EPTalso, sad to see idra leave
.I was looking forward to his games, but hope that his achievement in the new booming western eSports industry will make it worth it. MLG is now associated with IMG, after all. This could mean tons of cash for him
IdrA to return to U.S. - Page 24
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Apollonius
70 Posts
also, sad to see idra leave .I was looking forward to his games, but hope that his achievement in the new booming western eSports industry will make it worth it. MLG is now associated with IMG, after all. This could mean tons of cash for him | ||
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Rokusha
United States207 Posts
On February 17 2011 04:13 TRG wrote: You're contradicting yourself. If huge tournaments start else where other than Korea, competition is going to grow. If the Koreans decide to come to the US to compete, good! That's only going to push foreigners and non-foreigners to get better and beat each other. Just because a handful of pro-players won't be going to Korea to compete in the GSL, doesn't mean that a magic gap between Western and Eastern players is going to show up. If anything, this gap is going to get smaller with new competitions booming in new areas. I see your point, but my opinion is, Top koreans are already better than the top foreigners at the game due to practice houses and training for many 12hrs+ a day for many months. When competition does grow outside of Korea and top koreans come to compete, (now this part is speculation) I am afraid that it will be too late for foreigners to compete well enough unless they have trained with the best players for a while like the liquid players are doing now or unless you are extremely talented. In summary, practicing with better players is going to make you better faster. Skill in Korea is higher so Korean players are going to improve at a faster rate. I think joint team houses are needed with korean teams like OGS-TL so that foreigners can stay on a similar skill level. But since that isn't going to happen for a while anymore, there will always be that skill gap between koreans and foreigners and thus koreans will be dominant in SC2 as they are in BW | ||
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MyLovelyLurker
France756 Posts
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Absolutionn
United States512 Posts
On February 17 2011 08:38 MyLovelyLurker wrote: I'm sure Idra's leaving because he's got access to a bigger information set. Even just now the cash prospects are probably better in the US anyway, but if NASL happens, then the guy's just gonna rake in cash for a few monthes at least - especially with HuK out in Korea, there's not that many North Americans who could challenge him heads-on. To be honest HuK is not at all the only foreigner who can challenge Idra, while he is a strong player I think alot of people think he is better than he is because he won the first MLG. There are many people in NA right now who can easily compete on the same level as Idra. | ||
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Broodwich
United States393 Posts
I wonder if he's going to start college now too. Seems like a really good opportunity for him to continue to play at a high level and focus on the long term of his life. The teamliquid guys are in a diff situation because they all live together, and the TL guys in Korea aren't American. The NASL seems like really good news for Tyler though. Good opportunity for him. Edit: John from GSL said he will just be considered the loser of all of his GSL matches. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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Bobster
Germany3075 Posts
On February 17 2011 08:22 Apollonius wrote: So does anyone know what will happen to his GSL group? will it just be freewins for the others in his group? Yes. Clide and the winner of Zenio vs Byun will get free wins. | ||
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TheCrow
Norway296 Posts
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Broodwich
United States393 Posts
On February 17 2011 09:17 ZlaSHeR wrote: There will be more, easier money in the US+Europe soon I'm sure with the whole NASL and stuff. I wouldn't be surprised to see all the Liquid guys come back as well, other than Jinro, if they don't do disgustingly well in code S I also wouldn't be surprised to see more of the Korean guys going to the overseas tournaments if the money gets good. | ||
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Kazzabiss
1006 Posts
On February 17 2011 09:17 Bobster wrote: Yes. Clide and the winner of Zenio vs Byun will get free wins. And then get free losses to the Winners of Group A (MVP/MC/July) | ||
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smallerk
897 Posts
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raist
Canada90 Posts
Either way, I am very happy with the way things are moving forward. | ||
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BlueFlames
Germany1756 Posts
Lets hope he will dominate some tournaments or rage at some "nobodies". I hope Cruncher cheeses him alot and wins :-p | ||
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nemahsys
Canada457 Posts
On February 17 2011 08:51 stalefish wrote: To be honest HuK is not at all the only foreigner who can challenge Idra, while he is a strong player I think alot of people think he is better than he is because he won the first MLG. There are many people in NA right now who can easily compete on the same level as Idra. can you name some of these players in NA who can "easily" compete with Idra? Cause I cant think of any myself. | ||
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Char711
United States862 Posts
On February 17 2011 09:51 nemahsys wrote: can you name some of these players in NA who can "easily" compete with Idra? Cause I cant think of any myself. The difference in context between "easily compete on the same level as Idra" and "can 'easily' compete with Idra" is incredibly important. Many who can play at such a high level? Yes, there are quite a few who are up at that skill tier. Many who can easily compete against IdrA? No, that's ridiculous. At such a high level you just can't use "easily compete" since it's an oxymoron. So, minus your disingenuous interpretation, I'd have to agree with the other gentleman. | ||
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n00b3rt
Bulgaria890 Posts
/yeah, ban me, I just had to do it/ | ||
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jax1492
United States1632 Posts
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Sukari
Australia183 Posts
But I'm sure at least this will make the North American eSports scene much more competitive and exciting, especially with the MLG expansion! | ||
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dekuschrub
United States2069 Posts
F yeah unleash the grackennnn | ||
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Geniuszerg
Canada454 Posts
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