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Netsky
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia1155 Posts
November 04 2011 06:19 GMT
#141
Good interview! Interesting to know he was really pissed off after losing to Jinro in GSL...but the way he lost those games it was because of silly maps, rather than race balance. Happy he didn't retire.
TheLight
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia410 Posts
November 04 2011 06:35 GMT
#142
On November 04 2011 15:19 Netsky wrote:
Good interview! Interesting to know he was really pissed off after losing to Jinro in GSL...but the way he lost those games it was because of silly maps, rather than race balance. Happy he didn't retire.


It was also the RO8. Despite the disadvantage that zerg had at that point, Idra still made it that far. It's a testament to his skill.
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pbjsandwich
Profile Joined August 2010
United States443 Posts
November 04 2011 06:38 GMT
#143
On November 04 2011 15:13 msjakofsky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2011 08:54 arfyron wrote:
On November 04 2011 08:39 Elean wrote:
About the overated players question, all you need to understand is that Idra is a competitor and he gave the name of 3 player he consider as rival, that's all.

Stephano is currently rated above Idra, so it's perfectly normal that Idra says Stephano is overated. He is not being BM or meaning that Stephano is bad, but as a competitor you have to believe the other guy is not better than you.

Same with Nerchio and Kiwikaki, you can tell their is a huge rivalry.


I don't think nerchio or kiwikaki is considered above idra by anyone.


well nerchio is considered above idra by me for example. don't make assumptions just because you're gay for idra

i think he meant anyone that knows what they're talking about
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9035 Posts
November 04 2011 06:39 GMT
#144
Can't wait to see SlayerS-EG in GSTL. Should be epic.
Barett
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada454 Posts
November 04 2011 06:41 GMT
#145
Awesome interview. Is there only the Zerg Lair? Would love some Protoss love too! .
Liked the page anyways. Will keep following you in the future.
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TheNessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4158 Posts
November 04 2011 06:46 GMT
#146
These questions are both broad but well put. Good interview
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royal.cze
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada287 Posts
November 04 2011 06:52 GMT
#147
Thanks Foxy !
msjakofsky
Profile Joined June 2011
1169 Posts
November 04 2011 07:15 GMT
#148
On November 04 2011 15:38 pbjsandwich wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2011 15:13 msjakofsky wrote:
On November 04 2011 08:54 arfyron wrote:
On November 04 2011 08:39 Elean wrote:
About the overated players question, all you need to understand is that Idra is a competitor and he gave the name of 3 player he consider as rival, that's all.

Stephano is currently rated above Idra, so it's perfectly normal that Idra says Stephano is overated. He is not being BM or meaning that Stephano is bad, but as a competitor you have to believe the other guy is not better than you.

Same with Nerchio and Kiwikaki, you can tell their is a huge rivalry.


I don't think nerchio or kiwikaki is considered above idra by anyone.


well nerchio is considered above idra by me for example. don't make assumptions just because you're gay for idra

i think he meant anyone that knows what they're talking about


powerful arguments you got there

want some fun facts?

nerchio vs idra: 4-0

nerchio is 7-5 vs thorzain, idra is 2-2

idra is 0-4 vs huk last times they met, nerchio is 2-0 vs huk at around the same time

idra is 5-8 vs morrow, nerchio is 10-2

idra is 0-2 vs sase, nerchio is 2-0

so has idra got the bigger accomplishments? yeah

is he clearly above nerchio in skill? hell no

people like you are 100% unable to make an even slightly objective judgement

firehand101
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3152 Posts
November 04 2011 07:21 GMT
#149
Ma man!
Thanks so much, always love idra interviews
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pbjsandwich
Profile Joined August 2010
United States443 Posts
November 04 2011 07:29 GMT
#150
LOL

the only series you have there that is atleast a bo7 for both players is vs morrow and idra lose what? 3 or 4 games of that bc of 5 rax reaper?

random bo3s here and there vs players isn't doesn't determine the skill of a player.

