Goatlust actually asked about IdrA vs aLive. Greg's answer was pretty short I guess. He though he has his best chances on the two first maps and he lost them both to risky/cheesy stuff. He knew he couldn't win the series so he decided to get it over with. (Not super satisfying I know). He said there were extenuating circumstances to his showmatch vs Taeja but did not mention what those were.
He said he mostly plays showmatches for the money and the fans (kind of a contradiction here). He doesn't find them prestigious like tournaments. They don't seem to mean much to him.
He is also the one that forfeited the money (he wasn't asked to) - so he knows he did something wrong.
He mentioned that he was coming back to the US for Winter Arena and that he would be staying in the US/Western world for a couple of months.

Jinsho

United Kingdom3101 Posts

February 15 2012 01:47 GMT

#34789

For those who missed it, IdrA said the following on the showmatches:

- he generally refuses to play showmatches below $500 because of the random player factor and the low return for him

- he declined comments on the Taeja match, citing extenuating circumstances

- vs Alive he said the following: "he's a legitimately good player and he was willing to play very risky", and that he 6pooled in the remaining games because he didn't care about the rest of the matches, implying that he wanted to play macro games on the first two maps and got disappointed.

EDIT: also see above for some additional info

Mycl

Australia1370 Posts

February 15 2012 01:52 GMT

#34790

Did anyone else catch how he is planning on competing in IPL4? I have noticed he has not tried to qualify so far so has he already received an invite, might get one in the future or is just planning to compete in the open bracket?

Jinsho

United Kingdom3101 Posts

February 15 2012 01:57 GMT

#34791

For people coming in inquiring about the showmatches, the info is above. If you cannot accept the reasons for his decisions, that is ok. Do not troll the people who disagree with you.

@Mycl: He did not comment on IPL4, but the two online qualifiers are on the 11th and 18th respectively, so he will still be in Korea at that time. There are on-site qualifiers though, so either he has an invite or he is looking to qualify there.

MountainGoat

United States508 Posts

February 15 2012 02:03 GMT

#34792

On February 15 2012 10:52 Mycl wrote:
Did anyone else catch how he is planning on competing in IPL4? I have noticed he has not tried to qualify so far so has he already received an invite, might get one in the future or is just planning to compete in the open bracket?

Well they still have one online qualifier left and since IdrA finished in the won IPL1, finished in the top 8 of IPL3 and is a huge viewer draw he stands a pretty good chance of being invited anyway.

VashTS

United States1675 Posts

February 15 2012 02:05 GMT

#34793

On February 15 2012 10:35 Rulker wrote:

Show nested quote +

were you angry at idra after the vs alive six pools? you sounded such

Huh?

InfectedGoat

Canada444 Posts

February 15 2012 02:24 GMT

#34794

I know a lot of people will not agree but could IdrA be trying to get a cheesy reputation so people play less greedy vs him? He knows his opponent will be watching recent broadcasted games of him and he cares much less about 300$ showmatches compared to the upcoming MLG and IEM. I might be totally wrong though.
(english isn't so great forgvie me)

CeriseCherries

6170 Posts

February 15 2012 02:53 GMT

#34795

On February 15 2012 10:35 Rulker wrote:

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were you angry at idra after the vs alive six pools? you sounded such

1. I don't think that matters
2. I was pretty sad that the games weren't better

schimmetje

Netherlands1104 Posts

February 15 2012 03:17 GMT

#34796

Mentioned before but since we've had several pages of shitstorm since then and people are still asking:

Since the three winners of IPL events, IdrA, White-Ra and Stephano, auto-qualify for IPL4, the additional invites from the regional qualifiers include MarineKing from his PPSL victory and TAiLS from his second place at i44.

http://www.ign.com/ipl/starcraft-2/news/ipl-4-regional-qualifier-recap/

Figures re his views on showmatches, they're sadly hardly ever good. Annoyed that his triumphant return to western shores will be during MLG's PPV though, but here's to hoping he does well.

tredogz

Canada170 Posts

February 15 2012 03:28 GMT

#34797

Great Job with DJWheat today. And Please keep up the streaming!!! LOVE IT. You are so awesome. THX! <3 you

Mycl

Australia1370 Posts

February 15 2012 03:34 GMT

#34798

On February 15 2012 12:17 schimmetje wrote:
Mentioned before but since we've had several pages of shitstorm since then and people are still asking:

Show nested quote +

Figures re his views on showmatches, they're sadly hardly ever good. Annoyed that his triumphant return to western shores will be during MLG's PPV though, but here's to hoping he does well.

Cheers for digging this up. I was not sure if he was guaranteed a seed when Stephano competed in the IPL UK

SC2NeCro

Canada507 Posts

February 15 2012 05:19 GMT

#34799

I'm pretty saddened by the fact that people can't see the bigger picture.

Sure IdrA ruined it for people, that's apparent. But what is not apparent, apparently, is that aLive didn't ruin anything - judged by the amount of(or lack of) flack he got. Bottom line is, they both did their best to dishonor the point of a show match which is to entertain the audience, yet only one of them gets heat. It's aLive's fault as well for being a complete asshole and all-ining just because he's too insecure to play IdrA straight up, to have that higher chance at the money. But that's not what a show match is about. aLive clearly proved with his play that he does not care a whit about the funs.

Had IdrA played the last 2 games straight up in his macro style instead of 6 pooling, he would have simply been all-inned or cheesed again and again, and nobody would protest against aLive. It's disgusting. I hate it.