NiP withdraw from Gaming Paradise

16-8-2015 22:37

Ninjas in Pyjamas have announced that they have decided against attending the Gaming Paradise.

The Swedish giants had been one of the first teams to receive an invitation to compete at the Gaming Paradise, a week-long videogame festival that will be held in the Slovenian coastal settlement of Portorož from September 6-13.

No explanation for the decision was given by NiP, but it is possible that the move was caused by a conflicting schedule between the Gaming Paradise and the recently-announced ESL ESEA Dubai Invitational, which kicks off on September 10, just 24 hours after the Slovenian tournament has ended.

NiP pull out from Gaming Paradise

If this is the case, then Virtus.pro and Natus Vincere may also decide to skip the Gaming Paradise as both teams will travel to Dubai for this $250,000 tournament.

There are now three spots available in this $50,000 CS:GO tournament, which will be filled through invites handed out by Gaming.rs - the organisers of the competition.

This means that the list of participants for the Gaming Paradise currently looks as follows:

Team SoloMid	E-frag
Team Kinguin	Virtus.pro
Null element Na`Vi

To purchase tickets for Gaming Paradise, simply heady over to the event's official website.

sad

2015-08-16 22:38

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rip nip

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gg disband

2015-08-16 22:54

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They're attending Cologne and after that they will take a short break and then start preparing for the ESL thing in Dubai. They don't have time for low tournaments like this. I'm sure Navi and/or VP will do the same. TSM will stay cos they're not going to dubai :D

2015-08-16 23:12

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Yeah they are. Esl released a statement saying its going to be 8 teams invited instead of 6, with cloud9/clg possibly attending along with TSM

2015-08-16 23:20

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Oh, never saw that

2015-08-16 23:21

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neither did anyone else the post they made about it was this; twitter.com/theflyingdj/status/628241445.. and that isn't a confirmation that they infact will do it

2015-08-17 02:43

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Yeah I thought so.

2015-08-17 02:45

Source where they said that? because the only thing they said was that they might consider expanding it to 8 teams, but that was not a confirmation that they will have 8 teams

2015-08-17 02:35

c9 is already in.

2015-08-17 02:59

they will have time seeing they will crash in groups

2015-08-17 10:55

russia begin retard again

2015-08-17 00:29

dubai sway

2015-08-17 06:19

i forgot this tournament existed

lol

2015-08-16 22:39

why tho NiP why? :( this is sad rip :(

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Because they go to the 250$k tourney in Dubai?

2015-08-16 23:01

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Bit why

2015-08-16 23:06

Don't expect people to read more than the headline before they comment, that's just silly...

2015-08-16 23:28

Im pretty sure that it Wasnt written on there when this first came out or else i just missed it

2015-08-17 09:33

It was on there but it is kinda misleading

2015-08-17 09:55

they're changing line-up because they lost ESL One Cologne .

NIP <3

Who? probably nonamers

2015-08-17 09:32

atleast they dont cheat

2015-08-17 16:06

well:(

changes after Cologne 100% confirmed

2015-08-16 22:40

thissss

2015-08-16 22:53

is this foreshadowing that NiP are making changes? With the recent news that twist and co left Property it wouldn't be a shock to see changes in NiP after Cologne.

1 player is going to retire confirmed.

friburg can't play coz this event has no burgers as gift.

2015-08-16 22:44

I think it was either get right or forest that said this. Can anyone confirm?

2015-08-16 23:15

seems like they dont care

2015-08-16 22:41

what is going on

Hope that they will invite Fnatic. I really want to se a match between E-frag and Fnatic :)

-allu and comeback

2015-08-16 22:42

So bad games are Allu's fault?

2015-08-17 13:08

expected from lan dodger onliner allu

2015-08-16 22:43

Eh?

2015-08-17 13:09

inb4 na'vi and VP pull out too. easy choice between this nobody tournament and the ESL dubai one

2015-08-16 22:45

nip withdraw or dont make the playoffs to lans SO freakin often its unbelievable. lazy fucks.

No its this one or ESL Dubai, what would you choose ? Tell me.

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i see... well, that means rip gaming paradise as vp and navi will withdraw as well.

yup

2015-08-16 23:31

ESL Dubai > ALL other tournaments!

