EPTAn article on Naniwa from Thisisgame - Page 47
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MasterBlasterCaster
United States568 Posts
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miniwheats
Canada187 Posts
 Also, even if they were already knocked out, wouldn't it be amazing for Naniwa if he wrecked Nestea? Wouldn't he feel great? It could still be a great game with lots of publicity too, maybe not as much as now but it would be positive. Pretty sure an attitude change would be beneficial for HIM. Not saying that's easy. I'm pretty messed up myself. | ||
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GeNeSiDe
United Kingdom354 Posts
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Stress
United States980 Posts
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Ryps
Romania2740 Posts
So Nestea would have played his fullest even if Naniwa would have not. | ||
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Russano
United States434 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:41 Gabriel Verlaine wrote: Reading the interview I cannot see any sign of Naniwa being shocked, he still thinks he did nothing wrong, even if he denied the PAYING STARCRAFT2-FANS a game of NesTea. were you expecting him to answer wtih OMG WHY THE FUCK IS EVERYONE MAD?!?!? Naniwa isn't exactly known for being the most animated of interviwees. | ||
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rd
United States2586 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:47 Gabriel Verlaine wrote: This is the difference between Naniwa an NesTea: NesTea would try to win anyway. Nani is just a child with no fighting spirit. But if Naniwa 4 gated, failed horribly and gg'd immediately then he was fighting with the spirit of a champion and it was worth your money. For all you know Nestea intended to throw it with the intentions of entertainment value. Also, blizzcon. | ||
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Sandster
United States4054 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:40 DarK[A] wrote: Really? How "hard" it is to be a pro gamer? You've got hundreds of thousands of nerds who would give anything to be in your shoes. You're playing a video game for money. Go talk to all of the unemployed recent college graduates about how hard your lives are. Go whine about all of the expectations placed on you by the community to the guy who just lost his office job and doesn't know how he's going to pay the mortgage next month. Honestly, talk about people acting fucking entitled. NOTE: wasn't meant to be completely directed AT YOU, setmeal... just at the general idea. Um what. Doing any fan-based activity for a career is hard as shit because of the nature of competition. SC pros practice 10-14 hours EVERY DAY. And don't pretend appearances don't matter. The world is full of norms (many of which upon further inspection are stupid). You don't show up to work unkempt and unshowered. You don't go to an office job in t-shirt and sneakers, even if you're not seeing clients. You don't chew with your mouth open in America, but you can in China. You're expected to give up your seat for an old lady. You can be the best in the world but if you alienate everyone around you, you're going to catch flak for it. It's especially bad in sports/entertainment because these people represent a team/company and their services are enjoyed by fans. I mean, Kanye was just speaking his mind when he interrupted Taylor Swift on stage; he technically didn't do anything wrong either. Not understanding social norms is a big no-no. | ||
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howLiN
Portugal1676 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:41 Gabriel Verlaine wrote: Reading the interview I cannot see any sign of Naniwa being shocked, he still thinks he did nothing wrong, even if he denied the PAYING STARCRAFT2-FANS a game of NesTea. You think someone who's gonna play against Nestea is thinking about giving good games for the paying Nestea fans? No, they're thinking about winning the game regardless of how they do it. Naniwa, being the guy obsessed with winning that we all know, didn't care about a match that wouldn't decide anything, and acted accordingly. Blizzard Cup isn't a set of showmatches, they're not playing for your entertainment. They're playing to win. Money. A lot of it. | ||
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SafeAsCheese
United States4924 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:49 Ryps wrote: People keep saying no one cared for the game because they were eliminated dont understand that Nestea practiced even on his birthday late at night specifically for the Naniwa game; MVP said so on his twitter So Nestea would have played his fullest even if Naniwa would have not. I think you need to watch mvp vs nestea at blizzcon Hint : NesTea wasn't trying. | ||
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Sneakyz
