Xpecial 'Grilled': "The best thing about Doublelift was his laning." (Episode #79)

Alex "Xpecial" Chu, Support of Team SoloMid, is the star of the 79th episode of Thorin's 'Grilled' interview series. Also available as an audio podcast: iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/en/podcast/team-acer-podcast/id635250259 rss - http://feeds.feedburner.com/acer-grilled Time line of topics 00:09 Intro 00:17 Did Chaox overrate himself? 01:42 How good was Chaox as an AD in S2? 02:48 The criticism that Chaox was too passive. 03:49 Does the Support have to be more aggressive if the AD is more passive? 05:18 Did the TSM 2012 botlane try to go even as a philosophy? 06:24 Is WildTurtle better than Chaox overall? 07:49 Comparing Doublelift to WildTurtle and Chaox. 09:17 How does WildTurtle compare mechanically to Doublelift? 10:23 Did playing with Doublelift in the All-star games give him a new appreciation for the Doublelift-Chauster botlane? 11:04 Has Doublelift's personality changed from his time being the student of Chauster? 11:55 What does Doublelift need from a Support? 14:17 What was Chaox's role in pick/ban and strategy? 15:18 Which was the most difficult botlanes for the 2012 TSM botlane to play? 17:24 If CLG hadn't gone to Korea would they have beaten TSM and won LANs? 18:38 Did he buy into any of CLG's stories of potential with their line-ups post S2 Worlds? 20:04 The line about TSM always losing to Asian teams. 21:27 Losing to Asian teams due to Reginald's aggressive playing style. 23:31 Did TheOddOne camp Reginald's lane too much at the S3WC? 25:11 Has Dyrus developed problems with choking just recently? 26:52 Reginald's personality as a leader. 28:54 How did the TSM botlane do in scrims and matches at the S3WC? 30:23 Is uzi the clear-cut best AD in the world? 31:31 What does Xpecial do for the other members of TSM? 32:30 Thoughts on Genja. 33:47 How does Genja succeed if his builds are sub-optimal? 34:24 Genja's positioning. 35:19 Who is the best botlane he's ever played? 36:04 Who is the most impressive Support he's ever played against? 36:53 Picking out Supports outside of NA who play similarly to Xpecial. 37:48 What did he think of Mata's failure at the S3WC? 39:04 Is MadLife really a level above other Supports? 40:22 Did Thresh coming around force Xpecial to be more aggressive? 42:20 The legend of Xpecial being capable of playing mid and top, possibly as good as players like Reginald and Dyrus. 44:24 Thoughts on Yellowstar as Support. 45:05 Hypothetical: what if Xpecial and Doublelift were a botlane for a year? 47:10 Hypothetical: Which dominant Asian AD would he like to partner with? 48:46 Hypothetical: is there an AD who doesn't have a good Support now, who Xpecial could make better? 50:14 Patoy (Dignitas) 51:40 LemonNation (Cloud9) 52:25 How were Cloud9 able to dominate NA without their laners being superstars? 53:30 Is laning not as important in NA? 54:25 Cloud9's potential problems playing all-star mids. 55:27 Does Xpecial think Europe was better than NA at S3WC? 57:20 Would TSM have won Group B? 58:26 Which was the best game of Xpecial's career? 59:52 Aliens come to Earth, kill all of TSM but Xpecial. They make him compose a LoL superteam of NA players he has never played with before. 1:03:16 Final words/Outro.