markeloff: Knew exactly how NiP play

7-7-2016 20:08

Yegor "markeloff" Markelov talked to us after the huge upset FlipSid3 delivered versus NiP to advance to the quarter-finals of ESL One Cologne 2016.

Earlier today FlipSid3 shocked the CS:GO community by sending home Ninjas in Pyjamas following a close Overpass loss, a beating on Cache and a narrow Mirage victory, as the Swedes finished outside of the top eight for the first time in nine Majors.

We naturally grabbed one of the players, Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov, who delivered a great performance on the last map, for our next interview, which goes in depth into the upset and more:

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Check out the list of interviews we have conducted so far at ESL One Cologne to see if you've missed any:

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen: "I feel like I won an event"

Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell: "Came in with fresh minds today"

Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović: "nV match was a team effort"

Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács: "Confident playing T side [on Cobble]"

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov: "We wanted revenge for MLG"

Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad: "I expect us and G2 through"

Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski: "Tech pause was good for us"

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: "gla1ve is really good at adapting"

Good

2016-07-07 20:08

2 replies

i am happy for Yegor

2016-07-08 04:02

1 reply

markelove

2016-07-08 06:04

NiP will be number 1 in CSGO:2, don't worry

3 replies

nt nip fanbois

2016-07-07 20:18

bad b8

2016-07-07 20:57

ye just give them 3 4 months preparation adventage them first, maybe they could go 87-0 again vs no scene teams :-D

2016-07-08 00:42

go f3

COOL

They play with their eyes closed washed up team cya l8r

Jahwol

1.6

9 replies

Nice name xD

2016-07-07 20:21

8 replies

WTF all my life I used this nick name and never saw someone else with it.. wtfff

2016-07-07 20:22

7 replies

How did you come up with it? :D

6 replies

I just came up with it.. when i was thinking of a nickname, u?

2016-07-07 20:23

5 replies

There was this racing game Midnight Club (released like 15 yrs ago) and since the devs couldn't use real car brands they named a lamorghini- based car Zender. Back then I thought it was a cool name and decided to use it.

2016-07-07 20:27

4 replies

now kiss

2016-07-07 20:38

baby zenderss incominggg

2016-07-07 20:47

lol

2016-07-08 10:10

HAH! GAAAAAAAAY!

2016-07-08 11:21

marklegod

lol this spam...

MARIK

Hes just bullshitting at this point tbh.

"We didn't practice" "We knew exactly how they play" :D

2016-07-08 10:06

of course he did

2016-07-07 20:09

MARIK THE LEGEND IS BACK <3

A true legend indeed.

2016-07-07 20:15

+1 1.6 old times.

2016-07-07 20:16

Old but gold :D

2016-07-07 20:17

[G]old for sure. I hope he keeps playing well with AWP :D

I would love to see him more with the awp honestly.. He is so good when he is fired up!

shoulve came to cloud9 get_right ;)

NiP qualified atleast xD

nice knowledge

2016-07-07 20:10

hardworker boy

Not that hard to know exactly how NiP play. Still to reliant on individual performances.

2016-07-07 20:12

Markelov! <3

2016-07-07 20:13

mark <3 Since 2010

well deserved! congratz!

2016-07-07 20:14

I liked F3 since long ago , I can't be mroe impressed by them! Also feel sad for nip , let's see what happens with their lineup (possible changes finally?)

Godeloff

wow markeloff you're such a sherlock now tell me someone who doesn't know how NiP plays

Hehe. I remember Flusha being asked about NiP when they were going uphill. He answered something like that it wont be long, because they played so heavy tactic based that rather sooner teams will learn what they do. Well, here it is :)

2016-07-07 20:19

he's very straight forward and honest, look how he answered when asked about sk . this guy wins hearts

2016-07-07 20:28

what he said about SK?

2016-07-08 01:10

Watch the video man

2016-07-08 17:16

You're 2 years late.

I think that the interview was like 1 month old ?\

2016-07-07 20:39

With cheats is too easy

f0rest uses cheat too, he had a bad rating because major is cheat free and he couldn't use his aimlock :)

2016-07-08 11:25

ez skins

bullshit, he is a old schoold,.but are throw and troller, i know, i see much matches from this troll. bye

legend

That's not hard to know, NiP plays sloppily.

2016-07-07 20:31

markeloff <33333333

2016-07-07 20:30

great interview!

2016-07-07 20:33

"coldzera is insane" by Yegor "markeloff" Markelov - 2016 What an honor receive such words from a CS legend like marik. <3 Played so good this series!

2016-07-07 20:50

markeloff!!! <33333333

2016-07-07 20:56

ouuuuu yeeeeeah flipside in TOP8!

2016-07-07 20:58

and they said nip was back! LÆL!

2016-07-07 20:59

good interview

2016-07-07 21:00

congratz

2016-07-07 21:07

MarkeloffGOD!

2016-07-07 21:11

loff is the happiest man in CS, win or lose

F1ck Y1u

2016-07-07 21:16

he knew they would play 3 times worse than they normally play ? sorry but NIP just played super super super SHIT.

2016-07-07 21:17

Nice to see Markeloff is still such a funny guy.

2016-07-07 21:35

vodka ninjas ez legends

2016-07-07 21:37

striker i don't like your interviews. something feels weird. i think you are not smooth enough

2016-07-07 22:01

NiP was even more shit than their 2015 slump. Their 'honeymoon' period is over and they back to tier2.

2016-07-07 23:16

flusha called it

2016-07-07 23:19

markeloff cute legend

2016-07-07 23:52

marik the sherlock. nip plays exactly the same as used to be since 2012 no wonder they wont win shit and now they cant pass group. trash tier team, wp f3 hope for a good match tomorrow.

2016-07-08 00:46