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iGware - anyone know his story?

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IPA
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3206 Posts
March 10 2011 18:57 GMT
#1
I'm in a division with many solid players, among them ppgBubbles, CombatEX, NrGMalice, REQchbeUBC, and iGware. Recently, iGware has skyrocketed to the top of our division and, checking sc2rankscom, he is now in the top 5 globally for points.

Looking over the other members of the global top 20 club, I recognize literally every other player except for iGware. His win percentage is sick (62%) and he appears to be a total beast; but I have no idea who he is. No major tourneys attended (to my knowledge), no presence on TL, etc.

Can anyone shed any light on this talented player?
Time held me green and dying though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Nizzy
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States839 Posts
March 10 2011 19:00 GMT
#2
No idea but I'm pretty sure "i" is a gaming team. I met iDrone who I believe is a 3800 zerg at a LAN last month who was pretty cool. Maybe they are former BW players? Not sure.
m3rciless
Profile Joined August 2009
United States1476 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-10 19:01:59
March 10 2011 19:00 GMT
#3
Probably a known player smurfing. Remember when everyone went crazy about meatyowllegs?

edit: After googling him, hes in some youtube vod of a 2v2, so apparently not a smurf. I guess its just a new, good player.
White-Ra fighting!
chenchen
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1136 Posts
March 10 2011 19:01 GMT
#4
On March 11 2011 03:57 IPA wrote:
I'm in a division with many solid players, among them ppgBubbles, CombatEX, NrGMalice, REQchbeUBC, and iGware. Recently, iGware has skyrocketed to the top of our division and, checking sc2rankscom, he is now in the top 5 globally for points.

Looking over the other members of the global top 20 club, I recognize literally every other player except for iGware. His win percentage is sick (62%) and he appears to be a total beast; but I have no idea who he is. No major tourneys attended (to my knowledge), no presence on TL, etc.

Can anyone shed any light on this talented player?


He's a recent graduate of Berkeley who's working for a start up in the Bay Area.

Recently at a tournament, he 2-0'd LGPainuser AND EGAxslav (easily top 5 terran and top 5 protoss respectively in NA) . . playing as random 0_0 using godly well crafted, well timed, and well executed unorthodox builds, before finally edging out to LGKangWook. The kid is a genius, he can get DTs out before the 6 minute mark.

He likes to keep a low profile and doesn't like playing for money.

That's all I got.
powerade = dragoon blood
B.I.G.
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
3251 Posts
March 10 2011 19:04 GMT
#5
i say that henceforth he shall be known as mysterion, and should exclusively wear dark cloaks and he can only stand in the shadows.
Slaapzak
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands1 Post
March 10 2011 19:06 GMT
#6
Dt's out before the six minute mark?.

My zerg spleen just hurts when I read that.
I can't even sell my soul, Cause it ain''t worth shit to take
LesPhoques
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada782 Posts
March 10 2011 19:07 GMT
#7
CombatEx is not a solid player... all he does is cannon rush
IPA
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3206 Posts
March 10 2011 19:08 GMT
#8
On March 11 2011 04:01 chenchen wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2011 03:57 IPA wrote:
I'm in a division with many solid players, among them ppgBubbles, CombatEX, NrGMalice, REQchbeUBC, and iGware. Recently, iGware has skyrocketed to the top of our division and, checking sc2rankscom, he is now in the top 5 globally for points.

Looking over the other members of the global top 20 club, I recognize literally every other player except for iGware. His win percentage is sick (62%) and he appears to be a total beast; but I have no idea who he is. No major tourneys attended (to my knowledge), no presence on TL, etc.

Can anyone shed any light on this talented player?


He's a recent graduate of Berkeley who's working for a start up in the Bay Area.

Recently at a tournament, he 2-0'd LGPainuser AND EGAxslav (easily top 5 terran and top 5 protoss respectively in NA) . . playing as random 0_0 using godly well crafted, well timed, and well executed unorthodox builds, before finally edging out to LGKangWook. The kid is a genius, he can get DTs out before the 6 minute mark.

He likes to keep a low profile and doesn't like playing for money.

That's all I got.


Awesome man, thank you. Hope he attends MLG -- maybe he can get voted into NASL. I was looking through his recent games and he beat Ret twice, among other gods. Very impressive.
Time held me green and dying though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Holcan
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2593 Posts
March 10 2011 19:09 GMT
#9
you mean theres actually unscouted talent in the sc2 scene? no way !! :D
Reference The Inadvertant Joey, Strong talented orchastrasted intelligent character.
PinkPrincess
Profile Joined July 2010
United States149 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-10 19:23:18
March 10 2011 19:12 GMT
#10
He's a very good player who historically has focused on team games. More recently he's been playing a lot of 1v1 though, which has led to him shooting up the ranks.

