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Use code THORIN at https://gamersupps.gg/THORIN for 10% off an order of GamerSupps' delicious energy formula. ► Join the Scrilluminati to get exclusive perks and support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/Thooorin ► Check out a previous interview here: https://youtu.be/hd2urn8n9BU Susie "lilsusie" Kim, veteran OG industry figure and interviewer and interpreter, is the star of the 513th Episode of 'Reflections'. This is part two of two about lilsusie's career. lilsusie appeared in esports thanks to living in Korea and discovering StarCraft esports there. In time she would appear on GOMtv's broadcast to both commentate and interpret interviews, famously working with the legendary Tasteless. Years later she worked for ESGN, a coverage site too. After a break from the space lilsusie returned to Korea and esports to work for OnGameNet and covered games like League of Legends, World of Tanks, CrossFire and more. In LoL she was part of the community building of the "OGN Legion" of Western fans watching the English language broadcast of the best Korean competition. Through working in esports in the early 2010s she would mean MonteCristo, her future husband and father of her children. During their early relationship they would head back to the USA to live in LA as Monte became a commentator and key figure at the OverWatch League. There she would find work at Cloud9 as their General Manager and was there during the time the London Spitfire, their Overwatch team, won OWL S1 Finals. In part two, lilsusie talks about working in multiple games, Koreans relating to Western fans, how being married to MonteCristo has impacted her life and what being a mother has changed for her. This interview was recorded on the 8th of December, 2025. ► Time-line of topics discussed: 00:00 World of Tanks 03:03 Multi-game and freelance 05:31 Not on OGN english broadcast 09:26 Smix and befriending players 11:56 Women and interviewing 16:27 Koreans and media 24:53 Korean fan culture 26:13 Moving to LA 28:50 GM of Cloud9 and working with London Spitfire 31:09 Winning OWL S1 32:51 Optimism about OWL 36:53 Her own brief brush with cancel culture 45:11 MonteCristo 50:31 Moving back to Korea 55:15 Wanting to be a mother 56:10 Reaching out to me during a scandal 59:23 Consequences of being friends with me 1:02:41 Explaining esports to her kids 1:04:54 Is she a tiger mom? 1:05:56 Has being a mother changed her notion of being an esports mom? 1:07:51 LFN and her family situation 1:12:17 What if she had never come into esports? 1:14:14 Plastic surgery 1:17:04 Will there always be esports in her life? 1:18:31 Monte was a fanboy of her 1:19:48 Final words Subscribe this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfeeUuW7edMxF3M_cyxGT8Q/join ► Check out bite-sized Thorin on my new clips channel: https://www.youtube.com/thorinclips ► Follow me on social media: https://twitter.com/Thorin https://facebook.com/Thooorin https://www.instagram.com/thooorinofficial/ ► My written content: https://iamesports.substack.com/ ► My stream: https://www.twitch.tv/Thorin ► You can discuss this content at my Discord server: https://discord.gg/rDKxKfM ► Want esports predictions? I have my own server to post them and share tips: https://discord.gg/T9bgaAQN4D ► This video was kindly supported by: Matt, Pugnatio, Rajcula Ben Glass touken_ Nicky Jasun Jensen Goh Special thanks go out to JerCkysMiNi0n and AmericanYone. #MonteCristo #lilsusie #Thorin