Virtus.pro stop NiP's major streak

22-8-2015 20:32

Virtus.pro overcome NiP 2-0 (de_train 16-14, de_inferno 16-5) to make it to the semi-finals of ESL One Cologne, where they will meet the winner of fnatic and Luminosity tomorrow.

NiP started off strong on de_train, winning both the pistol and the follow-up anti-ecos, and they were even up 7-2 at one point before Virtus.pro started trading rounds.

The half ended up going 9-6 in the way of the Swedes and a Finn, and Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli's 2-on-4 heroics put his team on a 12-6 lead, but from there on the Polish defence was too strong for NiP to put a dent in it for multiple consecutive rounds.

After a timeout at 12-12, understandably called by NiP, the five-time major finalists took the lead back, only to be put on an eco right after the following gunround. Virtus.pro managed to take over the economy from their six-round streak and were able to buy despite NiP winning another round, and ended up closing de_train 16-14 for a 1-0 lead in the series.

Virtus.pro stop NiP's major streak

de_inferno, on the other hand, started off the better for Virtus.pro, who quickly got up to 8-1 as Counter-Terrorists on NiP's pick before the Swedes got three in a row to get themselves a chance.

Virtus.pro broke the streak quite soon though, and the halftime score was sitting at 11-4, and with the pistol round also going their way, there was little to no doubt that the Poles would take another top four finish at a major, at the least.

Both following anti-forcebuys nearly eliminated all hopes for the Swedish-Finnish squad, who soon had their heads down after the first gunround, which Virtus.pro came out on top of, making it 16-5 in the end.

ESL One Cologne 2015Best of 3

Virtus.pro

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22nd August 2015

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Train

Inferno

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Snax	49 - 28	+21	-	-	1.46
Filip 'NEO' Kubski NEO	42 - 27	+15	-	-	1.21
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas TaZ	39 - 30	+9	-	-	1.12
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński byali	40 - 33	+7	-	-	1.11
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski pashaBiceps	23 - 39	-16	-	-	0.64

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli allu	39 - 36	+3	-	-	1.12
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	32 - 39	-7	-	-	0.89
Richard 'Xizt' Landström Xizt	30 - 37	-7	-	-	0.81
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	30 - 43	-13	-	-	0.79
Adam 'friberg' Friberg friberg	25 - 40	-15	-	-	0.68

The last quarter-final of fnatic and Luminosity to determine the last team advancing to top four will start as soon as both teams are ready and set up.

Too bad NiP, hope you'll find something that works for you soon. Proud NiP fan since 2003, come and get me flamers 8I

2015-08-22 20:32

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2015-08-22 20:33

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NIJOOOOOOOOOO!

2015-08-22 20:44

[*] time to retire

2015-08-23 01:32

VUCK FIRTUS

2015-08-22 20:40

1 reply

FAK

2015-08-22 20:41

NEOKING <3 :)

allu need new squad, nip is 2bad

2015-08-22 20:42

u r only 25

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Nice observation my dear czech. Been playing CS for a long time.

2015-08-22 20:35

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czech? dont you know flags?

2015-08-22 20:50

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czech, slovak...all 50%+ russian anyway

2015-08-22 21:54

all i know is i can never understand them. Swedish and other european languages i can understand and see structure. All i hear is davai davai.

2015-08-22 22:52

And we can't hear any structure in scandinavian languages ;d The thing you're trying to say is that you don't get slavic languages at all. Interesting is that majority of slavic-speaking countries can understand polish, but we mostly don't understand them, except for east slavic languages (russian, belarus, ukrainian etc.)

2015-08-23 03:38

I'm only 22 and I played 1.5 so whats the point here?

2015-08-22 20:36

I'm 26 and play CS since begining

2015-08-22 20:38

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Im 24 and i play cs go 4 month

2015-08-22 20:43

me too.. that's why I say, neo still the best one! he can play alone and win this shit.

2015-08-22 20:47

nope, he will never be a god again, he will be a great player but it isn't the same

2015-08-22 21:12

He will. If only they remove pasha, of if pasha gets better. I hope the last one, I love the team. I respect pasha's bad moment.

2015-08-22 21:14

Agreed, Pasha is a great guy, but unstable a lot!!

2015-08-23 02:25

They're looking like shit rn but maybe they can get their shit together and start contending with top teams again

They had a full month to prepare, they weren't even landing shots, cheacking corners etc. NiP is so bad now lol.

2015-08-22 22:51

Dw, they'll come back, and stronger than ever!

