46 Facts About IdrA

Gregory "Greg" Fields, better known by his in-game name IdrA is a former professional StarCraft II and Brood War player who predominantly played as Terran in Brood War, but switched to Zerg for StarCraft II.

IdrA is known for his macro abilities and an excellent grasp of fundamentals and mechanics.

The "IdrA Build" is so-called because IdrA rarely deviated from this build during the beta.

IdrA chose to pursue a professional StarCraft career over attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on scholarship to study theoretical physics.

IdrA lived in Korea for three years and achieved considerable success in Brood War's foreign scene, winning numerous international tournaments.

IdrA initially moved into the CJ Entus dorm, then in with the commentator Nick "Tasteless" Plott and lastly in his own apartment.

IdrA would leave Korea for MLG DC 2010 where he took 1st place, defeating players such as SeleCT, KiWiKaKi, and HuK.

In September 2010, departing from CJ Entus on good terms, IdrA began talks with most foreign organizations but ultimately it came down to choosing between Team Liquid or Evil Geniuses.

IdrA said that he felt EG was more established and had a better business plan and so joined the US-based organization Evil Geniuses.

At that point, and despite his significant success, IdrA seriously considered retiring, frustrated with the state of Zerg in StarCraft II.

IdrA however claimed revenge over Sheth and won the WOGL IeSF US Qualifier that took place in Korea.

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, South Koreans HerO, Rain, and DongRaeGu, Sweden's ThorZaIN and NaNiwa, and local representative LucifroN where he was quickly eliminated by HerO.

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 North American Star League Season 2 in Division 3 with MorroW, HwangSin, KiWiKaKi, Jinro, SjoW, Socke and Chinese Terran SoftBall.

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.

IdrA would offer commentary and analysis alongside several other players.

IdrA continued a spree of modest performances, his next event being the MLG Spring Arena 2.

IdrA would take a poor 33rd-40th place in the tournament's conclusion.

On December 14,2011, it was announced that IdrA had attained a Code S spot along with fellow Zerg player Sen for the 2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 1.

Shortly afterwards IdrA participated in first chapter of the Iron Squid where he was seeded into Group B along with MC, Symbol, Mvp, and ThorZaIN.

IdrA participated in MLG Winter Arena where he lost to Oz and then NesTea.

IdrA then lost to JYP and Polt and was knocked out of the tournament.

At MLG Spring Arena 2 IdrA was knocked out in round 1 by Socke and Dream.

IdrA did begin showing signs of recovery towards the summer of 2012.

However, much like in HomeStory Cup, IdrA was knocked out of the Ro16 without winning a single game in his group.

At the MLG Fall Championship IdrA beat Apocalypse and Glon to move on to the championship bracket.

From June 8 to June 10,2012, IdrA participated in the World Championship Series Nationals: USA.

IdrA took down Spades and EifeR before falling to the losers bracket after losing to ViBE.

Qualifying for the WCS North America Finals from his fourth-place finish, IdrA defeated Stalife and Maker before losing to State in round 3.

On May 8, IdrA played his first WCS match in 2013 against Polt, where he again quit early from his games in potentially behind but still not hopeless situations.

ItmeJP later announced that IdrA was to be a guest on an impromptu 'mini Real Talk' focusing on his departure from EG and his plans for the future.

IdrA said that although he was shocked when the news first reached him due to being a long-running team member, he was not particularly outraged at the decision and felt that EG handled it in a professional manner.

IdrA announced that he was quitting competitive StarCraft II play.

IdrA stated that the competition was not "interesting, challenging or satisfying to me as it used to be", and that he did not enjoy the game as much as he enjoyed competing, acknowledging the stagnancy of his results.

IdrA then stated his intent to focus on content creation, analytical commentary, and more fan interaction, much like his erstwhile teammate iNcontroL.

IdrA discussed his situation with EG before he was released, saying he had considered not signing again due to his lack of results but reaching an agreement with Alex Garfield that he "could not refuse", the alternatives being flat-out retirement or going independent and focusing on content creation.

IdrA stated that there were no hard feelings with EG or any of his former teammates, and looked forward to having more freedom in his career.

However, IdrA added that he had difficulties with his former teammate DeMusliM, in response to rumors of a falling out on the show Inside the Game despite IdrA recommending DeMusliM to join EG in 2011.

IdrA noted that their relationship had deteriorated as time went on.

The next tournament he cast was ASUS ROG Summer 2013, after which the community expressed a great deal of pleasure with IdrA's casting, as a Teamliquid.

Later in February 2014, IdrA announced that he would be retiring from eSports entirely and going back to school in a Team Liquid post.

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 analytical commentary as a guest caster for various tournaments.

IdrA 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.

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 one of the few professional players who is still active on the TeamLiquid.