Rogues Gallery
Saturday, Aug 15 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
BACKGROUND
Considered a bit of a backwater in the professional StarCraft scene, North America has long been home to a few big names with even bigger personalities. Far from the spotlights of Starleagues, Rogues Gallery is excited to bring you an event with all the panache and professionalism of a back room poker game. Foul Play NA is a showmatch series that will pit kingpins of North American StarCraft against each other in a cutthroat struggle for street cred (and the winners share of the purse). Step through the unmarked back alley door, pull up a chair at the bar, and enjoy the show.
LIVE STREAM
roguesgallerybw - Twitch
roguesgallerybw - Twitch
PLAYERS
StRyKeR Gypsy
StRyKeR Gypsy
INTERVIEWS
StRyKeR
Hi, please introduce yourself for those who don’t know you yet.
My name is Hyun and I am a Zerg player living in the US.
What are your feelings about the upcoming match?
I feel pretty confident I can win. I think the games will be good with a lot of action. There are two maps I think neither of us has really played, so I'm not sure what will happen there.
North America has long been home to a few big names with even bigger personalities: a gallery of “rogues,” if you will. In what ways do you identify as a “rogue” of North American Brood War?
My game style has always been to play standard and crush the rogues that cheese and play a non-macro style. I also like deflating high egos. So maybe I'm an anti-rogue. However, recently I have been collecting a list of all-ins for specific situations. Everyone needs a little bit of rogue within them.
gypsy
Hi, please introduce yourself for those who don’t know you yet.
Hi I'm gypsy and I play StarCraft.
What are your feelings about the upcoming match?
Don't really care.
North America has long been home to a few big names with even bigger personalities: a gallery of “rogues,” if you will. In what ways do you identify as a “rogue” of North American Brood War?
Don't know what you're talking about.
THE BACKSTORY
Our first contestant, StRyKeR, is a Zerg player from America who is no stranger to the NA pro circuit. A veteran of all three installments of NASL, he also competes regularly in the broader foreign StarCraft scene having made deep runs in BSL’s GosuLeague as well as Have At You. Despite being named The Pylon Show’s 2019 Rookie of the Year, he’s yet to achieve a truly breakout result to establish himself as a force to be reckoned with in NA. He’ll also be looking for a little revenge on Friday night, as gypsy knocked him into the loser’s match of his NASL group, a position from which he was unable to recover.
On the other hand, our second player, gypsy, is known for keeping somewhat of a low profile. The Canadian Terran is a regular streamer, but aside from his recent appearance in NASL 3 he has played in very few individual tournaments since the launch of StarCraft Remaster. That said, he’s known as one of the most dangerous players in NA off the back of solid fundamentals and mechanical execution. Having recently defeated StRyKeR in both NASL and NASTier, he’ll be playing to demonstrate once and for all that his ZvT is unassailable.
CASTERS
Father and intrigue
Father and intrigue
WHEN
Saturday, Aug 15 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Saturday, Aug 15 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
MAP POOL
Eclipse
Neo Sylphid
Polypoid
Optimizer
Empire of the Sun
PRIZE POOL
$50 + Donations. 70:30 split for the winner.
DONATIONS
Donate directly to the prize pool at: https://matcherino.com/tournaments/32291/
ABOUT
Rogues Gallery is a group of StarCraft players and content creators from North America dedicated to growing the competitive StarCraft scene in North America. Our goal is to create competitive events for North American players run by North American content creators to encourage the community to support and build on itself for a sustainable future. Foul Play NA is just their first event, so stay tuned for more content by NA for NA!
Recommended Games
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Results
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3-1, StRyKeR!
Recap
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Congratulations to StRyKeR for his 3-1 victory over gypsy in our first ever Foul Play NA show match! Hope you all were able to catch the action live, but if not be sure to check out the VOD over at https://www.twitch.tv/roguesgallerybw, where you can follow us to ensure you don’t miss out future broadcasts. There’s no rest for the wicked though, and the underworld organizers at Rogues Gallery are already putting together the next match in our series, so keep your eyes peeled for an announcement soon. Until then, stay sharp and watch your back, cause it’s a dangerous ladder out there...