this may of been discussed but did anyone see the recent Idra v drewbie game that lasted around 50 mins where he completely went on an early rage over terran abuse then promptly turned it around and started spouting more crap like 'now lets take a moment to reflect on what a failure you are at this game' etc etc etc.
admitadely drewbie was smak talking aswell but he is such an ass.
bit of log here:
(idra on the ropes, drewbie hammering with thors/marines)
drewbie: aw come on i wanted to use the 250mm cannon
idra: go **** yourself!
drewbie: pew pew
drewbie: i guess i dont really need to attack
idra: do you actually feel any satisfaction playing this
drewbie: its kinda funny i dont think its balanced lol
idra: well no ****
(later, idra turning it around)
idra: i wont you to take a moment and reflect on how much of a failure you are
drewbie: LOL
idra: to play like this and still lose
drewbie: zerg imba T_T well how would you have played it
idra: i wouldnt play terran because i have self respect
drewbie: well i played t when it was by far a worse race
idra: it was never worst, terran players are just so bad it seemed bad
drewbie: lies ok GG
lmao!
Idra was never on the ropes. The point of that match and the smacktalk was that IdrA was clearly in the driving seat for most of the game, yet regardless of what he tried, the Zerg army could not break the Terran Defensive line.
How many Bases did IdrA have over Droobie?
With other races you can make an army of 3 different unit types and that army will be strong enough to win a game in the midgame. In the late game the other races may need up to 6 different units. It seems Zerg need umteen more bases and to use all of their units in order to get past an entrenched terran.
Also you cut out all of the early ingame chat (the above extract is literally the last 10 min of the game IIRC)
I read (on another forum) Idra was a second rate Broodwar player and only really decent know because the game got dumbed down abit.
Second rate only in Korea. For Everywhere else he was the best (non-Korean) player in the world.
You have to remember in SC:BW there are two distinct class of players. There are the Koreans, who basically live this game, and have commercial organizations sponsoring teams of SC:BW players, it is a professional sport there. Then there is the rest of the world, where this is "Just a game" Idra dominated the rest of the world, and is the only foreigner to get and retain a position in a Korean team.
Then you have to look at how the Korean teams work. You get signed and irrespective of the achievements you had in the past, you start at the bottom and have to work your way up acting as a training partner for the Teams more established players, you may get to play in the B leagues (or if your IdrA you can also attend the international Tournaments). Eventually if you show enough promise and a vacancy appears (Korea have mandatory national service so its only a matter of time before a vacancy appears) you will get a spot on the A team.
IdrA was doing well in the B league and dominated the international scene.
At the moment he is one of if not the best player in the world at SC2 and he is playing with the worst race.
So second rate, only in comparison to the Korean Pros. He was still one of the best players in the world, and he is holding his own (or starting to) against Tester in SC2 who is currently seen as the Best SC:BW player in the world (until quit his team and jacked in SC:BW)
And finally IdrAs style is very mechanical and macro orientated Dumbing down the game has probably helped him, but not as much as it has helped other players.