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The Emperor Has No Clothes: Rogue's Future Legacy - Page 10

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kaboombaby
Profile Joined September 2010
United States90 Posts
January 14 2018 08:13 GMT
#181
I think the community engagement speaks for itself. We need more well written provocative articles before nights of gsl. Thanks miz for a highly entertaining day of reading posts.
"Practice, practice, practice. And when you're not practicing you should be practicing. It's the only way to get better. The only way." - Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel
Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
January 14 2018 10:33 GMT
#182
I disagree with this article, as i have previously posted. The article is clearly structured to argue the opinion of Rogue being a patchzerg, take away the last paragraph and at least its not clearly stated as the most fitting description of him but that really pushes it way past the line.

Either way the common argument that TL(moderators/writers/whatever) is terran biased and only whine on other races is utter bull. If any of you were here during the periods of terran dominance I don't know how you missed it, what IS new here though is calling a pro player a patchchampion, in an officiell TL endorsed article. It is true, go back in time a year something like this would have been locked and banned no matter what part of the forum you posted it in. Now its official article being defended by moderators, its not terran bias its just the site changing, how and why I don't know, maybe some people got too much power.
Maru, Bomber, TY, Dear, Classic, DeParture and Rogue!
Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13319 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-14 11:22:11
January 14 2018 11:21 GMT
#183
On January 14 2018 19:33 Shuffleblade wrote:
I disagree with this article, as i have previously posted. The article is clearly structured to argue the opinion of Rogue being a patchzerg, take away the last paragraph and at least its not clearly stated as the most fitting description of him but that really pushes it way past the line.

Either way the common argument that TL(moderators/writers/whatever) is terran biased and only whine on other races is utter bull. If any of you were here during the periods of terran dominance I don't know how you missed it, what IS new here though is calling a pro player a patchchampion, in an officiell TL endorsed article. It is true, go back in time a year something like this would have been locked and banned no matter what part of the forum you posted it in. Now its official article being defended by moderators, its not terran bias its just the site changing, how and why I don't know, maybe some people got too much power.

Yeah TL writers totally never pushed the story that INnoVation is only strong when Terran is strong.
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Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12770 Posts
January 14 2018 11:46 GMT
#184
By the way if the article infuriates you, feel free to participate in the LR team league so you can get a chance to beat the writer at a game of Starcraft .
WriterMaru
Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
January 14 2018 12:06 GMT
#185
On January 14 2018 20:21 Durnuu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2018 19:33 Shuffleblade wrote:
I disagree with this article, as i have previously posted. The article is clearly structured to argue the opinion of Rogue being a patchzerg, take away the last paragraph and at least its not clearly stated as the most fitting description of him but that really pushes it way past the line.

Either way the common argument that TL(moderators/writers/whatever) is terran biased and only whine on other races is utter bull. If any of you were here during the periods of terran dominance I don't know how you missed it, what IS new here though is calling a pro player a patchchampion, in an officiell TL endorsed article. It is true, go back in time a year something like this would have been locked and banned no matter what part of the forum you posted it in. Now its official article being defended by moderators, its not terran bias its just the site changing, how and why I don't know, maybe some people got too much power.

Yeah TL writers totally never pushed the story that INnoVation is only strong when Terran is strong.

Yes indeed, I've never read TL writers saying that Inno only could win in a single patch and that we never saw him in a top 16 unless terran were favored as a race.

If you don't think there's a different between saying that a player of race X normally don't make the finals unless their race is also considered strong and calling a world champion for a patchzerg then lets agree to disagree.
Maru, Bomber, TY, Dear, Classic, DeParture and Rogue!
TypeOfT
Profile Joined July 2015
14 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-14 14:12:32
January 14 2018 14:10 GMT
#186
A good read, I can understand why some will take it as an insult to Rogue but again this is an opinion, not a fact.

Let's see how Rogue fairs in 2018!
Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
January 14 2018 15:46 GMT
#187
On January 14 2018 04:57 Ej_ wrote:
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On January 14 2018 03:56 stuchiu wrote:
On January 14 2018 00:17 Charoisaur wrote:
On January 13 2018 23:57 Fango wrote:
On January 13 2018 18:10 Charoisaur wrote:
Zerg won 0/5 Starleagues in 2017 and there was only 1 player able to win premier tournaments (not counting WCS)
Rogue is pretty much the farthest away from Patchzerg you can be. He's more in the camp of Mvp/Life/Maru of winning against all odds.

Maybe it's the "INnoVation phenomen" that a single player performing exceptionally well completely skews the perception of the race to the point the race is considered strong despite it being only one player.


Patch player = someone that can only win on a certain patch. If Rogue can't win outside that patch then he's a patchzerg.


Fruitdealer = Patchzerg confirmed.


You mistook his failing form for patchiness when it was alcoholism.

Is there any source on that besides gossip? I coudln't find anything back when I googled

asking tl writers to have sources for their claims.
lol
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Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
January 14 2018 17:56 GMT
#188
On January 14 2018 21:06 Shuffleblade wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2018 20:21 Durnuu wrote:
On January 14 2018 19:33 Shuffleblade wrote:
I disagree with this article, as i have previously posted. The article is clearly structured to argue the opinion of Rogue being a patchzerg, take away the last paragraph and at least its not clearly stated as the most fitting description of him but that really pushes it way past the line.

Either way the common argument that TL(moderators/writers/whatever) is terran biased and only whine on other races is utter bull. If any of you were here during the periods of terran dominance I don't know how you missed it, what IS new here though is calling a pro player a patchchampion, in an officiell TL endorsed article. It is true, go back in time a year something like this would have been locked and banned no matter what part of the forum you posted it in. Now its official article being defended by moderators, its not terran bias its just the site changing, how and why I don't know, maybe some people got too much power.

