EPTLeaving StarCraft (IdrA) - Page 39
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5520 Posts
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Advantageous
China1350 Posts
Greg "Idra" Fields. Scholar, Video Game Enthusiast, Profession Competitor, Cyber Athlete, model for inspired bad boys everywhere. | ||
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Clicker
United States1012 Posts
I'd like to share one of my favorite IdrA games vs MVP during MVP's WoL domination. It was just a ladder game but it was such a big deal at the time. | ||
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tshi
United States2495 Posts
On February 05 2014 13:49 RDaneelOlivaw wrote: I think you meant to say Dr. Greg Heals Lol! I hope he's good at school/his subjects. I would REALLY hope he doesn't complain that X subject is stupid or imbalanced 'cause he doesn't get it or something. He always seemed like a normal, level-headed person outside of competitive SC2 or sc in general. I really think he needs this to get away from all that shit. Die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain IMO | ||
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GnoM
Norway145 Posts
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
 ( basically my favourite player, only one that i've kept watching ever since i've stopped keeping track of starcraft. you will be missed. | ||
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Flonomenalz
Nigeria3519 Posts
Thanks for all the memories, good and bad, and good luck with school. There'll never be another Gracken! | ||
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
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allqwdd
Taiwan10 Posts
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Eclipso
11 Posts
On February 05 2014 15:19 Clicker wrote: Wow. Epic. Idra at his best can wipe the floor with anyone. I'd like to share one of my favorite IdrA games vs MVP during MVP's WoL domination. It was just a ladder game but it was such a big deal at the time. If only at some point he'd dedicated a week (just a week) to learning the theory behind ZvP, the timings and the appropriate responses -- instead of telling Huk and Minigun that their playing style is dumb when they come at him like P is supposed to do. (Or alternatively, whining that they're turtles if they cannon up for a macro game.) | ||
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hillman
United States162 Posts
No you didn't hate the game, you just hated not winning as much as you thought you deserved. Then you complained about it non-stop. You should have gone back to school years ago, and I think you will need work on your perspective before you can achieve any success going forward. That said - he was my fav. player and America's hope - which is why I'm so butthurt about him not working out - go be a god damn engineer or something and crush it Greg... | ||
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oBlade
United States5765 Posts
On February 05 2014 20:49 hillman wrote: Never liked the game? LOL, no you only dedicated your life to it for years - but i'm sure you hated it.... He didn't say he hated it. He said he never liked it. And I'd sooner believe he knows what's going on in his own brain than believe that you're a telepath and know better than he does. | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On February 05 2014 20:16 Eclipso wrote: Wow. Epic. Idra at his best can wipe the floor with anyone. If only at some point he'd dedicated a week (just a week) to learning the theory behind ZvP, the timings and the appropriate responses -- instead of telling Huk and Minigun that their playing style is dumb when they come at him like P is supposed to do. (Or alternatively, whining that they're turtles if they cannon up for a macro game.) (Or making a talk show about how the Collosus is imbalanced.) Anyway, interested in what he will study. I have this vague memory reading somewhere that he was interested in physics, but no idea if I made that up.  gl hf nonetheless. | ||
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Lorch
Germany3686 Posts
On February 05 2014 21:41 oBlade wrote: He didn't say he hated it. He said he never liked it. And I'd sooner believe he knows what's going on in his own brain than believe that you're a telepath and know better than he does. Plus I think it's very apparent that his decline in success was mainly due to him being unhappy about the game. You can't become godly at anything if you keep thinking about how much you dislike it and how much better the previous game was, and I feel like the inability to separate his play from his opinion on star 2 ended up being his downfall. Besides the fact that he was probably the most predictable player on earth. All that being sad, I am really happy for him that he no longer forces himself to spent 8+ hours a day on something he never liked to begin with, I just hope school and w/e awaits him afterwards actually makes him happy. | ||
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Grenadieris
Latvia33 Posts
I was always rooting for you in any tournament, hoping that you would take the top spot. You were a very entertaining player, all the bm and rage provided a certain flair to you, which many pro players lacked. Really sad that you never enjoyed the game, but I understand your decision and wish you best of luck. Goodbye, Mr Fields. | ||
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quebecman77
Canada133 Posts
I have played sc2 about 5000-6000 games, was keeping playing this game i don't enjoy for the money probably for the same reason that you, the 2-3 tournament here and there, 200buck and other money make me keep playing until Oct, but then one day after a big tournament where ended up third place for win almost NOTHING... I say FUCK IT I don't enjoy this game, I have gone back to school and got a nice job about 2 months ago who pay me 3-4x more that some random tournament in a game full of random balance patch.... And my life really good too, got a nice girlfriend now and we are talking about buying a house, got many old friends back who I was not even talking anymore because I was in a team house playing 24/24h sc2 each day. you do the right thing, sc2 not a good life anyway!! | ||
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Titan999
Denmark67 Posts
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Grovbolle
Denmark3811 Posts
On February 05 2014 15:19 Clicker wrote: There was a period in which I had quit playing and for the most part stopped watching entirely. I kept up with events, but didn't actively watch them. I made one exception and that was for IdrA's stream. I knew it was only a matter of time, but it doesn't make it any easier. I'd like to share one of my favorite IdrA games vs MVP during MVP's WoL domination. It was just a ladder game but it was such a big deal at the time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmEWrxklf8U I watched that vod so many times. | ||
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virpi
Germany3599 Posts
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Chewbacca.
United States3634 Posts
Yeah I watched that live on stream and at least 5x since then.. | ||
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