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Lumnis
Profile Joined November 2011
Australia19 Posts
December 04 2011 01:41 GMT
#30741
I have been a massive fan of Idra for a long time now, I've been following him since his days in GSL, but lately his play has been incredibly depressing. He seems to have gone back into the old Idra, not even trying and leaving early in games and doing the same builds over and over.
The reason im so critical of Idra is because i truly believe that he has the potential to be the best in the world if he just sits down and i mean REALLY focuses on the areas hes doing so bad in. The last three tournaments have been really depressing for me as an Idra fan, I just want him to do so much better and i know he can
trikshun
Profile Joined October 2010
United States437 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-04 01:45:36
December 04 2011 01:42 GMT
#30742
On December 04 2011 10:35 Aocowns wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2011 10:33 schimmetje wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:30 Aocowns wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:28 Jinsho wrote:
That's the way, Greg. Lose to Puma as often as you can -- and learn to come back with a win for next time.

Don't be disappointed because he lost to a teammate.

Why shouldn't we be? They were all shitty games. I don't give a shit if it's his teammate or not, it doesn't change anything


The sad thing is they've played some pretty epic games before. I'm more disappointed in missing out on those than him losing. Oh well!

Yeah, th games they played were amazing until Puma decided he wouldn't even try for the macro win. I really dislike Puma for that(Read hate)

You play to win. From what I saw i'm pretty sure PuMa was maxed out in that last game
Mrvoodoochild1
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1439 Posts
December 04 2011 01:43 GMT
#30743
Idra's style is just SO PREDICTABLE. Idra just almost never deviates from his standard two base muta opening into third expo. Idra would be such a better player if he mixed in some cheese or other aggressive opening to keep the terran on his toes.
"let your freak flag fly"
zodde
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden1908 Posts
December 04 2011 01:43 GMT
#30744
On December 04 2011 10:37 Pooman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2011 10:33 zodde wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:28 Poebes wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:27 Pooman wrote:
Puma just completely outplayed Idra. Nothing much else to say.

Well he also completely metagamed IdrA. First 2 cheeses. And then the super fast third. But yeah thats what you should do against a player you know so well.


He knew IdrA was going for mutas, so he goes for a timing attack before spire is done. It's not cheese, it's just IdrA being too predictable :/ He either needs to learn to defend those pushes while going for mutas, or he has to switch it up a bit.

No matter how good he is at that style, he's going to lose so many ZvTs if everyone knows exactly what he does every game.


Exactly. It wasn't cheese, it was just a build order that was designed to beat Idra's usual style. Idra has been playing that same style for too long. His ZvT used to look unstoppable, so Puma evolved his TvZ to adapt to that. Idra needs to evolve his ZvT at the same pace if he wants to remain dominant in the match up.


Yeah, he's not playing any worse, but his style is just getting figured out. If he gets to the point where he has mutas, he has a good chance against any terran in the world, so people are hitting him before mutas.

Let's hope that training in Korea will get him back into beast mode ZvT again.
Aocowns
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Norway6070 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-04 01:45:53
December 04 2011 01:45 GMT
#30745
On December 04 2011 10:42 trikshun wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2011 10:35 Aocowns wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:33 schimmetje wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:30 Aocowns wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:28 Jinsho wrote:
That's the way, Greg. Lose to Puma as often as you can -- and learn to come back with a win for next time.

Don't be disappointed because he lost to a teammate.

Why shouldn't we be? They were all shitty games. I don't give a shit if it's his teammate or not, it doesn't change anything


The sad thing is they've played some pretty epic games before. I'm more disappointed in missing out on those than him losing. Oh well!

Yeah, th games they played were amazing until Puma decided he wouldn't even try for the macro win. I really dislike Puma for that(Read hate)

You play to win not to please the viewers.

