IdrA Leaving Competitive Gaming, Staying in eSports
by JR Cook - 12 years ago show comments
As we talked about the other day
– popular StarCraft 2 pro player IdrA was released from Team Evil Geniuses after his Round of 32 loss in the WCS due to his behavior. IdrA has had a long history of bad manners and making offensive remarks and has been warned about it in the past, but the straw that broke the camel’s back this week was when he lashed out against his fans on Team Liquid.
There was a lot of speculation on if a new team would pick him up, but as it stands, he has no intention of continuing his career as a pro player. During the Mini-Real Talk he had with JP McDaniels he revealed he would not be moving on as a pro player but will still be streaming, he said he does want to stay in the eSports industry and is looking at opportunities to be an analyst/caster for major eSports tournaments and organizations.
thank you all for the support, i will not be leaving esports
— Greg Fields (@idrajit) May 10, 2013
Whether you liked IdrA or not, there is no denying the fact that he was one of, if not the most popular player in StarCraft 2 eSports even despite his record. However, if someone is no longer enjoying what they’re doing and the way they handle that is by lashing out at other people and their fans, then it’s a clear indication it’s time to move on and it appears that is what IdrA will be doing.
His friend and former teammate InControl during one of his live streams gave us a little bit of an inside peak on why the release of IdrA happened and some of the things that were going on that people weren’t aware of and you can watch that here: http://www.twitch.tv/incontroltv/b/401859913?t=211m
For the full Mini-Real Talk that IdrA opens up to about the whole situation you can find that here:
“…even despite his record”
I’d be willing to say it’s because of his record of being a bad-mannered player. That’s how I came to recognize his name, from people posting rematches of him raging.
I meant his record as far as wins/losses in tournaments. He had a good run last year in the WCS but that was about the only upside of his in the last year or 2 winning wise. It’s unfortunate because at one time he was the best “foreigner” player.
He’ll be casting the Shoutcraft America Ro8 alongside Total Biscuit this weekend. He’s not missing a step on getting back into the thick of things.
I’ve not see much of his actual casting in the past but his analysis of his own games while streaming is decent, when he’s not getting cheesed or stream sniped.