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On January 30 2011 00:15 Scrimpton wrote:Show nested quote +On January 29 2011 14:13 Feb wrote:
wow, something that makes me almost have respect for idra. i still feel his scouting needs work and the predictability of his play creates issues against observant opponents and somewhat boring (for me) to watch. but it's interesting to see his justification of his very map specific strategies.
if the ads bother you they're extremely easy to skip by scrolling forward, and if you care that much about the quality of the vids, i'm pretty sure you can find most of these matches elsewhere and maybe synch up and sub in that video on mute (though you'll likely need to subscribe to various tournament casts). i'd be very surprised if idra loses any of these anyway. IdrA plays zerg, he loses when he cheeses because of 1 marine. Where have you been lately?
almost every loss i've ever seen from idra has been due to poor scouting of 2port banshee/void rays or overdroning and not dealing with pressure (he also occassionally throws units into a meat grinder while mistakenly believing he's waring down his opponent's front who in actuality is suffering much lower losses than idra, but i can honestly only think of two replays where he's done this, just the rarity of getting replays of him makes this seem like a more common mistake than i think it actually is).
he's seriously amazing at macro, but i personally (though i understand people disagree) don't find his play particularly interesting to watch when he frequently bms or makes mistakes i find glaring early game like not properly placing a scouting overlord.
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Idra is doing pretty awesome. A bit dry and emotionless, but I guess that's just how he is. Nevertheless it's some great insight and really helpful for anybody imho.
On the other hand I'm quite disappointed by the sponsors - not only is the sheer amount of unnecessarily forced commercials astonishing, but also the video quality is way too bad, especially considering it's an ad stuffed VOD. I want to be able to clearly read the resource and food count - therefore video quality needs to improve and you also might want to not cut off the top most pixels of the picture.
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Good work guys (Wheat, Idra, Kingston, EG)! Really love the content, and the idea behind it.
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Brother Mack reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly surprised me on the youtube related links. Good times, gotta give it up.
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awesome awesome videos. IdrA seems to be pretty monotone so its easy to understand and pretty humorous. thanks OP
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Best thing about Idra is he's direct and doesn't inflate his videos with BS or fluff. Straight to the point, and he makes lots of good points and provides great insight. Aside from the occasional BM Idra's the man!
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Thank you for this post! Great information from IdrA. It's most useful for Zerg, but I like how he comments occasionally on what his opponents could do.
I also think this is a great way for sponsors to support players. It generates revenue for players and serves as a great resource for the community.
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I saw a couple of these videos before-hand on EG's website.
It really helped me understand a lot what to do when I see certain builds, especially against Protoss.
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something like this i would like to see of the BW pros.
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thank you Idra for making these amazing video!
I didn't really mind the adds like some, if you are giving me free content I understand having ads.
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Aw, I came to this thread thinking it was sarcastic. (e.g. IdrA vs Drewbie protips)
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Really looking forward to these, I've always liked Idra because he focuses so much on improving his mechanics and fundamentals and doesn't use cheese or FOTM builds. It sometimes holds back his tournament play (I'm glad to see that he all-ins every once in a while now, to keep his opponent off guard) but when you're focusing on improving your game, that's the right attitude.
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The music is weirdly awesome. Sounds like something that could be used in the beginning of a porn movie, but at the same time is very chilled, and increases IdrA's awesomeness. I like it =)
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Note: If you hear some worrisome noises, that sound a bit like a dying hard drive - then you most probably can relax now - the noises are coming from those videos :D
So it's either their hard drive dying or maybe just a really really loud mechanical clock^^
(well, actually it stops for a few seconds sometimes... so I guess - not a clock *g*)
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Fucking awesome! Love IdrA!!!!!!
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IdrA ftw, best way to learn the game from someone who has been their and done that. Great post
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I appreciate all this. I love you, IdrA!
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Thanks for sharing, I've already seen a few of them and some of the tips are very helpful, going to finish the rest now! 
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Would be awesome if any Top Protoss would do the same.
You can learn so much when a pro analyses his own game
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I enjoy watching IdrA to a backing of porno music.
A lot of real information to be gained from these videos, and not just raw info. you get actual reasoning.. thought processes, things that can take years to develop alone
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