1 00:04:25,875 --> 00:04:31,625 So what do you say, are you excited to meet the best players in the world right now? 2 00:04:31,750 --> 00:04:35,167 There they are. Let's get this match started. 3 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:53,750 At the Cybergames Grand Finals, let's meet our players in this round of Warcraft III. 4 00:04:53,875 --> 00:04:58,833 In the red corner, all the way from the Netherlands, is Grubby. 5 00:04:58,958 --> 00:05:02,333 Since his 2004 world championship, one of the world's best cybergame players. 6 00:05:02,458 --> 00:05:08,125 We're excited to see what he can do at the finals. Put your hands together for Grubby. 7 00:05:19,792 --> 00:05:23,125 All right, and now, in the blue corner... 8 00:05:23,250 --> 00:05:26,833 for the worldwide Cybergames grand finals... 9 00:05:26,958 --> 00:05:30,417 please put your hands together for Sky from China. 10 00:05:30,542 --> 00:05:34,500 He is the defending champion. 11 00:05:34,625 --> 00:05:38,167 Is he going to be able to win 3 consecutive grand finals? 12 00:05:38,292 --> 00:05:41,875 Sky! Come on out here! 13 00:05:54,667 --> 00:05:57,000 Grubby versus Sky. 14 00:06:00,667 --> 00:06:03,333 We're watching 2 of the top contenders. 15 00:06:03,458 --> 00:06:08,083 2 fantastic main stage players take on each other in this match. 16 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:18,208 I am Sky, a player of the Human Tribe. 17 00:06:25,958 --> 00:06:31,917 In this game, there are the Human Tribe, the Night-Elfs, the Undead and the Orcs. 18 00:06:32,792 --> 00:06:37,500 The Human Tribe is more or less like us in real life. 19 00:06:37,625 --> 00:06:43,083 They are similar to the primitive human tribes on this earth. 20 00:06:47,417 --> 00:06:50,458 Grubby plays the Orcs. 21 00:06:53,667 --> 00:06:58,583 The Orcs are very strong. They ride wolves and leopards. 22 00:06:58,875 --> 00:07:03,292 They are created based on beastly elements. 23 00:07:09,125 --> 00:07:16,000 I don't think I am very smart. I think Grubby is a really clever player. 24 00:07:16,125 --> 00:07:21,458 I don't think he is better than me or that I am not as good as him. 25 00:07:21,583 --> 00:07:26,250 But he's a very difficult opponent to deal with. 26 00:08:08,292 --> 00:08:12,167 Warcraft is a strategic game. 27 00:08:12,292 --> 00:08:18,000 It is something like chess or go. 28 00:08:18,125 --> 00:08:22,833 At the beginning of the game, we have the same resources. 29 00:08:22,958 --> 00:08:27,000 Players must utilize the resources the best they can to win the game. 30 00:08:27,125 --> 00:08:31,583 The mind thinks of strategies and your hands type in the commands. 31 00:08:31,708 --> 00:08:37,083 The winner beats the opponent by maximising the use of the resources. 32 00:08:37,458 --> 00:08:44,333 I don't think I am that clever. I am quite slow. 33 00:08:44,458 --> 00:08:49,625 To overcome this I must work harder than others. 34 00:08:51,333 --> 00:08:55,417 Others may practice for 3 hours a day but I will spend 12 hours. 35 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:46,083 It's so messy here. 36 00:09:47,250 --> 00:09:49,917 Don't know where to start. 37 00:09:50,042 --> 00:09:52,708 It's OK. - It's messy. 38 00:09:54,375 --> 00:09:56,375 If I was your mother... 39 00:10:44,458 --> 00:10:47,000 Our allies are under siege! 40 00:11:30,375 --> 00:11:33,500 According to Chinese traditions, people should be... 41 00:11:33,625 --> 00:11:36,958 diligent and work hard to make a living. 42 00:11:37,042 --> 00:11:40,500 To earn money by playing games... 43 00:11:40,625 --> 00:11:44,500 just doesn't sound right, not a proper career path. 44 00:11:45,458 --> 00:11:50,708 Parents should arrange for their child. Children should follow their parents' wishes. 45 00:11:50,833 --> 00:11:55,000 If the child doesn't listen... 46 00:11:55,125 --> 00:11:59,250 they are considered to be rebels and disrespectful. 47 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:03,167 As parents we would ask "Why don't you listen to us?" 48 00:12:03,292 --> 00:12:06,917 We wanted him to be a doctor. He didn't listen. 49 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,083 Our kid, Li Xiaofeng, had his own opinions. 50 00:12:11,792 --> 00:12:17,125 I taught my son the same way my mother taught me. 51 00:12:17,250 --> 00:12:23,000 I would discipline my son using my mother's methods. 52 00:12:23,125 --> 00:12:26,958 Sometimes I beat him with sticks... 53 00:12:27,042 --> 00:12:31,458 but he still carried on playing games. 54 00:12:31,583 --> 00:12:35,833 He remained silent and just bore the punishment. 