IdrA

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Background Information
Name:	Greg Fields
Team:	Evil Geniuses
Race:	Zerg
Alternate IDs:	IdrA, Idra, Idrajit, Limper, EGIdrA, Cale
Nicknames:	The Macro Machine, Grack, The Gracken
Country:	USA
Birthday:	August 21, 1989 (1989-08-21)
TLPD:	International Korean
Site:	Facebook
Livestream:	TeamLiquid.net Twitch TV
Fan Page:	IdrA's Fan Club
Twitter:	idrajit
Career
Team History:	09.2010-present    Evil Geniuses 09.2008-09.2010   CJ Entus

To read about IdrA's Starcraft: Brood War career, see IdrA.

Greg "IdrA" Fields is a professional StarCraft 2, and former Brood War player from the United States of America who predominantly played as Terran in Brood War but switched to Zerg for StarCraft 2 and is currently playing for the team Evil Geniuses.

IdrA combines his macro abilities with consistency and an excellent grasp of fundamentals and mechanics. The "IdrA Build" is so-called because IdrA rarely, if ever, deviated from this build during the beta. Such pertinacity is exemplary of his play style, which has occasionally proven to be somewhat vulnerable to unconventional or unexpected enemy tactics. His standard play and strength in the late game has caused IdrA to become the target of many cheeses and early-game all-ins.

Despite garnering much respect from both fans and players alike for his abilities, IdrA has gained considerable notoriety for his displays of poor etiquette both during ladder and online tournament matches. His habit of trash talking, vocalizing perceived game imbalance and "rage quitting" games have made him a colourful and controversial player within the StarCraft scene.

Biography

Greg Fields is a professional computer game player from New Jersey. His alias - "IdrA" - was originally inspired by the Hindu mythological character "Indrajit". He chose to pursue a professional StarCraft career over attending the prestigious Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on scholarship to study theoretical physics.

IdrA lived in Korea for three years and managed to achieve considerable success in Brood War's foreign scene, winning numerous international tournaments. Notable among these was the eSTRO SuperStars tournament in 2007 that opened doors for him in Korea. He initially moved into the CJ Entus dorm, then in with the commentator Nick "Tasteless" Plott and lastly in his own apartment.

When the Starcraft II beta was released in February 2010, 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 62-8, 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.

StarCraft 2 Player Career

Early SC2, Korea and Code S

Following his success in beta, IdrA was among the 10 invitees to the IEM Season V - Global Challenge Cologne, the first major live StarCraft 2 event in Europe. 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.. IdrA would also leave Korea for MLG D.C. 2010 where he took 1st place, defeating players such as SeleCT, KiWiKaKi, and HuK.

In September 2010, departing from CJ Entus, IdrA joined the US-based organization Evil Geniuses. However, he stayed in Korea and managed to qualify for the first three GOMTV Global Starcraft II Open Seasons, reaching the Round of 32, Round of 16 and Round of 32 respectively. 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 3-0 in his group stage, but ultimately losing 1-3 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 2 (he and NesTea were the only Zerg players in the Top 16 at the time). IdrA subsequently relinquished his Code S status as EG would announce on February 16th, his indefinite return to the United States at the beginning of March after playing in Korea for 3 years.

Back From Korea

Now turning his efforts into the steadily growing international scene, IdrA met decent results in spring 2011 with five important tournament event podiums in three months, convincingly winning the first season of the IGN ProLeague and the WCG USA 2011 Qualifier #1, but also placing 4th in MLG Columbus 2011, 2nd in the 2011 DreamHack Stockholm Invitational and 7th in the MLG Dallas 2011, 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. IdrA would often be the last foreigner or Zerg player left in a tournament, especially with the influx of Korean players in international tournaments through the GSL/MLG exchange program but drew harsh criticism by sometimes seceding matches with a notable advantage and displaying a culture of defeat in in the Protoss vs Zerg match-up that he judged unbalanced and thus unwinnable. Later on in June, IdrA participated in DreamHack Summer 2011 and saw a disappointing result with a 3-2 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 notably began to play many of his games out for a longer duration even with a disadvantage.

Summer 2011 was punctuated by more modest performances but a consolidation of his position as one of the best foreigner Zerg players, although he continued to struggle with Korean players, losing to BoxeR in MLG Anaheim in group play (placing 9th overall), to Heart in the finals of the TeamSpeak TL Open 21 and to Terran players Bomber, Noblesse and SjoW at MLG Raleigh 2011, only finishing 20th, his worst performance in an MLG tournament to date. Invited to the 2011 North American Battle.net Invitational, IdrA would lose to Sheth and place fourth in the tournament behind HuK. He however claimed revenge over Sheth and won the WOGL IeSF US Qualifier that took place in Korea. After EG acquired his long-time rival HuK, it was announced that IdrA would travel back to Korea to train later in the year .

