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Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-01 10:47:11
August 01 2012 10:36 GMT
#1501
On August 01 2012 18:22 Geiko wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 18:06 Wayne123 wrote:
I don´t understand why so many people hate Naniwa.

I don´t think he´s BM or a Balance Whiner. To me, he´s a hard working individual doing something he loves and trying to steadily improve. Sure, sometimes he has some moments where you can question his actions.(Like I.E.M. Kiev when he wanted to leave the tournament, the probe rush, his comment vs JohnnyRecco) but these things just happen because there are lot of emotions involved when you compete in huge and important tournaments. I don´t think all this hate/negativity is justified.
He´s not a saint by any means but he´s not the only pro gamer who makes comments about balance or rages. I think there people in this community who are much worse then him regarding balance whining and BM.(Lalush, Idra, ...)


I don't like Naniwa, because the first time I heard of him, it was because he was getting kicked out of ESL due to having too many bad mannered points or something like that. From what I understood, he earned those points through minor insults and forfeiting games without letting his opponent know.


If I remember correctly, a lot of the points were also given for forgetting to upload replays and/or report results within some arbitrary deadline. EPS rules about bookkeeping and regulations in general used to be on an almost KeSPA level of annoyingly strict.

Nobody's arguing that he has a perfectly clean history and that all of his image is completely made up. But it is exaggerated way out of proportion. Other than the Nestea/Probe rush thing and the recent TSL outburst (which as far as BM goes is pretty damn vanilla), I haven't even seen any example of this terrible behavior of his, yet so many people seem to be convinced he's doing some evil/bm shit on everyday basis.

It's fine to dislike a player. It's the bandwagoning without stopping to actually remember/consider/check the facts and put things in perspective that is problematic, because it directly affects (hurts) the player and his career.

At this point, both Naniwa's and Major's reputations are affected more by the community bandwagoning than anything negative they ever did in their careers, with things that they did do being exaggerated tenfold to reinforce the point.

While I'm not a fan of either of them as a player, it is so very rare these days that we have people (especially foreigners) that are as hard working, committed and passionate about the game as they are, and it's so frustrating to see them being shat on constantly even though they never did anything outrageously terrible and both seem like honest and decent guys overall.
Yemaka
Profile Joined May 2012
Denmark44 Posts
August 01 2012 10:50 GMT
#1502
Why are so many people fixed on his persona ?
why not just focus on him being a really good player, bad mannered or not.. He delivers some of the best plays any pros out there.

And look at all the people saying he bms alot, you are the ones BMING about him bming .. meh
"If Kim david nerf toss I kill murder him" Mc.
Taefox
Profile Joined March 2010
1533 Posts
August 01 2012 10:54 GMT
#1503
the longest thread about leaving team ever
@taefoxy
zedrOne
Profile Joined May 2010
France471 Posts
August 01 2012 11:00 GMT
#1504
Swedes heavy thread.
Bullshit heavy thread
Fanboy heavy thread.

nothing to learn from this thread.
just hate and love clashing each other.
LockeTazeline October 31 2012 06:02. Posts 166 : A Bo9 is really just a Bo1 played 9 times.
NexCa
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany954 Posts
August 01 2012 11:10 GMT
#1505
On August 01 2012 20:00 zedrOne wrote:
Swedes heavy thread.
Bullshit heavy thread
Fanboy heavy thread.

nothing to learn from this thread.
just hate and love clashing each other.


well, I am not a huge fan of NaniWa too, but he knows how to play this game, no doubt, one of the better Protoss players out there IMO. So I am interested to see where he wants to go now
Best Protoss Player 4 ever - Bisu[Shield] || http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=326242 || THIS IS WHERE WE STAND, THIS IS WHERE THEY FALL, GIVE THEM NOTHING, BUT TAKE FROM THEM EVERYTHING ! || SKT FIGHTIIING
RaelSan
Profile Joined February 2012
Belgium223 Posts
August 01 2012 11:12 GMT
#1506
I don t get this thread : /
Just please try to be objective, you have to admit that he has done many unprofessionnal things such as his probe rush, BM in TSL4, leaving like 7 teams,...

Of course many haters are overreacting, because it's always the same when a drama occurs, dont take that too seriously but :

Please don't blindly pretend that he hasn't done anything wrong when he did, and sent a bad image of him, his team and esports, he doesn't disserve to be hanged but if you want to talk about this don't be extreme, it's always bad.

