NIP promote maxster to main team

24-3-2024 15:37

NIP's rebuild has continued with the promotion of one of their academy players.

maxster has been moved up by NIP

Ninjas in Pyjamas have announced the promotion of Max "⁠maxster⁠" Jansson to their main squad, continuing the rebuild that began with the appointment of Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström as head coach.

NIP unveil Xizt as new head coach

"Max embodies the spirit of hard work and determination that defines NIP," said Ninjas in Pyjamas's General Manager Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers. "His dedication to practice and remarkable stats make him an invaluable addition to the main squad. We're excited to see him thrive in this new chapter of his career."

Ninjas in Pyjamas opted for a drastic revamp of their squad following their recent failed attempt to qualify for PGL Major Copenhagen, removing Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke, Daniil "⁠headtr1ck⁠" Valitov and Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen, as well as ditching coach Daniel "⁠djL⁠" Narancic.

Having addressed the head coach position by adding Xizt, Ninjas in Pyjamas have now filled one of the rifle positions with maxster. The 19-year-old has emerged as one of Sweden's most talented young players, averaging a 1.14 rating since. the release of Counter-Strike 2.

maxster played several tournaments with Ninjas in Pyjamas as a stand-in, most notably the CS Asia Championships 2 in Shanghai, in November. Earlier this month, he put in a 1.28 rating in the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown series against HEROIC.

With maxster's promotion, Ninjas in Pyjamas have only two slots left to fill, including the all-important AWP role. According to the Swedish organization, "more than 40 candidates" have been approached since the squad's overhaul began.

Ninjas in Pyjamas now have:

Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner
Alejandro "⁠alex⁠" Masanet
Max "⁠maxster⁠" Jansson

Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström (coach)

Daniil "⁠headtr1ck⁠" Valitov (benched)
Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen (benched)
Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke (benched)

Nivera next

2024-03-24 15:37

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XXD

2024-03-24 15:38

whovera

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npc

2024-03-24 15:58

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yes nivera is a NPC I agree

2024-03-24 20:49

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#59

2024-03-24 20:50

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#143

2024-03-24 21:11

it will be?

2024-03-24 15:45

followed by EspiranTo

2024-03-24 15:50

then bymas/yekindar. We've seen this so many times

2024-03-24 16:47

nivera will go to 3dmax, they even make a place for him by sending 1 guy to bench

2024-03-24 16:03

nah

2024-03-24 16:52

Nip made way more room for him by benching more than 1 guy

2024-03-24 17:26

lol

2024-03-24 20:20

i believe in this

2024-03-24 17:01

about time

yes expected

2024-03-24 15:44

ruining his carrer stocks before they even start...

2024-03-25 01:19

who

good chancge

Noice

pog

Finally an upgrade on NIP!

+nawwk

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2024-03-24 16:08

nah, Nawwk and Jkaem are best that is there. If anyone, it will be CacaNito or maybe STYKO who will leave Apeks.

2024-03-24 16:35

if nawwk wanna play in a better level he need to go, and the perfom of apeks in this major not help

2024-03-24 16:44

his contract was renewed recently and he's got beef with nip anyhow, for sure never joining them again

Will be mantuu or phzy in awp position.

2024-03-24 20:27

Swedish flag incoming?

maybe if they sign phzy

2024-03-24 16:13

phzy to metizport better imo

2024-03-24 18:08

Make it happen threat, most likely phzy (since there are rumours of his return) (hola maverick <3)

hope they sign nawwk, phzy wouldn be a tier 1 upgrade imo holi pootis :)

2024-03-24 18:39

Exactly my thoughts, phzy doesn't cut it as a t1 awper, nawwk won't go back to nip after everything that happened with the sticker money and in the middle of a lawsuit so their choices are slim as a swedish awper, but since alex is still there they could get an international awper (harumi said mantuu, which I hope not) and get another swedish rifler to go back to swedish nationality like heroic does with denmark (nilo, plopski, hell, even bring back brollan)

2024-03-24 19:31

expected

Good change, sadly overhyped by the org

eeh if you've seen maxster play he is goated

finally after 20182012428 times standing-in

i used to root for him on my alt about 2 years ago glad hes finally done it

2024-03-24 15:39

another wasted talent in this scam team.

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It's not a scam team under Threat and Xizt

2024-03-24 15:43

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Threat literally built that es3tag alex roster

2024-03-24 16:22

Which is true But at the same time his explanation for it is understandable.

