NiP pull out of ESEA Invite

18-9-2014 19:32

Ninjas in Pyjamas have been marked dead in ESEA Invite, meaning that they have forfeited their remaining matches in the league.

The Swedish team were sitting in sixth place in the European league, with just two victories from six matches, and qualification for the LAN finals seemed like a herculean task for Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström's men.

ESEA's website now shows NiP's record as being 2-14, which means that the ESL One Cologne champions have surprisingly pulled out of the online league.

NiP marked dead in ESEA Invite

NiP have not yet commented on the decision, but it is believed that the Swedish giants have opted to focus on the other online competitions in which they are currently taking part, Hitbox Arena Championship 3, FACEIT League and SLTV StarSeries XI.

The Swedish side also have a busy schedule ahead of them as they will attend DreamHack Stockholm and the ESWC finals in the coming weeks.

expected

2014-09-18 19:33

euros scared

2014-09-18 19:33

15 replies

"complexity braindead fan", lol

2014-09-18 19:48

11 replies

2014-09-18 19:52

cloud9* actually hiko was saying he wouldnt be suprised if no euro teams make it to esea lan because it's the weekend before dreamhack winter and the prize purse isn't worth the travel to america he also added that if they didn't go he didn't see where it was beneficial for cloud9 to go edit he said this on his stream yesterday

2014-09-18 20:11

7 replies

That is an unfortunate fail in timing from ESEA's site then :(

2014-09-18 23:59

6 replies

agreed, but it also speaks to the nature of which esea conducts their business, they're only worried about them that's how it is that's how it'll be

2014-09-19 00:20

5 replies

This has nothing to do with ESEA. DH winter was announced after ESEA finals were scheduled. Valve needs to do a better job of announcing when their majors are so that they don't destroy smaller lans, especially the one that offers the largest prize pot outside of majors.

2014-09-19 01:03

4 replies

Did some quick research, right after dhw2013 they already scheduled dhs2014,dhw2014. And this is written 2013-12-10. EDIT: They have date set for dh2015 aswell. All of them.

2014-09-19 01:16

3 replies

I meant Valve announcing the majors/DHW being a major, not the lans in general.

2014-09-19 02:07

2 replies

Even if dreamhack wasn't a 250k major it would still be a big tournament for everyone in EU. I doubt anyone would spend the 10-15k to fly and stay in dallas from EU when you can just go to dreamhack the next week.

2014-09-19 06:48

Even if it was a major or not, it was already scheduled so it is ESEA's fault. Valve just announce that it's a major yes, but still same date as before etc.

2014-09-19 17:59

+1 lmao

2014-09-18 21:35

+10000

2014-09-19 03:23

Yeah it totally doesn't have anything to do with dreamhacker winter Kappa.

2014-09-18 21:49

1 reply

Sucked in by the troll

2014-09-19 00:18

Do you just have no idea about the scene or what

2014-09-18 23:43

wont be surprised if at least another euro top team backs out ;D

2014-09-18 19:33

expected

2014-09-18 19:33

They forfeit cause they planned a roster change guys and ESEA don't allow new rosters to continue the tournament (like when shox left Titan, Titan had to pull off). You heard it here first guys

2014-09-18 19:33

18 replies

ESEA supports roster changes since the new season.

2014-09-18 19:34

14 replies

:O ? Didnt knwo that tbh

2014-09-18 19:35

13 replies

bad troll attempt

2014-09-18 19:40

12 replies

It wasn't a troll, I didn't know esea changed rules

2014-09-18 19:43

11 replies

oh god...

2014-09-18 19:44

10 replies

So what... Like it was the end of the world. I actually do others things than spending my life on hltv. See ya pasha fanboi

2014-09-18 19:47

9 replies

BUT I CAN LOOK INTOOOO THE FUTUUREEEE. There will be no changes in the NiP atm. Hate it or love it :}

2014-09-18 19:52

8 replies

Can u share your power master detura?

2014-09-18 19:57

7 replies

"You heard it here first guys" and no cly about the rules? :D Well never change a winning team my friend.

2014-09-18 19:59

5 replies

Shut up onliner. And call me when Fiffy is out as coach

2014-09-18 20:02

4 replies

NiP will disband or change atleast 3 players before they will let only fifflaren go

2014-09-18 20:15

rofl "Shut up onliner."

2014-09-18 20:24

Planned a roster change, you are number one dude. Number one fucking retard from hell.

2014-09-18 22:14

Lmfao

2014-09-18 22:19

Change your awp name to Fifflaren.

