xPeke 'Grilled': "I improved a lot just by playing against [Froggen]" (Episode #48)

Enrique "xPeke" Cedeño Martínez, Mid laner of fnatic, is the star of the 48th 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 00:19 Were fnatic underdogs going into the Season 1 Championship? 03:35 Since current team-mates sOAZ and Yellowstar were on aAa, fnatic's opponents, in the S1 final, how good did he think they were back then? 04:43 Thoughts on bigfatlp back in late 2011 and CLG.NA's roster in general (Chauster moving to Jungle and Saintvicious' removal) 07:00 Playing TSM and facing Reginald in the mid lane. 08:00 sOAZ becoming more well known as one of the best EU top laners. 09:39 How much of xPeke's style is impromptu or planned. 11:04 Who makes the calls in fnatic and do the other players ever call what xPeke should do? 12:40 Did the success of S1 and IEM VI New York cause fnatic to hold onto their lineup too long? 16:14 The difficulties of having to remove a team-mate if he is also a friend and whether fnatic would be quick to remove someone in the era of million dollar tournaments. 18:53 Was fnatic already at their IPL5 form when they beat CLG.EU in the Dreamhack Winter final? 20:56 How much did fnatic know about Taipei Assassins prior to beating them 4-0 at IPL5? 22:22 What do you have to be prepared for when facing TPA? 23:31 Thoughts on Toyz in the mid lane. 24:13 Since Froggen was so highly rated during S2 how does his form in S3 compare? 25:15 What kinds of things did xPeke take from Froggen? 26:17 Did World Elite's level rise significantly at IPL5? 27:35 World Elite having more threats than other teams. 28:25 How does it change the mid lane match-up in facing Misaya, due to the other threats of his team? 29:34 What was the effect of Rekkles' addition to fnatic in late 2012? 31:20 The problem of having Rekkles waiting in the wings, but Yellowstar performing well. 32:55 Will he admit there's pressure on Yellowstar due to Rekkles potentially being available in the future? 33:30 Comparing Rekkles and Yellowstar. 34:26 How does he rate Alex Ich purely individually? 35:50 Making the case for fnatic being the best team in LCS EU. 37:37 People claiming Bjergsen is the star of Wolves and is possibly the best mid laner in Europe. 39:50 Is there some special bond with Cyanide, due to their time playing together? 41:04 Thoughts on why Korean mid laners don't shine in the same way as Europeans do. 42:25 Any Korean mid laner who stands out? 42:56 Aliens come to earth, kill fnatic and make xPeke the captain of the Earth team to battle for the fate of the planet in a LoL match vs. the aliens. Since the aliens are the best at default/standard play he must select players who are capable of unpredictable/creative play. 45:17 Final words/outro