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Euronyme
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden3804 Posts
July 31 2012 01:44 GMT
#961
On July 31 2012 10:39 Angelavenger wrote:
I just think it sucks that he doesn't stick with a team through the contract when they stuck with him even through the hard times. Not often you find a team willing to do that for you.


Yeah Quantic seemed really great with nani.. really sad to see him go tbh.
He was fairly BM with his ggs in his games in WCS and TSL though from what I can tell, so he might've left as he didn't want them to deal with it. I'm totally on thin ice though. Just speculating, as none seems to have any real info.
I bet i can maı̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̨̨̨̨̨̨ke you wipe your screen.
IcedBacon
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada906 Posts
July 31 2012 01:47 GMT
#962
On July 31 2012 10:27 ikh wrote:
^uhh, that's not really true.
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2012 10:11 Dosey wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:56 ikh wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:51 speknek wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:20 Wingblade wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:19 Silentenigma wrote:
There is no way a korean team getting him instead of a random grandmaster korean player.There are too many talented players in korea teamless.He might be a star in foreign community but in korean community he is nothing special imo.


He finished top 8 in the GSL two seasons in a row. He's far better than some random grandmaster korean. That is impressive and far better than a majority of Koreans.

Except that if he wasn't a seeded foreigner, he would've never made it into / past the first round of code A

Wonder why he left, there can't be many teams interested in someone with his personality & history.

considering he's 90% surely one of the five most valuable foreigner players in the whole sc2 scene, i find the latter part hard to believe. he's some of the best face recognition, a well-known personality and best recent results (arguably best overall results) as a foreigner in korea.

oh and the first part is kind of hard to swallow as well unless you're suggesting code A is harder than code S these days, in which case i should really get back to watching code A games :o


Top 5 in terms of skill? Absolutely. Top 5 most valuable? Definitely not. He doesn't travel much to foreign tournaments. He does average/poorly when he does travel. He doesn't have that good of an attitude. He doesn't really stream. He doesn't cast or contribute to the community. And a hell of a lot of people hate him, pros and koreans included. Plus the cons involved when dishing out the money for a foreign player in the GSL when you are a foreign team with foreign sponsors.

Considering all of those factors, I'd say he's one of the least valuable top players out there. The only draw for him being the possibility of being the first foreigner to win a GSL, which would be rather huge for any team and sponsor, regardless of where the sponsors are located.

i guess you count value in a different way than i, let's just say half your arguments i would say work for him rather than against him. his antifans watch his games even more than his fans. from a business perspective a sc2 team is interested in booking players who are a) as famous as possible and b) as skilled as possible. naniwa is unarguably top tier in both of the two. "attitude", "contributions to community" and "likability" have fuck all to do in determining player $value and salaries at the end of the day.

i mean if i picked the four names in sc2 i figured were most valuable i'd say idra, huk, naniwa and stephano. if nani's one of the least valuable top players, whatever that means, where would he be placed? along with dimaga or kas or something? thorzain can show great games, but how many of the people watching them even know his name (i do) much less anything about what he's like behind the scenes? there are no other current foreigner top players with a combination of fame and results than nani and stephano, really (idra and huk are currently valued for their fame, not play)


For tournaments, sure all kind of publicity that a player brings, good or bad, is good. For a team, no. It is important for teams to develop a fanbase and for fans to like their players. Also the statement about antifans watching games more than fans sounds like bullshit to me anyways.
"I went Zerg because Artosis is a douchebag." -IdrA
sam05396
Profile Joined April 2011
United States783 Posts
July 31 2012 01:48 GMT
#963
im very surprised that he left them, seemed perfect nani
Mlex
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada324 Posts
July 31 2012 01:48 GMT
#964
Anyone but EG. Ideally Startale.
"Good feeling of oneness with cup rubber." | MVP: the Royal Roadblock, the King.
SaintFrancis
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada46 Posts
July 31 2012 01:49 GMT
#965
He will join IM team to be with Nestea
True happiness is found with God. God is true love. That's why Jesus changed my life.
Sein
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1811 Posts
July 31 2012 01:51 GMT
#966
On July 31 2012 10:18 nakedsurfer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2012 10:14 Kyrao wrote:
On July 31 2012 10:12 Anncoulpable wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:51 speknek wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:20 Wingblade wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:19 Silentenigma wrote:
There is no way a korean team getting him instead of a random grandmaster korean player.There are too many talented players in korea teamless.He might be a star in foreign community but in korean community he is nothing special imo.


