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Zanno
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1484 Posts
July 31 2012 17:45 GMT
#1361
On August 01 2012 02:26 Rhaegar_tar wrote:
Everyone who thinks Prime will pick him up is rather stupid...they' have four GSL champions, why would they pick a foreigner who is obviously at his peak and doesn't show any potential to improve?

I believe he'll become a free agent(something we begin to see more and more) and will probably stay in Mana's house in the near future.

what

look i'm not a fan of naniwa as a person in the slightest bit, but he's gotten to the point where disrespecting his play is complete jibberish
aaaaa
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
July 31 2012 17:46 GMT
#1362
I'm interested more in knowing who Quantic will go for to compensate for their loss.
I hope they give more exposure and marketing to their NA squad ):
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-31 17:49:35
July 31 2012 17:46 GMT
#1363
Edit: double post
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-31 17:49:14
July 31 2012 17:48 GMT
#1364
On August 01 2012 02:45 Zanno wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 02:26 Rhaegar_tar wrote:
Everyone who thinks Prime will pick him up is rather stupid...they' have four GSL champions, why would they pick a foreigner who is obviously at his peak and doesn't show any potential to improve?

I believe he'll become a free agent(something we begin to see more and more) and will probably stay in Mana's house in the near future.

what

look i'm not a fan of naniwa as a person in the slightest bit, but he's gotten to the point where disrespecting his play is complete jibberish


Do you seriously believe that the DRG in this booth was playing as good as DRG usually plays?

Edit: would be pretty awesome if some swede could translate his tweets since i dont think that this discussion is going anywhere without any further information.
Mirrikh
Profile Joined January 2012
Romania105 Posts
July 31 2012 17:51 GMT
#1365
I'm no expert in Swedish but he seems to say he is now team-less and broke.
Zanno
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1484 Posts
July 31 2012 17:53 GMT
#1366
On August 01 2012 02:48 Bam Lee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 02:45 Zanno wrote:
On August 01 2012 02:26 Rhaegar_tar wrote:
Everyone who thinks Prime will pick him up is rather stupid...they' have four GSL champions, why would they pick a foreigner who is obviously at his peak and doesn't show any potential to improve?

I believe he'll become a free agent(something we begin to see more and more) and will probably stay in Mana's house in the near future.

what

look i'm not a fan of naniwa as a person in the slightest bit, but he's gotten to the point where disrespecting his play is complete jibberish


Do you seriously believe that the DRG in this booth was playing as good as DRG usually plays?

i think he was legit baffled by the gateway builds

i also think throwing two GSL RO8s in a row under the bus is stupid

let's also not disregard that this is the most zerg favored map pool we've ever seen and the most recent patch had some very drastic zerg buffs (though a little less significant vs p)

i'm not even a naniwa fan but i think you really have to have your head in the sand to disrespect his play like that
aaaaa
Shiori
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
3815 Posts
July 31 2012 17:55 GMT
#1367
On August 01 2012 02:48 Bam Lee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 02:45 Zanno wrote:
On August 01 2012 02:26 Rhaegar_tar wrote:
Everyone who thinks Prime will pick him up is rather stupid...they' have four GSL champions, why would they pick a foreigner who is obviously at his peak and doesn't show any potential to improve?

I believe he'll become a free agent(something we begin to see more and more) and will probably stay in Mana's house in the near future.

what

look i'm not a fan of naniwa as a person in the slightest bit, but he's gotten to the point where disrespecting his play is complete jibberish


Do you seriously believe that the DRG in this booth was playing as good as DRG usually plays?

Edit: would be pretty awesome if some swede could translate his tweets since i dont think that this discussion is going anywhere without any further information.

Do you seriously think that Naniwa got to ro8 twice in a row by sheer luck?
Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-31 18:01:06
July 31 2012 17:55 GMT
#1368
Sorry but if you're posting negatively about Naniwa in this thread then you're an esports drama queen. Your opinions about Naniwa's personality and past are not relevant here because all we know is that Naniwa left Quantic on good terms (and please don't say "no thats just PR they're covering something up"). Therefore you're bringin drama into a place it wasn't called for, so you're a drama queen. Even if you say something ostensibly on topic but then throw in a jab ("will be interesting to see where he goes but I don't think any teams will want him"), you're a drama queen. You are the reason people complain about this community and you are the reason pros and casters avoid the forums like the plague. So I hope you're proud that you've hopped onto the community's cancerous tumor even while calling yourself a fan of SC2. Please unfurl your panties and stop pretending to have reasonable and legitimate things to say. The mature thing to do is resist your urge to make a negative post.
VisceraEyes
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States21171 Posts
July 31 2012 18:00 GMT
#1369
I'm interested to see where he goes from here. Regardless of his personality, he's one of the most successful foreigners on the market and any team will be lucky to have him.

