Ah, IdrA said once that he and Ret take turn playing terran against eachother to practice. But this time I heard Jinro said in the GOM interview that he was gonna practice with Ret, so I don't think Ret will help IdrA this round

andy186

Australia1058 Posts

January 16 2011 14:48 GMT

#2903

On January 16 2011 23:39 pred470r wrote:

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I don't get it how can Ret help IdrA practice when he's Z and Jinro's T, Ret can only help Jinro practice in his upcomming match vs IdrA.

Read through the thread it helps alot

I want idra to advance but jinro is a great player.

I just think that idra deserves it. sure this is biased but whatever. I just like his mentality towards starcraft and how he says it like it is and doesnt sugar coat it. This makes him out to be a bad guy but really hes not hes just telling people what they dont want to hear.

sharky246

1197 Posts

January 16 2011 15:06 GMT

#2904

On January 16 2011 23:25 Klive5ive wrote:

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Yeah and Jinro had a beautiful anti-IdrA strat on Jungle Basin.
This is a completely different ballgame now.

There's no way Ret is going to help IdrA this time.

What beautiful anti-idra strat? Unless your refering to jinro's macro style (which he always does anyway), he went standard, and we all know zerg is destined to lose in late game vT in jungle basin.

Denzil

United Kingdom4193 Posts

January 16 2011 15:10 GMT

#2905

On January 16 2011 23:32 xtfftc wrote:
Yep, Idra and Ret may be good friends but there's no way Ret should be helping him against Jinro really. This is my main reason why I'm more or less pessimistic about Idra's chances to progress. But then again Idra had quite a lot of time to prepare for Jinro before GSL4 started, so it could have been much worse.

Also, the maps have been announced:

Match 1: IdrA < Xel'Naga Caverns > Jinro
Match 2: IdrA < Metalopolis > Jinro
Match 3: IdrA < Shakuras Plateau > Jinro
Match 4: IdrA < Jungle Basin > Jinro
Match 5: IdrA < Lost Temple > Jinro

Just punched a fucking wall.

In other news I don't suppose Gomtv have the power to rigg it a bit so the more macro maps are played for viewer entertainment?

Xadar

497 Posts

January 16 2011 15:31 GMT

#2906

i think it will come down to the spawn positions on metalopolis and lost temple, close position is like auto-loss for zerg, but every other position should be ok for idra. and jungle basing is unwinnable unless you cheese or get lucky.

andy186

Australia1058 Posts

January 16 2011 16:28 GMT

#2907

On January 17 2011 00:31 Xadar wrote:
i think it will come down to the spawn positions on metalopolis and lost temple, close position is like auto-loss for zerg, but every other position should be ok for idra. and jungle basing is unwinnable unless you cheese or get lucky.

Its hard not unwinnable if anyone can do it idra can he just has to do some crazy off the wall strat which might fail though

BatCat

Austria630 Posts

January 16 2011 16:32 GMT

#2908

Nice map pool. Looking forward to this.

mierin

United States4945 Posts

January 16 2011 16:32 GMT

#2909

On January 16 2011 23:39 pred470r wrote:

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I don't get it how can Ret help IdrA practice when he's Z and Jinro's T, Ret can only help Jinro practice in his upcomming match vs IdrA.

If IdrA doesn't 3-0 Jinro I don't think the maps will let him advance :\

Spekulatius

Germany2413 Posts

January 16 2011 16:33 GMT

#2910

First of all, I guess this has been mentioned already in the 145 pages of this thread that I haven't skimmed, but I just wanted to express my admiration for Idra's hard-working approach to Starcraft.

I think it was Day9 who once said, Idra's learning curve consists of basically droning 100%, then seeing it doesn't work, then squeezing in some zerglings, seeing that doesn't work, getting roaches and hydras as exchange for a few less drones and so on. He has an absolutely rational, nearly scientific approach to Starcraft, in examining what the limits of powerdroning/expanding are, until he gets the absolute perfect equilibrium for every situation. This combines with the popular quote from him, talking about how many people, even those who love something, don't get used to the idea that what makes you strong at something, is hard work and nothing but hard work. This, I admire highly, because it expresses a professionality that surpasses those who have the dream of becoming a progamer but don't see what it actually means to be one.

Now sure, this attitude has its downsides, which is mostly referred to as the "Idra rage" symptome. But it is more than understandable that someone who takes the game more seriously than most people out there, gets emotional. And that - getting furious about imbalances, and exploiting one single simple strategy to great success - is a testimony to his dedication to the game.

I feel with him. Idra fighting.