On January 21 2011 06:10 Seronei wrote:
I had hoped he would join Team Liquid or EG so he could go to Korea and play there.

But Team Dignitas is now definitely the best Europe based team together with mouz.

Both of those are quite unlikely given his previous manner and attitude

hellsan631

United States695 Posts

January 20 2011 21:15 GMT

#22

On January 21 2011 06:07 busbarn wrote:
Naniwa left Empire and is confirmed to be joining dignitas.
This makes team dignitas look scary good, probably one of the best foreign teams now.

Minus Liquid (Every member?), or Root (Catz, Mini, Kiwi, QXC, Drew), or EG(Machine, Inka, Incontrol, LZ), or Mouz(Morrow, Strelock, Mana, Hasu, Naama), or Fnatic(Kiwi, TT1, Fenix, Gretorp. Sen, Lucifrion)

Shockk

Germany2269 Posts

January 20 2011 21:16 GMT

#23

His performance has to be acknowledged regardless of everything else; skill-wise, he's probably indeed pro-team material and may be a nice addition to dignitas.

Doesn't change the fact that he's the most BM pro player the european scene has at the moment. Personally, I think teams should avoid such people instead of encouraging them by rewarding their style of life and manner with a spot on their team and a sponsorship.

Seronei

Sweden991 Posts

January 20 2011 21:17 GMT

#24

On January 21 2011 06:15 LittLeD wrote:

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Both of those are quite unlikely given his previous manner and attitude

I hoped, I didn't really think he would be able to join Team Liquid. But EG never seemed to care too much about the manner of their players.

nkr

Sweden5451 Posts

January 20 2011 21:20 GMT

#25

People do change, especially after their teenage years. Best of luck to nani.

a_flayer

Netherlands2826 Posts

January 20 2011 21:21 GMT

#26

Looks like Dignitas will be going to Korea soon.

AkobeS

Sweden25 Posts

January 20 2011 21:21 GMT

#27

On January 21 2011 06:15 hellsan631 wrote:

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I'd say dignitas in its current shape are atleast as good as all those teams, except liquid.

Weavel

Finland9224 Posts

January 20 2011 21:21 GMT

#28

Woah suddenly dignitas is one of the best teams in foreign scene. Also gz naniwa!

1Eris1

United States5797 Posts

January 20 2011 21:23 GMT

#29

Whoa. I thought with Kas and Nani that Empire was on the verge of challenging Mouz/Liquid, but with one player swap I feel like Diginitas just leapt ahead

DeltruS

Canada2214 Posts

January 20 2011 21:23 GMT

#30

Wow empire seemed like the best European team, but now? I don't think so.

ptbl

United States6074 Posts

January 20 2011 21:24 GMT

#31

On January 21 2011 06:15 hellsan631 wrote:

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You forgot Idra. He's in EG

syllogism

Finland5948 Posts

January 20 2011 21:25 GMT

#32

He recently mentioned Empire didn't feel like a team as the team is "kind of spread out". Now he'll have at least a bunch of good Swedes to play with (Merz, Sjow, Bischu)

MousecL1ck1

187 Posts

January 20 2011 21:27 GMT

#33

Yes this is awesome, naniwa is a lot more mature now. Good luck man.

Odoakar

Croatia1838 Posts

January 20 2011 21:27 GMT

#34

I don't understand why people put EG on the same level as these other teams when EG has absolutely no players as good as some of the players in these other teams. Idra of course excluded. Yeah, they have good players, but when did any of them win something in SC2? They are at best an average team.

Edit:ok, I forgot that they just picked up Demuslim, who is quite a player, but these are the accomplishments of other EG players:

LZGamer: 2010 MSI Evil Geniuses Masters Cup #1
Machine: 2010 iCCup TV League US Grand Prix #1

And that's it. Idra, and now Demuslim, are actually keeping EG looking like an good team, rather than mediocre.

s.a.y

Croatia3840 Posts

January 20 2011 21:28 GMT

#35

On January 21 2011 06:09 SmoKim wrote:
Naniwa changing team for the 6 time

so what else is new ^^ ?

but on a less teasing tone, it is good to see dignitas having more Protoss(only have Bischu atm)

i sign this.

just a question of time how long he will be in Dignitas.

SmoKim

Denmark10305 Posts

January 20 2011 21:28 GMT

#36

let's not turn this thread into "What team is more OP" guys -,-

ptbl

United States6074 Posts

January 20 2011 21:29 GMT

#37

On January 21 2011 06:25 syllogism wrote:
He recently mentioned Empire didn't feel like a team as the team is "kind of spread out". Now he'll have at least a bunch of good Swedes to play with (Merz, Sjow, Bischu)

Hmm interesting. Team Liquid is spread out, they have Tyler and Nazgul in the U.S., TLO in Europe, and Huk, Jinro, Ret, and Haypro in Korea. Even though they are spread out, they still have team spirit, which was demonstrated at MLG Dallas.

bkrow

Australia8532 Posts

January 20 2011 21:31 GMT

#38

On January 21 2011 06:15 LittLeD wrote:

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Both of those are quite unlikely given his previous manner and attitude

If you read an interview with him that was posted here recently you would see he seems to have matured a lot - i know actions speak louder than words but his response was very encouraging.. i guess only time will tell..

I was really excited to see how far Empire could go with Naniwa and Kas; i really thought they could do some awesome things; but that dignitas line just looks incredible!

Flaxler

Germany57 Posts

January 20 2011 21:32 GMT

#39

Mh, sad that one of the best protoss of eu is famous for bm and clanhopping :C

Blobskillz

Germany548 Posts

January 20 2011 21:34 GMT

#40

really sounds like a shot in the own foot for dignitas. Let's hope they dont plan to send him anywhere important. He's like the most childish player out there right now and has no work moral. He didnt get kicked out of ESL and MYM for no reason and he's teamhopping quite often.