Korean team would be awesome - what kind of precedent is there for foreigners in Korean teams? I'm too lazy to go research it...
if I had to describe his playstyle, it'd be a coked up rabbit with the attention of a goldfish injecting caffeine into himself directly through an IV drip. it's like a reel of random animated shorts where things just blow up randomly
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
July 31 2012 18:03 GMT
#1370
On August 01 2012 02:53 Zanno wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 02:48 Bam Lee wrote:
On August 01 2012 02:45 Zanno wrote:
On August 01 2012 02:26 Rhaegar_tar wrote:
Everyone who thinks Prime will pick him up is rather stupid...they' have four GSL champions, why would they pick a foreigner who is obviously at his peak and doesn't show any potential to improve?

I believe he'll become a free agent(something we begin to see more and more) and will probably stay in Mana's house in the near future.

what

look i'm not a fan of naniwa as a person in the slightest bit, but he's gotten to the point where disrespecting his play is complete jibberish


Do you seriously believe that the DRG in this booth was playing as good as DRG usually plays?

i think he was legit baffled by the gateway builds

i also think throwing two GSL RO8s in a row under the bus is stupid

let's also not disregard that this is the most zerg favored map pool we've ever seen and the most recent patch had some very drastic zerg buffs (though a little less significant vs p)

i'm not even a naniwa fan but i think you really have to have your head in the sand to disrespect his play like that


Looking at his RO8 runs they dont seem very impressive. His pvp is really really good(code s level),but thats it basically. His PvT looks somewhat okay but still not that proven, his pvz looks terrible. He is skilled but nothing particularly impressive imo. Also talking about favored map pool and zerg buffs when protoss have taken out DRG and symbol is kinda stupid.
I dont want to call him trash and say he is not worthy of RO8 or something stupid like that, but insisting on it to be a prove of superb skill is wrong in my opinion. He is good, but not as good as some people would like him to be.
Spaerlan
Profile Joined March 2011
Sweden5 Posts
July 31 2012 18:03 GMT
#1371
I translated some of his twitter for you guys

@OlaEkegren @dignitassjow @LiquidHayprO I will never ask for money from my fans ! im not like the other e-sport profiles...

@dignitassjow @LiquidHayprO If I could afford going, I would. but I got no cash being teamless

@dignitassjow @LiquidHayprO come to me then, only 4 hours with train

@dignitassjow we'll see how it gets, I have no hurry. I like being a lone ranger



common sense is not so common
NrG.Bamboo
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2756 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-31 18:05:52
July 31 2012 18:05 GMT
#1372
On August 01 2012 02:19 YourOldBuddy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 01:23 Valentine wrote:
On August 01 2012 01:22 b0mBerMan wrote:
On August 01 2012 00:58 YourOldBuddy wrote:
On August 01 2012 00:34 NEOtheONE wrote:
On July 31 2012 23:42 how2TL wrote:
You don't have to like Naniwa for whatever reason you goddamn please. But everyone please stop psychoanalyzing him like you have a fuck of an idea what you're doing. It makes you guys doing that look really stupid.


I have a degree in Psychology and going to have MA in Counseling so can I psychoanalyze Naniwa?

Nope. Psychologists don't know the first thing about psychoanalysis.

lol wtf is this

It's a joke.

No. No joke. Psychoanalysis is practiced by those who follow the teachings of Freud and pals. They are sometimes referred to as psychoanalysts and proper psychologists would have nothing to do with that sort of crackpot/pipe science.

But that doesn't mean psychologists/psychiatrists don't understand psychoanalysis, as they do learn about it in school. Obviously Freudian psychology is not used today, as it has a lot of bullshit, but that doesn't mean they don't understand how it works ;p

Anyway, waaaay off topic, sorry
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Assirra
Profile Joined August 2010
Belgium4169 Posts
July 31 2012 18:07 GMT
#1373
On August 01 2012 02:55 Doodsmack wrote:
Sorry but if you're posting negatively about Naniwa in this thread then you're an esports drama queen. Your opinions about Naniwa's personality and past are not relevant here because all we know is that Naniwa left Quantic on good terms (and please don't say "no thats just PR they're covering something up"). Therefore you're bringin drama into a place it wasn't called for, so you're a drama queen. Even if you say something ostensibly on topic but then throw in a jab ("will be interesting to see where he goes but I don't think any teams will want him"), you're a drama queen. You are the reason people complain about this community and you are the reason pros and casters avoid the forums like the plague. So I hope you're proud that you've hopped onto the community's cancerous tumor even while calling yourself a fan of SC2. Please unfurl your panties and stop pretending to have reasonable and legitimate things to say. The mature thing to do is resist your urge to make a negative post.

Oh please, this is not like his fanclub or something. People have opinions, both positive and negative.
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
July 31 2012 18:07 GMT
#1374
On August 01 2012 03:03 Spaerlan wrote:
I translated some of his twitter for you guys

@OlaEkegren @dignitassjow @LiquidHayprO I will never ask for money from my fans ! im not like the other e-sport profiles...

