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AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7475 Posts
March 21 2009 21:24 GMT
#261
On March 22 2009 06:19 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2009 01:32 rei wrote:
It is not a big deal, Idra just can't control his emotion well yet, he will grow out of it. People who take any opportunity to flame Idra are just as immature. Idra himself knows this as well, he just couldn't help his emotion outbrusts when his mood is bad. I'm sure everybody have had bad days like that. Strelok also understand this, as why he was not effected by the BM and just laugh it off.

And stop flaming Idra's play, everybody started flaming Idra after the beating he took from F91, just remember F91 almost took out stork in a best of 3 when stork was on top of his game, there is a huge gap in skill between F91 and Idra base on their achievement. There is no shame in losing to F91, you guys should praise him for taking 2 games from F91 instead.

IdrA is 19 (20?) not 5 -_-

Have you heard of 'Emotional IQ' before

It is quite possible he is pre-pubescent in that regard.
HooHa!
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
United States688 Posts
March 21 2009 21:32 GMT
#262
That replay was pretty sweet. The Ukrainian warship strikes again!

The scores at the end were really close, like kills and losses. Idra had a better score by a few thousand.

The Rax block with the two tanks was epic. Idra was just a little too late with wraith defense. Cool rep.
Hoo Ra!
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
March 21 2009 21:33 GMT
#263
On March 22 2009 02:48 Skyze wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2009 01:56 fanatacist wrote:
On March 22 2009 01:39 Skyze wrote:
The reason I think its ok to critisize idra is because it seems every game vs any foreigner, he is always like "Theres no way they can win, the Koreans I play against are 3 years ahead of them, they are not good enough to even be in Korea like me" and stuff like that.. then he gets totally OWNED and says" omg you cheated, you didnt do the standard korea 3hatch muta" or something.. Everytime, like Strelok, didnt he say something like Strelok was a shitty terran.. and then he gets owned and says he got lucky (after being SO far ahead in the game and still lost in a MIRROR?)

That is why people should be allowed to critisize idra.. His mouth. People in proleagues who lose because of poor play, but keep their mouth shut, its hard to critisize them because even though we could tell what they did wrong in the game, at least they probably realize how they messed up also, and it was one of those under-pressure moments on TV, or they just aren't at the level of the Flash's and Bisus yet.. Idra, any sign of a loss and he just goes "OMG YOU CHEATED, THAT STRAT WAS FROM 3 YEARS AGO! NOT FAIR!", He never takes resposibility for his loss, which is why we can pick him apart. If he didnt talk shit, and lost to strelok and f91 and all these players, No one would care and they would just say GG, try better nexttime.

btw, Anyone else but me think it would be SUPER entertaining to see Idra vs FBH on a TV match, Idra getting owned and then FBH doing one of those epic celebration dances right in his face?? I think justice would be served then.

Unfortunately his manner in the game has nothing to do with discussing his strategic/tactical choices, so basically what you're saying is "becuz he makes an excuse and says koreans r betr than foren pros, we can b dooshes to him LOL."


Yes. Because he makes excuses and acts like an idiot, he deserves to get shit on. His lack of game-sense and overall lack of BW skill, is one thing, but we aren't picking on him for that, we are picking on him because of his bad manner. It just makes it more sweet that he gets so far ahead in a TvT, and STILL cant win vs "an inferior foreigner"..

I repeat, if this was someone like Nony or Strelok, who might not be as good as the Bisu's and Flash's that we watch everyday, so we can clearly see their mistakes when watching Nony/Strelok, we wouldnt talk about them in a bad sense because they are MANNERED and dont make excuses for their loss, but rather they learn from their losses and respect all opponents, even if they aren't in korea. Idra just badmouths everyone and thinks hes so superior due to living in Korea, yet he has never been able to beat any foreigner in any showmatch since living in Korea to back up his big mouth.

You see differences in play because you see completely different situations. Just because you see one thing happening doesn't mean you understand why or how the player is doing it, so you could be blatantly wrong in your belief because you are applying half-assed concepts to an unrelated game.

Also your vicarious eye-for-an-eye morality is juvenile at best.
Peace~
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
March 21 2009 21:33 GMT
#264
It's hard to comment on this anymore...

Everyone agrees that Idra is a bm bitch who can't take a loss, and reacts very badly to one...but I mean...then there are two camps that are arguing against each other:

The one side that can't stand him for it, and the other that thinks it's funny and amusing and adds drama to the scene.

I think his bm has gotten to an absurd level where I can't help but laugh it off...after all, it's not like I'm ever going to play him, so it hardly affects me personally. While it's disappointing, I think ppl spouting off and flaming really just need to get over it.

Expectations are high because he's the only active foreigner in Korea, and the only one with a progaming license, but still...after a certain point, it's just better not to care.
Hello
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
March 21 2009 21:39 GMT
#265
On March 22 2009 04:12 Mooncat wrote:
I can't believe how silly all the "you can't critisize him because he's a better player than you are" people in this thread are. Just - sorry - dumb as fuck. It's basically common knowledge that the above is a very silly argument. It doesn't even need any further explanation. Yet still many people still use it.

