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On May 10 2013 12:07 qijie7007 wrote: i think the Game1 no GG vs Polt in WCS AM trigger the move. LOL
It was a lot of factors, but the straw that broke the camel's back was when he called his fans "a bunch of fucks" or something like that. Not GGing and leaving games early is sadly common for Idra now. Insulting the fanbase was too far (at least in EG's opinion.)
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On May 10 2013 12:04 Xyos212 wrote: Yes its not professional what he said, but like its been said Idra and team EG were almost one and the same for me. I feel they are seriously losing a BIG part of what made them so popular in the first place.
People need to grow up. So idra left when the game was even, who cares. Free win for the other guy. It creates buzz about him and in turn EG. SO he called us all a piece of shit. Meh. I have the mentality of "Oh that Idra!" and laugh it off. I would take Idra over any Korean that has literally no personality or emotion (not counting MC).
Way too far to remove him from the team. Its going to come back to bite EG, Idra WAS TEAM EG. Now what is EG? I know inControl is on EG, but thats really it. I have no idea who else is on and dont really care honestly. Incontrol and Idra were interesting, now its whatever... Sad foolish decision...
Most of us would disagree.
As has been said dozens of times in the thread thus far: EG is far more than Idra.
DeMuslim, Stephano, Huk, Incontrol all extremely popular players/personalities, and Suppy is up-and-coming.
Edit: forgot Jaedong even
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On May 10 2013 11:55 Mozdk wrote: People are hyper sensitive. Idra said what he was feeling. How can people be offended by that. Weak move by EG imho.
He's the face of EG essentially. Why should they keep someone who taunts and mocks the 'customer base'?. Why does everyone like to reduce everything into something exaggerated like the community is crying over words?
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On May 10 2013 12:04 FoxShine wrote:Yea he moved in with his girlfriend maybe 2 weeks ago. Great news...
I'm sorry... But why should EG care what he does in his private life?
Does your boss care if u are broke or have a kid on a way or some shit? lol
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Just reading through the IdrA fanclub makes me realize how blindly some people will defend him. If you believe everything they say, IdrA is at heart one of the most lovable people out there who cares deeply about his fans and is really only BM/complaining because it draws viewers.
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He was the one I think of when I hear EG... What now?
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On May 10 2013 12:04 Xyos212 wrote: Yes its not professional what he said, but like its been said Idra and team EG were almost one and the same for me. I feel they are seriously losing a BIG part of what made them so popular in the first place.
People need to grow up. So idra left when the game was even, who cares. Free win for the other guy. It creates buzz about him and in turn EG. SO he called us all a piece of shit. Meh. I have the mentality of "Oh that Idra!" and laugh it off. I would take Idra over any Korean that has literally no personality or emotion (not counting MC).
Way too far to remove him from the team. Its going to come back to bite EG, Idra WAS TEAM EG. Now what is EG? I know inControl is on EG, but thats really it. I have no idea who else is on and dont really care honestly. Incontrol and Idra were interesting, now its whatever... Sad foolish decision... Indeed, but in the opposite sense. Idra was EG to me as well, for much of the time (until they got Stephano), and that did not reflect well on my impression of EG.
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On May 10 2013 11:05 TheSwamp wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2013 10:55 kasumimi wrote:
Agreed, the entire sc2 community owes Idra more then they will ever admit. For me, he was the only reason i still watched this shitty game.
The SC2 community owes nothing to Idra, how delusional you have to be to actually believe that? It's 100% the other way around... A mediocre player that did well in BETA, proceeded to cash in for 3 fucking years riding the bandwagon of SC2. Which is driven by people who are really passionate about it. Also if you believe that SC2 is a shitty game then how can you watch a guy that openly HATES it play it over and over just for sponsor money? You are either successfully trolled an answer out of me or you need to get a better grasp of logic and reality. With that said, I really hope he can move forward and do something that he enjoys. Best of luck to him in the future. Pretty convenient to forget the tournaments he won after release, and his decent runs through GSL with Jinro. By all means, continue you're pointless hatred. And you should look up the word delusional. Those are almost 3 years ago, when SC2 had only a couple of progamers. He has not been topnotch for over 2 years now, saying he is mediocre is not farfetched.
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On May 10 2013 12:04 Xyos212 wrote: Yes its not professional what he said, but like its been said Idra and team EG were almost one and the same for me. I feel they are seriously losing a BIG part of what made them so popular in the first place.
People need to grow up. So idra left when the game was even, who cares. Free win for the other guy. It creates buzz about him and in turn EG. SO he called us all a piece of shit. Meh. I have the mentality of "Oh that Idra!" and laugh it off. I would take Idra over any Korean that has literally no personality or emotion (not counting MC).
