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The Slaughterer
This is the case of legendary Street Fighter player Thomas Osaki. I did not actually play with Thomas during his heyday, but I have since met him and I hope he forgives any misrepresentation of his conduct during his glory years.
In his day, Thomas Osaki dominated the game of Street Fighter in Northern California. His reputation for “playing to win” was quite extreme. They say he never really engaged in “casual play,” but rather always played his hardest, as if every game had something on the line or was a serious tournament. They say he played this way regardless of his opponent, even if his opponent were a nine-year-old girl with no skill at the game. He would “stutter step, throw” her like all the rest (a particularly “cheap” tactic). Did he have no compassion at all? Was he just a jerk? I like to think of Thomas (or his legend, in case it happens not to be true) not as mean player, but as an inspiring player. He set a bar of excellence. In his path of self-improvement, he was not willing to compromise, to embrace mediocrity, or to give less than his all at any time. His peers had the extraordinary opportunity to experience brilliant play whenever he was near, not just at rare moments in a tournament.
And what of the nine-year-old girl? Perhaps she had no business playing in the first place. From Thomas’s view, getting her off the machine allowed him to face the opponents he “should” be facing anyway.
From David Sirlin's playing to win. This is IdrA. And it's why I love him. I know what it's like to be passionate about something, to throw your heart into completely. I know how it can be to lose to chance, luck or abuse and so I understand the 'IdrA rage'. It's like MC, but to a lesser extent; IdrA can say these things because he has the skills to back them up. He is that good.
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What's interesting is that IdrA speaks relatively well of Mondragon in this one, I remember in TSL2 he made this ridiculous statement that Mondi doesn't have any talent. I like the development, but I don't see how IdrA could have changed his mind in between TSL2 and today based on gaming perfomance as Mondi pretty much hasn't played too much in this time, so IdrA was just shit-talking Mondi
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Idra's interviews are as funny as MC's.
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Idras interview is pretty cool and I hope Haypro will get far in the TSL.
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Q: Are you confident you can beat him? Do you expect him to do any risky strategies against you?
Yes, he's going to 4 gate all-in both games unless he decides to be clever and make voidrays or DTs.
Hehe, now this is how you sound confident in an interview, not like MC (he sounds like overcompensating, even though he IS very good, he shouldn't need it) 
Poor cruncher though.
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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.
hahahaha IdrA is cool!
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I really wouldn't be surprised if IdrA is right about the 4gate all-ins.
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Norway2551 Posts
Lol haypro pinpoints a great fact:
"Q: Which matches (other than your own) are you interested in? Why? Who do you believe will win?
I'm looking forward to Morrow vs Jinro, best Swede outside of Korea vs best Swede in Korea. Idra vs Cruncher is supposed to be a really good match, and of course the grudge match between Ret and Naniwa."
Sweden fucking has playerS in Korea.
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Can't wait for Cruncher to destroy Idra <3
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On March 25 2011 18:39 human_ko wrote:
Kas with his eyes looking at different sides, omg... shame on the painter
I was getting worried that it was my eyes till I found someone else saying it.
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Kas vs Haypro will be the match of the underrated. In my opinion Kas is more underrated, because he is a top 3 foreigner terran and some Americans still don't know who he is. He also has to play his (by far) weakest matchup, so I will root for him.
Idra's bad-boy interviews are always funny .
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Looooooool Idra, even if i'm not too fond of Sc2, he always gets me hyped. Such a genius advertiser hahaha.
I will definitly watch his match and root against him. Best villain EVER !
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I'm approaching the match as if it were a walkover.
This is why we all love you IdrA
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"Personality should be irrelevant. This is a computer game tournament, not a dating show."
Baller.
Go Zerg!
On March 25 2011 20:01 Xaeldaren wrote:Show nested quote +The Slaughterer
This is the case of legendary Street Fighter player Thomas Osaki. I did not actually play with Thomas during his heyday, but I have since met him and I hope he forgives any misrepresentation of his conduct during his glory years.
In his day, Thomas Osaki dominated the game of Street Fighter in Northern California. His reputation for “playing to win” was quite extreme. They say he never really engaged in “casual play,” but rather always played his hardest, as if every game had something on the line or was a serious tournament. They say he played this way regardless of his opponent, even if his opponent were a nine-year-old girl with no skill at the game. He would “stutter step, throw” her like all the rest (a particularly “cheap” tactic). Did he have no compassion at all? Was he just a jerk? I like to think of Thomas (or his legend, in case it happens not to be true) not as mean player, but as an inspiring player. He set a bar of excellence. In his path of self-improvement, he was not willing to compromise, to embrace mediocrity, or to give less than his all at any time. His peers had the extraordinary opportunity to experience brilliant play whenever he was near, not just at rare moments in a tournament.
And what of the nine-year-old girl? Perhaps she had no business playing in the first place. From Thomas’s view, getting her off the machine allowed him to face the opponents he “should” be facing anyway. From David Sirlin's playing to win. This is IdrA. And it's why I love him. I know what it's like to be passionate about something, to throw your heart into completely. I know how it can be to lose to chance, luck or abuse and so I understand the 'IdrA rage'. It's like MC, but to a lesser extent; IdrA can say these things because he has the skills to back them up. He is that good.
I hate people who make it seems like being harsh to your opponent is the only way to "win". Just let the player be what they want to, some need to brag about themselves, some don't.
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Everyone seems to be too caught up in this manner non-sense.
Idra isn't being disrespectful to Cruncher, he is using psychological War-fare.
If he demoralizes his opponent beforehand it leaves leeway for mistakes on Cruncher.
Refer to "Art of War"
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United Kingdom38156 Posts
Kas and Haypro both seem like such nice and hardworking guys.
Really looking forward to their match, they're obviously both in good form with Haypro taking down the Liquid tournament and Kas having smashed through several tournaments lately.
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Why does Kas have to play a Swede? Kas is probably the best terran in Europe but I don't want to see Haypro losing. 
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What's wrong with Cruncher's eyes?
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haha Haypro's favorite show is Smallville. What a baller!
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Kas seems like such a nice guy, he had great answeres aswell to all the questions. One of the best interviews yet for me.
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