NiP close DH Masters Las Vegas invites

21-12-2016 18:38

The Swedish team NiP have been confirmed the last team invited to DreamHack Masters in the city of Las Vegas, NV, in February.

The Swedish side have just undergone the heavy blow of being eliminated in the Main Qualifier to the next Major, ELEAGUE’s million dollar tournament. Not all news are bad, though, as they will be at the MGM Grand in February to fight for the first DreamHack Masters title of the year.

Ninjas in Pyjamas are the eighth and last team to be confirmed to the $450,000 tournament. The rest of the invited teams are Virtus.pro, Cloud9, Astralis, OpTic, ex-Dignitas, Natus Vincere, and SK.

NiP will have time to reset before DH Masters Las Vegas

On top of the eight invited teams, eight more teams will make it through regional qualifiers. One of the qualifier teams to have made it through is the Chinese side TYLOO, while the other seven spots will be decided via the Europe and North America qualifiers.

The closed European qualifier, which will feature 4 spots at DH Masters Las Vegas, will be played on January 9. Eight teams from the open qualifiers and eight teams invited by the organization will face each other in a best-of-three single elimination bracket.

The North American qualifier will have three spots up for grabs. A single elimination open qualifier will be held on January 14, while a best-of-three single elimination closed qualifier will be played on January 15 with a 3rd place decider match.

DreamHack Masters Las Vegas will take place on February 15-19 at the MGM Grand, where 16 teams will fight for the $450,000 prize. The group stages will kick the tournament off on the casino floor, while the playoffs will be played out in the Grand Garden Arena.

Teams invited:

Virtus.pro	Cloud9	Astralis	OpTic
ex-Dignitas	Natus Vincere	SK	Ninjas in Pyjamas

Teams qualified:

TYLOO	EU qual. #1	EU qual. #2	EU qual. #3
EU qual. #4	NA qual. #1	NA qual. #2	NA qual. #3

ez for nip

2016-12-21 18:38

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0.09

2016-12-21 18:58

9 replies

Always remember

2016-12-21 19:12

6 replies

we remember

2016-12-21 19:54

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you remember ? i remember

2016-12-21 21:07

1 reply

Never forgetti

2016-12-21 21:14

'member Fifflaren?

2016-12-22 01:28

Yes

2016-12-22 13:05

Oh I member

2016-12-24 21:58

The north remembers!

2016-12-21 21:33

what's that about? 0.09

2016-12-27 22:43

Need to invite Vega Squadron instead!

2016-12-21 22:07

GOD team

2016-12-21 23:32

2016-12-21 22:42

ivar the boneless

2016-12-30 15:42

Expected

2016-12-21 18:37

Great team, shame that they performed so poorly recently..they have their chance to prove how good they are

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But the problem is, some teams who fall like Nip did don't have that chance, and are don't invited. I don't understand the org

2016-12-22 11:15

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2016-12-22 13:00

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But the problem is, some teams who fall like Nip did don't have that chance, and are don't invited I don't understand the org

2016-12-22 21:46

What's the point of these copy paste reply chains?

2016-12-23 01:24

Tbh it was my first and it was mistake so im going to kill my self :/

2016-12-23 06:40

Thing is: NiP obviously got invited already before the major qualifier+they were strong all the way before the qualifier so one anomaly shouldn't make them lose their invite.

2016-12-22 22:50

no thats a lie... nip got invited because they were the winners of the first dreamhack masters in malmo dont you remember?

2016-12-23 17:14

that isn't the reason they got invited. they won two high tier tournaments in the last 3 months and placed semis and quarters in the rest of them apart from this qualifier so they obviously deserved invite

2016-12-24 15:51

vega squad

thats cool and epic

nice

vega

ayyyyy

optic rape nip 16-0 ;)

NO GAMBIT? WHAT?

2016-12-21 18:40

why no vega squadron?

