i don't understand how anyone could think someone like this could ever be bad for the scene/community in general. the guy is the definition of entertainment.

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

September 20 2011 08:10 GMT

#607

I'll just link this classic thread and go my own way.
Foreigners Still Suck by Rekrul

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Idra loses 2-5. The white hope of the modern day and age losing to some random zerg player from China. If you can't beat him how are you supposed to beat progamers? I mean seriously the only games you won were games on two maps, Colosseum and Destination, maps that you've been practicing on 13 hours a day in the CJ Pro-team house with Koreans. Of course those are locks but the other five? Why did you lose Idra?

Well, luckily IdrA decided to tell us!
...

Sufficiency

Canada23833 Posts

September 20 2011 08:25 GMT

#608

So wait. Idra just plays BNET all day? =\ Is that his practice regime?

jmbthirteen

United States10734 Posts

September 20 2011 08:27 GMT

#609

On September 20 2011 17:10 Probe1 wrote:
I'll just link this classic thread and go my own way.
Foreigners Still Suck by Rekrul

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Haha I just discovered that thread last week and I thought of it as I watched this video.

Miraju

Germany235 Posts

September 20 2011 09:44 GMT

#610

oh damn need more of this!

Geo.Rion

7377 Posts

September 20 2011 09:58 GMT

#611

On September 20 2011 17:25 Sufficiency wrote:
So wait. Idra just plays BNET all day? =\ Is that his practice regime?

Where did you get that impression?

He has like 600 games played on ladder, that's like 2 weeks for a progamer. Maybe a bit more on a second thought, but still not that much

msjakofsky

1169 Posts

September 20 2011 10:11 GMT

#612

well i'm not a fan of idra's attitude overall but this video was hilarious

TigerKarl

1757 Posts

September 20 2011 10:16 GMT

#613

On September 20 2011 19:11 msjakofsky wrote:
well i'm not a fan of idra's attitude overall but this video was hilarious

i can sign that.
His attitude prevents him from being a better player, but being a true character has got it's worth.

sansalvador

Austria308 Posts

September 20 2011 12:53 GMT

#614

On September 20 2011 19:16 TigerKarl wrote:

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i can sign that.
His attitude prevents him from being a better player, but being a true character has got it's worth.

That sounds like an euphemism for "clown of e-sports".

Phanekim

United States777 Posts

September 20 2011 13:44 GMT

#615

he always seems so miserable playing this game.

zanmat0

188 Posts

September 20 2011 13:47 GMT

#616

This is a showing display of how much of a hypocrite he really is.

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

September 20 2011 13:51 GMT

#617

part 2 is definitely needed

papaz

Sweden4149 Posts

September 20 2011 15:03 GMT

#618

On September 20 2011 22:51 Doraemon wrote:
part 2 is definitely needed

We need a lot more parts.

This vid is the best Idra vid I have seen.

I don't like Idra as a player but man he can entertain with his personality

Big J

Austria16289 Posts

September 20 2011 15:13 GMT

#619

so nice! Someone should send this to day9 and he should make a daily about it :D

EliteReplay

Dominican Republic913 Posts

September 20 2011 15:18 GMT

#620

On September 20 2011 08:57 ReignFayth wrote:

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On September 20 2011 08:51 IdrA wrote:

On September 20 2011 08:47 ReignFayth wrote:

On September 20 2011 08:39 IdrA wrote:

On September 20 2011 08:36 AntiGrav1ty wrote:

On September 20 2011 08:11 AutomatonOmega wrote:

On September 19 2011 16:44 NowLookHere wrote:

On September 19 2011 16:39 SafeAsCheese wrote:

On September 19 2011 16:37 NowLookHere wrote:
Hahahaha... no wonder Idra hasn't won anything in forever. He's a mental midget.

Yeah, I am sure every other pro is totally all like "That guy was awesome, totally outplayed me, I wish I could be like them." when they lose.

Right or not doesn't matter, it's just not how the human mind works.

Wrong, that's just not how Idra's mind works.

Watch a post-match interview of truly elite athletes like Tom Brady, Rafael Nadal, etc, they will always admit there are things they can do better (after a big win and ESPECIALLY after a big loss). The greats know there's always room to improve and that they can only control their own play, that's why they focus on their mistakes and ways to improve. The players who are busy complaining about external factors or failing to take responsibility for their own mistakes are the ones who never achieve their potential.

Those guys don't play a game where they're expected to play against average joes for practice. They're in a community where everyone (to a certain extent) is elite. You cannot compare the two without being utterly and hopelessly biased. (Which you are.)

When an athlete in any sports loses to someone who is considered a lot weaker or an underdog they certainly dont say that he is bad after they lose. Nobody ever does that in real sports...

those underdogs are still full time professional players in fields with much deeper and more developed talent pools than a 1 year old esport.

meh come on it's irrelevent, you'd do this even if SC2 had been around for 10 years

how many top flight bw pros did i legitimately call bad? i say legitimately because someone will point out how i said free's micro wasnt actually micro, but on the whole ive always respected good players. the structure of esports and particularly sc2 means that im playing with and occasionally competing with people who are actually bad by objective standards. and the design of sc2 means its possible for them to beat me through no merit of their own.

I honestly don't know about your entire history of calling people bad, I just know you tend to call people bad on the fly based on your emotions

particularly huk.. and then you changed your mind when he joined ur team

HE CHANGED after huk started winning tournaments and he lose a couple of games vs Huk.
idra is a good players but he thinks he is the only one good and everybody need to play macro to be good which is actually wrong, u are allow to play as u want.