Starcraft: EG Idra
Greg Fields, also known as "Idra" and "The Gracken" is a professional American Starcraft 2 player. Idra has had major success in both Brood War as Terran and Starcraft 2 as zerg. He is known for his excellent macro play and strong personality and a prominent figure in the starcraft scene and one of the most widely known in e-sports. Check out this article for more information about Idra, including replays, interview, stream, results, rivalries, and much more!
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Greg Fields: Idra Table of Contents
A Brief History of The Gracken in SC1 and SC2
Idra's Strong Personality and Quotes
Idra vs MMA/ Idra vs Huk/ Idra debating Day9
Idra's Fans, Teammates, and Girlfriend!
Hot Bid interviews Idra and his girlfriend
"Idra" and "The Gracken"
Idra's Games and Replays
Idra Interview
Idra's Tournament Results
Idra vs MC
Idra vs Cruncher
Idra vs Zenio
Idra vs Huk
Idra's Other Appearances
Idra's Stream, Twitter, Facebook, Twitter
Idra Replay Pack
Idra's Strong Personality and Quotes
Idra vs MMA/ Idra vs Huk/ Idra debating Day9
Idra's Fans, Teammates, and Girlfriend!
Hot Bid interviews Idra and his girlfriend
"Idra" and "The Gracken"
Idra's Games and Replays
Idra Interview
Idra's Tournament Results
Idra vs MC
Idra vs Cruncher
Idra vs Zenio
Idra vs Huk
Idra's Other Appearances
Idra's Stream, Twitter, Facebook, Twitter
Idra Replay Pack
A Brief History of The Gracken in SC1 and SC2
Although today Idra is generally known for his accomplishments in Starcraft 2, he began his career as a Terran in Brood War. He played for two teams, eSTRO and CJ Entus during Brood War and had a good amount of success in most tournaments. Idra was predicted to win the second TSL however lost to Nony known as Liquid Tyler.As Idra transitioned into Starcraft 2 change quickly took place. Not only did he switch from Terran to Zerg but also became part of the professional team EG. After playing in the Korean GSL for several months and only making it to the Ro8, he moved back to America where he has had huge success in several tournaments including MLG D.C, IGN Pro League, and 2011 DreamHack Summer Invitational.
Idra's Strong Personality and Quotes
1.His tendency to leave the game early.
Idra is famous (or perhaps infamous) for leaving games early. Most notable are his games vs Huk and MMA
MMA vs Idra(see video below)
MMA vs Idra semi-finals of MLG Dallas. MMA kills his own command center and Idra sweeps in with zergling, banelings, and mutalisks to wipe out MMA's entire force of tanks are marines. Right as the crowd starts screaming for Idra, the last hope for the foreigners he ggs out and the room goes so silent you could have heard a pin drop. As djwheat and day9, the casters, simultaneously say what! then Day 9 exclaims "Did Idra leave another lost game?!". MMA has a huge smile on his face as his coach enters the booth.
Further analysis shows that Idra had thought he had lost all the drones in his natural.
Idra vs Huk MLG Dallas 2011
Huk hallucinates a large amount of void rays and Idra leaves. Huk later taunts Idra saying most of his army was hallucinated. Idra curses at Huk who replies LOL.
2.Discuss his opinion about balanced particularly how zerg is the weakest of all races (and how the other races take no skill)
Idra argues with Day9 about balance on State of the game. see video below
"of course he plays terran
hes a nobody with no skill in the top 4 of a tournament, what else would he play"
"not sure what kind of magical overlords he has but if you have 2 marines and you put them on the edge of your base hes not seeing what you're doing, except maybe on xelnaga caverns"
dont worry fayth im sure theres *someone* out there who respects dt droppers
or if not you can just try paying someone to respect you
3.Trash talking
"i was going to simply post that you're a retard and you should shut up because your opinions are uninformed bullshit. however i was recently banned and warned that, while it was acceptable for me to tell stupid people that theyre stupid, i must do so in a more indirect manner so that certain moderators with weak stomachs are not offended.
as such;
good sir, you appear to be somewhat lacking in intelligence. please refrain from posting until this is remedied, since it renders your opinions slightly less than correct and has a tendency to irritate more informed forum-goers."
