Maikelele set to sign for NiP

10-12-2014 00:00

Ninjas in Pyjamas will soon tie down Mikail "Maikelele" Bill to a contract, the organisation's CEO has revealed.

Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill was brought in as a stand-in by NiP for DreamHack Winter following the retirement of longtime member Robin "⁠Fifflaren⁠" Johansson, who had been with the team since their creation.

At the Swedish major, NiP came just one step shy of winning the top prize of $100,000 as they fell short against LDLC in the grand final.

Maikelele will commit to NiP soon

With the players currently taking a break - which forced the team to withdraw from the ESL Pro League -, NiP CEO Per Lilliefelth has now indicated that Maikelele is poised to sign a long-term deal with the organisation.

"We noticed pretty quickly that he was accepted by the team and the right man for the job, so there’s really nothing to think about," Lilliefelth told aftonbladet.se.

"He will of course be signed as soon as possible. We’re going to sit down with him and get the details sorted out.

"I thought he was amazing and I like him in a lot of ways. He’s a great person who’s always fun-loving and positive. And he’s a real ambassador for the brand and a damn good CS:GO-player."

NiP have two events coming up: MLG Aspen, in late January, and IOS Pantamera, at Inferno Online Stockholm, on February 7.

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2014-12-09 23:57

LELE

2014-12-09 23:57

1 reply

2014-12-10 08:23

nice

2014-12-09 23:57

Would have hoped for Schneider, but alright... :(

2014-12-09 23:57

32 replies

srsly? hah

2014-12-10 00:00

29 replies

Yeah. He plays at the same level as Maikelele, and is a swede as well. However, I dont think that Maikelele will dissapoint. He did really good at Dreamhack, so their choice will probably be the best in the end.

2014-12-10 00:02

27 replies

if nip wanted rifler yes if not fuck him

2014-12-10 00:31

25 replies

When f0rest used AWP, he was crazy. If they replaced Maikelele with Schneider, and made him rifle, and then made f0rest AWPer, I think it could work out.

2014-12-10 00:38

24 replies

stupendous idea

2014-12-10 00:43

Rofl go to bed kid

2014-12-10 00:51

Nope. Just nope

2014-12-10 00:58

possibly the world's best rifler to commit to awping full time when you already found a good awper and rifler (allrounder). smh...

2014-12-10 01:03

5 replies

Haha. Nice job with the harsh attitudes, folks. :) I just came with an idea, no need to talk down to me. Their lineup atm is great, and it works for them. I was just hoping for Schneider to play instead of Maikelele, but seeing how Maikelele plays; it looks as if that is the right decision.

2014-12-10 01:24

4 replies

I thought it was an interesting idea. But I agree the course of action they have taken is the best one.

2014-12-10 07:34

3 replies

f0rest is one of best rifler in the world. He should not play with awp all the time. His aim is extremely good, so his awp apparently works for him.

2014-12-10 09:44

2 replies

Ehm.. No offense to you, lzyawp, but "His aim is extremely good". His aim and gameplay was extremely good, but as must other people, his skill level goes down a bit as the time goes by. No doubt that he is a good player, but he has been better. A lot better. Extremely is "overvalued" in this case. My point of this was in the scenario that Schneider joined NiP, they should make f0rest AWPer, and Schneider rifle. That is; if Schneider DID join NiP. I know, I know. It's a weird lineup, and they would lose some skill by it, but that is only IF Schneider joined NiP.

2014-12-10 15:51

1 reply

I agree with you. f0rest is acutally not as good as berfore, but in terms of AWP skills(CSGO), I don't think f0rest is good enough to become an full time AWPer in his team. But pratice and desires can make him better if he has these stuffs.

2014-12-11 11:24

worst idea i ever read m8 f0rest best rifler in world u want make him awp u see where problem is ?