2016-12-21 19:45

EZ for NiP <3

0.09 rating , never forget

expected

2-16

NiP's consolidation for the major xd

ez for optic

2016-12-21 18:39

Why would they invite a team which is playing the next EU minor?

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I are remember flusha playing last EU minor and i are remember him losing to an uk player xddd [ldlc]

2016-12-21 18:54

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But he won the EU minor.

NiP will win EU minor aswell.

2016-12-22 21:30

I arent think that.

2016-12-22 21:43

kick_flusha_ffs - <3 friberg

2016-12-22 21:45

Because they hold the previous title and are top 4 ? Everyone can have a poor tournament, that doesn't mean you are suddenly a top 30 team.

2016-12-21 19:05

sadly yes according to some HLTV users logic, while they're struggle to even get above guld nova rank themselves

2016-12-21 19:23

+0.09

2016-12-21 20:13

lul

2016-12-21 20:14

2016-12-21 23:12

I think you have some mental problem..

thats possible

Mr kick friberg, what is your solution to NiPs problems? Kick friberg and add who?

2016-12-21 19:11

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Imo the only way to fix NiP would be to add an actual IGL and then kick their worst player as long as the team can still play all roles. Dunno who their worst player is atm as Xizt is in game leading (maybe he really gets better without the role but I dont think so) and friberg plays better. The problem would be of course to find said IGL as I cannot name anyone right now. They could also change nothing but then I think they will become worse anyway because f0rest will cool down as he only is playing on such a good level when his team has a roster change. Easiest solution would of course be disbanding as I think that GeT_RiGhT will leave anyway to join TSM to play with sgares finally.

2016-12-21 19:20

Xizt was quite good when threat was in game leading

2016-12-21 19:47

-Xist +dennis? Seems unrealistic though just as you said. I also think that they need to change something and maybe it should be more than the 5th players which they have changed several times, without any particular success (Major final loss against fnatic being best result?) Sounds wierd that GTR would want to play with the T3 team TSM but the whole C9 thing shows that it could happen. Probably not though? Hope I'm not getting baited, we'll see att January 1st.

2016-12-21 19:51

At**

2016-12-21 19:52

I dont think that dennis is a good choice (as IGL, as fragger perfectly ofc) as he isnt even the IGL of his own team (at least last known IGL is twist after dennis trying it for a short time which should say enough). Maybe its really time to split up the core - I would love to see it. A nice roster I would like to see would be a shuffle with GODSENT: JW, flusha, pronax, GeT_RiGhT and f0rest. Wont happen of course because the GODSENT trio wouldnt play without znajder and f0rest without friberg but it would have all the roles sorted out and can be the #1 team. It wouldnt fix NiP but it would at least use their best players. I dont think that TSM will stay tier 3 with the team they have right now and would have if GeT_RiGhT really decides to join.

because nip won the last dh masters event

2016-12-21 20:37

why not invited vega

because they're shit?

2016-12-21 20:45

Ez for hmm

C9? Why not Gambit? Godsent? fnatic? Why prefer big orgs over better teams?

Publicity, fans, money

2016-12-21 19:00

Heroic will qualify for this, be ready for a danish final.

nice invites, lmao... Clown9 and NiP :-D

Fnatic/GODSENT, EnVyUs, FaZe and G2 to make it through EU quals Liquid, Immortals, TSM through NA quals

2016-12-21 18:41

I don't know why people are overreacting to a harmless choke. You come back stronger and stronger and take it on the head. A true sign of championship winning teams is to take losses and come back fighting, not crumble at the slightest defeat. NiP can definitely take this tournament and it'll be a great return to form if they can win this as MANY Tier 1 teams are going to be their. come on NiP! Ignore the hate. Prove them all wrong and win this very high-ranking tournament.

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"harmless choke" xD Thats why you are my baiter of the year.

2016-12-21 18:42

Post #58. Still confusing my posts as bait literally makes me feel bad for you. How are you this deluded? Please, explain yourself...