Yeah TL writers totally never pushed the story that INnoVation is only strong when Terran is strong.

Yes indeed, I've never read TL writers saying that Inno only could win in a single patch and that we never saw him in a top 16 unless terran were favored as a race.

If you don't think there's a different between saying that a player of race X normally don't make the finals unless their race is also considered strong and calling a world champion for a patchzerg then lets agree to disagree.



As silly as it is, they did a lot of time implies that INno is only strong when terran is strong.
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-14 19:53:16
January 14 2018 19:47 GMT
#189
On January 14 2018 21:06 Shuffleblade wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 14 2018 20:21 Durnuu wrote:
On January 14 2018 19:33 Shuffleblade wrote:
I disagree with this article, as i have previously posted. The article is clearly structured to argue the opinion of Rogue being a patchzerg, take away the last paragraph and at least its not clearly stated as the most fitting description of him but that really pushes it way past the line.

Either way the common argument that TL(moderators/writers/whatever) is terran biased and only whine on other races is utter bull. If any of you were here during the periods of terran dominance I don't know how you missed it, what IS new here though is calling a pro player a patchchampion, in an officiell TL endorsed article. It is true, go back in time a year something like this would have been locked and banned no matter what part of the forum you posted it in. Now its official article being defended by moderators, its not terran bias its just the site changing, how and why I don't know, maybe some people got too much power.

Yeah TL writers totally never pushed the story that INnoVation is only strong when Terran is strong.

Yes indeed, I've never read TL writers saying that Inno only could win in a single patch and that we never saw him in a top 16 unless terran were favored as a race.

If you don't think there's a different between saying that a player of race X normally don't make the finals unless their race is also considered strong and calling a world champion for a patchzerg then lets agree to disagree.

You've never read that because it's factually incorrect. Inno won multiple tournaments on multiple different patches across multiple years. Some people (and some TL staff) have called him a patchterran, but nobody says he's a single-patch abuser because that's simply wrong.

Rogue on the other hand literally won all of his tournaments on the hydra patch. From the hydra buff on March 7, 2017 until Blizzcon, Zerg recieved 0 balance changes (unless you count burrow visibility). Comparing Rogue to Inno is a false equivalence fallacy.

Rogue is not a patchzerg, in my eyes. But Rogue and Inno are in very different positions.
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Veluvian
Profile Joined December 2011
Bulgaria256 Posts
January 15 2018 09:01 GMT
#190
An interesting comparison between Dear and Rogue.
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It seems that Rogue has faded after his last matches in Code S just like Dear did after such a dominance during the second half of 2013. I think that Life was the only one who could keep his best form after Blizzcon grand finals. Actually I haven't seen Rogue in mirror matches against top zergs like Dark, soO or Solar in order to calculate how strong he is against zergs. Starcraft is very complicated web of possibilities. Both aLive and Rogue defeated Innovation in his strong performance for the whole 2017 and now they experience same issues, because aLive could not manage to win any long waited trophy last year and now Rogue failed.
Oz; MMA; Rain; sOs; Classic, Soulkey, TY, Dark
KR_4EVR
Profile Joined July 2017
316 Posts
January 15 2018 15:30 GMT
#191
I wouldn't call Rogue a Patchzerg. He simply seized a moment.

I reserve that title for the 16% of total players who are truly underserving zerg right now in the 50-25-25 split you see in tournaments that weren't in the balanced 34-33-33.

Should I name a few zerg who wouldn't stand a chance without the steady overall increase in abilities of the zergling, baneling, overlord, roach, hydralisk, viper, ultralisk, corruptor, and queen since HOTS? That would probably make a few people angry.

No, instead, I will speak well of the zerg who deserve speaking well of:

I really like seeing Snute, Rogue, soO, Solar, Dark, Leenock, and the like play - precisely because their builds look like they could still win when they win if zerg decreased in overall power by 10%.

I don't care for the rest.
Et tu Brute ?
belgid
Profile Joined December 2012
Israel13 Posts
January 15 2018 19:42 GMT
#192
On January 12 2018 03:45 loft wrote:
"patch zerg" seriously F off.

Rogue is the zerg of zergs. Somehow he makes those "gimmicky" strategies work against the best players in the world (when you compare him to sOs the king of gimmicks?).

Rogue is reactionary and willing to go against the meta. His style is unparalleled and finally came to light. Add on his mastery of late game compositions and control and he's the best zerg in town.



lol who wrote the shitty article?
How can ANYONE call Rouge Patchzerg? This is just crap. I think TL should be ashamed that this words ever saw daylight.
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10053 Posts
January 16 2018 02:51 GMT
#193
tranks for writing this!
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
helenaalfred83
Profile Joined January 2018
2 Posts
January 18 2018 21:40 GMT
#194
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CBAS2TheHumanLife
Profile Joined July 2017
Korea (South)29 Posts
February 10 2018 06:59 GMT
#195
excellent post

you clearly have no idea about what you write
CBAS2TheHumanLife
Profile Joined July 2017
Korea (South)29 Posts
March 04 2018 14:20 GMT
#196
FAILED ARTICLE
Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
March 04 2018 14:32 GMT
#197
Rogue: Patchzerg and highest earning SC2 player of all time.
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
March 04 2018 14:33 GMT
#198
I'm glad Rogue will be able to afford clothes now
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FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
March 04 2018 14:34 GMT
#199
Ruined
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Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
March 04 2018 14:36 GMT
#200
But zerg is sstill the most OP race in this patch and are winning litteraly every tournaments soooo
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
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