fnatic-NiP clash headlines Pro League play-in

The two Swedish rosters will be joined by FaZe, FORZE, Vitality, and OG to determine which three teams will advance to the second group stage of ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe, where Natus Vincere, Astralis, and MOUZ already await.

The first group stage of ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe saw Astralis claim the top spot in Group A with a 4-1 overall record, earning themselves a direct ticket to the second group stage. There, they are joined by the winners of Group B and C, Natus Vincere and MOUZ, while the teams who placed second and third in each group will participate in a play-in to determine which three sides will join the aforementioned trio in the second group stage.

FaZe and FORZE will be the first two teams to clash for a spot in the second stage, with Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and company taking on the Russian roster at 14:25 on Saturday. A Swedish derby between fnatic and Ninjas in Pyjamas will then unfold at 18:00 , the first time the two teams have clashed since the quarter-finals of DreamHack Masters Malmö six months ago, where Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim's men prevailed in a three-map series.

fnatic will look to grab their second win over NiP on Saturday

The final play-in match, which is scheduled for 22:00 , will see Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt up against his former squad Vitality for the first time since he joined OG, with the winner moving on to the second group stage.

The second group stage will play out in similar fashion to the first, with all six teams playing one another in a single best-of-three series as part of a round-robin group. The group winner will advance directly to the best-of-five grand finals, while the second and third place teams will play in a decider match to determine the other finalist.

The schedule for the three play-in series, which will play out on Saturday, looks as follows:

14:25 Europe FaZe vs. Russia FORZE
18:00 Sweden fnatic vs. Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
22:00 France Vitality vs. Europe OG

France Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
1706
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.67
Sweden Maikil 'Golden' Selim
Maikil 'Golden' Selim
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
615
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.69
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
1187
KPR:
0.80
DPR:
0.67
Lets go fnatic
2020-04-04 05:14
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5 replies
#6
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Australia MercAm
+1
2020-04-04 05:14
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+1
2020-04-04 06:11
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Fan Faze Vit
2020-04-04 09:05
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This clash is far from being what it once was... A match between Fnatic and Dignitas would be a way more hyped. That current NiP roster have only a bunch of newbies.
2020-04-04 12:22
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#95
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Sweden flippig
+999
2020-04-04 13:47
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wow
2020-04-04 05:14
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NBK's revenge?
2020-04-04 05:15
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7 replies
ha
2020-04-04 06:14
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Hell yeah
2020-04-04 07:39
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Lol, he will bot frag and they will lose.
2020-04-04 09:13
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3 replies
lol. Thats shox ur talking about. And OG is gonna win it, all players are trash except zywoo. Zywoo >mantu and everybody else NBK > shox ISSA > RPK Valde > that new kid misuta (isnt even worth mentioning) Aleksib is by far better caller but not better frager than apex
2020-04-04 11:03
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2 replies
If zywoo has a good day, shox plays like he did lately and misutaa steps up vitality should be able to win...if they dont step up it should be pretty easy for og to just outstrat them imo But u never know what a player like zywoo can do
2020-04-04 13:44
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thats the sad part , OG dont even need to step up to win it beacuse they got better strats. They expect zywoo to have 30+ kills but they dont care about that cuz rest of the team is trash. They will just try to avoid aim duels vs him and his position. Yesterday when faze beat og, they didnt beat them cuz of strats, its cuz OG tought that they can out aim faze wich ended up pretty bad cuz faze are aim heavy team and its hard to beat that.
2020-04-04 13:53
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No chance for OG against zywoo
2020-04-04 12:16
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2 Nice matches and 1 OK match. Nice :)
2020-04-04 05:14
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18 replies
#8
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Australia MercAm
The faze v forze match the OK 1???
2020-04-04 05:15
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17 replies
No. Fnc-NIP. Cuz Fnatic will win 2-0 quickly.
2020-04-04 05:15
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16 replies
#10
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Australia MercAm
Then what ya reckon the faze v forze match will be
2020-04-04 05:16
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6 replies
Hard one...Probably FaZe 2-1, but not sure.
2020-04-04 05:17
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5 replies
I think forZe will take it 2-0, second map will be double overtime
2020-04-04 07:04
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4 replies
#64
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Germany CALM_BAITER
What are you drinking
2020-04-04 10:14
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3 replies
#76
NiKo | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 184
Rakija
2020-04-04 11:27
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2 replies
#77
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Germany CALM_BAITER
RAKIA correcting people?
2020-04-04 11:29
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1 reply
#85
NiKo | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 184
100%
2020-04-04 12:31
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#14
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World hoobik
I dunno m8, seems like plopski is an onliner. Might put up a fight
2020-04-04 05:20
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4 replies
#74
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Panama bakedcs
Plopski is the next Brehze don't even @ me
2020-04-04 11:09
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3 replies
#123
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Greece CMi_
brehze is a very bad example lol maybe u mean onlinetares
2020-04-04 16:35
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1 reply
#124
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Panama bakedcs
Brehze is a very good example cause i don't think Plopski is an onliner
2020-04-04 16:48
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#125
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World hoobik
His LAN to ONLINE stats disagree
2020-04-04 17:24
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Wtf? Are you autist?
2020-04-04 06:56
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0/8
2020-04-04 09:12
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1 reply
#97
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Sweden flippig
0/8
2020-04-04 13:48
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#87
Faceit level 10  | 
GeT_RiGhT | 
Portugal CrappyJayPee
Haha, funny
2020-04-04 13:11
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#7
God | 
Russia amc20
Faze v Forze lol
2020-04-04 05:14
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LET'S GO NIP!!
2020-04-04 05:17
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#13
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
World hoobik
This format is sick, the final group is gonna be filled with great CS. An ultimate group of death
2020-04-04 05:19
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3 replies
+1 banger matches incoming.
2020-04-04 06:51
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2 replies
Sadly online but still nice
2020-04-04 13:45
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1 reply
+1
2020-04-04 14:03
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#15
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Other DEBIRUMAN
noice
2020-04-04 05:22
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Ez for Faze, Fnatic and OG
2020-04-04 05:22
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7 replies
#18
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Aleksib | 
Finland Slyp3
I think the same. Vitality is not the same without Alex, tho forze is underrated
2020-04-04 05:24
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6 replies
Im a faze fan but i believe forze gonna play it with a close map
2020-04-04 06:38
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Vitality the same level with misutaa tbh
2020-04-04 08:40
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4 replies
Meh...problem is if their individuals dont rek everyone, then apex has a problem calling...i see them winning if zywoo&co have a good day
2020-04-04 13:46
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1 reply
I think his calling has been fine so far dont really see much of a difference. Alex called some great matches sure but the sample size of apex is small and they still look decent tactically
2020-04-04 17:48
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#132
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Aleksib | 
Finland Slyp3
They are def not on the same level
2020-04-04 20:22
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1 reply
Based on what? Did you not watch Katowice? What did they do at Katowice that they havent shown in pro league? They were going downhill. With apex leading shox looks better and they have more overall skill. Just need to get comfortable in roles.
2020-04-04 21:25
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Ez Fnatic if ban Vertigo
2020-04-04 05:22
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FZ vs FZ xD
2020-04-04 05:25
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#20
Faceit level 10  | 
rain | 
