Sources: NIP in advanced talks with ENCE over xKacpersky

9-7-2025 17:15

The Polish player is on the brink of returning to the Ninjas.

Ninjas in Pyjamas are locked in discussions with ENCE over the signing of Kacper "⁠xKacpersky⁠" Gabara, multiple sources told HLTV. The Polish player has been earmarked as a replacement for Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing, who is expected to be moved to the bench.

xKacpersky's future has been a fervent source of conjecture since the end of the season. He was on G2's shortlist earlier in the summer before they pulled out of negotiations and turned their attention to fnatic's Matúš "⁠MATYS⁠" Šimko.

xKacpersky is no stranger to the NIP organization, having played for Young Ninjas between April and October 2024. He then signed with ENCE along with Ryan "⁠Neityu⁠" Aubry, with the duo helping the team to a fairytale title-winning run at Elisa Masters Espoo within weeks of their arrival.

arrozdoce joined Ninjas in Pyjamas in January alongside his SAW teammate Michel "⁠ewjerkz⁠" Pinto. He averaged a 1.03 rating while with the team, who soared in the ranking after winning Fragadelphia Las Vegas in April.

That title run earned Ninjas in Pyjamas an invite to Stage 1 of IEM Cologne, where xKacpersky is expected to make his first appearance for the Ninjas.

Should the transfer be completed, Ninjas in Pyjamas will have:

Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer
Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck
Artem "⁠r1nkle⁠" Moroz
Michel "⁠ewjerkz⁠" Pinto
Kacper "⁠xKacpersky⁠" Gabara

Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström (coach)

Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing (benched)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2025-07-09 17:15

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So nip 2 awpers?

2025-07-09 18:21

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where did you read that xkacpersky is an awper lol

2025-07-09 18:37

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Wait isnt he?

2025-07-09 19:17

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No. Ence will + Myltsi after this.

2025-07-09 19:25

no, podi is the awper on ence

No. If he is, he's a terrible one hltv.org/stats/players/weapon/23372/xkac..

2025-07-10 10:08

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lol

2025-07-10 11:57

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss

2025-07-09 21:37

Ja pierdole

2025-07-09 22:24

would be a downgrade

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for Kacpersky

2025-07-09 17:16

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correct

i think this is the first move in a while where its a downgrade for both parties lol

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But mostly for Kacpersky

2025-07-09 17:45

i dont think so for nip its an upgrade arroz has been average at best. for xkacpersky its decent cus he will get to play in cologne and nip do have a higher vrs ranking so will get more opportunities to play in t1 tournaments. and overall the nip team isnt bad they have a good igl in snappi strong awp in rinkle and in my opinion a top 5 anchor in sjuush

2025-07-09 18:39

I mean if ENCE are getting paid for the transfer it’s good for them, plus they peaked early on and haven’t shown improvement past the Elisa run they had. NiP however has shown some decent improvement over time and can become a decent top 15 team, especially with the addition of him.

2025-07-10 02:36

get ratio'd ive always wanted to say this to somebody. i feel so cool now

2025-07-10 06:37

worst part is i agree with #5 but i was trying to get #1 so i didnt clarify

2025-07-10 09:18

good move for NiP

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for him as well. This is maybe not t1 roster, but step up, and they can be around ~15th place and play most of t1.5 tournaments. propably also moneys in org like nip is 2x or 3x more than in ence

2025-07-09 17:19

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he would bury himself in CCT with Ence

2025-07-09 17:22

Make more money in cct cinema matches to salary

2025-07-09 23:30

yes. they can easily be better than 3dmax, heroic and all those teams and hover just outside the top 1. guaranteed top 8 spot at cologne

copium

2025-07-09 17:40

Something weird with this org

2025-07-09 17:41

sell an academy player for cheap buy him back for more genius

2025-07-09 20:34

not liquid?

jokasteve confirmed no changes for Liquid

aside from -naf which they will announce in like three days

2025-07-09 17:17

no, they won't (if they want to play in cologne)

-naf and they will play with 4 players?

2025-07-09 17:23

its already the case even if naf is in the roster, right?

2025-07-09 18:03

Yeah, they will play with a BOT instead and take it once someone dies.