2014-09-18 20:22

+1337

2014-09-18 19:34

they changed the rule for this season nice try bro

2014-09-18 19:35

really? who will get kicked, fifflalen or someone.

2014-09-19 03:27

Quitters

2014-09-18 19:34

affraid of murica

2014-09-18 19:34

14 replies

whaaaa? murica aint shit on cs go, they always get rekt on major lan tournaments just sayin' :X

2014-09-18 19:57

13 replies

i forgot winning your group and then going 2-1 with an overtime loss against the eventual champs is getting rekt

2014-09-18 20:01

6 replies

i meant 1-2 i cant edit or im to baked to find it

2014-09-18 20:54

Someone that won the championship got rekt? Ok

2014-09-18 21:25

1 reply

Can you read LOL

2014-09-18 22:33

Uber rektally examed by the champions :D

2014-09-18 22:34

1 reply

Examined* im bad

2014-09-18 22:36

iBuyplanetickets?

2014-09-18 22:38

#61 ps. Portugal actually really suck at CS. Just sayin'

2014-09-18 20:28

4 replies

dude you guys are the best playing against each other , face it you never did well on a major.... i'm not even talking about portugal dunno why you even brought that up .. 12 years old argument? kk

2014-09-18 22:40

3 replies

Did well on both last majors, get your head out of your ass kid.

2014-09-19 00:12

2 replies

your arguments really speak to me, i will take my head out of my ass and that totally validates your point! g-sus 'muricans be like 6 years old when it comes to support their arguments ! PS. Did well as in make it to the actual tournament ? lel NiP does well, VP does well, Fnatic does well, c9 did decent, iBP are a joke on majors :P

2014-09-19 00:25

1 reply

C9 did decent? hahahaha They nearly eliminated NiP. When was the last time K1ck was relevant? Last year? Please.

2014-09-19 15:07

we are talking about EZEA LAN last 2 EZEA lans all yuro teams got smashed

2014-09-19 03:55

Gj lol

2014-09-18 19:34

Is this really fair for the teams that had to play NiP before they were marked dead?

2014-09-18 19:34

5 replies

This seems weird, doesn't it? Really they should be 0-16

2014-09-18 19:36

4 replies

Yeah, that would make it much fairer. Two teams lost to NiP, and now every other team gets a free win.

2014-09-18 19:41

3 replies

0-16 would mean everyone would get wins agianst NiP even those who lost.

2014-09-18 19:49

2 replies

yeah, and that would be fair, it puts everyone left in the league on an even playing field, as if NiP were never there.

2014-09-18 19:50

1 reply

Would it not simply be unfair to the teams that beat nip in that case?

2014-09-19 04:01

hahahahahahah

2014-09-18 19:34

wait for official statement

2014-09-18 19:34

I´m crying. A fanboy like me is crying like a cow right now. Poor, bad, tough, im saaad. Help me guys!

2014-09-18 19:35

1 reply

nah hmmm..maybe? ...nah

2014-09-18 19:55

Well. ESEA LAN is going to be less interesting

2014-09-18 19:35

Fiffy to blame!

2014-09-18 19:37

wat

2014-09-18 19:37

HAHAHA

2014-09-18 19:37

NiP logic: "It's not a loss if we quit!"

2014-09-18 19:39

4 replies

2014-09-18 19:41

2014-09-18 19:43

Or could be this logic:The only ones with anything to gain off us finishing the season are csgo lounge (who doesn't pay us) the streamers (who don't pay us and compromise our strats) and esea (who, this season, won't pay us). Their the #1 team in the world and they have 0 contractual obligation to lines the pockets of the aforementioned.

2014-09-18 22:48

1 reply

What in the fuck

2014-09-19 01:05

should be 0-16 tbh

2014-09-18 19:40

noobs

2014-09-18 19:40

good decision ibp and c9 will trash euros so no point in them coming

2014-09-18 19:41

2 replies

Speak for your own shitty CS country.

2014-09-18 19:50

1 reply

2014-09-18 21:05

It doesn't pay out to attend ESEA finals. There are plenty of fish out there just in EU

2014-09-18 19:50

They cant win shit anymore in this esea season.. Better play some other tournaments where they can actually make some money.

2014-09-18 19:51

the ESEA lan finals is the weekend before DH winter i think thats why they pulled out

2014-09-18 19:53

3 replies

Agreed (not to mention that DHW is most likely the next Valve major).

2014-09-18 20:02

nope. If DHW is a major then ESEA will most likely be moved to another weekend.

2014-09-18 20:20

1 reply

I doubt it. It's pretty hard to pull something like that off.