"are you stupid or something"
"i lost all my skill when i started playing protoss so i cant really go back even if i wanted to "
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Idra's Fans, Teammates, and Girlfriend!
Most people who know Idra either love him or hate him. He has one of the largest fanclubs on TeamLiquid.net.
Idra's fanclub
Idra is a member of the team Evil Genius, a North American pro gaming. Teammates include Incontrol, Machine, Axslav, StrifeCro, DeMusliM.
Evil Geniuses Website
Idra also has a girlfriend named Katy! You can find a picture at the link below or scroll down to find an interview with him and his girlfriend.
Idra's fanclub
Idra is a member of the team Evil Genius, a North American pro gaming. Teammates include Incontrol, Machine, Axslav, StrifeCro, DeMusliM.
Evil Geniuses Website
Idra also has a girlfriend named Katy! You can find a picture at the link below or scroll down to find an interview with him and his girlfriend.
Hot Bid interviews Idra and his girlfriend
Skip ahead a bit to see Idra and his girlfriend
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"Idra" and "The Gracken"
Q:Why did Greg choose Idra as his handle?
Q: How did Idra get the nickname, "The Gracken"
Idra met Boxer while on his smurf account ManofOneWay. Boxer greets Idra by saying hi "grack" and Idra replies "its greg" and the name has stuck since.
Q: How do you pronounce "Idra"
" its ihdra, like the beginning of idiot eyedra is the way artosis says it" -Idra
Q: How did Idra get the nickname, "The Gracken"
Idra met Boxer while on his smurf account ManofOneWay. Boxer greets Idra by saying hi "grack" and Idra replies "its greg" and the name has stuck since.
Q: How do you pronounce "Idra"
" its ihdra, like the beginning of idiot eyedra is the way artosis says it" -Idra
Idra's Mouse, Keyboard, and Keypad
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SteelSeries Kinzu Optical Gaming Mouse (Black)

SteelSeries 6Gv2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

SteelSeries QcK+ Gaming Mouse Pad (Black)
Idra's Games and Replays
A few games from Idra.
Idra vs Morrow
Idra vs Drewbie
Idra vs Boxer
Idra vs Select
Idra vs cruncher
Idra vs Morrow
Idra vs Drewbie
Idra vs Boxer
Idra vs Select
Idra vs cruncher
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Idra Interview
A recent interview with EG Idra at MLG Columbus. Also available are...
EG Incontrol interviews Idra
Idra Fanclub Interview
Another EG Idra Interview MLG Columbus
Idra's MLG Interview
EG Incontrol interviews Idra
Idra Fanclub Interview
Another EG Idra Interview MLG Columbus
Idra's MLG Interview
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Idra vs MC
The Idra and MC rivalry began during the DreamHack Stockholm Invitational where MC knocked Idra out of the semi-finals. Idra was winning the first game but had a weak engagement which cost him. He then six pooled in the second game and lost.
Idra and MC also met in the DreamHack Summer 2011. Once again MC triumphed with amazing play.
However the climax of this rivalry occured at MLG Dallas 2011. Idra began by winning the first series 2-0 against MC in the highly anticipated first match of the tournament. In the interview that followed Idra said his famous quote "roach-immortal is pretty good vs stalkers" (Idra had mind controlled the immortals in one of the games). MC blamed hiss loss on jet lag and after beating Thorzain, giving high fives to fans, and strutting around in classical MC fashion, gave a thumbs down to Idra who promptly flipped him off (video below). Later in the tournament MC knocked Idra out of the loser's bracket.