55 00:12:35,958 --> 00:12:40,083 He has a strong will to rebel. He was a stubborn child. 56 00:12:44,958 --> 00:12:50,042 Sometimes when we got extremely angry, we beat him violently. 57 00:13:20,125 --> 00:13:26,292 I decided to go to Beijing and be a professional player. 58 00:13:26,458 --> 00:13:31,958 I had great ambitions at that time. 59 00:13:32,042 --> 00:13:36,583 I dreamed to be the number one in China. I wanted... 60 00:13:36,708 --> 00:13:40,417 to represent China in the world finals in Korea. 61 00:13:40,542 --> 00:13:43,208 By winning the championship... 62 00:13:43,333 --> 00:13:46,833 I would be able to sustain myself and carry on playing. 63 00:14:04,125 --> 00:14:06,208 I've never been scared. 64 00:14:06,833 --> 00:14:12,042 Nowadays, young people are not afraid of anything. 65 00:14:13,208 --> 00:14:18,917 When we've set our goals, we are determined to accomplish it. 66 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,292 We may not understand why we are doing it but we do our best... 67 00:14:23,417 --> 00:14:25,333 before we understand. 68 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:40,333 First we go for the photo shoot. 69 00:14:54,042 --> 00:14:56,000 Welcome to the stage, Grubby. 70 00:15:01,708 --> 00:15:03,500 OK, one more. 71 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:15,292 I had to come a long way to get here. 72 00:15:15,417 --> 00:15:18,708 First because of the money, the flight was very expensive. 73 00:15:18,833 --> 00:15:22,167 This was the first time I left Venezuela alone. 74 00:15:22,458 --> 00:15:26,542 The flight went first to Paris, to continue to London. 75 00:15:26,667 --> 00:15:29,167 So I went to London... 76 00:15:29,292 --> 00:15:34,792 No sorry, to Paris and London and from there to Eindhoven. 77 00:15:34,917 --> 00:15:40,000 I took the train in Eindhoven, and after one and a half hour... 78 00:15:40,125 --> 00:15:42,583 I finally reached Rotterdam. 79 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:49,167 Then I walked about 40 kilometers, crossed the city. 80 00:15:49,917 --> 00:15:53,167 Then another 2 kilometers to get here... 81 00:15:53,292 --> 00:15:56,292 and I'm here for one reason only. 82 00:15:56,417 --> 00:16:00,792 To meet a great player. Grubby, or "4K-Grubby". 83 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,542 You win. - I win. 84 00:16:50,667 --> 00:16:52,708 Kind of close at the end. - Yeah. 85 00:16:52,833 --> 00:16:55,958 I thought you show him closer to expansion. 86 00:16:56,042 --> 00:16:58,958 But the army is inferior. 87 00:16:59,042 --> 00:17:01,708 The Raiders they kill the buildings... 88 00:17:01,833 --> 00:17:03,875 and they're nice and fast and they have ensnare... 89 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:08,792 but as far as fighting goes against level 4-4-2 heroes... 90 00:17:08,917 --> 00:17:11,750 they're kind of shit. 91 00:17:13,208 --> 00:17:18,083 Maybe I should sometimes give up an expand to kill his main base. 92 00:17:18,208 --> 00:17:21,875 But he always staffed his heroes home quite well. 93 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,083 So he could defend at least a little. And then if he kills my ex... 94 00:17:26,208 --> 00:17:28,625 Because it's just one Demon Hunter against your whole army. 95 00:17:28,750 --> 00:17:32,917 But Orb of Venom, he's standing next to his Moon Wells shop, Tree of Eternity... 96 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,417 You know how Ancients swap down the Raiders. 97 00:18:45,417 --> 00:18:48,375 I think it's boring to play the Human Race. 98 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:52,458 I prefer playing the villain. Plundering. 99 00:18:52,875 --> 00:18:55,292 Hit and run in other words. 100 00:18:55,417 --> 00:18:57,708 A bit of guerrilla tactics. 101 00:18:58,917 --> 00:19:04,292 I bet everybody knows the quotation from Sun Tzu's Art of War. 102 00:19:05,250 --> 00:19:08,792 "Attack where you are not expected." 103 00:19:08,917 --> 00:19:12,292 "If your opponent is arrogant..." 104 00:19:13,333 --> 00:19:16,917 "compliment him to make him overconfident." 105 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,542 That's a cool way of playing. 106 00:19:23,625 --> 00:19:26,250 It takes a lifetime to master. 107 00:19:52,458 --> 00:19:57,500 Do you think she's still coming? - Maybe I go alone with her. 108 00:19:57,625 --> 00:20:01,667 You lot aren't coming anyway. - Most probably not. 109 00:20:01,792 --> 00:20:04,375 No, I thought so. Especially if you're going to China. 