2014-09-19 01:06

wut? maybe some rule or sth violation

2014-09-18 19:57

csgocalendar.com/ esea- November 21-23 Dreamhack winter- November 27-30 Plus they started this esea season really bad so it kinda makes sense.

2014-09-18 19:57

AHAHHAHAHAHAHA NIP SCARED

2014-09-18 19:57

They pull out beacuse of Dreamhack winter (It is in same week like ESEA LAN Finals)

2014-09-18 20:01

Csgolounge bans esea matches from betting -> nip pulls out ilerminaty confirmed

2014-09-18 20:01

1 reply

esea NA matches ilerminaty denied

2014-09-18 20:03

Probably a good decision considering that DHW is the weekend after ESEA Finals, and that the online schedule is getting very tight at the moment considering there are many different leagues going on currently.

2014-09-18 20:05

preparing for another 102 win streak . . .

2014-09-18 20:06

ESEA sux anyway....

2014-09-18 20:19

afraid of lanJ

2014-09-18 20:20

murica too stronkkk

2014-09-18 20:22

Until the prize pool is bigger for the ONLY REAL NA LAN, EU Teams don't care about coming. Covering travel costs is not an incentive for teams to want to go to the LAN. They want to make a little bit of money at least

2014-09-18 20:36

4 replies

Providing the largest prize pool outside of directly VALVE-funded tournaments just doesn't cut it I guess...

2014-09-18 21:12

3 replies

Do the other EU LANs cut it for NA? NOPE!

2014-09-19 00:01

2 replies

2014-09-19 01:06

1 reply

iBP attended G3 because of ESL One Cologne. That is the only reason they attended. To just start the boot camp earlier

2014-09-19 10:53

ESEA needs to upgrade from this 2002 hotel lan shit if they wanna keep the interest of the top EURO teams.

2014-09-18 20:41

Afraid

2014-09-18 21:07

ESEA gets the shaft so often, and undeservedly at that. They are very consistent with their league and LAN only for a sudden spike of random leagues and tournaments to pop up effectively over-saturating the entire scene and cause a disinterest from the viewer-base.

2014-09-18 21:08

1 reply

And the bitmining thing =)

2014-09-18 22:40

Esea Remove: Train Season Add: Cbble Overpass

2014-09-18 21:08

4 replies

Get sum'o dat valve money.

2014-09-18 21:13

map pool is revised after every season

2014-09-18 22:46

Yeah and office too right?

2014-09-19 00:00

Cbble? Seriously, you want Cbble over Season? Overpass instead of Train sure but the new Cbble shouldn't be in the map pool at all, it's worse than it was before they added the new shit.

2014-09-19 09:39

2014-09-18 21:13

unprofessional

2014-09-18 21:46

ok rip

2014-09-18 21:48

kick fifflaren

2014-09-18 21:52

should make it 0 -16, and never invite nip again

2014-09-18 21:59

1 reply

Why? Lets not invite the best team in the World lol...good jokes

2014-09-19 00:02

Did not fear the god same enemy, fears the “fifflaren” same teammate

2014-09-18 21:59

Diasappointing for ESEA lan.

2014-09-18 22:12

they pull out because they were never going to qualify.. so fucking idiotic.

2014-09-18 22:25

this is like starting a game 0-12 and calling gg. you arent going to win it, so you save yourself the trouble :P

2014-09-18 22:31

I'm not totally informed, is there another org in pro gaming more garbage than esea? Bitcoin, LOCHER, mosbeck and 15$ a month to torbull the angel munoz of 2014. If you guys don't understand the need to get that client off your computer asap, its ok, I understand.

2014-09-18 22:31

1 reply

You're right, you're not informed.

2014-09-19 08:22

expected

2014-09-18 22:38

esea shit lan and corrupted

2014-09-18 22:42

nip noobs scared

2014-09-18 23:04

SCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAREEEEEEEEEED

2014-09-18 23:24

Its because of the new Rule on Esea. Kappa

2014-09-18 23:29

noobsinpanic

2014-09-18 23:30

nip too low to advance so they left, shame on them.

2014-09-18 23:32

1 reply

who cares fck*** ESEA xD

2014-09-18 23:57

Kick fiffy, win games...

2014-09-18 23:55

honestly it's a waste of time for them. They're not going to make LAN at this rate and there are WAY more events actually worth the traveling costs. Get a clue please, HLTV sheeple

2014-09-18 23:56

1 reply

Could not agree more. Same reason NA teams do not come to EU unless it is a major with a good prize pool

2014-09-19 00:03

hahahaha i like this muricans...u know that a travel to murica costs 7k dollar? (5-7 but not under 5) what is the 2nd price? 7k?? idk... so they must win or get fu***

2014-09-18 23:56

9 replies

Well said

2014-09-19 00:03

And you yuros couldnt even win it last two times LOLOL. So yeah a good decision by nip :).

