IdrA is leaving Korea for Good!

[Araneatrox]

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=193510


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxP-KQXEOI&feature=player_embedded

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Discuss

[EGOisSICK]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, wait who is he :p

[HEA7]

starcraft 2 pro. crowd fav

[chris_cr33p]

waitttt whattt?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Synystars]

He is known as the best Zerg player in the world, and trust me he is lol

[Araneatrox]

He is known as the best Zerg player in the world, and trust me he is lol

Lim Jae-Duck would like to have a word with you ;)
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8736/nestearo4interview.jpg

But, he is without doubt the best American player in the world. No one has even come close to his level of passion and determination inside Korea. It is a shame i wont get to see him play anymore :(

[Lefthanded]

Awesome move by Idra!!! :D

[Gravity]

Glad to see Idra making this decision. Hopefully he will be able do what he thinks will happen, and really help SC2 take off in America.

[Gweedo888]

Im happy with this hopefully with him moving home now the younger players can learn from a true master

[Lotto]

inb4 he regrets choice and moves back to Korea

[HEA7]

http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/img-and-mlg-form-global-strategic-partnership
I bet you anything this is why.

[Araneatrox]

http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/img-and-mlg-form-global-strategic-partnership
I bet you anything this is why.

I don't suppose you have heard the news? iNcontrolL has been sitting on some Big news for a while now. Anyway, On team Liquid forums someone did some digging.

http://nasl.tv/ - Is Registered to Geoff 'iNcontrolL' Robinson
And not only that, Someone posted on the TL forums, the information they had found and the info that it was going to be a North American Star-League. This thread got nuked, as in properly nuked. Where as all other of these threads have been Locked.


NASL.TV WHOIS
Updated: 9 hours ago
Registrant:
GosuCoaching

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: NASL.TV

Domain servers in listed order:
NS67.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
NS68.DOMAINCONTROL.COM


For complete domain details go to:
http://who.godaddy.com/whoischeck.aspx?Domain=NASL.TV

Information Updated: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:05:40 UTC


For more info on it, check here
http://gosutrolling.com/2011/02/north-american-starcraft-league/

I'm pretty sure that is why IdrA is moving back to the US.

[RagingChickens]

So is SC2 going to get huge in here America? If not I don't understand why he would move back. Would he make more money in this All Star League than he would in Korea?

[Araneatrox]

Well Mr Chicken's

Check this out, if you think that he is making enough money in Korea
http://img.gomtv.net/imgdata/20839.bmp

He can make more money just by competing in the MLG competitions. Let alone all the other ones that are about TL Open, MLG, IEM Etc. And with iNControlL's big announcement i can see him being much better off than that.

[everreal15]

Pretty big decision but hopefully this will help boost the game in America.

[D Moralize]

If this is true I wonder what it will mean for MLG's SC2 scene, I could actually see it growing as long as this new league is a pro only sort of thing and the players have time to attend MLG events

[Vivacity]

Well Mr Chicken's

Check this out, if you think that he is making enough money in Korea
http://img.gomtv.net/imgdata/20839.bmp

He can make more money just by competing in the MLG competitions. Let alone all the other ones that are about TL Open, MLG, IEM Etc. And with iNControlL's big announcement i can see him being much better off than that.

Given that chart, I'd say this is a very smart decision for him. He can earn well over 5 times that just playing in MLG.

[Itz McFluffy]

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=193510


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kixp-kqxeoi&feature=player_embedded

:(

discuss

this can't happen idra is da best zerg in da game!

[AntKeyyy]

Yes! Now I can get a picture with him so that my shrine will be complete =P! Haha, hopefully he'll be back in time for Dallas.

[RagingChickens]

Well Mr Chicken's

Check this out, if you think that he is making enough money in Korea
http://img.gomtv.net/imgdata/20839.bmp

He can make more money just by competing in the MLG competitions. Let alone all the other ones that are about TL Open, MLG, IEM Etc. And with iNControlL's big announcement i can see him being much better off than that.

So basically, he isn't good enough for Korea?