110 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:09,708 We definitely want to go there. To China. 111 00:20:10,458 --> 00:20:16,208 There's nothing I have to be in Holland for after the WCG. 112 00:20:16,333 --> 00:20:20,542 It only depends on other contests. - In America perhaps. 113 00:20:20,667 --> 00:20:24,792 But flying to the US is just as cheap from China as from Holland. 114 00:20:24,917 --> 00:20:27,250 China - Korea will be much cheaper... 115 00:20:27,375 --> 00:20:32,083 but if there's a team-event in Germany it will be dearer. 116 00:20:40,833 --> 00:20:44,917 When would you want to do that? - As soon as possible. 117 00:20:45,875 --> 00:20:50,125 Then you can choose the place where you want to stay. 118 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:54,083 So it will be going through. 119 00:21:15,250 --> 00:21:21,208 Do you want to take sandwiches? I can't help doing this. 120 00:21:22,792 --> 00:21:24,875 Just like when you went to school. 121 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,333 Don't you throw them away on the way! 122 00:21:30,625 --> 00:21:33,458 At first I tried out many Chinese names. 123 00:21:33,583 --> 00:21:36,417 Such as "He Who is Lonesome Because of His Power". 124 00:21:36,542 --> 00:21:39,875 And "He Who is Hardly Defeated". 125 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:45,042 And also "The Number One in This World". 126 00:21:45,875 --> 00:21:50,375 After thinking it over and over I remembered the 3-letter word SKY. 127 00:21:51,708 --> 00:21:54,792 It has no meaning, just the sky. 128 00:22:01,375 --> 00:22:05,708 The first impression I got is that the boy was like a block of wood. 129 00:22:05,833 --> 00:22:11,542 Like a country boy just arrived in a big city, he didn't know very much. 130 00:22:11,667 --> 00:22:18,083 Since I was the local, I felt responsible to look after him. 131 00:22:20,167 --> 00:22:23,917 To be honest, when he first arrived he wasn't very skillful. 132 00:22:25,125 --> 00:22:28,625 I played better than he did at the time. 133 00:22:29,292 --> 00:22:32,000 I didn't know much about his family situation. 134 00:22:32,083 --> 00:22:35,458 But I knew his living condition was not very good. 135 00:22:35,625 --> 00:22:39,042 And when he was broke and hungry I would help him out. 136 00:22:39,167 --> 00:22:42,708 I treated him as my younger brother. 137 00:22:43,250 --> 00:22:49,500 I would give him financial support to compete. 138 00:22:52,583 --> 00:22:55,792 He went to Xi'an for his first competition. 139 00:22:56,750 --> 00:23:00,458 He lost in the first round. He was very upset about it. 140 00:23:01,167 --> 00:23:05,875 It's difficult for me to describe his mood. You should ask himself for details. 141 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,375 Afterwards he told me that he had tried to commit suicide. 142 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:14,500 But by then he had recovered. So I can't tell you any more. 143 00:23:21,208 --> 00:23:26,208 There is a saying: "You will get up from where you fell down." 144 00:23:26,333 --> 00:23:31,792 I felt very bad at the time. 145 00:23:31,917 --> 00:23:37,417 I was all by myself. I have overcome that experience by myself. 146 00:24:59,542 --> 00:25:03,708 Among the good Undead players, there was Madfrog in Europe. 147 00:25:04,458 --> 00:25:08,208 I never met him. He played in an era before my time. 148 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,375 He was a truly smart player. 149 00:25:13,458 --> 00:25:15,167 Nobody could match him. 150 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,750 This is the... 151 00:25:44,542 --> 00:25:47,375 goodbye movie from China. 152 00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:50,208 I don't know who made it or... 153 00:25:51,833 --> 00:25:55,583 Yeah, like when I said I would retire. 154 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:03,417 It's very good music but I don't understand what it says. 155 00:26:07,083 --> 00:26:10,125 A LEGEND RETIRES 156 00:26:15,833 --> 00:26:22,208 I was the first person to go and play in Korea... 157 00:26:23,208 --> 00:26:28,000 from Europe. And to stay there for a long time. 158 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,833 They wanted to see me lose, I think, the Koreans... 159 00:26:31,958 --> 00:26:36,667 'cause the first game I played was against an opponent... 160 00:26:36,792 --> 00:26:39,375 that they all cheered for, so... 161 00:26:39,708 --> 00:26:42,000 I won that game as well. 162 00:26:47,792 --> 00:26:50,208 I was playing Undead. 