• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 20:45
CET 02:45
KST 10:45
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT25Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book16Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289HomeStory Cup 28 - Info & Preview13Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info8
Community News
Weekly Cups (Feb 9-15): herO doubles up2ACS replaced by "ASL Season Open" - Starts 21/0241LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals (Feb 10-16)46Weekly Cups (Feb 2-8): Classic, Solar, MaxPax win2Nexon's StarCraft game could be FPS, led by UMS maker16
StarCraft 2
General
ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT Liquipedia WCS Portal Launched Kaelaris on the futue of SC2 and much more... How do you think the 5.0.15 balance patch (Oct 2025) for StarCraft II has affected the game? Nexon's StarCraft game could be FPS, led by UMS maker
Tourneys
PIG STY FESTIVAL 7.0! (19 Feb - 1 Mar) StarCraft Evolution League (SC Evo Biweekly) How do the "codes" work in GSL? Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals (Feb 10-16)
Strategy
Custom Maps
Map Editor closed ? [A] Starcraft Sound Mod
External Content
Mutation # 513 Attrition Warfare The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 512 Overclocked Mutation # 511 Temple of Rebirth
Brood War
General
Recent recommended BW games BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion Do you consider PvZ imbalanced? CasterMuse Youtube
Tourneys
Escore Tournament StarCraft Season 1 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Small VOD Thread 2.0 KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Zealot bombing is no longer popular? Fighting Spirit mining rates Current Meta
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread ZeroSpace Megathread Diablo 2 thread Path of Exile Battle Aces/David Kim RTS Megathread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread Ask and answer stupid questions here! Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books [Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TL MMA Pick'em Pool 2013
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Inside the Communication of …
TrAiDoS
My 2025 Magic: The Gathering…
DARKING
Life Update and thoughts.
FuDDx
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 2405 users

Quantic / NaNiwa Apologize to GOMTV / SC2Community - Page 15

Forum Index > SC2 General
969 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 13 14 15 16 17 49 Next All
Gesh
Profile Joined November 2010
Bulgaria69 Posts
December 14 2011 21:41 GMT
#281
Nice statement. Revoking his Code S seed was too much, in my opinion.
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10852 Posts
December 14 2011 21:41 GMT
#282
On December 15 2011 06:39 niteReloaded wrote:
Naniwa certainly didn't write that, but I hope he at least agrees with the core message.


Judging by Naniwas past.. he doesn't.
nokz88
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil1253 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 21:43:04
December 14 2011 21:41 GMT
#283
On December 15 2011 06:24 Ashenshugar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 06:19 Roggay wrote:
On December 15 2011 06:18 Ashenshugar wrote:
On December 15 2011 06:08 LiamTheZerg wrote:
I respect the team, but have lost any respect to Naniwa or his cut & paste apology. Being an adult and a professional means being able to control yourself, which is something he has failed to show he is capable of time and time again. Also, i dislike the asking to reconsider for a second chance. He openly disrespected GOM during a tournament that was meant to celebrate a great year of StarCraft. It's only a month, he can and should wait. I don't understand where everyone gets this sense of entitlement from. You mess up, you accept your punishment, and you learn from it for next time.


Gom didn't man up & take the blame & you're not criticizing that.. They didn't even apologize to the fans for the horrible tournament format that allowed this to happen - Naniwa did man up & apologize. If you read his statement you can see he's genuinely confused about this situation.

Silly bias is silly..

You sir are as biased as him...


How?

Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 06:19 JoeSchmoe wrote:
On December 15 2011 06:18 Ashenshugar wrote:
On December 15 2011 06:08 LiamTheZerg wrote:
I respect the team, but have lost any respect to Naniwa or his cut & paste apology. Being an adult and a professional means being able to control yourself, which is something he has failed to show he is capable of time and time again. Also, i dislike the asking to reconsider for a second chance. He openly disrespected GOM during a tournament that was meant to celebrate a great year of StarCraft. It's only a month, he can and should wait. I don't understand where everyone gets this sense of entitlement from. You mess up, you accept your punishment, and you learn from it for next time.


Gom didn't man up & take the blame & you're not criticizing that.. They didn't even apologize to the fans for the horrible tournament format that allowed this to happen - Naniwa did man up & apologize. If you read his statement you can see he's genuinely confused about this situation.

Silly bias is silly..


because GOM didn't do anything wrong and have nothing to apologize for? don't like the format? don't accept the invitation and play in their tournament.


Naniwa had no obligation to do no more than a probe rush.. He did what he was there to do no more & no less. Naniwa technically did nothing wrong - anyone uncapable of seeing this need to watch SOTG & see liquid tyler spitting truth..
The summery of it being he didn't do what was right for anyone but he did fulfill his obligation to the tournament. And if Gom wants more than that they need to make rules to support that.

