Doublelift 'Grilled': "every role takes an even amount of skill, at the highest level" (Episode #17)

Peter "Doublelift" Peng, AD Carry for CLG Prime, is the star of the 17th episoide of Thorin's 'Grilled' interview feature.

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[Update: Thorin has since done a second episode with Doublelift, recorded in October of 2013    • Doublelift 'Grilled' (2nd appearance)...  ]

Time line of topics

00:10 intro

00:28 Are his mechanics the best?

01:10 Other LoL pros telling me his mechanics are better than even the Asians.

01:58 What is the role of mechanics in LoL in terms of impacting the game?

03:03 Does he specifically practice his mechanics and fundamental skills?

03:43 Why isn't he motivated to practice more?

04:45 Top Quake pros practicing against lesser opponents, just going over technique.

06:44 For the best mechanical players tend to congregate around a few specific positions?

07:31 A comment he made on an AMA about playing support requiring more skill than playing

AD Carry.

08:45 Does the casual fan understand the importance of the support?

09:22 What was the thinking in bringing Locodoco into the team and changing his position?

11:03 What does he envision from how Locodoco will play the position? What does he have to do to make the team successful?

12:12 What does he think of former team-mate NyJacky?

13:55 Doublelift's persona.

15:22 Losing in the quarter-finals of both of the OGN tournaments, but to the eventual winners. Thoughts on those periods in Korea looking back with today's context.

17:28 If they recruited voyboy to be their top lane then does that imply he's a better top
laner than HotshotGG? What was the thinking behind the move?

18:15 What was voyboy doing differently or better in dignitas in comparison to CLG?

19:14 How did HotshotGG's jungling compare to SaintVicious'?

20:16 Comparing the structured identity of LoL teams with NBA franchises operating under the salary cap, what is CLG's basic identity and fundmanetals?

22:26 Why does he think the European region has the best mids in the role?

24:35 How the other positions break down amongst the regions, in terms of who has the best.

26:05 What are the weaknesses of Asians, or things they don't do as well as some of the other regions?

27:29 An old AMA quote about niche champions being better than standard champions, with the right comps.

28:44 A quote he said after being eliminated from the last OGN tournament, saying TSM would have done better than CLG if they'd gone.

30:38 TSM as one of the teams who haven't experienced the Asian scene up close, and thus don't fully recognise how good the Asians are.

31:48 Who else is actually good in NA, and isn't in his team or hasn't been in the past few months, who he can give props to?

33:26 What would Doublelift's career have been like in the alternate universe in which he didn't play with Chauster?

34:55 What don't people know/see about Chauster's intelligent/in-game smarts?

36:07 Is there anyone out there who is a mind of similar quality to Chauster?

36:54 Comparing the organisational approach of Koreans/Asians to CLG.

38:37 What are the core strengths of HotshotGG? What does he do that nobody else does?

40:21 Shouldn't CLG have been capable of being the best at one point in time, due to having had the likes of himself, HotshotGG and Voyboy? What held them back?

41:41 Picking out one series that was the perfect example of him and his team playing at
their best.

42:50 Final words/outro.