2014-12-10 02:27

5 replies

F0rest good but not best NBK best

2014-12-10 07:33

4 replies

Not sure if blind or just fanboy

2014-12-10 08:28

baguette spotted

2014-12-10 10:36

1 reply

Just telling the truth... you guys can't stand a baguette being the best in the world

2014-12-11 10:20

not sure if troll or just baguette fanboy either way ur relarded m8 i don't answer u any more :)

2014-12-10 19:41

make 1 of the top 3 riflers in the world awper isnt a good idea e: even if he can awp godmode, still..

2014-12-10 08:57

Buy brain

2014-12-10 09:12

Why make one of the best riflers in the world an awper? Makes no sense. f0rest is slightly above average with awp, but on the other hand insane rifler.

2014-12-10 13:11

2 replies

Omg is there a reading disorder virus spreading currently? I said IF he was going to play for NiP, that would be their lineup. I said that in the end , Maikelele would be better as AWPer, because f0rest as AWPer wouldn't work out as much. Read, then comment.

2014-12-10 15:46

1 reply

omg reading disorder omg

2014-12-10 19:41

I think you've watched too much of schneiders stream which has led to you fanboying him abit too much. Schneider looks good now because hes playing MM against supremes and GE's, he has had a past in fnatic where he was a good rifler, but Maikelele raised his level this year BY A LOT, he transcended from his old skills and became a REALLY REALLY good player, but schneider is the same old player, just a good rifler. Not saying hes bad, but maikel is better than schneider in both rifling and awping.

2014-12-10 15:56

1 reply

I do watch his stream from time to time, yes, I am a mod there. I just want to clear the air by saying I am not a fanboy. :) You are right. Maikelele is a better AWPer. I am not sure with the rifle part though. Schneider usually plays FaceIt though, and I don't think he is too bad. If NiP needed an AWPer; they should choose Maikelele. If NiP needed a rifler; they should choose Schneider. Deep in my heart; I would have loved for Schneider to play for NiP. Sadly, they weren't looking for a player of his caliber. Maybe he can join the swedish dream team-thingy with Delpan, Twist etc. :)

2014-12-10 16:19

Yeah, because f0rest isn't the best rifler in this game Kappa

2014-12-10 17:03

f0rest is nowhere near consistent with awp -f0rest +schenider though

2014-12-10 20:00

hes toxic as fuck

2014-12-10 11:23

seriously? noo....

2014-12-10 00:57

same level lmfao !!!

2014-12-10 10:30

1 reply

Alright. I will admit that Maikelele is better with the AWP, no doubt. But as a rifler, I think that Schneider is a lot better.

2014-12-10 15:48

yeah

2014-12-09 23:57

1 reply

Pornelele

2014-12-10 02:18

gl maik!

2014-12-09 23:57

By: MIRAA Time: 2014-12-10 00:00 okay

2014-12-09 23:58

2 replies

Illuminati

2014-12-10 00:46

1 reply

2014-12-10 2 * 14 + 12 = 40 4-0 - 1-0 = 3 illunimerti cnfrmd

2014-12-10 19:45

bad

2014-12-09 23:58

-NiP- Fapelele

2014-12-09 23:58

Deserved, gj and gl Maikelele :)

2014-12-09 23:59

yesssssss

2014-12-09 23:59

YEAH! <3

2014-12-09 23:59

very nice my frend

2014-12-09 23:59

fapelele ftw <33 gz

2014-12-10 00:00

gl eksemele

2014-12-10 00:00

- Maikelele + eksem

2014-12-10 00:01

4 replies

try to seach eksem on google

2014-12-10 00:27

3 replies

shows pornhub

2014-12-10 00:48

1 reply

:D:D:D

2014-12-10 00:55

I AM PRETTY SURE HE WAS JOKING

2014-12-10 00:52

Finally all thoose who hated on Maikelele can now be quiet!!! Have been a fan even before LGB. Such a good player man! :) // Proud_dane

2014-12-10 00:01

2 replies

thx4info

2014-12-10 00:16

So just because he joins NiP people wont hate on him? Logic........

2014-12-10 02:16

gz!

2014-12-10 00:01

Well deserved, gz

2014-12-10 00:02

good, but no best. eksem best.