If nerchio is as good as you say he is why isn't he going to the big tournies? Why isn't he going up against the koreans on a regular basis like Idra?

Nerchio can't be compared to idra until he is consistently playing the competition that idra is
seiferoth10
Profile Joined May 2010
3362 Posts
November 04 2011 07:31 GMT
#151
All I can add is: you know you've made it when e-thugs take your opinion as fact and defame your character in retaliation.
msjakofsky
Profile Joined June 2011
1169 Posts
November 04 2011 07:57 GMT
#152
On November 04 2011 16:29 pbjsandwich wrote:
LOL

the only series you have there that is atleast a bo7 for both players is vs morrow and idra lose what? 3 or 4 games of that bc of 5 rax reaper?

random bo3s here and there vs players isn't doesn't determine the skill of a player.

If nerchio is as good as you say he is why isn't he going to the big tournies? Why isn't he going up against the koreans on a regular basis like Idra?

Nerchio can't be compared to idra until he is consistently playing the competition that idra is



lol you realize that in idra's championships he didn't play bo7s either? are they meaningless too?

according to you, having a superior score in games tells less about skill than simply entering a tournament?

wow, incontrol must be a better protoss than naniwa then cuz he plays in more tournaments

dude, sorry but you are unable to think rationally, you're filled with bias. i'm not convinced 100% that nerchio is the better player either, but at least i have reasons. yes, you can try to compare 2 players even if they don't have the same amount of accomplishments/experience
nam nam
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden4672 Posts
November 04 2011 08:02 GMT
#153
On November 04 2011 16:29 pbjsandwich wrote:
LOL

the only series you have there that is atleast a bo7 for both players is vs morrow and idra lose what? 3 or 4 games of that bc of 5 rax reaper?

random bo3s here and there vs players isn't doesn't determine the skill of a player.

If nerchio is as good as you say he is why isn't he going to the big tournies? Why isn't he going up against the koreans on a regular basis like Idra?

Nerchio can't be compared to idra until he is consistently playing the competition that idra is


If you are just a little objective you can compare them just fine.
Mvrio
Profile Joined July 2011
689 Posts
November 04 2011 08:05 GMT
#154
thanks for the vid, really enjoyed it
On October 03 2011 Jinsho wrote: Everyone is just a speck of fly dirt on the wall compared to Greg playing at his best :D
pbjsandwich
Profile Joined August 2010
United States443 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-04 08:13:11
November 04 2011 08:05 GMT
#155
I'm sorry when did I ever use random best of series to say that idra was better than nerchio?

Please stop saying I'm biased because I am not the one going around calling people "gay for idra" like you are.

and conveniently leaving out other series to like how they did vs. Puma ( the only fucking korean Nerchio has every played in a major tourny). It's fucking hilarious that you're trying to call me out for being subjective and biased.

Your reasoning is faulty and anyone with eyes can tell you Idra is better than nerchio.

EDIT: Also I'd love to know why you would just take the series of idra vs huk the last tim ethey met and use lifetime series with everyone else?

Maybe because it makes you look wrong because idra is 10-7 vs. huk?

Please get yourself out of this hole you dug yourself
Phobbers
Profile Joined May 2011
773 Posts
November 04 2011 08:12 GMT
#156
On November 04 2011 16:15 msjakofsky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2011 15:38 pbjsandwich wrote:
On November 04 2011 15:13 msjakofsky wrote:
On November 04 2011 08:54 arfyron wrote:
On November 04 2011 08:39 Elean wrote:
About the overated players question, all you need to understand is that Idra is a competitor and he gave the name of 3 player he consider as rival, that's all.

Stephano is currently rated above Idra, so it's perfectly normal that Idra says Stephano is overated. He is not being BM or meaning that Stephano is bad, but as a competitor you have to believe the other guy is not better than you.

Same with Nerchio and Kiwikaki, you can tell their is a huge rivalry.


