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Susie "lilsusie" Kim, veteran OG industry figure and interviewer and interpreter, is the star of the 512th Episode of 'Reflections'. This is part one 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 one, lilsusie discusses her reflections on her early career, chance meetings with key figures in future and her role in helping build community and relate Korean esports to Westerners.

This interview was recorded on the 8th of December, 2025.

► Time-line of topics discussed:
00:00 Names
03:21 Reconnecting with Korean heritage
07:49 Teaching background related to esports
11:49 Discovering esports
19:20 Broadcast presence
22:02 GOM and community impact
26:56 Korea and marketing
29:41 Community building
35:14 Tasteless
38:21 Moving away
41:49 Working in games like Crossfire
44:59 Meeting MonteCristo
49:59 DoA
48:29 Wolf
53:05 ESGN
55:09 Korean esports work
56:40 Integrating cultures
1:00:03 Role in building interest in Korean esports

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