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[NASL] Sunday Showdown - IdrA vs Alive - Page 33
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tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
Ya, he's definitely hacking. | ||
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mahi29
United States235 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:42 89andy wrote: well it was an 11/11 triple bunker. Thats the equivalent of a six pool except the success rate is MUCH higher. Both rely on catching opponent off guard and hope they don't scout it. I didn't think it was as hard-hitting and all-in. Guess you learn something everyday  Still Leenock v. MMA. MMA did the same thing and Leenock sac'd his natural and made 5-6 banelings and destroyed the bunkers and proceeded to win.. Sheth was talking about it when Khaldor asked for his response to that situation. It just irritates me that IdrA makes absolutely no effort whatsoever. I've seen others come back from the same situation. And even allowing those 2 games, 6 pool twice?? Like once I get it, but seriously are you really expecting a GSL level player to die to 6 pool twice. Edit: There's the game I was talking about. Leenock breaks the contain at around 3:10 | ||
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Pants536
Canada16 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:50 Bagration wrote: Slayers Boxer needs to give Idra a serious pep talk about spirit. Eye of the tiger. | ||
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Love and Justice
United States87 Posts
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
It's a typo allright! You need to think about the soul of it instead of concentrating on the unimportant materials that construct it | ||
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chrissummers
243 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:48 Eschaton wrote: I just wish he'd do what he wants to do, go to college if thats it, or be a serious pro gamer if thats what he wants to do. But I can't stand to watch someone spend their life doing something while at the same time talking shit about how that thing is worthless "SC2 is a terrible game" etc. . If money is your only goal, you're not going to have any joy in it, and you're not going to do well against those that do. he sort of is forced to play sc2. college? come on, idra does not fit there, I could never see him actually writing term papers etc. that is not who he is, he only does things on his conditions or not at all. that only works as long as you are in a leader position. if you are one of many, that mindset only leads to negative things. which is why korea is not the place to be for him. | ||
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sitromit
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pt
United States813 Posts
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hmunkey
United Kingdom1973 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:44 dpL wrote: Uhm, IdrA has always acted like an idiot and he's the most popular SC2 player in North America. He's also just attracted an absurdly high amount of attention. Let's face it, Idra is just as infamous as he is famous, which only serves to appeal to sponsors. | ||
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tree.hugger
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:50 Jibba wrote: To be honest, NASL's Sunday Showmatches couldn't have hoped for a better explosion of publicity.You make a forum post earlier in the day that says It's not really a blame issue. It's just something that they could've done a bit better, with some quick thinking. Not really a major knock against NASL. | ||
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mtn
729 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:50 JWD wrote: I think this is probably the best comment I've read on TL.net in a long time Haha. Indeed. | ||
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Falcor
Canada894 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:52 pt wrote: is alive's cheese okay because it took longer to execute? its okay because its punishing a players weakness? | ||
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BlindSight754
Canada156 Posts
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mahi29
United States235 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:52 chrissummers wrote: he sort of is forced to play sc2. college? come on, idra does not fit there, I could never see him actually writing term papers etc. that is not who he is, he only does things on his conditions or not at all. that only works as long as you are in a leader position. if you are one of many, that mindset only leads to negative things. which is why korea is not the place to be for him. I thought he got a full-ride to some engineering college (forget the name and too lazy to look it up right now) and turned it down to go to Korea to play BW? | ||
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Wroshe
Netherlands1051 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:47 JWD wrote: I wonder if tourneys will ever start striking agreements with players that require the players not to throw any games if they want to get paid for their appearances That should absolutely happen. The problem then becomes what is a thrown game? * Naniwa Proberushing? Definatly. * IdrA 6Pooling on Dual Sight? Definatly. * IdrA 6Pooling on Crossfire? Possibly. * 4Gating in PvP on a map with a Ramp? * Not 4Gating on Tal'Darim in PvP? As you can see the slope is slippery and where do you draw the line? | ||
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Mr Showtime
United States1353 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:35 bennyaus wrote: You missed the joke, champ. The game has some limited luck, but IdrA's "bad luck" is him being a bad player. He is actually one of the luckiest players in the world because he gets invites and a salary based on the fact he gets viewers due to his hype. He has such a huge hype because he was the best BW foreigner at the SC2 release, and everyone always spoke about him. However, based on results, an objective fan can see that he is just now an average foreigner who doesn't gg. Worse than that, he is actively disrespectful of players who are better than him. He's not at all a bad player. His mid-game is incredible, and his late game/macro is world class. He has and still does struggle with stopping early game aggression, and it's shame. A while back I noticed that he had gotten much better at stopping styles that revolve around early pressure, but his mind-set seems to have taken a turn for the worst once again. Instead of identifying the different kinds of cheese/pressure and figuring out how to stop it, he looks at it as cheesy bullshit that isn't worth playing out. On ladder, that can make sense here and there, but he almost NEVER puts in the effort to stop these rushes, so when it comes to him in a serious match setting, he fails to deal with it appropriately. It's a real shame because this is the one gaping hole in his game. Once IdrA figures out how to properly deal with all of this early-game non-sense and safely make it to at least the mid-game 90% of the time, he will be back to the Code S level player we once knew. The return to the EG house will help him get his mind refocused, but the lack of crazy cheese and early pressure found only on Korean ladder will hurt. | ||
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Megabuster123
Canada1837 Posts
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simmeh
Canada2511 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:52 chrissummers wrote: he sort of is forced to play sc2. college? come on, idra does not fit there, I could never see him actually writing term papers etc. that is not who he is, he only does things on his conditions or not at all. that only works as long as you are in a leader position. if you are one of many, that mindset only leads to negative things. which is why korea is not the place to be for him. im sure if idra wanted to do school he could, hes still so young. if i recall he did have a scholarship out of high school for studying physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | ||
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Shinespark
Chile843 Posts
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Lezt
United States115 Posts
On February 13 2012 13:40 tree.hugger wrote: This is the universe's way of telling me; "Get back to writing your spanish essay" yah honestly the only positive that I can take out of this showmatch, is that it left me with plenty of time to study for midterms. it's just hard for me to understand how someone who has often said that hard work and perseverance are the biggest factors in being a pro can then just completely break down after a couple games. EDIT: feel terrible for NASL, wish that they didn't have to pay him for this.. | ||
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