2016-12-21 18:48

Missing out on 500k $(potentially) is harmless? In what world is that so kind sir? And btw if those tier 1 teams play shit during the major they won't be tier1 anymore will they? It's 2 months away. How can you say that any team attending that event will be tier 1?

2016-12-21 18:53

VP, Astralis, AK and Na'Vi are tier 1, are they not? And "harmless" in the context of it being still a "choke". Yes, it's a choke of high merits, but it's still a choke and not one to be judged by. Focusing on it isn't doing them any favours now, is it? Every team chokes and every team will choke as it's human nature, but the stature of a true championship team is taking losses and moving on from them. Again, this is an existential loss to be had, but a loss nevertheless. My apologies if it wasn't clear enough in my former post.

2016-12-21 18:57

Out of curiousity, how old are you?

2016-12-22 07:57

This one time I will not regard your post as a bait +1

2016-12-21 18:44

None of my posts are bait. Cut me some slack, please... Fruitlessly accusing all of my posts is your inability, not mine. :(

2016-12-21 18:46

JontY I'm big fan pleaae sign my profile^^ you very much smart

2016-12-21 22:51

harmless choke lmao they only missed the 10th CS:GO Major, no problem right?

2016-12-21 18:45

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Astralis choked during majors and everytime to NiP. Same thing applies here. They can qualify for the next one, can't they? Yes, the choke had high demand as it was the most important tournament of the year, but still a choke nonetheless. Stop focusing on the merit of the choke and focus on the future.

2016-12-21 18:47

A "choke" is losing with a great lead (13-5 in a match, 2-0 in the major qualifier for example). NiP wasnt choking, they just got raped. So lets just replace "choke" with "loss". This "harmless" loss wasnt harmless at all as they wont play the tenth CS:GO major after playing all nine before. This will also mean that they have to be in the top 2 of the next eu minor to qualify for the major qualifier where they have to get to the top 8 to qualify for the major. Its not even close to sure (see NiP vs Vega Squadron) that they will do it which means it could be possible that NiP will also not play the next major. Also this loss could mean that we F I N A L L Y see the core split apart as I am pretty sure that GeT_RiGhT will join TSM.

2016-12-21 18:55

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Harmless was used incorrectly, it was to compare the "choke" remaining so. Focusing on it will do no good, as you can only move on from these things. GeT_RiGhT unlikely to ever retire or leave his friends, for the matter, as he's still earning a substantial amount of money and it's his life. You cannot "just" retire or switch teams, it's obviously much more than that. Especially in GeT_RiGhT's case. Still doesn't prove my post to be bait now, does it?

"GeT_RiGhT unlikely to ever retire or leave his friends[...]" hltv.org/news/16648-get-right-explains-c.. I am pretty sure that he would earn more in TSM. Also the contracts are over in NiP at the end of the year. "I don't know why people are overreacting to a harmless choke." #77, I explained it. You tried to make it look like a normal loss without any effect in the future. nt baiter

2016-12-21 19:04

Wasn't bait. I already explained it to you. They choked hard... they were overwhelming favourites to win and got crushed in a very overwhelming and unexpected fashion. Remain deluded.

Thats not choking. Remain deluded.

2016-12-21 19:15

*sigh*...

2016-12-21 20:03

Lmao what would Gtr do in TSM ? Why would he leave his friends to play with some low tier NA team that cannot achieve anything ? A salary cannot replace fun and ppl you're really close to.

2016-12-21 23:56

You underrate TSM.

2016-12-22 01:11

Just compare NiP to TSM Top 5 + legendary 87-0 // Top 30 3 big titles in 2016 // Nothing Not qualified for Major // Failed at NA Minor + teaming up with ppl he doesn't or barely know... It sounds like you picked a random team and said "Hey, Get-Right will leave NiP and join this guys"

2016-12-22 01:16

That definition of choke isn't true. Choke means that when you are usually good, and for some reason you stutter in the middle of important situation, making you lose. I think GeT_RiGhT and friends won't be splitting any time soon. If you see friberg's Valve Biography, after their slump on 2015, they've decided not to play for winning, but just play for fun. In that way, any loss won't dissapoint them too much. Based on that, this fun shouldn't be hurt by skilled but toxic teammates. Their core is very, very chill and type that don't break their mouse and shouting while he and or teammates playing bad. Also I heard that GTR has gastric problem(?) so stress won't be friendly to him.

