The recently crowned XiAn WGT 2008 champion  WE.Pepsi.Infi  accepted an interview with a WGT reporter. In the interview, he talked about his competition experience and his opinion about the powerful Orc race.

There were many Colorful members participating in the WGT XiAn stop. Were you confident of beating them before your matches?
Of course I was confident but I did not think that I would win for sure.

What was your most difficult game?
The first map against Future on Melting Valley in the Top 8.

It is reported that the WGT 2008 finals will be held in December. Are you confident of winning?
Of course I have the confidence. If not there is no reason for me to participate.

You have clinched two world titles already. Is your current state of mind any different from the time when you first joined the WE team? Do you feel pressured to perform?
It's alright since I'm not a person who has high expectations of myself.

Presently in various competitions, the number of Orc victories has been on the rise. Do you attribute this to the 1.22 patch? Do you think it has affected Humans in any way?
It doesn't really have anything to do with patch 1.22. Only that Orc is a simple race with little variation in their strategies.

As long as they use the Blademaster with raiders and spirit walkers, they are able to fight every race. After playing and practicing this strategy so much, they have naturally become adept at using it. Other races have to change their strategies, but Orcs do not have to.

Let's talk about the finals now. In the last battle, Future had a large number of batriders charging towards your three groups of Gryphons and Hawks. But it seemed like he was throwing eggs at a rock.

His entire army was wiped out and he surrendered soon after. In your opinion, is the Mountain King strategy a mainstream one? In an ideal situation where the human is able to get high level heroes and set up a strong economy, will the Orc be unable to fight back?

If you think that the Orc still has a chance, can you rate the Orc's chances of winning?
Getting ideal hero levels and resources is quite impossible. Most of the time, the Human will have his heroes at level 3-1 or 4-2. On the other hand, the Orc will have his hero levels at 5-4 or 5-5.

If the Human is able to play a perfect game, the Orc will lose for sure. Humans have to invest a lot of effort and resources into expanding. This involves the sacrifice of a lot of hero experience.

Also, Humans will be producing tier 3 units. Even if everything is played perfectly, the Human will still be unable to fight the raiders and spirit walkers at tier 2.

This type of play style involves the sacrifice of hero levels in exchange for an economic advantage which will be used to produce superior tier 3 units to overwhelm and outnumber the opponent and win the game.

I heard that you have been in XiAn recently. In the future are all major events going to be held in XiAn?
I do not know. The major events only include ESWC and WCG and they are over already.

Original interview can be found at Replays.Net (Chinese)