I've seen ALL OF YOU critisize (real)pro-gamers once in a while. And those are waaayyy better than IdrA. Which btw. is a fact.(Just to add to all the talking about what's fact and what is not) Yet you want to prohibit people from critisizing IdrA's play? Wtf?

For the record: I haven't even watched the game, nor have I anaylized it. This post is solely about the argument itself, not if the individual analyses of IdrA's play/mistakes vs. Strelok were correct or not.

The argument is that your inferior understanding of the game makes most critiques you have meaningless to a player of a greater caliber, in THIS game. Other games/sports, there are exceptions.
Peace~
Scooge
Profile Joined December 2008
Iceland144 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-21 22:00:09
March 21 2009 21:59 GMT
#266
On March 22 2009 05:57 Moff wrote:
Who cares if he swore on the internet, oh noes!


That's pretty weak. Idra is a professional StarCraft player. It's his job. You don't act like a douche while performing your job especially not in public for all to see. The nature of his job is that he's a representative for the brand CJ so it's even more important he not act like a jackass because it reflects badly on them.

wswordsmen
Profile Joined October 2007
United States987 Posts
March 21 2009 22:03 GMT
#267
On March 22 2009 06:39 fanatacist wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2009 04:12 Mooncat wrote:
I can't believe how silly all the "you can't critisize him because he's a better player than you are" people in this thread are. Just - sorry - dumb as fuck. It's basically common knowledge that the above is a very silly argument. It doesn't even need any further explanation. Yet still many people still use it.

I've seen ALL OF YOU critisize (real)pro-gamers once in a while. And those are waaayyy better than IdrA. Which btw. is a fact.(Just to add to all the talking about what's fact and what is not) Yet you want to prohibit people from critisizing IdrA's play? Wtf?

For the record: I haven't even watched the game, nor have I anaylized it. This post is solely about the argument itself, not if the individual analyses of IdrA's play/mistakes vs. Strelok were correct or not.

The argument is that your inferior understanding of the game makes most critiques you have meaningless to a player of a greater caliber, in THIS game. Other games/sports, there are exceptions.

See what I boldfaced, it means there are some exceptions. It is possible to see a mistake even if you would have made the mistake yourself, and criticize the person for it in a game like starcraft. Like just recently Bisu vs. Fantasy on RotK there was a wraith that was supposed to defend the Reaver harras but Fantasy didn't use it. Are you saying a n00b like me can't say "that was stupid Fantasy should have used that wraith." (Note: the wraith wasn't doing anything either so it was defiantly a mistake). I couldn't have defended as well as fantasy did, but that doesn't invalidate my criticism. I think you confuse criticize with insult, one is a comment the other is a put down.
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
March 21 2009 22:05 GMT
#268
On March 22 2009 06:59 Scooge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2009 05:57 Moff wrote:
Who cares if he swore on the internet, oh noes!


That's pretty weak. Idra is a professional StarCraft player. It's his job. You don't act like a douche while performing your job especially not in public for all to see. The nature of his job is that he's a representative for the brand CJ so it's even more important he not act like a jackass because it reflects badly on them.


Let's ignore the fact that to read the comments you have to know English, and go on this English website, and that to buy CJ merchandise you most likely have to live in Korea:

Husband: Honey, let's buy some of this rice.
Wife: No way!
Husband: Why not?
Wife: That's CJ brand rice! Some guy on their Entus team in StarCraftz got mad for losing a game, so he cursed at the other guy!
Husband: But we all do it from time to time, what's the big deal?
Wife: Well, obviously, since he is a public figure, his performance/behavior reflect the company's reputation, so their products must also be bad! Even I'm smart enough to know that his urchin antics have no effect whatsoever on the actual product itself, however.

^
I would kill myself if things actually worked like this in the proscene.
Peace~
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
March 21 2009 22:07 GMT
#269
On March 22 2009 07:03 wswordsmen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2009 06:39 fanatacist wrote:
On March 22 2009 04:12 Mooncat wrote:
I can't believe how silly all the "you can't critisize him because he's a better player than you are" people in this thread are. Just - sorry - dumb as fuck. It's basically common knowledge that the above is a very silly argument. It doesn't even need any further explanation. Yet still many people still use it.

I've seen ALL OF YOU critisize (real)pro-gamers once in a while. And those are waaayyy better than IdrA. Which btw. is a fact.(Just to add to all the talking about what's fact and what is not) Yet you want to prohibit people from critisizing IdrA's play? Wtf?

For the record: I haven't even watched the game, nor have I anaylized it. This post is solely about the argument itself, not if the individual analyses of IdrA's play/mistakes vs. Strelok were correct or not.

The argument is that your inferior understanding of the game makes most critiques you have meaningless to a player of a greater caliber, in THIS game. Other games/sports, there are exceptions.