September 2011 marked a change with a stronger international presence, as IdrA played in various tournaments around the globe. IdrA participated in the DreamHack Valencia Invitational 2011 alongside seven other players including teammate HuK, Koreans HerO, Rain, and DongRaeGu, Sweden's ThorZaIN and NaNiwa, and local representative LucifroN where he was quickly eliminated by HerO. He then met more success in IEM Guangzhou, claiming the first place, crushing his opponents, beating Korean player RevivaL 3-1, teammate PuMa 3-0, and finally elfi in the grand finals 3-1. 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 .

Back on US soil in MLG Orlando, IdrA would place 4th, his best rank since MLG Columbus, impressively defeating on the way BoxeR, HongUn and Bomber but losing again to his rival MC. Less than a week later, he participated in the Electronic Sports World Cup 2011 in Paris, dominating the group play, but surprisingly losing to the Russian Zerg player LiveZerg in the first round of the playoffs. November would continue the trend with the ASUS ROG Stars Invite in Finland where IdrA convincingly knocked out SjoW, White-Ra and SeleCT to win the tournament, followed by MLG Providence and DreamHack Winter 2011 in Sweden.

IdrA participated in the NASL Season 2 in Division 3 with MorroW, HwangSin, KiWiKaKi, Jinro, SjoW, Socke and Chinese Terran SoftBall. IdrA would finish second in his group behind MorroW, losing only to Socke and MorroW with a final score of 5-2. At the Grand Finals in Ontario he demolished his first opponent Strelok 3-0 and advanced to play PuMa, but fell 0-3 to his teammate and was eliminated with a RO8 finish and a $3,000 prize.

IdrA qualified for the MLG Winter Arena 2012 due to his performance at MLG Providence. There however, he would face quick elimination from the winners' bracket by FXO's Oz 2-1 and would be ousted from the tournament itself by NesTea in the losers' bracket 2-0.

IdrA was one of the participants of the IEM Season VI World Championship, where he was placed into Group D with Kas, Real, Darkforce, SuperNoVa, and Feast. He would unfortunately place last in the group with a total score of 1-4, 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.

Return to Korea

IdrA and teammates HuK, PuMa and DeMusliM would head to Korea, staying in the SlayerS team house with the likes of Cella, MMA, and the Emperor himself. 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. On December 14th, 2011 it was announced that IdrA had attained a Code S spot along with fellow Zerg player Sen. His return to Code S was not as successful as his last though, as he would face off against against two Zerg players in his group NesTea and Lucky who would both end up beating IdrA, therefore placing him last in the group and sent down to Code A. He then lost to Avenge 0-2 in the round of 48 of Code A.

Other StarCraft Activities

Apart from participating in most major North American and European tournaments and leagues, IdrA has been an active member of the community and often provides the analytical commentary as a guest caster for various tournaments. He was one of the main casters for the Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series Season V and Season VI along with djWHEAT, iNcontroL and PainUser. As a pundit, he collaborates with the same team for the weekly show Inside the Game and makes regular appearances on State of the Game. IdrA has released a number of in-depth replay analyses on YouTube, which look at his memorable games versus players such as MC, Tyler, HuK and KiWiKaKi , and occasionally commentates his ladder games while streaming. IdrA is also one of the few progamers that are still active on the TeamLiquid.net forums. His sarcastic and often plainly offensive comments have lead to a series of temporary bans and have played a large role in his notoriety.

Trivia

BoxeR meets IdrA on the ladder Was called Grack instead of Greg (both are valid pronunciations from the word Greg written in Korean, 그래그) by BoxeR. "Grack" has since become an extremely popular alias. Played Terran in Brood War as part of the professional Korean team eSTRO and later CJ Entus.

Occasionally played Protoss on the NA server at the beginning of the SC2 Beta . Is the only non-Korean to successfully qualify for all 3 of the original GSL open seasons. Was the first player to voluntarily withdraw from Code S. Has a cat named Hobbes, who often taunts fellow EG team member Machine. Can bench press 205 lbs (93kg). IdrA's fan club on Team Liquid has the most posts out of any fan club, with over 1145 pages and 4 million views as of October 1, 2011. His self-proclaimed best matchup is ZvT. Has reached Grandmaster League on the Korean server under the ID "Cale".

Accomplishments

For complete tournament results, visit: TLPD Korea and TLPD International.

