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On April 09 2008 12:00 Worked! wrote:
it seems pointless to me for him to go over, hes not even top 5 non korean and even if you're the best non korean you still suck in the land of Korea so.... whats the point and hes so young not even done highschool? Whatever not my life so good luck 2 him, he will need it!
i think it's cool that he's doing it, because he already understands what he's going into and doesn't have any illusions about false glamour in progaming. he knows it's tantamount to sweatshop labour, so he will be more prepared for it than the last few foreigners that went to korea.
if he has the mindset to go in there and grind it out and not to expect anything, then he's already got one of the key ingredients to do better than guys like PJ or draco.
i'm personally really excited to see idra go over there because he's the first nonkorean i can remember who went over there without any false expectations. who cares if he never get's a tv match, the important thing is that he's going to try his hardest and it'll be fun for the whole community to follow his story.
plus no matter what happens he'll have gotten in a bit of traveling, seen a new culture, and experienced the centre and pulse of progaming. considering this website is dedicated to worshipping progaming, i'd say that we should all be able to understand why those experiences will be worth having even if he doesn't do anything tremendous.
and then, at the end of it all, with super determination you never know, maybe he will do something. a non korean never realizes his full potential until he experiences korean training, so he may just surprise us all and exceed our expectations.
this is just so great for the community!
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think about it this way:
- 0 expenses, you are paid for housing, food, etc.
- you have no responsibility other than just playing bw
- when you are done, you can go back and go to school
- great life experience (how many white guys can say "I used to be a professional gamer")
anyways, no matter how you look at it, it's going to be great for Idra.
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On April 09 2008 12:00 Worked! wrote:
it seems pointless to me for him to go over, hes not even top 5 non korean and even if you're the best non korean you still suck in the land of Korea so.... whats the point and hes so young not even done highschool? Whatever not my life so good luck 2 him, he will need it!
lol idra isnt top 5 non kor? you coutning all chinese or what because if you dont he is first or maybe 2nd best t behind strelok
edit: i dont consider chinese as foreign gamers because they have pro leagues and stuff their as well, not to mention the gaming level is ridiculously high
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On April 09 2008 18:45 Aux1 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2008 12:00 Worked! wrote:
it seems pointless to me for him to go over, hes not even top 5 non korean and even if you're the best non korean you still suck in the land of Korea so.... whats the point and hes so young not even done highschool? Whatever not my life so good luck 2 him, he will need it! lol idra isnt top 5 non kor? you coutning all chinese or what because if you dont he is first or maybe 2nd best t behind strelok edit: i dont consider chinese as foreign gamers because they have pro leagues and stuff their as well, not to mention the gaming level is ridiculously high
agreed idra is definitely one of the best foreign terrans along with strelok (and advokate i guess) and he can beat all the top foreigners including the chinese - i think if he's dedicated enough he can surpass all previous chinese players - and i hope he does. there's a lot of koreans who could achieve top non korean status, but we should still support any guys who are close to top status as SC gamers regardless of their past manner.
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Is he in Korea yet?
Status report?
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im sure there will be some kind of news or interview once he gets settled since he was supposed to leave yesterday i believe?
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I'm pretty sure he is there now.
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just hope to god that idra doesnt face jaedong in his first televised match sorta like by.baby of wemade in proleague ^___^
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Idra keep us updated! I expect weekly blogs.
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Considering he said he would be on the plane in a couple of hours last time he posted, this time he must really be in Korea right now.
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On April 09 2008 22:28 kyjori wrote:
just hope to god that idra doesnt face jaedong in his first televised match sorta like by.baby of wemade in proleague ^___^
that was baby's 2nd televised match, GET IT RIGHT!
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On April 09 2008 19:16 littlechava wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2008 18:45 Aux1 wrote:On April 09 2008 12:00 Worked! wrote:
it seems pointless to me for him to go over, hes not even top 5 non korean and even if you're the best non korean you still suck in the land of Korea so.... whats the point and hes so young not even done highschool? Whatever not my life so good luck 2 him, he will need it! lol idra isnt top 5 non kor? you coutning all chinese or what because if you dont he is first or maybe 2nd best t behind strelok edit: i dont consider chinese as foreign gamers because they have pro leagues and stuff their as well, not to mention the gaming level is ridiculously high agreed idra is definitely one of the best foreign terrans along with strelok (and advokate i guess) and he can beat all the top foreigners including the chinese - i think if he's dedicated enough he can surpass all previous chinese players - and i hope he does. there's a lot of koreans who could achieve top non korean status, but we should still support any guys who are close to top status as SC gamers regardless of their past manner.
Top 5 terran yes, top 5 I don't think so.
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On April 09 2008 19:34 GTR-2-Go wrote:
Is he in Korea yet?
Status report?
he's been there less than 24 hours probably, what kinda status report can you expect? lol.
"Dear TL.net,
I just got off my longass flight, and I'm in Korea now.
- Idra"
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On April 10 2008 02:02 ShAsTa wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2008 19:16 littlechava wrote:On April 09 2008 18:45 Aux1 wrote:On April 09 2008 12:00 Worked! wrote:
it seems pointless to me for him to go over, hes not even top 5 non korean and even if you're the best non korean you still suck in the land of Korea so.... whats the point and hes so young not even done highschool? Whatever not my life so good luck 2 him, he will need it! lol idra isnt top 5 non kor? you coutning all chinese or what because if you dont he is first or maybe 2nd best t behind strelok edit: i dont consider chinese as foreign gamers because they have pro leagues and stuff their as well, not to mention the gaming level is ridiculously high agreed idra is definitely one of the best foreign terrans along with strelok (and advokate i guess) and he can beat all the top foreigners including the chinese - i think if he's dedicated enough he can surpass all previous chinese players - and i hope he does. there's a lot of koreans who could achieve top non korean status, but we should still support any guys who are close to top status as SC gamers regardless of their past manner. Top 5 terran yes, top 5 I don't think so.
lol? he is top 2 terran (arguably first) and i consider him top 5 foreign. there are so many great foreigners its hard to place a top 5 but i would have to put it something like:
Mondragon
Strelok
IefNaij
IdrA
and maybe white-ra? a lot of players could fill this fifth spot.
this is no particualr order, just some names off of the top of my head i definitely would consider idra top 5 though, maybe best terran, hard to place him above strelok though
edit: i dont count inactive players such as draco or testie. they havent done anything for months
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woulda been awesome if testie went over to cj when they offered it to him the second time. can you imagine seeing idra vs testie in proleague? it be crazy insane with tasteless commentating. >_< although i prefer the korean commentators.... yeah.. but still... for all the people who cant understand korean it would be fucking epic.. but alas no luck for us T_T
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He's on Iccup at this present time, looks like he has arrived in Korea?
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