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Swedish esports site fragbite.se held a Q&A with Naniwa where the community could as him various questions, I decided to do a translation of it. I was really tired when I translated it so there might be lots of typos and grammatical errors etc.
-Mod-: How has your life outside of the game changed since you started playing on a high level? How was your circle of friends and relationships been affected?
When I put down more time on the game I had to focus less on friends. Although I’ve always had my closest friends left, but it’s hard to be close with new friends when you don’t have that much time left ^^. The relationship part has been so so, it’s extremely hard to have a girlfriends when you’re so emotionally involved in Starcraft.
Izen: Are you the king of the North?
When I’ll play ThorZaIN we will see.
Harzke: What’s your opinion on the removal of the mothership? Do you have any thoughts on how to deal with broodlords in lategame?
Hmm now Zerg have figured out how to deal with mothership, so I don’t really think it will change a lot. It’s quite sad though, I felt it really found its place in the game since people figured out how to use it.
Nygards: Why did you choose protoss? Did you try out the other raced before deciding? If you would be able to switch race which one would you pick? Which is the most annoying unit in sc2?
When I was 10 I used to play starcraft vanilla with my dad, I played zerg and he played protoss. Because of that I was really interested in trying out protoss, even before sc2 was released I was watching VODs of Bisu, Stork and Jangbi and I thought psi-storms were really cool haha. This was the real reason for choosing protoss, unfortunately it’s not as cool in Starcraft 2. If I would switch race if would be Terran since I think that race is very forgiving when you make mistakes so you can always have comebacks. The most annoying unit is without doubt ghost.
Prozack: How many time have you watched “hajime no ippo” (T/N: This is a Manga/Anime, the english translation is Fighting Spirit) and who’s your favourite in it?
My name comes from “Sendo” so he’s my favourite ^_^, he and Brian Hawk. I’ve probably seen it 5 times haha.
Carlton Banks: Which progamer is nicest IRL?
The nicest one who always tries to help you is probably Sheth, even if has to sacrifice things for himself he always helps others. Elsewise it’s White-Ra.
Padam: How much korean have you learnt?
I’ve leart the standard pickup-lines hahaha aswell as thank you, goodbye etc. Nothing more :D
KimoTo: What do you think is missing in esports/sc2 in Sweden?
The things I think is missing are good coverage and referees at Dreamhack for example. The people who work for Aftonblandet (T/N: Swedens biggest newspaper) don’t have any idea what they’re talking about. The Dreamhack staff doesn’t have any idea of what maps are up-to-date in other tournaments, they don’t co-operate with the pros to create better circumstances regarding these problems. This is a big issue for me everytime I attend a Swedish tournament, I personally become very sad when I see a thing that could’ve been so much better ending up being mediocre.
m101: Is it hard being Swedish big esports hope? Does the fans expectation about you having to perform better than other foreigners become tiresome? Does it feel hard to live up to these expectations or are rather motivated by them?
It’s both hard and motivating, It’s a lot of pressure and expectations but I’ve lived with the pressure for such a long time, right now I’m the only one who’s putting extreme demands for myself, but I hope to live up to them in the future. I haven’t been that satisfied with my performance lately, but I take a lot of pride in being Swedens esport hope, as most most of my motivation in sc2 comes from winning tournaments not winning prize money.
Composureyao: What other games have you played besides sc2? What are you planning to do after your sc2 career?
I played Warcraft 3 during the time when I was in school, it was what motivated me to try out sc2 ^^. The plan right now is to start studying again, but I don’t know how it will go, won’t really remember that much from my past studies when I’m done with starcraft haha.
metspletsLOL: Any plans to start streaming?
If I have a long break then I’ll stream. But when I have tournaments coming up, which I have all the time right now, I prefer to not stream because streaming decreases my chances of winning.
53an^: Why do you think Sase hasn’t really been able to go as far as you have, but has gotten stuck a bit below, even though he practices a lot?
