NiP comment on ESEA withdrawal

20-9-2014 03:51

Ninjas in Pyjamas coach Faruk "pita" Pita has commented on the team's decision to quit the ESEA League half way through the season.

On Thursday, HLTV.org broke the news that NiP had pulled out of ESEA's European Invite division, this way forfeiting their remaining ten matches after securing just two victories from their first six encounters in the tournament.

Faruk "pita" Pita, who became NiP's strategy adviser in the build-up to ESL One Cologne, has now explained that "it was a matter of priorities" as the team will focus on DreamHack Winter.

NiP talk about dropping out of ESEA

The Swedish event will take place from November 27 to 30, just one week before the ESEA Finals, and it could well turn out to be another $250,000 major.

"It was close to DreamHack and it was the players themselves who made the decision," Pita told Aftonbladet Esport.

NiP will attend DreamHack Stockholm next week, after which they will begin preparations for the ESWC finals.

right thing to do

2014-09-20 03:52

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hr skipped g3 for colonge history will be repeated xD

2014-09-20 19:02

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But HR are shit :)

2014-09-22 19:51

win dh stockholm <3

2014-09-20 03:57

NiP - the onlaners

2014-09-20 03:59

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2014-09-20 10:12

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2014-09-20 12:57

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2014-09-20 14:05

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2014-09-20 16:22

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2014-09-20 17:58

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2014-09-20 23:23

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*4:6

2014-09-21 02:34

2014-09-22 02:32

Saved them time and the embarrassment: good decision.

2014-09-20 04:00

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Embarrasment of getting rekt online kappa

2014-09-20 10:49

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Online? They arent going because they dont want to go to the US right before dhw and the prizepool was fairly low

2014-09-20 13:32

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Not that it was fairly low, just lower than the prize it would cost them to go there and get home again, lol.

2014-09-20 16:08

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Not if they would've focused on it and been able to win in. If they won it they would make much more than the cost

2014-09-20 18:43

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Nope, not true. They said this themselves, do you even know what a flight ticket from Scandinavia to Murica costs? And if they have to play for guys like Tweeday, Pita, Heaton etc as well...

2014-09-21 03:36

When are swedes going to acccept that they were afraid of Mericans?

2014-09-20 20:47

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*Muricans

2014-09-20 23:18

What? They are still playing each other at DH the same week and they take DH a little bit more serious than a low prized LAN on the other side of the world pretty much. It's not logical at all for them to go to USA.

2014-09-21 01:48

Funniest joke i've read today! 10/10

2014-09-21 09:07

2014-09-20 04:01

Why ESEA crew dont change the event dates? No point to have serious tournament one week before DH. Also if any eu team comes to US they will play without any strats and its fucked up for the viewers.

2014-09-20 04:07

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It's actually one week AFTER dreamhack. Which is also not good because teams will put a lot of preparation for DH and many of them would rather rest a little bit afterward than fly across the atlantic for another tournament.

2014-09-20 05:57

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Easy money for a well-prepared team. They can just take the week after ESEA finals off.

2014-09-20 10:06

ooo poor little nerds what will they ever do, they've been rotting in their rooms for 4 months anyway but I guess when you're so malnourished it's hard to go to one tournament and then another whole week after...despite getting paid, seems legit.

2014-09-20 14:10

totally agree, DH announces their dates for events 2 years in advance, cant be that hard to not have your "big" event the following week -_-

2014-09-20 06:21

inb4 DHW turns out to be a 50k tourney.

2014-09-20 04:20

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One year celebration since the e-sport cases. $500,000 event coming up in DreamHack Winter 2014.

2014-09-20 04:33

for sure its going to be $250k event. y? coz NiP gets to know first. LOL

2014-09-20 04:44

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+1 NiP won ESL because volvo told them earlier abt the map pool changes and that they get to practice them ealier. Explains why they are the only people who are willing to play both overpass and cbble

2014-09-20 06:54

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now that's actually the truth, NiP fanboise.

2014-09-20 10:06

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source? You know it asewll. NiP just put in the effort.

2014-09-20 12:16

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except fnatic picked cobble vs NiP how does it feel to have your conspiracy theory burned to the ground?

2014-09-20 12:39

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On other news, NiP won against fnatic on cobble Suprise eh?

2014-09-20 14:24

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and lost against Epsilon on Cbble .. wow

2014-09-20 16:24

Nice logic

2014-09-20 11:36

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But that's true, they are first to know the map pool changes and that they get to practice them earlier.