So my point is : Talin I like the way you write but you are obviously biased and can't really admit the truth even if I understand your fight with haters, you are using their weapons !
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it
Dosey
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4505 Posts
August 01 2012 11:12 GMT
#1507
On August 01 2012 19:54 foxj wrote:
the longest thread about leaving team ever

The Stephano anti-fans and fanboys have their work cut out for them when he leaves Mill.
ceaRshaf
Profile Joined August 2009
Romania4926 Posts
August 01 2012 11:15 GMT
#1508
I really wish him the best. He is a great player and I hope he can become a force to be recon with outside of GSL too, like Stephano, that needs only GSL confirmation of skill.

GOGOGO NANIWA 2012!!!!
Mess with the best, die like the rest.
Ccx55
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden62 Posts
August 01 2012 11:17 GMT
#1509
On August 01 2012 20:12 RaelSan wrote:
I don t get this thread : /
Just please try to be objective, you have to admit that he has done many unprofessionnal things such as his probe rush, BM in TSL4, leaving like 7 teams,...

Of course many haters are overreacting, because it's always the same when a drama occurs, dont take that too seriously but :

Please don't blindly pretend that he hasn't done anything wrong when he did, and sent a bad image of him, his team and esports, he doesn't disserve to be hanged but if you want to talk about this don't be extreme, it's always bad.

So my point is : Talin I like the way you write but you are obviously biased and can't really admit the truth even if I understand your fight with haters, you are using their weapons !


You know, the majority of people here aren't writing research papers, they're stating their opinion about Naniwa, and they're allowed to be as biased as they want in doing so.

They're not trying to analyze Naniwa as a person.
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RaelSan
Profile Joined February 2012
Belgium223 Posts
August 01 2012 11:28 GMT
#1510
I dont really get your point, I shouldn't encourage people to focus on facts to be more objective because they just want to tell the 1st thing going through their head when thinking about naniwa ?

I think most of the people in TL are smart enough to make their own opinions without me helping them, I just felt like only the extreme opinions are developed here

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it
BBMorti
Profile Joined September 2010
Denmark242 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-01 11:34:19
August 01 2012 11:32 GMT
#1511
On August 01 2012 14:11 mongmong wrote:
Whenever i see someone defend naniwa and check his nationality, im not too surprised and its exactly why

i hate extreme fanboysm. it would be pretty cool to be Naniwa. You can behave like a total dick and theres still people

who defend you

Thief thinks every man steals. I have a feeling you like Koreans/Asians quite a bit more than other races.
Ccx55
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden62 Posts
August 01 2012 11:41 GMT
#1512
On August 01 2012 20:28 RaelSan wrote:
I dont really get your point, I shouldn't encourage people to focus on facts to be more objective because they just want to tell the 1st thing going through their head when thinking about naniwa ?

I think most of the people in TL are smart enough to make their own opinions without me helping them, I just felt like only the extreme opinions are developed here



You're acting like their input is stupid or "wrong" just because they're not being objective. Encouraging non-biased writing is good, but that didn't seem to be the point you wanted across. If it was, then I apologize, but it seemed your first post was far too aggressive to offer any constructive criticism.

You can analyze Naniwa all you want, but considering the extreme minimal amount of information anyone on TL gets from him, no accurate results could ever be drawn. If they don't like Naniwa because of his personality, or his gameplay, or his sudden outbursts, then they can state that opinion without being forced to reason it. This is a forum, not a Social Studies class.

If a player can be loved, why not hated?
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ProxyKnoxy
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2576 Posts
August 01 2012 11:45 GMT
#1513
Will he be leaving Korea then?
"Zealot try give mariners high five. Mariners not like high five and try hide and shoot zealot"
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-01 12:03:15
August 01 2012 11:58 GMT
#1514
On August 01 2012 20:12 RaelSan wrote:
I don t get this thread : /
Just please try to be objective, you have to admit that he has done many unprofessionnal things such as his probe rush, BM in TSL4, leaving like 7 teams,...

Of course many haters are overreacting, because it's always the same when a drama occurs, dont take that too seriously but :

Please don't blindly pretend that he hasn't done anything wrong when he did, and sent a bad image of him, his team and esports, he doesn't disserve to be hanged but if you want to talk about this don't be extreme, it's always bad.

So my point is : Talin I like the way you write but you are obviously biased and can't really admit the truth even if I understand your fight with haters, you are using their weapons !


While I appreciate the compliment about my writing, the purpose of my writing is for it to actually be read by others, and when I say read, I don't mean skimmed over to get a vague (and ultimately wrong) idea of what my points are.

For someone who claims to be objective, you're certainly saying a lot of things that suggest otherwise. He didn't leave 7 teams due to issues with professionalism, you're using the number that he's been on completely out of context - not really a trademark of objectivity.

