IdrA - The Long Road to Korea - Page 7

On May 01 2013 06:19 Acertos wrote:

It's just because they are asians and are hard to reach (just guessing I didn't follow BW).
They aren't rly considered as foreigners it seems.

On April 30 2013 06:17 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
Oh god, the B-word has been said.

On May 01 2013 06:33 mk.ultra wrote:


I love watching Idra's stream because 1. I am a Zerg player and 2. It is absolutely hilarious. Idk if you could call me a "fan" though.

A couple days ago he was matched vs coLqxc and he says in his super dry tone: "Well, looks like all the shitty annoying players logged on at the same time today."

I was literally laughing out loud.

On May 01 2013 10:45 fash_ric wrote:


Why? What's funny about that?

On May 01 2013 05:25 Wuster wrote:
I heard a term used to describe really talented players who didn't live up to their potential:
'Loves to play the game, more than he loves to win.'

Obviously this isn't why all talented players underachieve; but I think it applies to Idra in a way. If you watch pro sports / competition often the win at all costs attitude leads to them using strategies / game plans that you just wouldn't see between a bunch of guys playing for fun. Of course what is 'playing the game' versus 'playing to win' is subjective; but I think that describes Idra's approach towards the game. In a way it would be admirable if not for the other side of Idra.

His disregard for opponents that play to win / appear weaker than him. It's why he got a reputation for not backing up his talk (look at all those quotes right before he gets crushed in important matches!). Even in the TSL 3 preview for Idra - Cruncher; Chill basically said Idra can't understand what a player like Cruncher is and that's why he'll lose. It was a little tongue in cheek, but I still think that describes Idra's blindspot pretty well.

Of course, Idra did get legitimately screwed by the early GSL map pool too (close positions, no neutral depot Metal / close positions back door rocks Shakuras / Jungle Basin in his Bo5 against Jinro). So I wonder what his reputation / career would look like if he had played on better maps (not saying he would have beat Jinro, but it would have been a better series for sure).

On May 01 2013 05:25 Wuster wrote:
I heard a term used to describe really talented players who didn't live up to their potential:
'Loves to play the game, more than he loves to win.'

Obviously this isn't why all talented players underachieve; but I think it applies to Idra in a way. If you watch pro sports / competition often the win at all costs attitude leads to them using strategies / game plans that you just wouldn't see between a bunch of guys playing for fun. Of course what is 'playing the game' versus 'playing to win' is subjective; but I think that describes Idra's approach towards the game. In a way it would be admirable if not for the other side of Idra.

His disregard for opponents that play to win / appear weaker than him. It's why he got a reputation for not backing up his talk (look at all those quotes right before he gets crushed in important matches!). Even in the TSL 3 preview for Idra - Cruncher; Chill basically said Idra can't understand what a player like Cruncher is and that's why he'll lose. It was a little tongue in cheek, but I still think that describes Idra's blindspot pretty well.

Of course, Idra did get legitimately screwed by the early GSL map pool too (close positions, no neutral depot Metal / close positions back door rocks Shakuras / Jungle Basin in his Bo5 against Jinro). So I wonder what his reputation / career would look like if he had played on better maps (not saying he would have beat Jinro, but it would have been a better series for sure).

On May 01 2013 10:45 fash_ric wrote:
Why? What's funny about that?

On May 01 2013 15:52 Lonyo wrote:


Idra voluntarily left Korea, I think after at least some of those maps were gone.

On May 01 2013 20:47 BillClinton wrote:
I think its the opposite, he forgot to love the game and is trying too hard. If I was his coach I would give him the book " The Inner Game Of Tennis" from T.Gallwey, its a psychological approach to competitive sports of all kinds.

On May 02 2013 04:04 mk.ultra wrote:


His delivery is just so dry. Every time he says "this guy is just bad/this guy is terrible/this guy is horrible/yeah actually this guys just bad" I get a kick, never gets old :D Obviously he's almost always wrong, but the fact that he thinks he is infallible is funny. And when he does well and commentates I learn something, so it's a win/win for me.

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On May 02 2013 06:31 Swift118 wrote:



I respect his gameplay and in game knowledge, but really his commentary is just horrible. It's just the monosyllabic rambling of a stereotypical antisocial gamer. I really do not find this appealing and fail to understand how others find this appealing also as mostly in life people try to avoid/not bother with such characters.

On May 06 2013 02:23 llIH wrote:
I also agree that IdrA does not stream in an entertaining way. But that isn't bad at all. I actually appreciate the information he provides and the "no bullshit" kind of style. Although I really dislike it when he rages and keeps quitting games over and over. I wish he could stop looking at cheese as something bad/wrong and more of a typical strategy.

If I would rank players on how much respect I have for them. I would probably rank IdrA #1. Flash #2.
IdrA is a really intelligent person. I doubt many people disagree with me on that. Funny thing is that a lot of intelligent people tend to have anger management problems, or just have short fuses.