[D Moralize]

well because the way prize money goes down exponentially from 1st place its better to be the best in north america than the 16th best in the world, money wise

[KRILLIN]

Lim Jae-Duck would like to have a word with you ;)
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8736/nestearo4interview.jpg

But, he is without doubt the best American player in the world. No one has even come close to his level of passion and determination inside Korea. It is a shame i wont get to see him play anymore :(

You won't be watching him in MLG?

[Araneatrox]

You won't be watching him in MLG?

I will be able to watch him for one weekend every 2 months, Instead of watching him 3 or 4 times a month

[KRILLIN]

I will be able to watch him for one weekend every 2 months, Instead of watching him 3 or 4 times a month

Right but YOU said "it is a shame I won't get to see him play anymore" which confused me. If you had said "it is a shame I won't get to see him play as often" I wouldn't have been scratching my head. :D

[RagingChickens]

I wish MLG events were 3 to 4 days every month. Then people could seriously make a living gaming in America.

[Araneatrox]

SOme updates,

Apparently IdrA is being DEPORTED From korea for his consistent Bad Mannering
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=193680

This Quote was taking from the latest State of the Game podcast


Despite his trolling prowess, IdrA is not immune to trolling as he agreed to move in with Bryce “Machine” Bates when he returns to the US, only to be later informed that their other roommate is a 45-year-old porn enthusiast. IdrA could not be reached for comment.

For those of you who cannot tell, this is a joke ;)

Select entire post for Spoilers

[SmartzOvahShotz]

Freaking crazy. 9 thousand pages! you gotta work pretty hard to be that direspectful.

And i didn't know you could be deported in Korea for even being that way, thats just the cake right there.

But someone help me out here with this


The Emperor, BoxeR,

Now i am very very new to the starcraft scene. But BOXER was for a time period the single best starcraft player in the world correct? However he no longer is any more right? (several players toggle back and forth for top dominance yes?)

But whats with the Emperor piece? Although its gotta be pretty pimp to be so wicked that you can be arrested for being talked badly about.

Interesting about the Artosis/Idra show though. I've been watching and I didn't find it incredibley offensive, although yes a little opiononated but what would you expect. Again pretty surprised that it was considered offensive to talk about imbalance of a game.

[Araneatrox]

So, BoxeR has been a dominant Sc:BW player with over 500 televised wins in Korea. He is the only person to ever win 2 WCG Grand finals. First player to win 2 Consecutive OSL's.

He was so dominant for about 6 years in BW, so he gained his Emperor status for real. He has been having some medical problems since starting Sc2, playing 12 years of Starcraft 14 hours a day he has wrecked his back muscles and it is something he is having to deal with atm. So we can hope he will become the Emperor again, but he is now 30. Pretty old for a Pro gamer.

[KRILLIN]

So, BoxeR has been a dominant Sc:BW player with over 500 televised wins in Korea. He is the only person to ever win 2 WCG Grand finals. First player to win 2 Consecutive OSL's.

He was so dominant for about 6 years in BW, so he gained his Emperor status for real. He has been having some medical problems since starting Sc2, playing 12 years of Starcraft 14 hours a day he has wrecked his back muscles and it is something he is having to deal with atm. So we can hope he will become the Emperor again, but he is now 30. Pretty old for a Pro gamer.

Yeah man, 30 is old balls! Anyone over 30 sucks! :D

[SmartzOvahShotz]

Ok maybe i'm just being dense. But what do you mean gained emperor status?

[Araneatrox]

Ok maybe i'm just being dense. But what do you mean gained emperor status?

That's what the Korean public named him after all his wins and television appearances

[DrunkTiger]

I had been following SC2 harcore for a while and kinda stopped. I didn't know Idra was coming back to the states. Idra will defiantly be in the top 5 MLG players. Im sure he will be attending all of them.

[HavkinKnight]

you think HuK will come back? Do you think that MLG will make SC huge and move people to the States?

[Bravo]

Awesome. Impressed with Idra, I think this year is gonna be awesome.

[JaySeph]

Interesting developments in this years competitive gaming industry..... Excited to see what happens with all of this in the near future.

[heuer89]

To be honest MLG is only one small reason anyone would move back. The NASL will be the main reason.

Finally visted the site again. Watching the intro... "Live from LA" .... "$400,000"

Me: WHAAA?!

Definitely looking forward to it.