PR Balrog practicing every day over 8 hours a day in hopes of winning this year's EVO - feels confident against international players

rog might be ready for infil but infil is always ready for anyone.

@1 Sigh. Troll harder. On topic: He's not winning EVO with Fei Long. He'll get top 8, maybe top 3, but not 1st. I'm curious to see if Infiltration can do it again, or if his time is gonna come to an end this year. EVO2013 is gonna be amazing.

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Hmm, it might be hard to beat Infiltration. Fei vs Akuma is quite bad.

@3 How is that trolling? He quit TWICE during Winter Brawl even during the finals which is just a slap in the face to all the people watching.

Can anyone honestly say PR Rog's Fei is better than Fuudo, Mago? Failing that, is it even better than Starnab or Evans in Europe? If not, then how does he expect to finish ahead of these guys?

I think he have a big chance against asian players like tokido and laugh

Just dont cancel your ultra to pause menu lol :P

im only worried about infiltration; loses to gamerbee lol
he can play online for 12 hours a day and it still wont mean anything. its not his fault its just that no one in the states plays the game anymore while its getting blown up in other places, euro/asia which he'll have to compete against and the consistent japanese players that always show up. xiao hai and humanbomb were just the beginning

6 & 8 Stfu, he's trolling. And btw read the rest of my comment and lets have a more civilized conversation rather than reading the first part and commenting on that to start an argument. Sheesh, everyone loves to start an argument on the internet.

Rog and Fei both lose to Akuma so not only will he have to outplay Infiltration he will have to overcome the disadvantageous matchup so unfortunately I don't see him winning Evo unless the pools are in his favor and someone else takes out Infiltration so he doesn't have to play him.

Tokido and Mago he both lost and won against, but there is still Daigo, Kazunoko, and Sako which I don't think he's ever faced in a tourney before.

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Heart of a Warrior; with this kind of hunger, i think he's got a good shot.

@14 TROLOLOLOLO

@8 its not rage quitting its admitting defeat,he was getting hit so any pea brain knew he was gonna lose,i didnt matter whether he sat there to watch chris g finish the combo or not,everyone knew he loss

8h/day :lol: Soon we might call him Marn or Justin.

@17 Don't feed him bro.

ssf4 still rules, it is just that simple

Good luck to him keep an eye on his main threats at EVO this year.

The article says PR Rog got 2nd in SSF4 at SCR but didn't he actually get 3rd?

SF4 is still my favorite fighting game to play right now followed closely by SFxT, but him practicing 8 hours a day online isn't the same as the Japanese playing 8 hours a day at the arcade. It's unfortunate that we can't have that same opportunity, but you can see that he is trying hard to do well.

I wish him luck at EVO and hope he doesn't have to face me as I will win EVO2013 as I practice this game once or twice a week for about 2 hours. I'm GDLK!

Wouldn't put my money on him on winning the title this early before EVO, but he has a decent chance.

I doubt everyone's favorite rage quitter will win EVO, top 8 most likely.

Nice interview. Can't see him getting past Infiltration, Daigo etc but he'll do very well.

#23 Thanks for the heads up! Bit of an oversight on my end.

"I think right now, Infiltration is the one player I’m concerned about. Saying that though, I’ll be ready for him next time."

Infiltration is ready for PR Rog to get ready for him.

I'm looking forward to this year's Overhead X Blockstun at EVO.

He won't do sh*t with Fei, watch him get bodied for free by Tokido & Infiltration @ Evo.

As far as American players go he has the best shot. This is still the guy that top 8 several times, and seeing him try that much harder this time is very promising.

when else did he rage quit? i know he rqd on chris g, but i didnt know he did it another time.

I wish MY job consisted of playing a video game for over 8 hours a day.

If he uses rog as a secondary he could go far. I hope this rage quitting thing is not going to become a habit, it was very off putting to see at winterbrawl it just looks childish and spoilt especially when streamed.

He raged quit only in UMVC3 both times I think, and I think both times, he was going to lose regardless of what he did and if I recall correctly, he also didn't have X-factor. And if you know anything about him, he doesn't take UMVC3 that seriously, at least not as much as AE and SFxT.

It's hard to say whether he's ready for Infiltration or not but since he spends so much time playing online and there are a lack of good Akuma (at least compared to Infiltration or Tokido's level), I doubt he's as ready as he think he is. Besides, playing against Akuma's vortex is similar to playing against Ibuki's vortex; get knocked down once and the round can end, I can't imagine ever being able to be prepared for that.

Best of luck to everyone's favorite rage quitter. If he spends less hours in the lab perfecting his rage quit technology and more time strengthening his Fei Long, he may have a fair chance to be top 3 at EVO this year.

"Infiltration is the one player I’m concerned about. Saying that though, I’ll be ready for him next time."

Yeah let us know how that goes.

didn't dieminion feel the same way about international players and then realized he was wrong?