2015-08-22 20:34

dont think so xd

+1 i am a proud bip fan a long time too :)

2015-08-22 20:37

fag

2015-08-22 21:08

and?

2015-08-23 12:14

You're a proud fan of direah. 8D

2015-08-22 20:39

RIP NIP 2012-2015 It was fun while it lasted

+1 great times, fun times

2015-08-22 21:01

+1 I will forever be a NIP fanny packer

2015-08-22 21:51

[Insert flame here] The only thing preventing me from ever wanting NiP to win is the bias in the casters. they're a good team but I just want he casters to be sad more than I want NP to fail.

2015-08-23 02:45

-friberg already he had one good tourney and that was last years cologne, other than that he is too ordinary. He isn't even a top 10 entry fragger...

2015-08-22 22:38

RIP NiP BibleThump

pretty sad tbh

expected

rip NiP

wp snax <3

nip to change roster now after this?

nah, they just need to completely redo their play style, everyone knows how NiP play, they showed signs of changing things this major, but they need time to get used to them.

Agreed, they slow the T side for years

I like this NiP no nip roster change bet against it ez money

2015-08-23 11:13

Hopefully. It's clear they just aren't motivated at all. I'd say they have to remove at least friberg, I guess he just has no motivation to play the game anymore, he's been bad for a long time now.

2015-08-22 22:44

WHATS UP NOW SWEDES WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

cyka cyka cyka

sweet NiP fangay

2015-08-22 22:05

RIP in Peace NiP

ez rekt

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saying the american

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again u

your country wouldn't exist if it weren't for America

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your country wouldn't exist without europe so stfu

mad cuz im right. lmao. My country still way better than urs

2015-08-22 20:51

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LOL sure? with no banks? keep dreaming btw the intel cpu you have in PC its made by israel and most the tech we are using .

2015-08-22 21:06

Most tech we use are not from Israel, sure Intel is very big but that is still not most of the tech

2015-08-22 21:19

but 60% of the cpus made in israel , israel mybe small country with lot of emenies , but sure that we are doing good in tech , waze , intel cpus , kinect ( if you know ) , and lot of things .

2015-08-22 21:23

you are good in tech but it's not like most stuff we use is from israel

2015-08-22 22:02

IT ORIGINATED FROM

2015-08-22 23:33

can you fucking stop ?

2015-08-23 19:53

16-5

rip nip

Nice "brawl"

it was a brawl on train though great series even though it was 16-5 on inferno and 2-0.

Yep train was great show, but even if I'm vp fan, I wanted to see third map with overtimes :/

rip tweedays documentary, going to be really short now.

Tweeday isn't in NiP anymore

Time to unsub then His NiP documentaries were slightly good and the rest were absolute garbage

2015-08-23 05:03

+1 Many close rounds on inferno as well

2015-08-22 20:53

BOT ALLU

nip... nip needs changes

Xizt is the worst IGL ever. GG. WP VP.

u are is low player ever. gg.

2015-08-22 23:49

u are is? england0 bro, do you even? I'm GE. So I'm decent.

2015-08-23 00:37

Everyone on hltv is global bro

2015-08-23 01:25

Maybe! ;) I'm ofc no talent or anything. But I've played CS for 10+ years and watched A LOT of games. This account is probably older than most people here tbh ^^ Fifflaren even said NiP is playing exactly like they did when he was still there. That means Xizt has changed nothing since they outaimed everyone and that was like 1,5 years ago.

2015-08-23 01:47

This is an international site, please write your comment in English. Comments in another language will be deleted.this is the end of a era :(

This is an international site, please write your comment in English. Comments in another language will be deleted. RiP NiP Era [*]

cry nip fan girls ? where's flytw ? HAHAHAHAHAH

right beneath u and dont worry fnatic will rape LG 16-0 16-0

sad i will kill myself today

bye

pls do, u was annoying before major saying that forest best, but today neo rekt forest

+1 haha neo monster on this match against nip clutch many rounds

chola mais nip fan boy

finally

wp vp!

Not even close. NiP is over unless they change something big.

what a shocker, history books have been written

bai bai rest in nip

NO GOOD

Please disband assholes sign fucking tier 5 lithuanian team it would be better than having this faggots

How much?

how much?

HOW MUCH U RETARD?

2015-08-22 23:10

Does flaming like this makes you feel good / relaxed?

2015-08-23 08:27

Oh well streak had to end sometime :( Can't say I'm not disappointed, but at least they confirmed the Legend status, if they wouldn't that would be a disgrace.

