I'm really sad, b/c I loved seeing the Leather Gracket (tm) on the main stage, but hopefully we can get all of that and more with the new Western tournaments coming up

mordk

Chile8385 Posts

February 16 2011 19:40 GMT

#343

In terms of amount of tournaments, US is the place to be, however, in terms of learning and competition, korea is clearly better, not because players in US/EU aren't good, but because of the practice culture and competition ambience that is present there.

I think his korean training will give him a massive plus over other players so good for him though. Hope to see him playing at his best soon enough.

Skogsbaret

Sweden45 Posts

February 16 2011 19:41 GMT

#344

There's too much variance to be in Korea.

vicariouscheese

United States589 Posts

February 16 2011 19:46 GMT

#345

On February 17 2011 04:40 mordk wrote:I think his korean training will give him a massive plus over other players so good for him though. Hope to see him playing at his best soon enough.

He did say on sotg though that he thought many koreans overtrained...

Treadmill

Canada2833 Posts

February 16 2011 19:47 GMT

#346

Best of luck to him! This shows that people very much involved (team EG) have a lot of confidence that North American e-sports will get huge this year. Looking forward to it.

IPA

United States3206 Posts

February 16 2011 19:50 GMT

#347

On February 17 2011 03:36 dsousa wrote:
NASL vs GSL

is like the WNBA vs NBA.

Its like a 6'2 and under basketball league...... and beauty pagent for fat chicks.

gg Idra..... you'll be the hottest fat chick!

I agree with you but I find it hard to bash such a potential opportunity for the community. We'll see what happens, I am actually excited.

trikshun

United States437 Posts

February 16 2011 19:54 GMT

#348

On February 17 2011 04:15 hmsrenown wrote:
I'm sensing idrA just don't really want to admit that he's homesick as well. Being a progamer for all those years in a foreign country takes a huge toll. Even though Greg isn't my favorite player, I still have nothing but respect to his skills and professionalism. Here's to a brighter future Greg!

He has Artosis and Tasteless to accompany him. But it is actually a good move on his part because im pretty sure if he returns to Korea he will get an invited code A spot

MrMotionPicture

United States4327 Posts

February 16 2011 19:54 GMT

#349

Hopefully more foreigners will get into Code S to fill the void.
And I hope the tournaments in the west are excellent. I am sure they will be, especially with Idra in them.

DerekJCEX

United States64 Posts

February 16 2011 19:59 GMT

#350

I'm very surprised by the timing of this. I know he's eager to get back to the US but he's skipping out on a chance to win a lot of money. He's leaving in the beginning of march right? Why not hold out for 2 more weeks just in case you go deep in the tourney and then head back? It seems to me like he is giving away free money.

okrane

France265 Posts

February 16 2011 19:59 GMT

#351

This post is so much win, I cant help myself quoting it for truth. I feel that the skill difference is pretty big between Korea and the rest of the world and by leaving the scene of the GSL he will lose a lot of respect and the spotlight he is in right now. Especially as he was one of the few zergs having success in that harsh league.

Anyway, gl to you maybe his presence in the NA will bring more spectacle to the SC2 tourneys over there.

Marcus420

Canada1923 Posts

February 16 2011 19:59 GMT

#352

On February 17 2011 01:45 dsousa wrote:
All-time blunder......

Kinda like being up 1-0 in the GSL Ro8 and gg'ing cuz you get bunker rushed.

More FREE wins for Idra opponents.

EG has been a disaster for Idra, he's going to go from being peers with Nestea, MVP, MC, Boxer, July.... to hanging around with Incontrol trying to show how funny he is.

EG... has big announcement... EG is going to Korea..... i've seen some crazy posts by the manager/owners of EG.... its sad to think that Idra's career is in their hands.

Liquid..... please save Idra.... he's in with a bad crowd.

Wtf...?

You have a seriously warped view on all this.

Gentso

United States2218 Posts

February 16 2011 20:01 GMT

#353

Gotta admit, my interest in GSL just went down quite a lot. I loved watching it when it was available at a reasonable time zone live (EST), but now the majority of foreigners are in Code A and I don't really relate to most of the Koreans. Blrgh.....

Jayrod

1820 Posts

February 16 2011 20:07 GMT

#354

hrmmm so Clide will probably run into MC and MVP in the second round because of Idra's practical joke... Doesn't that kind of backfire though because he gets a free win vs. idra, helping him stay in Code S for at least 1 more season? I dont think anyone in the world thinks clide can win one, so idra still did him a favor by dropping out.

Turgid

United States1623 Posts

February 16 2011 20:09 GMT

#355

On February 17 2011 04:46 vicariouscheese wrote:

Show nested quote +

He did say on sotg though that he thought many koreans overtrained...

He's also said before that he feels many non-Koreans undertrain. He still plays like 6-8 hours a day or something.

sAfuRos

United States743 Posts

February 16 2011 20:12 GMT

#356

I'm pretty sure IdrA looked at Assembly results and was like "fuck that imma go wreck some shit"

More seriously though, i think IdrA is going to see if he is better than all the foreigners for real, and to consider the career options outside of Starcraft 2 assuming it doesn't take off.

CFRD119

United States97 Posts

February 16 2011 20:24 GMT

#357

Monetarily, for IdrA, I'm pretty excited for him. But due to the new map pool in GSL and the fact that he made it farther than before in the last GSL makes me question it. I think he'll generally suffer as a player for leaving Korea because the competition isn't as stiff, and he's losing some of the prestige of being a foreign player competing in the largest Korean tournament. But, I'll still be a fan of him in America.