NIP extend contract with REZ: "He is about to enter the prime time of his career"

3-9-2021 17:02

The longest-standing member of the Ninjas has committed the next four years to the organization.

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner has signed a four-year extension on his contract with Ninjas in Pyjamas, the Swedish organization announced on Friday. The news was released shortly after Ninjas in Pyjamas's 2-0 win over TeamOne in ESL Pro League, which REZ secured with a 1v4 clutch in the final round.

The 23-year-old has already spent four years in Ninjas in Pyjamas, joining the organization in 2017 and making his debut alongside the team's iconic duo in Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg and Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund. With the contract extension, REZ is tied to Ninjas in Pyjamas until 2025.

REZ has been a standout player for NIP this year

"I'm motivated — it feels great to have signed for another four years with NIP. Back when I joined the organisation I was just a n00b, with a lot of experienced people around me," REZ said in the announcement. With the old legends long gone and Ninjas in Pyjamas finalizing its transitional period, the 23-year-old seems set on taking more of a veteran role within the team: "Now I'm the one bringing wisdom, while I click heads better than ever before. Damn it feels good to be a Ninja."

Now I'm the one bringing wisdom, while I click heads better than ever before

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner

REZ has averaged a 1.10 rating over the last three months, making him the team' second star alongside Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz (1.11 rating), and Ninjas in Pyjamas are betting on him only getting better.

"Fredrik is about to enter the prime time of his career, and I'm thrilled that he's trusted us with another four years," Ninjas in Pyjamas's Chief Operating Officer Jonas Gundersen added. "Seeing his development for the past years, while already being an incredibly skilled and impactful player, has been great. I'm sure there's much more to come from him — he'll play a pivotal part in taking home an abundance of trophies with the team."

Ninjas in Pyjamas have the following roster:

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner
Nicolas "⁠Plopski⁠" Gonzalez Zamora
Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser
Linus "⁠LNZ⁠" Holtäng
Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz

Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers (Coach)

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R EZ

2021-09-03 17:02

5 replies

4 years omegalul, remember Furia??

2021-09-03 17:10

4 replies

Rez has been there 4 and he performs to a good level

2021-09-03 17:20

2 replies

8 years total? He going to try and break f0rest’s record?

2021-09-03 17:34

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I dont see why not unless he is bought out

2021-09-03 22:05

the furia core is still performing, only one who didn't was ablej

2021-09-04 05:53

2021-09-03 17:03

Prime

True

He’s a gun.

2021-09-03 17:04

God rez

Is he though?

exactly what I thought lol

2021-09-03 17:45

1.03 rating, ok

unexpected from "impactplayer"

2021-09-03 17:09

R EZ but still nothing compared to M EZ II

"he is about to enter his prime" looking at his performances i would say that he is already past his prime, His performances have been so sloppy and inconsistent over the past 1 1/2 years since NIP restructured their squad

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2021-09-03 17:16

REZ has always been inconsistent, but he's been, by far, the standout player for NiP in the timeframe you're talking about. If he stops blowing hot and cold he's easily one of the better riflers out there.

2021-09-03 17:21

+1 he always has been lol but still good player in average

2021-09-03 19:02

Exactly, I don't think he's about to enter his prime, this isn't football, where most players peak around the age of 26-31. Most people would say that a 27 year old CS player is near the end of his career.

2021-09-03 17:23

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Time will tell

2021-09-03 17:35

Literally

2021-09-03 17:39

Agreed

2021-09-03 17:48

Yeah but 27y is the last year of his new deal. They're count on him at the peek 2022/23. It would be 24/25y that would be normal. 18-20y is just skills, when you get expirience is when u can performe the best of yours hability

2021-09-03 18:02

Some people perform better when they have less experience because they think less

2021-09-05 01:51

he is 23 still young

2021-09-03 19:09

f0rest: am I joke to you?

2021-09-03 22:55

F0rest is one of the greatest of all time, and a remarkable specimen.

2021-09-04 00:36

+1 tho

2021-09-03 18:23

He was best in forest and get right team

2021-09-03 18:36

He still a good player but imagine NIP kick him to place dupreeh lol

2021-09-03 19:10

At least it would not be REZ

2021-09-03 20:27

FOUR years?! Jesus.

2021-09-03 17:05

China money baby!

2021-09-03 17:07

ikr fucking football contract lmao

lol

2021-09-03 17:06

4 ?? not feeling good

2021-09-03 17:08

just get someone decent instead of LNZ omg

Because there is no obvious and realistic player to sign.

2021-09-03 17:13

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xyp9x

2021-09-03 17:19

7 replies

This is realistic?

6 replies

It is, havent you heard rumors?

Yeah like I care about hltv rumors.. They say "dupreeh is joining nip" because, get this.. Him and device are friends haha! Ask some questions before you decide if this is realistic. Would xypex be willing to move to Sweden? Would xypex be willing to learn Swedish? Would nip be patience and wait for him to learn? Does nip want xypex? Does xypex want to join nip? Is nip willing to pay astralis big money for a player who is past his prime when the whole idea behind their roster is to build the next generation of Swedish cs players?