Well they played CLG and Renegades to get that "Legendary team" status. I know quite a few teams that are able to do that :/

A black day for the eSports.

gg VP, sad for NiP! :( twist & dennis incoming? speculation? Every time i see get_right's hair - this comes to mind for some reason :D oi61.tinypic.com/e7gy9e.jpg

-natu +fifflaren coach

-natu +fiffy

That was easy for VP guys ;)

waiting polaks comments with -20 IQ

i wonder what lithrusians iq is then, lmao

nice b8 m8

It is impossible to have -20 IQ. Haha, how can you be that stupid. Expected from Lithuania, 4th world country.

2015-08-22 20:48

Like I said polak with over -90000 IQ #baitworks pls no more kurwa redneck

2015-08-22 20:52

#baitworks

2015-08-22 21:02

Baiting wih common sense in hltv? I aren't think of that

2015-08-23 05:07

vp have no chance against fnatic.. nip could at least have been exciting...

ya okay kid

lol If anyone can win against fnatic in bo3 it's vp or tsm...

2015-08-22 20:56

The only series that NIP won offline against fnatic this year was when they had maikel in the lineup. But kek

2015-08-22 21:22

MLG x-games, the last bo3 with good NiP

2015-08-22 22:48

Bb nip

Expected. Thank you VP. Changes incoming..about fucking time.

YAY!

Yes! Just like the old 1.6 days! =D HeatoN's time to dust off the mouse and get in there. HeatoN / SpawN / Get_Right / f0rest / fisker

too much op

hehe +1

walle instead of fisker for incredible clutches and poker faces

TAZ IS LOVE TAZ IS LIVE, wp VP deserved!

-natu +pita

ez skins ez lyfe

gg wp!

expected not even volvo can help NIP anymore

looks like nip slipped

:( gg

whats this family show bullshit that grown men cant say fuck? gg wp, sick train map

There was no better team to do this, best showdown, revenge for dreamhack winter

thx nip

rip nip [*] :(

no chance against fnatic gg wp :)

JUST KICK BOT ALLU PLZ

VP will destroy fnatic tomorrow !

Bro I hope you kiddin, fnatic will destroy VP 'coz they do an revenge for them swedish brothers.

WOOHOOOOOOOOOO

Good job vp, king NEO is back boys

congratulations VP!

ty for skins nip fangays haha

Legends vs. Legends :) neo and 742 2 stroNK! gj guys !!!!!!!!! :)

Expected

RIP IN NIP

fallen is the solution to nip

neo 1.6 god mode activated

"Virtus.pro came out on top of, making it 16-4 in the end." 16-5 ;)

wp vp, neo hats off

rip nip time for BOT Allu and BOT Friberg to uninstall

WP VP!!!

rip nip [*]

GGWP, Virtus PLOW! Sad that NiP can't play better than this... They must change something, maybe not players... But their whole style or players. They should never have gotten natu.. THREAT should they have picked directly after pita did quit or even before when it started to go bad. allu is not the problem, but they still don't communicate fully in swedish, and they need that. Soon allu will probably learn swedish better and it will be better, but -natu and maybe some other player. Friberg or Xizt, Xizt does not have the caliber to be a IGL now in 2015... No one in NiP does.

Nip won 2 pistols 16:14 for VP VP won 2 pistols 16:5 izi

VIRTUS PRO IS BACK TO TOP 4!

from where?????

2015-08-22 21:16

from top 6-7

2015-08-22 21:35

A win over NiP sadly doesn't mean much these days. If they beat fnatic sure, but that will never happen.

2015-08-23 08:59

YES VP <3

NiP sadly continue the disappointment!

Welcome back GOD Neo.

*1 game* *Is god*

1 game? You obviously didn't watch his performance in the last few months. This time he proved he is back for good.

Hes good. Not a good. Olof is a god. Neo is not as good as him

Yeah, Olof is the best player right now, no doubt... but I am just really happy for Neo.

2015-08-22 20:55

NIP im still bellive...but u whoud kick [censored] natu & allu + swedish player & coah

allu is not the problem, maybe the language.. But that he can work on so they can communicate fully in swedish.

you do realize that allu is the best player in nip by far right?

For this tourney, yes. But by far GeT_RiGhT is their most stable player. -xizt, friberg and f0rest, for real, they are so bad now... Predictable and not even that good anymore. GeT_RiGhT is always on a re-take and picking up their mess so he never does that great. Allu is ding his job. So minus the igl and get new style, kick natu too and friberg and f0rest just aren't good anymore.