I don't think nerchio or kiwikaki is considered above idra by anyone.


well nerchio is considered above idra by me for example. don't make assumptions just because you're gay for idra

i think he meant anyone that knows what they're talking about


powerful arguments you got there

want some fun facts?

nerchio vs idra: 4-0

nerchio is 7-5 vs thorzain, idra is 2-2

idra is 0-4 vs huk last times they met, nerchio is 2-0 vs huk at around the same time

idra is 5-8 vs morrow, nerchio is 10-2

idra is 0-2 vs sase, nerchio is 2-0

so has idra got the bigger accomplishments? yeah

is he clearly above nerchio in skill? hell no

people like you are 100% unable to make an even slightly objective judgement


Player X and player Y have both played player Z, X has won 80% of his games against Z, Y has won 66% of his games against Z, does this mean X>Y? No, in no fucking way does it mean that. I'm ridiculously tired of statements like that. There are so many variables and factors one has to take between X vs Z and Y vs Z where you can not say anything like that.

Let us put it this way, you know Polt? That guy who won the super tournament and all? The guy who many said had no chance against MMA, who at that time was viewed as a TvT specialist? Well he beat MMA in a 4-0 fashion. Just recently MMA beat MVP in a 4-1 fashion. Well, there is our X, Y, and Z. Are you going to boldly hold your ground and say Polt is better than MVP? I doubt it.

It's people like YOU that are unable to make a non-idiotic statement.
EG/C9/ALL/TSM
michielbrands
Profile Joined June 2011
Netherlands1146 Posts
November 04 2011 08:12 GMT
#157
On November 04 2011 14:39 Oats123 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2011 08:23 Diavlo wrote:
On November 04 2011 07:41 WaSa wrote:
On November 04 2011 07:31 Diavlo wrote:
On November 04 2011 07:14 WaSa wrote:

Stephano being overrated is laughable. He's better than idra in every way except macro & metagaming (+understanding the opponent he's facing). TBH I'm also not that much fan of his stylistic play. He overdo it sometimes and it kinda feels like he needs to play funky to be that super good (as opposed to above average foreigner). But that has nothing to with being "overrated".


Stephano is a overrated by the community, just read the TL comments when he wins, he's been put at the same level as Nestea countless times. I also read multiple times that he will be the only player to keep up with the brood war A-teamer when they start playing starcraft 2...
Being very very good (idrA's word) doesn't shield you from being overrated. At the moment, IdrA's also overrated, of course it's covered by the fact that 1/4 of the community shits on him blindly .


As for Nerchio, he wins a lot of online stuff, but that's not enough for the hype he consistently gets. And the fact that is ZvZ was (and maybe still is) better than IdrA's is hardly enough to say that Idra's opinion is irrelevant.



I see some ignorant few fanboys comparing him and Nestea not " the community"; that kind of ridiculous hyperbole is more appropriate to idra actually lol. And stephano has just as many haters as idra and I don't see what that "covers" as it's all fanboyism.




I didn't say that the entire community called stephano the new Nestea... But his fanboys are just as zaelous as IdrA's and they are very very vocal. And Stephano doesn't have nearly as many haters as IdrA, some of them are just the counterpart of his fanboys, the others are just IdrA's fanboys who don't take kindly the fact that Stephano gets so much hype (and results) .

On a all, i think the community is overrating both stephano and IdrA but i sense it more for the former since IdrA gets shit on on a daily basis by a large portion of both TL and reddit.





Ok what are all you people going on about Idra being shitted on on TL and reddit every day? If any thing he is the most praised player I've ever seen on TL and Reddit. Look at his fan club no other fan club even comes CLOSE to Idras. Look at the ASUS ROG show match poll, he is wining in 3 out of 4 of those votes casted by the community. when he streams he gathers shit loads of viewers, once he had 21k on his stream. He has way more fans then haters, WAY more.


