FLY Quad: “We have a chance to win this MSI, I think.”
Q: Not a super long trip to Vancouver for FLY, but I hear you’ve been under the weather. Feeling alright?
Quad: I would say I just feel good because we won [the LTA]. And also I got MVP too. And then … I don’t know. I’m just too confident these days.
Q: I meant about being sick, sorry.
Quad: Ah, you’re asking me sick. […] Oh, yeah. It’s good now, but I still have a bit of a cold. But it’s fine.
Q: How’s Vancouver?
Quad: It’s so cool. The weather is so cool, and outside is so cool. Of course I’m not sure because we came here only three days [ago]. So just good outside, yeah.
Hotel is good! Hotel is good.
[Editor’s note: He was very excited about the hotel.]
Q: Did you get LASIK at some point?
Quad: Yeah. I got LASIK, like, when I was in Korea, [when I was] 20, maybe 19.
Q: Who do you think will win today between G2 and GAM?
Quad: Probably, I’ll say G2, but I’m not sure, you know? G2 did game 5 [against FURIA]
Q: If G2 wins, you’ll face AL. What do you think about Shanks?
Quad: I don’t really know about their team because honestly, I don’t really watch the LPL, but sometimes I watch it. But when I see them, they have good teamfights.
Also, I heard GEN.G’s coach has an interview saying they’re so good. But I’m not sure if they’re too good or not. I should just play, and then I need to [do my best] when I play against them.
Q: Is there a reason you stopped posting on Youtube and streaming?
Quad: Yeah. I stopped my YouTube and streaming, just because… I can’t do two jobs, I think. So I stopped it. […] Too busy, and then I can’t focus on one thing, I thought.
Q: What do you think about your level compared to other mid laners at MSI?
Quad: I feel I’m for sure better than Western mid laners, I’m confident. I’m confident to play against Western teams, I mean. Also, I’m confident against Asian teams. I can beat the Asian teams. I’m not sure I’m better than them, but I’m confident.
Q: Any players you want to face at the tournament?
Quad: This tournament — I mean I don’t *want* to face them — but if someone asks me to face an LCK team, I’d say T1 this time, because there’s a lot of my friends there. I also played with Doran on 2020 DRX.
Q: Have you met with Doran yet?
Quad: No, not really.
Q: You and Chovy are also longtime friends, have you met up yet?
Quad: No. I just met him here, like, when we were doing the tech check […] I didn’t say hi because we were so far [away], because we just tech checked and we just saw each other, that’s all.
Q: You didn’t talk to him or make any plans?
Quad: No. He looks, like, busy. But I met Keria yesterday. We went to the gym together.
Q: Oh you worked out together?
Quad: To be honest, we don’t really work out [normally], but we just went to the gym together for no reason.
Q: Just to talk and chill?
Quad: Not talk and chill! We did a workout. We did the treadmill, for three minutes.
Q: … That’s it? Just a treadmill for three minutes?
Quad: No. No. We have more. Three minutes…
And then what do we do? We did push ups 2 sets, and then plank, one minute, one set. And then we did dumbbells and then shoulder press. We did actually workout.
Q: Did you tell him that Busio looks up to him?
Quad: I didn’t say that. […] I’m trying to remember [what we talked about]. I don’t know. He’s just a funny guy. I would say he’s kind of a crazy guy.
Q: How is it seeing your friends from Korea (Doran, Chovy, Keria, etc) here in NA?
Quad: It’s pretty good because I have no time to go back to Korea. I can’t see my friends. I can see [some] of my friends here, but we are not really close, basically.
Q: Dude, you should do a reunion with your old LCK/LCKCL teammates while they’re here.
Quad: Maybe. But I don’t think [anyone will] make plans. People who make plans… it’s probably gonna be me. Maybe I should make plan […] But, you know, I’m a bit tired. Also, they’re tired too, because of jet lag.
Q: I hear Inspired got lost when you guys took a photo in the airport. What happened?
Quad: I think he [got lost] when we took the picture, but I don’t know. Honestly, at that time, I thought he was here in the picture together [with us].
Q: Any good restaurants you’ve been to in Vancouver?
Quad: I didn’t go to a restaurant yet. I ordered only room service dining. […] Oh, wait. I went to one restaurant when we came [on the] first day.
*looks past camera towards Busio walking by*
Alan! When we came to a restaurant on first day, what name was the restaurant? Do you remember?
… A secret? I see. He says secret because they can guess our hotel.
Q: Makes sense. Alan’s smart.
Quad: Yeah, Alan’s smart.
Q: Inspired likes Jojo a lot, and before you joined the team he would talk all the time about how good he was. Do you think if you beat Jojo this time, you’ll be Inspired’s favorite mid for sure?
Quad: I don’t know *laughs*. Honestly, I don’t know. Because it’s kinda different. I know Inspired really likes Jojo, because they’re really close friends, I think.
But I already beat Jojo last year, so I’m not sure about that. But I can beat him… again, yeah.
Q: Any final message to FLY fans?
Quad: I think we really can win this MSI, so…
Q: Wait, really?
Quad: Maybe! Probably… We have a chance to win this MSI, I think.
[Editor’s note: Quad didn’t actually lack confidence in the statement, he was just trying to find the right combination of words in English to say “We’re real contenders for the trophy.”]
