You can see him as a very dedicated player who's sometimes famous for getting pissed when he looses - I can understand that but still there should be at least a very basic level of good sportsmanship.

However, he played really, really well on the finals and obviously improved his play vs Tester - so the victory was well deserved - congrats.

Oh, and nice interview, thanks again Artosis!

fisiX

United States21 Posts

July 28 2010 06:42 GMT

#68

congratulations idra on the win! i enjoyed the interview and look forward to seeing more idra play. its always nice seeing that heavy macro pitted up against all kinds of random things.

thanks for the interview artosis!

Velr

Switzerland10910 Posts

July 28 2010 06:56 GMT

#69

Did he call Tester a stupid newbie because he kinda cheesed him more than once or does he just do that when foreigners do it? :p

Phisk

166 Posts

July 28 2010 07:06 GMT

#70

On July 28 2010 15:56 Velr wrote:
Did he call Tester a stupid newbie because he kinda cheesed him more than once or does he just do that when foreigners do it? :p

Well IdrA has mentioned before that he doesn't mind cheesy or all-in strats if they're done every now and then by players that are skilled and good in macro games as well (such as Flash doing a bunker rush or a proxy rax). What he seems to dislike is people who are considered good and do well in tournaments by constantly doing all-ins and cheese builds, and can't compete in long macro games.

tomc

United States84 Posts

July 28 2010 07:07 GMT

#71

Well he proves his way is the right way again and again. Grats on the win!

danbel1005

United States1319 Posts

July 28 2010 07:11 GMT

#72

Great Interview Dan thx a lot, interesting thoughts from Greg about Dimaga, love the way he describes his games (sometimes educational), Im not an Idra fan tho. Anyways GG Greg.

andiCR

Costa Rica2273 Posts

July 28 2010 07:20 GMT

#73

Awesome interview, i want to see the finals!!

fyyer

United States145 Posts

July 28 2010 07:26 GMT

#74

Whatever happened to Artosis anyway with respect to pro gaming? I thought he was going pro? From my end I remember seeing him practicing his ass off during the early beta, to disappearing, to going back to interviews.

Is he still planning on trying to become a pro gamer?

Ryuu314

United States12679 Posts

July 28 2010 07:29 GMT

#75

On July 28 2010 16:26 fyyer wrote:
Whatever happened to Artosis anyway with respect to pro gaming? I thought he was going pro? From my end I remember seeing him practicing his ass off during the early beta, to disappearing, to going back to interviews.

Is he still planning on trying to become a pro gamer?

Don't quote me on this but I don't think he ever really intended on going pro the same way IdrA, Tester, and those other pros are. He and Tasteless both really found their niche in commentating games and working with that angle.

Piski

Finland3461 Posts

July 28 2010 07:32 GMT

#76

Good interview. Congratulation IdrA for winning.

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

July 28 2010 07:54 GMT

#77

On July 28 2010 11:54 ckw wrote:

Show nested quote +

He wasn't just BM when loosing games, even in his early interviews he was super cocky and pretty much always said everyone else sucks.

It's called confidence. Something essential to succeed in any sport.
Confidence plus honesty = bad manner? I don't think so.

SmiLeSE

Sweden58 Posts

July 28 2010 07:56 GMT

#78

In my eyes, IdrA is the king of the beta. He took out the best and earned it.

A great interview overall.

Carthac

United States393 Posts

July 28 2010 08:25 GMT

#79

Idra is starting to show a lot of confidence during his interviews

Clamev

Germany498 Posts

July 28 2010 08:25 GMT

#80

Idra fighting <3
Oh man those games were so fucking epic.
Me and 2 buddys stayed up from 1am to 1pm(i live in Germany) to see the games live and allthough we were tired as fuck we were screaming at the last Battle!
Epic series !