Before you Read on, note Spoilers for Louder vs Fonger Below.
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I had a chance to ask Fonger some questions, after his impressive games vs. Louder.<br>
Answers were reworded to correct punctuation and grammar errors.
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<font color=red>Sonde</font>:How long have you been playing Starcraft? <br>
<font color=blue>Fonger</font>:I picked it up shortly after watching the WCG where androide took 2nd place to fOrU in 2005. So I have  been playing almost exactly 3 years.<br>
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<font color=red>Sonde</font>:Why did you originally choose terran?<br>
<font color=blue>Fonger</font>:Partly I guess because of  watching androide,and partly supply depots and barracks. They look so cool and you can do so much with <br>them.
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<font color=red>Sonde</font>:When you saw you were matched up against Louder what were you thinking?<br>
<font color=blue>Fonger</font>:I thought I got pretty unlucky to go up against a player like louder in the first round, and I  knew he would be out for revenge <br>
after the win i managed to scrape off him in yankee league ^^<br>
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<font color=red>Sonde</font>:What did you do to prepare for your opponent?<br>
<font color=blue>Fonger</font>: I have  been relatively inactive lately, so I didn't really think a mass-gaming approach would work since I would have a hell of a<br> lot of work to do to catch up with someone like Louder that is so mechanically sound. Instead I talked with Kwark, the english <br>protoss player who I hate intensely for coming up with the most ridiculous strategies and pulling them off time and time again with <br>about 80apm. I asked for ideas on strats etc; basically was looking for some way to win with decisions rather than trying to go toe-to-<Br>toe in a macro game. If you're reading this kwark, thanks for the advice but i still hate you.<br>
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<font color=red>Sonde</font>:Being one of your first Live events, where you nervous going up against Louder?<br>
<font color=blue>Fonger</font>:It's hard to say really. I really find I generally play my best against better players, so that  gave me confidence that I would be<br> showing my best game regardless of the outcome. With that in mind I was pretty relaxed about it,although everything changes of<br> course when you're at a critical part of the game, and feel like you could just win if you do this right.<br>
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<font color=red>Sonde</font>:Knowing Louder's Reaver Control were you expecting them?<Br>
<font color=blue>Fonger</font>:Initially I was expecting a DT opening, since our game in yankee league. After talking with Kwark about the maps etc, I started to<Br> figure it would be more likely he would  go for pretty fast expansions in both games. In the end I expected anything but reavers<br>
especially since he had pretty bad luck with them in our yankee league game.<br>
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<font color=red>Sonde</font>:In Game 2 you went for the Proxy Rax, what was your thought and Reasoning behind it?<Br>
<font color=blue>Fonger</font>:12/13 nexus seems to be a pretty popular opening on Colosseum, so I went with a build that I felt would give me the best chance to <Br>end the game then and there. As it turns out, he went gateway first, but his building placement along with a few other things let me <Br>do some significant damage.<Br>
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<font color=red>Sonde</font>:I mean seriously, you did not just beat any player, you beat Louder who finished 3rd in the WCG U.S. Do you feel you might test your<br> luck in trying to qualify for WCG?<br>
<font color=blue>Fonger</font>:I loved watching Louder tear it up all the way to the semi Finals  in WCG USA, because he's caught a lot of flak from other players<br> for incidents relating to the qualifiers. Unfortunately, New Zealand has never held a qualifier for WCG Brood War.<br>
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<font color=red>Sonde</font>:After defeating if not the biggest threat in GG NO RE, how do you feel your chances are in winning GG NO RE?<Br>
<font color=blue>Fonger</font>:Louder did not  underestimate me, but i think he did underestimate the gigantic luck train that was following me.If i can keep <Br>riding that I might have a chance regardless. Now that I'm past the first round I'll definitely be putting in my best effort to brush 
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Thank you!