The IdrA Fan Club - Page 244

On March 03 2011 20:35 ABOOMAN wrote:
last game was pretty much a close spawn and BO loss, not much to do there

However he could have won the whole series if he practiced more against this 1stargate + gate's all-in.

the hydras are just not that good of a response, i feel its just a way better to have 1 spore/spine (espessialy on LT you can put it on the highground), and just defend with roaches and 3-4-5 queens


Hydras are just terrible against mix of voids and gateway units when toss is going allin


What idra should do is just a get very good and dedicated P practice partner and just tell him to mix alot of pure allins and allins with fake expo with different unit compositions. Since his mid late game is already solid.

On March 04 2011 04:28 Weken wrote:
Yes, he is a childish sometimes, but i just love it. No idea why i do, if he was a random poster i would think he is an immature child. But hes not a random poster. He is Idra, please dont take him away, there will never be anyone the same again.

On March 04 2011 07:23 Astans wrote:
I think he has to work on his attitude when he is behind. To me it seems that in these situations he loses his cool and basically gives up. The attack today was hopeless and when Jinro proxied him a few weeks ago he gave up too.
We all know that comebacks do not happen often in SC 2 but they do happen. If HuK had Idras attitude he wouldn't have won his Code A first round. But the other guy screwed up and HuK salvaged an unwinnable game. It does happen, but it won't happen for Idra because he doesn't try.

On March 04 2011 04:40 Torrentsvensk wrote:


who is going to take him away, is he permed or something?

IdrA was just temp banned for 30 days by Liquid`Nazgul.

That account was created on 2004-07-31 20:59:50 and had 10955 posts.

Reason:

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Manifesto7 for his intelligence and integrity
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Please stop insulting the staff that makes this site and scene what it is. These people have put in thousands of voluntary hours so that you can have the job that you want and you do nothing but shit on them.

At some point it's going to be a perm ban if you're not willing to change this.

On March 04 2011 07:23 Astans wrote:
I think he has to work on his attitude when he is behind. To me it seems that in these situations he loses his cool and basically gives up. The attack today was hopeless and when Jinro proxied him a few weeks ago he gave up too.
We all know that comebacks do not happen often in SC 2 but they do happen. If HuK had Idras attitude he wouldn't have won his Code A first round. But the other guy screwed up and HuK salvaged an unwinnable game. It does happen, but it won't happen for Idra because he doesn't try.

On March 05 2011 01:31 cordlc wrote:

The game HuK was in wasn't nearly as hopeless, because it was PvZ. Balance issues aside, the Protoss can turtle almost indefinitely, as they can field armies that end up trading units extremely efficiently.

You don't see similar comeback games from the Zerg side, because when they're looking like in trouble, people just walk in their main and they die.

I'd be less concerned with his attitude, and more worried about what loses him more games, which often is his inability to think / react on the fly. Though that's probably something that'll never change, so hopefully he just gets the practice partners he needs to figure every situation out.

On March 05 2011 03:33 Tschis wrote:


Did you just say IdrA doesn't have the ability to think and react fast enough?

I'm sure you meant something else, because IdrA has insanely good decision making.

//tx

On March 05 2011 04:31 cordlc wrote:

I'm referring to him thinking up solutions to stuff he's never seen before / practiced against (in a game, or even a series). Obviously this is tough for most players, but it seems to be more pronounced in Idra's case.

On March 05 2011 07:32 I_Love_Bacon wrote:


One of a billion common misconceptions out there about people thinking he's a robot. I immediately thought of an example of him thinking on his toes which resulted in him winning a game. Back in the GSL Season 1, maybe 2, he got quick BC rushed. He'd never had it happen before, and he said in the interview on the spot he found out he could kite battlecruisers with queens on creep.

People see him use a relatively similar strategy (even if he changes his timings up a loooot, not that most people notice...) most games and think he can't adapt or something. It's just the same type of thing that has been said incorrectly about him for ages.

On March 05 2011 10:34 kochujang wrote:

He actually said in an interview that his biggest weakness is to react to something he has never seen before. He told that he was the complete opposite of TLO, who invents stuff on the fly. He is able to invent stuff himself (I believe the spine crawler push on Steppes of War was his idea), but not in a tournament.

On March 05 2011 13:05 I_Love_Bacon wrote:


Of course it's his biggest "weakness". If you play a lot and have good mechanics, that's the only weakness you realistically can have (outside of things like nerves or something). Reacting to new things is everybody's biggest challenge. That's applicable to everybody on the planet, people can be better at it than others, but the reason new timings, builds, etc.. are always springing is up is because they're always successful against people who haven't seen them, not just IdrA.

So yes, it is his biggest weakness. But that means next to nothing.

On March 05 2011 13:05 I_Love_Bacon wrote:


Of course it's his biggest "weakness". If you play a lot and have good mechanics, that's the only weakness you realistically can have (outside of things like nerves or something). Reacting to new things is everybody's biggest challenge. That's applicable to everybody on the planet, people can be better at it than others, but the reason new timings, builds, etc.. are always springing is up is because they're always successful against people who haven't seen them, not just IdrA.

So yes, it is his biggest weakness. But that means next to nothing.