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Complexity transfers NaNiwa to Quantic Gaming - Page 18

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Please make sure to read the statement from Naniwa that is linked in the full article before commenting.
tapk69
Profile Joined January 2011
Portugal264 Posts
December 08 2011 21:55 GMT
#341
naniwa is probably the best european at the moment... or stephano... Naniwa is a nomad , he likes to change , and i agree that being alone on korea is strange if the team is really supporting him...

gl naniwa i am sure you will do great on GSL
ja foste
mache
Profile Joined December 2011
47 Posts
December 08 2011 21:56 GMT
#342
I think he just got lonely and wanted to have some company which is really annoying for coL IF thats the case :\


anyways GL nani, hopefully this doesnt affect to your Starcraft2 CV haha :D

milky_muh
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden38 Posts
December 08 2011 21:56 GMT
#343
On December 09 2011 06:53 ZwuckeL wrote:
why has noone seen this coming? i would have thought everyone has seen it coming, after the fact of nani bm'ing so hard at MLG and putting coL in a very awkward position

Hahaha, who/what did he BM? :D
karpo
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden1998 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 21:57:55
December 08 2011 21:56 GMT
#344
What i don't understand is how Complexity's founder can write such posts on reddit. It just feels so unprofessional to me. Seems like even the large teams have bad PR skills.

Why not use official channels and clear out confusion before announcing stuff instead of this shit flinging crap in reddit posts?
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
December 08 2011 21:57 GMT
#345
On December 09 2011 06:55 crms wrote:
I'd imagine Naniwa didn't want to do a lot of community outreach and PR stuff, something complexity probably wants to grow more seeing as their big rivals EG are the kings of 'outside the game' content creation. Naniwa probably wants to be left alone to train and only train and that was a problem for coL. Of course, pure speculation but it seems reasonable.

Anyway, I love Naniwa so gl to wherever he goes in the future.

I dunno, Quantic seems pretty big on doing community outreaching stuff. Remember when they were doing all those interviews with the IM players?
MrMercuG
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands2389 Posts
December 08 2011 21:57 GMT
#346
On December 09 2011 06:56 milky_muh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2011 06:53 ZwuckeL wrote:
why has noone seen this coming? i would have thought everyone has seen it coming, after the fact of nani bm'ing so hard at MLG and putting coL in a very awkward position

Hahaha, who/what did he BM? :D


Eh, NesTea, how could you miss it...
pPingu
Profile Joined September 2011
Switzerland2892 Posts
December 08 2011 21:57 GMT
#347
On December 09 2011 06:55 Choboo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2011 06:48 StarcraftNerd1547 wrote:
Well... this was unexpected, i guess after reading NaNiWa:s ststement he wanted friends which were easier to communicate with. I still wonder though why NaNiWa transfered to CoL in the firstplace if that was the case.
Well GL to all the parties involved.
The owner of QxG must have alot of money.

To quote the man himself:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=267130&currentpage=14#264


Breaking a contract and having his contract sold isn't the same...
Zzoram
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada7115 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 21:57:50
December 08 2011 21:57 GMT
#348
On December 09 2011 06:56 milky_muh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2011 06:53 ZwuckeL wrote:
why has noone seen this coming? i would have thought everyone has seen it coming, after the fact of nani bm'ing so hard at MLG and putting coL in a very awkward position

Hahaha, who/what did he BM? :D


IMNestea and MLG itself.

"joke tournament"
Zalithian
Profile Joined June 2011
520 Posts
December 08 2011 21:57 GMT
#349
On December 09 2011 06:56 milky_muh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2011 06:53 ZwuckeL wrote:
why has noone seen this coming? i would have thought everyone has seen it coming, after the fact of nani bm'ing so hard at MLG and putting coL in a very awkward position

Hahaha, who/what did he BM? :D


I don't know. Major League Gaming, probably the best SC2 tournament in the world, or at least outside Korea. Nestea, one of the most respected players in Korea and the world?

ptbl
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6074 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 22:00:03
December 08 2011 21:57 GMT
#350
On December 09 2011 06:50 Jebotres wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2011 06:46 Itsmedudeman wrote:
On December 09 2011 06:42 Jebotres wrote:
On December 09 2011 06:37 ptbl wrote:
On December 09 2011 06:33 Jebotres wrote:
From Jason Lake on reddit:

We're sending TriMaster to Korea any week now and Johan is well aware of that. I'm not going to get into a public argument and wish him the very best but this was a one way decision. His contract was being sold (to Quantic or someone else) whether he approved or not.


http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/n59w3/complexity_sells_naniwa_contract_to_quantic_gaming/c36d1v7


And people keep saying "read nani's statement first" when it's obvious that complexity kicked him out.