2014-12-10 00:02

1 reply

maikelele best but not bestest. eksem bestest.

2014-12-10 02:36

Gj Maikel.

2014-12-10 00:02

Would be interesting to know if everyone on the team gets paid the same salary. Doesn't work that way in any sport, ever, and would have huge ramifications if it didn't in CSGO either.

2014-12-10 00:03

3 replies

Yepp everyone in nip gets the same salary. Around 2500 euros.

2014-12-10 12:07

2 replies

That's interesting. The important question is: With continued expansion of the game, who's going to be the first superstar caliber player to demand a higher salary than his teammates?

2014-12-10 23:04

1 reply

Thats a cool taught :D

2014-12-11 00:08

lol what a joke.

2014-12-10 00:03

expected and deserved !!!!!!!!

2014-12-10 00:03

good signinglelelele

2014-12-10 00:03

bad luck emilio..... Kappa

2014-12-10 00:04

Expected

2014-12-10 00:08

Anyone know his overall K/D for DHW ?

2014-12-10 00:09

1 reply

look at statistics and do it yourself :)

2014-12-10 00:15

expected

2014-12-10 00:10

Expected, NiP can't find a better sniper in Sweden anyway.

2014-12-10 00:10

4 replies

Best awper after kennyS, ye hard to find :o

2014-12-10 00:20

3 replies

jw and olofm are already in fnatic and won't leave it, Delpan is extremely unstable and also has some attitude problems, twist seems to be much stronger with rifles than with AWP, so yeah, it was hard to find any better option...

2014-12-10 01:34

2 replies

Dennis?

2014-12-10 01:41

1 reply

Fulltime job, plays for fun sometimes, won't come back.

2014-12-10 02:26

Deserved :)

2014-12-10 00:11

2 replies

2014-12-10 02:19

2014-12-10 13:53

Well there's only one song to celebrate this with youtube.com/watch?v=a9gSmfKDIzs

2014-12-10 00:11

Delpan :(

2014-12-10 00:13

1 reply

this is like the worst idea ever...

2014-12-10 01:58

does he even fap?

2014-12-10 00:13

Let's fuckin go NiP :D

2014-12-10 00:14

2014-12-10 00:19

Nice

2014-12-10 00:22

He was pretending to be nice just to sign the deal, now you'll see his true face Kappa

2014-12-10 00:22

expected

2014-12-10 00:26

deserved

2014-12-10 00:28

maikelele u are not retardelele

2014-12-10 00:28

1 reply

Pornmaikel <3

2014-12-10 07:36

Nice maikel. Gl Hf!!

2014-12-10 00:29

He seems like a good lad. GL!

2014-12-10 00:29

nice job man well deserved

2014-12-10 00:30

gz Maikel :) gl hf in NiP!

2014-12-10 00:30

2014-12-10 00:31

GL Maikeleleleelele

2014-12-10 00:32

Smart af move.

2014-12-10 00:34

good for nip

2014-12-10 00:47

deserved, decent player

2014-12-10 00:52

2014-12-10 00:54

And Motar2k just donated him 1600$, gg

2014-12-10 00:56

woo

2014-12-10 01:06

insane player!!!

2014-12-10 01:35

Nice! Would have perfered this picture though - imgur.com/trVzNiE

2014-12-10 01:39

NiP was lucky and really hard caried by friberg during dhw. I would give him one more gig to show his skills and then sign him if he is really worth it. he is not even top10 awp player in cs'go.

2014-12-10 01:59

13 replies

Could you give me insights of the 10 best awper player in CS:GO atm? It will be great if you have a descent reference. Thanks! :)

2014-12-10 02:40

10 replies

kennys/jw/guardian/markeloff/delpan/smithz/pasha/skadoodle/snax/ frozt p.s frozt is very good sniper just have no team to show off his skills, so if he's going to play in torqued i would look at his performance p.s2 torqued have 6 players in roster cevo.com/event/cs-globaloffensive/roster.. but i think they can drop moe sonner or later because they don't need 2 dedicated opers and fr0zt have more exp and higher skill cap

2014-12-10 03:39

9 replies

markeloff is not an awper anymore. We don't see delpan anywhere in the pro scene anymore. Snax is a main rifler not an awper, frozt doesn't even appear in international tourneys. Maikelele is a versatile player as shown in LGB and after that. He handles awp and rifle well. I would put him in pasha's level. Not in top 5, but somewhere in top 10.