2015-08-16 23:29

it's the weather eh?

2015-08-16 22:46

afraid of kinguin

2015-08-16 22:48

They're dodging Maikelele imo. Kappa

they will celebrate their victory on esl cologne so yeah. good decision.

2/10 weak bait mate

These fuckers pull out of everything

2015-08-16 22:49

Sad that ESL pretty much steals all the T1 teams from that event now. :/ Only NaVi I could imagine that they go to both. They not seem to care about traveling. :D

2015-08-16 22:52

Guys lets be real... They are saving strats for the major after Cologne. I expect them to pull out of Dubai as well - its a LAN that doesn't bring NiP the prestige they deserve. Kappa For real though these guys have pulled out of so many events, how were they higher than TSM on ESLs list? Id be surprised if they kept the same lineup and weren't doing this to extend a bootcamp for the new players.

2015-08-16 22:56

it is simple.. dignitas changed to tsm and that is why tsm is lower than nip on the list. np pal

2015-08-16 23:08

Esl should have placed the dubai event later. Fucking over smaller events. We will probably see tsm withdraw as well.

2015-08-16 22:58

2015-08-17 00:08

Why? Tsm are not invited to dubai..

2015-08-17 09:11

Ah true. Totally forgot that.

2015-08-17 11:59

Because someone invited a bot team called NiP. When we could have had one of the sickest events of the year.

2015-08-17 17:10

yeah that esl ranking was a joke

2015-08-17 17:53

fanboy is stronk in your

2015-08-17 19:03

I SMELL REPLACEMENT IF THEY FAIL AT MAJOR

2015-08-16 23:02

Smart They will lose anyway

gaming paradise will probably be like the indian tourny, but worse india > slovenia

2015-08-16 23:11

No more small tournaments! Big teams deserve big prizes to show up. GP will have to settle with T2 teams.

2015-08-16 23:13

they withdraw more than actually attending tournaments smh

expected, nip disband after major

2015-08-16 23:14

still gonna lose the final on major

F3 please!

2015-08-16 23:19

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2015-08-16 23:26

After they failed qualifications lol. That would be awkward

2015-08-17 00:18

nah, they placed 2nd @ qualifers

2015-08-17 18:42

Would be nice to see Titan, Mouz and HR/SK to replace NiP, VP and Na'Vi if they will decide to skip this tournament for ze Dubai one.

2015-08-16 23:24

kinguin should plow it now

they know dei disbent

2015-08-16 23:33

Expected, esl Dubai 10x most better than paradise, VP and navi will draw tho

2015-08-16 23:35

Good, now NiP will win the Major and the ESL ESEA Dubai ez pz top #1.

2015-08-16 23:36

mousespoRts

250k>gaming paradise wp

2015-08-16 23:41

without NIP this tournament became t1 at last omg lel

2015-08-17 00:25

ez tournament for VP then

2015-08-17 00:31

OMG im so lucky that i didnt buy tickets for this.

2015-08-17 01:17

LOL the end of story NIP

2015-08-17 01:26

NiP withdraw when twist and zende leave coincidence??? i arnt think that

2015-08-17 01:52

Things have been going horribly wrong with NiP lately, so what do they do? They take a breather, discuss the problems within the team, come up with some solutions to said problems, and come back stronger than ever. That's what they are doing, and what you should do in a situation like this. A break's all they need, and it's good they realized it as well. Mark my words, in a month or so, NiP is going to perform better than they have in a while. Without any roster changes, I might add.

2015-08-17 02:57

add ss or nerdrage. xantares and joelz are both insane on lan. it would be really fun to watch.

2015-08-17 03:18

Joelz on lan? i arent think that

2015-08-17 13:52

rip gaming paradise

2015-08-17 03:30

They don't qualify for events, and they get invites for having a "knowing brand" and then they withdraw, lol bunch of ungrateful bastards.

2015-08-17 03:50

the move was caused by a conflicting schedule between the Gaming Paradise and the recently-announced ESL ESEA Dubai Invitational, which kicks off on September 10, just 24 hours after the Slovenian tournament has ended.

2015-08-17 05:44