He finished top 8 in the GSL two seasons in a row. He's far better than some random grandmaster korean. That is impressive and far better than a majority of Koreans.

Except that if he wasn't a seeded foreigner, he would've never made it into / past the first round of code A

Wonder why he left, there can't be many teams interested in someone with his personality & history.


Didn't DRG need a seed to get into Code S? It's been a long time, but if I remember correctly, he won a seed through an MLG. Not that DRG doesn't deserve Code S, but discounting Naniwa's achievements in Code S because of a seed is pretty lame.


You might be thinking about MC...


No It was DRG who never made it past the qualifiers. He got invited into it.
MC got knocked out and got back with the MLG seed.

I think this is a good example of great players not being able to pass the qualifiers. Just because NaniWa didn't go through the qualifiers to get in doesn't mean he sucks. Especially since he's been the only foreigner in code S the last 2 seasons. Huk used to stay in Code S but not in the new format. When the format changed, Huk got knocked out of Code S. So really, the only foreigner to survive the new format is NaniWa. That should be a feat in itself.


DRG did get through the qualifier. It did take him a while though. His first Code A appearance was stopped by JYP in R16. He got a Code S seed from MLG after that.
mrtomjones
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada4020 Posts
July 31 2012 01:51 GMT
#967
On July 31 2012 10:48 Mlex wrote:
Anyone but EG. Ideally Startale.

I don't see him/Idra/Incontrol getting along in EG so I see no worry
Tunkeg
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Norway1235 Posts
July 31 2012 01:54 GMT
#968
On July 31 2012 10:27 ikh wrote:
^uhh, that's not really true.
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2012 10:11 Dosey wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:56 ikh wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:51 speknek wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:20 Wingblade wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:19 Silentenigma wrote:
There is no way a korean team getting him instead of a random grandmaster korean player.There are too many talented players in korea teamless.He might be a star in foreign community but in korean community he is nothing special imo.


He finished top 8 in the GSL two seasons in a row. He's far better than some random grandmaster korean. That is impressive and far better than a majority of Koreans.

Except that if he wasn't a seeded foreigner, he would've never made it into / past the first round of code A

Wonder why he left, there can't be many teams interested in someone with his personality & history.

considering he's 90% surely one of the five most valuable foreigner players in the whole sc2 scene, i find the latter part hard to believe. he's some of the best face recognition, a well-known personality and best recent results (arguably best overall results) as a foreigner in korea.

oh and the first part is kind of hard to swallow as well unless you're suggesting code A is harder than code S these days, in which case i should really get back to watching code A games :o


Top 5 in terms of skill? Absolutely. Top 5 most valuable? Definitely not. He doesn't travel much to foreign tournaments. He does average/poorly when he does travel. He doesn't have that good of an attitude. He doesn't really stream. He doesn't cast or contribute to the community. And a hell of a lot of people hate him, pros and koreans included. Plus the cons involved when dishing out the money for a foreign player in the GSL when you are a foreign team with foreign sponsors.

Considering all of those factors, I'd say he's one of the least valuable top players out there. The only draw for him being the possibility of being the first foreigner to win a GSL, which would be rather huge for any team and sponsor, regardless of where the sponsors are located.

i guess you count value in a different way than i, let's just say half your arguments i would say work for him rather than against him. his antifans watch his games even more than his fans. from a business perspective a sc2 team is interested in booking players who are a) as famous as possible and b) as skilled as possible. naniwa is unarguably top tier in both of the two. "attitude", "contributions to community" and "likability" have fuck all to do in determining player $value and salaries at the end of the day.

i mean if i picked the four names in sc2 i figured were most valuable i'd say idra, huk, naniwa and stephano. if nani's one of the least valuable top players, whatever that means, where would he be placed? along with dimaga or kas or something? thorzain can show great games, but how many of the people watching them even know his name (i do) much less anything about what he's like behind the scenes? there are no other current foreigner top players with a combination of fame and results than nani and stephano, really (idra and huk are currently valued for their fame, not play)


