How the best Swedish player NaNiWa RUINED his career in StarCraft 2

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Honestly I totally buy his excuse about the soundproofing thing. You dont need to hear the casters or specifics, you just need to hear/feel the crowd go crazy and the fact that youre getting cheesed becomes incredibly obvious.

The first non-Korean winner of a premier tournament in Korea was Neeb, not Serral.

So Polt ended both Idra and NaniWa careers in a major match. Good to know.

5:45 lol there he is, my boy TLO :D He's probably the most influential one in making me fall in love with SC2

Calling something "soundproof" when in fact it isn't is itself a problem.

So Polt is who we owe for ending both Idra's and Naniwa's SC careers? What a good guy. TLO was an inspiration to a lot of us, and he doesn't like Naniwa either. Seem like he's an overall very unlikable guy.

Just discovered you, hope you continue making these. They don't even need to have any 'clickbait controversy', it can just be a in depth look at some of the players journeys on the scene, glory days and inevitable fall offs. There have been so many interesting SC2 players in the last 30 years. Also note: I was hesitant to subscribe since your name implied you cover all e sports, but then saw they were all sc2 vids so i subbed. Hope this input helps.

Naniwa was in a way of retiring at the time or as he called it taking a rest from the game and was out of practice. Also so it happens that i was watching a lot of Polt streams at the time and he was scouting literaly every game the same way since he is very metodical player, but naniwa didnt take the time to research his opponent and didnt knew about that one. So this video is just kinda twisted. Im convinced that polt just did his regular scouting as he was doing literaly every game on the ladder and tournaments at the time.

If it was any other player telling about the soundproofing thing it probably would have been different, but it was a "The boy who cried wolf" situation. Nobody is going to take you as seriously if you constantly use excuses, and you saying only after you lost combined with his record didn't make it that believable.

11:23 - I remember watching this game live, in Katowice. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED was silly beyond belief... SC2 and LOL were sharing the same huge stage, and LOL players just scored "first blood" and half of the venue went absolutely bonkers to this degree that I remember floor vibrating. So the super-hype from LOL might have given Polt a hint since the 1st blood timing had been just a few seconds earlier vs the moment you're showing at 11:23. It wasn't like Ace vs Moon during IEM Cologne.

Most of the pros I had the pleasure of working with were genuinely nice people, and even when they were tense or stressed at these events they were still regular people. Naniwa on the other hand was consistently late, rude to staff, and demanded ridiculous stuff. I remember one time he refused to go on stage until someone went to his hotel room and got him a pillow to sit on. Just a real dismissive asshole to people working around him. I don't know, I hope in life he's grown up and matured.

I don't like Naniwa, but I wish you had mentioned him beating MVP and Nestea at that MLG side tournament, that was a cool moment where he earned a bit of my respect.

Nice vid! Very interesting. Looking forward for more content

These are some awesome videos here! Are you going to include stories of players through Brood War as well?

I was there, sitting in the audience. When NaNiWa left his booth me and my friend we started running towards back of a stage to catch him and ask few questions on what happend, why he left etc. When we saw him, he had tears in his eyes and was very moved. When we started talking to him, his girlfriend (I think) only said to us "interview later". We have waited but he never showed up again. I hope he was able to process what have happened and moved on. I wish him all the best. Nice video BTW. Looking forward to see your channel grow :)

7:19 Legends say he is still holding his hand up waiting for that handshake

Naniwa is not retired, he created a pretty good build last year! I rooted for him a lot throughout the years, but a level of humbleness earlier in his career might have done some good. That being said, thank you for the excitement you brought me upsetting S tier Koreans in WoL/HoTS esports eras

Just want to point out that I myself was forced to manage a PR nightmare after his probe rush against Nestea, but together and with his help and genuine growth as a person and a player, we took all the steps and made all the statements in a highly professional manner, resulting in Mr. Che of GOM TV/GSL eventually returning Johan his RO8 Code S seed. He was without doubt a difficult person to manage, but I think I learned as much from him as anyone during that time. His brilliance and drive for victory, was the clearest expression of his truth, and I both respected and admired his sheer will and determination. Both he and SaSe were truly outstanding players and people, and I still keep in touch with them both on occasion, even 10+ years later.

8:00 This is what I also don’t like about specific SC casters. The “Everything is hype” mindset and “Narrate whatever is currently happening”. To contrast this, you know Artosis would be saying “What is he doing? Is he running 6 probes across the map? When has this ever worked, Tasteless?” and Tasteless would respond “I don’t know Artosis, but Naniwa is the kind of player who could make it work!”