It’s the first time ever that Kevin ‚Harstem‘ de Koning plays in the Premier League of WCS Europe. The dutch is one of the youngest players in this season and thus acts overmodest if asked about his ambition: „I hope I can play as well here as I can play in practice“, he tells in our interview – but he trained hard to maybe even be succesful.

[playerbox_harstem] How did you prepare for the Round of 32?
I played like 300 games against Terran in the past week.

How do you feel going into the matches?
If I play well I might win, on paper the other three players (Note: [jjakji], [bunny] and [yoda]) are better than me.

What are your chances to advance into Round of 16?
A realistic estimate would be 20 percent.

Who will be your hardest opponent in the group and why?
I think [jjakji] is the best player in the group. I only ever won one map against him on ladder. My total stats are like 1-22.

What are your goals for this season?
I hope i can play as well here as i can play in practice. I don’t really care about winning/losing as long as i can transfer the skill that i have in practice to tournaments.