korea to beat Boxer in a TV game..."

Prior to the International eSports Festival, Oleksii "White-Ra" Krupnyk was well-known in Asia, after ending in second place in the ESWC Masters of Cheonan, including wins over Korean femme celeb ToSsGirL and CJ Entus player IdrA.

But when defeating the old school professional Lim "Boxer" Yo Hwan in the group stage for IEF, White-Ra's popularity grew even bigger.

"I have made it my mission when I went to Korea to beat Boxer in a TV game," said White-Ra.

"It was my main task. You probably know that we are both old school pros, and it was interesting to see who was better right now. After my win, many Koreans know me and the Ukraine."

The TeamLiquid Starleague qualifier is set to begin on Sunday 10th of January.