I for one don't watch matches for the sole reason of wanting to see players I don't like lose. I agree with the poster you quoted and think Naniwa is far from top 4 valuewise. I rank InControl the most valueable player in SC2, only trumphed by the likes of Day9 in overall value in the entire sc2 scene. Only way for a player to compete with that kind of value, without the charisma and social skills they posses is to be the best player in sc2 or at least be the best of their race. Naniwa is neither...
Euronyme
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden3804 Posts
July 31 2012 01:55 GMT
#969
On July 31 2012 10:47 IcedBacon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2012 10:27 ikh wrote:
^uhh, that's not really true.
On July 31 2012 10:11 Dosey wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:56 ikh wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:51 speknek wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:20 Wingblade wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:19 Silentenigma wrote:
There is no way a korean team getting him instead of a random grandmaster korean player.There are too many talented players in korea teamless.He might be a star in foreign community but in korean community he is nothing special imo.


He finished top 8 in the GSL two seasons in a row. He's far better than some random grandmaster korean. That is impressive and far better than a majority of Koreans.

Except that if he wasn't a seeded foreigner, he would've never made it into / past the first round of code A

Wonder why he left, there can't be many teams interested in someone with his personality & history.

considering he's 90% surely one of the five most valuable foreigner players in the whole sc2 scene, i find the latter part hard to believe. he's some of the best face recognition, a well-known personality and best recent results (arguably best overall results) as a foreigner in korea.

oh and the first part is kind of hard to swallow as well unless you're suggesting code A is harder than code S these days, in which case i should really get back to watching code A games :o


Top 5 in terms of skill? Absolutely. Top 5 most valuable? Definitely not. He doesn't travel much to foreign tournaments. He does average/poorly when he does travel. He doesn't have that good of an attitude. He doesn't really stream. He doesn't cast or contribute to the community. And a hell of a lot of people hate him, pros and koreans included. Plus the cons involved when dishing out the money for a foreign player in the GSL when you are a foreign team with foreign sponsors.

Considering all of those factors, I'd say he's one of the least valuable top players out there. The only draw for him being the possibility of being the first foreigner to win a GSL, which would be rather huge for any team and sponsor, regardless of where the sponsors are located.

i guess you count value in a different way than i, let's just say half your arguments i would say work for him rather than against him. his antifans watch his games even more than his fans. from a business perspective a sc2 team is interested in booking players who are a) as famous as possible and b) as skilled as possible. naniwa is unarguably top tier in both of the two. "attitude", "contributions to community" and "likability" have fuck all to do in determining player $value and salaries at the end of the day.

i mean if i picked the four names in sc2 i figured were most valuable i'd say idra, huk, naniwa and stephano. if nani's one of the least valuable top players, whatever that means, where would he be placed? along with dimaga or kas or something? thorzain can show great games, but how many of the people watching them even know his name (i do) much less anything about what he's like behind the scenes? there are no other current foreigner top players with a combination of fame and results than nani and stephano, really (idra and huk are currently valued for their fame, not play)


For tournaments, sure all kind of publicity that a player brings, good or bad, is good. For a team, no. It is important for teams to develop a fanbase and for fans to like their players. Also the statement about antifans watching games more than fans sounds like bullshit to me anyways.


I dunno. InControl and Idra have / have had a lot of "antifans", but they seem very important in EG.

Thank you guys for not saying 'haters'.
I bet i can maı̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̨̨̨̨̨̨ke you wipe your screen.
Feito
Profile Joined February 2011
United States65 Posts
July 31 2012 01:55 GMT
#970
This is fishy...
"To be forgotten is worse than death."
danbel1005
Profile Joined February 2008
United States1319 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-31 01:59:04
July 31 2012 01:56 GMT
#971
Morrow's post about 40 minutes after OP, thats a few hours ago, letting yall know about Nani's plans...

+ Show Spoiler +
On July 31 2012 06:55 MorroW wrote:
[image loading]

So theres been a lot of rumors going on especially about most Swedish progamers being leaving their teams recently and not joining new ones.

It's been very hard to keep this a secret from the public and finally it will be announced now after our final player of the roster is announced of departure from previous team.

This has been an ongoing project that I've started quite a while back now along with our main sponsor ICA and we are happy to announce the first SC2 team consisting of only Swedish players.