Out of all these "many" unprofessional things he did, you bring up the same two cases that everyone else does, and then use those examples to attempt to make it seem like he does that kind of thing regularly.

For the sake of objectivity which we both value, let's remind people that the first incident was a very controversial case not only because of what he did (which I agree was unprofessional), but also because of the situation he was put in by a flawed tournament format. The second incident was a petty ingame outburst that is only remembered because it was broadcasted a few days ago. There were 8 MONTHS in between these two individual incidents. The only other incident I've heard about in this thread was the EPS thing which was 2 years ago, and the WC3 stuff from even longer ago.

If you can find even 1 BM outburst per month during this period, then you'll barely have some ground to claim that his image is justified. Even then, I can name several well-standing, popular players with a (much) worse record.
DongLongJohnson
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany143 Posts
August 01 2012 12:11 GMT
#1515
The new team should add a clause, if Nani breaks the contract he has to pay X% of his salary back.
Xoronius
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany6362 Posts
August 01 2012 12:15 GMT
#1516
On August 01 2012 21:11 DongLongJohnson wrote:
The new team should add a clause, if Nani breaks the contract he has to pay X% of his salary back.

Nani didn´t break the contract, he asked for release. Those are different things.
Waterflow
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden1550 Posts
August 01 2012 12:19 GMT
#1517
On August 01 2012 20:12 RaelSan wrote:
I don t get this thread : /
Just please try to be objective, you have to admit that he has done many unprofessionnal things such as his probe rush, BM in TSL4, leaving like 7 teams,...

Of course many haters are overreacting, because it's always the same when a drama occurs, dont take that too seriously but :

Please don't blindly pretend that he hasn't done anything wrong when he did, and sent a bad image of him, his team and esports, he doesn't disserve to be hanged but if you want to talk about this don't be extreme, it's always bad.

So my point is : Talin I like the way you write but you are obviously biased and can't really admit the truth even if I understand your fight with haters, you are using their weapons !


You're just ranting the same shit as everyone else though. YES HE HAS BEEN UNPROFESSIONAL but why the hell should he be judged for that all his life without his haters EVER letting it go?

And please continue to make it sound like NaNiwa is bm every single day.
ysnake
Profile Joined June 2012
Bosnia-Herzegovina261 Posts
August 01 2012 12:34 GMT
#1518
On August 01 2012 21:19 Waterflow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 20:12 RaelSan wrote:
I don t get this thread : /
Just please try to be objective, you have to admit that he has done many unprofessionnal things such as his probe rush, BM in TSL4, leaving like 7 teams,...

Of course many haters are overreacting, because it's always the same when a drama occurs, dont take that too seriously but :

Please don't blindly pretend that he hasn't done anything wrong when he did, and sent a bad image of him, his team and esports, he doesn't disserve to be hanged but if you want to talk about this don't be extreme, it's always bad.

So my point is : Talin I like the way you write but you are obviously biased and can't really admit the truth even if I understand your fight with haters, you are using their weapons !


You're just ranting the same shit as everyone else though. YES HE HAS BEEN UNPROFESSIONAL but why the hell should he be judged for that all his life without his haters EVER letting it go?

And please continue to make it sound like NaNiwa is bm every single day.


Naniwa is kind of a douchebag, but good player nevertheless.
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MichaelDonovan
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1453 Posts
August 01 2012 12:46 GMT
#1519
On August 01 2012 21:34 ysnake wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2012 21:19 Waterflow wrote:
On August 01 2012 20:12 RaelSan wrote:
I don t get this thread : /
Just please try to be objective, you have to admit that he has done many unprofessionnal things such as his probe rush, BM in TSL4, leaving like 7 teams,...

Of course many haters are overreacting, because it's always the same when a drama occurs, dont take that too seriously but :

Please don't blindly pretend that he hasn't done anything wrong when he did, and sent a bad image of him, his team and esports, he doesn't disserve to be hanged but if you want to talk about this don't be extreme, it's always bad.

So my point is : Talin I like the way you write but you are obviously biased and can't really admit the truth even if I understand your fight with haters, you are using their weapons !


You're just ranting the same shit as everyone else though. YES HE HAS BEEN UNPROFESSIONAL but why the hell should he be judged for that all his life without his haters EVER letting it go?

And please continue to make it sound like NaNiwa is bm every single day.


Naniwa is kind of a douchebag, but good player nevertheless.


Why would you post that? That's not nice at all.
LakseWim
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands202 Posts
August 01 2012 12:50 GMT
#1520
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.


i feel like this awesome post should be quoted yet again
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