NIP COO to step in for THREAT at BLAST Premier Fall Groups

19-9-2021 18:43

Jonas Gundersen has been registered as Ninjas in Pyjamas's coach for the Swedish team's upcoming matches.

Ninjas in Pyjamas will be joining the BLAST servers without their coach Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers, who was left off the team sheet due to "unforeseen personal circumstances". Instead of the 33-year-old Swede, Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser and co. will be having the team's Chief Operating Officer Jonas Gundersen assisting in the matches during the group stage.

THREAT's omission was described as a temporary situation by the organization, with the coach set to return to his position for the following events. Even at BLAST, THREAT will be helping the team as much as possible as they are set to clash with the likes of BIG and G2.

THREAT will still be working with the team during the event

"Due to some short-term unforeseen personal circumstances, potentially making me unavailable for the games, we thought it was better that we had a coach registered that we knew could be with the team, and let Jonas [Gundersen] do it instead for BLAST Groups," THREAT said in a statement to HLTV.org. "I am still there 100% working with the team, and hope to be there for the games as well, although not on the server!"

Jonas Gundersen: the former CS player who wants to build a new era for NiP

Jonas Gundersen is a former CS 1.6 player who retired from competition in 2006. He assumed a managerial role with North in 2019 before moving to the Chief Operating Officer position at Ninjas in Pyjamas in 2020.

Ninjas in Pyjamas have the following lineup for BLAST, where they play their first against BIG on Monday at 19:30 :

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

Jonas "⁠calc⁠" Gundersen (coach)

nice

2021-09-19 18:45

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wont help them sadly (or gladly)

2021-09-19 18:58

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THREAT TO ASTRALIS??? Hopefully he didnt leak any strats

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No wtf

2021-09-19 19:20

I guess thats a W

2021-09-23 11:26

lmao

Nice

2021-09-19 18:46

NIP Denmark soon

NiP already China unfortunantly.

2021-09-19 19:17

ok opinions on threat coach? i'm not so sure he can implement a modern system

threat can't bring a team to a golden state again sadly, he seems like and might be a great guy personally, but at least NiP isn't the team he can lead to a golden state again.

2021-09-19 20:03

i thought coach was replacing a player

unlucky

2021-09-19 18:47

zonic inc next year

why not heaton

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Heaton is not part of NIP anymore lol. He left like 3 years ago. On top of that he is busy with his wife and children. I believe he works with Esportal and some smaller business stuff that he invested in + streaming. Calc is not a bad replacement for just 1 event tbh.

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bro it was a joke

2021-09-19 19:31

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ha...ha?

2021-09-19 19:32

what’s so damn funny?

2021-09-19 20:49

Thats why i did "ha...ha" because it wasnt.

2021-09-19 21:16

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very well then… keep your secrets

2021-09-19 23:23

Lmao. They didn't get it. Maybe I got as I work with British people.

2021-09-20 01:17

he was also involved in the lawsuit my brotha, look it up on google xd

2021-09-19 21:06

Yeah i heard about that.

finally

2021-09-19 19:35

LMAO.. "We are three steps ahead of Astralis" ...Sure.

2021-09-19 18:48

Yeah, you're right. They're probably just 2,5 steps ahead... hehe

2021-09-19 21:37

let's see if those 2006 strats hold up

Prob some family stuff (he has kids) Hopefully nothing serious

Dude cAlc was a fucking beast these days

2021-09-19 18:49

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Imagine having a complete news featuring cAlc and never see his nick mentioned (only real name). That means he is old in the game. We are old. Never forget RoyalFlush with cAlc, fox, JuDiCe, kickfl1p and iNsideR :)

wtf how old r u now?

2021-09-19 23:59

I am currently 37 yo, I just read HTLV occasionally like a newspaper, I don't play / watch games for about 4 years now.

2021-09-20 08:31

He sure thought so himself.

2021-09-19 19:09

Yeah, no.

2021-09-19 21:35

lol

2021-09-20 00:40

dignitas go

2021-09-19 18:53

Time for hampus to show that he can be a great IGL

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Thats the problem. He isnt.

2021-09-19 19:04

He is they have played good at the rmr’s where the coach cant be there

2021-09-19 19:05

Hampus is a good rifler but he is an awful IGL. Have you seen how he peaks in the most dangerous areas without flashin or smoking, and is always the first to die

2021-09-19 20:34

I mean, his IGLing is basically that it either works or it doesn't. So many times when the opponent knows what they're doing and he can't change it because his IGLing sucks. The biggest downside with NIP atm is definitely Hampus. Really bad at adapting to the enemy. They're like G2. It either works, or they lose. Because they certainly can't adapt.

2021-09-19 21:58

2021-09-20 00:29

Well that's why he has to show it.

2021-09-20 01:16

As a player and fragger, Hampus is generally ok, however, as an IGL, he really sucks … - No strats or tactics, just brawl … - And not using Device properly is just a waste

2021-09-20 03:23