...and we've got one of those Tyler's minions over here, great. I love how he makes a looong point about the supposedly broken format, and says nothing about Naniwa's behavior. I guess he approves it, and that tells me a lot about his pro mentality.

1. Naniwa's behavior
2. Blizzard cup's supposedly flawed format

Which is the more deserving of frowning and reprehension? 1 or 2? I would like to hear your answer.

If your answer is 2, the format is to blame more than Naniwa, then this discussion is pointless, because clearly we've got insurmontable differences.

btw, if Naniwa truly means this apology, then I feel better. Let's see if he really does.
in a state of trance
JoeAWESOME
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden1080 Posts
December 14 2011 21:41 GMT
#284
Awesome. Hopefully this doesent affect naniwa too much in the future!

Simply Awesome! - Liquid'Ret - NSHoSeo_Seal - coLMVP_DRG - EG_Idra - Fnatic.NightEnd
epb1982
Profile Joined August 2011
29 Posts
December 14 2011 21:41 GMT
#285
If Gom doesnt get relaxed and get their stick out of their asses after this, then it is the beginning of the end for foreign players to decide to spent their career in Korean....

WTF GOM, if oGsMC pulled this at NASL, they would laugh at it... drop the ''this is a great pro-attitude'' and let player behave unprofessional, let the community decide what is BM and what not... GOM DROPS NANI, I DROP GOM
grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
December 14 2011 21:41 GMT
#286
Sooo many 1 post throwaway accounts crawling out of the woodwork to hate on him even after they issued an apology.
We make signature, then defense it.
Ollie
Profile Joined October 2011
United States144 Posts
December 14 2011 21:42 GMT
#287
Great apology. Can we all just get over this and forgive the poor guy now? He received a huge amount of backlash from a lot of people involved with SC2. On top of that, he lost his Code S spot, which he rightly deserved, and now people are still on his back.

I agree with what GomTV did, but I feel really bad for Naniwa.
Oz | HerO | Creator | Stork | DRG | Soulkey | Jaedong | Sniper | Byun | TaeJa | Fantasy
Actuarial
Profile Joined February 2011
United States18 Posts
December 14 2011 21:42 GMT
#288
Excellent statement. I hope it is sincere. He is a superb player and I would like to see more of him in GSL.
sopas
Profile Joined July 2011
509 Posts
December 14 2011 21:42 GMT
#289
On December 15 2011 06:39 niteReloaded wrote:
Naniwa certainly didn't write that, but I hope he at least agrees with the core message.

it's not hard to write something you don't believe in urself. not saying he doesn't i mean he's trying to be a pro gamer and all. so he kind of has to do what the ppl want
ES.Genie
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany1370 Posts
December 14 2011 21:42 GMT
#290

Naniwa didn't cheese, he did something that he knew had a 0% of winning. When people cheese, they do it because they have a chance to win. Nani admitted he didn't try. If you don't like the punishment, fine, but don't pretend like what Nani did was a legitimate try. Just look at the VOD.

I never said that it was a legitiamate try and it really doesnt matter if he had a chance of winning. He played the game, he lost. Nothing special about it. People workerrushed before and they will do it in the future and no one will give a fck. All this drama is just because its Nani who did it.
No Mvp, no care. ~ the King will be back | Shawn Ray, Kevin Levrone, Phil Heath |
pookadin
Profile Joined June 2011
Australia422 Posts
December 14 2011 21:42 GMT
#291
http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom?topicid=212470&cid=0&kind=8

GOMTV have released a statement on the Incident. Posted earlier but buried under the comments -_-
*JYP* #1 fan! ♥♥ twitter~ @Pookadin
zezamer
Profile Joined March 2011
Finland5701 Posts
December 14 2011 21:42 GMT
#292
QxG has really good publicist.
Codre
Profile Joined August 2011
Romania3 Posts
December 14 2011 21:43 GMT
#293
what did he do ?
Bulkers
Profile Joined September 2010
Poland509 Posts
December 14 2011 21:43 GMT
#294
Public relation tricks Anyways nothing is changed Naniwa is having reputation and will not change anytime soon, he got punished and its probably not the last time...
pigscanfly
Profile Joined April 2010
Singapore147 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-14 21:44:48
December 14 2011 21:43 GMT
#295
On December 15 2011 06:42 pookadin wrote:
http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom?topicid=212470&cid=0&kind=8


needs to be stickied.
iloveav
Profile Joined November 2008
Poland1481 Posts
December 14 2011 21:44 GMT
#296
On December 15 2011 06:30 chadissilent wrote:
That apology wasn't written by NaNiwa, Quantic PR wrote it up for him.


Probably :D.

