PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR A

NIP crash out of Europe RMR after SAW stomp

15-2-2024 16:30

It’s a disaster for the Ninjas, who will miss their first Major in six years.

NIP were outclassed in a 2-0 series

Ninjas in Pyjamas have been sent packing in the Europe RMR A tournament with a 0-3 record following a 2-0 defeat to SAW, who turned in a much-improved display following limp performances against Virtus.pro and 9 Pandas.

After close losses to Eternal Fire and AMKAL, the Ninjas were shockingly poor against the Portuguese side, looking disjointed and bereft of rhythm throughout the series as they posted just eight rounds over the two maps.

It is yet another blow for the NIP squad, which will miss its first Major since ELEAGUE Major Boston in 2018. The team already missed IEM Katowice, the first Big Event of 2024, and it couldn’t even make it past the open qualifiers for IEM Chengdu. A roster overhaul could be right around the corner, especially considering that general manager Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers recently said that the goal is for the team to be at the very top by January 2025.

NIP: "We have to be on the top by January 2025"

"I think we were just totally off, team-wise and individually speaking," Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke told HLTV after the match. "Everyone was afraid of taking duels, it just felt like we were playing a brand new game."

The match even started promisingly for the Ninjas, who picked up a 3-1 lead on their map pick of Ancient, but everything sort of fell apart from there. João "⁠story⁠" Vieira and Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira led the charge as the Portuguese side kept a very tight defense for the remainder of the half and picked up an 8-4 lead.

SAW maintained their momentum after the break, with Michel "⁠ewjerkz⁠" Pinto picking up a quad kill in the pistol round. Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner still tried to dig NIP out of the hole they were in with three CZ frags, but SAW immediately regained control of the game and put the map to bed.

More misery was heaped on the Ninjas on Nuke, a map they had ony played once in the past three years. They couldn’t keep up with the intensity shown by their opponents and were outplayed and outmaneuvered by their opponents, who cruised to an easy victory that keeps their qualification hopes alive.

PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR ABest of 3

SAW

Matchpage

15th February 2024

Ninjas in Pyjamas

Ancient

Nuke

SAW	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Michel 'ewjerkz' Pinto ewjerkz	32 - 16	+7.34%	95.5	82.4%	1.63
Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes MUTiRiS	26 - 14	+4.83%	79.6	79.4%	1.42
João 'story' Vieira story	27 - 16	+2.30%	81.7	88.2%	1.38
Ricardo 'roman' Oliveira roman	25 - 17	+4.09%	78.6	82.4%	1.35
Rafael 'arrozdoce' Wing arrozdoce	21 - 15	+3.31%	70.0	85.3%	1.30

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	Swing	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	23 - 23	-1.86%	73.5	61.8%	0.96
Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov headtr1ck	19 - 26	-2.83%	62.6	64.7%	0.77
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke k0nfig	19 - 29	-3.68%	61.8	52.9%	0.62
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen es3tag	10 - 24	-3.25%	37.7	58.8%	0.55
Alejandro 'alex' Masanet alex	6 - 30	-10.24%	38.8	44.1%	0.33

one word: disband also it's once in the last 3 months and not once in the last three years, unless I'm missing something

2024-02-15 16:32

19 replies

+1 if theyre serious about their whole "on top by jan 2025" they need to just disband this group and start again or majorly rebuild and restructure their game.

2024-02-15 16:35

8 replies

but rebuild around whom? imo headtrick is overrated (low impact and ADR plus AWPing is still not up to csgo standards) and treated as monesy 2.0 who he isn‘t. i don‘t want to be nasty but on overpass (2nd bo1) i saw short videos where he was holding stairs on party/balloons and then rotating and holding another angle and said not a single word (as he was shown on cam). if you don‘t even communicate the angles you are holding, how should this team function in general?

2024-02-15 17:58

7 replies

no rebuild, kick everyone, start from scratch. Get money from pricytag, konfig, rez, even headtr1ck, dunno about alex's worth. entire new team, built with a vision, not the usual NiP patching and recycling edit: i dont care much about nip in particular, but its a shame to cs in general and almost a blasphemy to have such a legendary tag get tarnished by such incompetence and uninspired people, probably on all levels in the organisation. Its time to burn it all to the ground, prepare the land like farmers do before next harvest season. but do it now. do it quick

2024-02-15 19:54

4 replies

very well said

2024-02-16 03:00

i strongly diasagree with your last point. its sounds like the people at nip are deliberately sailing the clan into losing. i hear this kind of argument im not saying they have no problems in the squad, but i think everyone that works for nip are aware of the legacy that this clantag carries and they would not do something that damages the clan. ofc you can criticise their decisions to move several players to and from the squad, but i highly doubt these decisions were made to lower their overall ability to play the game. at the world peak one bad decision can make a difference and three are obviously enough to be not competetive anymore, still im sure they are giving it their all. btw i dont care much about nip either.

