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NaNiwa to announce new team & return to Korea - Page 11

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deus.machinarum
Profile Joined September 2011
Austria658 Posts
March 24 2013 18:25 GMT
#201
Hoping for him to join Acer and maybe even go to train in Korea and compete in GSTL
Nothing worth having comes easy.
Dismay
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1180 Posts
March 24 2013 18:26 GMT
#202
Acer Naniwa gogogo.
In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same.
slytown
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Korea (South)1411 Posts
March 24 2013 18:30 GMT
#203
Kespa im guessing.
The best Flash meme ever: http://imgur.com/zquoK
mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
March 24 2013 18:39 GMT
#204
On March 25 2013 03:30 slytown wrote:
Kespa im guessing.



eh..
i think its very unlikely.
Kespa teams want their players to focus 100% on proleague and the only foreign event that he will be allowed to participate in is going to be MLG.
어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
March 24 2013 18:40 GMT
#205
On March 25 2013 03:39 mongmong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2013 03:30 slytown wrote:
Kespa im guessing.



eh..
i think its very unlikely.
Kespa teams want their players to focus 100% on proleague and the only foreign event that he will be allowed to participate in is going to be MLG.


Hm he can play in more then MLG I think considering that Parting (who is on a kespa team SKT right?) played at IEM a couple weeks ago :o.
When I think of something else, something will go here
Empirimancer
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada1024 Posts
March 24 2013 18:45 GMT
#206
Naniwa was definitely much better than Thorzain when he got to round of 8 in GSL. Now though? Probably only slightly better.

mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
March 24 2013 18:46 GMT
#207
On March 25 2013 03:40 blade55555 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2013 03:39 mongmong wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:30 slytown wrote:
Kespa im guessing.



eh..
i think its very unlikely.
Kespa teams want their players to focus 100% on proleague and the only foreign event that he will be allowed to participate in is going to be MLG.


Hm he can play in more then MLG I think considering that Parting (who is on a kespa team SKT right?) played at IEM a couple weeks ago :o.



thats because parting was the best protoss at the time crushing everyone with his soul wonwonwon (minus Life), so he could demand those conditions when he signed the contract. Naniwa is nowhere near as good as parting and Kespa teams are not going to pay for flights for naniwa who wants to attend as many foreign events as possible. I might be wrong and naniwa going to kespa team could happen though
어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-24 19:04:31
March 24 2013 19:02 GMT
#208
Alex Garfield just said in The Pulse that EG is signing two players on short term contracts (like 6 months), so one could be Naniwa.

p.s. let's pray idra doesn't self-destruct, as a result
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
Swords
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
6038 Posts
March 24 2013 19:03 GMT
#209
On March 25 2013 03:46 mongmong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2013 03:40 blade55555 wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:39 mongmong wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:30 slytown wrote:
Kespa im guessing.



eh..
i think its very unlikely.
Kespa teams want their players to focus 100% on proleague and the only foreign event that he will be allowed to participate in is going to be MLG.


Hm he can play in more then MLG I think considering that Parting (who is on a kespa team SKT right?) played at IEM a couple weeks ago :o.



thats because parting was the best protoss at the time crushing everyone with his soul wonwonwon (minus Life), so he could demand those conditions when he signed the contract. Naniwa is nowhere near as good as parting and Kespa teams are not going to pay for flights for naniwa who wants to attend as many foreign events as possible. I might be wrong and naniwa going to kespa team could happen though


I think he'd be able to do MLG, since they have that partnership with KeSPA and Naniwa is definitely someone who brings a crowd (whether you like him or not), I just don't think KeSPA would pick him up considering the whole Nestea incident and stuff like that. Naniwa has also said one of his main goals this year is to win a Dreamhack, so I don't think KeSPA really fits what he wants. I think if he could make it on a KeSPA team though it'd be a good environment for him - nonstop training and lots of good preparation for matches.
GunSec
Profile Joined February 2010
1095 Posts
March 24 2013 19:04 GMT
#210
On March 25 2013 04:02 figq wrote:
Alex Garfield just said in The Pulse that EG is signing two players on short term contracts (like 6 months), so one could be Naniwa.

p.s. let's pray idra doesn't self-destruct


EGNaniwaRC for sure XD
Grovbolle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark3813 Posts
March 24 2013 19:04 GMT
#211
On March 25 2013 03:46 mongmong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2013 03:40 blade55555 wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:39 mongmong wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:30 slytown wrote:
Kespa im guessing.



eh..
i think its very unlikely.
Kespa teams want their players to focus 100% on proleague and the only foreign event that he will be allowed to participate in is going to be MLG.


Hm he can play in more then MLG I think considering that Parting (who is on a kespa team SKT right?) played at IEM a couple weeks ago :o.



thats because parting was the best protoss at the time crushing everyone with his soul wonwonwon (minus Life), so he could demand those conditions when he signed the contract. Naniwa is nowhere near as good as parting and Kespa teams are not going to pay for flights for naniwa who wants to attend as many foreign events as possible. I might be wrong and naniwa going to kespa team could happen though

Don't forget that he qualified prior to joining plus he couldn't play in proleague before round 4
Lies, damned lies and statistics: http://aligulac.com
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
March 24 2013 19:09 GMT
#212
On March 25 2013 03:46 mongmong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2013 03:40 blade55555 wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:39 mongmong wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:30 slytown wrote:
Kespa im guessing.



eh..
i think its very unlikely.
Kespa teams want their players to focus 100% on proleague and the only foreign event that he will be allowed to participate in is going to be MLG.


