On May 17 2011 16:53 Whitebeard wrote:
I think Idra's getting too much random unprovoked BM and Trolls on his ladder games...I hope he can play KR ladder where there's less of that (due to the fact most people don't even speak english...), the NA grandmaster league is such a joke, with people stream sniping/cheating just so they can get famous through his stream and troll Idra.

And the Koreans aren't any different? IdrA stated many times that although the Korean ladder is harder with better players, he still encounters a lot of cheese and bm (sometimes). IdrA may have a big rep internationally for his attitude, but a lot of Koreans are catching up on his personality since his BW and SC2 beta days.

Ikkuhh

Netherlands9 Posts

May 17 2011 08:56 GMT

#10623

Master Idra, any chance to have you 'commentating' the GSTL for us again? :D

TheSubtleArt

Canada2527 Posts

May 17 2011 12:26 GMT

#10624

On May 17 2011 06:02 Arkan wrote:
The main issue here is he is much better then what he displayed in games 2 and 3 against Sen. Instead of proving that hes the better player he just basicaly hands the games to Sen. There is no excuse for not being prepared, he knows ahead of time who hes facing and has adequate time to cram in some practice games no matter what he has planned. He doesnt have that killer instinct to get to the top, im afraid he will choke on another competant zerg down the line.

Game 2 he prepared a baneling bust build ad Sen's build got roaches out just in time. Its pretty hard to do anything at that point, and it wasn't helped by the misclick which cost him 4 banelings. Hardly indicative of him being unprepared or not caring or being bad. ZvZ is pretty volatile and perfect roach timing like Sen had should be able to stop a baneling bust every time, there would have been something wrong if Sen didn't win.

And again, Sen is such a good player. Idra could have been in form and I would still have expected sen to win (I think Sen is a little better than Idra)

n00bspanker

Canada36 Posts

May 17 2011 14:32 GMT

#10625

It's actually upsetting to see how much shit-talk he gets while he ladders.

GxZ

United States375 Posts

May 17 2011 16:37 GMT

#10626

I wish IdrA would commentate about his play more, it is really good information to see what he is thinking in what situations.

Pinna

Finland152 Posts

May 17 2011 17:09 GMT

#10627

On May 18 2011 01:37 GxZ wrote:
I wish IdrA would commentate about his play more, it is really good information to see what he is thinking in what situations.

Yea. I wonder, why doesn't he do this when streaming? I remember him reaching 16k+ viewers when he was live and streaming with commentary, now a days it's back to the original 8000~ish

FinBenton

Finland870 Posts

May 17 2011 17:12 GMT

#10628

Quess one does not play so good when speaking at the same time.

GreggSauce

United States566 Posts

May 17 2011 17:17 GMT

#10629

Uh, he looked unprepared, played unprepared, has nearly impeccable ZvZ outside of that series, what are you even talking about? He went for quick decisive wins because he knew he wasn't up for long games, with someone who definitely is.

Sen is a monster and could beat him when they're both 100% but idra wasn't prepared this time, in the long run of things its not that big of a deal. Have you even looked at idra's stats?

johanngrunt

Hong Kong1555 Posts

May 17 2011 17:24 GMT

#10630

Why has he stopped doing commentary on his laddering? It's still fun to watch, just not AS fun.

Junichi

Germany1056 Posts

May 17 2011 18:22 GMT

#10631

He said he would comment his laddering in exchange for people to join in on one SOTG episode, so as to push the viewers to above 20.000. He get's free drinks for one whole night from JP and his fans get ~one week of commentary from him while laddering for watching the SOTG episode.