2024-02-16 11:59

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if it sounds that way, its because it looks that way. And now theyve made a staement before the rmr, and the rmr performance was the worst performance of a top 30 team ive ever seen. So I think its time to make some hard decisions. This is not good enough, this does not look like it has potential or hope. If NiP are serious about CS division , they need to reconsider what they are sitting on at the moment.

2024-02-17 22:11

"a blasphemy to have such a legendary tag get tarnished by such incompetence and uninspired people" Very well said. I have followed NiP since 2002, shortly after they were formed, and they've had their share of ups and downs, but this generation lacks everything.

2024-02-18 18:19

you are right about headtr1ck low impact. he always holding ultra safe angles, and always saving. most of his kills comes from the enemy hunting him because he is constantly saving. absolute garbage player

2024-02-15 22:03

In his defence he isn't naturally an awper. He is much better as a rifler. The problem is they have no standout player that can lift them. There entire lineup is so uninspiring...

2024-02-16 00:01

+1 Metizport would never fail like this

2024-02-15 16:37

5 replies

let the SHIT ON NIP pile on party on hltv comment section begin !!!

2024-02-15 19:38

they brought it on themselves and they truly deserve it, every mean comment

2024-02-15 19:55

3 replies

maybe - but bet most commenters just typing shit on the internet likely have never achieved anything significant in life and their shitting on nip is more of a reflection of their shitty lives and perhaps childhood trauma

2024-02-15 20:37

2 replies

Says the most blind NIP fan. People are allowed opinions. You trying to blast someone for saying a team is well out of form and needs a rebuild is extremely sad and more of a reflection of your shitty life and perhaps childhood trauma.

2024-02-16 00:38

In psychology, projection refers to assigning your negative traits or unwanted emotions to others without being aware you’re doing it.

2024-02-16 02:37

8 rounds in bo3 against rtp merchant's alex is just on another level both tactically and individually

2024-02-15 16:52

Kick the danish players. And build on the last 3

2024-02-15 17:12

I get that you want to save them bro

2024-02-15 17:22

Remove threat and his shit ideas and build a new team

2024-02-15 19:34

Time to rebuild NiP.

2024-02-15 16:31

They actually need to disband. Its not a meme anymore, they are horrendously bad

lul

Bozos in pyjamas

5 steps ahead

They did exit the rmr 5 steps ahead of everybody else.

This will never get old ahahah

2024-02-15 16:54

Nilo adamb ztr rez nawwk(joel if cant buy nawwk)

Now we're talking

2024-02-15 17:16

pretty sure they still owe nawwk money so that probably won't happen

2024-02-15 18:28

joel leagues better anyways

2024-02-16 11:26

+1 That's right louder

2024-02-16 11:28

susp>rez (potential), also could give brollan another chance in a swedish team considering his performance at mouz, joel>nawwk anyways, not sure about ztrs calling but cant think of anyone swedish much better(golden,robiin,hampus,rusty,lnz,Shine) if no nawwk or joel because of controversy maybe phzy/jayzaR/twist? (maybe joel rifle)

2024-02-16 11:44

i want brollan to stay with mouz, i think maxster would be more likely and better than rez tbh. id agree with the igl problem, no good igls in sweden, maybe get a danish guy who speaks swedish since thats not uncommon

2024-02-16 13:39

idk what crazy thing people are seeing with maxster like he is okay ish i guess but 1.05 rating in academy league doesnt make you seem like an upcoming talent capable of playing in tier 1

2024-02-16 22:04

Even when they disband, they wont have any name that would attract t1 player or talent to join them.

If they kick all players ofc players will want to join. They have money and supplies.

2024-02-15 16:43

we just saw how well that went for tsm. Legendary brand and money to pay players but still best they were able to get was valde

2024-02-16 09:56

Finally, can they make another roster already

worse meme than 2019 VP

Roster overhaul incoming.

13 replies

who do you want NiP to keep? Personally I think they should keep alex for at least 1 more major cycle, keep REZ, move headtrick to rifle and kick the danes.

