NiP advance to last-four over TSM

31-10-2015 18:27

Ninjas in Pyjamas have made it to the semi-final stage of DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca after easing past Team SoloMid 2-0 (16-10 on de_train and 16-8 on de_dust2).

The third quarter-final contest of the Cluj major was an all-Nordic clash between Ninjas in Pyjamas and Team SoloMid. The Danish team seemed to be playing the best Counter-Strike of its history, but they were simply no match for their Scandinavian rivals, who advance to the semi-finals.

The first map of the series, de_train, began with NiP picking up the first four rounds as CT. TSM then responded with a round of their own, but NiP continued their fantastic run, with the scoreline blooming to a fantastic 7-1 lead for the Swedes. TSM then finally managed to solve their offensive setup, reducing the deficit to 4-7, but NiP held on to their lead and picked up two rounds in a row before Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen closed out the half with an amazing ace.

Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth stole the plaudits with a triple kill with the CZ in the pistol round to keep his team in the game, but they were taken aback by stunning individual actions from Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg and Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg in the first two gun rounds. By now, the momentum had shifted in favor of the Swedish team, who would go on to win the map by a 16-10 scoreline.

NiP delivered an impressive display

Next up was de_dust2, where TSM came out the brighter of the two sides, winning the pistol round and the following anti-eco. The Danish team were unable, however, to make it 3-0 as they were caught off-guard by NiP's P250 rush, with Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli playing out a 1vs1 with Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz in the A site beautifully.

NiP continued to press forward and won the following eight rounds, bringing the scoreline to 8-2. TSM were forced to call a tactical pause to solve their defense, but all they accomplished was a mere two rounds as the Swedish team enjoyed an 11-4 halftime lead. Things then went from bad to worse for TSM as they lost the opening three rounds on the Terrorist side, and even though they would still manage to string four rounds together after buying up, it was simply not enough to prevent NiP from running out 2-0 victors here.

DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015Best of 3

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31st October 2015

Ninjas in Pyjamas

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Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Adam 'friberg' Friberg friberg	46 - 30	+16	-	-	1.41
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	42 - 28	+14	-	-	1.34
Richard 'Xizt' Landström Xizt	36 - 32	+4	-	-	1.05
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli allu	35 - 30	+5	-	-	1.02
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	29 - 37	-8	-	-	0.84

TSM	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating1.0
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Xyp9x	35 - 37	-2	-	-	0.99
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	32 - 38	-6	-	-	0.88
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz device	30 - 38	-8	-	-	0.87
René 'cajunb' Borg cajunb	31 - 36	-5	-	-	0.85
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen karrigan	29 - 39	-10	-	-	0.83

expected, 87 all over again?! never stop believe in the NIP magic

2015-10-31 18:27

12 replies

f0rest with the whiffs

9 replies

expected, TSM overrated af

2015-10-31 18:28

1 reply

I aren't think that

2015-10-31 22:09

TSedexM

2015-10-31 18:31

just in the end but he was great before that

2015-10-31 22:00

5 replies

29-37 "great"

2015-10-31 23:14

4 replies

well i knew someone was gonna say that but yes very good with frags he was making. train clutch also which was very important. how many picks he got on long on dd2 aswell..

2015-10-31 23:18

it's not ez matchup so someone have good stat and someone not, but it's team game, you can not use the stat to say who play good or bad, i mean if you got some crucial frag, it's more important than got 2,3 or 4kill but still lose

2015-11-01 08:10

yeah you just keep on thinking that

2015-11-01 09:00

f0rest was igl

2015-11-01 10:26

NIP MAGIC

imgur.com/gallery/vRGCxad/new

2015-10-31 20:20

haha,i was so sure about this

same puu.sh/l4vUo/e81bb41451.png nip magic

wow n1 m8!

2015-10-31 18:38

holy crap, congrats

ez m8

2015-10-31 18:49

i lost 16$, can you give me 16$ from your winnings? :( please? :(

2015-11-01 02:19

Yay

RIP

lmao

ya like wtf i didn't see this coming

2015-10-31 19:38

rip

lol n1 nip

ayy

lol

expected Kappa

cool

nice f0rest

device on majors? I aren't think that xD

Facking random NIP

ahahahah

this major lol hopefully g2 takes down envy :P

3 replies

That would be sick!