163 00:26:51,917 --> 00:26:54,208 The fastest race. 164 00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:07,542 When Frederick returned from Korea, he had been there for 10 or 11 months. 165 00:27:07,708 --> 00:27:13,000 He had become very thin... 166 00:27:13,125 --> 00:27:16,375 and pale when he came home. 167 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:21,042 He had only been playing behind the computer over there... 168 00:27:21,167 --> 00:27:24,333 he had hardly any muscles left. 169 00:27:24,458 --> 00:27:28,542 So he had changed a lot when he returned. 170 00:27:28,667 --> 00:27:32,208 Changed? I thought he had changed dramatically. 171 00:27:33,125 --> 00:27:37,625 He looked like a zombie. 172 00:27:37,750 --> 00:27:41,083 I thought he was very sick. 173 00:27:42,583 --> 00:27:44,875 I was kind of lost, because... 174 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,458 if you do something very intensive for... 175 00:27:48,583 --> 00:27:51,333 I don't know, since I was... 176 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,292 12 or 13, when I played a lot. 177 00:27:56,958 --> 00:28:02,000 Until 19, then it's really hard going back to a normal life. 178 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,375 You get... or at least I got very... 179 00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:10,375 anti-social by not being able to talk to people every day. 180 00:28:13,583 --> 00:28:15,708 I think that was the hardest part. 181 00:28:15,833 --> 00:28:19,000 Learning to communicate again. 182 00:28:20,458 --> 00:28:22,208 Things like that. 183 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,833 Good luck. 184 00:29:13,958 --> 00:29:16,417 I was living in Singapore. 185 00:29:16,917 --> 00:29:20,125 I used to do a totally different job. 186 00:29:20,250 --> 00:29:23,625 I was a model before I met him. 187 00:29:24,625 --> 00:29:28,958 I never knew what I wanted to do. I always had a love for games... 188 00:29:29,042 --> 00:29:32,875 but it was only a passion, like a pastime, a hobby. 189 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,417 I didn't expect to go into gaming. 190 00:29:38,542 --> 00:29:42,250 I guess, meeting him was a turning point. 191 00:30:01,125 --> 00:30:04,667 He can't live in Singapore. 192 00:30:04,958 --> 00:30:08,833 In Singapore the connection to the game is not very good. 193 00:30:08,958 --> 00:30:11,917 So he can't do a lot of training in Singapore. 194 00:30:12,333 --> 00:30:17,000 He can only live in places where there's a good connection to the game. 195 00:30:31,833 --> 00:30:36,708 He came to Xi'an for the WCG, a very important competition. 196 00:30:36,833 --> 00:30:40,917 I was the commentator for the tournament... 197 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,250 and I coincidently was the commentator for his match. 198 00:30:45,167 --> 00:30:48,000 I can still remember the moment deeply in my mind. 199 00:30:54,958 --> 00:30:58,833 The training conditions were bad. 200 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:03,625 And there were not much people who understood us. 201 00:31:05,667 --> 00:31:09,167 I thought Sky might get... 202 00:31:09,542 --> 00:31:14,000 a great future. We had nothing in the beginning. 203 00:31:14,083 --> 00:31:18,083 Now we are rich and famous. 204 00:31:20,625 --> 00:31:23,042 But this is a new industry, just 3 years old. 205 00:31:23,167 --> 00:31:26,458 None of us knows how long the industry can last... 206 00:31:26,583 --> 00:31:29,083 how long the life-span is for a player... 207 00:31:29,208 --> 00:31:34,417 when a player can reach to his peak and when he will take a bad turn. 208 00:31:34,542 --> 00:31:37,292 We have no idea about that. 209 00:31:37,417 --> 00:31:42,625 Li Xiaofeng, known as SKY, and others, they are like pioneers. 210 00:31:51,625 --> 00:31:54,708 The motor bike is in the way. Shall I move it? 211 00:31:54,833 --> 00:31:57,542 No need, the driver's coming. 212 00:32:09,958 --> 00:32:12,875 Watch out, dumbo. 213 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,708 Unbelievable. 214 00:33:03,417 --> 00:33:07,042 Get out of my sight. 215 00:33:26,208 --> 00:33:28,167 Just honk him. 216 00:33:28,292 --> 00:33:31,167 Doesn't help with these people. 217 00:33:45,458 --> 00:33:49,042 In any case, be careful. - So far, so good. 218 00:33:49,292 --> 00:33:53,167 He sends all the money back home. - After he earns it, he sends it to us. 219 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,583 This shows his filial obedience to us. 220 00:33:59,292 --> 00:34:01,125 Did he finish his studies? -Yes. 221 00:34:01,250 --> 00:34:05,833 What about his job assignment? - He's now playing games professionally. 