chopper: Didn't prepare for NiP at all

18-12-2016 21:04

Vega Squadron pulled off one of the biggest upsets ever by eliminating NiP from the ELEAGUE Major Main Qualifier. To hear about the match and how they managed to defeat the Ninjas, HLTV.org talked with Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov.

After edging out CLG on day 1 and losing to Immortals and G2 in the following matches, Vega Squadron managed a massive upset by defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas 16-2 on Cache.

After the match, we had a chance to talk with one of the standout players of the team - Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov - who revealed more about the game.

The match just finished but no way you could've expected it to go this way. What were your thoughts after seeing the draw and getting NiP, maybe the hardest opposition you could've drawn out?

After the first three days we knew that we did some mistakes and we knew that we were not playing our game. We made silly mistakes, we got six rounds against G2, we got eight rounds against Immortals but it wasn't like it seems, the games were closer. Coming into the match against NiP we just talked, we didn't change anything, we still wanted to play our own game and them to adapt to us, not the other side around.

How were you able to counter them so well, did you do anything special in terms of preparing for the match?

We didn't prepare for them at all, we didn't even know which map we would play. What we did was just sat at the computer and tried to play as simple as we could. That way we wouldn't make the game complicated for us and have bigger chances to make mistakes.

Then what do you think is the biggest difference between the last games you lost and this one against NiP? What made you win here?

It's simple, everything we did worked so we didn't have to think about something new - how to play, what rounds to play. All we did worked so it was easy for us in that way.

Vega Squadron kept things simple against NiP

How do you feel now, what do you think this win means for you as a team?

The experience that we gained from that match... we can still win big games against tier 1 teams. It gives us confidence, we know that if we play our game that we can win against anyone.

What do you think this mean with all the people that discredited the CIS Minor? Any words for them?

As Lk- said in his interview, if you look at the team list at the Major there are already three CIS teams there, and we are not done yet. Let's see how it ends.

Professeur writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

Ez Vegan Squad

2016-12-18 21:05

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Vega #3 in world

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LUL didn't prepare and still win 16-2 xD

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LUL rekt rekt rekterionod

2016-12-18 21:51

Who the fuck r u m8

2016-12-18 21:15

ouch NiP rekt by chopper

my favourite player

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my favourite player since yesterday*

2016-12-18 21:06

today

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kk then i should ignore your comments xd

2016-12-18 21:07

2016-12-18 21:11

one of my fav players since Fluffy Gangsters

2016-12-18 22:01

"Didn't even have to call"

spit so much xD

2016-12-18 21:09

you dont need to, theyre shit xd

HAHAHA

lol "As Lk- said in his interview, if you look at the team list at the Major there are already three CIS teams there, and we are not done yet. Let's see how it ends." Well said!

That is because they are awful.

jesus

lmao

LOL

LMAO

LUL

rekt

LuL

lmaooo roastedd

"Didn't prepare" LUL

rekting more :D:D:D

WTFFFF

REKT

throw

LOL SAVAGE

SAVAGE

that headline RIP NIP?

thats unexpected

PJSalt

ROFL no chill

come on Leonid

DIDNT PREPEARE HAHAHAHA

They prepared to go home and NiP still manage to lose.

HAHAHAHAHA RIP NIP CYKA BLYAT

just toggled

EleGiggle

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

sure xddddddddddd

That's just mugging them off

hahahahaha

triggered LUL

says it all really

16-2 Not even prepared. RIP NIP

BRUTAL, SAVAGE, REKT <3

Adds some salt into the wound :D

yeah right didn't prepare xD

"We never practice Cache"- Markeloff 2016 Cologne 16-2 vs nip lul

That is actually hilarious. best BM i've seen in weeks.

thats amazing

"Didn't even have to call" - JR 2k16

lol settle down over there. "We didn't need to get ready for them we knew we had the EZ win" shut up.

LMAO gl

waiting for NiP to announce disbandment

my name could finally be useless

2016-12-18 21:46

what a kick in the teeth

BRUTAL

vega GODron

F3: Didn't really practice Cache @ Cologne Vega: Didn't prepare for NiP at all both cis teams both 16-2'd nip both maps cache coincidence?????

