• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 04:29
CEST 10:29
KST 17:29
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2914Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12
Community News
Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16)14Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format13[IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend!5Weekly Cups (July 6 - 12): Protoss strike back12BSL Season 22 Full Overview & Conclusion8
StarCraft 2
General
Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format Is the larve respawn broken? 5.0.16 patch for SC2 goes live (8 worker start) BGE Stara Zagora to be held again in June 2025
Tourneys
Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) WardiTV Summer Cup 2026 GSL CK #5 Race War RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event HomeStory Cup 29
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
New Map Maker - Looking for Advice - Love or Hate Work In Progress Melee Maps [D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 534 Burning Evacuation Mutation # 533 Die Together Mutation # 532 Nuclear Family
Brood War
General
Etiquete rules in Asl? Recommended FPV games (post-KeSPA) Pros Debate: Zerg Unfairly Nerfed? (ASL S22 map) BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ screpdb: new Starcraft reporting tool
Tourneys
Small VOD Thread 2.0 [IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend! Escore Tournament - Season 3 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Creating a full chart of Zerg builds Relatively freeroll strategies
Other Games
General Games
Path of Exile General RTS Discussion Thread Beyond All Reason Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Power Rank NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread UK Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The HerO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Series you have seen recently...
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread MLB/Baseball 2023 McBoner: A hockey love story Tennis[sport] Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop How to clean a TTe Thermaltake keyboard?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Northern Ireland Global Starcraft
Blogs
Poker (part 2)
Nebuchad
The Experiences We Want and …
TrAiDoS
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
Gauntlet SC2: A Retrospectiv…
Ctone23
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Evil Gacha Games and the…
ffswowsucks
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 8879 users

NaNiwa to take an indefinite break from StarCraft - Page 8

Forum Index > SC2 General
445 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 6 7 8 9 10 23 Next All
c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
March 12 2014 20:20 GMT
#141
Ugh.. sounds like the design of the game claims another victim.
Ctone23
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States1841 Posts
March 12 2014 20:20 GMT
#142
On March 13 2014 05:07 ElMeanYo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 05:00 Zealously wrote:
On March 13 2014 04:56 ElMeanYo wrote:
I can't stand this guy. He's being paid good money to play a freaking game and bring eyeballs to his teams sponsors.

If I suddenly one day told my boss I i wasn't working anymore until 'i got my motivation back', not only would I not have a job the next day, but my professional reputation would be on thin ice.

Naniwa get your lazy ass out there and back to work.


Congratulations on not understanding how sports work.


I understand perfectly how sports contracts work. I can't abide these spoiled brats who sign for millions and coast along with minimal effort. Even if injured a player should NOT be paid IMO, all the more motivation for them to rehab and get back in shape.

But Nani doesn't have an injury excuse. He's just raking in his teams money. No streaming, likely to get bounced in first round of IEM. I'm sure his team feels as though they've gotten their moneys worth. /sarcasm



Spoiled brat? Wow. He has been the top foreigner for a long time, and has shown a lot of dedication. Just because he is taking a break doesn't undo all the hard work he has done.

Also, saying an injured player shouldn't get paid is completely asinine. People have to pay bills, dude.
TL+ Member
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
March 12 2014 20:21 GMT
#143
On March 13 2014 05:20 4ZakeN87 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 05:15 trada wrote:
I wonder what he is doing instead of SC2 then. Is he just chillin for now or does he play any other games? go to school maybe like thorzain?


Interesting question... hearing him talk about his early gaming career does put a question mark around what grades he has. As far as I understood he more or less dropped everything to pursue gaming.


Fortunately for us Swedes, the doors don't really close even if you don't attend high school. I imagine if Naniwa wants to, he'll be more than capable of getting an education.
AdministratorBreak the chains
Soda-88
Profile Joined April 2012
Croatia476 Posts
March 12 2014 20:23 GMT
#144
Sad day
SC2Toastie
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
Netherlands5725 Posts
March 12 2014 20:23 GMT
#145
On March 13 2014 05:19 TotalBiscuit wrote:
I love how people think that Naniwa gets paid a lot

SC2 community has a rampant lack of understanding of what money goes where in this scene.

Some people do, yes.

On the other hand, we don't have any numbers to work with because nobody releases such information. How "big" is esports actually?
Mura Ma Man, Dark Da Dude, Super Shot Sos!
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18707 Posts
March 12 2014 20:23 GMT
#146
On March 13 2014 05:19 TotalBiscuit wrote:
I love how people think that Naniwa gets paid a lot

SC2 community has a rampant lack of understanding of what money goes where in this scene.


I love how no one tells the community how much people get paid.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
March 12 2014 20:23 GMT
#147
And thus ended the enduring legacy of the Starcraft Swedes
(i know sjow exists but hes as useful as bbyong)
Engage, Zero target Engage, Engage, Kagari target Engage, Engage.
jarod
Profile Joined September 2010
Romania766 Posts
March 12 2014 20:24 GMT
#148
nonono.... nani don`t do this.. you are were the salt and pepper of last years sc2, come back and win something.. that will get you motivated.
Maru | Life | herO
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
March 12 2014 20:24 GMT
#149
On March 13 2014 05:21 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 05:20 4ZakeN87 wrote:
On March 13 2014 05:15 trada wrote:
I wonder what he is doing instead of SC2 then. Is he just chillin for now or does he play any other games? go to school maybe like thorzain?