Did I say otherwise? I personally value a macro win more than a metagame win, so I can be annoyed with Puma over that if I like. Not saying what Puma did was cheesy or dumb. It was a great way to get easy wins.
I'm a salt-lord and hater of mech and ForGG, don't take me seriously, it's just my salt-humour speaking i swear. |KadaverBB best TL gaoler| |~IdrA's #1 fan~| SetGuitarsToKill and Duckk are my martyr heroes |
schimmetje
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands1104 Posts
December 04 2011 01:48 GMT
#30746
On December 04 2011 10:42 trikshun wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2011 10:35 Aocowns wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:33 schimmetje wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:30 Aocowns wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:28 Jinsho wrote:
That's the way, Greg. Lose to Puma as often as you can -- and learn to come back with a win for next time.

Don't be disappointed because he lost to a teammate.

Why shouldn't we be? They were all shitty games. I don't give a shit if it's his teammate or not, it doesn't change anything


The sad thing is they've played some pretty epic games before. I'm more disappointed in missing out on those than him losing. Oh well!

Yeah, th games they played were amazing until Puma decided he wouldn't even try for the macro win. I really dislike Puma for that(Read hate)

You play to win not to please the viewers.


Kind of obvious thing to point out, but yeah. It's a good bonus though and we were discussing viewer disappointment.
Change to MY nostalgia? UNACCEPTABLE! Monkey paaaw!
Mrvoodoochild1
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1439 Posts
December 04 2011 01:50 GMT
#30747
On December 04 2011 10:43 zodde wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2011 10:37 Pooman wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:33 zodde wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:28 Poebes wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:27 Pooman wrote:
Puma just completely outplayed Idra. Nothing much else to say.

Well he also completely metagamed IdrA. First 2 cheeses. And then the super fast third. But yeah thats what you should do against a player you know so well.


He knew IdrA was going for mutas, so he goes for a timing attack before spire is done. It's not cheese, it's just IdrA being too predictable :/ He either needs to learn to defend those pushes while going for mutas, or he has to switch it up a bit.

No matter how good he is at that style, he's going to lose so many ZvTs if everyone knows exactly what he does every game.


Exactly. It wasn't cheese, it was just a build order that was designed to beat Idra's usual style. Idra has been playing that same style for too long. His ZvT used to look unstoppable, so Puma evolved his TvZ to adapt to that. Idra needs to evolve his ZvT at the same pace if he wants to remain dominant in the match up.


Yeah, he's not playing any worse, but his style is just getting figured out. If he gets to the point where he has mutas, he has a good chance against any terran in the world, so people are hitting him before mutas.

Let's hope that training in Korea will get him back into beast mode ZvT again.


Idra still has some of the best ZvT in the world. His problem in all his matchups is just getting past the early game.
"let your freak flag fly"
GenoZStriker
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2914 Posts
December 04 2011 01:52 GMT
#30748
I personally think that he needs to start changing things up a bit, even though we say this all the time and he comes back and win. But from looking at his games, there is always this window when he is teching to spire that when you hit him, he has no units to defend and you can win the game. Kas I think figured out the timings, which is why he has beaten him the last few times and I think eventually more players will as well.
eSports Prodigy & Illuminati member.
Spec
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Taiwan931 Posts
December 04 2011 01:58 GMT
#30749
What idrA needs, is a ladder session, where instead of playing macro games and defend everything barely, metagame the shit out of everyone else. Then, he'd be the perfect player.
Eye for an eye make the world go blind - Gandhi
zodde
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden1908 Posts
December 04 2011 02:02 GMT
#30750
On December 04 2011 10:50 Mrvoodoochild1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2011 10:43 zodde wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:37 Pooman wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:33 zodde wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:28 Poebes wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:27 Pooman wrote:
Puma just completely outplayed Idra. Nothing much else to say.

Well he also completely metagamed IdrA. First 2 cheeses. And then the super fast third. But yeah thats what you should do against a player you know so well.


He knew IdrA was going for mutas, so he goes for a timing attack before spire is done. It's not cheese, it's just IdrA being too predictable :/ He either needs to learn to defend those pushes while going for mutas, or he has to switch it up a bit.

No matter how good he is at that style, he's going to lose so many ZvTs if everyone knows exactly what he does every game.


