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Idra's Brain

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zarepath
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1626 Posts
March 08 2011 02:52 GMT
#1
For my 100th post on teamliquid.net, I’ve decided to tackle possibly the greatest mystery of all of Starcraft 2: the Gracken himself.

Great minds have collaborated all their wisdom on this man, producing enough threads to clothe a third-world country. And yet the truth of Idra still eludes us. Why won’t he GG? From whence comes his rage? Why doesn’t he just switch races? Why doesn’t he 6 pool every other game like we think he should? Why doesn’t he respond to our PMs?

In my analysis, I hope to accomplish what every TL.net poster since beta has, at one time or another, sought to do: make a completely uninformed opinion on Idra's play using my wealthy experience as an idle third-party observer with nothing at stake and zero skill.

We have before us an enigma wrapped in a puzzle wrapped in +1 carapace. How shall we crack the Gracken?

The only way to do so is with overworked scientific analysis from a low-diamond league player such as myself. We will begin, for now, with the brain:

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(image courtesy of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Security scanners prior to MLG Dallas)

A competent analyst could spend years with this data, but for now let me draw your attention to a few key things. Note the short rush distance between the macro lobe and Idra’s QQ glands. Secondly, note the large, bloated nature of those QQ glands, especially in comparison to the rest of his brain. There is, you might say, an imbalance.

My next step in fixing Idra's play will involve his GG habits. When to GG? When is it too early? Too late? When is it appropriate to rage? In order to navigate all of these issues, Idra surely needs a GG flowchart to post on his monitor next to his list of sponsors.

Don't worry, Grack--it's in the works.
"Your efforts you put in will never betray you." - Flash | "If I'm not good enough, I don't wanna win." - Naniwa
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22261 Posts
March 08 2011 02:53 GMT
#2
LOL. Nice effort.
Moderatorhttp://carbonleaf.yuku.com/topic/408/t/So-I-proposed-at-a-Carbon-Leaf-concert.html ***** RIP Geoff
Elbee
Profile Joined August 2009
United States224 Posts
March 08 2011 02:53 GMT
#3
Haha, that's pretty great.
I lol'ed at the high five sense
zerglingsfolife
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1694 Posts
March 08 2011 02:53 GMT
#4
Oh my god, high-five sense! LOL
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crown and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness.
origamiXD
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States46 Posts
March 08 2011 02:55 GMT
#5
I believe his high 5 sense is extremely good. Artosis was just luring him into his bait.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvCd0spfmPY
Lexvink
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada310 Posts
March 08 2011 02:55 GMT
#6
What about canceling a CC?
Headshot
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1656 Posts
March 08 2011 02:55 GMT
#7
Go IdrA! :D
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UisTehSux
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States693 Posts
March 08 2011 02:56 GMT
#8
Five stars and two thumbs up! :D
I underestimated that boy. No... it was not the boy I underestimated, it was the Triforce of Courage.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46715 Posts
March 08 2011 02:56 GMT
#9
On March 08 2011 11:55 Lexvink wrote:
What about canceling a CC?


I think the creep tumor spread over that part of his brain.

OP: 5/5.

Awesome sauce right here. Funny as hell
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
ObliviousNA
Profile Joined March 2011
United States535 Posts
March 08 2011 02:58 GMT
#10
That was absolutely hysterical. GJ!
Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why.
Tektos
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia1321 Posts
March 08 2011 02:59 GMT
#11
Korean Barbecue, fuck yea
lynx.oblige
Profile Joined August 2009
Sierra Leone2268 Posts
March 08 2011 02:59 GMT
#12
Excellent
Everyone needs a nemesis.
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10383 Posts
March 08 2011 03:00 GMT
#13
Omg this is absolutely HILARIOUS
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Draconicfire
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2562 Posts
March 08 2011 03:00 GMT
#14
High five sense haha.
@Drayxs | Drayxs.221 | Drayxs#1802
godemperor
Profile Joined October 2010
Belgium2043 Posts
March 08 2011 03:02 GMT
#15
On March 08 2011 11:55 Lexvink wrote:
What about canceling a CC?

This is Idra scan prior to MLG, thus his SC2 brain.
Be interesting to see his BW brains and find the cancel CC lobe lol.
bkrow
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia8532 Posts
March 08 2011 03:02 GMT
#16
Are you suggesting that Korean BBQ > his QQ gland!? That is absurd!
In The Rear With The Gear .. *giggle* /////////// cobra-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA!!!!
Zeke50100
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2220 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-08 03:03:25
March 08 2011 03:03 GMT
#17
Hold on, newegg is limiting the number of Internets I can buy for you.

Do Artosis next :D
Mwentworth56
Profile Joined January 2011
146 Posts
March 08 2011 03:03 GMT
#18
this is awesome I love it!
CebusFinest
Profile Joined August 2010
Philippines210 Posts
March 08 2011 03:03 GMT
#19
Korean BBQ...! haha!
10 years since...
delo
Profile Joined August 2010
United States333 Posts
March 08 2011 03:04 GMT
#20
Hilarious!
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