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So, instead of infesting the Livereport-thread for IPL with this discussion, lets take it in here.
idrA, going 1-2 against WhiteRa forfeits the rest of his matches in group play, meaning that he will take the 4th seed, giving MMA and STC autowins in the group.
idrA's reasoning for forfeiting, is according to IPL, jetlag. idrA, recently home from China, has been traveling alot lately and has been having trouble sleeping, and has because of this, given the rest of his opponents in the group the wins.
From what I have read on Twitter, people are pretty split about this;
Some are completely fine with it, saying that it's fine that idrA is getting his rest, so that he can be at his A-game for the rest of the tournament, and is generally blaming the tournament-format for not giving group play enough importance, with there being no chance of elimination.
Others are upset that they won't get to see idrA play the games that they expected, some staying up late in Asia/Europe to watch his games, and think that idrA is basicly performing a 'real-life premature ggrackulation', letting his fans down.
What are your thoughts?
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Norway6070 Posts
I think that I love this decision. I'd much more not see his games today, and see him tired again tomorrow, playing incredibly shitty now, and then fighting semi retarded people and the Idra haters in the LR thread. That would be even more dissapointing
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I think its pretty smart, Better to be fresh for tommorow's games. Idra is one of the non koreans who can win this thing.
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he's playing very well lately, when he's rested anyways, so I think its an intelligent decision, especially since there's no chance to be eliminated in pool play. i would hope his fans prefer he wins the actual tournament than get 1st/2nd/3rd in his group.
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what a joke of a decision, never had any respect for this player
imagine if a few people started to do this because they "didnt want to get out of bed  ((("
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I much rather see him play when he is in tip-top shape anyway, so I'm not too upset
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I personally find it hard to believe considering he was up at this time last night on the player panel + LO3 instead of sleeping.
I'm sure IPL would have preferred him passing on the players panel than forfeiting his entire group.
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Group C flipped coins. Nuff said. The group would have dragged way passed midnight with the delays.
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I think the problem is if more and more players start to do this. Imagine if all the foreign players who advanced in their pools decided to skip the rest of their matches. That's going to be bad for people who are attending the event, not to mention the event organizers who expect games from the top players.
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Reflects on the tournament somewhat, a day of competition where nobody gets knocked and nobody is playing for their tournament life is going to produce some unmotivated players.
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Im fine with it and think its pretty smart acutally. He would have continued if he won the first set, but given he is tired and not playing his best plus being down 0-1 for just 1000$ is just not worth it considering there is a MAJOR 100k tournament tommorow which is FAR more important.
And than given the schedule is totally fucked up and he should have been done for hours is imho a legitimate reason for not playing this out.
I cant really understand all the hype about that...
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illsick
United States1770 Posts
I think it's fine
If people are fans of idrA, they would want a more rested idrA for the "real" part of the tournament.
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Well he probably would have played if the tournament didn't delay 5 hours. Could be wrong of course its a fine decision sucks for people who wanted to watch him (like me >>) but not a big deal at all would rather him play better tomorrow ^_^
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Norway6070 Posts
On October 08 2011 11:17 gladsheim wrote:
champion mentality right there
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yeah, so intelligent decision ^^
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Good decision, I'd rather see Quality over quantity.
Rested Idra ftw.
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On October 08 2011 11:17 VeryAverage wrote:
I personally find it hard to believe considering he was up at this time last night on the player panel + LO3 instead of sleeping.
I'm sure IPL would have preferred him passing on the players panel than forfeiting his entire group.
Except he still had 2 matches left keeping him up much later. Probably with a much earlier day tomorrow too.
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i like the decision. he understands that he isn't playing well and needs more rest. i want to see him do well and if he believes doing so will help him achieve better results then gogogo
of course fans will be dissapointed but i'd rather see him do well than see him do shitty
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I love how people have the opinion "IDRA ITS NOT UP TO YOU WHEN YOU SLEEP"
So stupid
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I rather see less games from Idra, but the games are good quality. Quality over quantity, considerinng how many streams/tourneys are running.
If i want to see 6 pools/bling busts, I'll go watch my bronze friends play.
The 'real man/champion plays' argment is fkn stutpid. People saying that obviously don't play sport at a high level and watches too many 'Rocky' type movies. For all intent and purpose, these games being played means SHIT-ALL. You're not knocked out of the tournament, and having lost a game already, means he can probably only come 2nd for $500 (?) not worth it to him.
Idra getting a lower seed also means he'll probably play a good player straight off the bat tm, meaning good games immediately. No problem for me.
Also, Group C did the same thing as Idra, no out-rage there. Get some sleep Idra, Jetlag is a bitch.
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Sleeping some additional hours is better than a chance of getting a good seed for Idra right now
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