Tournaments In WoL

2011

Date	Event	Result
2011-11-05	ASUS ROG Stars Invite	IdrA 4 : 2  SeleCT
2011-10-27	2011 MLG North American Invitational	IdrA 4 : 1  Sheth
2011-10-16	2011 MLG Orlando	IdrA 1 : 2  MC
2011-10-04	IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Guangzhou	IdrA 3 : 1  elfi
2011-08-13	2011 North American Battle.net Invitational	IdrA 0 : 2  HuK
2011-06-05	2011 MLG Columbus	IdrA 2 : 4  MC
2011-05-29	Tactic 3D Online Tourney	IdrA 1 : 4  dde
2011-05-01	IGN ProLeague Season 1	IdrA 3 : 2  KiWiKaKi
2011-04-25	WCG USA 2011 Qualifier #1	IdrA 3 : 1  State
2011-04-12	2011 DreamHack Stockholm Invitational	IdrA 0 : 2  MC

2010

Date	Event	Result
2010-10-17	2010 MLG D.C.	IdrA 2 : 0  SeleCT
2010-08-22	IEM Season V - Global Challenge Cologne	IdrA 1 : 3  MorroW

Tournaments in Beta

Date	Event	Result
2010-07-26	Razer King of the Beta	IdrA 3 : 2  Tester
2010-05-29	Altitude TL Invitational	IdrA 0 : 3  Tester
2010-05-23	HDH Invitational	IdrA 2 : 4  White-Ra
2010-04-10	Hello, Goodbye Tournament	IdrA 3 : 1  Machine

To see IdrA's full GSL standings, see IdrA GSL Results

Championships

Intel Extreme Masters
Season VI - Cologne Preceeded By:   PuMa	Season VI - Guangzhou 4th October 2011 - 16th October 2011   IdrA	Season VI - New York Succeeded By:   DongRaeGu

IGN ProLeague
Preceeded By: None	IGN ProLeague Season 1 "Best of the West" 21st April 2011 - 14th August 2011   IdrA	IPL Season 2 Succeeded By:   White-Ra

MLG Pro Circuit Champion
MLG 2010 Raleigh Preceeded By:   HuK	MLG 2010 D.C. 17th October 2010 - 7th November 2010   IdrA	MLG 2010 Dallas Succeeded By:   Jinro

Team Tournaments

With Evil Geniuses :

Date	League	Result
2011-11-13	GosuCoaching Premiere League Season 2	Evil Geniuses 2 : 3 Team Empire
2011 October	ESEA Season 9	Evil Geniuses 0 : W CheckSix Gaming
2011 May	ESEA Season 8	Evil Geniuses 1 : 3 compLexity

VODs

WoL Matches

• Liquid'Tyler vs. IdrA Gosucoaching.com Showmatch
• FXOSheth vs. IdrA Showmatch
• Day9 Daily Episode #263 - Checkin' Out IdrA
• IdrA VODs from multiple events and ladder @ SC2Casts.com

Beta Matches

• IdrA Vs Machine KotBH Show Match #4

Interviews

2010

• IdrA at IEM Season V - Global Challenge Cologne - Interview by Carmac
• IdrA on the day-to-day life of a progamer - PCWorld Mar 2011
• IdrA at GSL #3 qualifying, interviewed by iNcontroL
• IdrA on GSL #3, Code S, his stream, and more - By Artosis
• GSL Season 3 Ro32 Foreigner Special: EG.IdrA - The Aftermath
• IdrA on his villain status and SC2 - By AndroidBit
• IdrA on balance, patches, and the future of SC2 - By Fragster
• Q&A with Artosis, the questions come from a thread on TL (It is a 3 part interview)
• IdrA on WCG 2010 and his SC2 future d.Apollo Interview
• IdrA on winning the King of the Beta Tournament - By Day[9]
• IdrA with thoughts on MLG DC at the start of Day 2 - by JoshSuth

2011

• IdrA interview at 2011 MLG Dallas - by EdwardStarcraft
• IdrA discusses his 2011 MLG Dallas experience on Day 3 - by MrBitter
• IdrA discusses his Pro gaming career.-By Steelseries
• Interview with IdrA at MLG Columbus - by Hot_Bid
• IdrA at MLG Columbus 2011 - by JoshSuth
• Interview with IdrA after MLG Columbus on MLG
• IdrA discusses himself, MLG Columbus, and balance, at HomeStory Cup 3; interview by Carmac
• IdrA at MLG Anaheim 2011, on the event, his performance, popularity, and his team; interview by Rakaka.se
• Interview with Foxy about SlayerS, overrated players, quitting sc2...
• Interview at MLG Providence 2011 after the MLG Global Invitational by fragster.de
• TeamLiquid Interview at NASL Season 2 Grand Finals by HotBid - On HuK, Team EG, Results, Korea and Relationships
• SK Gaming 1on1 interview, Part 1 - HuK rivalry, trajectory as a BW pro and whether TaekBangLeeSsang should switch to SC2
• SK Gaming 1on1 interview, Part 2 - BW and SC2 elite players: Flash, Bisu, NesTea and MVP
• SK Gaming 1on1 interview, Part 3 - foreigners, the nature of competitive drive and IdrA's assessment of his career so far

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