Thorin's really a good writer! kudos to him. With regard to naniwa: this article outlines the strength of naniwa: his unbreakabe will to improve in order to become the best. Aside from his hard to bear personality, he is an astounding player.

Byronwer

1 Post

October 16 2013 06:48 GMT

#23

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Shika

Sweden1711 Posts

October 16 2013 08:33 GMT

#24

One of the best Starcraft articles I've read. It provided me with a nice dose of nostalgia too. Hope Naniwa finally gets his big tournament win against a world class field. He's been close so many times now, I think it's only a matter of time.

Lobotomist

United States1541 Posts

October 16 2013 23:06 GMT

#25

dang, I hadn't realized how close he has been to winning that many tournaments that many times. Top 3 foreigners for sure

ke_ivan

Singapore374 Posts

October 17 2013 04:14 GMT

#26

Amazing Article. Fantastic allusions and Naniwa is certainly deserving of praise. Anyone with that sort of determination will get to the top.

Marcinko

South Africa1014 Posts

October 17 2013 04:42 GMT

#27

NaNiwa wants to win a tournament with top tier Koreans, imagine if he qualifies for Blizzcon and wins it. That would make for an epic story. (Unlikely though)

Advantageous

China1350 Posts

October 17 2013 08:04 GMT

#28

Very good write-up but some of the articles such as the GSL one couldve been more detailed and more hyped seeing how only 3 foreigners have so far made it up to the ro8 of what was the most prestigious tournament at the time.

Chinnro

Australia47 Posts

October 17 2013 08:14 GMT

#29

Great write up, but to be honest there are plenty of other progamers that give more to community than naniwhine. Seriously, we should not celebrate the bm grandmaster. Just saying...probe rush, hand shakes, no gg, smack talking nestea, need I go on?

Doublemint

Austria8760 Posts

October 17 2013 08:17 GMT

#30

On October 17 2013 17:14 Chinnro wrote:
Great write up, but to be honest there are plenty of other progamers that give more to community than naniwhine. Seriously, we should not celebrate the bm grandmaster. Just saying...probe rush, hand shakes, no gg, smack talking nestea, need I go on?

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some ppl are just butthurt I guess

Muffloe

Sweden6061 Posts

October 17 2013 09:50 GMT

#31

Well "naniwhine" have become an egregore. You want him to be bm, and therefore you see bm. I'm convinced that there are more personal characteristics to Naniwa than being bm.

LeviathanDK

Denmark87 Posts

October 17 2013 11:03 GMT

#32

so where are all the BM stuff that has influenced his career?

pms

Poland611 Posts

October 17 2013 11:29 GMT

#33

Thanks for the write-up! I think it could be even more interesting if you included some of his personal struggles (I've read somewhere, perhaps on wiki, that he had serious family problems because of playing Warcraft 3, etc.). I guess it's hard to get original/authorized information on this, but it would add so much more depth to Naniwa's perseverance and strength.

pms

Poland611 Posts

October 17 2013 11:31 GMT

#34

On October 17 2013 13:42 Marchinko wrote:
NaNiwa wants to win a tournament with top tier Koreans, imagine if he qualifies for Blizzcon and wins it. That would make for an epic story. (Unlikely though)

I wonder what would happen... If only he qualifies :D

Davoud

Sweden38 Posts

October 17 2013 12:48 GMT

#35

Impressive article to say the least.

Talin

Montenegro10532 Posts

October 17 2013 12:49 GMT

#36

Yup, let's ignore one of the few real foreign progamers ever because of superficial nonsense.

We should celebrate those who try hard for a year, and then start streaming, casting, and selling pizza and overpriced hardware.

Waterflow

Sweden1550 Posts

October 17 2013 12:52 GMT

#37

Crazy good article! And im not just saying that because im a massive NaNiwa fan, im saying it because it's a masterpiece of an article.

Thorin deserves all the praise he can get for that one.