Sweden2361 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:41 Gabriel Verlaine wrote: Reading the interview I cannot see any sign of Naniwa being shocked, he still thinks he did nothing wrong, even if he denied the PAYING STARCRAFT2-FANS a game of NesTea. So if Naniwa decided that a 2gate proxy would give him a high change to win, there would be nothing wrong? | ||
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ffadicted
United States3545 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:49 Ryps wrote: People keep saying no one cared for the game because they were eliminated dont understand that Nestea practiced even on his birthday late at night specifically for the Naniwa game; MVP said so on his twitter So Nestea would have played his fullest even if Naniwa would have not. lol you act as if naniwa didn't practice and planned to 7 probe rush from the day before. Nestea practiced because he thought the games would mean something, so did Naniwa. | ||
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Keone
United States812 Posts
On December 13 2011 23:02 Lobo2me wrote: Different game, in the world cup they have to be there for 90 minutes, they can't end it after 2 minutes. Wow, you've completely missed the point. | ||
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OneOddOrange
Canada215 Posts
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mordk
Chile8385 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:50 Tyrant0 wrote: But if Naniwa 4 gated, failed horribly and gg'd immediately then he was fighting with the spirit of a champion and it was worth your money. For all you know Nestea intended to throw it with the intentions of entertainment value. Also, blizzcon. Blizzcon is just pure baseless speculation. That match-fixing thing is ridiculous hahahah, I just laugh at it. NesTea just Zergbonged that game, just like he zergbonged his games agains Huk in the GSL. | ||
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tlin
25 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:47 Gabriel Verlaine wrote: This is the difference between Naniwa an NesTea: NesTea would try to win anyway. Nani is just a child with no fighting spirit. "I wanted to show an entertaining match but HuK took it serious so I was caught off guard" - NesTea That's how much he would "try to win" in showmatches. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:40 DarK[A] wrote: Really? How "hard" it is to be a pro gamer? You've got hundreds of thousands of nerds who would give anything to be in your shoes. You're playing a video game for money. Go talk to all of the unemployed recent college graduates about how hard your lives are. Go whine about all of the expectations placed on you by the community to the guy who just lost his office job and doesn't know how he's going to pay the mortgage next month. Honestly, talk about people acting fucking entitled. NOTE: wasn't meant to be completely directed AT YOU, setmeal... just at the general idea. Even if I was good enough be in the Blizzard Cup/GSL, I would have a hard time accepting. I have a life and a girlfriend here are home. A brother who is buying a house and need my help with the closing and a sister who is starting a buisness. How am I going to help and support them in Korea. I couldn't move 16 hours away, across several time zones, with no one to talk to. People act like moving to Korea to play SC 2 would be the dream life. I have lived with 10 people in a reasonable sized apartment and it is far from ideal. The pros have to really care about what they are doing and be invested. Being that invested in one thing means that when you fail, you are crushed. All the things you missed, all time you put in, now seem meaningless. And now you are expected to be friendly with fans and play in a meaningless match on camera. But all you really want to do is hide and deal with losing on your terms. And if you mess up at all or lash out at some dumb fan who comes up to you right after a loss, there is a 62 page thread on what a jerk you are. So yeah, being a pro-gamer sounds a bit rough. | ||
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whatwhatanut
United States195 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:47 Gabriel Verlaine wrote: This is the difference between Naniwa an NesTea: NesTea would try to win anyway. Nani is just a child with no fighting spirit. Yes the fighting spirit is the issue..... Guys come on can we stop now? | ||
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Caspas
Germany157 Posts
On December 14 2011 04:50 GrungyMunchy wrote: You think someone who's gonna play against Nestea is thinking about giving good games for the paying Nestea fans? No, they're thinking about winning the game regardless of how they do it. Naniwa, being the guy obsessed with winning that we all know, didn't care about a match that wouldn't decide anything, and acted accordingly. Blizzard Cup isn't a set of showmatches, they're not playing for your entertainment. They're playing to win. Money. A lot of it. It's not about NesTea Fans, read more careful! | ||
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Switchy
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