[Benji]

Idra said on Inside the game that he left because he thought the CC being built at the gold was a 4th (saw the 3rd CC in base and thought it was at the west gold when in reality MMA killed it, something Idra could never even consider), and given that income, expected another wave of Marine/Medivac/Tank to be heading to the middle to reestablish that position, which he had no way to counter production wise, combined with the drop at the natural which he couldn't clean up fast enough.

[Edrahil]

Originally Posted by Benji

Idra said on Inside the game that he left because he thought the CC being built at the gold was a 4th (saw the 3rd CC in base and thought it was at the west gold when in reality MMA killed it, something Idra could never even consider), and given that income, expected another wave of Marine/Medivac/Tank to be heading to the middle to reestablish that position, which he had no way to counter production wise, combined with the drop at the natural which he couldn't clean up fast enough.

Exactly how he lost to Huk, because he knew there was no way he could counter or stop the mass of voidrays Huk had been secretly building.

Two issues:

1) Idra looks at a situation with imperfect knowledge, despite him having superior judgement and experience, as Starcraft 2 is a game of imperfect knowledge, it is always possible to make mistakes.
For whatever reason, Idra refuses to accept this fact even in key games.

2) As early as in IEM, Idra has always been leaving tournament games early. However, he has been making a habit of this with the excuse that it is not worth his mental fortitude to stretch what is in his mind an unwinnable situation (despite the first point about imperfect knowledge).

There is some merit to the idea that there is no sense in exhausting himself and dragging a demoralizing loss when he can just start over in a new game, but he ignores the fact that like every other game and/or sport, he is playing against other imperfect beings with imperfect knowledge and is not willing to push himself in hope that his opponent makes a mistake somewhere down the line. Yes, this may only apply in as few as 1 in 10 or 1 in 20 similar situations, but when you are a professional taking part in high profile tournament, I would have hoped that he be willing to dig in deep and tough out the adversity.