Maybe because that's his name IRL Mortican, but yeah it's kinda funny to see so many people who only know him second-hand through SC2, there needs to be some more diggin' done!

L_Master

United States8017 Posts

March 14 2011 07:13 GMT

#23

On March 14 2011 16:02 Mortician wrote:

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Actually, it's No-nie. I don't know why he chose Teeler, it sounds kinda lame

No. Its Noonie/New-Knee

I am going to go out on a limb and assume he pronounces his own name correctly.

Orome

Switzerland11984 Posts

March 14 2011 07:18 GMT

#24

On March 14 2011 15:20 Tumba1 wrote:

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You don't seem to understand. As stated Day9 was the one that said that liquid Tyler had a propensity for not making enough unit producing structures.

So if you would like to imply Day9 doesn't understand.. good luck with THAT.

lol, heaven forbid Day9 could be wrong in anything ever!

In any case, what he was actually saying was that since Nony has such tight builds and macro, he thinks he can get away with less gates than other players, which sometimes leads to him not having enough gates if his macro slips or he wants to reinforce quickly after battles. Nony's been known for his extremely thought-out and practiced builds since BW and this whole not enough gates thing doesn't disprove it, it actually backs it up.

lac29

United States1485 Posts

March 14 2011 07:18 GMT

#25

On March 14 2011 16:13 L_Master wrote:

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No. Its Noonie/New-Knee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mglr_FTsCdE&feature=related

I am going to go out on a limb and assume he pronounces his own name correctly.

I might be wrong but I thought the story was that Artosis and Tasteless kept on mispronouncing it "NewKnee" and it stuck since they reached the masses through their casting. It has gotten to the point where I think Tyler actually pronounces it NewKnew as well. But originally it was supposed to be No-nie.

relyt

United States1073 Posts

March 14 2011 07:25 GMT

#26

On March 14 2011 16:18 lac29 wrote:

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I found this: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=69689

"What does Nony mean

Nony is a nickname that my brother gave me when I was about 5 and he was about 7. It doesn't have any meaning at all. It is pronounced like the words 'knew' and 'knee'. Knew-knee with equal emphasis on both syllables. He still calls me that today and my friends called me that when I was a child."

wrestlingfool08

United States139 Posts

March 14 2011 08:51 GMT

#27

I think it's funny how all these people didn't know how to pronounce his name haha I've only been apart of the community for a little over a year and a half now (back when BW was still the talk of the town) and even I knew it

Would love to see nony win tsl. Would be so~~ sick if we had a defending champion -- slash I'm just a really big fan heh

Dystisis

Norway713 Posts

March 14 2011 11:02 GMT

#28

On March 14 2011 16:18 lac29 wrote:

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No. It is the opposite.

"New Knee" is the correct pronounciation. Of course people would start pronouncing it "No Knee" when they did not know the correct pronounciation, because that's how it looks like it should be pronounced.

Also, "Tyler" is pronounced "Tai Ler", not "teeler". For some reason people have started propagating this misspelling/mispronounciation, which started as a joke based on the fact that everyone mispronounced his former nick.

Trizz

Netherlands1323 Posts

March 14 2011 11:04 GMT

#29

I always pronounced it as No-nie, sounds better imo.

BrTarolg

United Kingdom3574 Posts

March 14 2011 11:16 GMT

#30

Unlike all the other foreign players, nony is a progamer

This makes him better and stand out amongst all the other gamers

You know this, because when he was in korea, whilst it is a shame he dropped out, the other progamers described him as "someone with a talent to be an A level teamer" - i.e he is a genuine progamer

Nony is the kinda guy who can just win TSL because hes that awesome

GreatFall

United States1061 Posts

March 14 2011 18:03 GMT

#31

I agree, this post would have been more appropriate for his fanpage; however, I share your sentiment! NoNy is an amazing player. I've been a huge fan of his since he won TSL2. He used a probe to beat IdrA in a key match. Who can say they used a single worker and won a game in a tournament like TSL? That's right, NoNy can.