2025-07-09 18:55

NiP W.

please no

noooooo, nip cursed org

arrozdoce a problem.

holy sidegrade

Unexpected but would be huge

how does g2 lose a player deal to nip

Maybe they didnt lose? Can be kacperskys personal choice, no idea

2025-07-09 17:21

ENCE's and xkacersky's choice ultimately. G2, Liquid had probably interest (but kept current roster), if +MATYS to G2, probably Fnatic had also some interest, NIP. Plenty of options and NIP probably won the bidding war probably. NIP partly owned by Chinese, so money isn't the issue.

2025-07-09 18:59

Could also be like a buy back clause or a matching right clause

2025-07-09 19:22

was about to say the same thing but in the article it says they pulled out so who knows

Matys much better option

2025-07-09 18:06

NIP have a buyback clause

2025-07-09 18:12

Because that leak was never true to begin with

2025-07-10 09:05

tbh, not huge upgradef or kacpersky ENCE and NIP almost same lvl

Nip has already showed more potential imo and if they do decent in cologne they'll prob keep getting invites to some big events where as ence has nothing atm

2025-07-10 13:39

Recycling ♻️

Ence making that sweet bank once again

Richest org in the scene regarding transfers of the last couple of years

2025-07-09 17:43

what do you expect from highest average IQ in Europe

2025-07-09 18:00

Higher IQ than rest of Nordic nations, if I remember correctly.

2025-07-09 19:01

im afraid heroic might clear them

2025-07-10 10:13

lmao to NIP for having him on academy, then letting him go and now crawling back

Props to NIP for not putting him permanently into their previous clown show rosters.

RIP Career

arrozdoce to MIBR

2025-07-09 17:18

arrozdoce is being benched because he's bad doing star role positions, but very good at being an anchor. Is the anchor position free at MIBR?

2025-07-09 19:11

yes atm the anchor there is brnz4n and he is underperforming a lot as that. However nicks is tied up there to get those duties and let brnz4n have lucaozy's roles so its free, but they are not signing him as it seems

2025-07-09 20:12

holy cook

join g2 kasperisky

4 aggressive player and sjuush, I wonder how will that work out.

NIP turning into Vega Squadron after all the years

Two anchors that are turned star riflers? This literally fixes their problems what are you waffling about lmao

2025-07-09 17:44

I don't think it really matter, every one's positions are mixed by map except sjuush and rinkle. arrozdoce played mid in ancient while playing ivy in train, ewjerkz played ramp in nuke while playing A main in train it's all mixed

2025-07-09 19:48

Rip ence once again

YOU HAD THIS PLAYER. AND YOU LET HIM GO

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

metizport arrozdoce confirmed

Yeah understandable move. There has been serious bidding war over xkacpersky. G2, Liquid probably, Fnatic if MATYS left to G2 and now NIP. If this NIP deal goes as planned, then it's probably +myltsi.

how does nip win that tho

China money

money. thats the one thing hey have

nip have china money also he used to play in young ninjas so maybe he actually wanted to go back to the org too

2025-07-09 17:33

Mybe a clause, like in Football

2025-07-09 19:23

G2 got matys which is a better player, and the buyout from nip to ence should have some deal that if they want to sell him nip would be the one to have the priority

2025-07-09 19:42

would be a smart move from NiP ngl

2025-07-10 08:00

why did he downgrade lol?

salary

2025-07-09 18:09

fair

2025-07-09 18:14

edited yea im restarted i thought u said flair lmao

2025-07-09 18:16

2025-07-10 08:01

Ence dead, myltsi aint saving shit

2025-07-09 17:25

nicely edited comment.

2025-07-09 17:30

NIP act cooking??? great arroz replacement.

How do you downgrade from current ence LMAO

Still worse than AMKAL

2025-07-09 17:24

Funny is that NIP is starting doing better job than some other orgs like FaZe, Liquid, VP, ENCE...

-glaive too plz

2025-07-09 17:26

interesting good move for both sides

POGCHAMP

2025-07-09 17:27

nice, one of the 2 snaptap merchants are gone

NIP finally cooking

2025-07-09 17:31

I mean if -gla1ve or -Neityu happens at some point then ENCE academy can basically promote teme and sign 2high lol.