Way too far to remove him from the team. Its going to come back to bite EG, Idra WAS TEAM EG. Now what is EG? I know inControl is on EG, but thats really it. I have no idea who else is on and dont really care honestly. Incontrol and Idra were interesting, now its whatever... Sad foolish decision...
As much as I agree with you that IdrA was a big face on EG the rest of your comments are entirely off. For starters, EG has Demuslim and Suppy who are doing well in WCS, then they've got their Korean roster as well. Finally, just because you're not actively watching the Korean scene doesn't mean that Koreans don't have personality. I don't watch the Euro scene, I don't know many people outside of Grubby, TLO and NaNiwa from there, that doesn't mean I think Euro's have no personality, I just haven't tapped into the Euro scene.
Try tap into the Korean scene before you run your mouth saying they have no personality. It sickens me when people expect personality to roll out in front of you within 20 seconds.
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Meh EG was always more about Incontrol than Idra to me!
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On May 10 2013 12:11 achan1058 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2013 12:04 Xyos212 wrote: Yes its not professional what he said, but like its been said Idra and team EG were almost one and the same for me. I feel they are seriously losing a BIG part of what made them so popular in the first place.
People need to grow up. So idra left when the game was even, who cares. Free win for the other guy. It creates buzz about him and in turn EG. SO he called us all a piece of shit. Meh. I have the mentality of "Oh that Idra!" and laugh it off. I would take Idra over any Korean that has literally no personality or emotion (not counting MC).
Way too far to remove him from the team. Its going to come back to bite EG, Idra WAS TEAM EG. Now what is EG? I know inControl is on EG, but thats really it. I have no idea who else is on and dont really care honestly. Incontrol and Idra were interesting, now its whatever... Sad foolish decision... Indeed, but in the opposite sense. Idra was EG to me as well, and that did not reflect well on EG. lol? It's IdrA that doesn't reflect EG very well. If anything, EG got rid of a guy who indeed was their front man, but who was also giving off a bad public image as a front man.
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On May 10 2013 12:08 negativedge wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2013 12:05 layabout wrote:It's sad to see so much hateful gloating aimed at a player i like to watch and listen to. I used to think the shit in twitch chats was just a vocal minority. the player you liked to watch and listen to has himself been nothing but hate and gloating for a solid year and a half now. idra is hate and gloating?
I'm not sure what you mean.
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seems like an incredibly weak stated reason for releasing him
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On May 10 2013 12:10 mtn wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2013 12:04 FoxShine wrote:On May 10 2013 12:03 AxionSteel wrote: Great news. Good decision EG! Yea he moved in with his girlfriend maybe 2 weeks ago. Great news... I'm sorry... But why should EG care what he does in his private life? Does your boss care if u are broke or have a kid on a way or some shit? lol
You're acting like its a bad thing for a boss to care about that lmfao.. dumb guy
People do care about other people WHOAA SHOCKING
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On May 10 2013 12:08 SOWxDISCORD wrote: I feel sad about how teams seem to be more preoccupied on "educating" players than raising their skills.
Honestly, i would understand that people get offended by Greg's statements if the community was made of 13yo emotional girls, but it isn't.
Idra brings so much attention to himself just by being who he is, and that's why i belive EG shot themselves in the dick.
Maybe if he joins a team that actually tries to make him a better player and not a better person, he can get into shape and begin to show good games. Yea fuck EG for encouraging him to see a counselor. Shame on them for trying to lift his spirits. He obviously just needs to dive even further into the game that stresses him out. That will fix it. Community is so shameless, not wanting a healthy Greg but a Korean Greg.
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On May 10 2013 12:10 Xahhk wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2013 11:55 Mozdk wrote: People are hyper sensitive. Idra said what he was feeling. How can people be offended by that. Weak move by EG imho. He's the face of EG essentially. Why should they keep someone who taunts and mocks the 'customer base'?. Why does everyone like to reduce everything into something exaggerated like the community is crying over words?
Because the whole hype about Idra is based on his behavior. As he said, that is what they are paying him for. Well were. Just look at the size of this thread. I'd like to see that happen if it was anyone else.
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On May 10 2013 12:12 Whatson wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2013 12:11 achan1058 wrote:On May 10 2013 12:04 Xyos212 wrote: Yes its not professional what he said, but like its been said Idra and team EG were almost one and the same for me. I feel they are seriously losing a BIG part of what made them so popular in the first place.
People need to grow up. So idra left when the game was even, who cares. Free win for the other guy. It creates buzz about him and in turn EG. SO he called us all a piece of shit. Meh. I have the mentality of "Oh that Idra!" and laugh it off. I would take Idra over any Korean that has literally no personality or emotion (not counting MC).
