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Naniwa leaves Quantic

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Labil
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden52 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-30 22:16:25
July 30 2012 21:15 GMT
#1
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!"
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MigzR
Profile Joined October 2011
Portugal89 Posts
July 30 2012 21:15 GMT
#2
Startale ofcorse! '':D''
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
July 30 2012 21:15 GMT
#3
wait what?
Harstem
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands263 Posts
July 30 2012 21:15 GMT
#4
Wow sick news.
Progamer
Z_DartH
Profile Joined April 2011
Italy29 Posts
July 30 2012 21:15 GMT
#5
Whoa, didnt see that coming :o
Samp
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada783 Posts
July 30 2012 21:16 GMT
#6
Maybe to a korean team?
Banelings, "They're cute, they live in a nest". -Artosis
NOOBALOPSE
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada802 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-30 21:17:12
July 30 2012 21:16 GMT
#7
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
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-30 21:18:35
July 30 2012 21:16 GMT
#8
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
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom10823 Posts
July 30 2012 21:16 GMT
#9
On July 31 2012 06:16 NOOBALOPSE wrote:
I hope not EG, but probably EG.


Has he won a Dreamhack yet?
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AzBozz
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany518 Posts
July 30 2012 21:17 GMT
#10
OMG BIIG NEWS (sorry for caps^^)
MMA | MVP|Teaja|Polt|MKP|Byun|Maru|Thorzain|Creator|HasuObs|Socke|Lucifron|Vortix|Mana|Heromarine / PRIME and Mousesports fighting!!
AgentChaos
Profile Joined July 2011
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
IM & EG supporter
grobo
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Japan6199 Posts
July 30 2012 21:17 GMT
#12
What the fuck? really unexpected.
We make signature, then defense it.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32740 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?
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Badfatpanda
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
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.
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Canucklehead
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5074 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-30 21:18:42
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.
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Popsicler
Profile Joined January 2012
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
Profile Joined August 2010
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.
Fall down 7 times, stand up 8.
Jacmert
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
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)
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Sacrilege
Profile Joined December 2011
United States199 Posts
July 30 2012 21:18 GMT
#19
I'm very surprised! I am interested to know the reason why and even more intrigued to know where he is to go next!
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Zenbrez
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada5973 Posts
July 30 2012 21:18 GMT
#20
Interesting, wonder if Sase will follow
Refer to my post.
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