Exactly. It wasn't cheese, it was just a build order that was designed to beat Idra's usual style. Idra has been playing that same style for too long. His ZvT used to look unstoppable, so Puma evolved his TvZ to adapt to that. Idra needs to evolve his ZvT at the same pace if he wants to remain dominant in the match up.


Yeah, he's not playing any worse, but his style is just getting figured out. If he gets to the point where he has mutas, he has a good chance against any terran in the world, so people are hitting him before mutas.

Let's hope that training in Korea will get him back into beast mode ZvT again.


Idra still has some of the best ZvT in the world. His problem in all his matchups is just getting past the early game.


So we're saying pretty much the same thing?
HystericaLaughter
Profile Joined September 2011
Australia720 Posts
December 04 2011 02:05 GMT
#30751
I have to admit, I was impressed by the way Puma played the series. No individual game was particularly impressive but he knew exactly how to beat IdrA. Makes me sad
My wife for hire! - Zealot
Sfydjklm
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States9218 Posts
December 04 2011 02:06 GMT
#30752
On December 04 2011 10:42 trikshun wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2011 10:35 Aocowns wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:33 schimmetje wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:30 Aocowns wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:28 Jinsho wrote:
That's the way, Greg. Lose to Puma as often as you can -- and learn to come back with a win for next time.

Don't be disappointed because he lost to a teammate.

Why shouldn't we be? They were all shitty games. I don't give a shit if it's his teammate or not, it doesn't change anything


The sad thing is they've played some pretty epic games before. I'm more disappointed in missing out on those than him losing. Oh well!

Yeah, th games they played were amazing until Puma decided he wouldn't even try for the macro win. I really dislike Puma for that(Read hate)

You play to win. From what I saw i'm pretty sure PuMa was maxed out in that last game

sort of like why Idra or Destiny's salary is times larger then most if not all koreans?
You play to entertain. Those who can't entertain, win^_^
twitter.com/therealdhalism | "Trying out Z = lots of losses vs inferior players until you figure out how to do it well (if it even works)."- Liquid'Tyler
walklightwhat
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia752 Posts
December 04 2011 02:09 GMT
#30753
On December 04 2011 10:52 GenoZStriker wrote:
I personally think that he needs to start changing things up a bit, even though we say this all the time and he comes back and win. But from looking at his games, there is always this window when he is teching to spire that when you hit him, he has no units to defend and you can win the game. Kas I think figured out the timings, which is why he has beaten him the last few times and I think eventually more players will as well.


He could at least watch what other people are doing. He saw the games Puma vs Sheth and yet didn't seem to modify his play at all for what PuMa was likely to do.

He's a great player, but he really needs to work on outthinking his opponent, rather than just outplaying. Fortunately, he's going to the best Korean team house for that. Hopefully he makes the most of it.
TuElite
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2123 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-04 02:12:12
December 04 2011 02:12 GMT
#30754
PuMa's too good man, knew IdrA too well. Too bad the games weren't closer, I was expecting something epic.
Always Smile - Jung Nicole - Follow Nicole on Twitter @_911007 and me @TuElite
xtfftc
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom2343 Posts
December 04 2011 02:15 GMT
#30755
Just got home and didn't catch the games... Sounds like I didn't miss a lot though.
MountainGoat
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States507 Posts
December 04 2011 02:21 GMT
#30756
On December 04 2011 10:31 Whole wrote:
i really just want idra to practice more. We really couldn't expect much because right after his IEM China win (the end of his slump), he starting getting tournaments back to back and now he is declining again. I hope he will decline tournament invites and focus on the few big tournaments so he can start winning.


I don't think we can say that he's declining already... he's put up a good month or two of performances and Puma just had a really good knowledge of his style and timings and really took advantage of it. IdrA hasn't been able to practice much according to a recent interview but he's still played mostly pretty well. When he rededicates himself to practice in Korea he'll be able to do even better.
Aocowns
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Norway6070 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-04 02:22:33
December 04 2011 02:21 GMT
#30757
On December 04 2011 11:15 xtfftc wrote:
Just got home and didn't catch the games... Sounds like I didn't miss a lot though.