I love the IdrA hate, you need the bad guys in sport, and IdrA is the perfect badboy (that is in a very very positive wat), IdrA makes eSports just that more entertaining, with controversis, drama, etc.
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Eishi_Ki
Profile Joined April 2009
Korea (South)1667 Posts
November 04 2011 08:14 GMT
#158
MPK overrated. This man gets it.
msjakofsky
Profile Joined June 2011
1169 Posts
November 04 2011 08:16 GMT
#159
On November 04 2011 17:12 Phobbers wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2011 16:15 msjakofsky wrote:
On November 04 2011 15:38 pbjsandwich wrote:
On November 04 2011 15:13 msjakofsky wrote:
On November 04 2011 08:54 arfyron wrote:
On November 04 2011 08:39 Elean wrote:
About the overated players question, all you need to understand is that Idra is a competitor and he gave the name of 3 player he consider as rival, that's all.

Stephano is currently rated above Idra, so it's perfectly normal that Idra says Stephano is overated. He is not being BM or meaning that Stephano is bad, but as a competitor you have to believe the other guy is not better than you.

Same with Nerchio and Kiwikaki, you can tell their is a huge rivalry.


I don't think nerchio or kiwikaki is considered above idra by anyone.


well nerchio is considered above idra by me for example. don't make assumptions just because you're gay for idra

i think he meant anyone that knows what they're talking about


powerful arguments you got there

want some fun facts?

nerchio vs idra: 4-0

nerchio is 7-5 vs thorzain, idra is 2-2

idra is 0-4 vs huk last times they met, nerchio is 2-0 vs huk at around the same time

idra is 5-8 vs morrow, nerchio is 10-2

idra is 0-2 vs sase, nerchio is 2-0

so has idra got the bigger accomplishments? yeah

is he clearly above nerchio in skill? hell no

people like you are 100% unable to make an even slightly objective judgement


Player X and player Y have both played player Z, X has won 80% of his games against Z, Y has won 66% of his games against Z, does this mean X>Y? No, in no fucking way does it mean that. I'm ridiculously tired of statements like that. There are so many variables and factors one has to take between X vs Z and Y vs Z where you can not say anything like that.

Let us put it this way, you know Polt? That guy who won the super tournament and all? The guy who many said had no chance against MMA, who at that time was viewed as a TvT specialist? Well he beat MMA in a 4-0 fashion. Just recently MMA beat MVP in a 4-1 fashion. Well, there is our X, Y, and Z. Are you going to boldly hold your ground and say Polt is better than MVP? I doubt it.

It's people like YOU that are unable to make a non-idiotic statement.


i didn't say anywhere that the facts i stated actually PROVE something. but they represent something. an INFORMATION is a better argument than NO INFORMATION AT ALL. is this clear to you? i'm not convinced

they represent enough for me to doubt that Idra > Nerchio. i even said i'm not 100% convinced, but i have my opinion. you don't have any arguments or reason at all, you're just angry cuz someone doesn't think idra is the best. extreme fanboy bias is not a good tool to use in an argument where your opponent is not braindead. it might be good enough on these forums though.
Taf the Ghost
Profile Joined December 2010
United States11751 Posts
November 04 2011 08:17 GMT
#160
On November 04 2011 15:35 TheLight wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 04 2011 15:19 Netsky wrote:
Good interview! Interesting to know he was really pissed off after losing to Jinro in GSL...but the way he lost those games it was because of silly maps, rather than race balance. Happy he didn't retire.


It was also the RO8. Despite the disadvantage that zerg had at that point, Idra still made it that far. It's a testament to his skill.


Well, Idra got completely screwed by the maps in that Match. Metalopolis was close (and Jinro managed to get a 2 bunker wall off) and Shakuras was same-side when you could push through the back rocks. And then Jinro screws up on Jungle Basin and ends up defeating Idra's planned cheese (5 hp Marine made it to the bunker).

After losing like that, I'd have been really upset as well.
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