See what I boldfaced, it means there are some exceptions. It is possible to see a mistake even if you would have made the mistake yourself, and criticize the person for it in a game like starcraft. Like just recently Bisu vs. Fantasy on RotK there was a wraith that was supposed to defend the Reaver harras but Fantasy didn't use it. Are you saying a n00b like me can't say "that was stupid Fantasy should have used that wraith." (Note: the wraith wasn't doing anything either so it was defiantly a mistake). I couldn't have defended as well as fantasy did, but that doesn't invalidate my criticism. I think you confuse criticize with insult, one is a comment the other is a put down.

Okay, now read this again:

"your inferior understanding of the game makes most critiques you have meaningless to a player of a greater caliber"

What criticism have you just made that is of any benefit to anyone? You just said that the sky is blue and that shit smells like shit. Congratulations, you pointed out an evident flaw in a player far superior to you, thus making you look like a nitpicking ass.
Peace~
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
March 21 2009 22:20 GMT
#270
why is there 14 pages of this?
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-21 22:21:35
March 21 2009 22:21 GMT
#271
must restrain nazi tendancies
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
L
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada4732 Posts
March 21 2009 22:21 GMT
#272
I don't see how anyone can defend this kid if they have an inkling of respect for E-sports in general.

He is the model of the 'kid who spent his life in a basement' image that people who play games have been trying to shrug off for 2 decades now. Pure gaming poison.
The number you have dialed is out of porkchops.
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
March 21 2009 22:24 GMT
#273
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arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
March 21 2009 22:30 GMT
#274
On March 22 2009 07:20 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
why is there 14 pages of this?

ive been waiting on a mod to close this, it isnt going anywhere but to a troll fest
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
March 21 2009 22:34 GMT
#275
On March 22 2009 06:19 FrozenArbiter wrote:

IdrA is 19 (20?) not 5 -_-


This is just my opinion, too lazy to find proofs for this.
age = physical maturity
age !=mental maturity

Ability to think critically and make logical decisions in all situations = mental maturity
GET OUT OF MY BASE CHILL
rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-21 22:57:51
March 21 2009 22:53 GMT
#276
who knows, maybe i'm wrong about all this, maybe Idra is mature, which require another hypothesis to explain his behavior.

1.Let's suppose Idra is able to think and make logical decisions.
2.then logically he has to recognize his own hot temper, and big mouth. (1)
3. if can recognize his weakness, logically he can avoid scenarios in which he exposes these weaknesses. (example: train himself to stop opening mouth when enraged)(both 1,2)
4. he does not attempt to hide his weaknesses(bad manner) (fact)
5. which means that he is intentionally Bad mannering everyone he plays, since he is logically making the decision to be BM.(3 and 4)
6 Which means Idra's true intension is to alienate the foreign community and everybody that is not within his CJ team, and he does not care about what the foreign community thinks. (5)

Is Idra immature or is he trying to alienate everybody? since he kept posting on teamliquid means he wants attention from teamliquid community, which also means he want acceptance from the foreigner community. Therefore in my opinion the theory of an immature idra is more logical than the theory of I don't give a shit about foreigner community
GET OUT OF MY BASE CHILL
Khenra
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Netherlands885 Posts
March 21 2009 22:54 GMT
#277
Haha great write-up, I'm going to check out the replay soon
This signature is ruining eSports.
Mooncat
Profile Joined October 2007
Germany1228 Posts
March 21 2009 22:54 GMT
#278
On March 22 2009 06:39 fanatacist wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2009 04:12 Mooncat wrote:
I can't believe how silly all the "you can't critisize him because he's a better player than you are" people in this thread are. Just - sorry - dumb as fuck. It's basically common knowledge that the above is a very silly argument. It doesn't even need any further explanation. Yet still many people still use it.

I've seen ALL OF YOU critisize (real)pro-gamers once in a while. And those are waaayyy better than IdrA. Which btw. is a fact.(Just to add to all the talking about what's fact and what is not) Yet you want to prohibit people from critisizing IdrA's play? Wtf?

For the record: I haven't even watched the game, nor have I anaylized it. This post is solely about the argument itself, not if the individual analyses of IdrA's play/mistakes vs. Strelok were correct or not.

The argument is that your inferior understanding of the game makes most critiques you have meaningless to a player of a greater caliber, in THIS game. Other games/sports, there are exceptions.


But that's wrong too. Just because someone is worse at playing it doesn't necessarily mean his understanding of the game is inferior. Otherwise you could fire most korean starcraft commentators. There's more to playing Starcraft than just an understanding of the game. APM, Reflexes, Multi-Tasking, on the spot thinking, management, control, etc. You name it.

I'd argue that e.g. a lot of the teamliquid staff have an understanding of the game equal to a korean progamer even if they don't play as well as one.

"[Lee Young Ho] With this victory, you’ve risen to Bonjwa status."
Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6183 Posts
March 21 2009 22:57 GMT
#279
On March 22 2009 07:30 arb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2009 07:20 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
why is there 14 pages of this?

ive been waiting on a mod to close this, it isnt going anywhere but to a troll fest


I think this thread is awesome, idra-haters going mad and everyone else just laughing 8D
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
March 21 2009 22:58 GMT
#280
On March 22 2009 07:20 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
why is there 14 pages of this?


lol
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