2016-12-21 22:59

Thank you for finally clarifying that point to him. For some reason, he refuses to believe in what I'm saying and instantly regards it as baiting. Topic here proves this also: hltv.org/forum/1348541-happycrank Have a good day, rareguy.

2016-12-21 23:19

Thank you, I guess? There will be an opposite side, always, whether you like it or not. And confronting them with things, either facts or opinion, is useless unless they choose to believe in what you are saying. Consequently there will be also people that believe in what you're saying. I know you want to spread the truth, but 'truth' is different for each individual, so keep calm and continue your journey, ok? :)

2016-12-22 09:44

I would only call it choking when it happens repeatedly like back then Liquid in big leads, Astralis in semis, HR in major qualifiers right now Immortals in major qualifiers. The community tries to basically call everything in choke which cant be true. NiP was never known to choke in important games. This is something which happended for the first time therefore it just an upset for me. I dont think that loses will now dissapoint them less. Its not like they just lost a normal tournamentor something like that - they bombed out of the major qualifiers in such a strong fashion. This really could switch something imo. One year ago GTR was almost joining C9 because of sgares but it didnt work out because of contracts and tournaments. This time he will be free. Its bascally only a bold move with low chances which would make me look good when its actually happens so I will keep saying it. Also TSM with him wouldnt look that bad.

2016-12-22 01:09

At least with this news, we can confirm that NiP won't be disbanded until February. GTR's girlfriend probably will be also a factor to GTR's departure. LDR sucks, mate.

2016-12-22 09:36

LUL NiP LUL

NIP in 2017 LUL

faze dominate 3-0 - not invited nip dosent even qualify to major- invited lul

haha why inviting those noobs in pyjamas fk wasted spot

a team that cant qualify to the major LUL nip will down on group stage

2016-12-21 18:43

not if its a bo3 decider

nip lul

They should have invited FaZe and NiP in the qualifier... Oh wait, FaZe will pass the qualifier anyway, but NiP... You never know

They got invited because it makes sense. They won the last dh masters

Gambit won the last DH winter and was not invited

No, Gambit won the last DreamHack, not DreamHack Masters. Read posts properly before replying. NiP won DreamHack Masters Malmo, Gambit won DreamHack Winter 2016.

2016-12-21 19:01

Yeah, I said "Gambit won the last DH winter and was not invited"

No, This is a DH Masters event, not an ordinary DH event. Re-read my post. The last GH MASTERS event was won by NiP.

2016-12-21 20:02

C9 over faze XD

NiP? hm ok

Gambit won last dreamhack tournament but no lets invite 16-2 NiP and Clown9

NiP is still a great team you idiotsw

no major no party, they are bad

ok man, so one bad result in a single map means everything?

no major = 3 bo1 losses not only 1

Bo1s obviously prove a team's skill. This is why we have Bo3 decider matches.

2016-12-21 18:51

dude they lost to vega squadron and hellraisers xD nip tier 666 now

2016-12-21 19:50

nip wont even be alive by then LUL

2016-12-21 18:49

Wasted slot...should've invited Vega instead

2016-12-21 18:50

Should've invited Vega Squadron

dat picture.. HLTV=Nip haters. why didnt they take a picture when they won DH masters ?!

2016-12-21 18:52

More like HLTV admins=SK fangays.

lul this team need to play minor first ahaha

NIP confirmed in las Vegas Squadrons ;)

#GONINJAS

NiP close DH Masters Las VegaSquadron invites but seriously how could they invite this shit team :/

I think Vega would of been better invite than NIP they proved they have what it takes to destroy legends.

