When the Starcraft II beta was released in February , IdrA officially switched over from Brood War and quickly imposed himself as one of the strongest players through various tournaments and ranking 1st in the Platinum League Division 2 with a record of , [9] an impressive run culminating with his victory in the Day[9]'s King of the Beta tournament.
Throughout beta, IdrA consistently demonstrated the heavy macro style he was famous for in Brood War. In that tournament, he achieved a clean slate in the group stages, beating all his opponents and advanced to the finals, only to fall against the heavily aggressive style of play from MorroW, which featured heavy Reaper usage.
In September , departing from CJ Entus on good terms, IdrA began talks with most foreign organizations but ultimately it came down to choosing between Liquid or Evil Geniuses. He said that he felt EG was more established and had a better business plan and so joined the US-based organization Evil Geniuses. The offers that both teams made were very similar however.
This allowed him to secure a code S spot for the first GOMTV Sponsorship League in January in which he would have his most successful run to date; IdrA managed to defeat Ensnare and Check in the group stage and made a surprising run, eliminating Clide , Genius and NaDa , going in his group stage, but ultimately losing against fellow foreigner Jinro in the Round of 8.
At that point, and despite his significant success, IdrA seriously considered retiring, frustrated with the state of Zerg in StarCraft II he and NesTea were the only Zerg players in the Top 16 at the time. Now turning his efforts into the steadily growing international scene, IdrA met decent results in spring with five important tournament event podiums in three months, convincingly winning the first season of the IGN ProLeague and the WCG USA Qualifier 1 , but also placing 4th in MLG Columbus , 2nd in the DreamHack Stockholm Invitational and 7th in the MLG Dallas , in which IdrA played the infamous hallucination match with HuK : after substantial back and forth, he seemed to have taken a lead that would allow him to win, but left the game, not realizing HuK's Void Rays were hallucinated.
Later on in June, IdrA participated in DreamHack Summer and saw a disappointing result with a score in the Group Stages, although he was allegedly ill throughout most of the weekend. Despite his poor finish in the Top 16, losing to MC , he began to play many of his games out for a longer duration even with a disadvantage. Invited to the North American Battle.
September marked a change with a stronger international presence, as IdrA played in various tournaments around the globe. He then met more success in IEM Guangzhou , claiming the first place, crushing his opponents, beating South Korean player Revival , teammate PuMa , and finally elfi in the grand finals After his performance in this tournament, many casters have noted that IdrA had improved significantly in his mental state, and had started to heavily employ counter-attacks, aggressive openings, and upgrades along with his usual macro style [ Citation needed ].
Less than a week later, he participated in the Electronic Sports World Cup in Paris, dominating the group play, but surprisingly losing to the Russian Zerg player LiveZerg in the first round of the playoffs. There however, he would face quick elimination from the winners' bracket by FXO's Oz and would be ousted from the tournament itself by NesTea in the losers' bracket He would place last in the group with a total score of , losing against every player in his group save for SuperNova, eliminating his presence in the tournament.
IdrA would also offer commentary and analysis alongside several other players. IdrA would face a brutally quick elimination from the tournament, placing last in his group with a total score of , taking only two games off of Bomber and jjakji respectively.
In the first round he was defeated by Socke , dropping down to the loser's bracket in quick fashion. There however he would face another rapid elimination by Dream , who swept him as well. He would ultimately take the 25thnd place. IdrA fell to the loser's bracket in his first match against former teammate Axslav IdrA would take a poor 33rdth place in the tournament's conclusion.
IdrA was able to place first in his group with a score of winning 6 games and losing 1 , dominating his opponents—many saw this as a return to form. However, IdrA would not be able to replicate his success in the second group stage the Ro16 in Group A against HasuObs , Sleep and Happy , where he placed last in his group with a score of , taking only one game off of Sleep and with no match against Happy. IdrA was eliminated with a Ro16 placement. In addition to participating in the tournament itself, IdrA would also commentate many games alongside his teammate iNcontroL.
Though his main goal was to train in Korea, IdrA stated his intent to compete in Code A and hopefully Code S and would also stream regularly during his stay. He then lost to Avenge in the round of 48 of Code A. This would also be the start of a long slump for IdrA. IdrA started off the with losing to MC and Symbol. Although he did beat both Mvp and ThorZaIN afterwards, this was not enough, and he was knocked out of the tournament in the first round. At Blizzcon , Ret knocked out IdrA in the lower bracket after both lost to Korean professionals.
In an interview about going to Korea, Ret was asked what excited him most about his new life. Ret answered:. IdrA has been received by the community as generally bad mannered bm. Though not unanimous, IdrA has been known to get angry at the end of lost games and reflects it via his chat messages. Many of his lines at the end of games have often been quoted by the community.
Most notably, "you're really good at making carriers[. IdrA vs By. General Recent changes Pending changes Random page. Betting Preferences. What links here. In the training room he is receiving the same intensive training as everyone else.
Fields said he aimed to make the starting lineup in the team league faster than new Korean players do and then to compete for individual titles. Fields played one televised series which he lost in March For the next two years, Fields lost every single series he played in Korean professional leagues—except one, in the first round of the losers bracket of an Ongamenet Starleague qualifying tournament in Aug.
Even so, he was still on a level that no non-Korean had reached in a half decade. Was he a failure or a success? In Brood War , he was the only non-Korean playing in Seoul. Code S, the division at the top of the GSL pyramid, sported the best talent in the game. A long-time StarCraft: Brood War community member and poker shark, he dedicated himself to a pro StarCraft 2 career early on and achieved fantastic results.
And while Fields was finally seeing favorable results in Korea after all these years, Walsh waltzed in and competed against Fields at the top levels almost immediately. Walsh was known at the time for his solid, conservative play. Like Fields, he often eschewed aggression or gimmicks to allow his superior skill to shine. When the two Western hopes finally met, everyone expected long slugfests. After losing game 1, Walsh pushed forward with an all-out bunker rush, winning the second game and taking the momentum to sweep through the rest of the series That loss, along with his profound dissatisfaction with the game itself, led Fields to leave Korea and return to the United States to play full time.
Fields once said that the funniest moment in his career was making a female pro gamer cry after he defeated her at the Esports World Cup France. Greg "IdrA" Fields, a professional StarCraft player well-known in the community for getting way too angry when he loses games, was booted from his team Evil Geniuses yesterday. Evil Geniuses, one of the biggest and most successful groups in the world of competitive video gaming, gave IdrA the boot for a comment he made on an Internet forum earlier this week.
In response to a question, the longtime StarCraft veteran had cursed out a fan. Screengrab via PCGamesN. It's fucking awesome.
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