go watch king of the beta

idra was arguably the best before release, im not a fanboy, and think he has fell quite far. BUT he was king at one point, everybody was scared of him

nobody ever won an MIT laptop from EG's tournament to this day ( is now a teamleague, it was a solo league before that and greg was the end boss, never lost)

would be nice to see that idra again, but i think its long past, glad for his performances today though

TesteR says hi. Also Genius, TOP, RainbOw, FruitDealer. Hell even White-Ra beat IdrA convincingly back then.

I think IdrA can 2-0 IceCream if it goes to late game though. He's definitely not looking very strong in TvZ (IceCream that is)

He beat Tester in the finals of King of the beta (and Tester was considered to be the best korean at the time). The others you mentioned except fruitdealer made their names after release. Whether you are an Idra hater or not, it is a fact that Idra was considered by many, including Koreans, to be the best player in the world from the beta until a few months after release. There's actually nothing to argue about because it's true.

woot somebody else who actually remembers

I do remember. That was one tournament. There are others where he lost to TesteR and White-Ra quite convincingly. And I disagree with the fact that they made their names after release. You clearly didn't watch enough starcraft 2 mister hitpoint, TOP, TheStC, Cella, Genius, TheWinD were some of the best players in the world at that time.

They weren't considered the very best though. If you said Maka I'd agree, but you didn't. Tester was the other guy that people made arguments for being the best, and Idra got the better of whitera overall, he wasn't considered better. King of the Beta was just one tournament, but it was the biggest and best tournament at the time. Winning that was easily enough to make an argument for best in the world, and it did.

he also has never let a peson win the laptop that was the prize for 'beating the gracken' in EG's solo league
which i mentioned, which was 'many' tournaments. i just dont know why peopel shit on his past, its like hitting a
guy while he is down

He's just very controversial. People dislike him enough that they try to alter the past. Sorry guys, turns out this dirty little secret is true, many considered him the best player at the time late beta and early release. Koreans thought he was easily the best zerg, they even gave him some nickname for it which I don't remember.

stardin

Israel88 Posts

August 25 2012 18:49 GMT

#1391

Crank is a patchtoss.

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Yeah cause observer build time decreasing is really gamebreaking...

mememolly

4765 Posts

August 25 2012 18:49 GMT

#1392

On August 26 2012 03:46 xrapture wrote:

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Losing to Vibe WCS, then beating Suppy and unknown B teamer in Open bracket = on fire?

idra fans cling to anything they can get nowadays, pretty funny

Eurekastreet

1308 Posts

August 25 2012 18:49 GMT

#1393

On August 26 2012 03:47 Azarkon wrote:

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Nope.

This is going to be the first time they meet

Can't be bothered to check all the brackets all day long:
a)is this confirmed ?
b)when are they gonna meet ?

TheDougler

Canada8313 Posts

August 25 2012 18:49 GMT

#1394

On August 26 2012 03:42 blade55555 wrote:

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tbh the idiots who say patchzerg and that's the only reason they won is a joke and are extremely biased individuals. People that say that give no credit to the players and should just shuttup :D

It's not always black and white like that. You can't really say that the patch didn't cause a MASSIVE amount of zerg success. Certain players have managed to make a real name for themselves since the patch. Doesn't mean thats the only reason they win but it should be acknowledged as a contributing factor I think.

Raskit

579 Posts

August 25 2012 18:49 GMT

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On August 26 2012 03:48 MasterOfPuppets wrote:
I'm not shitting on his past, like I said he was a top contender, he just didn't "rape" or "dominate" the beta as you seem to suggest. Also I don't know what you're talking about when you say EG solo league; in fact I have never even heard of that solo league (do note I followed SC a lot even then) and it doesn't show up in his TLPD or Liquipedia achievements. Care to provide a link maybe?

Look for EG Masters Cup (EGMC).

Devise

Canada1131 Posts

August 25 2012 18:49 GMT

#1396

On August 26 2012 03:49 ThatGuy89 wrote:
sigh possible Incontrol vs Machine in loser bracket round 4
woudnt be MLG if they didnt have to play each other

eg has a lot of teamkills so far, HuK vs Suppy and Idra vs Suppy twice (in WCS and MLG) and JYP and Huk are in same losers brackets

Skyline026

Netherlands1129 Posts

August 25 2012 18:49 GMT

#1397

On August 26 2012 03:47 Zeon0 wrote:

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even if the others were free, i would watch IdrA

On two streams at once?