Personally I don’t think Sase is as hungry as I am, but also there is a lot of mental things, our views on the game and everything around it. Although I don’t think he has had his breaktrough yet, but I do know he has what it takes to become a very good player.
Ninjahoe: What happened with you and HuK? When you were in Korea it seemed for a while that you were really good friends, then suddenly it felt like the opposite. Did something special happen?
I’m personally not sure on what happened, but I rather keep details to myself. It begun with HuK not thinking I deserved the Code S seed, therefore he got mad that I got the spot which he thought that he deserved. We both have really big egos so it’s very easy to disagree about stuff like that.
EN HEZT: How often do you practice in Korea? And which players do you practice with and who do you live with?
The ones who live in the house right now are all Startale members except Parting. When I have a game against a terran in GSL I grind out games with Hack, Sound and Bomber all day long. Against zerg it’s Curious and Kingkong, and against protoss it’s Tiger and Squirtle. Squirtle and I have discussed a lot about the game recently.
I usually practice 6-8 hours every day but I don’t have a fixed training schedule. I just practice when I’m in the mood for it, and when I have tournaments upcoming it easily becomes 12+ hours. During the day I feel that I can play as much as I possibly can.
Cwk!: Are you and I the only played who are lefties or do you know of more? In that case who? Do you agree that it’s harder to use control groups as a leftist for example 6-7-8 who are too far away?
I personally use “7 6 5 4 3 2 1”, but nothing that’s further away. I don’t think it’s that bad for us (lefties). Nazgul is a lefty as well, I don’t know anyone else than him and me though.
Holmes: Which Zerg-unit would be best with Felix ketchup? (T/N: Swedish Ketchup producer, like Heinz Ketchup), name a specific one not all of them.
I guess that I would’ve preferred to grill a zergling or maybe eaten a overlord, they seem to be really meaty.
Jsxp: Terran still imba?
Only ghosts and mules!
Source:http://www.fragbite.se/?newsID=19804
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On May 15 2012 06:00 Katix wrote:
Autism
Ignorant...
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NANIWA I WANT YOUR BABIES
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Does he really think that terran and ghosts are that forgiving giventhe current metagame? Hmmmm
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I don't know how he still thinks ghosts are imba, they were nerfed into the ground
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Nice interview hope to see naniwa in code S next season
oh! naniwa he did code s ro8 and said that mules and ghost are imba, this is the definitely true no? flash is worst than naniwa and all ppl is asslicking him
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I'm not a huge Naniwa fan (though I do love him as Thorzain's rival), but this was a really good interview.
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On May 15 2012 06:00 Katix wrote:
Autism
What?
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Thanks for the translations
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Naniwa hit the nail on the head of why terran is so dominant, if you make a single big mistake with P or Z you just lose the game, you can make so many mistakes as terran and still win.
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Nice answers, some cool questions too. Thanks for translating ^^
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On May 15 2012 06:13 ComusLoM wrote:
Naniwa hit the nail on the head of why terran is so dominant, if you make a single big mistake with P or Z you just lose the game, you can make so many mistakes as terran and still win.
This was true maybe a year ago when people didnt understand the game as well
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Thats for the translations
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Really awesome. Cheers Nani. Always fair, honest and no bullshit 
Keep on fighting hard!
Naniwa is a man of honour if anyone is!
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On May 15 2012 06:17 GreyKnight wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 06:13 ComusLoM wrote:
Naniwa hit the nail on the head of why terran is so dominant, if you make a single big mistake with P or Z you just lose the game, you can make so many mistakes as terran and still win. This was true maybe a year ago when people didnt understand the game as well
I'd say it's still very true, If a Protoss players misses his forcefields he's screwd or if a Zerg fucks his scouting up it can be very crucial for him. Even though this applys for Terran in certain ways as well, they don't really get punished for it as hard as Zerg/Protoss. But still that's just my take on it.