222 00:34:05,958 --> 00:34:08,708 Professional player? But you tried to stop him. 223 00:34:08,833 --> 00:34:12,958 Now you know what's a profession, right? - His son has one. 224 00:34:13,042 --> 00:34:18,167 Your son never thought to play out of this town. 225 00:34:18,292 --> 00:34:22,000 But his son did. He left to play. 226 00:34:22,125 --> 00:34:26,500 Then he could earn money. - Who could've expected this of this student? 227 00:34:26,625 --> 00:34:29,958 It's because he had the guts to leave this dump. 228 00:34:30,042 --> 00:34:33,833 "Playing", up my ass! -Damn right. 229 00:34:35,292 --> 00:34:36,708 Mind your language. 230 00:34:36,833 --> 00:34:40,000 What's the name of your son? Sorry, I forgot. 231 00:34:40,083 --> 00:34:42,083 Li Xiaofeng. 232 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:45,708 Look, what a son he has. 233 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,292 What's up? 234 00:35:09,417 --> 00:35:14,333 They're getting things ready. 235 00:35:14,458 --> 00:35:18,417 Should we start again? - Not yet. 236 00:35:22,042 --> 00:35:25,792 How long to go? - 5 minutes. 237 00:35:52,458 --> 00:35:57,083 Sky, is it B.O.I.? - Yes. 238 00:35:59,542 --> 00:36:02,625 We win! We win! 239 00:36:05,375 --> 00:36:08,250 What the fuck do they mean, we win? 240 00:36:23,875 --> 00:36:28,708 In 2005, 2004 and 2006, too, every competition I was in... 241 00:36:29,750 --> 00:36:36,500 I was the favourite. And I delivered the goods, 'cause I won. 242 00:36:37,958 --> 00:36:46,583 I consider myself a better player now, but I don't win half as often. 243 00:36:48,667 --> 00:36:53,375 I can play with Korean and Chinese players now as well. 244 00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:57,708 But you do get an internet delay, because... 245 00:36:57,833 --> 00:37:04,208 the 'ping', when your modem connects with another PC or network... 246 00:37:04,333 --> 00:37:08,000 that's a number of leaps from there to here... 247 00:37:08,125 --> 00:37:12,000 with a delay of 300 milliseconds... 248 00:37:12,083 --> 00:37:13,958 there and back. 249 00:37:14,042 --> 00:37:17,667 So everything you do, happens half a second later over there. 250 00:37:17,792 --> 00:37:22,583 That makes it meaningless. A short amount of time makes all the difference in the world. 251 00:37:45,458 --> 00:37:49,208 Hello, Yuwang. Did you receive my message? 252 00:37:49,333 --> 00:37:55,542 I am at the internet cafe near my office. Guess who I saw? 253 00:37:55,667 --> 00:38:02,083 I saw this guy who looks really familiar... 254 00:38:04,042 --> 00:38:07,750 The more I look, the more I think it's him. 255 00:38:07,875 --> 00:38:11,875 So I went up to one of the staff and asked, Is he Grubby?" 256 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,333 They said, "Yes. He is Grubby." It's amazing. 257 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,917 It's the only thing I can do. - Only in this way? 258 00:38:20,958 --> 00:38:24,708 Otherwise it might be trouble if the wires wind together. 259 00:39:08,542 --> 00:39:12,750 What I've got with Sky, just to draw a comparison... 260 00:39:12,875 --> 00:39:17,792 is that he is precisely the epitome of mass practice. 261 00:39:17,917 --> 00:39:21,750 He has talent, that's obvious, but he uses it... 262 00:39:21,875 --> 00:39:27,042 in tandem with his practicing... 263 00:39:27,167 --> 00:39:29,625 to perfect only one particular style. 264 00:39:29,750 --> 00:39:36,250 Sometimes I too become a victim of mindless repetition. 265 00:39:36,375 --> 00:39:41,708 Repeating the same action endlessly. That's necessary sometimes. 266 00:39:41,833 --> 00:39:46,667 But I do think it is an attack on your creativity. 267 00:40:58,750 --> 00:41:02,167 Where does the internet come from, where are the... 268 00:41:04,375 --> 00:41:05,958 I guess here? 269 00:41:06,042 --> 00:41:10,833 Does it come from one place, do you have to put cables through the whole house? 270 00:41:10,958 --> 00:41:13,167 Maybe you can use wireless? 271 00:41:13,292 --> 00:41:15,833 No, wireless is not good for gaming. 272 00:41:15,958 --> 00:41:20,250 Where is the connection to the internet? 273 00:41:27,667 --> 00:41:32,000 I think he means... buy a router. 274 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:39,708 Yeah, a router to connect the Internet to all the computers. 275 00:41:39,833 --> 00:41:42,042 Obviously, but... 276 00:41:42,167 --> 00:41:46,042 I'm not talking about: is one PC faster than the other. 