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KUNGJAH
Profile Joined January 2014
Sweden53 Posts
March 22 2014 11:11 GMT
#101
i liked it. thx for bringing this to us. was nice being able to have the time stamps of questions so i could fast forward to the interesting ones. was nice getting some insight on his time in korea
Boonbag
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France3318 Posts
March 22 2014 11:20 GMT
#102
On March 22 2014 19:19 robson1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
Every single word he said is about what a neo nazi would say about poland ; how in the world is that tolerable ? I mean his interview shouldn't even be posted here


No it's not, you need to get a history lesson, and shouldn't call other people uneducated, when you're basically calling them neo-nazis without even knowing what the nazi agenda was/is.


okay now that's dumb
tell me about the nazi agenda haha
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28481 Posts
March 22 2014 11:29 GMT
#103
On March 22 2014 17:02 b0rt_ wrote:
I think this interview saved Nani a bit of face. It's good the last we'll see of him for a while will be a more positive note.

I agree. It's shows he's just a normal human being (with some quirks maybe).

On March 22 2014 19:55 GolemMadness wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 17:38 Boonbag wrote:
On March 22 2014 17:23 robson1 wrote:
On March 22 2014 17:18 Boonbag wrote:
I think that thorin dude should consider filling the void within his own brain before thinking about poland's.
edit : and the interview was awful, but that's just consistent with sc2 interviews in general.


elaborate. Why was the interview awful in your opinion


Because it's boring ? 1 hour ? Guys have nothing to say really, or rather, its pretty un interesting. It's like you listen to some people talking about something they know / do for a living, but they sound like they have no clue about it.

And naniwa posing with the leather jacket like hes some kind of rockstar is meh.
Also the way that shit interviewer everytime he ends a question just puts his hand in front of his mouth is so childish and unprofessional.
It's just overall you clearly see these two kids have 0 education whatsoever and that doesn't really make up for a good thing in a one hour long chat.

And don't even get me started on the camera performance. Oh god.

Esport professionalism at it's finest.

edit : about people saying this guy is entitled to have an "opinion" on poland. You people realise poland is the country that suffered the most from WWII ? Every single word he said is about what a neo nazi would say about poland ; how in the world is that tolerable ? I mean his interview shouldn't even be posted here.


"It's a bad interview because it's an hour and I didn't like it and I didn't like the jacket Naniwa wore or Thorin's hand gestures."


But.. It's his OPINION
I Protoss winner, could it be?
Qwerty85
Profile Joined June 2012
Croatia5536 Posts
March 22 2014 11:49 GMT
#104
Can anyone please fill me in about this Thorin incident?
What exactly happened?
igay
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Australia1178 Posts
March 22 2014 11:50 GMT
#105
Can't wait to watch this! unfortunately it will have to wait until the morning
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Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
March 22 2014 11:53 GMT
#106
On March 22 2014 20:49 Qwerty85 wrote:
Can anyone please fill me in about this Thorin incident?
What exactly happened?

He said some rather derogatory and insulting things about Poland shortly before he was supposed to cast CS:GO at IEM in Katowice. He was subsequently removed from the event. TL:DR: Dumb things were said, consequences followed.
"Digital. They have digital. What is digital?" - Donald J Trump
bluQ
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Germany1724 Posts
March 22 2014 12:03 GMT
#107
Dat video quality!
Listening to it now, but damn dat video quality! :D
www.twitch.tv/bluquh (PoE, Starbow, HS)
Qwerty85
Profile Joined June 2012
Croatia5536 Posts
March 22 2014 12:03 GMT
#108
On March 22 2014 20:53 Squat wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 20:49 Qwerty85 wrote:
Can anyone please fill me in about this Thorin incident?
What exactly happened?

He said some rather derogatory and insulting things about Poland shortly before he was supposed to cast CS:GO at IEM in Katowice. He was subsequently removed from the event. TL:DR: Dumb things were said, consequences followed.