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Lefty (lefties) = someone who is left-handed
Leftist = someone whose political beliefs are on the far left
Good interview. Kind of curious why Huk would think naniwa doesn't deserve the Code S spot, considering he earned it through the exchange program, and Huk's seeds have been awarded based on judgment calls.
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He is fighting for tournament wins, not prize money? Wow, talk about a change of heart...
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On May 15 2012 06:17 GreyKnight wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 06:13 ComusLoM wrote:
Naniwa hit the nail on the head of why terran is so dominant, if you make a single big mistake with P or Z you just lose the game, you can make so many mistakes as terran and still win. This was true maybe a year ago when people didnt understand the game as well
I think it would still be the case now, but to a far lesser degree. Terran has the tools to comeback from almost anything provided you have the skill and your opponent makes a mistake or two.
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On May 15 2012 06:20 Blennd wrote:
Lefty (lefties) = someone who is left-handed
Leftist = someone whose political beliefs are on the far left
Good interview. Kind of curious why Huk would think naniwa doesn't deserve the Code S spot, considering he earned it through the exchange program, and Huk's seeds have been awarded based on judgment calls.
Thank you, fixed it now.
I think HuK just think his achievments in 2012 were a lot better than Naniwas, kind of makes me think anout when he was criticizing the TL powerranking for MLG because there were people he beat at a previous MLG ahead of him in the ranking.
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On May 15 2012 06:23 ravemir wrote:
He is fighting for tournament wins, not prize money? Wow, talk about a change of heart...
He was different at one point? He always came off as the type of guy who wanted to win more than anything else, at least to me.
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On May 15 2012 06:23 ravemir wrote:
He is fighting for tournament wins, not prize money? Wow, talk about a change of heart...
hasn't he always stated that he just wants to win? nani seems pretty singleminded about just beating people and taking championships o:
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On May 15 2012 06:23 ravemir wrote:
He is fighting for tournament wins, not prize money? Wow, talk about a change of heart...
When did he say he was fighting for prize money?
As far as I remember, that's what some other people said about him / how they interpreted the NesTea incident.
If he was really after money, there are many easier ways to get it than focusing almost exclusively on GSL.
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This is why Naniwa is my favorite foreign player aside from IdrA and Major.
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On May 15 2012 06:23 ravemir wrote:
He is fighting for tournament wins, not prize money? Wow, talk about a change of heart...
I'm quite sure he've said that always, otherways he wouldn't be going for the GSL but EU/NA tournies. Stephano is the guy that goes for money first.
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On May 15 2012 06:25 Eee wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 06:20 Blennd wrote:
Lefty (lefties) = someone who is left-handed
Leftist = someone whose political beliefs are on the far left
Good interview. Kind of curious why Huk would think naniwa doesn't deserve the Code S spot, considering he earned it through the exchange program, and Huk's seeds have been awarded based on judgment calls. Thank you, fixed it now. I think HuK just think his achievments in 2012 were a lot better than Naniwas, kind of makes me think anout when he was criticizing the TL powerranking for MLG because there were people he beat at a previous MLG ahead of him in the ranking.
Which makes no sense at all as Huk himself said that he didn't "earn" his up and down seat.
It's probably something else
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On May 15 2012 06:25 Eee wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 06:20 Blennd wrote:
Lefty (lefties) = someone who is left-handed
Leftist = someone whose political beliefs are on the far left
Good interview. Kind of curious why Huk would think naniwa doesn't deserve the Code S spot, considering he earned it through the exchange program, and Huk's seeds have been awarded based on judgment calls. Thank you, fixed it now. I think HuK just think his achievments in 2012 were a lot better than Naniwas, kind of makes me think anout when he was criticizing the TL powerranking for MLG because there were people he beat at a previous MLG ahead of him in the ranking.