Way too far to remove him from the team. Its going to come back to bite EG, Idra WAS TEAM EG. Now what is EG? I know inControl is on EG, but thats really it. I have no idea who else is on and dont really care honestly. Incontrol and Idra were interesting, now its whatever... Sad foolish decision... Indeed, but in the opposite sense. Idra was EG to me as well, and that did not reflect well on EG. lol? It's IdrA that doesn't reflect EG very well. If anything, EG got rid of a guy who indeed was their front man, but who was also giving off a bad public image as a front man. I meant that Idra gave me a bad vibe of EG, and I am glad they finally got rid of him.
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On May 10 2013 12:10 Whatson wrote: Just reading through the IdrA fanclub makes me realize how blindly some people will defend him. If you believe everything they say, IdrA is at heart one of the most lovable people out there who cares deeply about his fans and is really only BM/complaining because it draws viewers.
I was going to make a joke about "Stockholm Syndrome" but given where this thread has gone already I don't think that would have contributed much.
Honestly, though, I'd imagine that he does at some level genuinely appreciate the fans who want to see him succeed. Furthermore, I'm sure that's a large number of them, even if some people do watch just to see the bad behavior.
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On May 10 2013 12:14 achan1058 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2013 12:12 Whatson wrote:On May 10 2013 12:11 achan1058 wrote:On May 10 2013 12:04 Xyos212 wrote: Yes its not professional what he said, but like its been said Idra and team EG were almost one and the same for me. I feel they are seriously losing a BIG part of what made them so popular in the first place.
People need to grow up. So idra left when the game was even, who cares. Free win for the other guy. It creates buzz about him and in turn EG. SO he called us all a piece of shit. Meh. I have the mentality of "Oh that Idra!" and laugh it off. I would take Idra over any Korean that has literally no personality or emotion (not counting MC).
Way too far to remove him from the team. Its going to come back to bite EG, Idra WAS TEAM EG. Now what is EG? I know inControl is on EG, but thats really it. I have no idea who else is on and dont really care honestly. Incontrol and Idra were interesting, now its whatever... Sad foolish decision... Indeed, but in the opposite sense. Idra was EG to me as well, and that did not reflect well on EG. lol? It's IdrA that doesn't reflect EG very well. If anything, EG got rid of a guy who indeed was their front man, but who was also giving off a bad public image as a front man. I meant that Idra gave me a bad vibe of EG, and I am glad they finally got rid of him. Oh okay, I totally misread your post
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On May 10 2013 11:59 TheExile19 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2013 11:56 LuckyFool wrote:
There's a big difference here I feel important to comment on. You can't allow your anger to constantly affect your performance either in a game of starcraft or a NASCAR race.
Players get mad after games/races or any competitions all the time. You won't see Kurt Busch parking his car halfway through a race because a couple guys pass him. He'll carry on and try his best because he has fans watching and rooting for him, sponsors to please and an obligation to try his best since he works in an entertainment industry. IdrA on the other hand gets upset in games to a point where he disregards any form of professionalism and quite frankly allows his anger to impede on his performance which is going to get you nowhere fast in any industry, entertainment or not. I'm requoting this because it's an excellent point/rebuttal Show nested quote +On May 10 2013 11:57 Sokrates wrote:
And now here we have the hypocrisy, people don not only care about results otherwise there would be little money in the foreign scence at all. People care about storylines but then say "he doesnt have to results to back up his behaviour". Same is true for you, you say you only care about results and barely for the NA scene at all, but everytime a "mediocre" player fucks up you are there to grab your pitchfork. Why would you even care at all? Because you are the same dramaqueen that i am yet you are in denial. - I didn't say people do only care about results, only that they should heavily be taken into account before mythologizing mediocre players. it's not a contradiction of my viewpoint at all to say that I don't get the interest in the NA scene, exactly because of that lack of results. - have you considered that I enjoy these sorts of threads because I enjoy speaking truth to dumb? please consider how you factor in both of the threads that applies to. I also enjoy helping a good and angry mob throw torches at assholes, which, again, idra and destiny sitting in a tree. edit: dude, there's a lot more I could go into here, but do you not see any difference between being interested in the narrative of an angry, childish man's success and the narrative of his fall? it's a victory for everyone but idra and his fanbase, which is by far the minority in 2013.
That is basically what i said? Thanks for proven my point by admitting it yourself. That is what is wrong with this community, people like you enjoy it way to much being a part of an angry mob and throw torches. Basically you arent any better than the persons you throw torches at, acutally you are even worse because you only feel strong when there is a big mob throwing torches at a single person when you are anonymous and dont have to face consequenzes itself. Out for the drama to grab pitchforks. So what exactly is wrong with my post here when you legitimate it by your own words. Hilarous. Prime example for the community being toxic.
It is not a victory for everybody but idra and his fanbase. It is just sad how righteous, bigot and hypocritical people are able to have a toxic effect in a community. Just here for the torchthrowing, wow we need more people like you, in only for torch throwing. Sad.
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