Show nested quote +
"We are happy to be onboard on this growing sensation that is esports. Back in 1999 when ICA was first formed we never had any plans of sponsoring something like this but it is obvious to us now the internet is where the eyes are at and we are thrilled to learn more about this.
We hope to provide the players the best diet possible and try get all our special offers on falukorv out there that everyone can buy. On top of that we are branching outside Sweden and will soon open an online-service where you can get home delivered products from ICA no matter where you live. - Bosse, owner of ICA"


Show nested quote +

"I'm the teams head chef, my role as head chef is to mainly keep king NaNiWa satisfied, be it by hand feeding him maple syrup and canadian bacon or by indulging any of his other food fetish's. Of course all ingridients I use to cook the food for the team comes from ICA, which provides the best health diet out there for athletes and gamers." - Payam "tex mex" Toghyan, Head Chef




Roster:
ICAMorroW - Head Coach
ICATT1 - Head Chef

A team:
ICAMaddelisk - Zerg
ICACytoplasm - Zerg
ICANaNiWa - Protoss
ICANaugrim - Zerg

B team:
ICAjimpo - Terran





[image loading]
Main Sponsor: ICA
http://www.ica-gaming.se/
Ica-koncernen är ett av Nordens ledande detaljhandelsföretag som 2009 hade cirka 2 220 egna och handlarägda butiker i Sverige, Norge och Baltikum. I gruppen ingår Ica Sverige, Ica Norge och Rimi Baltic samt Ica Banken som erbjuder finansiella tjänster till de svenska kunderna. Ica AB är ett joint venture som ägs till 40 procent av svenska Hakon Invest AB och till 60 procent av nederländska Royal Ahold N.V.

You can find their stores located all over Sweden, have a wonderful day and enjoy your shopping.
[image loading]



http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=357046
"EE HAN TIMING" Jaedong vs Stork [22 December, 2007] 2set @ Finals EVER OSL.
ikh
Profile Joined May 2010
United Kingdom251 Posts
July 31 2012 01:56 GMT
#972
On July 31 2012 10:47 IcedBacon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2012 10:27 ikh wrote:
^uhh, that's not really true.
On July 31 2012 10:11 Dosey wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:56 ikh wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:51 speknek wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:20 Wingblade wrote:
On July 31 2012 09:19 Silentenigma wrote:
There is no way a korean team getting him instead of a random grandmaster korean player.There are too many talented players in korea teamless.He might be a star in foreign community but in korean community he is nothing special imo.


He finished top 8 in the GSL two seasons in a row. He's far better than some random grandmaster korean. That is impressive and far better than a majority of Koreans.

Except that if he wasn't a seeded foreigner, he would've never made it into / past the first round of code A

Wonder why he left, there can't be many teams interested in someone with his personality & history.

considering he's 90% surely one of the five most valuable foreigner players in the whole sc2 scene, i find the latter part hard to believe. he's some of the best face recognition, a well-known personality and best recent results (arguably best overall results) as a foreigner in korea.

oh and the first part is kind of hard to swallow as well unless you're suggesting code A is harder than code S these days, in which case i should really get back to watching code A games :o


Top 5 in terms of skill? Absolutely. Top 5 most valuable? Definitely not. He doesn't travel much to foreign tournaments. He does average/poorly when he does travel. He doesn't have that good of an attitude. He doesn't really stream. He doesn't cast or contribute to the community. And a hell of a lot of people hate him, pros and koreans included. Plus the cons involved when dishing out the money for a foreign player in the GSL when you are a foreign team with foreign sponsors.

Considering all of those factors, I'd say he's one of the least valuable top players out there. The only draw for him being the possibility of being the first foreigner to win a GSL, which would be rather huge for any team and sponsor, regardless of where the sponsors are located.

i guess you count value in a different way than i, let's just say half your arguments i would say work for him rather than against him. his antifans watch his games even more than his fans. from a business perspective a sc2 team is interested in booking players who are a) as famous as possible and b) as skilled as possible. naniwa is unarguably top tier in both of the two. "attitude", "contributions to community" and "likability" have fuck all to do in determining player $value and salaries at the end of the day.

i mean if i picked the four names in sc2 i figured were most valuable i'd say idra, huk, naniwa and stephano. if nani's one of the least valuable top players, whatever that means, where would he be placed? along with dimaga or kas or something? thorzain can show great games, but how many of the people watching them even know his name (i do) much less anything about what he's like behind the scenes? there are no other current foreigner top players with a combination of fame and results than nani and stephano, really (idra and huk are currently valued for their fame, not play)


