12 Minutes with NaNiwa - Page 5

criticize stephano for predictability

On May 15 2012 23:29 crocodile wrote:
interesting seeing naniwa criticize stephano for predictability, when mvp annihilated him SOLELY because he was a predictable player himself. not saying he's a hypocrite, maybe that's something he's become aware of and worked on.

On May 15 2012 23:27 Bodzilla wrote:
if you whern't a fan of naniwa before, after watching this it's impossible to not be.
He cares so much, and tries so hard, he devotes EVERYTHING into this, he's true passion.

it's also amazing how much he's matured as a player in the last 6 months, it seems sase is the best thing that ever happened to him.

On May 15 2012 13:08 FiWiFaKi wrote:


Jinro's run was a lot less impressive to me, not to take anything away from him, but it was at a time when foreigners were able to take games off quite convincingly and Jinro played pretty cheesy and not against super good opponents. Like I think it was against Marineking in Ro4 after that when Jinro got absolutely obliterated, it was like watching a low masters play grandmasters player, and it was a thor one base all-in or some proxy stuff mostly every game that he won.

Naniwa's run is VERY impressive. Much more impressive than the games from Jinro imo.

On May 16 2012 01:20 nucLeaRTV wrote:
That's some serious bromance there, NaniSase.

On May 15 2012 23:39 Nuubie wrote:


Hardly criticizing, and also ofc Mvp had his number, and showed again vs PartinG that he got a killer instinct almost unmatched, but stop judging players or styles after 1 series,.. Tough enough to watch Khaldor do this week in and week out, regardless of player in question.

On May 16 2012 01:08 Kilby wrote:


I know there is some truth to this and I'm a Naniwa fan but I just have to say I often feel bad when people downplay some accomplishments simply because they happened long ago and things have changed since then. Remember that Jinro of that time was really the Jinro of that time and as such he was the product of that same era without the advantage of knowing how we "do things better" nowadays. He was the product of that time and so that time gap did not only affect his opponents. Sure, compared to nowadays the general skill level might be lower but nevertheless that was the environment where Jinro of that time practiced and bested so many of his Korean contemporaries.

I guess on one hand I agree that the competition has become more fierce, player amounts higher, margins smaller and I am in awe of Naniwa but on the other hand I truly think at the time Jinro was really "on fire" and did something spectacular. Twice.