2014-09-19 00:19

7 replies

and u muricans can´t reach a final on majors bYYe

2014-09-19 00:23

6 replies

Neither can Germans LOL, you dont even have a team. No, mouz the international clusterfuck does not count.

2014-09-19 00:23

5 replies

who cares xDDD i give a shit about mouz xD i can say the same shit about teams like elevate, area 51 or other shit ;) nip is the best team in the world (with fnatic) NO murican team can EVER reach this lvl

2014-09-19 00:25

3 replies

Typical fanboy response after losing an argument. We already reached your mythical oh-so-uberskilled EU level, while you Germans will remain online and bad as fuck for the rest of CSGO history. Get schooled son.

2014-09-19 00:28

2 replies

schooled because of CS teams? only retards can say this x*DDDDDDDDDDDD

2014-09-19 00:33

there's 1 US team that can win a major (c9), but they probably never will there's 5 EU team that can win a major (nip, fnatic, vp, dig, ldlc) 2/20 best teams in the world are american

2014-09-19 15:54

Well, and what about your Canadian Players? The most players of Mouz can speak german and life in germany, so whers your problem? But i agree Germany sux in professional CS right now.

2014-09-19 00:39

I pulled out once..

2014-09-19 01:27

2 replies

he must've been glad you did

2014-09-19 01:36

1 reply

HAHA

2014-09-19 15:47

To the creators of ESEA, go make a fucking better product for your customers. Ya'll just a lame ass excuse for a company and don't deserve jack shit. Keep bitcoinin your customers and see you in hell. Thanks

2014-09-19 01:48

2 replies

Im so with you and how bout the fact that a company that has imported a miner in your computer has 99% trust from the community it was a rogue employee without ever providing evidence.

2014-09-19 06:41

1 reply

str8 up, I wanted to use ESEA but at the same time why would I wanna pay a company that doesn't even have great customer service nor support. And the mere fact that they cheated their consumers with a bitcoin operation that is very illegal.. This is why without competition then these kind of giant companies will take advantage of you and fuck you over.

2014-09-19 12:35

IBP, c9 NiP is scurred

2014-09-19 02:22

Can't technically place outside top 4 if they never actually play at the final, am I rite

2014-09-19 02:42

They weren't going to make playoffs so I guess they figured why waste time playing matches

2014-09-19 03:37

same goes for VP, don't think that VP want's to traval to america just for some small prize pool. That explains thier previous ESEA performence atleast for me.

2014-09-19 05:29

3 replies

What universe are you from where people just say no to money however small the amount?

2014-09-19 08:23

2 replies

Why bother traveling if you still lose money in the end?

2014-09-19 09:06

1 reply

The organisation pays for the travel and in return get more exposure, that's how it works. A good organisation should try their hardest to go to as many events manageable. More time spent on an international stage means more brand recognition means more sponsors means more money. The players get to pocket the money, or a certain amount of the prize money depending on their contract. It's a win-win.

2014-09-19 17:16

Losers.

2014-09-19 07:31

Bad decision by NiP in the long-run.

2014-09-19 08:29

All these idiots saying "Nip scared" you're so fucking dumb, Nip will probably be bootcamping the whole 2-3 weeks before DHW (if not longer), do you really think they have time to play in the ESEA lan finals?

2014-09-19 09:41

2 replies

Total assumption. Wasn't Last ESEA LAN the event that broke their 40-some finals streak?

2014-09-19 13:03

1 reply

It was ;)

2014-09-19 13:51

Better do as NIP or HR previously Than like most teams play Esea as practice matches If Faceit will remain as a regular league, then half teams from Esea will leave it

2014-09-19 10:10

2-4 and out huehue , noobs.

2014-09-19 12:36

sad

2014-09-19 13:45

Another proof that literally nobody cares about ESEA and their progress. Expected.

2014-09-19 15:11

Perhaps they got a sneak peak at what ESEA has been working on the past months and didn't like it? Just a theory: play.esea.net/index.php?s=forums&d=topic..

2014-09-19 17:18

NIPping it in the bud~

2014-09-19 23:49

More Like NiP pulls out of ur mom

2014-09-20 03:24

Very unprofessional by NIP, you don't ignore obligations based on a potential pay day. They knew the dates and signed up anyway. E-Sports won't be taken seriously til the organizations take it seriously themselves.

2014-09-21 00:20