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"Personality should be irrelevant. This is a computer game tournament, not a dating show."
Boom. How's that for personality?! Love IdrA's interview. I hope he takes the whole thing.
Zerg fighting!
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On March 26 2011 02:34 SCbiff wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 18:01 anonmice wrote:i love IdrA's clever answers, especially Personality should be irrelevant. This is a computer game tournament, not a dating show. I find it incredibly naive. Of course personality is relevant. The fact that so many people are gushing all over this statement is a testament to that, if nothing else. Tournaments are mostly funded by sponsors. Players like IdrA can dedicate their time to play games full time because of sponsors. Sponsors are willing to fund tournaments and support players because they want to advertise to people, and do you know a big reason why people tune in to watch their "favorite" player? Yep, personality. Again, IdrA is the poster child for personality in gaming. He wouldn't have nearly as many fans if not for his personality, and less fans = less sponsorships. Not sure how he couldn't understand that.
I think he answered this question the best out of any of the interviews thus far. What better way to answer then to actually display your personality in your response? Much more entertaining and fun to read then the 'Hey I'm American, I practice hard and try to win.'
IdrA, and many other players (Destiy, iNcontrol, Day9), know that part the reason they're so popular is because of their personality. Why wouldn't he play that up? His answer was perfect in my opinion.
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Q: Your first round opponent is a relatively unknown player - Cruncher. What are your thoughts about him?
I'm approaching the match as if it were a walkover.
I still hope Idra wins but...2-1 in close games would be good just to pay him back for being such a trollboat.
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Ironically, personality is a major part of what has given Idra his "fame" in the Starcraft community. He would be given a fraction of the attention he receives now if he was a generic, neutral character that a lot of SC gamers are. He raises controversy and people love that. Ironically again his statement about personality is an expression of his personality and again a huge reason why he is popular.
Personality is good in all walks of competition. It builds excitement around match ups, it builds up a fan base around that player, and ultimately is good for E-Sports in the west. People like seeing players with unique and large personalities. If ALL players were boring and mundane there would be less of a following for the competitive scene, and would definitely result in less of a draw for newcomers to the scene, and ultimately stunt the growth of Starcraft. To a lot of people it's not just the game itself, its everything else that comes with it.
I know this might not be the best analogy for an average TL'er to relate to, but I think it's rather appropriate. MMA applies this concept really well. Fighters often have big, outgoing personalities, and promotions such as the UFC really take advantage of that. They put a lot of emphasis on bringing out these personalities through pre-fight and post-fight video interviews that result in people caring for the fights and competitors even more so.
Another example, during the last State of the Game, Tyler called MC out on his play style, and followed with stating that he wanted to meet MC in TSL3 and beat him. In stating this, he's effectively started to build hype around the idea this match up. In saying this, he is essentially making people WANT this match up and if it were to happen, there would be much more appeal to it. I for one, hate PvP; but I would be more than happy to see this specific match up because there is now some background to it; and it happened because a player was willing to express some personality towards the idea.
It's naive to say personality isn't important. Personality creates attention on someone, and with that, more viewers, sponsors and overall growth of the game we all love.
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Seriously? Everyone else is mannered and answered all the same questions that were asked of them, but Idra feels like he needs to show that hes still a dick or something? Grow up bro, you could have answered the questions the same as everyone else and no one would have thought you were a nicer person than you are.
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Well, hope IdrA get's stomped.
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Idra with all his BM is so funny.
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On March 26 2011 03:05 QueueQueue wrote:
Ironically, personality is a major part of what has given Idra his "fame" in the Starcraft community. He would be given a fraction of the attention he receives now if he was a generic, neutral character that a lot of SC gamers are. He raises controversy and people love that. Ironically again his statement about personality is an expression of his personality and again a huge reason why he is popular.