2015-10-31 18:29

? so g2 would win the major? since nip is going to choke at the finals like they always do. G2/Na'Vi/LG/EnVy, one of those 4 are going to win (navi or lg nt)

Your brain just choked lol :D

2015-11-01 02:27

NIP ARE U KIDDING ME ?

FRIBERG THE MAGICIAN

*magikerN

2015-10-31 20:10

hahaha :)

wb NiP! :D

[*] HLTV Rankings Learn HLTV, online doesn't matter.

it still does

Rip

how much my friend

2 replies

0 didn bet

nice

RIP 6 POINTS

Next major groups are going to be so screwed

M A G I C

Amazing game by NiP! gg

faaak

TSM on majors? it was expected

HAHAHA

nip<3333

NIP NIP NIP NIP NIP NIP NIP NIP

shit team -someone +aizy

-Xyp9x +Kjaerbye

2015-10-31 18:35

aizy>kjærbye any day

2015-10-31 19:16

It's sad to see cajunb underperforming like he did on train. It's been a while since he's not on his top level. For me he was the reason they were losing. But well, friberg was on fire like he never was before... So i dunno but they have to start to consider a roster change.

2015-11-01 15:10

such a lot of skinsfor free, ty <3

NiP forever.

curse nt tsm

NiP MAGIC

This is YES magic.

They should seriously get a fucking psychologist to help them out with their mental game. It's truly sad to see an otherwise great team crumble so fast under stress.

++++++

2015-10-31 19:47

My NiPs are soo hard

rofl

more like throw

At least I bet on NiP... I didn't believe in G2, but I believed in NiP. Recently NiP for TSM is the same as G2 is for VP. Ty for some cheap skins.

What a surprise. Noobs. Never gonna get anywhere near fnatic :)

''TSM WILL WIN THIS'' OMG :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

How did this happen what the shit

you nerds have no life :)))

NiP MAGIC Kreygasm

Magic NIP, brazil loves you.

AHAHAHA FAK YEAH :D

nip magic <3

GG FRIBERG!!!

hahaha 2 crazy 2-0 underdog wins in a row wtf :D

fock, my pointz

i.imgur.com/wdQnzbw.png easiest 750 value of my lyfe

i lost 16$ on tsm, can you give me 16$ please? :(

2015-11-01 02:21

expected

easy skins

2015-10-31 18:30

It seems NiP found their form in just the right time :)

LG or NaVi has a pretty good chance of reaching finals now

You mean NiP They can crush both

no i don't

2015-10-31 19:20

I am glad NiP won with those danes. They will never win a major. Go NiP! Final vs. EnVyUS will be easy

;_;

HAHAH

hahahahahaa

HAHAHAHAHA NINJAS TOO STROONK

is it true that f0rest is now giving calls in NiP?

more easy mixcat win a major than tsm

So embarrasing from TSM. IMO they lost it in the veto already. who wants to start t on train an let NIP start t on d2, both are sides where u most often take maps over. huge fail from karrigan on that part. and yet again device an dupreeh plays like chikens without heads in a major, wtf is wrong with them.

tsm top1 they said

RIP my Pick'Em :( ... Anyone else?

2015-10-31 18:32

nah went with nip and nv, lost out on vp though

2015-10-31 18:40

rip skins :X

impressive performance from the ninjas

BIG BERG MY MAAAAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO

One love , one NiP! NiP 4ever!

Quartt finall matches were all suprise...I wonder who will win the title lol

2015-10-31 18:33

there is my candle [*]

What a joke TSM is

nipxD

TSM is just a tier 2 team like luminosity, no idea why people think they are top 4. They have never been, and will never be.

How they lose

2015-10-31 18:34

You know I kind of expected them to show their classic dignitas colors

switch topic to: NiP demolish TSM

Sad.

GOD ALLU

Expected.

gg wp, nice nip! PogChamp

2015-10-31 18:36

any team in the world would lose to NIP today absolutely no chances

#GONINJAS

and i see them staying on the stage to sign for fans. RESPECT :D

HAHAHAHAH TSM. NiP awesome display, holy shit! I believe in dem magic.

