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NaNiwa forfeits mid-series at IEM Katowice - Page 22

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Treemonkeys
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States2082 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-14 21:51:11
March 14 2014 21:50 GMT
#421
It's nice to see the people who don't even like the game leaving IMO. This was like the hero vs. villain match, Polt is always smiling and has good manner even when losing. Naniwa has always been rude an ungrateful. This is a fitting end for his SC2 career. It's pure karma pay back that his rage quit gave the nice guy a free win.
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Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
March 14 2014 21:54 GMT
#422
May have been posted before, but still funny:
ZAiNs
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom6525 Posts
March 14 2014 21:56 GMT
#423
On March 15 2014 06:54 Big J wrote:
May have been posted before, but still funny:
https://twitter.com/EG_Stephano/status/444508126696714241

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/307577-stephano-forfeits-onog-finals

lol
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
March 14 2014 21:58 GMT
#424
On March 15 2014 06:56 ZAiNs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 15 2014 06:54 Big J wrote:
May have been posted before, but still funny:
https://twitter.com/EG_Stephano/status/444508126696714241

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/307577-stephano-forfeits-onog-finals

lol

Different and you know it.

Also Stephano seems to be joking here.
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ilikeredheads
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada1995 Posts
March 14 2014 22:00 GMT
#425
naniwa first pro to lose a game without losing ANY units?
seak99
Profile Joined November 2013
Canada69 Posts
March 14 2014 22:00 GMT
#426
If he put his building a little more out of the way polt wouldn't have seen it... he just barely saw the edge.

Never was a fan of Naniwa, but he was one of the better foreigners. Unfortunately for everyone will only remember him for pulling these punk moves. Pretty much wastes his whole time as a programer if all he is remembered by is being a punk.
seak99
Profile Joined November 2013
Canada69 Posts
March 14 2014 22:02 GMT
#427
On March 15 2014 06:54 Big J wrote:
May have been posted before, but still funny:
https://twitter.com/EG_Stephano/status/444508126696714241


Stephano sounds like a punk there too. No need to kick a guy while he is down
sitromit
Profile Joined June 2011
7051 Posts
March 14 2014 22:04 GMT
#428
I'm just so devastated that at least for a little while until he inevitably decides to once again grace tournaments with his presence, we're not going to have to sit and wait 30 minutes in the middle of a bo3 because Naniwa's computer was the only one that was lagging, or there was something wrong with the map that made him unhappy after the game began, or the booth was uncomfortable, had sound-proofing issues or some other unbearable defect that only and only he noticed, or because JYP touched him, or because someone looked at him funny in the restroom 10 minutes ago.

I don't know if the SC2 scene can survive his absence.
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
March 14 2014 22:05 GMT
#429
On March 15 2014 05:19 Kabras wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 15 2014 05:13 Grobyc wrote:
Is the a VOD of the winners interview with Polt that followed this? Interested to hear if he can vouch for the sound thing or if it was just a good scout.

pretty sure Polt would have scouted that way regardless, the crowd wasn't the reason he found the gate. still, that doesn't mean that naniwa's complaint wasn't legit. did polt win because crowd noise? absolutely not. was naniwa right to whine about the booths? who knows, any of the players that were in those booths today could tell us.

Yeah I absolutely agree it's not possible to say he wouldn't have scouted it otherwise unless he honestly wasn't going to and did get a hint from the crowd. You can't take anything away from Polt in this scenario.

It definitely wasn't respectful and sportsmanlike for Naniwa to instantly assume Polt only scouted it because of something he thinks happened though. He has no way of knowing if that was the case at all and even if he did somehow know for sure, it's pretty bad manner to type a cheeky comment like that. It wasn't necessary at all.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Josh_Video
Profile Joined August 2013
Canada798 Posts
March 14 2014 22:07 GMT
#430
This is why i'm not sad about him retiring.

A career filled with drama, controversy and disappointment ends in a series filled with drama, controversy and disappointment. How fitting.
MKP :D ~ MMA ~ Scarlett ~ Taeja ~ Mvp ~ InnoVation ~ Polt | Prime ( RIP :( ) ~ Acer ~ SK Telecom T1 | I enjoyed the locust war of May 3, 2014.
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
March 14 2014 22:10 GMT
#431
Pretty much a microcosm of Naniwa's whole career. Pretty hilarious incident and a reminder that he is not really someone who should be missed at this point.
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USA.
Profile Joined August 2012
United States7 Posts
March 14 2014 22:11 GMT
#432
round of 15 imo
DannyJ
Profile Joined March 2010
United States5110 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-14 22:13:51
March 14 2014 22:12 GMT
#433
But... I loved hating him...

It can't be the end!

I still love how utterly creepy and stone cold he was in the MLG he won a few years back. What a wonderful villain.
phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1740 Posts
March 14 2014 22:15 GMT
#434
On March 15 2014 07:00 ilikeredheads wrote:
naniwa first pro to lose a game without losing ANY units?


The bunker was OP, david kim should nerf bunker build time again.
LA_Morello
Profile Joined July 2011
Brazil143 Posts
March 14 2014 22:19 GMT
#435
If the players could indeed hear the crowd, I think he has a point. Might not been a good way to deal with it, but still. I wouldn't like to play in that situation.
MintBerryC
Profile Joined February 2011
United States12 Posts
March 14 2014 22:21 GMT
#436
He must have known about the soundproofing issue before he started the 2-gate rush (probably before the game even started). This means that he chose to use a strat that would be unlikely to work for a known reason, but he did it anyway. My guess is that he went through with it because he wanted a way to justify his loss with an outside factor (to himself or fans), or he just felt like complaining about something.

If he didn't practice at all in the last month, there was no way he was winning the series no matter what, this way was quick and he could at least pretend that it was someone elses fault.
anatase
Profile Joined May 2010
France532 Posts
March 14 2014 22:22 GMT
#437
So it has been 22 pages and nobody came to check the soundproofing issue ?

It really is the corner of the problem there.


As for Naniwa, while he clearly was a good(great?) player, that kind of behaviour just never pays off for me. It's pointless to be this good and this jerky.
AsnSensation
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany24009 Posts
March 14 2014 22:24 GMT
#438
On March 15 2014 07:22 anatase wrote:
So it has been 22 pages and nobody came to check the soundproofing issue ?

It really is the corner of the problem there.


As for Naniwa, while he clearly was a good(great?) player, that kind of behaviour just never pays off for me. It's pointless to be this good and this jerky.


None of the other pros complaining and laughing at him is probably a good sign that there's no issue.
Sapphire.lux
Profile Joined July 2010
Romania2620 Posts
March 14 2014 22:24 GMT
#439
On March 15 2014 05:13 las91 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 15 2014 05:08 Sapphire.lux wrote:
Difficult to tell if he is a genuine arse or just an unhappy kid. I hope he will continue playing though as he is one of the best foreigner out there.


Why are the two mutually exclusive? He's been a genuine arse the entire time he's been on the scene, even if he is unhappy now that doesn't really excuse past or current behavior.

I meant as a light or even more serious depression that has probably gone on for a long time. He's had this awkward, "me against the world" and negative view on everything for a long time. I think he needs help, not a crucifixion.
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j4vz
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada976 Posts
March 14 2014 22:25 GMT
#440
I predicted Naniwa to no show yesterday or to just cheese to get out quickly, but haha this is even better
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