This, Naniwa didn't get his from the exhange program, it was based on judgment calls aswell. Huk got farther in MLG winter arena (which if I'm not wrong was the biggest tournament close to them giving out the seeds). Though both of them only lost to MKP and DRG in the arena, and Naniwa had a more impressive list of who he beat. So in my opinion Naniwa's run was more impressive than Huk's, but Huk didn't really have a chance to show an impressive run as he didn't play anyone super impressive except MKP and DRG who where totally dominating everyone else.
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On May 15 2012 06:34 Hardigan wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 06:25 Eee wrote:On May 15 2012 06:20 Blennd wrote:
Lefty (lefties) = someone who is left-handed
Leftist = someone whose political beliefs are on the far left
Good interview. Kind of curious why Huk would think naniwa doesn't deserve the Code S spot, considering he earned it through the exchange program, and Huk's seeds have been awarded based on judgment calls. Thank you, fixed it now. I think HuK just think his achievments in 2012 were a lot better than Naniwas, kind of makes me think anout when he was criticizing the TL powerranking for MLG because there were people he beat at a previous MLG ahead of him in the ranking. Which makes no sense at all as Huk himself said that he didn't "earn" his up and down seat. It's probably something else
All players say they don't earn their seeds, still they can think that if seeds are given out they are more or less deserving of them (even if none, according to the players, idealistically should have seeds).
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great interview. I LOVE his motivation and dedication, it's so refreshing to have someone who says: I'm not in for the price money but for the competition. Probably there are others who think similarly but with Naniwa you just feel his passion and drive. Thanks for being the great progamer that you are, and good luck in winning the GSL!
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"The ones who live in the house right now are all Startale members except Parting."
am I reading this right?
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On May 15 2012 07:00 StriderDoom wrote:
"The ones who live in the house right now are all Startale members except Parting."
am I reading this right?
Yes. What's up?
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On May 15 2012 07:02 arQ wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 07:00 StriderDoom wrote:
"The ones who live in the house right now are all Startale members except Parting."
am I reading this right? Yes. What's up?
Wait. PartinG left?
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On May 15 2012 06:00 Katix wrote:
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2 days for this?
I got permed for quoting a meme...
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Good interview, seems alot more personal when you read it in swedish though.
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On May 15 2012 07:04 S_SienZ wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 07:02 arQ wrote:On May 15 2012 07:00 StriderDoom wrote:
"The ones who live in the house right now are all Startale members except Parting."
am I reading this right? Yes. What's up? Wait. PartinG left?
No. It's bad Swedish-English translation or just bad grammar. He is saying that everyone in Startale but Parting lives in the house.
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On May 15 2012 06:13 ComusLoM wrote:
Naniwa hit the nail on the head of why terran is so dominant, if you make a single big mistake with P or Z you just lose the game, you can make so many mistakes as terran and still win.
lol how are these lines of thinking still common?
Cool interview, always nice to learn a little more about popular players, especially someone who has been doing as well as Naniwa.
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On May 15 2012 07:04 polyphonyEX wrote:2 days for this? I got permed for quoting a meme...
The fact that he only has 4 posts as well with a temp just blew me away x.x.
Awesome interview, naniwa fighting!
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On May 15 2012 06:31 theforsakenbro wrote:
This is why Naniwa is my favorite foreign player aside from IdrA and Major.
I doubt Naniwa is happy to be part of that lineup.
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On May 15 2012 07:04 polyphonyEX wrote:2 days for this? I got permed for quoting a meme...
don't go looking for logic in these bans and warnings
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On May 15 2012 06:19 Eee wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 06:17 GreyKnight wrote:On May 15 2012 06:13 ComusLoM wrote:
Naniwa hit the nail on the head of why terran is so dominant, if you make a single big mistake with P or Z you just lose the game, you can make so many mistakes as terran and still win. This was true maybe a year ago when people didnt understand the game as well I'd say it's still very true, If a Protoss players misses his forcefields he's screwd or if a Zerg fucks his scouting up it can be very crucial for him. Even though this applys for Terran in certain ways as well, they don't really get punished for it as hard as Zerg/Protoss. But still that's just my take on it.