For tournaments, sure all kind of publicity that a player brings, good or bad, is good. For a team, no. It is important for teams to develop a fanbase and for fans to like their players. Also the statement about antifans watching games more than fans sounds like bullshit to me anyways.

well ok, i guess the next question is whether naniwa has a shitton of fans. man, that's a tough point to argue.
Euronyme
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden3804 Posts
July 31 2012 01:57 GMT
#973
On July 31 2012 10:56 danbel1005 wrote:
Posted 40 minutes after OP.

+ Show Spoiler +
On July 31 2012 06:55 MorroW wrote:
[image loading]

So theres been a lot of rumors going on especially about most Swedish progamers being leaving their teams recently and not joining new ones.

It's been very hard to keep this a secret from the public and finally it will be announced now after our final player of the roster is announced of departure from previous team.

This has been an ongoing project that I've started quite a while back now along with our main sponsor ICA and we are happy to announce the first SC2 team consisting of only Swedish players.

Show nested quote +
"We are happy to be onboard on this growing sensation that is esports. Back in 1999 when ICA was first formed we never had any plans of sponsoring something like this but it is obvious to us now the internet is where the eyes are at and we are thrilled to learn more about this.
We hope to provide the players the best diet possible and try get all our special offers on falukorv out there that everyone can buy. On top of that we are branching outside Sweden and will soon open an online-service where you can get home delivered products from ICA no matter where you live. - Bosse, owner of ICA"


Show nested quote +

"I'm the teams head chef, my role as head chef is to mainly keep king NaNiWa satisfied, be it by hand feeding him maple syrup and canadian bacon or by indulging any of his other food fetish's. Of course all ingridients I use to cook the food for the team comes from ICA, which provides the best health diet out there for athletes and gamers." - Payam "tex mex" Toghyan, Head Chef




Roster:
ICAMorroW - Head Coach
ICATT1 - Head Chef

A team:
ICAMaddelisk - Zerg
ICACytoplasm - Zerg
ICANaNiWa - Protoss
ICANaugrim - Zerg

B team:
ICAjimpo - Terran





[image loading]
Main Sponsor: ICA
http://www.ica-gaming.se/
Ica-koncernen är ett av Nordens ledande detaljhandelsföretag som 2009 hade cirka 2 220 egna och handlarägda butiker i Sverige, Norge och Baltikum. I gruppen ingår Ica Sverige, Ica Norge och Rimi Baltic samt Ica Banken som erbjuder finansiella tjänster till de svenska kunderna. Ica AB är ett joint venture som ägs till 40 procent av svenska Hakon Invest AB och till 60 procent av nederländska Royal Ahold N.V.

You can find their stores located all over Sweden, have a wonderful day and enjoy your shopping.
[image loading]



http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=357046


This had been mentioned countless times already, and it's still a troll.


On July 31 2012 10:51 mrtomjones wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2012 10:48 Mlex wrote:
Anyone but EG. Ideally Startale.

I don't see him/Idra/Incontrol getting along in EG so I see no worry


Yeah, you said that about HuK as well, didn't you?
I bet i can maı̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̨̨̨̨̨̨ke you wipe your screen.
AhOhitzXray
Profile Joined May 2012
United States48 Posts
July 31 2012 01:58 GMT
#974
empire, dignitas, or another foreign team that isnt at the tier of EG or TL for nani but im sure anywhere he goes they will be greatly improved
We are made by our choices.
amd098
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (North)1366 Posts
July 31 2012 01:59 GMT
#975
RootNaniwa. you heard it here.
North Korea is best Korea!
CeriseCherries
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
6170 Posts
July 31 2012 02:00 GMT
#976
On July 31 2012 10:57 Euronyme wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2012 10:56 danbel1005 wrote:
Posted 40 minutes after OP.

+ Show Spoiler +
On July 31 2012 06:55 MorroW wrote:
[image loading]

So theres been a lot of rumors going on especially about most Swedish progamers being leaving their teams recently and not joining new ones.

It's been very hard to keep this a secret from the public and finally it will be announced now after our final player of the roster is announced of departure from previous team.

