[A]NaNiwa - Road to Blizzcon #15 - Page 14

On November 09 2013 00:32 Jer99 wrote:
Can't wait to see Naniwa get knocked out by Soulkey :D

On November 09 2013 00:51 SixStrings wrote:
Obviously any article about anything related to Naniwa is going to incite some controversy, even if it means mouthraping a volunteer writer who did a neat job writing an article.

For what it's worth, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

On November 09 2013 00:49 Darkhoarse wrote:
Like many of you, I am a little disappointed. Not in the quality of the writing as some of you so quickly criticize, but in the amount of people who decided that this article is not up to par.

I hope you all can take a step back and think about what the TL writers have done this week. An unprecedented number of articles and previews have gone out to hype one of the greatest tournaments of all time. I don't mean to go all Tasteless, "esports history" on you but it is what it is.

But the amount of people who have the audacity to jump on Zealously for this article is astounding. Now I've read some complaints which range from the article simply not having a title to the fact that it is not entirely positive. And my answer to that is: SO WHAT?

The article may not be positive, but it is honest. I happen to know that Zealously actually likes Naniwa, but he does what a writer should do and looks at the player objectively. Feel free to try to point out factual inaccuracies in the article, because I have not found any.

Maybe people expected a 6 page dissertation on why Naniwa is the greatest thing since sliced bread, just because he is the only foreigner. But isn't that the same bias that you all so self-righteously condemn because the article is "negative"? The writers are there to objectively evaluate the player and create hype for the tournament, and I think this article did just that.

Anyway that about wraps it up, sorry for ranting. But seriously, take some time to appreciate the work the writers did this week hyping ALL of the players, and cut them a little slack. Just because you did not think this article adequately hyped Naniwa does not mean you can sit behind your computer bashing the writing without making a contribution of your own. In conclusion, "This is the tournament where all the odds are stacked against NaNiwa, where no reasonable person would believe in him to win the championship. Two years we saw the best of NaNiwa, even as he fell just short of being crowned champion of the world. This time around, he can make that final step."

Get ready for Blizzcon.