On June 02 2011 10:48 Mitchlew wrote: I like how on SOTG idra says there are no competent protoss's in NA. Pretty insulting to geoff and tyler considering geoff is on the same team rofl. Go Idra.
Geoff is more of a community person now. I actually like that some pros are going into casting. It gives a lot better cast quality.
Tyler is slumping atm. idk too much about him practicing, but from what i hear, he is a bit lazy on practicing.
It isn't that these guys are bad, but I would safely say that Korean/European protoss are better.
kiwikaki, man...
i dont watch much of kiwi, but from what I've seen, he needs a few more significant wins/placements under his belt to be considered a big name. he is close, but he needs to prove that he isn't just in a good streak.
LOL just realize that kiwikaki is the foreigner equivalent to marineking .
......what
Kiwikaki is like alot of NA players, regarded as good in NA and regarded as subpar in EU, which I think he is to be honest. What has he actually accomplished?
Runner up in three major tournaments is pretty impressive...
This. Kiwikaki is one of the best foreigner protoss', there is no doubt about it. Idra was just being ignorant.
LOL just realize that kiwikaki is the foreigner equivalent to marineking .
On June 03 2011 09:56 Xaeldaren wrote: I'm a huge fan of IdrA...but I'm pretty sure he's going to get stomped at Columbus =/
Care to explain how/who/why he will get "stomped" by at MLG? Or are you just a troll? I like how you felt the need to throw in the part that your an IdrA fan
Imagine you're IdrA. You are playing Startale's Bomber in the first broadcast match of MLG, on stage, in front of a huge crowd. You're practicing hard for this match and you're going to show your best stuff. Bomber is really skilled, but you're confident in your ZvT and ZvZ. You just hate Protoss because they are imbalanced. But a day or so before the match, you find out Bomber missed his flight. That's not so bad, it'll be a walkover or someone from the Open Bracket, both options way better than playing against Bomber.
Then the day of the tournament you walk into the venue and sit down to play some warmups in the booth. You look over and there's already someone in the other booth. He looks Korean. Dde? SeleCT? Who is it? You walk out of your booth and over to the other one. You open the door. "Hello?"
The chair slowly turns around. You see his face, but it can't be. He's not supposed to be here. Not him. Not a Protoss. Not THAT Protoss.
On June 03 2011 10:06 idramclolol wrote: Imagine you're IdrA. You are playing Startale's Bomber in the first broadcast match of MLG, on stage, in front of a huge crowd. You're practicing hard for this match and you're going to show your best stuff. Bomber is really skilled, but you're confident in your ZvT and ZvZ. You just hate Protoss because they are imbalanced. But a day or so before the match, you find out Bomber missed his flight. That's not so bad, it'll be a walkover or someone from the Open Bracket, both options way better than playing against Bomber.
Then the day of the tournament you walk into the venue and sit down to play some warmups in the booth. You look over and there's already someone in the other booth. He looks Korean. Dde? SeleCT? Who is it? You walk out of your booth and over to the other one. You open the door. "Hello?"
The chair slowly turns around. You see his face, but it can't be. He's not supposed to be here. Not him. Not a Protoss. Not THAT Protoss.
On June 03 2011 09:56 Xaeldaren wrote: I'm a huge fan of IdrA...but I'm pretty sure he's going to get stomped at Columbus =/
Care to explain how/who/why he will get "stomped" by at MLG? Or are you just a troll? I like how you felt the need to throw in the part that your an IdrA fan
I'm not a troll, he's pretty much the only player I take any interest in...notice the use of =/ that generally indicates sadness or disappointment.
I've been watching him stream and following his progress in NASL and it just feels like he's not performing at his best. If the state of Zerg really is as dire as IdrA says it is (and I'm in no position to comment on that either way) then just a quick look at his pool should give an idea of how badly it can go for him. I see him lose to awful players all the time, players a far cry from the likes he's going to face at MLG and it makes me worry.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong and he just goes super-Gracken and wins the whole damn thing, I'm just not that confident he will.
I don't think he can. He didn't practice for him at all. I mean, he was going to play against Protoss and prepared for it but MC is not just a Protoss, he is MC.
IDK why people take 1 match as example he's slumping or something.
Select v IdrA, pretty sure IdrA got this, considering his 3-2 over select in IPL- and his crushing 3-1 over him in the Complexity tournament as recently as last week. If you watched those games, idra was so strong.
IdrA v Ret, pretty sure again IdrA has this one. He lost to Sen, a monster and Zenio, who is training and inventing the metagame in Korea. However, if you saw his 4-0 against Vibe, he isn't suffering against NA by any means. Hopefully he has does a little catching up to cement this.
IdrA v Tyler, heh i dont think any probes are going to win this one- but who knows. However, Tyler is slumping hard, IdrA is not.