2013-05-09, 21:02 | Link #8183 |
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He was prob one of the top foreigners only back in WoL beta/early launch. He has been on a very steady decline every since he joined EG, with a small resurgence when he won that IEM in China.
Its kind of sad because its not like he has no potential. When you watch his stream you realize he has some pretty good fundamentals and knowledge of the game. His control is not always the best and his attitude is what is holding him back (by attitude I mean he thinks certain things are just imba/sometimes downplay certain elements which causes a good deal of his losses). |
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2013-05-10, 00:21 | Link #8185 | |
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He also had a match against Polt where he just quits without even a gg while at max supply very recently. He takes a hunter seeker missile hit on a brood lord (which does not die), and then just leaves. It's even worse that that OTHER match where he left even when he was in the lead.
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2013-05-10, 01:33 | Link #8189 |
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I watched his stream around 2 weeks ago due to the lack of quality zerg streams (sometimes I wonder why there are so many good terran streams but not z ones). He is not that bad of a player: sometimes I wonder what the fuck is wrong with his head. Its like he still consider himself the one single foreigner hope, and he rather go down for something stupid/pathetic, than to admit he tried his best and still got his ass kicked.
Either way, if he quits at being a player: I am sure someone will hire him to cast tournaments. Just a no name tournament hiring Idra to cast will probably receive a ton of free publicity. |
2013-05-10, 04:19 | Link #8192 |
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Damn, it's unfortunate Idra is gone. Now who will make the low-tier Korean progamers feel good about themselves when he loses?
Then again, he's not a bad player, but he's probably better off doing something else. Idra should have really heeded Rekrul's advice. The more things change...
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2013-05-10, 12:54 | Link #8194 |
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In other news, I still think the whole WCS idea is bad for the scene.
Sure, now we have pretty good games running 4 days a week, and we don't have to wake up early in the morning to see some of those koreans play, but a) GOM stopped restreaming GSL in the evenings since vods became the only real selling point of a ticket b) IPL died, now NASL is rumored to be moving on as well. Those are two of the best tournament organizers in the NA scene. MLG feels so cheap/low budget and tries really hard to milk money out of stuff. Really... they had Rotterdam pay his own ticket to New York so he can cast WCS in place of their shitty casters? WCS created this monopoly which imo is bad for the growth of the game as an esport. Next season of Korean WCS will be hosted by OGN, I suspect in their own studios, using the OSL brand. I wonder how GOM will fare just simu-casting the games. Although I doubt the foreign watchers will stray away from the golden tastosis duo in favor of... ??? |
2013-05-10, 13:11 | Link #8195 |
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I think if they wanted the scene to grow in NA and Europe this was probably the necessary step. Right now it is messy and organization is pretty bad.
I don't know how LoL works but I believe LCS is similar model, except it is region locked. I am thinking a possible locking a region base on team might be better than players. So team like EG would be registered as NA team so their players would compete in NA. They would still be allow to compete in team league like the Pro-League, but for WCS they have to remain in that certain region. Does this have a problem? Yeah, but it makes more sense then the current model. The fact that most of NA is Korean is just stupid. I just hope Blizzard will sort things out by the end of the year. WCS potentially could be really good. And I don't think any western viewers would choose any other casters over Tastosis.
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2013-05-10, 15:34 | Link #8197 |
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Region locking to teams will really fuck some teams over imo. Esp those who are participating in team leagues.
I have always thought that for NA players to break out, they need to work harder. The Europeans have shown that through hardwork they can stand toe-to-toe with some of the mid-high tier korean players. Catz is a prime example. He is one of the loudest voices against Koreans in NA WCS. He talks about how they need incentives (as if they haven't had IPL/MLG/NASL/WCS/local tournaments in the past which is a pain for koreans to get into unless seeded/sponsored). This may be harsh, but he: i) isn't that great in the game. ii) isn't as popular as other SC2 personalities. Yet riding on this "pro-american" wave he has the face to stand out and ask people to donate money to his team for a teamhouse, while some of the hardworking korean teams are struggling heavily in staying together financially... For me it is very difficult to think he just wants rewards without putting forth the effort. Great players are not formed by genetics or talents, but through pure hard work and self motivation. The crying NA players refuses to acknowledge how many B-teamers in Korea have essentially failed to even break out and retired without even getting proper post-secondary education or a progaming license. |
2013-05-10, 16:07 | Link #8198 | ||
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Rekrul's rants still remain relevant, as with the one linked above: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...topic_id=60772 Quote:
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2013-05-10, 16:42 | Link #8199 | |
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This is the whole game in full. Okay, 196/200 instead of 200/200 lol. 5 bases, 2000+ min and gas in the bank. Just leaves. Commentators are dumbfounded. I would be too. The worst part is that he didn't even try. Or even just throw his army at Polt at least.
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