On February 29 2012 14:52 Whole wrote: IdrA said that it seems that the community can support the PPV model...I really hope MLG and other tournaments don't make tournies PPV often because there is simply too many tournaments.
I almost feel as if there are too many tournaments!
Not a super big deal, but just thought I'd mention it. CatZ had some nice words for the Gracken (aside from doing a nice Winter Arena experience write up), which pleases me because, though they don't always play nice, I like watching them both. Plus, you know, a little more weight than the random haters.
I really enjoyed a lot of games on saturday, IdrA's games both vs Nestea and vs Oz were really unlucky for him. I want to say, I have never been a huge fan of IdrA's play or style in general, not to say that I didn't think he was a great player, but I always rated his mechanics far above his descision making. Truth is, I felt like the games against Nestea were build order losses and the games against Oz were really close well fought games. The third game in particular, ZvP on shakruas isn't easy, but IdrA was ready for all of the early game shenanigan's and deflected it really well. He was ready for the warp prism with a spine as well, throughout the game he made great decisions and switched techs easily. as Oz took a 3rd, IdrA decided that was the time to make it or break it and to be completely honest I think that was also a good descision. unfortunately he made 1 mistake in my opinion to attack through the choke with most of his ranged units, and Oz hit storm at the perfect time. While this was going on, not shown on stream was a warp prism that warped in zealots and killed a lot of drones back at IdrA's main, with or without that the game was basically over and no one should say 'yeah he shoulda stayed' he had no chance really, I think we all saw a new IdrA in that regard as well, that fought Nestea's all in till the last drone, where perhaps a few months ago he would've just left instantly. Earned a lot of respect for him as a player, and I wanted to point that out.
Quoted above^ for those who don't want to read the whole blog, although you should as it's pretty entertaining.
I really enjoyed a lot of games on saturday, IdrA's games both vs Nestea and vs Oz were really unlucky for him. I want to say, I have never been a huge fan of IdrA's play or style in general, not to say that I didn't think he was a great player, but I always rated his mechanics far above his descision making. Truth is, I felt like the games against Nestea were build order losses and the games against Oz were really close well fought games. The third game in particular, ZvP on shakruas isn't easy, but IdrA was ready for all of the early game shenanigan's and deflected it really well. He was ready for the warp prism with a spine as well, throughout the game he made great decisions and switched techs easily. as Oz took a 3rd, IdrA decided that was the time to make it or break it and to be completely honest I think that was also a good descision. unfortunately he made 1 mistake in my opinion to attack through the choke with most of his ranged units, and Oz hit storm at the perfect time. While this was going on, not shown on stream was a warp prism that warped in zealots and killed a lot of drones back at IdrA's main, with or without that the game was basically over and no one should say 'yeah he shoulda stayed' he had no chance really, I think we all saw a new IdrA in that regard as well, that fought Nestea's all in till the last drone, where perhaps a few months ago he would've just left instantly. Earned a lot of respect for him as a player, and I wanted to point that out.
Quoted above^ for those who don't want to read the whole blog, although you should as it's pretty entertaining.
awww thats nice. i like catz; he's a kind of little bullshit guy, and tends to be funny to boot
For those who haven't seen it, I conducted a somewhat extensive interview with Idra after the MLG Arena event was over among many topics, along with a second one conducted after he lost to Oz.