2024-03-24 16:28

In Threat and Xizt we trust. I have been defending him with my life in the forums, he seems like such a great mind when it comes to cs. I want to let him and Xizt cook.

2024-03-25 13:57

Alex is still there

2024-03-26 13:47

Give him more than 3 months, then judge. I am not a big fan at all, but I am willing to give him one more shot

2024-03-26 13:50

lmao no. You could give him 100 of years, NIP won't achieve anything with him

2024-03-26 14:11

who cares, with that alex still there they'll remain tier 3

Have to agree.

2024-03-24 17:43

"his dream finally comes true" ruined career incoming

"his dream finally comes true" bruh, who even wants to play in nip in the first place?

Bruh who wants to play for Kassad in the first place.

2024-03-24 16:17

If not all swed, not good at all. Don't care about giving Alex a chance, just let him go. Plenty of Swedish talent out there to make it work with Xizt's guidance. #makenipswedistanagain

2024-03-24 15:41

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We don't have an AWPer, better to go international there tbh

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Buy Joel. He's good. Then bring back nilo and ztr.

NIP needs to repair their reputation, you dont want to buy a matchfixer then

2024-03-24 15:46

no sane org is going to sign someone with matchfixing allegations.

2024-03-24 15:57

He was cleared, an allowed to come back to the scene fully by the appropriate authorities. Very young, he owned up to his mistakes, actual criminals get second chances, a kid playing video games should be able to have one too. Other than nawwk, he is the best, IMO. I'd take him in a heart beat and help him become a better player and person if I was NiP.

He wasnt cleared, he lawyered up like Hunden did and ESIC backed down. I will believe joel is innocent the day somebody proves to me that hunden was innocent.

2024-03-24 20:10

Doesn't matter really. Besides that he also scammed a bunch of people. The guy is a PR nightmare looking at his tweets and behaviours in other streams.

2024-03-24 22:37

Unless we could get Nawwk, but that's not happening

2024-03-24 15:51

yeah, that's not happening, he is best Apeks player

2024-03-24 16:37

Yes exactly. Also I like Phzy, but I feel like his stats atm are a little inflated because of China

2024-03-24 22:38

expectations: blamef reality: maxster

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Yes they got the better player

2024-03-24 15:42

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flag checks out (+flair)

fertility rate checks out

2024-03-24 15:47

when a dude on hltv tries to be smart, but fails desperately - checks out

2024-03-24 15:49

#42

little fella, go back to playing roblox

what is that? (i google mens wtf!!!)

2024-03-24 15:52

it's not like you are playing. 0 Faceit games in CS2

What's your point? Are you always that obsessed over a random person on the internet? Seek help buddy.

2024-03-24 16:00

he's not better than blameF(at least as of now)

2024-03-24 15:55

Let him cook

2024-03-24 15:56

yeah, I've seen him play, the kid is obviously good and has great potential, but there's still a long road ahead of him, to be compared with the best of the best I'm kinda concerned about him joining NiP tho, they're not a good place for developing young talents and their project is not good imo

They have Xizt now, :)))) let them cook But also I am kinda joking, not trying to over hype maxster. blameF got a couple of years on him tho

2024-03-24 16:01

Summary: better

There’s still a rifle spot left on the team. NIP BlameF can still happen

theyll probably sign someone disappointing, like iM after navi drop him

2024-03-24 17:33

W FOR NIP AND MAXSTER L for me :((((

Doesnt matter which players NiP put in there when they have the worst IGL in t1-t2 scene.

the same mistakes again

RIP maxsters career

+s1mple +jks

Hi AZR

2024-03-25 14:45

The jury verdict is through: maxter sentenced to NIP jail with no chance for bail.

2024-03-24 15:48

why u trying, just disband

lmao

+blameF +s1mple ez

Maxters dream to play on tier one lives on then I guess. I hope he reach this dream at some point.

yeah its very cuz hes hungry and very good gamesense.

2024-03-24 16:30

Maxter is good move. Now Nawwk. Then make Alex learn swedish. Then Krimz. Then we are cooking.

This but instead of alex get patti

Good choice. Please Nip listen, we are trying to help you.

2024-03-24 15:59

good move finally!

NiP demotes player from academy to main team ?uestionmark

2024-03-24 16:02

just promote young ninjas

No way!