2015-10-31 18:37

well it was expected tbh. NiP play really good against tsm all the time! the results didn't surprise me at all

Last four i arent think that

WTF tsm like c'mon xD

tsm = overrated dogshit. hltv ranking system is so bad. how are they ranked #1 when they cant even beat envyus the real number 1

2015-10-31 18:39

6 replies

yeah +1 tsm is overrated. maybe envyus isn't top1 though. i don't believe any team is significantly over the others. but yeah. if tsm were top1, they would at least win against envyus, even sometimes

2015-10-31 18:47

there is no team stronger than envyus since the last major. vp has been overrated for way too long. i think the people that made the rankings dont even watch the matches.

2015-10-31 18:58

And weirdly enough nV has been struggling against NiP. If final is nV vs NiP I actually could NiP see winning it, how unreal.

2015-10-31 19:50

Whole event is actually unreal .... When you consider the fact that semis might be LG vs NiP and then (like you said) NiP has a real chance to win the whole thing .

2015-10-31 20:18

True that. Although it's Na'Vi against NIP in semi now, Na'Vi always been a struggle van for NIP. Gonna be interesting.

2015-10-31 21:42

I think NiP will take it. Na'Vi's T side is way too weak imo. Last seconds executes, very predictable. Against a team that knows them well (unlike LG)Na'Vi might struggle.

2015-10-31 21:53

HLTV should probably hold themselves to a higher standard, given that they're the gold standard. But when eSports gets bigger, you can sure expect far worse headlines... It's a part of the business boys.

lol HLTV is the Daily Mail of CS:GO news :D

2015-10-31 18:45

Welcome back Godberg

2015-10-31 18:41

damn, gj nip, espacially friberg

TSM REKT HAHAHAHAHA

MAGIC!!!

2015-10-31 18:42

What a performance. So incredible, friberg was insane just going straight and giving headshots. Xizt had crazy entried with amazing aim, allu clutching and hitting shots, f0rest great form especially with awp and gtr who wasnt even noticed on train ( even though he played good) rekt them on dust You cant be better than this really it wasnt even tsm being bad its just nip being so good

2015-10-31 18:44

This major has been a trainwreck

how much

2015-10-31 20:22

how much what?

2015-10-31 22:20

322

TSM played like their lol team xDD

2015-10-31 18:52

NIP MAGIC FUUCK

2015-10-31 18:53

friberg ez

2015-10-31 18:54

friberg haters WUUUUUHUUUUUUUUUUUUUO take it now

2015-10-31 18:55

friberg back? <3

2015-10-31 18:57

NiP haha finally :) So happy for sweds here. Lovley people forest and get_right. Thanks this event im sure NiP will still stay same lineup. And thats the best way to do it. GJ NiP.

2015-10-31 18:59

Inbefore they lose to luminosity in semis xD

rofl TSM so bad xD

2015-10-31 19:02

NIP is back ... when friberg starts playing good along with the others, there's no stopping them really ! GL

2015-10-31 19:07

#Believe thats all that matters! lets go NIP!

2015-10-31 19:11

poor Thoorin. He must be shitting himself.

Why? All analyses is based on statistics anyways lol. No one predicted NiP to even reach top 4 after their latest results.

2015-10-31 20:56

lg vs nv in the final

2015-10-31 19:22

Why is nobody aknowledging friberg here? After all the hate the guy got, he plays amazing, nip in semis and nothing. Damn kids of hltv.

2015-10-31 19:24

15 ppl here wrote about friberg l2read

2015-10-31 19:41

probably nip gonna win cluj

2015-10-31 19:29

AND THEN I WAKE UP AND READ THIS GLORIOUS NEWS!

2015-10-31 19:45

expected. ez skins. seems like tsm are star struck every time they meet nip.

Is there a VOD?

2015-10-31 20:29

thank mr. friberg

2015-10-31 20:30

Amazing Game from NiP. Friberg really stepping up and delivering! TSM really having hard times at the majors, tough

2015-10-31 20:53

2015-10-31 21:45

fifflaren on friberg: youtube.com/watch?v=BzKC6wQN-Iw

2015-10-31 22:13

I cant believe fnatic vp and tsm arent top4 seed for the next major :D G2 and navi top4 seed next mayor is awesome :-D

2015-11-01 00:09

Expected GG boys!

2015-11-01 00:13

I feel like NiP just have this incredible way of beating teams mentally at majors. Like tsm have lost that many times go NiP it was bound to plague them yet again. NiP really should make the finals. This is what happens when the dust settles and legends can finally play their game again without the Wright of the world on them.

2015-11-01 02:02