On October 08 2011 11:30 DiaBoLuS wrote: why playing vs white-ra then? this is disrespectful - either not playing from the very beginning or playing the whole thing. would he have played the rest of the group if he won vs ra?
Strelok also came from china, was in the playoffs there and played his group YESTERDAY without moaning once, always smiling. Thats what i call professional.
Rofl :D
Srsly dude, Idra just made a smart decision here. He didnt have a big shot for the money here and is pretty tired.
Btw yeah Strelok came from china but there are some tiny differences...he has the day off before the real tournament and played under the planned schedule. So that comparision doesnt really fit here at all.
Makes sense completely. No reason at all to play these games + how much hes traveled and if after playing his games against White-Ra he just doesn't feel up to what he should be I think he would either A. Give the wins to the rest of his group or B. give terrible games that no one would want to watch anyway.
I think it is a mistake by the tourney to make this a viable choice. Given that fact though, nothing wrong with IdrA doing what he thinks will maximize his chances of victory.
if they are true fans of idea, they'd support him in everything that he does. idra has good intentions to rest so he can bring home championship. i'm not a fan, but i'd support his decision for this because jetlag is really nothing to kid about.
Total disrespect aganist white-ra. So Ra get a 2-1 for playing, but the other 2 koreans get 2-0 for free. Classic idra bm. If he wanted to rest, why not give white-ra the 2-0 too??
On October 08 2011 11:42 esaul17 wrote: I think it is a mistake by the tourney to make this a viable choice. Given that fact though, nothing wrong with IdrA doing what he thinks will maximize his chances of victory.
I dont know. I think after that serious delay you kinda have to make that a viable choice tbh. Its nobodys fault here, they just had some bad luck and i dont think its fair to blame the players now for not wanting to play their games.
But yeah i think you still should give Whitera a 2-0 vs Idra here
For every hour traveling eastbound, it takes a day to recover from jetlag. I'm not sure if you guys realize how fucked you get from jetlag but thats a simple formula to figure out how many days idra really needs to be fully functioning.
I'd like to you see you guys function well flying from fucking china
I'm just going to say, this is going to raise the expectations for his games in the final bracket. If he goes out in the first round it's going to generate so much of a storm in the lr thread.
On October 08 2011 11:22 Elefanto wrote: Fucking bullshit. Why did he play the first game again White-Ra? Stupid excuse, he lost and got frustrated and quit. He acts like a diva, it's so annoying.
Because it was his first game and he wanted one win?
Serisouly, do you think he would've forfeited if the tournament would've actually been on time?
He did in TSL open (I think that was the tourney) so why wouldn't he in this?
Lol obviously he is going to do what he feels is best for him, and if he thinks this gives him the best chances to go far in the tournament as it will allow him to perform better tomorrow then its a good thing that he forfeit.
Get some sleep and be at a better condition tomorrow or play tired and jetlagged against Korean Terrans, and in all likelihood lose and be in the same spot tomorrow but now extra tired and already weighed down from loses plus builds revealed.
On October 08 2011 11:45 phyren wrote: I'm just going to say, this is going to raise the expectations for his games in the final bracket. If he goes out in the first round it's going to generate so much of a storm in the lr thread.
No, all this does is raise expectation from 'no chance' to 'chance'. He would've had pretty much 0% chance of winning if he plays in this state with no-sleep (even worse play).
You should play the sc2manager game, you'll see how important endurance is.
EPT
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