2015-08-22 22:47

biceps at bottom snax king of majors <3

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO POLAND

Pasha 0.64 haha

pasha, where are you?

Snax as always is so strong on majors! GG guys!

GG.

pasha 0.64 rating... they have no chance in semi they need to kick this BOT

It's crazy how low his rating was... He can't play like this vs fnatic.

pasha is just huge braindead, hes good aimer but still worse than f0rest and gtr in typical aim duel, not even talkin about when he switched to grenade and got killed because of it :D it may look diffrent vs fnatic tho.

2015-08-22 20:54

he plays like braindead for a looooooong time so I dont think match vs fnatic will be different i've seen so many times he switches to grenade and then get killed or switiching position 1 sec before enemies are entering

i didn't want it to sound like he will play like neo/snax vs fnatic, NiP has style based on skill which he got outskilled pretty much every time, vs fnatic it may be diffrent because of fnatic style, but fnatic style is pretty elastic so hard to tell.

2015-08-22 21:07

He was only good on the beginning because other teams were still bad. Now when they catch up his decent aim is not enough. He gets owned by top teams. He is a tier 2 player carried all the time by tier 1 4 players from VP. Same thing with NIP. Pasha will never play even half good like neo, snax, byali or taz.

2015-08-23 11:40

bot allu am i right guys? guys????

good one

2015-08-22 21:05

+1, but still his stats is "kinda" showing wrong but not really. He was left alone with the awp a lot of times without getting any impact before his teammates was dead. Maybe it was just something that Xizt wanted, to have allu being very defensive on train as t. And when he was left alone he got like 2k everytime, still good from him but didn't have any impact, because they lost the round =D But allu was MVP for NiP, for sure. Just trying to say that he got kills a lot when it didn't have any real impact, but he still was the one with most impact in NiP. Don't get me wrong, allu is a great player for NiP, only thing I think is negative is that it isn't fully swedish they are talking. And what I'm also trying to say is that maybe Xizt is using allu wrong, with being so defensive.. allu <33

2015-08-22 21:18

Because thats what allu capable off and thats is his comfrot zone NiP need to change their gamestyle they hve good playstyle in train but back to old nip in late rounds They also need coach that hv cheering ability like heatin and -friberg +someone up to them

2015-08-22 21:52

They have to kick friberg but they wo't do this.....

I hope they break. shitty ass team

neo[t]

rest in nip

It's been a long time I didn't watch Matches in here, today, I was surprised by VP performance and especially neo, it reminds me of 1.6 days, well played VP, hard luck NIP

Neo was perfect. Won the key rounds. MVP for sure. Best player of CS, so far.

Nip need a new IGL. They should also make some major roster changes. They've hung onto this lineup for too long, it's time to let go.

2015-08-22 20:45

2015-08-22 21:24

When will allu finally be on a team that deserves him?

2015-08-22 20:46

Neo the mvp of the game for me He shattered nip's mental game perfectly. Allu and friberg didnt even move out of ts slope for most of the rounds :)

great match i feel bad for nip imo

2015-08-22 20:49

VP will be disqualified, because Taz said "FUCK". Sad, but true. kappa

No. He didnt. He said "fak".

2015-08-23 11:41

"2;0 for nip easy" NIP SALTY FANGAYS XDD

WP VP

I don't get it. allu is by far the most consistent player in NIP, yet there's always a ton of -allu shit on hltv. Are they all trolls or just, well, idiots? To me it seems that what they need is a proper IGL and their confidence back, desperately. If someone is to be replaced, I'd get rid of natu and perhaps Friberg. I can't see natu bringing anything more to them, and Friberg is consistently just plain bad in big games versus top-5 teams. f0rest needs to find his form as well, but Friberg is the one underperforming the most, and natu just doesn't seem to have the tactical understanding to lead a top team. Overall, this was the result I was expecting from NIP. They even got lucky with their playoff opponent but still got absolutely shot down. Until they find a competent IGL, I can't see them making any finals anywhere.

This is hltv, u dont get it? half of ppl are trolls, second half is just fucking stupid.

2015-08-22 20:57

kick allu!!!!!!!!! (he needs a better team)

hahahahahahahahha n1

2015-08-22 20:58

-friberg he is too fat, weighing nip down with his "entry frags"

as an NiP fan from 2007, all I can say is that VP destroyed NiP. VP dominated NiP on inferno, and made a really close match on train. allu showed some great plays, f0rest too, but it wasn't enough to make NiP win. NEO pulled off an incredible match and deserves the MVP award. WP to both NiP and VP and GL to VP for the semis against fnatic.

on another note, pasha bottom fragging? he is usually their best players in majors and less eye twitching than usual as well, he surely must have taken performance-enhancing stuff in the past hasn't he?