277 00:41:47,500 --> 00:41:52,417 The download and upload speed has to be good. The ping has to be good. 278 00:41:55,083 --> 00:42:00,000 If the Internet is not good there's even no point in coming here. 279 00:42:04,792 --> 00:42:07,125 There's a swimming pool... 280 00:42:07,250 --> 00:42:10,625 a place for your children to play... 281 00:42:12,625 --> 00:42:14,708 Is there a swimming pool? 282 00:42:21,708 --> 00:42:26,750 The next round between MYM and Sky's team will begin shortly. 283 00:42:26,875 --> 00:42:31,958 MYM is in the lead with 2 to 1. 284 00:42:32,708 --> 00:42:35,875 Grubby and Moon are MYM's trump cards. 285 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:40,833 Between the 2, Grubby's performance here is much better. 286 00:42:46,583 --> 00:42:50,000 The players are Ted vs. Grubby for this round. 287 00:46:15,500 --> 00:46:20,417 I remember the first time he held my hand was in Luoyang. 288 00:46:20,542 --> 00:46:23,000 Both of us blushed. 289 00:46:23,125 --> 00:46:30,000 He took my hand when we were crossing the street. 290 00:46:31,125 --> 00:46:35,333 The sun was shining and it was a moment to remember. 291 00:46:35,458 --> 00:46:37,875 I really thought he was... 292 00:46:39,542 --> 00:46:42,792 a very pure and innocent boy at the time. 293 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:51,208 He started to tell me how he felt about me. And asked me to become his girlfriend. 294 00:46:51,333 --> 00:46:54,042 Jokingly I said to him: 295 00:46:54,167 --> 00:46:58,417 "When you win the world championship, I will become your girlfriend." 296 00:49:32,542 --> 00:49:38,000 In China, there's a common saying: 297 00:49:38,125 --> 00:49:42,167 A man will change when he's rich and famous. 298 00:49:42,292 --> 00:49:45,833 I can't say that I am not worried. 299 00:49:45,958 --> 00:49:49,750 But when it hasn't happened yet... 300 00:49:49,875 --> 00:49:52,625 I am not going to think too much about it. 301 00:49:52,750 --> 00:49:55,875 I think it's better to leave the future to run its course... 302 00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:58,417 and not be affected by what might happen. 303 00:49:58,542 --> 00:50:01,208 When Sky meets his fans... 304 00:50:01,333 --> 00:50:07,500 he gives a positive energy and shows a good public image. 305 00:50:07,625 --> 00:50:10,667 He's different when he's with me. 306 00:50:10,792 --> 00:50:15,250 I see him as he is, whether it's good or bad. 307 00:50:15,375 --> 00:50:18,708 There's a great difference but... 308 00:50:20,292 --> 00:50:25,417 I am with this person and not just seeing him on a show or in a championship. 309 00:50:25,542 --> 00:50:27,542 He has a life too. 310 00:50:30,250 --> 00:50:34,417 Maybe he's not perfect but... 311 00:50:35,917 --> 00:50:38,583 I don't need him to be perfect all the time. 312 00:50:39,833 --> 00:50:42,625 Since young, I have problems with my heart. 313 00:50:42,750 --> 00:50:47,167 Every time I get sick, I go to the hospital by myself. 314 00:50:47,750 --> 00:50:52,833 We quarreled about this, because I felt he didn't do enough for me. 315 00:50:52,958 --> 00:50:56,333 Afterwards he said to me: 316 00:50:56,458 --> 00:51:03,333 As long as he's in this industry, he must put in 100% of his energy... 317 00:51:03,458 --> 00:51:07,708 to keep his ranking. So it's hard for him too. 318 00:51:08,458 --> 00:51:13,917 I thought about it and accepted the situation. 319 00:51:15,667 --> 00:51:18,583 It's possible that he will become more and more famous... 320 00:51:18,708 --> 00:51:25,042 and I will have a very ordinary career after graduation. 321 00:51:25,917 --> 00:51:29,792 The gap between us may grow wider and wider. 322 00:51:29,917 --> 00:51:36,083 But I will try my best, using my heart and mind... 323 00:51:36,208 --> 00:51:38,625 to narrow this gap between us. 324 00:51:38,750 --> 00:51:42,792 I hope he can understand and realize... 325 00:51:42,917 --> 00:51:47,167 I will always see him as Li Xiaofeng... 326 00:51:47,292 --> 00:51:51,250 the boy I met years ago. 327 00:51:51,375 --> 00:51:56,750 I would never see him as Sky, the idol. 328 00:51:56,875 --> 00:52:04,333 It would drive me crazy, living with a superstar. 329 00:52:04,458 --> 00:52:06,917 It's not a life that I want. 330 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:13,833 Can you live with a fan for life? She will be good to you a day or 2... 331 00:52:15,333 --> 00:52:18,917 but how much could she do for you? 332 00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:22,000 You cannot ask someone to forgive all your weak points... 