Interesting question... hearing him talk about his early gaming career does put a question mark around what grades he has. As far as I understood he more or less dropped everything to pursue gaming.


Fortunately for us Swedes, the doors don't really close even if you don't attend high school. I imagine if Naniwa wants to, he'll be more than capable of getting an education.

Your a swede?!
Engage, Zero target Engage, Engage, Kagari target Engage, Engage.
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
March 12 2014 20:24 GMT
#150
On March 13 2014 05:23 Cricketer12 wrote:
And thus ended the enduring legacy of the Starcraft Swedes
(i know sjow exists but hes as useful as bbyong)

Hey Bbyong new FPL stud.
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
Wuster
Profile Joined May 2011
1974 Posts
March 12 2014 20:25 GMT
#151
On March 13 2014 05:00 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 04:56 ElMeanYo wrote:
I can't stand this guy. He's being paid good money to play a freaking game and bring eyeballs to his teams sponsors.

If I suddenly one day told my boss I i wasn't working anymore until 'i got my motivation back', not only would I not have a job the next day, but my professional reputation would be on thin ice.

Naniwa get your lazy ass out there and back to work.


Congratulations on not understanding how sports work.


Well, even in the sports world, players just taking time off for non-injury reasons are generally not accepted. Lamar Odom's weird stint with the Dallas Mavericks being a prime example with people trashing him left and right. To a lesser extend Royce White's conflicts over his mental issues weren't accepted either.

Oh, I remember the flareup over Barry Sanders retiring too. He was still under contract and still a great player with no injury concerns. People just couldn't accept that being on a crappy team just wore on him so much that he'd rather quit than stay with the Lions lol.

Then again, if Naniwa's not even on a team at the moment (I'm not up to date), then he's free to not join a team and not play. That's pretty common in the sports world (bunch of players never even bother announcing a retirement when they can't find a new team).
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
March 12 2014 20:25 GMT
#152
On March 13 2014 05:24 Darkhorse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 05:23 Cricketer12 wrote:
And thus ended the enduring legacy of the Starcraft Swedes
(i know sjow exists but hes as useful as bbyong)

Hey Bbyong new FPL stud.

...its a joke...have you not read the the recap/prediction pages for the GSL?
Engage, Zero target Engage, Engage, Kagari target Engage, Engage.
ThePlagueJG
Profile Joined May 2013
Sweden1010 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-12 20:25:36
March 12 2014 20:25 GMT
#153
On March 13 2014 05:21 Zealously wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 05:20 4ZakeN87 wrote:
On March 13 2014 05:15 trada wrote:
I wonder what he is doing instead of SC2 then. Is he just chillin for now or does he play any other games? go to school maybe like thorzain?


Interesting question... hearing him talk about his early gaming career does put a question mark around what grades he has. As far as I understood he more or less dropped everything to pursue gaming.


Fortunately for us Swedes, the doors don't really close even if you don't attend high school. I imagine if Naniwa wants to, he'll be more than capable of getting an education.


As far as I know NaNiwa have finished high school(Gymnasiet)
ThorZaIN | NaNiwa | SaSe | PartinG | sOs | Jaedong | sOs restored passion!
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
March 12 2014 20:25 GMT
#154
On March 13 2014 05:23 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 05:19 TotalBiscuit wrote:
I love how people think that Naniwa gets paid a lot

SC2 community has a rampant lack of understanding of what money goes where in this scene.


I love how no one tells the community how much people get paid.

It's an interesting argument for transparency in that area. Those kinds of things are easily viewable for traditional sports but of course esports is different.
WriterRecently Necro'd (?)
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
March 12 2014 20:26 GMT
#155
On March 13 2014 05:24 Cricketer12 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 05:21 Zealously wrote:
On March 13 2014 05:20 4ZakeN87 wrote:
On March 13 2014 05:15 trada wrote:
I wonder what he is doing instead of SC2 then. Is he just chillin for now or does he play any other games? go to school maybe like thorzain?


Interesting question... hearing him talk about his early gaming career does put a question mark around what grades he has. As far as I understood he more or less dropped everything to pursue gaming.


Fortunately for us Swedes, the doors don't really close even if you don't attend high school. I imagine if Naniwa wants to, he'll be more than capable of getting an education.

Your a swede?!


Indeed!
AdministratorBreak the chains
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
March 12 2014 20:26 GMT
#156
On March 13 2014 05:07 ElMeanYo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 05:00 Zealously wrote:
On March 13 2014 04:56 ElMeanYo wrote:
I can't stand this guy. He's being paid good money to play a freaking game and bring eyeballs to his teams sponsors.