2014-12-10 04:40

Delpan, really? U know we are not playing 1.6 anymore, right? He has achieved absolutley nothing in csgo so far. Cant believe how people still but him on their lists..

2014-12-10 05:40

i don't write about who archived more but who is better sniper markeloff pick sniper from time to time and when he did that he was good we could add to that list simple from HR he also didn't archive anything in cs:go but his perfrmance was way better than maikelele fr0zt did play a little in begining of cs:go and at the time he had good skills that's why i belive he will be great sniper in torqued, ofc if he will be sniper because they have moe to snipe

2014-12-10 10:13

markeloff/delpan/snax/ frozt you have CLEARLY no idea what are you talking about

2014-12-10 10:26

5 replies

they are better snipers

2014-12-10 10:34

4 replies

no,jesus not even close...r u blind? or do you even follow this game at all? markeloff sucks with awp in csgo delpan? joke.he is mediocre awper and mediocre player in general.he had literally 1 good event and thats it. snax isnt even dedicated awper lol... frozt? i will not rather even talk about him THIS ISNT 1.6 and maikelele is easily better awper than markeloff/delpan/snax/ frozt without any freaking doubt.

2014-12-10 10:46

3 replies

Dude, he is a pole. Who cares about his retarded opinion, let him have it.

2014-12-10 12:19

markelof doesn't suck with op he is skilled in all weapons and he fit the role is most needed for a team delpan awp pure skill is way above that of maikelel snax often pick up awp when pasha don't fr0zt i seen him playing at begining of cs:go and for him it's same as delpan just pure awp skill if Torqued start playing some main turnaments fr0zt will shw his real skill -------------------------------- nip was hard carried by friberg and was already strong team, they just changed weak fify and with good bit of luck whent far in tournament

2014-12-10 14:00

1 reply

markelof doesn't suck with op he is skilled in all weapons and he fit the role is most needed for a team we are tlaking about awp only and he sucks with that gun delpan awp pure skill is way above that of maikelel his skill in csgo is mediocre and im not even sure about this.jesus christ how can you be so blind snax often pick up awp when pasha don't hltv.org/?pageid=177&playerid=2553&event.. 6% awp kills.just WOW yea definitely dedicated awper fr0zt i seen him playing at begining of cs:go hello its end of 2014 right now. just look at stats maybe and % of kills with awp before you will write another bullcrap

2014-12-10 14:35

Hahaha this polish dumbass with the "luck" comment, again so because friberg was on fire NiP wasn't legit second best team in the tournament? stronk third world logic.

2014-12-10 02:41

1 reply

if i see nip in next 3 tournaments in top3 i will change my mind

2014-12-10 03:35

maikelele n1

2014-12-10 02:39

tbh said it for long time Maikel would fit in NiP he was always better in all ways then his teamm8s before, only had to get the chance now he did and he showed he can be mature thats why he was flaming and beeing "toxic" before bcoz he was just to good for playing with semi pro's now he can get equal players in a team and he shouldnt be raging hf well deserved bro

2014-12-10 02:53

Nip comeback on tournaments n1

2014-12-10 03:31

nice!

2014-12-10 04:52

I thought he was amazing and I like him in a lot of ways. :DDDDDD What do you mean?

2014-12-10 05:02

dis nigga is great

2014-12-10 06:18

"..great person who’s always fun-loving and positive" lel

2014-12-10 06:21

K lol

2014-12-10 06:41

He dont deserve it.

2014-12-10 06:48

NiP in eksemeronnis :( HES EVEN WORSE THAN FIFFY, WTF NIP

2014-12-10 06:53

1 reply

Thats why he was the best in the finals ?