Personality is good in all walks of competition. It builds excitement around match ups, it builds up a fan base around that player, and ultimately is good for E-Sports in the west. People like seeing players with unique and large personalities. If ALL players were boring and mundane there would be less of a following for the competitive scene, and would definitely result in less of a draw for newcomers to the scene, and ultimately stunt the growth of Starcraft. To a lot of people it's not just the game itself, its everything else that comes with it.
I know this might not be the best analogy for an average TL'er to relate to, but I think it's rather appropriate. MMA applies this concept really well. Fighters often have big, outgoing personalities, and promotions such as the UFC really take advantage of that. They put a lot of emphasis on bringing out these personalities through pre-fight and post-fight video interviews that result in people caring for the fights and competitors even more so.
Another example, during the last State of the Game, Tyler called MC out on his play style, and followed with stating that he wanted to meet MC in TSL3 and beat him. In stating this, he's effectively started to build hype around the idea this match up. In saying this, he is essentially making people WANT this match up and if it were to happen, there would be much more appeal to it. I for one, hate PvP; but I would be more than happy to see this specific match up because there is now some background to it; and it happened because a player was willing to express some personality towards the idea.
It's naive to say personality isn't important. Personality creates attention on someone, and with that, more viewers, sponsors and overall growth of the game we all love.
Thanks for that Professor.
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Bahahaha oh Idra. Imagine his answers if CombatEx was playing instead of Cruncher :D
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well i hope idra dont get Crunched by Chuncher ^^
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ima lol if idra loses to 2 4gates considered he should be completely prepared for it =D
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Breaking news: IdrA perfectly stokes the flames in interview! Look at all these people fawning over him. He is a master of psychology if nothing else.
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I'm approaching the match as if it were a walkover.
oh geeze, at least there will be a ridiculous amount of people posting this if he loses
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Man, I love Idra's confidence. Hope he does well in this tournament.
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On March 25 2011 19:49 TheBanana wrote:Show nested quote +
Q: If you had to introduce yourself to our fans who never met you, how would you describe yourself? Write a few sentences about your personality.
Personality should be irrelevant. This is a computer game tournament, not a dating show.
Am I really the only person that thought this was a stupid answer? It's an easy answer and ok if it was just supposed to be funny, but as real opinion it shows terrible insight in what makes anyone care about the results of said computer game tournament. Fans are 100% emotion-made, and personality is definitely somewhat of a factor in that big or small. It's ironic that this answer comes from someone whose personality has a bigger factor in making fans and haters than probably any other SC2-player in the world.
Your wrong, I'm a fan of Idra because of his playing ability. He is just a beast. Insane macro, great micro, fairly high apm for a foreigner as well.
SKILL MATTERS BRAH! This isn't the WWE! And idra is no jobber-He is a competent SC pro and has as much of a shot as anyone at winning the whole thing imo.
edit: players like Idra help bring SC2 up to the caliber and greatness that was BW, another reason I'm a fan. Taking it late game where the highest potential of human multitasking and decision making is put on display. GOOD GAMES, not coin flips. Luck is for donkeys.
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On March 25 2011 17:55 BasilPesto wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 17:51 Ezekyle wrote:
"This is a computer game tournament, not a dating show. "
IdrA is such a boss. It's funny how his personality makes him endearing none the less.
Haha, so true.
IdrA: Ice King of Zerg, The Lord Gracken.
I could see the expressionless face and feel the exuded confidence.
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i hope to god that IdrA doesn't loose, because if he does the live report thread will shut down due to the thousands of people posting
I'm approaching the match as if it were a walkover.
CrunCher's actually pretty good, he's just not very well know yet. i predict 2-1 IdrA, but i think it would be great if CrunCher beats him with a 4gate 2 times in a row
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Idra vs. Cruncher, lol should be entertaining.
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I want a rematch of tsl2 finals IdrA vs NonY ohhhhhh one could only wish.
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I hope Haypro can make it far in this tournament. :D
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IdrA vs CrunCher is going to be a donkey show. And IdrA's the donkey.
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