333 00:52:22,083 --> 00:52:28,250 without any payback. It should be 2-way. 334 00:52:32,542 --> 00:52:37,542 Attention please for the presentation of the latest memory chip by Kingston. 335 00:53:11,208 --> 00:53:15,083 Now, Sky, being the world's top cyber game player... 336 00:53:15,208 --> 00:53:20,292 is also being sponsored by the world's first class memory chip company. 337 00:53:20,417 --> 00:53:23,917 He has won 2 WCG championships and many other competitions. 338 00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:27,167 Now we will invite Sky to demonstrate our device. 339 00:53:29,583 --> 00:53:32,792 As we can see, Sky is now in the main frame. 340 00:54:51,208 --> 00:54:54,708 When I was playing I had this feeling... 341 00:54:55,250 --> 00:54:59,292 I could see things happening before they happened. 342 00:54:59,417 --> 00:55:03,167 I could see movement... 343 00:55:03,292 --> 00:55:06,792 the way the other player moved his units, I could... 344 00:55:06,917 --> 00:55:11,375 just by seeing them for a short while I knew where they were going. 345 00:55:11,500 --> 00:55:13,917 Even if it was... 346 00:55:14,708 --> 00:55:16,125 fog on the map... 347 00:55:16,250 --> 00:55:20,750 I could calculate in my head where he was going and... 348 00:55:20,875 --> 00:55:23,000 what he was going to do. 349 00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:28,417 And it was the same in real life when I got back. 350 00:55:28,542 --> 00:55:32,083 It's a bit hard to explain and to understand but... 351 00:55:32,217 --> 00:55:36,167 when you're moving things so fast that you need to... 352 00:55:36,292 --> 00:55:38,875 understand all the consequences by your movement... 353 00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:42,625 then it got to be the same in real life. 354 00:55:44,583 --> 00:55:47,792 It was like seeing into the future. 355 00:55:48,667 --> 00:55:54,125 You could kind of see movements happen before they happened. 356 00:55:55,208 --> 00:55:58,750 Because like everything happens for a reason. 357 00:57:45,250 --> 00:57:49,458 It's OK. The last bus goes at 9:30. - How do you know? 358 00:57:49,583 --> 00:57:53,250 Because yesterday we were there at 9:40. The last bus just left. 359 00:57:54,833 --> 00:57:57,833 OK, let's go. 2 minutes. 360 00:57:58,958 --> 00:58:00,917 Are our bags packed? 361 00:58:05,500 --> 00:58:09,500 Grubby versus Sky. We're bringing you the match. 362 00:58:09,625 --> 00:58:12,542 And this is the match to be watching. 363 00:58:12,667 --> 00:58:14,792 2 of the top contenders here, Tom. 364 00:58:14,917 --> 00:58:19,333 Tell me, what are your expectations for these players for this match? 365 00:58:19,458 --> 00:58:24,417 Sky is the top player in China and a strong favorite to take this tournament. 366 00:58:24,542 --> 00:58:27,917 But Grubby is absolutely at the top of the Warcraft III scene. 367 00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:33,833 He's been on this pro scene so long. He knows how to play under pressure. 368 00:58:33,958 --> 00:58:37,750 The map is the largest map and it's an Orcs favored map. 369 00:58:41,625 --> 00:58:46,792 Normally I go away from the bridge. I come downstairs... 370 00:58:48,875 --> 00:58:52,375 You were thinking that... - Towards the bridge. 371 00:58:52,500 --> 00:58:56,583 Then my burrows can be close to the entrance. 372 00:58:56,708 --> 00:59:00,708 And then I can snatch any incoming units. 373 00:59:08,833 --> 00:59:14,875 I believe that Grubby does not know what hero Sky went with. 374 00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:19,042 So he'll want to be scouting that very, very quickly. 375 00:59:19,167 --> 00:59:22,500 But Grubby did find out where Sky is on the map. 376 00:59:26,292 --> 00:59:30,125 A nice move there. His harassment has been continuous inside the base. 377 00:59:30,250 --> 00:59:32,708 And even though his own base was under attack for a little while... 378 00:59:32,833 --> 00:59:36,833 he still maintained his focus and kept his attention on that Far Seer... 379 00:59:36,958 --> 00:59:40,167 which is the key to his success, possibly, in this game. 380 00:59:41,542 --> 00:59:47,458 The Chinese stopped playing Turtle Rock because he kept beating them. 381 00:59:47,875 --> 00:59:51,167 And here comes the Mountain King back inside the base of Grubby... 382 00:59:51,292 --> 00:59:55,000 to try and keep this harassment going. The Far Seer is about to pop back out. 383 00:59:55,208 --> 00:59:57,875 I don't know whether the Far Seer can defend against the Mountain King. 384 00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:03,417 He's almost level 4, however, to Grubby's level 3. 