2024-02-15 16:40

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Well they need to keep their core but obviously make some changes... Going full Swedish seems improbable, so keeping headtr1ck, K0nfig and REZ is probably the right move. Alex deserves more time with NiP but is going to be difficult to replace. Es3tag is still underrated but inconsistent; same for REZ who is the opposite of Es3tag in that he's overrated. Removing the Danes might be the best course of action but then it's obviously finding replacements, which they can poach from NiP Youngsters or just buy outright. Brollan also underperformed on NiP despite being on MOUZ, so I have no idea if NiP will try to get him back. They need talent, synergy and leadership, I just hope they can find it.

2024-02-15 16:49

konfig and rez are serial underperformers, the best rez has been in a long while is completely average, you do not keep these players headtr1ck is not a star awper, he is not even an awper, he is a rifler with role dysmorphia so that leaves esetag (a player that has had below a 1.0 performance at every single t1 lan he has played in for almost an entire year), and alex (a top 25-30 igl) you scrap the entire project and accept that there are no more international players to get that would be an improvement and you work towards a full swedish lineup that might be good in 3 years

2024-02-15 18:21

I don't see NiP risk losing the core, though. It's entirely feasible just because NiP drastically need an overhaul but those players aren't exactly easy to replace either...

2024-02-15 19:08

why not lose the core, they are already out of the major so they dont have to keep it for anything wait for the roster shuffle and buy every available swedish talent

2024-02-15 21:41

They don't qualify for anything, so they don't need to keep a core. Keep a core for what HLTV ranking? Rebuild from the ground up and surely they can get a higher ranking over time. This current team has left a very low bar to perform against.

2024-02-16 00:44

It's harder to rebuild without a core, of course. It's not like the players on NiP are dispensable, creating a roster from scratch is always going to be less incentivised than trying to rebuild from a core - it's team management 101. Sure, they don't necessarily require their core except for rankings and qualifications but it's still going to save NiP money in the long run unless they purchase a team and just axe the entire roster.

2024-02-16 16:19

Rez is consistent...in that he consistently underperforms beneath his really high skill ceiling. We've not seen his best on years. He still hits decent numbers but his reputation wasn't built on decent numbers.

2024-02-16 15:40

Prime-REZ was 2018 and he hasn't been at that same level since.

2024-02-16 16:20

2024-02-16 20:28

Lol, why would you keep Rez, he's been on a downward spiral from 2019

2024-02-15 16:50

inconsistent but still good imo, it's not like they will find a T1 roster out of nowhere just by poaching players from t2-t3 teams. He's the best player in this team (no, not headtrick). He has his problems but keeping him for a while and then making the change down the road seems like a better option to me.

2024-02-15 16:57

even though rez has been on a downward spiral he is the best player on this team full of bots

2024-02-15 22:05

rip bozo 💀

Aleksib was the problem, right?

2024-02-15 16:44

Waiting for 2025

boomerdemons would do a better job lol

+1 boomerdemons didn't get 0-3 on rmr at least

2024-02-15 18:08

Alexa how do you say karma in Swedish? If only they had a more diverse lineup.

2024-02-15 16:48

Looking good NiP!!! Top 3 2025 guaranteed. Kick Threat ffs

2024-02-15 16:56

This was expected result from this roster

2024-02-15 16:58

expected

just disband and return in 2025

2024-02-15 17:00

6-30.. not that it matters much now, but I didn't see worse in a somewhat relevant match

2024-02-15 17:01

9-44 by GOAT Fifflaren in a Major final aren’t beatable bro

2024-02-15 17:33

Miss being able to vote anyone for player of the match. The days when players did horrendously badly and getting man-of-the-match are long gone. If it was still around, alex would be getting all the votes hltv.org/matches/2307209/ninjas-in-pyjam..

2024-02-15 17:34

Damn, nip is just the EU version of EG now

2024-02-15 17:05

Nah EG still have fans

2024-02-15 17:23

0.33 impressive

2024-02-15 17:06

I can't wait for the Metizport - Nip match

2024-02-15 17:08

how can u get stomped by SAW, n0p 😭😭😭

2024-02-15 17:10

n0p clan💀💀

2024-02-15 17:24

6 kills pog

2024-02-15 17:26

6-30 hahahaha

2024-02-15 17:29

alex left KOI for this hahahah

2024-02-15 17:31

+1, what was he thinking

2024-02-16 11:23

Clown team clowned Nothing to be seen here

2024-02-15 17:36

When selling your morals to China gets you nothing.

2024-02-15 17:37

unreal stuff to see, cannot believe this NIP team is so bad! EF loss, fair enough. but the other 2 there is 0 chance they should come close to losing either game. they have to drop the whole team and rebuild surely, as this is a sorry sight to see.

