Official Quantic Statement: "Johan Lucchesi asked to be released from his contract today. Quantic has granted this request effective immediately. While we believe that Johan has thrived in his relationship with our family, we do not believe in holding players who no longer wish to be with us. We are grateful for the time he has spent with us and we are proud of the growth he has shown as a player and as a member of this community."

Naniwa no longer appears on the Quantic SC2 roster:
http://quanticgaming.com/teams/sc2

So where do you think he's heading now?

Info from Slasher;
"I can confirm that SaSe will not be leaving with Naniwa, and will stay in Quantic. Naniwa has released a statement to me, along with others, that will appear in a GameSpot story probably tomorrow. Excerpt from his statement:

"Quantic kept everything they promised me and me to them. i sincerely wish them the best!"

MigzR

Portugal89 Posts

July 30 2012 21:15 GMT

Startale ofcorse! '':D''

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

July 30 2012 21:15 GMT

wait what?

Harstem

Netherlands263 Posts

July 30 2012 21:15 GMT

Wow sick news.

Z_DartH

Italy29 Posts

July 30 2012 21:15 GMT

Whoa, didnt see that coming :o

Samp

Canada783 Posts

July 30 2012 21:16 GMT

Maybe to a korean team?

NOOBALOPSE

Canada802 Posts

July 30 2012 21:16 GMT

I hope not EG or Liquid, but probably EG.
IdrA like absolutely HATES NaNiWa... it will be funny to see what comes of it

HaXXspetten

Sweden15718 Posts

July 30 2012 21:16 GMT

o.o

I guess I shouldn't be surprised but... I am

pleasedon'tgotoEGpleasedon'tgotoEGpleasedon'tgotoEG
StarTale would make sense though, wouldn't mind that

Hassybaby

United Kingdom10823 Posts

July 30 2012 21:16 GMT

On July 31 2012 06:16 NOOBALOPSE wrote:
I hope not EG, but probably EG.

Has he won a Dreamhack yet?

AzBozz

Germany518 Posts

July 30 2012 21:17 GMT

#10

OMG BIIG NEWS (sorry for caps^^)

AgentChaos

United Kingdom4569 Posts

July 30 2012 21:17 GMT

#11

not going to be eg
probably dont want him to go to eg T__T

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

July 30 2012 21:17 GMT

#12

What the fuck? really unexpected.

PhoenixVoid

Canada32746 Posts

July 30 2012 21:17 GMT

#13

This was certainly unexpected, I thought he found a good home in Quantic, especially after how they supported him after the Blizzard Cup controversy. Just adding more fire to the "Naniwa is a teamhopper" unfortunately. Hope he finds a good team soon to house a great talent, but possibly a Korean team? StarTale?

Badfatpanda

United States9719 Posts

July 30 2012 21:17 GMT

#14

Huh, seems like he was a good fit, wonder where he's off to now lol. If he joins ST it'd make sense but I doubt he'd want another foreign team. Quantic stood up for his ass, if they didn't let him go then I can't think of a better foreign team.

Canucklehead

Canada5074 Posts

July 30 2012 21:17 GMT

#15

And everyone on reddit was saying rakaka was making it up. The rumours of a rift with sase appear to be true since he unfollowed him on twitter. Naniwa seemed pretty close with sase, but I guess even sase grew tired of his antics after a while. I'll be waiting for the bromance b/w nani/khaldor to end next.

Popsicler

United States40 Posts

July 30 2012 21:17 GMT

#16

I wonder what he is looking for in a team that he can't find from his previous teams.

Retgery

Canada1229 Posts

July 30 2012 21:18 GMT

#17

How many times now has Naniwa switched teams?
It must be hard for him switching teams so often and having to meet all the new players,I really hope he finds a permanent team.

Jacmert

Canada1709 Posts

July 30 2012 21:18 GMT

#18

NOOOooooooooooooooooooo. I was just watching his TSL4 games last night on YouTube, too + Show Spoiler +

I was actually feeling depressed after he lost - he was my favorite to win the whole thing. His BM comments showed that he was really frustrated, too.

In any case, NANIWA FIGHTING!

P.S. And yes, Startale.Naniwa would be pretty cool... I wonder if practicing with Squirtle would be really helpful for him (assuming he doesn't do that already)