On March 11 2011 04:00 Nizzy wrote:
No idea but I'm pretty sure "i" is a gaming team. I met iDrone who I believe is a 3800 zerg at a LAN last month who was pretty cool. Maybe they are former BW players? Not sure.

I'm pretty sure iGware is not in whatever team iDrone is in...
Grumpity grump
allowicious
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States972 Posts
March 10 2011 19:12 GMT
#11
He is not a smurf. He's had the account for awhile and was/is a really strong 2v2er last time I checked. Played against him a few times on 2v2 ladder. So yea, he definitely has the skills to do well in 1v1 as well.
lalalalala~~~
chenchen
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1136 Posts
March 10 2011 19:13 GMT
#12
On March 11 2011 04:08 IPA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 11 2011 04:01 chenchen wrote:
On March 11 2011 03:57 IPA wrote:
I'm in a division with many solid players, among them ppgBubbles, CombatEX, NrGMalice, REQchbeUBC, and iGware. Recently, iGware has skyrocketed to the top of our division and, checking sc2rankscom, he is now in the top 5 globally for points.

Looking over the other members of the global top 20 club, I recognize literally every other player except for iGware. His win percentage is sick (62%) and he appears to be a total beast; but I have no idea who he is. No major tourneys attended (to my knowledge), no presence on TL, etc.

Can anyone shed any light on this talented player?


He's a recent graduate of Berkeley who's working for a start up in the Bay Area.

Recently at a tournament, he 2-0'd LGPainuser AND EGAxslav (easily top 5 terran and top 5 protoss respectively in NA) . . playing as random 0_0 using godly well crafted, well timed, and well executed unorthodox builds, before finally edging out to LGKangWook. The kid is a genius, he can get DTs out before the 6 minute mark.

He likes to keep a low profile and doesn't like playing for money.

That's all I got.


Awesome man, thank you. Hope he attends MLG -- maybe he can get voted into NASL. I was looking through his recent games and he beat Ret twice, among other gods. Very impressive.


Yeah not only does he have insanely ingenious aggressive one base openings . . . he also has godly mechanics and multitasking that allowed him to play long macro games.
powerade = dragoon blood
Saechiis
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands4989 Posts
March 10 2011 19:14 GMT
#13
Cool, I hope some replays of his pop up, maybe I can learn something.

And btw, DT's before the 6 min mark isn't more genius than a 6-pool.
I think esports is pretty nice.
iGrok
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5142 Posts
March 10 2011 19:15 GMT
#14
On March 11 2011 04:00 m3rciless wrote:
Probably a known player smurfing. Remember when everyone went crazy about meatyowllegs?

edit: After googling him, hes in some youtube vod of a 2v2, so apparently not a smurf. I guess its just a new, good player.

This reminds me of the TL 5 years from now thread. "Unknown Player zooms to top of ladder: Is it Naniwa?!"
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Boyo
Profile Joined October 2010
United States226 Posts
March 10 2011 19:15 GMT
#15
All i know is he 6pooled me on scrap as random, he might be good but he abuses random factor
ThE_OsToJiY
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada1167 Posts
March 10 2011 19:15 GMT
#16
yo my bad I was slumping gave him a ton of wins and put him first in NA. He is random and just cheeses on the new maps where its hard to defend. Not a bad player though :p
@ostojiy
NrG.NeverExpo
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2114 Posts
March 10 2011 19:16 GMT
#17
Hes mostly cheesy player. Dont think hes gunna be anything special once people learn his stuff.
TwitteR: @NeverExpo follow me, i'll follow back :)
chenchen
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1136 Posts
March 10 2011 19:18 GMT
#18
On March 11 2011 04:16 NrG.NeverExpo wrote:
Hes mostly cheesy player. Dont think hes gunna be anything special once people learn his stuff.


I've seen him take down top players in long macro games lol.

He has insane multifront control.
powerade = dragoon blood
IPA
Profile Joined August 2010
United States3206 Posts
March 10 2011 19:20 GMT
#19
On March 11 2011 04:16 NrG.NeverExpo wrote:
Hes mostly cheesy player. Dont think hes gunna be anything special once people learn his stuff.


Still, it's fairly impressive to 2-0 LG.PainUser and 2-0 EG.AxSlav back to back right? In a tournament setting no less?
Time held me green and dying though I sang in my chains like the sea.
echO [W]
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1495 Posts
March 10 2011 19:22 GMT
#20
On March 11 2011 04:16 NrG.NeverExpo wrote:
Hes mostly cheesy player. Dont think hes gunna be anything special once people learn his stuff.

At the stage of the game, I feel that even the cheesiest of players can turn it around and learn to play long macro games.
"Or a school bus over a bunch of kids" - Tasteless --- “A man's errors are his portals of discovery.” - James Joyce
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