(While I do think PR-Long is a great player) IMO I still think Fuudo is the only Fei who has a strong chance at taking out Infiltration.

the only evo chance he has is with umvc3 where he is really good and the real threats are Champ J.Wong and Chrisg.

sfxt: infiltration's jin and yukimura "purple stuff" i don't know

In ssf4ae with Tokido, Daigo, Infiltration, Fuudo, Mago, Xian, Poongko, Gamerbee, Bonchan, Sako he will be lucky to be in top 16.

PR Rog is one of the most consistent placing SF players in the US in the last two years.

Him placing top 8/16 is highly plausible.

Winning EVO is highly unlikely.

@41 - Rog came in 3rd in Evo '12

its sad that people just swarm the internet just to hate on people that are actually doing something with they lives or rather doing something they enjoy and turning it into a career... again Ive said it before alot of you dude wouldnt even make it out of your pools at a weekly not alone at a major lol.... give or take what he said to be cocky but he is more than capable of actually getting into grand finals in any game he plays and Im not a fan of this dude at all but I respect his grind.... keep that negative shyt to yourselves or atleast back it up

RAGE QUIT YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
SO SALTY LMAO

@43 You obviously dont even know what the word "Rage" means. A RQ is when someone gets angry and quits because of the what? RAGE! He knew he was gonna lose and all he did was speed up the process. Nothing wrong with that and those that say he didint shake his hand, he did so stop your blind hate on Rog. It was understandable to hate on his RQ 1 to 2 years ago but he cleaned his act up.

Hey, guys don't count Pr Rog out just yet. While his Fei may not be on par with Mago's and Fuudo's, dont forget, those two Japanese players have a real "calm" more relaxed style. PrRog style is waay more aggro (you guys saw Dieminion vs PrRog at Winter Brawl?). He just might catch Infiltration off guard, especially since he's not used to that style of Fei's.

Don't forget, Infiltration has struggled against players he has no info on. And at this moment, he doesn't have a lot of info on PrRog's Fei.

@47 He rage quitted... end of story. Sponsored players should represent themselves better, for the sake of their sponsors at least. I'm not saying that cause I don't like him.

Speaking of which, I never liked him to begin with anyway lol. After Balrogs nerfs, we saw Eduardo's success decline as well. His Fei is solid, but I'm not sure he can win with him against international talent, given the fact that there are some pretty good international Fei Long players anyway.

He's a very talented player, but boring to watch in my opinion, especially in Marvel.

Good luck to him in his quest for the EVO championship.

To say that he raged quit is like saying that every pro player who plays Starcraft 2 is a rage quitter. They know they are going to lose, so they quit. Very rarely do you see a pro player in Starcraft 2 lose because he/she has lost all their buildings.

@18 He'll have info since I can see Eduardo winning or placing very high in a lot of American tournaments from now until EVO and his Fei will have some YT coverage,plus Infiltration already defeated his Fei at Socal regionals last month and on a stream a lil before the tournament he used Hakan vs his Fei. I think his main threats are infiltration,Tokido,Daigo and and any high level Ibuki player and Latif other than that I can see him beat anybody including Mago and Fuudoo by using his Rog vs them and I don't see him losing to any Cammy player since he has a good track record vs Cammy's.

Enough with this stupid "rage quit" sh*t. Who even cares if he did or didn't? If it's to illustrate that he has a bad attitude or something that's laughable. He takes losses better than almost anyone I can think of. Murdurus' point is also valid.

I agree with #7. He may end up winning Marvel, but he's no way gonna have the best Fei Long in the world in time for EVO this year, no matter how much time he puts into practicing. Guys like Fuudo and Mago have so much more experience with him. He may well make top 8, but I certainly don't think he will win it...unless he tags in Balrog to save the day!

@50

You are trying to compare apples and oranges.

SC/SC2 is a different type of game/beast. It is based more on respect than rage quitting. Because the player who is losing knows he is going to lose and there is no point to "waste time" for the other player to destroy every single building you have. In fact the opposite is true in SC/SC2 (instead of rage quitting people will troll and annoy you when they know they have lost the game and will attempt to build one-off buildings in remote areas of the map - to drag the game on for no reason because they are salty they lost).

Also, an average SC/SC2 game is about 15-30 minutes vs. an average Marvel match which is like 1 minute. Obviously in a SC/SC2 game you don't want to drag it on any further once you know you have lost (an entire army inside your base, you have 0 units, and no money...sorry no X factor here..game is over).

AND they message "GG" before leaving as another sign of respect and acknowledgement of their defeat.

Are we really having a stupid argument about quitting a game because it's obvious to you and everyone else that you're gonna lose no matter what you do? You guys are boiling this down to a player's sportsmanship? Representing their sponsors? It's really not that serious at all. You people take this stuff way too seriously and none of you are anywhere Rog's or any other top player's level, and most likely never will be, myself included. At the end of the day regardless of how much you wanna swarm the net with your trolly little Rog hate, he quit because there was no way he was gonna win, he got up, AND he shook Chris G's hand, so please, troll harder.

