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18 years ago

Interview: DIMAGA about the group stage, Castro and more

- Interview was made by Achim "000.Zulu" Bachstelze -

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DIMAGA, how does it feel to represent your country, I can see that you are wearing your national flag the whole day?


- It is a big honor to represent my country, it was so big for me to qualify for the grand final in Cologone with Strelok.

You are mentioning your national final, was it close and have you prepared for it?


- Yes it was very close and very hard, I've beaten Strelok two times which was very hard, since he is so well know for his versus Zerg. I've been in a RoX boot camp as a preparation for the national final near Moscow in Androide's place for around 20 days. This helped me a lot for sure. Also due o the fact that BRAT_OK, Bruce, Fraer, localhost, Pomi and of course Androide were very very tough opponents.

Have you prepared in a special way for the grand final here in Cologne?


- Yeah, we had a second RoX boot camp in St. Petersburg at Bruce's place for about a week, almost same people were there as in Moscow except for Android who didn't knew at that point that he will be the replacement. But it is a bit strange to see the map pool change for like three times, which makes preparation very hard.

What is your best match-up?


- It used to be vs Protoss but nowadays my vs T is from my point of view my strongest match-up, which hasn't helped me in a group full of Zergs.

You are out of your group, how do you feel?


- I'm a bit sad, but it's okay. ZvsZ is always a bit of an unpredictable matchup. I'm a bit sad that Castro forfeited his last game against Ace, otherwise I had a chance to play in a tiebreak. Anyways it was a great experience and I will enjoy the time till we're flying back.

How was travelling to Cologne and have you been in Germany before?


- No I have never been in Germany before, the travelling was quite okay since it took me only a few hours by plane, especially in comparison to the journey to Androide's place near Moscow which took me around 30 hours by train to get there.

Have you seen anything from Cologne yet?


- Yes we made some sightseeing and travelling through cologne, it is a real nice place I like it very much. I took so many photos already.

Any last words for the GosuGamers community?


- Yes, stay healthy, that is most important, besides that have fun and good luck as always!
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