2014-09-20 12:29

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who do you think they practiced against? other top teams right? xD

2014-09-20 13:19

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Shush, stop using logic against the retarded hltv circlejerk, they don't know how to handle it.

2014-09-20 13:45

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Shush, i smell a closed mind filled with cognitive bias

2014-09-20 14:34

Can't they practice like smokes and stuff alone? Learn the corners (especially cobble) and work out hiding and cover spots?

2014-09-20 14:28

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2014-09-20 19:47

+++

2014-09-25 18:16

So that explains how nip lost 16-6 to epsilon on cobble right? lol come on people.. They also barely won on cobble against ldlc & cloud9 (both 16-14 wins) so it just shows that everyone had enough time to practice it.

2014-09-20 15:48

NIP members have THEIR OWN forum with valve/map makers to critique maps and get insider info about changes which is pretty unfair. I'm sure NIP (most likely Fifflaren) started a thread in the forum "Boiler room needs a boiler" and voila We have a boiler in boiler

2014-09-20 20:55

lol. they just knew they are too low to get top4. btw it s fcking retarded when you must plan your calendera but you dont know almost nothing about those LANs.

2014-09-20 05:47

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They already know that DHW will be 250k. NiP always gets to know first....

2014-09-20 08:33

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It's obvious that DHW is 250k$+ you idiot

2014-09-20 10:11

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Redbull, MLG, ESL NA etc... there are many. Fuck this ESL/Dreamhack monopol

2014-09-20 11:04

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They are the best organizers and valve trusts them.

2014-09-20 13:35

you have a point, it s even more retarded

2014-09-20 12:20

esea lan is nice, no nip low party!

2014-09-20 06:07

Does NiP know something we dont? 500k inc.

2014-09-20 06:41

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even if dhw was the same prize pool as esea it would be more worth it to focus 100% on dhw and ignore esea.

2014-09-20 10:16

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Also it would give more chance for muricans :D

2014-09-20 10:50

NiP practicing hard Aztec, it will be in teh next map pool Kappa

2014-09-20 06:56

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Blackgold and office or riot.

2014-09-20 09:05

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No, mist insertion and rush for d2 mirage and inferno. I said it first.

2014-09-20 10:09

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Insertion <3 The map mission that made me derank twice <3333

2014-09-20 10:13

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2014-09-20 20:02

"we have not enough time to spend our 100k"

2014-09-20 07:19

guys when pita joined fnatic? he joined fnatic as a coach?

2014-09-20 07:41

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Fnatic? Idk was it 2010-11?

2014-09-20 09:07

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lulz i mean NiP

2014-09-20 11:02

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Before ESL Cologne

2014-09-20 12:41

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it means nothing to me.last ESL which i saw was in 2009. i need month and year.

2014-09-20 12:59

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mid 2014

2014-09-20 15:06

Have you ever heard of ehm Google?

2014-09-20 20:40

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i dont google about sh3t games

2014-09-24 00:11

ESL Cologne ended few weeks ago.

2014-09-21 15:36

NiP knows first....

2014-09-20 08:32

Say me when you havent first. Kqly

2014-09-20 08:45

Rip nip disbandededed.

2014-09-20 09:41

nip should help to Counter-Strike playing the leagues to end

2014-09-20 10:04

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Wut

2014-09-20 11:38

LAN heroes online zeroes

2014-09-20 12:58

Rumor: ESEA talk with them about suspicous matches and they decided to leavebefore be punished

2014-09-20 13:07

didnt esea fuck up with the date last year too? they never learn? whatever looking forward to Dreamhack

2014-09-20 13:26

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It's typical ESEA

2014-09-20 15:35

Well, they ... got his right.

2014-09-20 14:00

"Also we were scared of Fnatic...."

2014-09-20 14:36

Why only swedish teams withdrawal with shitty excuses? In reality nip is aware they are too low to compete oversees. They can perform only at home (north europe)

2014-09-20 14:58

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

2014-09-20 15:33

NIP are homelaners. Wouldn't even make it out of groups in Merica

2014-09-20 20:49

"Not travelling 10000kms to get annilihated by fnatic and iBUYPOWER."

2014-09-20 14:59

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+1 best answer

2014-09-20 20:48

easy for NiP to get Dreamhack champion <3

2014-09-20 16:02

wouldn't reach finals anyway so...

2014-09-20 16:18

NIP actually were thrown off when ESEA started to allow team changes mid season. They were going to kick fifflaren and at the same time be disq'd from ESEA Lan. 2 bird 1 stone. It all makes sense now

2014-09-20 20:51