385 01:00:03,833 --> 01:00:09,250 Yeah, he did that once against me. - Not once, he always does that. 386 01:00:13,917 --> 01:00:17,167 Grubby's bringing his army dangerously close to the base of Sky. 387 01:00:17,292 --> 01:00:20,042 This could be a big battle right now. 388 01:00:20,167 --> 01:00:24,542 Grubby's got a lot of those Batriders and Sky's been trying to put an army together... 389 01:00:24,667 --> 01:00:28,000 of these Dragonhawk Riders and Gryphon Riders as well. 390 01:00:28,083 --> 01:00:32,417 So Sky's trying to defend the expand that he put up by Grubby's base. 391 01:00:42,792 --> 01:00:47,000 If a clever player does not work hard, I won't fear him. 392 01:00:47,083 --> 01:00:51,042 But if he's also very hard, I will have no choice but fight it out with him. 393 01:00:57,500 --> 01:01:01,292 Sometimes you have to trust that what you think is best will work... 394 01:01:01,417 --> 01:01:03,292 without being really sure. 395 01:01:03,417 --> 01:01:08,042 There are hundreds of T-crossings where you make choices... 396 01:01:08,167 --> 01:01:11,875 and in the end the choices you make are what makes you unique. 397 01:01:13,208 --> 01:01:15,750 Sky's taking a lot of damage on the Gryphons. 398 01:01:15,875 --> 01:01:21,208 But Grubby's losing most of his units and he wasn't able to kill enough of those units. 399 01:01:25,917 --> 01:01:27,833 Our hero has been slain! 400 01:01:50,542 --> 01:01:54,000 And there he is, ladies and gentlemen! 401 01:01:54,125 --> 01:01:59,958 And Sky will take the map in a very decisive fashion. 2-0 for Sky. 402 01:02:00,042 --> 01:02:02,375 Grubby was not able to hang on. 403 01:02:04,667 --> 01:02:09,292 Sky had shown that World Cyber Games is his tournament. 404 01:02:09,417 --> 01:02:11,958 Every single year he comes to this very, very strong... 405 01:02:12,042 --> 01:02:18,375 and he will be in the final for a shot at his third straight gold medal. 406 01:02:18,500 --> 01:02:21,917 It's absolute dominance by Sky at World Cyber Games. 407 01:02:22,167 --> 01:02:26,375 Yep, there it is: celebration a little bit, the fist pump from Sky. 408 01:02:26,500 --> 01:02:29,333 Anyway, that was Warcraft III. 409 01:03:55,375 --> 01:03:57,958 Where do you think it went wrong? 410 01:04:01,083 --> 01:04:03,000 I think... 411 01:04:05,042 --> 01:04:10,583 maybe you could have been a bit more offensive... 412 01:04:11,500 --> 01:04:16,000 and try to not let him even cross the bridge. 413 01:04:17,083 --> 01:04:21,333 And kill all his peasants. 414 01:04:23,458 --> 01:04:24,917 I'm always one step behind. 415 01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:27,875 Every time I lose to him I find out how I should have played... 416 01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:31,333 and then there's a new game and it goes different again. 417 01:04:34,417 --> 01:04:36,208 All for nothing. 418 01:04:48,083 --> 01:04:49,750 I heard you defeated Grubby. 419 01:04:49,875 --> 01:04:55,125 I beat Grubby in the quarter finals. Now I will play in the final... 420 01:04:55,250 --> 01:04:58,250 'cause I beat Moon too in the half finals. 421 01:04:58,375 --> 01:05:01,000 You won? -Yes, I wiped him out. 422 01:05:01,083 --> 01:05:04,458 How great you are! -2 to zero. 423 01:05:04,583 --> 01:05:09,000 I think the final opponent will be someone from Russia. 424 01:05:09,125 --> 01:05:13,125 The finals will be tomorrow. 425 01:05:13,250 --> 01:05:17,542 Take care of your health. - OK. You too. 426 01:05:18,708 --> 01:05:21,042 Bye-bye, sweetheart. - Bye-bye. 427 01:05:21,167 --> 01:05:24,375 Bye-bye, sweetheart. Please give my regards to your parents. 428 01:05:24,500 --> 01:05:29,458 OK, I will. Bye-bye. Have a good day. - OK, bye-bye. 429 01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:10,667 Unbelievable, Sky does not do it. 430 01:08:10,792 --> 01:08:14,208 He wins 2 golds in a row, but can't capture the third. 431 01:08:14,333 --> 01:08:18,833 Creo comes out of nowhere and takes away the gold medal... 432 01:08:18,958 --> 01:08:22,917 in 2 maps. Sky wins the first one... 433 01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:27,000 and Creo had an uphill battle. He put on his climbing gear... 434 01:08:27,125 --> 01:08:29,417 and took map 2 and map 3. 435 01:08:29,542 --> 01:08:34,042 An unbelievable siege and closing comment on this Warcraft III final. 436 01:08:54,208 --> 01:08:58,083 Sky looks crushed to me. He looks crushed!