Because they should read it before riding Nani for being ''kicked out'' - it was the single extra piece of info available at the time and people decided to not read it, remember I only posted the CoL statement like 10 minutes ago.

Furthermore, his contract was sold, he wasnt kicked out. Big difference.

Anyways, I much prefer Quantic to CoL and was kinda disappointed when Nani joined Complexity, I'd be his fan no matter what team he is in but this is pretty sweet, hope it works out in the long run.

Nani fighting!

You obviously didn't even read his post. Wow



No, I posted it and didnt even read it, lol.

Maybe you should re-read my post before replying.

People were assuming he was kicked out for a whole 10ish pages refusing to read NaNi's statement on the matter when it was the only extra piece of information available, that is all I am pointing out.


It is called reading between the lines. complexity approached quantic, which means they wanted to get rid of naniwa's contract. Naniwa didnt fit with complexity's "core values." Jason lake's reddit statement only confirms the facts and that nani was possibly lying in his statement.
Don't mind me
Badfatpanda
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States9719 Posts
December 08 2011 21:58 GMT
#351
On December 09 2011 06:54 canikizu wrote:
Naniwa bmed IMNestea.
IM parted way with Quantic.
Quantic purchased Naniwa.

Now it's all clear.


They didn't have to purchase him, NaNiWa's contract was transferred over to QxG without an actual buy if I'm not mistaken, because coL would have to wait a while yet to transfer more players to Korea, I'm assuming they have QXC in mind.

Interesting, not sure if I saw this coming, but as long as he's in Korea he'll be happy, same as MajOr
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. -Beethoven | Mech isn't a build, it's a way of life. -MajOr | Charlie.Sheen: "What is sarcastic, kids who have no courage to fight?" | #TerranPride #yolo #swag -Naama after 2-0'ing MC at HSC VI
Mordiford
Profile Joined April 2011
4448 Posts
December 08 2011 21:58 GMT
#352
On December 09 2011 06:53 Klondikebar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2011 06:49 pPingu wrote:
On December 09 2011 06:46 Klondikebar wrote:
On December 09 2011 06:43 farvacola wrote:
Quite frankly, Jason Lake's statement makes coL look petty, Naniwa hwaiting!



It definitely sheds some light on why Stephano just walked away from the team.


Really?... The situation with stephano was in now way col fault.

Jason is a great guy, don't shit on him for no reason



Did you read what he said on reddit?

"We're sending TriMaster to Korea any week now and Johan is well aware of that. I'm not going to get into a public argument and wish him the very best but this was a one way decision. His contract was being sold (to Quantic or someone else) whether he approved or not."

Which translates to: I don't want to say anything bad, but I'm going to proceed to say that we don't care what our players want. Or he was STRONGLY implying that Naniwa had pissed off the team. Either way, he was getting into a public argument in the very statement where he said he didn't want to. And terse little laws like "whether he approved or not" imply a management style of which I don't approve.


I don't see how he said, "We don't care what our players want". That's some pretty crazy extrapolation from something that isn't event hinted at. He does plainly state that Naniwa is not being entirely honest about no future English speaking teammates coming to Korea, I see no problem with calling someone who is lying to make themselves look better provided that is the case, we aren't sure.