2024-02-15 17:38

how long has it been since this roster was crafted... how is it still a thing?

2024-02-15 17:39

Just disband this team and sign Metizport

Let all of the players go to different rosters and succeed in different environments, because NIP is clearly a hellhole for players' careers to die in

All time low for NiP. alex - completely unproven igl for international teams. Recycling es3tag after 1 year on the bench. I could go on and on. Good job THREAT & djL. What a mess lmao.

2024-02-15 17:44

-Hampus +Alex Biggest troll change ever...

2024-02-15 17:47

keep rez and k0nfig, throw out the rest

2024-02-15 17:52

Expected when you were already not great and then went and downgraded half your roster

2024-02-15 17:56

hltv.org/forums/threads/2863043/predict-.. Easiest prediction of my life

2024-02-15 18:22

An entirely predictable outcome

2024-02-15 18:27

NIP: "WE HAVE TO BE ON THE TOP BY JANUARY 2025"

who thought signing a spanish IGL would be a good idea lmao

2024-02-15 18:51

my favourite part was the cope from Threat: yeah, we totally could have gotten Cadian but Alex was much better anyway Like it's so obvious

2024-02-16 11:42

Glad cadian got saved from NiP .

2024-02-16 11:48

LMAO

2024-02-16 13:40

I can't understand what happened to the Swedish scene, swedish teams have always been the best, very dominant and competitive, since the old and deceased CS 1.5, SK without CS lineup, Fnatic without Swedish players, NIP without Swedish players Can anyone tell me what's going on?

2024-02-15 18:53

they need brasil players to save them like how we ressurected SK gaming

2024-02-15 22:06

Brazil has had like 2 good runs since SK era - MIBR 2019 kato and Furia 2021 Stockholm. No time since have they looked dominate. Hoping it changes as the LG lineup came out of nowhere and took everyone by surprise. Someone save kscerato.

2024-02-16 00:09

im talking about how the legendary brazilian lineup saved the SK franchise. they need brazilians to do that again with nip

2024-02-16 00:21

Another great result, gg wp!

2024-02-15 19:05

Literally pick up metizport

2024-02-15 19:53

We hate you nip! (Not the players). Best regards, All of Sweden.

2024-02-15 21:32

2024-02-16 10:53

Disband?.

2024-02-15 21:45

They should rebuild around rez, everyone else out

+1 and go full swedish again

2024-02-15 23:36

+1 they can add nilo,adamb,Joel and 1 more swed

2024-02-16 21:44

Deserved, no swedish prodigies so... "let's run it down" *Best thing to ever happened to NIP - no stickers money = no glaze on the cake for bad cs2 players.

2024-02-15 23:21

disband in JAN 2025 incoming

2024-02-16 00:26

FULL SWEDISH TEAM COACH FOREST GO GO GO

2024-02-16 01:30

nah forest chilling with boomers on stream, no time to babysit other than his actual kids

2024-02-16 07:09

L take

2024-02-16 09:15

not a take, a simple fact =)

2024-02-16 09:35

A simple imbecilic take from a simple mind =) . When you have kids life still goes on. f0rest would be proud to the highest degree to lead Swedish CS back to world best. You have a loser mentality.

2024-02-17 06:41

L take is thinking Forest would coach this clown org. Plus as others have said, he is having fun on streams and kids of his own

2024-02-16 11:47

nip actually fking dead :v

2024-02-16 03:27

trash clowns deserved hahaha!!!

2024-02-16 06:07

Alex with the -24 holy. NIP wantS to disband ASAP so they can rebuild a better roster, truly 5 steps ahead.

2024-02-16 06:16

back to full swedish roster

2024-02-16 08:31

NIP has to be the team with the weakest mentality in all of pro cs. Where as team like Faze can lose 2 matches early on and end up winning the whole tournament, NiP's performance keeps dropping to a point where they get 8 rounds in 2 maps against a team like SAW if they lose the first match. It's ridiculous. (not that they were strong in the first place)

2024-02-16 08:48

Nip without aleksib 🤣🤣 so so bad, hahahaha

2024-02-16 09:29

They should add yung talents like f0rest and GeT_RiGhT and start building around them

2024-02-16 11:52

Practising a lot, getting confidence, because you are actually good individuals, nooooo we just farming wages over and over again, from free tournaments invites due to famous clan teg.... btw see you on Blast, i think you can outplay some Rare atom and Imperial without practising to mantain your pay checks 👍

2024-02-16 12:23