EPTIdrA to return to U.S. - Page 12
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Cobbbler
United States60 Posts
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Goibon
New Zealand8185 Posts
This is a good decision. Idra's done a lot in Korea, and now he can do exactly what he said, and be a huge part of e sport growth in the west. If it were any other player (apart from Jinro) i'd call this wussing out. But really it's the best decision. If you're someone else who hasn't had the results that Idra or Jinro has had then i think you'd be best suited to staying in Korea and trying to accomplish something in the GSL. Jinro and Idra are the benchmark for foreigners and this is largely due to their GSL performances. Having Idra go back is one thing, but imagine if Jinro goes to US full time in the future to. Here we have 2 most ultimate power foreigners. Do other foreigner have power level to match?!?! Perhaps they must go to Korea and train for inner balance and strength. Only then can they defeat Gorilla and Gracken. Excitement explosion! | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka27177 Posts
On February 16 2011 16:56 ageai wrote: shame? are you kidding me? the price for the 1st wont be any bigger than in the gsl. the players in the gsl will be the best in the future too. nobody in the west will be as good as mvp for example. but its a nice illusion.... all the west vs asia bullshit. korea will be always dominant. face it Well I venture to guess that my info is better than yours. But even so, # of tournaments x Level of competition are the obvious factors missing from your equation. On February 16 2011 16:55 rift wrote: Do you recommend Liquid members leave as well if they don't achieve anything in GSL March? Which, by your standards, is the finals of Code S. Nope, because A) living as a team together is a much different dynamic, especially for an international team like liquid (ie. doesn't have a "base" location, better support system), B) Liquid also travels together a lot (more than IdrA did), and C) they have not been there for years already. People forget how long IdrA spent with BW pro teams before SC2 came along. As an ex-pat, I know the stresses that being away from your own country. Everyone reacts differently of course, I am not IdrA, but everyone reacts. | ||
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ageai
Germany81 Posts
On February 16 2011 16:58 HuskyTheHusky wrote: eSports is coming. I can tell you there is tons of crazy stuff in the works for the west. Everyone should be very, very excited. the only excitment is for the us boys, not for us (germans ) or at least for me. | ||
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CooDu
Australia899 Posts
But, whatever's best for him/EG  | ||
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McDonalds
Liechtenstein2244 Posts
USA Real cheese and beer that isn't tap water Yeah, sure.  | ||
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trikshun
United States437 Posts
 . But if idrA does return to Korea, I'm sure he will automatically get a code A spot and he can just get back into code S that way. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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Quarz
448 Posts
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Erectum
France194 Posts
He will probably make more money in the US and be close to culture/friends/familly. | ||
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GeForceFX
Lithuania101 Posts
(( GL Idra, i love u! I hope ur happy in us! :3 | ||
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GullyFoyle
United States103 Posts
Hopefully this wont start an exodus. Best of luck to you IdrA. | ||
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rift
1819 Posts
On February 16 2011 17:05 Manifesto7 wrote: Well I venture to guess that my info is better than yours. But even so, # of tournaments x Level of competition are the obvious factors missing from your equation. Nope, because A) living as a team together is a much different dynamic, especially for an international team like liquid (ie. doesn't have a "base" location, better support system), B) Liquid also travels together a lot (more than IdrA did), and C) they have not been there for years already. People forget how long IdrA spent with BW pro teams before SC2 came along. As an ex-pat, I know the stresses that being away from your own country. Everyone reacts differently of course, I am not IdrA, but everyone reacts. True, but I hope they think placing outside of the top 2 is worth it, otherwise there is little motivation to compete. There's also the Code S salary. I expect that Ret will return if he doesn't make S; he's expressed as much. Possibly Haypro as well. Huk seems extremely dedicated and could stay longer, but it would be hard without results in the tournament you're putting all your effort towards. | ||
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SolonTLG
United States299 Posts
On February 16 2011 17:05 Cobbbler wrote: But what will Tasteless and Artosis do?! Their little nerd is leaving the nest =( It's so sad. I agree that Artosis is going to be a sad nerd boy. I think that is one of the reasons why Idra was so nervous in the announcement video. The guy was talking soooooooo fast (and I mean faster than normal)! Do you all think that Tastless is returning soon too, in order to help run the NASL (or whatever InControl ends-up announcing next week)? | ||
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legatus legionis
Netherlands559 Posts
Excellent move. You've said it before that it sucks you can't play in all the small tournaments. I think it will be really fun sseing you play there as well as learning from it, being different a thing than the GSL. Another thing is with the practice partners you don't really have in Korea. I'm sure you will be able to get many now and that will also help your game, because you've been mostly laddering for practice in Korea. I feel some of the specific things or the playground feeling you get from custom games, and focusing on testing out certain builds or tactics will be great. Also you've been away for a very long time and you have become older. I think you will benefit a lot from being around people, assuming you will go live with say, Geoff or something. From some of the interviews it did seem you are alone a lot in Korea, you've got Dan and Nick but that only goes so far, as you've mentioned they are really busy with the GSL nowadays. Living with people, having fun, doing fun things, watching movies, talking, eating together, visiting your parents. I really feel you will grown as a person from that. I'm making assumptions but I do feel they are valid. I'm interested to see how you will change in that regards the comming months. Best of luck Greg. Fully support it even though you are one of the best foreigners representing in Korea at the moment. All the stuff above outweighs that because it's good for you and it's a good moment in your life. Fighting! Edit, Forgot to prove read and because I just woke up, I left out tons of words in sentences 0o | ||
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MrSnibbles
United Kingdom267 Posts
On February 16 2011 16:58 HuskyTheHusky wrote: eSports is coming. I can tell you there is tons of crazy stuff in the works for the west. Everyone should be very, very excited. So, I'm guessing that you know what's going on, and have been asked to take part in it? NASL confirmed for real, everyone just chill. Edit: If you do know what's going on, can I be a part of it? :3 | ||
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SushilS
2115 Posts
On February 16 2011 15:58 T.O.P. wrote: He gave up on beating the Koreans. No respect. This. After talking about the "respect" thing right from BW days, now he completely glosses over that for the sake of $$. Makes sense alrite but 0/5 from me, for whatevs its worth.-_- | ||
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RedHelix
250 Posts
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
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SolonTLG
United States299 Posts
On February 16 2011 16:58 HuskyTheHusky wrote: eSports is coming. I can tell you there is tons of crazy stuff in the works for the west. Everyone should be very, very excited. Let's hope so Brotoss! | ||
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