While their relationship is clearly a rivalry, both appear to respect each other. (unlike Idra's rivalry with Cruncher, Zenio, Huk)
Idra and MC also met in the DreamHack Summer 2011. Once again MC triumphed with amazing play.
However the climax of this rivalry occured at MLG Dallas 2011. Idra began by winning the first series 2-0 against MC in the highly anticipated first match of the tournament. In the interview that followed Idra said his famous quote "roach-immortal is pretty good vs stalkers" (Idra had mind controlled the immortals in one of the games). MC blamed hiss loss on jet lag and after beating Thorzain, giving high fives to fans, and strutting around in classical MC fashion, gave a thumbs down to Idra who promptly flipped him off (video below). Later in the tournament MC knocked Idra out of the loser's bracket.
While their relationship is clearly a rivalry, both appear to respect each other. (unlike Idra's rivalry with Cruncher, Zenio, Huk)
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Idra vs Cruncher
The Idra vs Cruncher rivalry was illustrated most clearly in the TSL 3. Idra, one of the favorites to win the tournament, stated the match vs Cruncher would be a walkover (Cruncher cheesed Idra alot on the ladder). Cruncher wins 2-1, Idra doesn't gg in either of the games, Cruncher taunts Idra in the third, and after the Cruncher states that Idra is overrated.
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Idra vs Zenio
The Idra vs Zenio rivalry began on ladder where insults were traded between the two players. Later Idra lost to Zenio in the GSL with Zenio making a hand gesture that must people thought was bad mannered. Finally in the NASL Idra loses a game vs Zenio and does not gg. Next game Zenio asks why and Idra tells him he has to earn it.
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Idra vs Huk
A long term rivalry that has supposedly ended Idra and Huk, both popular North American pro gamers first clashed at MLG Raleigh where Huk lost 2-0 to Idra. Their rivalry augmented after trash talk and poor etiquette between each other both on ladder and other tournaments. After 2011 MLG Dallas where Huk hallucinated half his army causing a early leave from Idra. Huk later told him of the hallucination and Idra told him to !@#$ off.
However after the Homestory 3 Cup which featured relatively friendly behavior between the two, many people speculate this rivalry to have ended.
However after the Homestory 3 Cup which featured relatively friendly behavior between the two, many people speculate this rivalry to have ended.
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Idra's Tournament Results
GSL Season 1: IdrA vs. LotzePrime in Ro32 Eliminated Idra vs LotzePrime GSL Season 2: IdrA vs OgsZenio in Ro16 Eliminated IdrA vs OgsZenio
GSL Season 3: IdrA vs IMmvp in Ro32 Eliminated IdrA vs IMmvp
GSL January: EGIdrA vs LiquidJinro Eliminated EGIdrA vs LiquidJinro
TSL 2 Ro8 Loss to NoNy
TSL 3 Ro32 Loss to Cruncher Games shown in the Cruncher vs Idra Rivalry Section
MLG Columbus 4th Highest of Foreigners
MLG Dallas 2011 7th Place
MLG D.C 2010 1st Place
DreamHack Summer 2011
IEM World Championships 5th Place
NASL
IGN Pro League Season 1 1st Place
Idra's in the Starcraft 2 Scene
State of the Game Idra
Idra State of the Game
Idra on State of the Game
Idra often appears on State of the Game, a SC2 podcast. He also commentated the Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series V as well as a few games from the North American Star League.
Idra State of the Game
Idra on State of the Game
Idra often appears on State of the Game, a SC2 podcast. He also commentated the Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series V as well as a few games from the North American Star League.
Idra's Stream, Twitter, Facebook, Coaching
Idra Replay Pack
Idra's Replay Pack
Idra replay packs are hard to find due to fact he doesn't release many. However search up him on youtube and you can easily find 100+ casted games.
Idra replay packs are hard to find due to fact he doesn't release many. However search up him on youtube and you can easily find 100+ casted games.
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