2021-09-03 17:26

I can't answer these questions but it is obvious that NiP need results (that's why you sign device and spend millions of $$$) and you will never get good results with young unexperienced player who is barely over 0.9 rating. That's why they need to get someone decent, even f0rest could be good but he doesn't want to play tier1 anymore. LNZ is not a decision even he is free to get

What in the fuck do you mean by "even forest"?? He is still a fucking beast man, they would be lucky to have him. Of fucking course he wants to play T1! My guess is that he left nip because he just didnt feel like he would fit and enyoy himself as much when the team became like all 16-23 year olds. As for nip, they got to the final of a tournament and played great even with a bot, so theoretically they could win an event win lnz since he is better. I say they need a passive lurk player, just like olof but obviously not olof because nip aint signing a 29yo and you know that. But a player like olof.

2021-09-03 18:18

Swedish and Danish are very similar and most already understand each other. Language should not be a problem moving to Sweden or joining a Swedish team. He can talk Danish here and be understood

2021-09-04 04:30

Not really Danish has never been easy to understand

2021-09-04 16:17

I guess Heap would be a solid addition!

2021-09-03 17:50

True, true. Same goes for fnatic. But I would get pissed HAHA

2021-09-03 18:11

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Yea, I'd rathered he stays at Dig!

2021-09-03 19:40

Dig is going upwards! Faking love that team man :D

2021-09-03 20:23

Now and Always <3

2021-09-03 21:08

Olofmeister/Dupreeh

2021-09-03 18:24

Yeah surely, I mean device and dupree are friends so its basically a done deal.

2021-09-03 19:03

I agree, he's been looking sharp af lately. GL!

haha the perfect picture again))

2021-09-03 17:11

4 years, 1 trophy

POG

2021-09-03 17:17

The 1v4 to win a contract extention

1 year for each enemy killed)))))

one of the best

> taking home an abundance of trophies with the team try winning at least one first lul

2021-09-03 17:18

NiP no trophy since 2017 xd

Xizt was the problem lul

Is someone going to tell them that rez was in his prime im 2018 lmao

>prime time >not even top 20 player KEKW

Dumb move. Just proves he's a paycheck stealer. If he really wanted to show that he's committed becoming a top 20 player, he would keep other options available incase he gets into a better team that could actually win trophies. Now he will be stuck in NIP with a huge buyout and he has to play with ecolai who's got severe anger issues

Loss issues as well

2021-09-03 17:41

maybe he just wants to retire in NIP like a loyal player

2021-09-03 17:44

So being loyal is more important than having a decent career?

2021-09-03 18:35

some players dont care, they just remain in the same org till they retire. You can call that lack of hunger or loyal but its respectable

2021-09-03 18:58

2021-09-03 17:25

Expected

2021-09-03 17:30

lel hope is free. are nip stupid ?

2021-09-03 17:31

More like trust factor time

Y EZ

2021-09-03 17:32

2021-09-03 17:36

2021-09-03 17:38

4 vs 1 clutch = 4 year contract

2021-09-03 17:40

His prime was like 2-3 years ago

2021-09-03 17:42

meh

2021-09-03 17:47

RIP his career... with a 4 year contract he will end up like zywoo with a bunch of bots in his team, unable to do anything

and still making millions of $

2021-09-03 18:03

expected

2021-09-03 17:54

save him

2021-09-03 18:14

2021-09-03 18:19

2021-09-03 18:22

He already went trough his prime time like 2-3 years ago. Bruh

4 years for an inconsistent below average player? And he is past his prime too. Chances are he will get benched way before the end of this contract.

I feel usually this is the beginning of the end of his "prime"

2021-09-03 18:33

NiP talks the talk but can't walk the walk. Stop hyping this shit up unnecessarily.

2021-09-03 18:45

R EZ looks like a legit guy who just wants to clap heads. Not like say that league guy frekkls who cries on stage and then dips out for a higher salary. Maybe he realized his game and champ pool's outdated..

2021-09-03 18:49

-lnz, he showed some promise, but meh, still need lot of time + who ?

2021-09-03 19:07

iver

2021-09-03 19:13

well deserved

2021-09-03 19:14

Mild shock.

2021-09-03 19:15

REZ = CandyKing static.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/imag..

2021-09-03 19:37

What's the point of spending a lot of money on device if you're not gonna buy him some help?

2021-09-03 19:38

Nice clutch of him today, he's a boss

2021-09-03 19:50

4 year contract btw

2021-09-03 20:02

haaaaaahaha

2021-09-03 20:25

imho he is after his prime. Yes. He has good games sometimes but overall he had your prime, he wont be better.

2021-09-03 22:44

R EZ hope everyone has a great weekend further)) xx <3

2021-09-03 22:50

"Now I'm the one bringing wisdom, while I click heads better than ever before. Damn it feels good to be a Ninja." this sounds like a 50 year old wrote this

2021-09-03 23:04

I think this guy is a little bit overrated , he's not that consistant and people are overrating him a lot , he's a good player but compared to like Elige he's nothing ... he can't consistantly frag and he didn't even won 1 single trophy for years

2021-09-04 01:17

Unless you are s1mple, u cant judge a poor team performance by just 1 guy. He's not overrated, he's just a decent tier 1 player. Just because people says R EZ a lot in twitch chat doesnt mean they're overrate him.

2021-09-04 02:59

I like R EZ, i wish he is on a better team tho. I always like him since his days on epsilon with draken freddieb disco doplan and 1 more player i forgot. Its good youngsters team.

2021-09-04 03:01