?? What are you talking about. If a terran doesn't look at his army for one second he gets everything FF'd off or chain-fungaled/baneling'd to death which results in an instant game loss.
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Finally a good interview with the foreign protoss hope!
Glad to see Naniwa seems to be taking it easy and it enjoying Starcraft. Gogo protoss!
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Härligt! Should have asked him if he's planning on playing Diablo 3 for a little while, it got released 20 minutes ago. :D
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Great interview! Not sure about the terran balance comments though :S
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On May 15 2012 05:56 Eee wrote:
Prozack: How many time have you watched “hajime no ippo” (T/N: This is a Manga/Anime, the english translation is Fighting Spirit) and who’s your favourite in it?
My name comes from “Sendo” so he’s my favourite ^_^, he and Brian Hawk. I’ve probably seen it 5 times haha.
The Rocky Of Naniwa Bay? It all comes together, here was me thinking he was just a massive diehard karuta fan
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Sheth gets most manner award once again ^_^
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Good to see update from him from time to time, I hope maybe in Summer before or after DH:S we can see him stream a bit if he's taking a break, was a while ago.
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On May 15 2012 07:04 polyphonyEX wrote:2 days for this? I got permed for quoting a meme...
If you have an issue with moderation, take it to website feedback.
As it is you certainly did not get banned for quoting a meme you got permd for having a very terrible posting history with no sign of changing. But the fact that you're allowed back in, I wouldn't complain too much.
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I wish NaNiwa cared about his non-Swedish fans more. I mean I can understand the love for one's country but sometimes it feels like he alienates any other fans.
Not talking about this interview specifically, more about his tweets and things he's said.
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On May 15 2012 07:56 ptrpb wrote:
I wish NaNiwa cared about his non-Swedish fans more. I mean I can understand the love for one's country but sometimes it feels like he alienates any other fans.
Not talking about this interview specifically, more about his tweets and things he's said.
I'm certain he cares for all fans of him just as much, not caring one bit where youre from etc... but yeah he lets just say that he feels very safe with his "swedish fans" I guess
On another note.. Hajime no ippo is my favorite anime. When I saw those episodes it just made me go out and run all the time ^^ (exercising/karate)
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lol @ the names of the interview question submitters but good interview overall!
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cool interview.
Please don't turn this into 50 pages of butt pained, gold-level balance whining.
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so huk really got mad for real then about naniwa getting code S seed, weird beacuse huk was in up and downs during this time so it would be pretty nonsensical for gom to advance him for free to code S. Naniwa definently deserved it as we have seen by how it went so huk should be mad no more.
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On May 15 2012 06:00 Katix wrote:
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i dont get this but im not really into the scene anymore
could anybody explain please?
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Only Ghosts and mules!
lol NaNiwa XD
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On May 15 2012 08:15 imperator-xy wrote:i dont get this but im not really into the scene anymore could anybody explain please?
Most naniwa haters say he has autism because of his very emotionless way to act on big stages.
although most people that are fans of naniwa have seen that he's a really funny guy off stage (for casting with khaldor, interviews with hotbid etc etc.), he's just not the guy who copes well with standing on a big stage.
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Well, Nani seeded himself in Code S for next season, and Huk is going to be in Code B. So I guess that's all you need to know. I also don't recall HuK being so upset when Idra got his undeserved Code S seed last season... Can't imagine why!
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That's what Naniwa said. No reason to believe this actually is the reason.
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On May 15 2012 07:07 arQ wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 07:04 S_SienZ wrote:On May 15 2012 07:02 arQ wrote:On May 15 2012 07:00 StriderDoom wrote:
"The ones who live in the house right now are all Startale members except Parting."
am I reading this right? Yes. What's up? Wait. PartinG left? No. It's bad Swedish-English translation or just bad grammar. He is saying that everyone in Startale but Parting lives in the house.