I bet about half you on here have ragequit yourselves, either offline or online, or both, so stop the hypocrisy you silly children.

summarizing what Chris Hu said some time ago: you can beat an asian if you are not an asian. No matter how hard you train you still cannot beat them. They just have that kind of talent. Its like you training 8 hours a day to beat Roger Federer and Federer training 3 hours a day. You just cant beat him he just has that talent.

@56
I know you're serious but please humor me and say you were joking so I can pretend.

At least he will still have Balrog to fall back on if he needs to. He announced he was just using Fei from now on, but surely he must still be keeping his Balrog practiced and fresh if he needs to break him out. It's always good to have options. Like Infiltration using Hakan to break the spirit of Hugo101. If everyone is expecting you to pick a certain character and you make a last second unexpected switch, it can really break the mindset of the opponent. I hope he's not afraid to use Balrog as backup at EVO if he needs to. I just can't see his Fei being strong enough to go all the way.

Let's go pr Balrog!

Lmao at the trolling
" every body's favorite rage quitter" is probably the nicest thing anyone here ever trolled that was true

infiltration vs yun (kazunuko & hugo101)u have no chance with fei and barlog

Nothing wrong with admitting defeat and shaking your opponents hand, kids just like to talk about (usually irrelevant) things as if they somehow matter. I don't like watchin PR personally, but useless negative jabber annoys me.

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YES!!! PR ROG!!! You gotta win EVO in Marvel!!! Take Champ's freaking stupid arrogance away! Or anybody else that can just kick Champ's ass, just do it! I just hate soo much how Champ acts sometimes, he just thinks he owns the whole world for winning EVO at Marvel. -.-

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Marvel is retarded.

Wow, never thought I'd read "PR Rog" and "Sportsmanship" in the same sentence.

Because I don't know you guys, though I remember when he air-humped Mihe in FRXV, as well as when he flipped the bird (to Infiltration, no less) after he bodied him with Gouken in CEO last year (I think that was the tournament, I'm not sure). The thing is, people wouldn't be calling him on it as much if he showed to be a person that knows how to take a loss (or hell, knows how to behave after a win). That's no different and all these trolling I see it as something he brought on himself.

But hey, that doesn't seem to bother him the least because he keeps placing high in tourneys and making a big name of himself. So why would you brain dead white knights feel so infuriated whenever they read those shoutouts to everyone's favorite rage quitter is beyond me.

Everyone's favorite rage quitter!!

In order for him to have a more realistic chance at winning evo this year, I think he needs to go to Japan and play at the arcades with the top players there and gain some invaluable knowledge match up against the top characters in the game (especially for the Akuma match up if he's that worried against Infiltration's Akuma).

Playing online and practicing 8 hours a day can only take you so far. But without real, face to face interaction and competition that only the arcade scene can bring, Eduardo will not gain the much needed experience playing "top" competition day in and day out in his daily practice regiment.

Let's go, RQ Rog.

Hi

P.S. Everyone's favorite rage quitter

Everyone's favorite stage spitter.

Damn I wish I had the time to play video games 8 hours a day.

MY GOODNESS 8 HOURS MORE POWER TO HIM LOL.

He's not my favorite rage quitter.

But I suppose I can see how he would be everyone else's.

Meh, **** it: Everyone's favorite rage quitter.

Firebrand won a major guys.

Everyone's favorite cage fitter.

i like how some of you dudes say things like "at least he's is doing something with his life! what are you doing?". please be quiet. he plays video games for a "living". as in only making enough money to live off of, not save or invest. such ignorant children. just paying the bills isn't doing good. you kids will understand when you grow up.

on the rage quit thing (which by the way my favorite rage quitter is sanford), it is annoying as a spectator. if it's some pools match thats off stream who gives two sh1ts, but if its on stream there should be a little consideration for the peeps (like myself) that can only see whats being streamed. the only thing online viewers get are matches, commentary booth and view of the players, so when someone rage quits all we get is a pause menu and audio of the pop-off. its just consideration for the fans at home or around the globe. i would have hated to live in europe and wait all night for grand finals just to see a rage quit. shame.

just thoughts. do what you will with them.

To all the people white knighting his RQ please stop. Fact is he probably wished he didn't do that and could n't help it at the time. That's why you can't remember him doing it anywhere else where he was about to lose. He did it in grand finals it showed immaturity straight up if he was going to lose then let it rock. I don't rage quit online that's embarassing enough he did it on the big stage the only person happy about it was chris g ( the smile on his face) cause u know he didn't RQ casualy he was salty.

infil has great reactions and fuudo isn't a better fei he's a better sf player...period top 3 infil fuudo and daigo

You must stop rage quitting to stand a chance.