The second was a pretty clear statement that they were going to remove him from the team and were looking to do so, effectively suggested he was being "kicked out" in a sense. Considering his history, I'm sort of leaning towards Complexity's side but it seems they didn't know what they were getting into despite Odee briefing them on what to expect.
Roberi
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden347 Posts
December 08 2011 21:58 GMT
#353
Really liked NaNi's statement. Good luck to him and to Quantic. I'm sure that the right thing was done. Keep on practicing and slay nerds!
A fan of ThorZaIN, MorroW, NaNiwa and SaSe. Sweden Fighting! /// @rob_eri
Maenander
Profile Joined November 2002
Germany4927 Posts
December 08 2011 21:59 GMT
#354
On December 09 2011 06:57 Zzoram wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2011 06:56 milky_muh wrote:
On December 09 2011 06:53 ZwuckeL wrote:
why has noone seen this coming? i would have thought everyone has seen it coming, after the fact of nani bm'ing so hard at MLG and putting coL in a very awkward position

Hahaha, who/what did he BM? :D


IMNestea and MLG itself.

"joke tournament"

Nestea mentioned Naniwa in his last interview, if anything it was a good publicity stunt
n0ise
Profile Joined April 2010
3452 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 22:02:10
December 08 2011 21:59 GMT
#355
People shouldn't forget that at Complexity's level, the players are directly representing the sponsor's interests as well, and some contracts are stricter than others. This may have been a much more complicated decision than some people think.

Also, "boredom" isn't a reason to leave one of the biggest MGCs in the business. I'm sure there were many issues involved, which makes me quite impressed with the fact that complexity still manages to keep it relatively calm and classy.

Hope it works out for everyone

LE: yeah, same story every x months, and still there's people who go "hmm. probably the managers were bad or the team didn't fulfill enough expectations, maybe some boredom as well" :D so silly ^^
Choboo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Sweden2088 Posts
December 08 2011 21:59 GMT
#356
On December 09 2011 06:57 pPingu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2011 06:55 Choboo wrote:
On December 09 2011 06:48 StarcraftNerd1547 wrote:
Well... this was unexpected, i guess after reading NaNiWa:s ststement he wanted friends which were easier to communicate with. I still wonder though why NaNiWa transfered to CoL in the firstplace if that was the case.
Well GL to all the parties involved.
The owner of QxG must have alot of money.

To quote the man himself:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=267130&currentpage=14#264


Breaking a contract and having his contract sold isn't the same...

practically the same
SaSe fan club manager
Hnnngg
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1101 Posts
December 08 2011 21:59 GMT
#357
On December 09 2011 06:56 karpo wrote:
What i don't understand is how Complexity's founder can write such posts on reddit. It just feels so unprofessional to me. They aren't a small business anymore, there's alot of money involved yet their PR skills seem so bad both now and with the Stephano deal.

Why not use official channels and clear out confusion before announcing stuff instead of this shit flinging crap in reddit posts?


Small business anymore?

Yeah, I think a G7 might be aware they aren't small time.

Jason Lake knows better than you, me, and everyone on this forum.

We aren't in a place to criticize him.

Rather disgusting if you ask me, to think that someone outside of the G7 can have such a bold position and not defer to our elders in eSports.
Sandermatt
Profile Joined December 2010
Switzerland1365 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 22:02:58
December 08 2011 22:00 GMT
#358
Didn't Naniwa somewhat attack complexity per twitter (softly) during the mlg Naniwa Nestea Incident?

Edit: Ok, found it it is not so bad: @OGJackyor I am me and not col what i say I stand for and if there are misunderstandings I'll clear them up .... Kid
I had it more argressive in mind.
marxgarza
Profile Joined January 2011
United States373 Posts
December 08 2011 22:01 GMT
#359
I kept forgetting that naniwa was on complexity and not quantic gaming. Quantic looks to be stacked.
Silence is golden, duct tape is silver
Mordiford
Profile Joined April 2011
4448 Posts
December 08 2011 22:01 GMT
#360
On December 09 2011 06:59 Choboo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2011 06:57 pPingu wrote:
On December 09 2011 06:55 Choboo wrote:
On December 09 2011 06:48 StarcraftNerd1547 wrote:
Well... this was unexpected, i guess after reading NaNiWa:s ststement he wanted friends which were easier to communicate with. I still wonder though why NaNiWa transfered to CoL in the firstplace if that was the case.
Well GL to all the parties involved.
The owner of QxG must have alot of money.

To quote the man himself:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=267130&currentpage=14#264


Breaking a contract and having his contract sold isn't the same...

practically the same


Not anything alike, actually. Not even remotely. Even leaning towards Complexity's side in this, Naniwa having his contract sold is nothing like breaking a contract.
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