If I suddenly one day told my boss I i wasn't working anymore until 'i got my motivation back', not only would I not have a job the next day, but my professional reputation would be on thin ice.

Naniwa get your lazy ass out there and back to work.


Congratulations on not understanding how sports work.


I understand perfectly how sports contracts work. I can't abide these spoiled brats who sign for millions and coast along with minimal effort. Even if injured a player should NOT be paid IMO, all the more motivation for them to rehab and get back in shape.

But Nani doesn't have an injury excuse. He's just raking in his teams money. No streaming, likely to get bounced in first round of IEM. I'm sure his team feels as though they've gotten their moneys worth. /sarcasm

Wow what an asshole. People who are injured while at work, aka, whole playing sports, should get paid. Anything less is not ok. Do you think people will play harder if they know if they get injured they won't get a dime? Why would they risk that?

You might want to think a little more before you type stuff like that.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
March 12 2014 20:26 GMT
#157
On March 13 2014 05:25 ThePlagueJG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 05:21 Zealously wrote:
On March 13 2014 05:20 4ZakeN87 wrote:
On March 13 2014 05:15 trada wrote:
I wonder what he is doing instead of SC2 then. Is he just chillin for now or does he play any other games? go to school maybe like thorzain?


Interesting question... hearing him talk about his early gaming career does put a question mark around what grades he has. As far as I understood he more or less dropped everything to pursue gaming.


Fortunately for us Swedes, the doors don't really close even if you don't attend high school. I imagine if Naniwa wants to, he'll be more than capable of getting an education.


As far as I know NaNiwa have finished high school(Gymnasiet)


I think so as well, I was just illustrating how practical the Swedish educational system is for people who dropped out of school or didn't perform too well.
AdministratorBreak the chains
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
March 12 2014 20:27 GMT
#158
On March 13 2014 05:23 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2014 05:19 TotalBiscuit wrote:
I love how people think that Naniwa gets paid a lot

SC2 community has a rampant lack of understanding of what money goes where in this scene.


I love how no one tells the community how much people get paid.

The most valid of counter arguments.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
oo_Wonderful_oo
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
The land of freedom23126 Posts
March 12 2014 20:32 GMT
#159
On March 13 2014 05:13 lantz wrote:
just sell yourself out and be a streamer.


you will get many views because you are a top foreigner.. and you may enjoy interacting with viewers and gain a passion for the game again


He was never playing for money or trying to showcase how good is he.
He only wanted to be the best and show his fans what they deserve. And when he failed, he was coming back stronger.

And imagine this session of streaming if he gets to play 5 hours of swarm host turtling?
Hell, i bet, he will leave the game instead of wasting time of viewers and himself. And that's worst feeling in game, when you know how to deal with it, but you just don't want to.
LiquidLegends StaffFPL 25 #1 | tfw I cast games on-air | back-to-back Liquibet winner
khmerrouge
Profile Joined February 2012
Slovenia15 Posts
March 12 2014 20:34 GMT
#160
could it be that he is just doing a sneaky maneuver to make everyone think he suks, then he shows his true mad skills because he's been practising like crazy for the last month or so? i mean, he is a poker player, isnt he?
Prev 1 6 7 8 9 10 23 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 31m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
WinterStarcraft789
SortOf 12
StarCraft: Brood War
Hyuk 865
BeSt 434
Mini 203
Shuttle 173
Hyun 134
sorry 88
NaDa 50
ZergMaN 34
Bale 20
Hm[arnc] 15
[ Show more ]
NotJumperer 13
IntoTheRainbow 7
Sharp 6
Purpose 1
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm151
Fuzer 78
febbydoto23
League of Legends
JimRising 550
Other Games
gofns8106
summit1g4974
ceh9710
Happy320
crisheroes275
XaKoH 174
Trikslyr8
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick2052
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH326
• LUISG 11
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota293
League of Legends
• Stunt668
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
31m
CrankTV Team League
2h 31m
WardiTV Qualifier
3h 31m
Epic.LAN
4h 31m
Big Brain Bouts
7h 31m
SHIN vs Elazer
Percival vs Nicoract
Reynor vs Lambo
Replay Cast
15h 31m
RSL Revival
1d
Clem vs Lambo
Scarlett vs Cure
CranKy Ducklings
1d 1h
Epic.LAN
1d 4h
IPSL
1d 7h
Dragon vs Hawk
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
2 days
Classic vs Trap
herO vs SHIN
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
OSC
2 days
IPSL
2 days
Bonyth vs Ret
WardiTV Weekly
3 days
Monday Night Weeklies
3 days
PiGosaur Cup
4 days
The PondCast
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
CrankTV Team League
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-07-13
HSC XXIX
Eternal Conflict S2 E2

Ongoing

IPSL Spring 2026
Acropolis #4
CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
Escore Tournament S3: W3
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
SCTL 2026 Spring
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026

Upcoming

ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 1
Escore Tournament S3: W4
ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 2
Escore Tournament S3: W5
CSLAN 4
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
Light Tournament 2026
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale
Eternal Conflict S2 E3
Logitech G Connect 2026
StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.