G1 was a 9 minute siege tank push with hellion siege tanks and marines. Idra really tried to hold that, did everything. You clearly saw how his mentality has improved.

G2 was a marauder hellion push on Tal Darim.

G3 Idra made 8 roaches which cut into his muta count. Puma then went hardcore double pronged attacks and drops constantly, and the delayed mutas were not eneough to chase off the medievacs before they unloaded. After that it was just drop after drop after drop. When Idra finally stabilized, then a maxed Puma pushed out and won.
Puma also made a couple marauders, and took an early 3rd in this game. He metagamed Idra hardcore all thoughout the series.

Btw, just got home??? Isn't it like 2:30 AM in the UK?
I'm a salt-lord and hater of mech and ForGG, don't take me seriously, it's just my salt-humour speaking i swear. |KadaverBB best TL gaoler| |~IdrA's #1 fan~| SetGuitarsToKill and Duckk are my martyr heroes |
Mrvoodoochild1
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1439 Posts
December 04 2011 02:30 GMT
#30758
On December 04 2011 11:02 zodde wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2011 10:50 Mrvoodoochild1 wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:43 zodde wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:37 Pooman wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:33 zodde wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:28 Poebes wrote:
On December 04 2011 10:27 Pooman wrote:
Puma just completely outplayed Idra. Nothing much else to say.

Well he also completely metagamed IdrA. First 2 cheeses. And then the super fast third. But yeah thats what you should do against a player you know so well.


He knew IdrA was going for mutas, so he goes for a timing attack before spire is done. It's not cheese, it's just IdrA being too predictable :/ He either needs to learn to defend those pushes while going for mutas, or he has to switch it up a bit.

No matter how good he is at that style, he's going to lose so many ZvTs if everyone knows exactly what he does every game.


Exactly. It wasn't cheese, it was just a build order that was designed to beat Idra's usual style. Idra has been playing that same style for too long. His ZvT used to look unstoppable, so Puma evolved his TvZ to adapt to that. Idra needs to evolve his ZvT at the same pace if he wants to remain dominant in the match up.


Yeah, he's not playing any worse, but his style is just getting figured out. If he gets to the point where he has mutas, he has a good chance against any terran in the world, so people are hitting him before mutas.

Let's hope that training in Korea will get him back into beast mode ZvT again.


Idra still has some of the best ZvT in the world. His problem in all his matchups is just getting past the early game.


So we're saying pretty much the same thing?


No, youre saying he needs to go back to Korea to become a beast at ZVT AGAIN. I'm saying he STILL is a beast at ZVT regardless.
"let your freak flag fly"
GenoZStriker
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2914 Posts
December 04 2011 02:34 GMT
#30759
On December 04 2011 11:21 Aocowns wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2011 11:15 xtfftc wrote:
Just got home and didn't catch the games... Sounds like I didn't miss a lot though.

G1 was a 9 minute siege tank push with hellion siege tanks and marines. Idra really tried to hold that, did everything. You clearly saw how his mentality has improved.

G2 was a marauder hellion push on Tal Darim.

G3 Idra made 8 roaches which cut into his muta count. Puma then went hardcore double pronged attacks and drops constantly, and the delayed mutas were not eneough to chase off the medievacs before they unloaded. After that it was just drop after drop after drop. When Idra finally stabilized, then a maxed Puma pushed out and won.
Puma also made a couple marauders, and took an early 3rd in this game. He metagamed Idra hardcore all thoughout the series.

Btw, just got home??? Isn't it like 2:30 AM in the UK?

There was probably alcohol involved. Give him a break ^_^
eSports Prodigy & Illuminati member.
Wolflink
Profile Joined November 2011
United States20 Posts
December 04 2011 02:35 GMT
#30760
Well, I'm rooting for Sen now. Hes no IdrA, but hes a super likeable Zerg atleast.

Gl IdrA on korea + the future:D.
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