Ninjas in Pyjamas, but no Action

29-1-2007 03:47

Online gaming has had a very bad reputation for a long period of time, but with the entrance of ESL Masters and NGL ONE the European elite had no other choice than participating. Now online gaming gets a set-back.

After a complete change of roster NiP Gaming apparently didn’t feel ready to participate in the two major online leagues ESL Masters and NGL ONE. This is a very unfortunate move for the other participants, the leagues administration and certainly not to be forgotten - the fans.

Since the announcement, NiP Gamings website has been floated with negative comments and disappointment from eager fans.

It wasn’t possible to get a comment on the fans reaction from any of the players.

NiP Gamings official statement.

NiP shall no longer compete in online events
We are sad to announce that the Ninjas in Pyjamas Counter-Strike 1.6 team will not be competing in their online matches today (Sunday, 28th January 2007) or any time in the near future as the team has taken the decision to stop playing in official matches over the internet.
NiP had always been an offline only team (in terms of playing official matches) up until the 23rd April 2006 where NiP decided to take part in the ClanBase EuroCup XIII tournament and then the team had to qualify online for the first NGL-One event (of which NiP took first place) and ESL Extreme Masters Qualifiers.

After the recent lineup changes in NiP (RobbaN, SpawN, zet & ins leaving - miniw, Bullen & KF3 joining) the team does not feel 100% ready yet and would rather not take part in any official online matches in the near future in order to prepare properly for upcoming events. The first event we shall see NiP take part in is still unknown at this current moment in time but as soon as we know it will be announced here at NiP-Gaming.com.

We would like to thank the two leagues NiP were competing in; the NGL-One (Season 2) and ESL Extreme Masters Qualifiers. We wish you the best of luck in the future and are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. NiP are looking forward to competing in online leagues once again when the team feels ready to do so.

For the time being it is uncertain when NiP can be seen in action again. Until then the ninjas will do what ninjas do best – stay hidden.

baaahhhh

2007-01-28 22:58

haha^^

2007-01-28 23:01

cowards.

2007-01-28 23:07

nip suck's

2007-01-28 23:13

Can these players bring to NiP a great success in 2007? I don't think so.

2007-01-28 23:33

sighsighsigh i'm so disappointment for this happen

2007-01-29 00:02

Just give them a chance ffs. Let them practise for as long as they want, when the big lan events come up, i'm sure they'll be there.

2007-01-29 01:13

nip will not die :) nip is great and it's allwas will be, just wait and see. haha :) The NiP Team will rise again

2007-01-29 01:46

"We are sad to announce that the Ninjas in Pyjamas Counter-Strike 1.6 team will not be competing in their online matches" why specificly say "1.6 team" - NiP css team coming? ;o

2007-01-29 05:02

Some of you seem to forget it's a completly new line-up. They still need to practice to play together. Otherwise they won't book any succes. NiP CsS team? Don't think so.. It's not because coL switched to CsS they'll switch too.. Com'on NiP !

2007-01-29 12:43

"Starting from today on, NiP Gaming refuses to participates in online leagues. Thousands of fans left in anger and disapointment." - They don't refuse to play in online leagues, they just want to take a break (and have a KitKat?) from that in order to fully prepare for upcoming events as it's a brand new team. When the next seasons of those leagues start NiP will be more than happy to compete in them. #9 No. I think it's better to differentiate 1.6 and Source now that some top teams are moving to Source/CSpromod -dTm

2007-01-29 13:45

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Well, in my head this just isnt acceptable, how can you not prepare by playing official matches in online leagues... So what if you lose a few matches? I mean your team is as strong as it is.. I think more people will stop loving NiP because of a move like this, and not if you lose a few online matches..

2007-01-29 16:20

but what will happend with Nip?

2007-01-29 14:52

#9 you almost made me cry :S Ontopic: It's sad right now, but they will come back with an awesome team I think. NiP don't leave big tourney's for nothing.

2007-01-29 16:51

No they wont, but still they wont acknowledge that status they had whit all those fans. #12 Well NiP will be gaming in all big LAN events, to bad not SHG Open which is soon. But maybe Dreamhack ?

2007-01-29 19:54

that sucks man . =/

2007-01-29 19:56

quacks quacks

2007-01-29 20:08

i dont think after the practice they will come better :x

2007-01-29 23:31

lineup sucks, we won't see nip this year.

2007-01-30 08:46

hahahahahah !!! nip SUCKS!

2007-01-30 16:27

i dont get it, nip got a new lineup, and they stop playing online leagues and will not go to etc sgh open, they need mutch pracctise, so why did they quit the internet leagues?, are they afraid to loose or what? they got a realy good organisation and i dont think the leaders will kick the team because of bad internet results. so i dont realy get it, ofc this lineup is not the best but it's GOOD, and they will loos more insiders and fans when they dont play, this decision realy SUCKS!

2007-01-30 21:25

#22 loool drawback tao na merda amigo foxj basou de la rapaz -_-'

2007-01-31 20:08

redawn sao os melhores d portugal ker keiram ou nao....kanto aos comentarios FFs NiP lineup is = sh*t is just terrible ...and playing online ..that just a bad decision i think :X

2007-01-31 21:36