ROX Made Me a Fan

Tract·Oct 22, 2016·6 votes·841 views

I have been a SKT fan since I started, originally because they played champions I liked but then it stuck. Don't get me wrong, I love the NA teams, good ol TSM, C9, CLG, ect. Originally I didn't want ROX to make it, but every game they played they seemed in a good mood even when getting stomped early game. Honestly they just seemed cheerful about everything, Peanut literally did nothing but laugh the entire time. I kinda wished it was the finals, so ROX would get some credit for their performance, and it would be more epic, and while I was rooting for SKT, I felt kinda bad doing it. I really, really hope they don't split up and go off in every direction like many Korean teams do. They seem like the team with the least possible amount of negativity, cheerful as hell. Hopefully they don't end up splitting, so we get more of their silly MF Ashe shenanigans in S7.

Fingers crossed, off to go offer a prayer for poor H2K....

7 Comments

Memeguel420Oct 22, 20161 votes

I just got into League this year and Esports when Quarter finals began and I have to say that ROX is now my favorite team. The way they play and still have fun in a Worlds match when we have people getting mad that someone took 1 cs in normals is amazing! I really hope they can win Finals next year.

Spaceman5pffOct 22, 20161 votes

Here is to hoping they stay as a unit for next year.

You know Peanut is going to have offers coming from all over the world.

Memeguel420Oct 22, 20161 votes

There's no way that they could split up. At least I hope not. They look like really good friends and I don't think that they would split up.

Linna ExcelOct 22, 20161 votes

After they lost their gimmick, they needed a hard initiator from either top or jungle (maybe mid lissandra) because SKT was finally able to start dodging those Ashe arrows. IMO they were relying on Ashe too much in game 4 (needed help by then) and in game 5, they just had nothing to start a fight with.

Poppy getting fed in game 5 really doomed them though. It was too easy for her to eat all of ROX's poke.

TractOct 22, 20161 votes

Not just talking about specifically the semifinals. I mean overall the whole season. They have a ton of energy and seem like they just have a good time, every single game.

Spaceman5pffOct 22, 20161 votes

I was saying that if SKT banned MF, that ROX should have just gone for Jhin ADC and Ashe support. Same functional concept as Ashe MF, but with slightly better pick setup and even better followup. [slayer-jinx-wink]

On the Poppy note: The Poppy was a super risky pick for SKT and could have lost them the game just as easily as won it. Duke couldn't shut down Smeb for the whole series, even when he had the powerful counter of Ekko into Rumble. Leaving Jayce up for Smeb was near suicidal. Jayce is easily the best, most punishing solo lane champion at the tournament, and they were leaving it to arguably the best player at the tournament. I think SKT was relying on having gotten under Smeb's skin a bit in game 3 and 4, trapping him at his tower for kills; hoping that a bit of shaken confidence would be enough for Duke to survive the lane. If SKT had been wrong on that call, Tigers would have won the series then and there, no contest.

YfrappefortOct 23, 20161 votes

This is what I felt too after watching Rox play in the semi. They are just having fun, especially Peanut (just look at him when he FB Bengi in game 5). SKT on the other hand seems like robots, Faker and Wolf show close to no emotion and it's pretty dull.

This is one of the main reason I am pretty tired of SKT tbh. How many championship must they won before they retire? They don't even seem to enjoy playing the game.