I dont care much in fact, Naniwa will have now his own shitstorm to walk in from quantic, but he earned it in a way. Im quite sure that Quantic contract has some sort of a statement saying "When you play for us you represent the team and have to behave accordingly".

aka LRM)Cats_Paw.
itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9169 Posts
December 14 2011 21:44 GMT
#297
On December 15 2011 06:42 pookadin wrote:
http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom?topicid=212470&cid=0&kind=8

GOMTV have released a statement on the Incident. Posted earlier but buried under the comments -_-


I don't see a reciprocal apology, or even an acknowledgement of their flawed format, in that statement. If anything that GOM statement sounds even more like a canned answer than Quantic's repsonse.
Photographer"nosotros estamos backamos" - setsuko
jhk0219
Profile Joined March 2011
United States189 Posts
December 14 2011 21:44 GMT
#298
On December 15 2011 06:22 Liquid`Tyler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 15 2011 06:19 twndomn wrote:
It's really a cultural gap. Not even IdrA would dare to do what Naniwa has done, while IN Korea. IdrA spent years in Korea to understand Korean culture (perhaps respect, status quo... etc) and then to get some respects from the Koreans. Naniwa has yet to do that.

I think it's a cultural gap both ways. I think if Sundance was in Mr. Chae's position, you'd see the league taking responsibility for the format and not punishing the player this harshly. Both parties have been disrespectful and acted inappropriately. One has apologized and taken responsibility and now the other ought to.


I don't think cultural gap should ever be used as an excuse for disrespectful behavior. There really is nothing disrespectful about GOM's decision on this matter. There are terms and conditions in a contract that's expected of every player participating in the tournament, and Naniwa violated it. It has every right to revoke the player of his opportunity to participate.

You yourself are a professional gamer, and you know how many hours you have to put into practicing in order to be prepared for a tournament. I understand if a player is shaken after a loss, or a series of losses, because it's something they really want to achieve. This still doesn't excuse Naniwa from discrediting Nestea's efforts by simply tossing the next game. If you've worked really hard for something in your life, you want the competition and you want to prove to yourself that you can best it. There's nothing more discouraging than an opponent who doesn't care. If the professional members of the e-sports community are playing only for the money, how can we ever expect e-sports to gain the same recognition as other sports?
Corsica
Profile Joined February 2011
Ukraine1854 Posts
December 14 2011 21:44 GMT
#299
On December 15 2011 06:35 KalWarkov wrote:
Naniwa just co-casts with khaldor, he doesnt seem to be too mad

€: great statements, seems to be alright now. What bothers me more is that idra and sen get free code S spot for technically nothing (i dont say they are bad or they had bad results at all, especially sen deserves it. but what qualifies idra over stephano for expample?). It feels like a christmas present :/


Stephano doesnt want to partcipate in gsl. I would like to see him myself.
GodZo
Profile Joined November 2011
Italy224 Posts
December 14 2011 21:44 GMT
#300
Too bad decision by GOM TV.

Good Luck Naniwa for next tournaments.
프로토스, Yellow, GdZ
Prev 1 13 14 15 16 17 49 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
00:00
HomeStory Cup 28 - Playoffs
CranKy Ducklings117
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RuFF_SC2 219
SteadfastSC 153
Nathanias 77
StarCraft: Brood War
Sea 1558
ggaemo 157
-ZergGirl 43
NaDa 15
Dota 2
monkeys_forever385
LuMiX2
League of Legends
JimRising 599
Reynor99
Counter-Strike
fl0m2120
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor226
Other Games
summit1g11739
C9.Mang0288
Trikslyr82
Mew2King63
ViBE36
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1237
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 16 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH161
• Hupsaiya 67
• davetesta19
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV384
League of Legends
• Doublelift4810
• Scarra640
Upcoming Events
PiG Sty Festival
7h 15m
Serral vs YoungYakov
ByuN vs ShoWTimE
Sparkling Tuna Cup
8h 15m
Replay Cast
22h 15m
Replay Cast
1d 7h
Wardi Open
1d 10h
Monday Night Weeklies
1d 15h
Replay Cast
1d 22h
WardiTV Winter Champion…
2 days
Replay Cast
3 days
WardiTV Winter Champion…
3 days
[ Show More ]
The PondCast
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Korean StarCraft League
6 days
CranKy Ducklings
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

[S:21] ASL SEASON OPEN 1st Round
LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
WardiTV Winter 2026
PiG Sty Festival 7.0
Nations Cup 2026
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual
eXTREMESLAND 2025
SL Budapest Major 2025

Upcoming

Acropolis #4 - TS5
Jeongseon Sooper Cup
Spring Cup 2026
[S:21] ASL SEASON OPEN 2nd Round
[S:21] ASL SEASON OPEN 2nd Round Qualifier
Acropolis #4 - TS6
Acropolis #4
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
RSL Revival: Season 4
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
FISSURE Playground #3
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League Season 23
ESL Pro League Season 23
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.