We didn't prepare for them at all, we didn't even know which map we would play. What we did was just sat at the computer and tried to play as simple as we could. That way we wouldn't make the game complicated for us and have bigger chances to make mistakes. LMFAO FIRST FLIPSID3 NOW VEGA SQUADRON LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SWEDISH BEST TEAM NUMBER ONE LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO WELL I THINK NIP SHOULD JUST DISBAND NOW some say brutal some say savage and some say rekt brutalism against nip stop it cis

hahahaha

Game is random as f*ck.

Hahaha omg XD

WADDUP NOW SWEDES?

chopper: "I didn't even have to call"

LUL stop it NIP is alredy death !

2016-12-18 21:08

chopper just casually shitting all over NiP

analysts going on and on about Vega anti-stratting, watching demos and analyzing nip plays etc but really nothing XDXD

get rekt NIP hahahaha

Oh shit

swedish nubs got rekt by mr.chopper

rip nip

This is going to be so embarrassing for swedes everywhere

savage

2016-12-18 21:10

"we don't really care about this NiP team, I mean c'mon"

rip

lol swedes rekted by motorcycle xD

Savage..Hope he didn't mean that it was easy and just said they thought they'd play vs another team Nadeyus', on ne viebnulsya, a imel v vidu to, chto igra s nimi byla neozhidanna

2016-12-18 21:12

VEGA SQUADRON NO CHANCE MY FRIEND o wait

Chopper: "I didn't even have to call"

2016-12-18 21:13

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+1 haha

>I didn't even have to call what is this? a new meme?

2016-12-18 22:33

kind of, google "flusha didn't have to call"

2016-12-18 22:37

2016-12-18 22:41

"Didn't even have to call against them" Srsly NIP should be ashamed, they are lucky shit like this is tolerated in this world

they're paid around 10k $ each to perform and f0rest was playing final fantasy 15 two days ago. honestly they just gotta get the fuck off their horses and come down to earth. they literally vetoed their 2 best map and let their weakest map by far go through. it almost looked like a throw.

2016-12-18 21:17

Inb4 some murican businessman or NIP owner gives them all a good beating in the dark basement Fuck I'm probably watching too many movies But NIP definitely deserves some punishment for being so arrogant and cocky. Win one-two events and now think that you are the best ever, that you don't have to prepare for tier 2-3 teams? It doesn't work like this retards

2016-12-18 21:22

OMFG YES , i thought i was the only one who noticed, they're SOOO FULL OF THEMSELVES. i get if you dont take serious some online league for a 100k $ lan final. HOW THE FUCK can you act so arrogantly in a major qualifier?!??!?

2016-12-18 21:31

And it's crazy how teams can still be so overconfident and arrogant after all these situations Remember fnatic in the last two majors? All that "we will lose today. okay bad 1st april joke", "didn't even have to call", "we can beat them 2-0 easily" and what happens? They get fucking stomped Being top 1 doesn't mean you can't fall down to top 10-20 really really quickly It's all so shaky in this game - didn't practice for one day, didn't prepare small bit and you can get beaten hard

2016-12-18 21:44

Of course they are full of themselves. It's NiP... every p12 swedistan fagbois favourite team! They sell xtrify gear and cookies and other shit. They dont even need to play anymore, everyone else takes care of everything for them

2016-12-20 01:02

The experience that we gained from that match... we can still win big games against tier 1 teams. It gives us confidence, we know that if we play our game that we can win against anyone. i arent think that

2016-12-18 21:16

"didn't really fell like a major qualifier, I didn't even had to call"

inb4 they wont even get out of playoffs toplel

youtube.com/watch?v=qlOTNtUvhe8

2016-12-18 21:21

so fuckin savage lmao

BRUTAL SAVAGE REKT HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHA

2016-12-18 21:23

what a fucking baller... what a statement to make hahaha n1

2016-12-18 21:25

we don't even play cache (c)

top 3 my ass

2016-12-18 21:32

too soon

2016-12-18 21:48

Adding some injury to the salt This sentence is as fucked up as nip right now

2016-12-18 21:53

dnt pick cache against us motherfuckers - xizt (c) kappa

2016-12-18 22:04

2016-12-18 22:22

Rekt

2016-12-18 22:34

ez pz for CIS best team keppo

it was nips lose, not vega win chopper said too loud words, hope envy will send them packing

2016-12-18 22:51

"The experience that we gained from that match... we can still win big games against tier 1 teams. It gives us confidence, we know that if we play our game that we can win against anyone." I think you are a little waaaay too hyped boy, gotta calm down a bit.

2016-12-18 22:54