Hm he can play in more then MLG I think considering that Parting (who is on a kespa team SKT right?) played at IEM a couple weeks ago :o.



thats because parting was the best protoss at the time crushing everyone with his soul wonwonwon (minus Life), so he could demand those conditions when he signed the contract. Naniwa is nowhere near as good as parting and Kespa teams are not going to pay for flights for naniwa who wants to attend as many foreign events as possible. I might be wrong and naniwa going to kespa team could happen though


No Parting was free until season 4 started, so he will soon be focused on kespa tournaments.
mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
March 24 2013 19:09 GMT
#213
On March 25 2013 04:03 Swords wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2013 03:46 mongmong wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:40 blade55555 wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:39 mongmong wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:30 slytown wrote:
Kespa im guessing.



eh..
i think its very unlikely.
Kespa teams want their players to focus 100% on proleague and the only foreign event that he will be allowed to participate in is going to be MLG.


Hm he can play in more then MLG I think considering that Parting (who is on a kespa team SKT right?) played at IEM a couple weeks ago :o.



thats because parting was the best protoss at the time crushing everyone with his soul wonwonwon (minus Life), so he could demand those conditions when he signed the contract. Naniwa is nowhere near as good as parting and Kespa teams are not going to pay for flights for naniwa who wants to attend as many foreign events as possible. I might be wrong and naniwa going to kespa team could happen though


I think he'd be able to do MLG, since they have that partnership with KeSPA and Naniwa is definitely someone who brings a crowd (whether you like him or not), I just don't think KeSPA would pick him up considering the whole Nestea incident and stuff like that. Naniwa has also said one of his main goals this year is to win a Dreamhack, so I don't think KeSPA really fits what he wants. I think if he could make it on a KeSPA team though it'd be a good environment for him - nonstop training and lots of good preparation for matches.




I was actually forgetting about that lol .That was long time ago (in terms of Esports time) yeah that could be the case.

어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
mongmong
Profile Joined November 2011
Korea (South)1389 Posts
March 24 2013 19:10 GMT
#214
On March 25 2013 04:09 FeyFey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2013 03:46 mongmong wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:40 blade55555 wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:39 mongmong wrote:
On March 25 2013 03:30 slytown wrote:
Kespa im guessing.



eh..
i think its very unlikely.
Kespa teams want their players to focus 100% on proleague and the only foreign event that he will be allowed to participate in is going to be MLG.


Hm he can play in more then MLG I think considering that Parting (who is on a kespa team SKT right?) played at IEM a couple weeks ago :o.



thats because parting was the best protoss at the time crushing everyone with his soul wonwonwon (minus Life), so he could demand those conditions when he signed the contract. Naniwa is nowhere near as good as parting and Kespa teams are not going to pay for flights for naniwa who wants to attend as many foreign events as possible. I might be wrong and naniwa going to kespa team could happen though


No Parting was free until season 4 started, so he will soon be focused on kespa tournaments.



yeah i know about that didnt mention it because i assumed everyone knows it
어헣 ↗ 어헣 ↗
AKomrade
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States582 Posts
March 24 2013 19:11 GMT
#215
Super cute. TFunk will always be King in the North.
ALL HAIL THE KING IN THE NORTH! HAIL! HAIL!
ColtraneL
Profile Joined December 2011
France248 Posts
March 24 2013 19:17 GMT
#216
On March 25 2013 02:58 Zheryn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2013 02:48 ColtraneL wrote:
I don't understand why people are comparing Thorzain with Naniwa at the moment.
There were moments when Thorzain was clearly better (after his TSL3 win he had a moment with very ingenious builds played perfectly and later when he showcased great play in team leagues) and others when it was Naniwa (in 2011 during the Blizzard invitational or during his GSL runs) but neither one of them was able to maintain his level at the best.

Now WOL just finished, we have absolutely no way to compare them, Thorzain has just lost one serie and Naniwa has not play anything. I think we should let them play before starting to argue about who is the best.


Indeed we have no big tournaments or whatever to compare them in, but to everyone who watched Thorzain's play in MLG and Naniwa's play in E-sport-SM yesterday, I think most will agree that Naniwa's play just looked way cleaner and at a higher level than Thorzain's.


Well you have seen one match by Thorzain in TvZ which was never his best MU against Killer who is a fine player with an original style (he did not attend every tournament like the so-called "patch zergs" but he had good results during this time).
Thorzain absolutely crushed Socke as well during the qualifier in the MU where he always excelled.

Naniwa has only beaten Swedish players unknown in the international scene aside from Starnan who has never been a top contender. You have to keep in mind that the player you are up against has a big influence on how well your style is perceived. Especially with Naniwa's greedy style who looks absolutely unstoppable if you don't do the right decisions. I haven't watched E-Sport SM but I wouldn't build my opinion on this tournament.
Swords
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
6038 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-24 19:29:05
March 24 2013 19:28 GMT
#217
oops wrong thread
mrRoflpwn
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States2618 Posts
March 24 2013 19:29 GMT
#218
Nanerrs!!
Long live the Boss Toss!
nmetasch
Profile Joined April 2012
United States600 Posts
March 24 2013 19:34 GMT
#219
I hope to god its a kespa team. That would be amazing, and just what he needs to compliment his practice style and really allow him to blossom
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33650 Posts
March 24 2013 19:36 GMT
#220
superb!
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
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