NIP send Cloud9 packing from BLAST Groups

The majority-Swedish side had to grind out the series after a rough first map.

alex's side showed admirable fortitude to recover from a thrashing on Mirage

Ninjas in Pyjamas continue their journey at BLAST Premier Fall Groups thanks to a 2-1 victory over Cloud9, recovering from a spanking on Mirage (4-13) by taking Ancient (13-11) and Anubis (13-11).

A match against FaZe now awaits Ninjas in Pyjamas, whilst Cloud9 are relegated to the Fall Showdown.

Date Matches
BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2024
02/08/2024
17:05
Match

Ninjas in Pyjamas's latest roster has steadily built up a head of steam since it was completed by the signing of Isak "⁠isak⁠" Fahlén in May, grabbing a second-place finish at YaLLa Compass off the back of their powerful young AWPer Artem "⁠r1nkle⁠" Moroz to end last season.

They stumbled at the start of this season, losing to Passion UA online before being comfortably dispatched by G2 here at BLAST. It seemed to go from bad to worse on the first map of Mirage today: Cloud9 utterly decimated them, but they showed impressive fortitude to recover and grind out Ancient and Anubis to secure the series.

r1nkle showed his worth on Ancient, Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner put in a stellar performance on Anubis, and Ninjas in Pyjamas seemed a little more polished as a squad across the final two maps.

Cloud9. meanwhile, will lament the manner in which they dropped this series, having bagged seven rounds in a row on Ancient before missing the chance to go to overtime, then dropping a 5v3 advantage with overtime once again on the line on Anubis.

Cloud9's stars weren't quite productive enough on the final two maps, the team stumbled in the vital moments and made a few too many mistakes in mid-round scenarios. Considering the impressive level they showed in their match against FaZe, where they could easily have taken the series, the majority-Russian squad will regret the manner of their elimination.

Matchpage
1
2
1st August 2024
13
Mirage
4
11
Ancient
13
11
Anubis
13
 Cloud9 K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.0
49 - 41 +2.09% 72.2 73.8% 1.15
43 - 42 +2.83% 77.5 70.8% 1.12
40 - 36 +2.92% 62.9 73.8% 1.12
43 - 43 -0.27% 73.5 75.4% 1.12
27 - 49 -3.65% 56.0 67.7% 0.74
 Ninjas in Pyjamas K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.0
48 - 31 +1.14% 72.0 81.5% 1.26
45 - 46 +0.66% 85.0 78.5% 1.17
46 - 42 -3.89% 76.2 70.8% 1.10
44 - 39 +1.25% 66.1 73.8% 1.07
25 - 45 -3.20% 49.6 70.8% 0.72
Sweden Isak 'isak' Fahlén
Isak 'isak' Fahlén
Age:
22
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
908
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.66
Ukraine Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Age:
19
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
529
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.64
Sweden Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Age:
26
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
1644
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.66
#1
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z4kr | 
Poland mlodywest
sadge
2024-08-01 18:23
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Hltv misspelled Clown9
2024-08-01 18:23
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#4
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Brazil Gauchinho
when intier3rz is 2nd highest rated player, you know you are absolutely doomed
2024-08-01 18:25
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3 replies
Interz better than entire brazil scene
2024-08-01 18:35
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#13
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Brazil Gauchinho
trying to bait with that shit name is kinda impossible
2024-08-01 18:51
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Technically 3 people on the team were tied for 2nd
2024-08-01 19:05
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No RMR for boomich Good
2024-08-01 18:26
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maxster 25 bomb in bo3, best swedish talent my ass
2024-08-01 18:26
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#18
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
Not best swedish talent, but nice comment based on ONE game. ONE game definetely define a player ..,,
2024-08-01 19:25
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9 replies
0.68 rating this event best swedish player since forest?????
2024-08-01 19:27
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8 replies
Dude has had a bad tournament so far. It happens. What's your point?
2024-08-01 21:49
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7 replies
what is there to explain
2024-08-01 22:04
0
6 replies
#32
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden skorpan
A lot since you’re still defending your first comment
2024-08-02 00:03
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1 reply
stay mad
2024-08-02 07:25
0
#33
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10  | 
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Sweden Kudzk
how did it go for fnatic against no org teams?
2024-08-02 07:20
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3 replies
why are you talking about fnatic? are they mentioned anywhere? are they relevant to the topic?
2024-08-02 07:27
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2 replies
#36
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10  | 
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Sweden Kudzk
" MATYS | Monaco xecharon" Take a look at what team you support before talking ty.
2024-08-02 13:41
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1 reply
did not know matys was a team!
2024-08-02 13:49
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#7
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
They should ask for a recount as they won more rounds.
2024-08-01 18:27
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losing to nip in 2020s 💀
2024-08-01 18:30
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Boombl4 tiny now wtf Small skinny man
2024-08-01 18:41
0
3 replies
#21
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Russia KopHuLLloH
From Boom-ich to Boom-ish
2024-08-01 20:13
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1 reply
The meth will do that to a man ig
2024-08-01 22:08
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#25
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States postwarscars
Well, they did get HeavyGod. You can't have two in the same team, after all.
2024-08-01 21:48
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unbelieveable
2024-08-01 18:47
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why do people keep counting on ax1le?
2024-08-01 18:52
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1 reply
#20
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
He actually started the match well but faded towards the end.
2024-08-01 20:01
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This is what Cloud9 gets for going Russian instead of supporting NA
2024-08-01 18:56
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7 replies
Sadly i don't see a way where an NA team has amazing potential. Unless you're willing to buy out CoL or Liquid or so, maybe. But lets see what happens to this roster. Im definitely not sold on this roster yet.
2024-08-01 21:08
1
6 replies
They need to buy out some up and coming NA talents and develop them for a few years. Invest in the game like MOUZ did
2024-08-01 21:24
0
5 replies
Yup. Fuck cloud9. I will always route against them for abandoning na.
2024-08-01 23:55
0
Are there any upcoming talents that we need to look out for? I'm awfully out of touch with NA CS sadly
2024-08-02 21:00
0
3 replies
JBa and Jeorge are the two that come to mind. M80 just signed Lake and he has potential
2024-08-02 21:44
1
2 replies
I saw the Lake signing! I hope NA produces some talents so we can have a really good EU vs NA rivalry again.
2024-08-02 22:58
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1 reply
Lake looked good in his first LAN. And he has good pieces around him to teach him. M80 is a promising team and very fun to watch and root for
2024-08-03 09:22
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all that fake hype from yesterday's faze match went to nowhere
2024-08-01 18:58
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very nice
2024-08-01 21:26
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Alex haters in the cave nice
2024-08-01 22:19
0
Nah m2 and m3 score that's fcked
2024-08-01 23:32
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