Sounds like a perfect guy to interview Naniwa :D
looken
Profile Joined September 2011
727 Posts
March 22 2014 12:10 GMT
#109
Stuff like this makes me almost like Naniwa. If he just wouldn't be such a douche every time something doesn't go his was
"Jingle Bells, Tasteless smells" Artosis 17.12.15
Grixx
Profile Joined March 2013
Belgium26 Posts
March 22 2014 12:28 GMT
#110
Good interview, liked every second of it.
As much as I dislike LoL and it's community this Faker guy is pretty amazing. Him being the best out of a million players is quite comparable to Scarlett but I don't think the skill levels of the 2 games can be compared as you need totally different skills for LoL.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Muffloe
Profile Joined December 2012
Sweden6061 Posts
March 22 2014 12:32 GMT
#111
Haha, for those wondering about the into; Hows it going? - Fine
KaiserJohan
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1808 Posts
March 22 2014 12:33 GMT
#112
Thanks for the interview thorin.

Really hope one day people will stop being so sensitive.
England will fight to the last American
Saumure
Profile Joined February 2012
France404 Posts
March 22 2014 12:36 GMT
#113
I am no karate expert, but isn't his mindeset the complete opposite of what it should be in martial arts? Also, I don't really believe he did well in karate
Qwerty85
Profile Joined June 2012
Croatia5536 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-22 12:41:22
March 22 2014 12:40 GMT
#114
On March 22 2014 21:33 KaiserJohan wrote:
Thanks for the interview thorin.

Really hope one day people will stop being so sensitive.


So sensitive, yeah.... I actually found what he said, I won't put his words here but I will provide a link for people who missed it (like I did).

http://www.esportsheaven.com/news/64245/thorin-from-unfiltered-to-unemployed

^ You think judging statements like these is being overly sensitive?
Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
March 22 2014 12:46 GMT
#115
On March 22 2014 21:36 Saumure wrote:
I am no karate expert, but isn't his mindeset the complete opposite of what it should be in martial arts? Also, I don't really believe he did well in karate

I've done a fair bit of martial arts, and I've run into plenty of guys like that. They never last. That kind of mindset makes you a toxic presence and no one will work with you. It also just makes you worse because you won't honestly confront the fact that you probably aren't very good.
"Digital. They have digital. What is digital?" - Donald J Trump
Undead1993
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany17651 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-22 12:47:40
March 22 2014 12:47 GMT
#116
On March 22 2014 21:40 Qwerty85 wrote:
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On March 22 2014 21:33 KaiserJohan wrote:
Thanks for the interview thorin.

Really hope one day people will stop being so sensitive.


So sensitive, yeah.... I actually found what he said, I won't put his words here but I will provide a link for people who missed it (like I did).

http://www.esportsheaven.com/news/64245/thorin-from-unfiltered-to-unemployed

^ You think judging statements like these is being overly sensitive?

i don't even know why people are defending these statements, it's overly subjective, agressive and it's stereotyping a whole country. it's just not okay to say something like this and i completely support the decision of IEM or ESL. Then again i have to say that this is not the thread for discussing such things, it's an interview with naniwa, discuss that and not if this is discriminative racist or whatever.
it's great content that he provided here nonetheless and it should be appreciated imo
SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO
robson1
Profile Joined March 2013
3632 Posts
March 22 2014 12:58 GMT
#117
On March 22 2014 20:20 Boonbag wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 19:19 robson1 wrote:
Every single word he said is about what a neo nazi would say about poland ; how in the world is that tolerable ? I mean his interview shouldn't even be posted here


No it's not, you need to get a history lesson, and shouldn't call other people uneducated, when you're basically calling them neo-nazis without even knowing what the nazi agenda was/is.


okay now that's dumb
tell me about the nazi agenda haha


okay now you're dumb. The Nazi's, or the Neo-Nazi's hold no views like: "Oh well, Poland is a shitty country because the have no advanced infrastructure like we do. Oh they are grateful when an event is held in their country, because nothing else is going on, and they wan't to feel like a part of the civilized word." That's the gist of what Thorin said. Nothing more. Nothing less.

