"IdrA: Tester's by far the strongest, HuK the weakest. I think TLO's play in our match was hurt pretty significantly by the beta downtime, we played on the 2nd day back and I think he was still pretty rusty at that point. Tester played well, huk just tried to allin every game."

Haha, soooo true. I thought IdrA didn't respect TLO but this showed otherwise, he actually gave an excuse for TLO's lose and obviously knows TLO isn't just another weak gamer. This just shows that IdrA is honest to the extreme, what he said about HuK is so true and I don't know why he was even in this tournament but w/e. GL in the finals I hope we see some sick games and either IdrA or QXC wins this thing.

chesshaha

United States1117 Posts

July 25 2010 15:21 GMT

#64

Good read. I liked the player description under their picture, very amusing.

Deleted User 39582

317 Posts

July 25 2010 15:32 GMT

#65

Omg, love the banners and quotes. Thanks for putting this together in a thread

()rain

Germany33 Posts

July 25 2010 15:35 GMT

#66

ja, pretty good read.
TLO and white-ra are out

thats bad for europe but well... i cannot change it^^
though a pretty good turney

Edso

Canada112 Posts

July 25 2010 15:38 GMT

#67

On July 26 2010 00:04 MangoTango wrote:
lol, what kind of animal is QXC? Rabbit?

I want to say a chin chilla.

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

July 25 2010 16:08 GMT

#68

Hmm, I always knew that qxc was a cute little bunny rabbit. Lol at Idra's interview though, he sure doesn't like huk =P

nextstep

Canada705 Posts

July 25 2010 16:37 GMT

#69

nice interviews, especially liked idra's.

pretty much hits the nail on the coffin about foreigners.

Ursadon-n-Pals

United States928 Posts

July 25 2010 17:11 GMT

#70

Pretty much the same as in Brood War. Foreigners in large part play like HuK, they look for powerful killing builds because thats the easiest way to get wins, and in a lot of cases theyre incapable of playing competently when the game gets longer and requires more multitasking. This does get them wins, but it cripples them when everyone else figures out their style, or if they come out behind from the build orders.

Idra's interviews always tell the truth. Koreans have great transitions into the late game and like in SC1 White-ra had great cheeses but also had clean follow throughs into the mid game if it fails. I'm sure HuK isn't bad in the late game simply at the level of player he is but it does not seem to hold up to top players so far. I'm sure he could improve on it eventually and remove this all-in notion people have of him

bjornkavist

Canada1235 Posts

July 25 2010 17:16 GMT

#71

Oh man I'm so pumped for the IntotheRainbow Vs Tester Semi. Gonna be amazing. I think Rainbow will win it though.

danl9rm

United States3111 Posts

July 25 2010 17:26 GMT

#72

QXC has really surprised me. I think he needs some more experience, but he has great potential. I've seen him look so weak in some games, and then play way past his ability in others. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of this tourney.

To Idra: If you want to win, you're going to have to use more drop play. And get those ultras out 30 seconds faster. I know it leaves you weaker mid-game where the foreigners like to end it, but zerg is crap without T3 anyway once terran has tanks and toss has (enough) colossus. Corruptors just aren't enough against a toss that can macro, I'm afraid.