2024-03-24 16:04

Good move

2024-03-24 16:07

FINALLY A GOOD DECISION

another super mid tier2 lineup nice

THEY SHOULD BUILD AROUND REZ, INSTANT TOP 3 TEAM. GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE!

2024-03-24 16:09

Massive move

There gonna pickup nilo watch

2024-03-24 16:10

really hope not. i want metiz to stay, and he wants to play in full swedish team thank fahk

2024-03-24 17:19

I don't think they will, he should continue to develop in Metizport and finish school before he takes the next step into t1.

2024-03-24 17:40

he plays the same roles as maxster signing him would mean sacrificing one of them to play shit positions, which tbf maxster has played in the past, with nilo in the team still though, now that maxster got good roles in young ninjas, he's been their stand-out player with 1.23 rating this year and 1.27 kd (better than nilo, but with less maps played and against worse opposition, so still nilo looks slightly better imo) stats of both for comparision: hltv.org/stats/players/20879/maxster?sta.. hltv.org/stats/players/20119/nilo?startD..

2024-03-25 13:54

very good sign, young and hungry for wins. Good player, good gamesense! now nilo

2024-03-24 16:12

Deserved

WOW actually utilizing their talents, who would have though

2024-03-24 16:16

good choice

deserved

IEM OAKLAND MAJOR MVP is still there thou not sure if its getting any better

2024-03-24 16:18

Even if they buy s1mple they are sh*t with Alex

2024-03-24 16:19

wow using the academy very rare from nip now kick that spanish fraud and rebuild swedish or atleast nordic roster

No need for Swedish or Nordic, but there is a need to get rid of that Spanish clown

2024-03-24 16:38

2024-03-24 20:58

+1, full swed please.

2024-03-24 21:14

+ smooooooya when?

2024-03-24 16:20

Pls

2024-03-25 09:17

But why do they keep mr 6-30. Better to go full swede

Nilo next

Its doooosent really matter who you gonna promote to the main roster as long as alex still in team. Even zywoo donk spinx ropz is not enough when you have such a bot like alex. Hello...?

very nice

2024-03-24 16:31

very good move

2024-03-24 16:36

rez still here :')

2024-03-24 16:45

First good decision in years.

2024-03-24 16:46

Bring headtr1ck back, he's good

2024-03-24 16:54

He's too passive, and clearly wasn't ready to step up from the academy league

2024-03-24 18:23

The obvious calls should be nilo, ztr and nawwk, benching alex. That would make for a pretty good squad.

2024-03-24 17:12

rip maxster

2024-03-24 17:14

+ Nilo + Jackihino = NIP top 20

2024-03-24 17:39

he deserves better TBH threat recording while making that cringe call lmao

2024-03-24 17:48

s1mple + zont1x

2024-03-24 17:58

NIP top 1 2025 for sure

2024-03-24 18:14

Good , now bench rez and aleks also.

2024-03-24 18:31

Now go and get Joel as well!

2024-03-24 18:49

Exactly my thoughts, but it seems like because of the match fixing he won't ever get a chance to shine on the big stage.

2024-03-24 21:13

Young. Kid deserves a 2nd chance. S1mple cheated in the early days, got a 2nd chance and look at what he did

2024-03-24 21:26

I agree, it's a video game, real criminals get second chances, but a young kid playing video games doesn't. Crazy.

2024-03-24 22:34

That’s the world we live in haha

2024-03-24 22:44

+JKS +S1mple on AWP and we gucci

2024-03-24 18:50

huge W

2024-03-24 18:52

S1mple coming just wait

2024-03-24 19:16

Good move!

2024-03-24 19:21

Dk why Rez is still here. 10 years of chance on every role even as awper only IGL left

2024-03-24 20:12

Don't ever talk like that about the Oakland 1937 MVP

2024-03-24 20:55

2024-03-24 21:18

Chance in every position? Hahaha its not like he asked for all the positions, he took them so other players could get the roles they wanted. to help the team. If anything hes un-selfish.

2024-03-24 21:22

Ye because he is trash, that’s why he take any role like es3tag (at least he was a decent support 3 years ago) Rez play every role, survive all rooster change. The guy can’t entry, can’t play anchor, can’t clutch because low IQ. I still remember parís major that they fail because Rez can’t hold E to defuse vs nawwk. Give me something positive about Rez that isn’t Oakland because all 5 players were in good form that event

2024-03-25 03:53