This has been an ongoing project that I've started quite a while back now along with our main sponsor ICA and we are happy to announce the first SC2 team consisting of only Swedish players.

Show nested quote +
"We are happy to be onboard on this growing sensation that is esports. Back in 1999 when ICA was first formed we never had any plans of sponsoring something like this but it is obvious to us now the internet is where the eyes are at and we are thrilled to learn more about this.
We hope to provide the players the best diet possible and try get all our special offers on falukorv out there that everyone can buy. On top of that we are branching outside Sweden and will soon open an online-service where you can get home delivered products from ICA no matter where you live. - Bosse, owner of ICA"


Show nested quote +

"I'm the teams head chef, my role as head chef is to mainly keep king NaNiWa satisfied, be it by hand feeding him maple syrup and canadian bacon or by indulging any of his other food fetish's. Of course all ingridients I use to cook the food for the team comes from ICA, which provides the best health diet out there for athletes and gamers." - Payam "tex mex" Toghyan, Head Chef




Roster:
ICAMorroW - Head Coach
ICATT1 - Head Chef

A team:
ICAMaddelisk - Zerg
ICACytoplasm - Zerg
ICANaNiWa - Protoss
ICANaugrim - Zerg

B team:
ICAjimpo - Terran





[image loading]
Main Sponsor: ICA
http://www.ica-gaming.se/
Ica-koncernen är ett av Nordens ledande detaljhandelsföretag som 2009 hade cirka 2 220 egna och handlarägda butiker i Sverige, Norge och Baltikum. I gruppen ingår Ica Sverige, Ica Norge och Rimi Baltic samt Ica Banken som erbjuder finansiella tjänster till de svenska kunderna. Ica AB är ett joint venture som ägs till 40 procent av svenska Hakon Invest AB och till 60 procent av nederländska Royal Ahold N.V.

You can find their stores located all over Sweden, have a wonderful day and enjoy your shopping.
[image loading]



http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=357046


This had been mentioned countless times already, and it's still a troll.


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On July 31 2012 10:51 mrtomjones wrote:
On July 31 2012 10:48 Mlex wrote:
Anyone but EG. Ideally Startale.

I don't see him/Idra/Incontrol getting along in EG so I see no worry


Yeah, you said that about HuK as well, didn't you?

no one called huk psychotic
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
ictoan
Profile Joined March 2011
United States4 Posts
July 31 2012 02:00 GMT
#977
On July 31 2012 10:58 AhOhitzXray wrote:
empire, dignitas, or another foreign team that isnt at the tier of EG or TL for nani but im sure anywhere he goes they will be greatly improved


Wasn't he on both empire and dignitas at one point?
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
July 31 2012 02:01 GMT
#978
On July 31 2012 11:00 ictoan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2012 10:58 AhOhitzXray wrote:
empire, dignitas, or another foreign team that isnt at the tier of EG or TL for nani but im sure anywhere he goes they will be greatly improved


Wasn't he on both empire and dignitas at one point?

yes I believe one right after the other.
empire -> dignitas -> coL -> Quantic
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Euronyme
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden3804 Posts
July 31 2012 02:01 GMT
#979
On July 31 2012 11:00 CeriseCherries wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2012 10:57 Euronyme wrote:
On July 31 2012 10:56 danbel1005 wrote:
Posted 40 minutes after OP.

+ Show Spoiler +
On July 31 2012 06:55 MorroW wrote:
[image loading]

So theres been a lot of rumors going on especially about most Swedish progamers being leaving their teams recently and not joining new ones.

It's been very hard to keep this a secret from the public and finally it will be announced now after our final player of the roster is announced of departure from previous team.

This has been an ongoing project that I've started quite a while back now along with our main sponsor ICA and we are happy to announce the first SC2 team consisting of only Swedish players.