2014-12-13 20:31

Nice, gl :D

2014-12-10 07:30

2014-12-10 07:49

gz Mikail :)

2014-12-10 07:59

Maikelele will be new promoter for NiP with his sique Beatboxing. youtube.com/watch?v=C7ENxvqs-pk You heard it here

2014-12-10 08:13

2 replies

I would love to spit some bars over that

2014-12-10 10:59

1 reply

HAHA ikr, he is pretty decent

2014-12-10 13:19

Well deserved!!! NIP back to top rankings...

2014-12-10 08:24

Congrats Mikail!

2014-12-10 08:26

Expected, but still sad that they didn't pick up twist or eksem instead.

2014-12-10 09:07

1 reply

+1 i think eksem should fit perfect...

2014-12-10 10:53

Fiffy ... :C

2014-12-10 09:16

Expected

2014-12-10 09:17

2014-12-10 10:03

If they really wanted him they would already have signed him.

2014-12-10 10:06

7 replies

Since the beginning NiP said, that Maikelele will join as trial. Imo that's a pretty clear message: If things go well -> Maikelele joins NiP permanently If not -> Maikelele won't join NiP

2014-12-10 10:53

I hope you never become CEO.

2014-12-10 10:57

5 replies

I don't think they are totally happy with him that's all. There are stronger picks out there.

2014-12-10 12:30

4 replies

Bahaha who in the swedish scene that is not in a team right now is stronger?

2014-12-10 13:13

2 replies

yeah you see my point. They would rather have someone else if they can. And he does not have to be swedish is he? Or will it make a lot of the fanbase butthurt if he isn't?

2014-12-10 13:38

1 reply

No they wouldnt want anyone else, thats why they are signing him. He has to be swedish, get rights english sucks ballz and he also said in a interview that they wanted a Swede. End of story.

2014-12-10 14:55

give some insight, who is it? we need your opinion, sensei!

2014-12-10 13:32

unexpected

2014-12-10 10:50

wankelele

2014-12-10 10:58

hope for solek :(

2014-12-10 11:12

Really like his playstyle. Nice to see.

2014-12-10 11:19

i wish he signed for god

2014-12-10 11:48

pornelele best :D

2014-12-10 11:54

VAC INCOMING

2014-12-10 12:02

pornelele

2014-12-10 12:05

Gl mekelek!!1!

2014-12-10 12:36

2014-12-10 12:37

GLLL and GZ!!

2014-12-10 12:48

all it takes is 1 good round

2014-12-10 13:35

GL and GZ!

2014-12-10 13:36

youtube.com/watch?v=74laYzc3zwk

2014-12-10 13:51

GL eksem! CU @ QL instagib

2014-12-10 14:26

u r stroonkkk!!!

2014-12-10 14:27

s fiflarenom viigrali bi.100%

2014-12-10 14:34

gl maikelele!!! you are not a retardele you are stronk :D

2014-12-10 14:55

was hoping for twist but hell maikelele is great player too...gl bro

2014-12-10 15:46

maxaki and DelpaN (AWP) > Maikelele (AWP) schneider and dennis (AK/M4) > Maikelele (AK/M4) but, Maikelele did a good job in DHW14.

2014-12-10 16:33

1 reply

i lold so much at the AWP line srsly stop it you so funny to compare such noobs like maxaki and delpan > Maikel awp...

2014-12-10 19:53

Good for NiP, even better for Ukulele!

2014-12-10 16:39

youtube.com/watch?v=LcHuNxMWo4U

2014-12-10 16:54

200!!! yey

2014-12-10 17:13

He will be the best awper

2014-12-10 17:40

deserved, gl

2014-12-10 19:35

Maikel the ambassador

2014-12-10 19:43

NiP #1

2014-12-10 19:49

nip is f**ked with dat guy. rip nip

2014-12-10 22:12

he will never be as good as fiffy

2014-12-13 19:22

2014-12-17 10:18

rip

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