The English translation has better grammar than the Swedish original, if that's any consolation.
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On May 15 2012 06:34 Hardigan wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 06:25 Eee wrote:On May 15 2012 06:20 Blennd wrote:
Lefty (lefties) = someone who is left-handed
Leftist = someone whose political beliefs are on the far left
Good interview. Kind of curious why Huk would think naniwa doesn't deserve the Code S spot, considering he earned it through the exchange program, and Huk's seeds have been awarded based on judgment calls. Thank you, fixed it now. I think HuK just think his achievments in 2012 were a lot better than Naniwas, kind of makes me think anout when he was criticizing the TL powerranking for MLG because there were people he beat at a previous MLG ahead of him in the ranking. Which makes no sense at all as Huk himself said that he didn't "earn" his up and down seat. It's probably something else
HUK said "it wasn't the seed he wanted". People like you thought he was being humble Jinro style. I always thought he meant he wanted the code S seed.
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On May 15 2012 14:37 narkissos wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2012 06:34 Hardigan wrote:On May 15 2012 06:25 Eee wrote:On May 15 2012 06:20 Blennd wrote:
Lefty (lefties) = someone who is left-handed
Leftist = someone whose political beliefs are on the far left
Good interview. Kind of curious why Huk would think naniwa doesn't deserve the Code S spot, considering he earned it through the exchange program, and Huk's seeds have been awarded based on judgment calls. Thank you, fixed it now. I think HuK just think his achievments in 2012 were a lot better than Naniwas, kind of makes me think anout when he was criticizing the TL powerranking for MLG because there were people he beat at a previous MLG ahead of him in the ranking. Which makes no sense at all as Huk himself said that he didn't "earn" his up and down seat. It's probably something else HUK said "it wasn't the seed he wanted". People like you thought he was being humble Jinro style. I always thought he meant he wanted the code S seed.
Is there a way to find that tweet, because i don't remember him saying that (in that way)
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nvm. nice interview, thanks for the read.
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On May 15 2012 07:04 polyphonyEX wrote:2 days for this? I got permed for quoting a meme...
Weird. You don't look perm banned to me.
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What really happened between Naniwa and HuK:
Day9 was doing a daily a while ago about HuK's PvP, Day9 tweeted something about HuK's PvP being really solid, Naniwa literally replied with the builds he regularly does (such as 2gate proxy, dt rush etc.), implying that HuK's PvP isn't solid. And seeing as he's beating players like Oz while losing over and over to players like Hasuobs, mid GM player Seiplo etc, I think it was a pretty fair tweet. HuK does take a tonnn of risks, especially in PvP.
HuK's response to this was something like "Naniwa, you shouldn't talk shit about my play when you go emo every time I call your code S spot unworthy"- then HuK blocks Naniwa's twitter immediatly. Naniwa never bothered to reply anything but "" to this tweet.
If you look back thru their twitter history you can find the exact tweets, I can't be bothered searching them up right now.
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On May 15 2012 17:20 ErAsc2 wrote:What really happened between Naniwa and HuK: Day9 was doing a daily a while ago about HuK's PvP, Day9 tweeted something about HuK's PvP being really solid, Naniwa literally replied with the builds he regularly does (such as 2gate proxy, dt rush etc.), implying that HuK's PvP isn't solid. And seeing as he's beating players like Oz while losing over and over to players like Hasuobs, mid GM player Seiplo etc, I think it was a pretty fair tweet. HuK does take a tonnn of risks, especially in PvP. HuK's response to this was something like "Naniwa, you shouldn't talk shit about my play when you go emo every time I call your code S spot unworthy"- then HuK blocks Naniwa's twitter immediatly. Naniwa never bothered to reply anything but " " to this tweet. If you look back thru their twitter history you can find the exact tweets, I can't be bothered searching them up right now.
Pot calling kettle black. If anything that strengthens the statement that it started with Huk calling Naniwa's code S spot unworthy. Not that it really matters.
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