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'Eye of the Naniwa' WellPlayed article
WellPlayed.org has published an article about troubled and tempramental Swedish SC2 player NaNiwa.
By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields
Sep 26, 2011 13:22
WellPlayed.org has published an article about troubled and tempramental Swedish SC2 player NaNiwa.Offsajdh of WellPlayed.org has written up a piece entitled 'Eye of the Naniwa' about the tempramental nature of 
Johan 'NaNiwa' Lucchesi and his struggles to improve as a player and person.
On NaNiwa's troubled youth:
The Swede's development:
NaNiwa recently just left Dignitas and joined up with coL. He is in South Korea practicing and competing. NaNiwa is best known for his MLG Dallas run in April, where he began in the open bracket but won the entire event and went 28:2 in maps along the way. Since then NaNiwa has finished 6th at MLG Columbus, 2nd at HomeStoryCup III and 8th at MLG Anaheim. He had a disappointing campaign at MLG Raleigh though.
Source: WellPlayed
Johan 'NaNiwa' Lucchesi and his struggles to improve as a player and person.On NaNiwa's troubled youth:
"In 2007, at the age of 17, Johan “Naniwa” Lucchesi was kicked out of his home by his family and subsequently expelled from school due to inactivity. He crashed at a friends place and attempted to get by on his earnings as a professional WarCraft III player. Not a wise career move some might say, but at a time when most teenagers have no idea what they want to do with their lives, Naniwa knew exactly what he wanted, and more importantly he was willing to put it all on the line to get there, Sacrificing everything he had for a chance to become the best."
The Swede's development:
"But it would seem that whatever anger Naniwa allowed to escape back then is now entirely sealed in. And the best part is it seems to be working, working really well. All that emotion and all those sacrifices are instead melting together to fuel the discipline, fierce determination, and iron will to become the best. His new StarCraft II fans think of him only as the very self-critical foreigner who one day could go toe to toe with the Koreans. Even Dreamhack Valencia winner DongRaeGu named Naniwa specifically when asked on Lo3 if there are any foreigners he fears or respect."
NaNiwa recently just left Dignitas and joined up with coL. He is in South Korea practicing and competing. NaNiwa is best known for his MLG Dallas run in April, where he began in the open bracket but won the entire event and went 28:2 in maps along the way. Since then NaNiwa has finished 6th at MLG Columbus, 2nd at HomeStoryCup III and 8th at MLG Anaheim. He had a disappointing campaign at MLG Raleigh though.
Source: WellPlayed
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