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kaykoose
Profile Joined February 2014
United States2302 Posts
March 13 2014 03:19 GMT
#301
Sucks to hear but I suppose the writing was on the wall.

Not worried about the foreign scene at all. We have so many players on the upswing. Still have Scarlett holding down the forefront.
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19383 Posts
March 13 2014 03:21 GMT
#302
Still expecting a second place finish for Naniwa at IEM. This changes nothing.
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Xinzoe
Profile Joined January 2014
Korea (South)2373 Posts
March 13 2014 03:32 GMT
#303
i expected this 3 months ago when he streamed for 1 day. He kept talking a lot of shit in games where zergs used swarm hosts and say he's frustrated with the current metagame. Also in WCS EU, he couldn't win a player that was consider "inferior" without using cheeese.
PresenceSc2
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia4032 Posts
March 13 2014 03:50 GMT
#304
I wonder if Naniwa has ever had a real job ;o Someone give the kid a reality check so he can keep playing video games for money.
Stephano//HerO//TaeJa//Squirtle//Bomber
lystier
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
China877 Posts
March 13 2014 03:57 GMT
#305
WTF NANIWA
the best foreigner in my heart, always
Startale forever.
Chaggi
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)1936 Posts
March 13 2014 04:21 GMT
#306
On March 13 2014 12:50 Za7oX wrote:
I wonder if Naniwa has ever had a real job ;o Someone give the kid a reality check so he can keep playing video games for money.


I wonder if you've ever been a professional gamer, or have met and talked to some of these people extensively? Playing video games for 10-12+ hours a day, getting shit on by people in the community that don't like you cause of your race/way you play/mannerisms/etc, and not getting any recognition for your efforts unless you're a top 4 finisher at tournaments that happen every few months... that doesn't sound like fun. It sounds like hell.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46310 Posts
March 13 2014 04:22 GMT
#307
Naniwa nooooooo!!!

I hope he gets his passion back ♥
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Clazziquai10
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Singapore1949 Posts
March 13 2014 04:26 GMT
#308
NOOOOOOOOOOOO
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
March 13 2014 04:43 GMT
#309
Dammit, he's my favorite foreigner .
User was warned for too many mimes.
asdfOu
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2089 Posts
March 13 2014 04:47 GMT
#310
On March 13 2014 03:28 Naniwa wrote:
my team gave me a great contract, its not about money for those who wonder. i am taking a break untill i get motivation back but if that doesnt happen then ofcourse i wont continue. i just dont like the game anymore and i feel like blizzard will take a super long time to fix it. i am tired of complaining about it so instead i just choose this instead

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GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
March 13 2014 05:06 GMT
#311
On March 13 2014 12:50 Za7oX wrote:
I wonder if Naniwa has ever had a real job ;o Someone give the kid a reality check so he can keep playing video games for money.


Yeah, because grinding games out for hours a day, month after month, is so much fun.
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Spec
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Taiwan931 Posts
March 13 2014 05:09 GMT
#312
SH complaint not balance whine, Zerg hates it too.
Eye for an eye make the world go blind - Gandhi
Caladan
Profile Joined May 2008
Germany1238 Posts
March 13 2014 05:40 GMT
#313
I think this is his retirement. Though I have seen this coming after his latest performances, it's very sad to loose one of the best foreign players...
But what can we say... he is right: SC2 has some great problems at the moment, and I can't blame anyone for not being motivated to play this game at the moment.
Good luck in the future, Naniwa!
WetSocks
Profile Joined June 2012
United States953 Posts
March 13 2014 05:49 GMT
#314
This will be his retirement. He's my favourite foreign toss after Welmu!
Diminisherqc
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada220 Posts
March 13 2014 05:57 GMT
#315
On March 13 2014 14:06 GolemMadness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 12:50 Za7oX wrote:
I wonder if Naniwa has ever had a real job ;o Someone give the kid a reality check so he can keep playing video games for money.


Yeah, because grinding games out for hours a day, month after month, is so much fun.


yhea like anybody forced him to ....
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27303 Posts
March 13 2014 06:00 GMT
#316
On March 13 2014 14:57 Diminisherqc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 14:06 GolemMadness wrote:
On March 13 2014 12:50 Za7oX wrote:
I wonder if Naniwa has ever had a real job ;o Someone give the kid a reality check so he can keep playing video games for money.


Yeah, because grinding games out for hours a day, month after month, is so much fun.


yhea like anybody forced him to ....

Who is saying that? It's more a response to idiotic 'how dare he not enjoy being a progamer?!, how very DARE HE?!' bs.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Siggen
Profile Joined November 2011
143 Posts
March 13 2014 06:15 GMT
#317
Nani! Hope you get motivation back! Love watching you play!
IAMPRO
Profile Joined November 2011
Afghanistan118 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-13 06:41:07
March 13 2014 06:38 GMT
#318
So happy if this is true. Always an unpleasant person, bad loser, basically cheated by watching replays when it was against the rules. Just a thoroughly horrible person that only has fans because he's very good at a game. GL in the real world.

For me, being good at a game doesn't make being a total douche suddenly irrelevent.

User was temp banned for this post.
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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
March 13 2014 06:50 GMT
#319
On March 13 2014 15:00 Wombat_NI wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 14:57 Diminisherqc wrote:
On March 13 2014 14:06 GolemMadness wrote:
On March 13 2014 12:50 Za7oX wrote:
I wonder if Naniwa has ever had a real job ;o Someone give the kid a reality check so he can keep playing video games for money.


Yeah, because grinding games out for hours a day, month after month, is so much fun.


yhea like anybody forced him to ....

Who is saying that? It's more a response to idiotic 'how dare he not enjoy being a progamer?!, how very DARE HE?!' bs.

seems like he's saying that Naniwa had a chance that many would've taken in his place and that he should continue due to that. I don't necessarily agree though if he dislikes the game since he would be forcing himself to play it.

Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3703 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-13 07:07:45
March 13 2014 06:59 GMT
#320
Even though it is isn't common knowledge, Nani actually takes "brakes" fairly often as he is only the 40+ games per day grind monster if he is motivated enough. He'll play IEM and he'll play tournaments after that and he won't retire any time soon. I don't even wanna know how pissed Garfield is right now, given that you probably wanna have the Alliance website announce something like that.

I can imagine a lot of shit that is way way worse to deal with in "real jobs" than 1/3 of your games being vs swarm hosts. Seriously these guys are supposed to be professionals not whinny bitches. He even realized himself that Blizz will fix it eventually, so I really don't get why he can't just get himself to go on until then and realize that he is getting paid to play videogames all day (and no offense to me thats one of the best possible jobs of all time). Sure it's not easy when you do it 8+ hours a day (which barely any foreigner does anyway), but I would say that playing vs SH is not as bad as actually doing a desk job/physically demanding job for 8+ hours a day...
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