EPTIdrA withdrawing from GSL March, returns to US - Page 16
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photomuse
United States102 Posts
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Corrupted
United States1255 Posts
On February 17 2011 02:29 photomuse wrote: As a casual fan, this makes me sad. I only have time to follow one starcraft tournament consistently, and for me that is the GSL. I pay the monthly fee, watch >50% of the games, and follow the players. I enjoyed rooting for Idra. Still, this might make me more aware of the NA tournaments. Here's hoping that either Ret or Huk do well in Code A and break into code S so there can be more foreign players. Something tells me if those guys don't break through, they will be following Idra back. | ||
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Kurr
Canada2338 Posts
On February 16 2011 21:29 ffz wrote: 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. I feel this quote needs to be seen by more people. This is probably a very big part of the reason he left. Not having teammates to practice maps is a deal breaker. You cannot win if you cannot practice. IdrA even said recently that practicing SC2 is useless so he was probably already feeling unmotivated when the new maps came out and he realized the only person he could practice with was ret who's in another team... As most people know IdrA pretty much only ladders for practice. Living alone with no teammates to help you (either with practice or comments), it's a giant handicap vs people living in team houses and probably one that would make the difference 10-fold clearer on non-ladder maps. I think all the other factors still apply (more tournaments, NASL, etc) but this one flew over my head and it's probably the biggest one. | ||
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MnMOptimus
United States8 Posts
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Kyhol
Canada2575 Posts
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tbrown47
United States1235 Posts
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Isomer
United States186 Posts
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Odoakar
Croatia1837 Posts
On February 17 2011 02:57 Kurr wrote: I feel this quote needs to be seen by more people. This is probably a very big part of the reason he left. Not having teammates to practice maps is a deal breaker. You cannot win if you cannot practice. IdrA even said recently that practicing SC2 is useless so he was probably already feeling unmotivated when the new maps came out and he realized the only person he could practice with was ret who's in another team... As most people know IdrA pretty much only ladders for practice. Living alone with no teammates to help you (either with practice or comments), it's a giant handicap vs people living in team houses and probably one that would make the difference 10-fold clearer on non-ladder maps. I think all the other factors still apply (more tournaments, NASL, etc) but this one flew over my head and it's probably the biggest one. I feel Idra is the only one to blame for him not having any practice partners. He ridiculed the Koreans so much that in the end no one wanted to play with him, and all he had was his practice with ret. | ||
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pHelix Equilibria
United States1134 Posts
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Arcticc
United States203 Posts
The impression the announcement lead me to believe, was that this was a choice based on money. I would have rather it been a choice because he was homesick or not adapting to cultural challenges of Korea. | ||
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ptbl
United States6074 Posts
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STALLONEZONE
Ireland115 Posts
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darthcaesar
United States475 Posts
"eSports in NA is getting ready to blow up" - a paraphrase of what IdrA repeated as his reason for moving. I wonder whether GOMTV is aware of (assuming speculation is true) NASL. | ||
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ch33psh33p
7650 Posts
On February 17 2011 03:22 STALLONEZONE wrote: I seriously think IdrAs style is going to get completely and utterly crushed by aggressive American/European players, especially Terrans. You talk like he hasn't won anything in America ever. MLG *cough*. | ||
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Deadlyfish
Denmark1980 Posts
On February 17 2011 03:22 STALLONEZONE wrote: I seriously think IdrAs style is going to get completely and utterly crushed by aggressive American/European players, especially Terrans. Yea, because koreans are known for being the defensive players? I'd say he is used to dealing with agressive terrans. | ||
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universalwill
United States654 Posts
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Turgid
United States1623 Posts
On February 17 2011 03:22 STALLONEZONE wrote: I seriously think IdrAs style is going to get completely and utterly crushed by aggressive American/European players, especially Terrans. This was like a "through the looking glass" moment for me. Reading this post, I mean. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. The big stereotype of the Korean server that, judging from Idra's stream, is at least to some degree true is that there are a lot of players who literally got to the top 200 by being really, really fucking good about executing very specific, very aggressive timing attacks and all-ins. This is the county that brought you MarineKing. | ||
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BossaKungen
Sweden43 Posts
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hitman133
United States1425 Posts
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ch33psh33p
7650 Posts
On February 17 2011 03:28 Turgid wrote: This was like a "through the looking glass" moment for me. Reading this post, I mean. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. And Koreans are about 1000x more aggressive than NA/EU players. Its like he's never seen Idra play or something. | ||
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