2025-07-09 17:32

What happened to these both orgs? Teams looks trash and their roster moves trashier than ever, its like theyre satisfied with being tier 2

2025-07-09 17:39

Downgrade as a team apart from r1nkle, but org is richer so theu can buy VRS unlike ENCE

Imagine grinding online after being benched for jackzz only to be benched again after the team gets invited to t1 events, well atleast he will still be getting the bag Was fun seeing all the moments that f0rest did on stream over arrozdoce

2025-07-09 17:54

He's the worst player in the team, and yes, worse than Snappi

2025-07-09 17:56

Worst player that carried them in open qualifiers to reach astana

2025-07-09 17:57

hltv.org/stats/players/events/20465/arro.. mind you he is supposed to be a star player 😂

2025-07-09 18:08

arroz needs a project where he can stick to his main role. I remember SAW trying him as star player and that didn’t work out either.

2025-07-09 18:56

Arroz can say thanks to the agency he decided to join, his carrer his fucked now :/

2025-07-09 17:55

his international career is cooked.. his only opinion rn are iberian teams or maybe a brazilian team but i think thats unlikely

2025-07-09 18:07

saw is never signing him again and iberian soul are orgless. He must pray everyday that nip lets him go for cheap to brazil.

eh i still think saw would take him if the +aragorn +krazy doesnt work out. iberian soul are doing relatively well rn i think its a matter of time until they find an org no? but yea idk if they would change any player for arroz tbh, his stocks must be so low after this season

2025-07-09 18:15

he left in very bad terms with the org, so I don't think either part would be interested in running it back. As for iberian soul, you are right in saying they should find an org soon but NiP has a track of not letting their benched players go easily - it is possible that the org that iberian soul lands has no availability to buy him out. Regardless, arrozdoce is an anchor, which is sausol's role and iberian soul's most inform player, so you are probably right that they would not make changes for arroz

2025-07-09 18:24

He actually had a law suit against saw...That will happen if saw gives a offer and he has no other option but saw

2025-07-22 01:28

Sorry, no one escape NiP bench

2025-07-09 19:29

Anything for -arrozdoce

Smart move

2025-07-09 17:58

solid tier 5 max

2025-07-09 17:59

xKacpersky should grind 1 more year with ENCE, then join a real Tier 1 team instead of NIP rn

2025-07-09 18:02

why sell him in the first place smh

i find it so funny when mediocre players think they are better than they actually are and end up flopping

2025-07-09 18:05

From the most constant Org to one of the „We’re participating in every Off Season Shuffle“ + „We also love T3 & T4 Shuffles“

2025-07-09 18:13

NIP is back

Imagine he declined G2 for this

2025-07-09 18:23

Ungrateful org. This is why they haven't won anythjing in years. Finally, they're being invited to tier1 tournaments and they kick a player. Just hoping ewjerkz and shushh (it's kind of a miracle he's there in the first place) fiind a better team.

2025-07-09 18:32

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MAD FLAGGG

2025-07-09 19:08

i dont get this. they hire 2 promising players like arroz and jerkz to make them play different roles and kick them before trying to fix their s***. or maybe they did in praccs, it didnt work and im just talking bs.

2025-07-09 19:10

Tell me u didnt watch a single NiP game, they could literally defeat spirit if arrozdoce dont play worst than snappi

2025-07-09 19:31

"But they couldn't beat the 3rd best team of 2025, so far!"

2025-07-09 20:05

They couldnt defeat Navi jr twice because arrozdoce went 3-17 criminal on decider if u want a weak team

2025-07-09 20:09

Pretty much every NiP player weak games at some point. He played hundreds of maps. I have them all in mind not the ones you cherry-picked.

2025-07-09 20:16

hltv.org/stats/players?event=8045&rankin.. hltv.org/stats/players?event=8533 hltv.org/stats/players?event=8503 Pick ur poison, fraghadelpia was the only good event arrozdoce have and he is 4th best player from NiP anyway

They gave 6 months to grind and get back to good rankings. The team did it. They didn't do it with Jackz, but with arrozdoce. Stats are irrelevant. They're ungrateful and should give this core more time and tier1 experience. When arrozdoce faces them again in the future he'll demolish them.

2025-07-09 20:39

Bro don't know that no one scape NiP bench

2025-07-09 20:40

Bro you have to admit arrozdoce performance was hugely disapointing, i get that he changed roles but it's too much time to see no improvement. jerkz had a bad start aswell but he adapted and is actually playing consistently good. arrozdoce on the other hand has very few good maps and a lot of bad maps. plus if you really watched the games you could see he doesnt have the best decision making as a starplayer. imo he should return to anchoring in a BR or international team.

2025-07-09 20:50