I hope he gets GSL champion! Who knows how far he can go though. Marineking is going to be really difficult to get past since he has some of the best TvP in the game, but I hope he goes all the way. At any rate it's nice to see a foreigner get to the RO8 for the first time since I think HuK did it a while ago. Good luck NaNiWa!

Gladiator6

Sweden7024 Posts

April 18 2012 21:31 GMT

#64

Ro4 then he will face someone really good

Zenithsc2

United States23 Posts

April 18 2012 21:37 GMT

#65

RO4

Zenithsc2

United States23 Posts

April 18 2012 21:41 GMT

#66

RO4 at most... it would be really awkward if he actually wins because most of the people aren't gonna cheer for him -_- I'M ROOTING FOR MarineKingPrime :D

Swiv

Germany3674 Posts

April 18 2012 22:28 GMT

#67

Champion would be astronomical, Runner up fantastic, Ro4 awesome and Ro8 is already effing great! No matter what, Nani showed that Koreans can be beaten. You just have to have the same dedication and ambition as them.

Luisa_2

Germany200 Posts

April 18 2012 22:43 GMT

#68

I think he can beat anyone in an PvP atm.
PvZ luckily for him only Leenocks is terryfing ZvP player.
PvT MKP and MVP are most likely gonna will defeat him (maybe MKP even crushes him)
we'll see RO4 is my guess.

INTOtheVOID

United States225 Posts

April 18 2012 23:06 GMT

#69

CHAMP

Zzoram

Canada7115 Posts

April 18 2012 23:31 GMT

#70

I think he can beat his potential Ro8 opponents.

He has beaten MVP and Leenock within the past few months and has strong PvP that should have a good chance against HerO too.

Depending on who he gets next, he COULD beat his Ro4 opponent if it's anyone but MarineKing.

CeriseCherries

6170 Posts

April 18 2012 23:33 GMT

#71

CHAMPIONNNNNNNNN

NozliW_

Chile70 Posts

April 18 2012 23:55 GMT

#72

I really hope NaNiwa gets to the finals, but I think he will lose on Ro4..

MasterKang

United States1373 Posts

April 19 2012 00:58 GMT

#73

Tbh, with so many champions already knocked out, the only people I can see beating naniwa are Oz, Taeja, and MarineKing. Maybe Leenock but he's still a little iffy in PvZ.

refmac_cys.cys

United States177 Posts

April 19 2012 01:01 GMT

#74

Ro4, because Jinro will still hold the best foreign performance in the GSL until he makes it back into Code A. We can call it the Soju curse.

KevinIX

United States2472 Posts

April 19 2012 01:03 GMT

#75

GSL Champion.

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

April 19 2012 01:07 GMT

#76

There's no reason why Naniwa can't win the whole thing. Will he? Not likely, but he has just as good a shot as anyone else.

PhoenixVoid

Canada32747 Posts

April 19 2012 01:46 GMT

#77

Naniwa has been playing extremely well recently, but I doubt he could make it to the finals quite yet. He does have that potential, but I feel that a RO4 placement is quite reasonable. Yes, he is playing some of the best Starcraft in his career, but the Korean factor is a major factor, and could stop his GSL run.

Trozz

Canada3456 Posts

April 19 2012 02:24 GMT

#78

go champion go
just to piss off the haters
make people turn heads

KrsOne

United States64 Posts

April 19 2012 02:42 GMT

#79

Runner up for sure

Catatonic

United States699 Posts

April 19 2012 02:52 GMT

#80

On April 19 2012 02:11 DarkLordOlli wrote:
Depends who he's playing in the Ro8. If he gets HerO, that might be the worst outcome for Nani because, well, PvP and Hero is pretty good at it. I do think he's actually favored against MVP or whoever decides to make it out of group B in 2nd place unless it's HerO.

I think that match up would actually go in Nani's favor I mean he did beat Genius the runner up in the last GSL an beat Puzzle as well who's no joke. I would put Genius ahead of Hero in skill so I do believe that if paired against Hero Nani would come out victorious