The Nazis or Neo Nazis believe that they descend from a superior breed of humans, which gives the right to transform their superiority into world domination by any means necessary. The polish people are lesser people to them(and so are other non german people). Thorin didn't even come close to mentioning anything of the sort, and if he did, nobody would be talking about the interview and the whole community would have crucified him on the spot.

But I'm pretty sure you're trollin, so whatever.
Genius is that funny scientist who no one takes seriously until he kills you with a flame throwing trumpet. - stuchiu 2013
Qwerty85
Profile Joined June 2012
Croatia5536 Posts
March 22 2014 13:21 GMT
#118
On March 22 2014 21:58 robson1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2014 20:20 Boonbag wrote:
On March 22 2014 19:19 robson1 wrote:
Every single word he said is about what a neo nazi would say about poland ; how in the world is that tolerable ? I mean his interview shouldn't even be posted here


No it's not, you need to get a history lesson, and shouldn't call other people uneducated, when you're basically calling them neo-nazis without even knowing what the nazi agenda was/is.


okay now that's dumb
tell me about the nazi agenda haha


okay now you're dumb. The Nazi's, or the Neo-Nazi's hold no views like: "Oh well, Poland is a shitty country because the have no advanced infrastructure like we do. Oh they are grateful when an event is held in their country, because nothing else is going on, and they wan't to feel like a part of the civilized word." That's the gist of what Thorin said. Nothing more. Nothing less.

The Nazis or Neo Nazis believe that they descend from a superior breed of humans, which gives the right to transform their superiority into world domination by any means necessary. The polish people are lesser people to them(and so are other non german people). Thorin didn't even come close to mentioning anything of the sort, and if he did, nobody would be talking about the interview and the whole community would have crucified him on the spot.

But I'm pretty sure you're trollin, so whatever.


His statements (you missed a few) did come off like he feels superior to polish people. Offending the country can be viewed as offending the people since polish people choose leadership and polish leadership runs the country. Calling him a nazi is obviously an overreaction but he did get "crucified" in a way since he got fired by ESL after saying those things.

To stay on topic: I liked the interview in general, Naniwa is obviously much more mannered and reasonable when he isn't in a game he just lost. There is a bit of Jekyll and Hyde in him.. I am a bit confused about his impressions on practice in ST house. At first he was saying that nobody wanted to practice with him but later he said he was very picky about finding practice partners because he was afraid that Koreans would leak his replays to his opponent (like he insinuated with Polt before his game against Mvp).

He had a brief moments of that Naniwa that showed up at IEM in the interview but it was way better masked since he was more diplomatic about it. Just goes to show he can handle himself like a normal person when he is not under pressure.

And I really do hope he grows up or somehow manages his temper because I feel like he misunderstood his father's words.
Not excepting defeat and giving your best isn't the same as making excuses for loses and BMing other players when you lose to them. He will obviously need to work on himself because even if he for example goes to LoL I don't see someone with his mentality do well in a game that requires cooperation with other players in the team.
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
March 22 2014 13:26 GMT
#119
Anyone have a tl;dw post? Like, a brief recap so we know the gist of the interview? I'm interested in the content but simply don't have an hour to sink in. :p
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AlternativeEgo
Profile Joined August 2011
Sweden17309 Posts
March 22 2014 13:35 GMT
#120
On March 22 2014 22:26 Incognoto wrote:
Anyone have a tl;dw post? Like, a brief recap so we know the gist of the interview? I'm interested in the content but simply don't have an hour to sink in. :p


Can't you just pick some of the most interesting things listed? The time and topics are there so it seems fairly quick and easy to do.
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