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Artosis
What was your initial reaction upon hearing about this series?
Excitement. I can't wait to see the reaction to IdrA's new level, since he's been out of the spotlight for quite a while now.
What sort of things should viewers expect to see from this series?
I think IdrA will play mostly marine medic, with a few really smart variations thrown in. With mechanics like his, no reason to go mech.
There's been quite a bit of talk about the maps being slightly Terran bias; what's your take on the map pool?
I think the map pool is fine. People who look at map statistics, or their own experience on the maps, and then try to talk about map balance, have absolutely no understanding of the subject.
Being in Korea you have a better idea about Idra's current condition than most people; what would you estimate Idra's current level at?
IdrA's TvZ is levels above his other matchups. His TvZ really is at a progamer level, and I cannot see him ever losing a BO7 to any foreigner zerg ever again. Sadly, although his other matchups have improved a lot, he still has some weaknesses that the top foreigners know how to exploit quite well.
F91 has a very distinctive style, how do you think Idra will fare against it?
F91, because of his style, will have a much better shot at doing well vs IdrA than any other foreigner zerg. IdrA's basics are much better than F91's, and this should carry him through. Despite that, IdrA gets extremely frustrated by cheesey play, and that should work in F91's favor.
F91 has proven to be quite the competitor after knocking JF off as Liquibition King; how long do you think he will last?
F91 will lose to IdrA (barring an absolutely epic IdrA meltdown), but I know that won't knock F91 off the hill. I guess it could be hard to get rid of F91 if he's a bit laggy, because foreigners have a much harder time playing in lag than the Chinese. F91 could stay for quite a while.
Predict the score
If IdrA's brain doesn't melt in anger to F91's play style, and IdrA uses his safest builds, 6-1 for IdrA.
Ash
What was your initial reaction upon hearing about this series?
I was really surprised and excited at the same time, I mean what more can you ask for ? You have a foreigner in Korea who is known for his TvZ while another foreigner who has the best ZvT outside Korea. I knew it was going to be a worthy opponent but having IdrA to play is just unexpected for me.
What sort of things should viewers expect to see from this series?
For me I'm sure the series will be really entertaining only because it's ZvT. You can hardly see a boring ZvT series except for the Boxer 3-0 bunker rushes series of course. On the other hand, I don't really think I can predict if we will see mech since it's IdrA we're talking about. He has got tons of progamers to practice against and he knows whats best for a particular map. The last time I've seen his ZvT is probably in TSL where he lost to DinOt.
There's been quite a bit of talk about the maps being slightly Terran bias; what's your take on the map pool?
I honestly think the maps aren't too bad for F91 since he has also been playing on similar maps lately except for Raid Assault the one which he probably has not played a single game in it. Haha. He has mentioned that he will practice on it though so Im sure that we can expect some interesting builds.
Being in F91's manager you have a better idea about F91's current condition than most people; what would you estimate F91's current level at?
I've watched almost all of his replays recently in which I would say that IdrA has obviously underestimated his mutalisk micro in IdrA's latest statement about this series. It's probably worse than S class players muta micro but I'm sure that he has about the same if not better mutalisk skills than those B teamers in Korea. I would rate his condition at the moment as A in iCCup?
Idra has a very solid play style and rock solid mechanics to boot; how do you think F91's style will play out against Idra's style?
When we talk about styles it's obvious that F91's style is good against IdrA as I think IdrA is more predictable so I guess he has an advantage over here.
F91 has proven to be quite the competitor after knocking JF off as Liquibition King; how long do you think he will last?
I'm sure to say that he is probably the best Non Korean at the moment in general skills because he doesn't really have a weak matchup anymore. His weakest ZvP has improved dramatically as what it used to be back about 1-2 years ago so I think as long as he doesn't meet another top chinese player like PJ/LX he will last for a long time.
Predict the score
I predict the score to be 4-3 but IdrA is no pushover so the results can go either way. One thing I can only be sure about is that we will be expecting epic games from these players.
On extra note I would like to inform you guys that F91 has been warded [hospitalized] due to him catching serious cold in China so he will have less time to prepare for this series but I'm sure he knows how to overcome this and will be able to do his best. I would like to thank his supporters on behalf of him and I want you to know that he is more aware than any of you may think he is about his fans. I know he really appreciates them but due to language barrier he can't really express his appreciations. I've always translated some of the posts from fans to him and he was happy to read them. Let's hope he gets well soon.
- Ash
- Ash
Get hyped for this event! Because it's going down in under 48 hours!
You can check out some statements by F91 and Idra over here at http://www.gamereplays.org/starcraft2/portals.php?show=news&news_id=456096