Invite fucking fnatic, we want to see LAN performance from them and not NiP over and over again

2016-12-21 18:59

We already have the best NA teams ,yet 3 more slots given ? wtf?

LUL invite bots who can't even qualify for major They should participate in the eu qual

Why this garbage is in Vegas? Edit: got it. Last Vegas Movie remake...

Why is there three MORE NA invites? the only teams left that might do something (keyword: might) even decent is TL and TSM, even then..IMT too if they're counted in the NA qualifier.

TL ye, but tsm no, they wont do shit

2016-12-21 19:17

You don't know that, they easily could do decent.

2016-12-21 20:51

Not even top 16 in the world, FaZe should've been invited.

2016-12-21 19:07

Theyre top 5 m8 check the ranking

2016-12-22 13:14

They couldn't qualify for the major, the most important tournament. Just wait until after the major, they will be out of top 16 by then. :)

2016-12-22 21:33

They won't even lose enough points because of their inactivity to get out of top 10. Don't think the teams that don't go through GS will be better ranked than 'em. You're just one of those idiots who think having a bad tournament instantly means you're a tier 718 team ( and the fact this was the major MQ doesn't mean shit )

2016-12-22 22:41

Except it wasn't just one tournament. Except one victory, they have been bad. You think winning one tournament makes them top 5? BTW it means that not only did they not win a tournament, they couldn't pass a LAN qualifier.

2016-12-23 04:53

Atm they're the only team who won two big titles since the off season. Cause' if you think you need to win more than one recent tournament to be top 5 then only NiP and Optic deserve top 5. Btw that LAN qualifier was prolly harder than the Majot itself will be ( + NiP made bad choices when picking maps. ) and NiP picked the bad moment to play like trash Anyway, the true reason they've been invited is DH needing the reigning champions to defend the throne

2016-12-23 12:46

All 8 invited teams won at least 1 big tournament in last 6 months, which really shows how the scene was unstable for the second part of 2016, great. Though I wish Navi and VP were attending lans more often.

2016-12-21 19:09

inb4 NIP wins this and wont change lineup cause they think "oh this time we got it" ...next event -> groupstage knockout xD

2016-12-21 19:13

NiP was invited because of their large fanbanse guys.

NiP was invited because they are the defending champs of Dreamhack Masters

2016-12-23 23:52

As usual, DH sucks at invites. No FaZe or G2 invite, and 3 NA qualification spots, meaning 5 NA teams + SK. OpTic and C9 are enough NA at the moment, maybe Immortals there too.

2016-12-21 19:16

they invite with a good logic tbh. Teams with huge fanbases but a high chance to fail the online qualifier. They need VP, NIP and C9 but they are always good for a failed qualifer so they get straight invites, no matter what their current form is xD For the event itself its the best they can do, better teams with a lot of fans than a russian team which nobody knows.

Yeah.. sucks == they invite based on the fan base, not on the recent form of the teams to ensure best competition.

2016-12-22 13:34

G2 lul

2016-12-21 19:26

Yea it's pretty dumb to have 3 NA spots when you've already invited SK C9 OpTic. IMT kinda deserves to be there, and it's possible Liquid can upset, but the other team won't be relevant at all probably. It's possible we might get a decent team out of the NA shuffles like if TSM turns out to be good, but I think EU teams deserve that slot more.

2016-12-21 19:29

this shitty team invited lmao

2016-12-21 19:19

Ez nip redempshhhhhh

they should invite a major team not a tier2-3

2016-12-21 19:22

why even bother inviting a team that cant qualify for a major?

ez for vega

2016-12-21 19:25

Cuck_right on lan lmao next joke

WTF WHY NIP FAZE ARE BETTER FUCK NIP

2016-12-21 19:27

well, they needed that invite to be able to participate

2016-12-21 19:28

Heaton Said -pyth +lelelele

2016-12-21 19:31

not deserved

2016-12-21 19:42

I guess they can pretend this is a major

2016-12-21 19:46

5 europe and 3 north america invited? Blehhhhhh.....