Show nested quote +
"We are happy to be onboard on this growing sensation that is esports. Back in 1999 when ICA was first formed we never had any plans of sponsoring something like this but it is obvious to us now the internet is where the eyes are at and we are thrilled to learn more about this.
We hope to provide the players the best diet possible and try get all our special offers on falukorv out there that everyone can buy. On top of that we are branching outside Sweden and will soon open an online-service where you can get home delivered products from ICA no matter where you live. - Bosse, owner of ICA"


Show nested quote +

"I'm the teams head chef, my role as head chef is to mainly keep king NaNiWa satisfied, be it by hand feeding him maple syrup and canadian bacon or by indulging any of his other food fetish's. Of course all ingridients I use to cook the food for the team comes from ICA, which provides the best health diet out there for athletes and gamers." - Payam "tex mex" Toghyan, Head Chef




Roster:
ICAMorroW - Head Coach
ICATT1 - Head Chef

A team:
ICAMaddelisk - Zerg
ICACytoplasm - Zerg
ICANaNiWa - Protoss
ICANaugrim - Zerg

B team:
ICAjimpo - Terran





[image loading]
Main Sponsor: ICA
http://www.ica-gaming.se/
Ica-koncernen är ett av Nordens ledande detaljhandelsföretag som 2009 hade cirka 2 220 egna och handlarägda butiker i Sverige, Norge och Baltikum. I gruppen ingår Ica Sverige, Ica Norge och Rimi Baltic samt Ica Banken som erbjuder finansiella tjänster till de svenska kunderna. Ica AB är ett joint venture som ägs till 40 procent av svenska Hakon Invest AB och till 60 procent av nederländska Royal Ahold N.V.

You can find their stores located all over Sweden, have a wonderful day and enjoy your shopping.
[image loading]



http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=357046


This had been mentioned countless times already, and it's still a troll.


On July 31 2012 10:51 mrtomjones wrote:
On July 31 2012 10:48 Mlex wrote:
Anyone but EG. Ideally Startale.

I don't see him/Idra/Incontrol getting along in EG so I see no worry


Yeah, you said that about HuK as well, didn't you?

no one called huk psychotic


My point was that what players say is often exaggerated to bring drama and more fans, and besides what the players think often doesn't matter that much in the end.
I bet i can maı̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̸̨̨̨̨̨̨ke you wipe your screen.
Zennith
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States795 Posts
July 31 2012 02:02 GMT
#980
On July 31 2012 10:56 danbel1005 wrote:
Morrow's post about 40 minutes after OP, thats a few hours ago, letting yall know about Nani's plans...

+ Show Spoiler +
On July 31 2012 06:55 MorroW wrote:
[image loading]

So theres been a lot of rumors going on especially about most Swedish progamers being leaving their teams recently and not joining new ones.

It's been very hard to keep this a secret from the public and finally it will be announced now after our final player of the roster is announced of departure from previous team.

This has been an ongoing project that I've started quite a while back now along with our main sponsor ICA and we are happy to announce the first SC2 team consisting of only Swedish players.

Show nested quote +
"We are happy to be onboard on this growing sensation that is esports. Back in 1999 when ICA was first formed we never had any plans of sponsoring something like this but it is obvious to us now the internet is where the eyes are at and we are thrilled to learn more about this.
We hope to provide the players the best diet possible and try get all our special offers on falukorv out there that everyone can buy. On top of that we are branching outside Sweden and will soon open an online-service where you can get home delivered products from ICA no matter where you live. - Bosse, owner of ICA"


Show nested quote +

"I'm the teams head chef, my role as head chef is to mainly keep king NaNiWa satisfied, be it by hand feeding him maple syrup and canadian bacon or by indulging any of his other food fetish's. Of course all ingridients I use to cook the food for the team comes from ICA, which provides the best health diet out there for athletes and gamers." - Payam "tex mex" Toghyan, Head Chef




Roster:
ICAMorroW - Head Coach
ICATT1 - Head Chef

A team:
ICAMaddelisk - Zerg
ICACytoplasm - Zerg
ICANaNiWa - Protoss
ICANaugrim - Zerg

B team:
ICAjimpo - Terran





[image loading]
Main Sponsor: ICA
http://www.ica-gaming.se/
Ica-koncernen är ett av Nordens ledande detaljhandelsföretag som 2009 hade cirka 2 220 egna och handlarägda butiker i Sverige, Norge och Baltikum. I gruppen ingår Ica Sverige, Ica Norge och Rimi Baltic samt Ica Banken som erbjuder finansiella tjänster till de svenska kunderna. Ica AB är ett joint venture som ägs till 40 procent av svenska Hakon Invest AB och till 60 procent av nederländska Royal Ahold N.V.

You can find their stores located all over Sweden, have a wonderful day and enjoy your shopping.
[image loading]



http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=357046



I really hope you know that was a troll post.
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