He's probably reconsidering due to the WCS crapness, or trying to work out what the hell is going on and what his options are, since the choices and decisions now are probably different from when the interview was conducted and original decisions were made.

watsonisland

United Kingdom1 Post

April 08 2013 22:37 GMT

#945

On April 08 2013 00:54 Maski wrote:
Don't know if this is relevant, but Swedish Dota 2 team "no tidehunter" is also announcing their new sponsor very very soon. People have been rumoring it might be NiP, but in a recent interview one of their players got asked whether it is NiP or EG and he only said it would not be NiP.

Maybe EG is diving into Sweden?

Source:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOBcN5i3_r0&feature=player_embedded (Starts at 3:41)

EG have recently been advertising jobs to cover their eSports teams in Europe and were looking for people with Swedish language skills in particular so it seems like they will be doing so. No idea how much this connects them to Naniwa although after seeing him in the house in Korea the other day I think this could be a logical conclusion that there is a connection there too.

nmetasch

United States600 Posts

April 08 2013 23:10 GMT

#946

Don't worry guys, he said in his fanclub that it should be announced by the end of the week, hes just working very hard not to spoil it for the team. Theres obviously some work going into a promotional video or announcement, or some type of important timing they have in mind, so just relax

nihlon

Sweden5581 Posts

April 08 2013 23:22 GMT

#947

On April 09 2013 04:19 renaissanceMAN wrote:
i would like an actual announcement soon

On April 09 2013 01:13 Naniwa wrote:
sorry guys.. its so close o announcement. i dont want to screw it up for them. i really hope they will announce it soon!. ive heard its around a week maybe a bit less.

Not really up to him it would seem.

WhiteSatin

United States308 Posts

April 08 2013 23:27 GMT

#948

well glad to hear it's only 1 week away i guess.

Is naniwa in korea ?

govie

9334 Posts

April 08 2013 23:32 GMT

#949

On April 09 2013 08:27 WhiteSatin wrote:
well glad to hear it's only 1 week away i guess.

Is naniwa in korea ?

Even better, is he still alive and breathin'?

EpicDemente

Chile202 Posts

April 08 2013 23:38 GMT

#950

yeah he is alive and posting on twitter

yokohama

United States1116 Posts

April 08 2013 23:57 GMT

#951

On April 09 2013 08:27 WhiteSatin wrote:
well glad to hear it's only 1 week away i guess.

Is naniwa in korea ?

Yes if you go to page 40 you can see him spotted in a screenshot of Jaedongs screen at the EGTL house.

nmetasch

United States600 Posts

April 09 2013 00:25 GMT

#952

On April 09 2013 08:27 WhiteSatin wrote:
well glad to hear it's only 1 week away i guess.

Is naniwa in korea ?

Yes, hes been in Korea for a few days, and he was last spotted at the EG house walking around in the back of a player that was streaming.

TeslasPigeon

464 Posts

April 09 2013 00:36 GMT

#953

Judging from the few replies in this thread, it is safe to assume Naniwa is going to Evil Geniuses? If true, he can only thrive under coach Park and hopefully he will have a better experience in Korea than last time.

Sumahi

Guam5609 Posts

April 09 2013 00:46 GMT

#954

I'm really looking forward to this announcement. I would be surprised if it isn't EG though.

Assirra

Belgium4169 Posts

April 09 2013 00:49 GMT

#955

On April 09 2013 06:24 Lonyo wrote:
He's probably reconsidering due to the WCS crapness, or trying to work out what the hell is going on and what his options are, since the choices and decisions now are probably different from when the interview was conducted and original decisions were made.

Considering he was bragging about going the korean way when MC went on a rant changing now would make him look...not that good.
Anyway, it seems it will be announced soon.

ReignSupreme.

Australia4123 Posts

April 09 2013 00:49 GMT

#956

Nani mentioned in the fan club that it should be announced within a week (hopefully).

MrMotionPicture

United States4327 Posts

April 09 2013 00:50 GMT

#957

Naniwa and Thorzain on the same team though...
That would almost be as strange as...Huk and Idra on the same team...

HornyHydra

Taiwan222 Posts

April 09 2013 00:53 GMT

#958

On April 07 2013 02:09 nihlon wrote:
It's not going to be Liquid. I'd be extremely surprised if that happened. EG is a big stretch as well.

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They just think he's weird afaik.

I would think that HuK would be the reason why Naniwa isn't joining EG especially since HuK just passed his w/e test games that lets him play in PL. I would be happy to see Naniwa on EG or TL.

HeeroFX

United States2704 Posts

April 09 2013 14:56 GMT

#959

usually when they say "X to announce new Y" it means within a week. Wonder if something happened with Naniwa and the new team thing.

Naniwa

Sweden477 Posts

April 09 2013 14:59 GMT

#960

i went on a big rant ?

i just thought the idea was pretty bad for alot of people. personally i would like nothing more than to play GSL, but to sacrifise a WCS europe seed, for the sake of playing the code a QUALIFIER. that would be very stupid.
I am not some person who just charges on without logic and only by heart like some of you think heh. i used to be alot more hot blooded in the past. but i dont say things i dont mean very often. i am still going to go to korea after WCS europe to continue practising

I am not giving up hope of becoming the best i can be. if i did i would say so and i probably wouldnt play the game anymore

sorry to those i dissapointed.