The last time I checked, Brasil was in south America, not north.

2016-12-21 20:08

Brazil education ma frend

2016-12-22 13:16

NiP will not go as they are scared of Las VEGAs Jk, hope they'll defend the title and show who are the real Masters as they have a lot of time to relax and prepare without the Major

NIP with their magic won't pass through group stage :D

thanks!!

2016-12-21 19:55

where is faze

2016-12-21 19:57

No vega squadron? Wtf?

2016-12-21 19:59

wasted spot for tier 3 team

2016-12-21 20:00

nip is gonna crush every single team in this tournaments . just notice it

-nip +vega squadron

2016-12-21 20:19

NIP direct invited 4Head

2016-12-21 20:22

undeserved

2016-12-21 20:25

this title is bad

2016-12-21 20:26

their luck never cease to stop.

that bait title, noticed NiP and had that splitsecond of hope.

2016-12-21 20:47

lel butthurt kids whining about NiP being invited xD ofc they deserve that invite one really bad lan against random shitters and what? they're suddenly t2/t3 team? gtfo call me when fckn vega squadron win 250k lan or beat SK in a bo3 :)

2016-12-21 20:48

that wasn't even a 'really bad lan', that was a QUALIFICATION to this lan (and the first major after 1/2 year)

2016-12-21 20:59

d i s b a n d

2016-12-21 20:58

0.09 #neverforget

2016-12-21 21:05

2-18 against a tier 500 team don't bring that up it hurts every time I see it.

2016-12-21 21:11

2-18 #neverforget

2016-12-21 21:15

They invited them because they wouldn't be able to qualify for it xD

2016-12-21 21:19

Wish Faze got invited but they will easily qualify.

2016-12-21 21:23

2-16 never forget yo

2016-12-21 21:36

Nip to win this belive me. See u after Event.

2016-12-21 21:54

Like we didn't know :)

2016-12-21 22:10

why did they delete the first comment lmao hltv admins pure cancer

2016-12-21 22:19

So funny to see NiP haters here, shows how nip is popular xDDD

2016-12-21 22:29

XD same people are going to be their best fans after they will win this turnament and also esl one cologne 2017

2016-12-21 22:44

Why not faze? It it joke? NiP>>Faze

2016-12-21 22:40

nip has won first dh masters so faze had no chanse

2016-12-21 22:43

nip vega squadron and now nip in las "VEGA"s

2016-12-21 22:46

Should've invited Vega Squadron instead of these shits

2016-12-21 23:15

3 NA Qualifiers Yikes There should be 2 na 5 eu and I guess 1 Asian.Because who else besides liquid from na and immortals deserve to be in dis

vega squadron is beter

2016-12-21 23:31

keep my energy nip navi best

2016-12-21 23:37

Ok, organizers are afraid that NiP won't pass quals again

2016-12-21 23:49

las vegasquadron? nip lose confirm ???

2016-12-22 00:12

NiP will win Dreamhack Las Vegas! :)

2016-12-22 00:32

NiP to win DH,mark my words guys!

2016-12-22 02:09

2016-12-22 06:48

yeah

2016-12-22 07:24

so there are playing several major Teams + NIP & C9 ;) ;) ;) ;)

2016-12-22 08:17

Feelsbadman

2016-12-22 08:45

0 09 2-18 never forget.

2016-12-22 08:49

GTR will release his full potential next time. He will drop 3 bombs next time guys.

2016-12-22 11:27

2016-12-22 14:40

NiP close DH Masters Las VEGAs invites.

2016-12-22 16:43

I highly doubt that they will perform at VEGAs as they love to shatter in front of VEGA's :D

2016-12-22 16:44

These comments are funny. GUYS. NIP have won Malmo. Of they got invited. And by the way. NIP is the only team that won 3 big tourneys this year I think (no sure with this). Yep. They failed qualification and what? It doesn't make bad team from them.

2016-12-22 17:18