Naah. Let's give credit where it's due; Thorzain is the best foreign Terran and a really good TvP:er with an unusual playstyle.

If Naniwa manages to climb out of the losers bracket, I think he'll defeat him in the finals.

ne0lith

537 Posts

July 28 2012 15:42 GMT

#5725

Naniwa got outplayed both games, funny how storm gg and Protoss OP were not any complaints when he beat Code S terrans.

Mindor

169 Posts

July 28 2012 15:53 GMT

#5726

I didn't say terran op, just summed the 2nd game up. Thorzain really was basically just spamming ghosts and empd everything that moved.

EDIT: As ghost is not marine, you need a whole lot of macro and other shenanigans to have 20+ of them, all that happened before the emp spam!

Insomni7

667 Posts

July 28 2012 15:58 GMT

#5727

Thorzain just took better engagements in the last game. there was a point at which Nani had an opportunity to kill him, but thorzain just set things up well, once again credit where its due.

SaSiWa

Sweden39 Posts

July 28 2012 16:10 GMT

#5728

Gogo Naniwa against MorroW! We believe in Naniwa! <3

NuKE[vZ]

United States249 Posts

July 28 2012 17:12 GMT

#5729

Apart of StarTale and is toss.. sign me up.

RaZorwire

Sweden718 Posts

July 28 2012 19:52 GMT

#5730

On July 29 2012 00:53 Mindor wrote:
I didn't say terran op, just summed the 2nd game up.

potfurrr did, that's the post I presume ne0lith was referring to.

Keidy

253 Posts

July 28 2012 20:53 GMT

#5731

Omg Nani just played like a low masters.

Hate to say it but he will fail epicly in the TSL as well unless he shapes up alot.
JohnnyRecco have probably been following him on stream for a few days no and his PvZ simply is not that scary.

God I hate Zerg

RaZorwire

Sweden718 Posts

July 28 2012 20:58 GMT

#5732

Sortof played well, but Naniwa seemed shaky and nervous, almost. He made simple mistakes that added up to bring him down in the end. It's odd, he seemed so strong earlier today. I missed his winners bracket series vs Sortof where he 2-0:ed him, did anyone see it?

ladyumbra

Canada1699 Posts

July 28 2012 21:16 GMT

#5733

I still have faith in Naniwa, he may be going through a bad spell right now being a true fan means I will wait until he finds what he needs to win again. There may be bad months and strings of less than desirable results ( god know he won't be happy with 4th) but it just means that his next big victory is all the sweeter.

fabulously

Norway724 Posts

July 28 2012 21:32 GMT

#5734

There will always be ups and downs. Still heartbreaking to watch him struggle and fall. Maybe it is nerves due to really wanting to win something big in Sweden. I will never stop believing though. His passion and dedication will take him to the very top one day. Hope he won't let these losses affect his preparation for the next events too much. Possibly it will motivate him even more.

NaNiwa fighting!

RaZorwire

Sweden718 Posts

July 28 2012 21:33 GMT

#5735

On July 29 2012 06:16 ladyumbra wrote:
I still have faith in Naniwa, he may be going through a bad spell right now being a true fan means I will wait until he finds what he needs to win again. There may be bad months and strings of less than desirable results ( god know he won't be happy with 4th) but it just means that his next big victory is all the sweeter.

Haha, I'm not going to lose faith in Naniwa because of one or two bad series. Everyone gets shaky and underperforms every once in a while, and I doubt we'll see Naniwa show a bad month or a string of dissapointing results.

He seems to want to win an event in Sweden really badly, which might explain why he seems nervous and prone to simple mistakes. Tomorrow's TSL, I'm confident he'll be in top shape then.

Fighting, as they say.

nebok

Sweden85 Posts

July 28 2012 21:34 GMT

#5736

<3 fighting!

Silentenigma

Turkey2037 Posts

July 28 2012 22:04 GMT

#5737

Naniwa seems on a slump nowadays:/

modesttoss

United States221 Posts

July 29 2012 00:08 GMT

#5738

On July 29 2012 07:04 Silentenigma wrote:
Naniwa seems on a slump nowadays:/

He's finished top 8 in two GSLs in a row. Can't really call that a slump. :p

Bogeyman

Sweden307 Posts

July 29 2012 00:26 GMT

#5739

There were people in chat saying he's on a slump, but really it's more like he's just not in good shape at the moment. Maybe it's his mindset, maybe he's jet-lagged, maybe he has a headache (he did say he had a headache yesterday after losing to sortOf at NärCon, the IESF qualifier, and maybe he still isn't feeling alright). Either way, I have no doubt he'll play better soon. He is a lot better than what he showed today.

Still though, I wonder if Naniwa will contemplate on what he said in an interview with... um... I think her name is Rachel... anyway, he said something along that lines that in one way he doesn't think Thorzain is the "King in the north", at least not until he beats Sase or him (Naniwa), and he said that he'd like to see him try (when asked if Thorzain could beat them I think). So like I said: I wonder if he'll contemplate that, and accept that Thorzain is the King in the north.

I think it's fine. Naniwa can be the Kingslayer, which is pretty badass as well, and it fits a lot better with his style.

MetalPanda

Canada1152 Posts

July 29 2012 00:35 GMT

#5740

People, he lost to players he shouldn't lose to, but he came back from going into GSL Top 8 and ALMOST beating DRG. He's not in a slump. At all. He's getting better and better, and just had a bad day or two.