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General13 years agoRadoslav "Nydra" Kolev

IdrA: 'There's no magic to being a good player'

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The distinguished American Zerg and one of the best foreigners on the Korean eSports scene Greg 'Idra' Fields talks to Polarfluke about his training habits, the state of Zerg and the rest of the scene.

IdrA shares the curious fact that he was not enthusiastic about the game at first when a friend of him recommended it to him but he quickly became obsessed with SC2 as he kept playing. He also says that he had no trouble transitioning to the new game as he feels it easier than BroodWar. He also explains how he thinks players reach that high level of skill.

There's no magic to being a good player, it's all just hard work and tons of practice that has to happen over a long period of time.

When addressed with questions about other foreign newcomers to Korea, Greg gives a sound advice which is one should be willing to put everything in the game, imitate the Korean training lifestyle and not get frustrated when one finds it hard to succeed. He also comments on the rivalry between him and Jinro.

[Me vs Jinro] is not a rivalry. We played; people hyped the foreigner vs. foreigner aspect of it too much. I hope that at some point down the road it'll be meaningless that two foreigners are playing each other on the biggest SC2 stages.

Idra also talks more in-detail about the state of Zerg, mentioning weaknesses in Zerglings, Hive tech and aspects of other races such as the phoenix expand builds. He further comments about race switching and his reluctancy to do so due to the necessary to reach high skill level with it.

Read the full interview at Polarfluke.co.za

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