It is really sad to see him going home and not even participating in another GSL..

but who can blame him? he can make much more money a lot easier in the west, so this decision is pretty reasonable

Ribbon

United States5278 Posts

February 16 2011 11:36 GMT

#222

So, if two players in group B advance and one doesn't, what happens in the up-and-down matches, since there'll be a missing 4th place spot? Does the winner of the code A tournament get to pick Idra as the Code S player to challenge and get a free Power Crystal, or do the players who made it to the Ro16 have a wildcard tournament to take "Idra's" spot in the up-and-down group?

Bellygareth

France512 Posts

February 16 2011 11:40 GMT

#223

On February 16 2011 20:20 Annq wrote:

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Take the best momentum you can get.
Hes probably making a martyr of himself

Honestly I really don't get why this kind of post is anywhere near acceptable.

I'm sure Idra's decision is more based on :
- Being able to practice with his team;
- Participation in the US tournaments;
- Maybe home sickness.

MrSexington

United States1768 Posts

February 16 2011 11:40 GMT

#224

On February 16 2011 20:36 Ribbon wrote:
So, if two players in group B advance and one doesn't, what happens in the up-and-down matches, since there'll be a missing 4th place spot. Does the winner of the code A tournament get to pick Idra as the Code S player to challenge and get a free Power Crystal, or do the players who made it to the Ro16 have a wildcard tournament to take "Idra's" spot in the up-and-down group?

Hmm.... my guess is that the winner of Code A automatically gets seeded into the next Code S.

BetterFasterStronger

United States604 Posts

February 16 2011 11:45 GMT

#225

Clide has to Play MVP
Zenio has to play MC? l o fucking L

MrSexington

United States1768 Posts

February 16 2011 11:49 GMT

#226

On February 16 2011 20:45 BetterFasterStronger wrote:
Clide has to Play MVP
Zenio has to play MC? l o fucking L

Yeah, I'm listening to SotG right now and that's hilarious. And you can't blame IdrA for that one. That's all on GSL's doing.

BetterFasterStronger

United States604 Posts

February 16 2011 11:58 GMT

#227

On February 16 2011 20:49 MrSexington wrote:

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Yeah, I'm listening to SotG right now and that's hilarious. And you can't blame IdrA for that one. That's all on GSL's doing.

Thats the biggest... i don't know thats just. Theres no words for that.

Slakter

Sweden1947 Posts

February 16 2011 12:03 GMT

#228

To California PERHAPS?!

ander

Canada403 Posts

February 16 2011 12:15 GMT

#229

poor artosis. he's not gonna know what to do with himself. D:

aka_star

United Kingdom1546 Posts

February 16 2011 12:17 GMT

#230

Noooooooooooooooooo, ah. At first glance I feel its the wrong decision, from my perspective having the foreign presence in Korea is what makes GOM.TV so appealing, wishing one day that Greg will one day win it all. For him to Win a US tournament is like meh so what, or a European one its still meh.... but the skill cap on GSL is so much more awesome and he is so close.

I'm sure this is such a hard decision to make, and one that has taken a lot of time and thought put in, considering the positives its probably the right time to come back to the west while the game is still young and take advantage of the skills he has to hopefully increase the competition over here and as he says help grow e-sports for the west....

Grrrr such a blow....

Krehlmar

Sweden1149 Posts

February 16 2011 12:19 GMT

#231

Wait, fuck FUCK FUCK! oGsZenio and Clide matches?!
FUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

Was looking forward to those matches so much.

Sicky

United Kingdom121 Posts

February 16 2011 12:20 GMT

#232

Not too sure how I feel about this. It would be awesome if he stayed and just won the GSL but I can't help just feel that if this NASL thing is true then he will be the only one winning it.

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

February 16 2011 12:23 GMT

#233

I honestly don't blame him, SC2 is simply way bigger in EU and US these days.

Best of luck to you, Idra!

Punkstar

Slovakia522 Posts

February 16 2011 12:27 GMT

#234

Man, Idra could have waited till he bm raped both zenio and clide. That would be like an epic farewell before his departure from Korea...

ffz

United States490 Posts

February 16 2011 12:29 GMT

#235

On February 16 2011 20:15 Krehlmar wrote:
Wait he wont even play his last tournament?... I dont agree with that EG. That's alot of money and secondly he really has a shot at winning it. He can defeat anyone in the tournament so why not let him have one last shot?...

Did he go US just to participate in more, smaller, tournaments to win more money? Cause that would suck.

Seriously though why wont he play one last tournament?

He said himself in an interview (was it during sotg iono im blanking out) that he's only played the new GSL maps twice. Doesn't seem like he'll get enough practice by himself in korea to win anything. Smart move imo to come back and finally get some teammates to practice with.

Stropheum

United States1124 Posts

February 16 2011 12:34 GMT

#236

Something about this really hints towards that California thing I've been reading about. Wonder if there's anything to it.

thehitman

1105 Posts

February 16 2011 12:36 GMT

#237

Strange decision, I mean all the prestige and money are in Korea. Yes there are few good and big enough tournaments in NA or Europe, but going to R16 in GSL just bring so much money.

On another note I can understand if its for personal reasons, he has been in Korea for so long and may wish to come home and relax a bit and be in a different environment.

Anyways good luck to him, even though I don't really respect him.

m3rciless

United States1476 Posts

February 16 2011 12:43 GMT

#238

On February 16 2011 20:07 MorroW wrote:
sad news T.T idra should stay in korea imo
i hope its just temporary

just when zerg starts to get winnable and new maps he go home, i dont understand

morrow so manner. Also brings up a good point, he should have at least given the new maps a shot, apparently he can at least take games of MVP.

bubblegumbo

Taiwan1296 Posts

February 16 2011 12:48 GMT

#239

Idra made the right choice, people shouldn't really give him shit for this decision when he toughed it out in Korea for so long as back when he was a BW B team player. Also it's not like he will never return again if he does want to, it will be a pain to regain a Code S spot though.

Dragonsven

United States145 Posts

February 16 2011 12:50 GMT

#240

Who gives up a Code S spot? No amount of foreign tournaments is going to make up for the $85k he's taking himself out of the running for. The NASL's prize pool better be freaking huge.