Snax is the best player for majors overall.

2015-08-22 21:39

pasha was good in 1 major and thats all there is

2015-08-22 22:04

Update your IE. You are like 1,5 year behind.

2015-08-23 11:42

GGWP VIRTUS! NEO DA KING

GG WP NIP. NEO MVP.

Rip NiP. Hope they can come back stronger in the next major with better strats.

2015-08-22 21:00

yoo rofl

this will be difficult to edit for tweeday

he's going to make it like nip won it all once again

2015-08-22 21:10

tweeday doesn't work with NiP anymore bro

GO VP NEO GOD!

2015-08-22 21:25

"When you try your best but you don't succeed When you get what you want but not what you need When you feel so tired but you can't sleep Stuck in reverse When tears come streaming down your face When you lose something you can't replace Could it be worse Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you" - every nip fan right now

2015-08-22 21:30

Let's go VP! <3

Snax with the clean ups. Neo with the clutches.

2015-08-22 21:40

NEO is a god with the AWP past couple of tourneys. He should just main it now lol.

-allu they say... [*] Nip

2015-08-22 21:48

VS TSM 3-15 bot allu

2015-08-23 08:56

allu best in NIP

Go Fnatic !

pasha -16 lol

2015-08-22 22:13

pasha - 16 but VP 2-0 hehe :)

2015-08-22 22:56

inb4 people still say -allu

2015-08-22 23:48

-allu yes yes

2015-08-22 23:51

I don't know why everybody is hating allu, he is the best player in NiP right now. He is top fragging every game and best K/D ratio too just check is stats since he is with NiP. I thing everyone saying -allu is stupid and have to learn how to play CS:GO. Who NiP should really change is Friberg. He is bottom fragging every single game. So they should only try to add somebody and do -Friberg to see how they are doing with a new player, but I think if they do that they can comeback and be top again. So -Friberg only, What are you thinking?

2015-08-23 01:28

Are you trying to be reasonable on HLTV m8, watch out man. Allu always steps up in big games, but then rest of NiP doesn't show up. F0rest only 7 kills on inferno, yea then you ain't gonna win any map m8.

So much 12 years old on HLTV

2015-08-23 01:34

Don't hate allu, but he is seriously not, and has never been NiP's best player. If you actually look at his stats the last 3 months he is the 4th rated player. And no, I don't just look at stats, but they're an indication. If they were to make lineup changes, I say -friberg and grab rain, best up-and-comer in the Scandinavian scene and the only legit talent who might be persuaded to join. No one in fnatic is gonna leave the best team in the world, and who else is there?

2015-08-23 09:15

No potential in this NiP line-up anymore. Been a fan of them for 3 years now, but this just makes me sad.. Praccing and fixing mistakes for a month and then get rekt 2-0. They need changes.

2015-08-23 01:30

I waited all day at work without any knowledge of you winning , but now i feel happier ! Go VP

2015-08-23 01:31

allu topfragging friberg bottomfragging business as usual, but the fanboys keep flaming about allu (their best player since he joined obv) and keep friberg off the hook while he is the worst for almost a year now expected loss by nip

2015-08-23 02:15

Exactly what ive been thinking

2015-08-24 16:03

rip

2015-08-23 02:46

well friberg just the last in frags always wtf happened with him feel bad, but he need retires

2015-08-23 04:11

-pasha +MICHU

2015-08-23 04:22

veertus pru veertus pru veertus pru veertus pru veertus pru veertus pru

2015-08-23 08:09

nip 5/6th world now :/ rip

2015-08-23 08:50

friberg still better than pasha

2015-08-23 11:35

It was a joy watching neo clutching so many rounds in inferno, such delight to see NIP getting knocked out by them! wp VP, now time to lose to fnatic!

2015-08-23 11:46

NiP: absolute morons. Tonnes of preparation? My ass. 1: they should have won Train. 2: they didn't do shit on Inferno. Pasha is the weakest player holding a large spot on the map -- abuse that by killing him straight away. Easy. Also, VP's A site hold was amazing (wouldn't have been so amazing if they did something about Pasha), yet they never did anything on B. Always waiting to the last second and not having ONE answer to VP's passive hold (spot NiP and wait until they come to you).

2015-08-23 17:00