Canada hilsen
I like the title Nohte
2020-04-04 05:34
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I don’t know why, but i feel like Faze are going to SOMEHOW fuck this up.
2020-04-04 05:35
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5 replies
FaZe is that kind of team that if you expect more, the more likely they are going to fuck it up.
2020-04-04 05:41
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Lmao true. I was excited at first but then remembered, faze love to disappoint. But they didn't disappoint last night, so yeah fingerscrossed
2020-04-04 05:47
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1 reply
Ye one hour left, fingerscrossed :D
2020-04-04 13:28
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I mean, forZe is a great team. I wouldn't be surprised if faze looses 2-0
2020-04-04 07:05
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1 reply
Yeah i think if forze has a good day and some faze individual goes missing it can go forzes way real fast
2020-04-04 13:47
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#22
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Denmark ghostan11
shouldnt it be will look to grab? admin
2020-04-04 05:36
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the swedish classico is back! PogChamp
2020-04-04 05:44
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#26
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Asia xhiree
Ez for forze and OG will be winner in this fight screen it ladies.
2020-04-04 05:52
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#29
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Sweden 444SEN
fnatic will look grab their second win over NiP on Saturday
2020-04-04 06:16
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#30
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Australia Dredd_6
Fnatic with the 2-0... ez -1.5 betting prediction
2020-04-04 06:20
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1 reply
Likely.
2020-04-04 06:56
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OG vs vitality, that was spicy.
2020-04-04 07:07
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#40
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Slovakia EvErisT
again DERBY <3
2020-04-04 07:13
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#41
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Croatia Netkov
forZe, fnatic, Vitality
2020-04-04 07:39
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NBK revenge Pog
2020-04-04 07:40
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Zywoo -20kd
2020-04-04 07:55
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#45
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Sweden Lingon
Even tho I think Fnatic is going to win it hopefully will be a great match 2-1 probably
2020-04-04 07:57
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NiP will put up a fight
2020-04-04 08:23
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Nbk vs Vitality. Swedish derby. Big storylines
2020-04-04 08:39
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Ez for fnatic and vitality
2020-04-04 08:44
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It should be: Faze Fnatic Vitality But there have been surprising result in this series so we will see.
2020-04-04 08:58
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1 reply
wait what? overdogs should win? wtf? what are you smoking?
2020-04-04 12:18
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NBK vs Vitality Let’s go!! #DreamOG
2020-04-04 09:09
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Whi cares? Neither nip or fnatic are the same. Their rosters changed dramatically. Thers no og nip player anymore. It was always betwren the players not orgs...
2020-04-04 09:31
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2 replies
fnatic still has the legendary 3 man core of flusha jw and krimz
2020-04-04 18:24
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1 reply
3 in vs 7 gone Also the teams used to be among the best in the world. Thats why it was el classico. Now its just a t3 match...
2020-04-04 22:24
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ForZe NiP Vitality
2020-04-04 09:35
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1 reply
Tight
2020-04-04 17:59
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You jusr had to loose to ence, didnt you..
2020-04-04 09:41
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I have this feeling in the guts that FaZe will lose this match smh
2020-04-04 09:45
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Faze/Fnatic/V
2020-04-04 09:48
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#62
rain | 
Latvia _VaLT_
Wait what?So the second group stage will be one group of 10 teams,the best team advance to the grand finals,but 2nd and 3rd to play against each other for the second grand final spot?
2020-04-04 09:48
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7 replies
#66
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Palestine MrZoldiK
I Still don't get it :/
2020-04-04 10:25
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#71
Faceit level 10 HLTV Verified  | 
Canada Nohte - HLTV.org
One group of six teams. Astralis, Na`Vi, mousesports, and the three winners of the matches at the end.
2020-04-04 10:57
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5 replies
Oh But What about NA Group? What Will happen to them???
2020-04-04 12:18
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4 replies
I guess they jave same system cause its online...they have to keep it regional ibguess
2020-04-04 13:50
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1 reply
thats very strange...
2020-04-04 18:21
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NA group has a different format, 4 teams go from the group stage to playoffs. Top 2 teams (Liquid and EG) go to the upper bracket final, 3rd and 4th place teams (FURIA and MIBR) go to lower bracket final.
2020-04-05 00:57
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1 reply
Oh thanks
2020-04-05 12:00
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Fnatic forZe OG
2020-04-04 10:27
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Fnatic 2-1 Faze 2-0 OG 2-1
2020-04-04 10:46
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#69
JD | 
Poland tutatek
Ez for fnatic tbh
2020-04-04 10:48
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#75
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Russia ri4ard
I hope that NiP will win this match
2020-04-04 11:24
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Fnatic FaZe OG
2020-04-04 11:30
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ez fnc
2020-04-04 11:36
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#86
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
FaZe > forZe fnatic > NiP OG > Vitality
2020-04-04 12:44
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lets go NIP
2020-04-04 13:15
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#89
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Italy Er1cz
Go NiP!!
2020-04-04 13:27
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Vitality - OG looks more interesting NIP is just 5 randoms. OG is meme team with NBK against his former team.
2020-04-04 13:41
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#102
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Russia Nikosimus
FaZe NiP Hard but OG
2020-04-04 14:12
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#103
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Serbia DjapeZ
Nip have chance only if Mister Plop and rEZ go 30+ bombs each map
2020-04-04 14:13
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Nice lets go boys
2020-04-04 14:13
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Do NiP supporters still exist? The only likable players are Lekr0 and Rez and even then their pretty quiet...
2020-04-04 14:18
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#106
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Iraq DuncanAK
and of course faze gets the easiest opponent
2020-04-04 14:19
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#120
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Finland sway777
ApEx IGL OMEGALUL
2020-04-04 16:15
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watch out for plopski
2020-04-04 16:22
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hope og destroys vitality and nbk can get his revenge
2020-04-04 18:19
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