@dignitassjow @LiquidHayprO If I could afford going, I would. but I got no cash being teamless

@dignitassjow @LiquidHayprO come to me then, only 4 hours with train

@dignitassjow we'll see how it gets, I have no hurry. I like being a lone ranger




Does not sound like he got another team yet?
how2TL
Profile Joined August 2010
1197 Posts
July 31 2012 18:10 GMT
#1375
On August 01 2012 03:03 Bam Lee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 02:53 Zanno wrote:
On August 01 2012 02:48 Bam Lee wrote:
On August 01 2012 02:45 Zanno wrote:
On August 01 2012 02:26 Rhaegar_tar wrote:
Everyone who thinks Prime will pick him up is rather stupid...they' have four GSL champions, why would they pick a foreigner who is obviously at his peak and doesn't show any potential to improve?

I believe he'll become a free agent(something we begin to see more and more) and will probably stay in Mana's house in the near future.

what

look i'm not a fan of naniwa as a person in the slightest bit, but he's gotten to the point where disrespecting his play is complete jibberish


Do you seriously believe that the DRG in this booth was playing as good as DRG usually plays?

i think he was legit baffled by the gateway builds

i also think throwing two GSL RO8s in a row under the bus is stupid

let's also not disregard that this is the most zerg favored map pool we've ever seen and the most recent patch had some very drastic zerg buffs (though a little less significant vs p)

i'm not even a naniwa fan but i think you really have to have your head in the sand to disrespect his play like that


Looking at his RO8 runs they dont seem very impressive. His pvp is really really good(code s level),but thats it basically. His PvT looks somewhat okay but still not that proven, his pvz looks terrible. He is skilled but nothing particularly impressive imo. Also talking about favored map pool and zerg buffs when protoss have taken out DRG and symbol is kinda stupid.
I dont want to call him trash and say he is not worthy of RO8 or something stupid like that, but insisting on it to be a prove of superb skill is wrong in my opinion. He is good, but not as good as some people would like him to be.


Zerg won GSL when Steppes of War was in the map pool. I guess that means that map is pretty good?

Anyway, you're just embarrassing yourself now. There's only so much you can spin 2 GSL Ro8's.
...what
Profile Joined April 2011
England94 Posts
July 31 2012 18:11 GMT
#1376
On August 01 2012 02:46 Torte de Lini wrote:
I'm interested more in knowing who Quantic will go for to compensate for their loss.
I hope they give more exposure and marketing to their NA squad ):


I completely agree, the quantic NA squad is a real flagship for homegrown talent so it'd be nice to see them grow
MasterOfPuppets
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Romania6942 Posts
July 31 2012 18:12 GMT
#1377
On August 01 2012 02:26 Rhaegar_tar wrote:
Everyone who thinks Prime will pick him up is rather stupid...they' have four GSL champions, why would they pick a foreigner who is obviously at his peak and doesn't show any potential to improve?

I believe he'll become a free agent(something we begin to see more and more) and will probably stay in Mana's house in the near future.


Am I missing something here? I'm not even going to tackle your opinion about Naniwa, I'm just wondering: when has someone from Prime ever won a GSL? (not counting Polt because he's no longer on the team)
"my shaft scares me too" - strenx 2014
mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
July 31 2012 18:16 GMT
#1378
I dont care where Naniwa goes but he cleary has shown from his past that he is not fit for a team.

I think its better off for him to get personal sponsorships just like MC (SK is a team but rather one man army).

But considering his behaviour i dont think any sponsor would be happy to do that.
어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
CounterOrder
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada457 Posts
July 31 2012 18:23 GMT
#1379
On August 01 2012 02:55 Doodsmack wrote:
Sorry but if you're posting negatively about Naniwa in this thread then you're an esports drama queen. Your opinions about Naniwa's personality and past are not relevant here because all we know is that Naniwa left Quantic on good terms (and please don't say "no thats just PR they're covering something up"). Therefore you're bringin drama into a place it wasn't called for, so you're a drama queen. Even if you say something ostensibly on topic but then throw in a jab ("will be interesting to see where he goes but I don't think any teams will want him"), you're a drama queen. You are the reason people complain about this community and you are the reason pros and casters avoid the forums like the plague. So I hope you're proud that you've hopped onto the community's cancerous tumor even while calling yourself a fan of SC2. Please unfurl your panties and stop pretending to have reasonable and legitimate things to say. The mature thing to do is resist your urge to make a negative post.


/gasp! A voice of reason!




I am honestly curious what his plans are atm.
Bam Lee
Profile Joined June 2012
2336 Posts
July 31 2012 18:23 GMT
#1380
On August 01 2012 03:10 how2TL wrote:


Zerg won GSL when Steppes of War was in the map pool. I guess that means that map is pretty good?

Anyway, you're just embarrassing yourself now. There's only so much you can spin 2 GSL Ro8's.


Dont get the point of your first sentence.

True quantic has more time for upcoming talents like illusion or hawk!
Is there anybody who would handout single player sponsorships except SK? and i believe Naniwa would need to participate in way more foreign tournaments for that to happen. I doubt anybody would sponsor him just for staying in korea and playing GSL
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