Ninjas in Pyjamas
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Short name | NiP |
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Founded |
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Based in | Stockholm |
Location | Sweden |
Owner | Hicham Chahine (CEO) |
Manager | Emil Christensen |
Partners | Betway, Asus ROG, FACEIT, Netgear, Twitch.tv, Panasonic Lumix |
Website |
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Ninjas in Pyjamas (abbreviated as NiP) is a professional esports organisation based in Sweden that are best known for their Counter-Strike teams. In 2012, the team reformed with a Counter Strike: Global Offensive lineup upon the release of the game. The NiP CS:GO team is anchored by former Fnatic players Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg and Christopher "GeT RiGhT" Alesund. Aside from Counter-Strike, the organisation has teams in Dota 2, Rainbow Six Siege, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, League of Legends, Fortnite Battle Royale, Paladins, and formerly in Overwatch.
History
Nicknames | NiP |
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Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
Founded | 2000 |
Folded | 2007 |
Head coach | Faruk "Pita" Pita |
Manager | Emil Christensen |
General manager | Johan Wältare |
Local media | ESL, Dreamhack |
Website | https://nip.gl |
Ninjas in Pyjamas were formed in June 2000.[1] Their biggest success was winning the 2001 Cyberathlete Professional League World Championships after an extremely close final with X3 (a forerunner to Team 3D). Ninjas in Pyjamas struggled to find a sponsor, and as a result, joined the prominent esports organization SK Gaming and were known by the names SK Scandinavia and later SK Sweden. At SK, they continued their success. The prize money from their tournament victories in 2003 totalled approximately US$170,000,[2][3][4][5] and every CPL event that year.
Feeling they could secure a larger share of sponsorship money, the team left SK in early 2005.[6] Later in the year, some members returned to SK Gaming, forcing NiP to replace them.
Emil Christensen with Tommy Ingemarsson, Managing Directors Peter Hedlund and Victor Lindqvist reformed NiP as a Swedish stock company in 2005, due to problems with SK. NiP continued to participate in international tournaments, placing high in many events. They signed some of the biggest sponsorship deals in the scene at that time. The team received about 100,000 members on their website in Europe during their first two years and was also the first team outside of Asia to enter the Asian market. Within six months, they had about 90,000 members on their Asian website. The team was among the most outspoken opponents to the change from the original version of Counter-Strike to the newer Counter-Strike: Source.
On November 13, 2015, NiP's parted ways with its Dota 2 team, consisting of Elias 'Sealkid' Merta, Jonas 'Jonassomfan' Lindholm, Adrian 'Era' Kryeziu, Simon 'Handsken' Haag and Linus 'Limmp' Blomdin.[7] The cited reason was disappointment over recent performances, as the team had failed to qualify for both The International 2015 and Frankfurt Major.[8] Since then, NiP have had two Dota 2 teams, one formed in 2017 that disbanded later that year, as well as another formation in 2018.[9]
Rosters
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
ID | Name | Join date |
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Patrik Lindberg | 2012-08-10 [10] | |
Christopher Alesund | ||
Fredrik Sterner | 2017-06-12 [11] | |
Dennis Edman | 2018-02-13 [12] | |
Jonas Olofsson | 2018-06-05 [13] | |
Faruk Pita | 2018-02-01 [14] |
Dota 2
ID | Name | Join date |
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Marcus Hoelgaard | 2018-09-17[15] | |
Adrian Trinks | ||
Neta Shapira | ||
Martin Sazdov | ||
Peter Dager |
Rainbow Six Siege
ID | Name | Join date |
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João Gomes | 2018-06-11 [16] | |
Gustavo Rigal | ||
Pedro Dutra | ||
Wagner Alfaro | ||
Julio Giacomell | ||
Andre Cardoso |
League of Legends
ID | Name | Join date |
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Rafael Adl Zarabi | 2018-06-03 [17] | |
Magnus Kristensen | ||
Emil Larsson | ||
Ludvig Granquist | ||
Aleksi Kaikkonen | ||
Max Temminck | ||
Robin Jedhammar |
Paladins
ID | Name | Join date |
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Erik Sjösten | 2017-09 [18] | |
Malkolm Rench | ||
Dylan Chainski | 2018-06-14 | |
Ted Hansson | 2018-08-31 [19] | |
Kerim “Kcruncy” Kerimov |
PLAYERUNKOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
ID | Name | Join date |
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Justin McNally | 2018-09-21[20] | |
Laurynas Rudys | ||
Alex Gouge | ||
Laurynas Kisielius | ||
Martin Lundén |
Fortnite Battle Royale
ID | Name | Join date |
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Anastasios Timpanidis | 2018-07-26 [21] | |
Dean Lawrence | ||
Patrick Heiberg | ||
Max Rosenlind | ||
Hennes Heijmans |
References
- ↑ Archived April 14, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Archived June 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "CYBERFIGHT.ORG / Coverages @ Cyberfight.ru". Archived from the original on April 27, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2006.
- ↑ "The CPL Pentium® 4 Processor Summer 2003 Championship - Review - UKTerrorist". Archived from the original on February 23, 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2006.
- ↑ Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Archived November 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "DOTA2 Announcement". Ninjas in Pyjamas. November 13, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Fischer, Annabelle (November 13, 2015). "Ninjas in Pyjamas' Dota 2 team disbands". TheScore eSports. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ "A new era is coming". nip.gl. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ↑ "NiP returns for CS:GO". hltv.org.
- ↑ "friberg out of NiP — REZ joins". Fragbite.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ↑ "Announcement: Roster change Ninjas in Pyjamas : Ninjas in Pyjamas". Ninjas in Pyjamas. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- ↑ Petter Nilsson. "Lekr0 Arrives to Ninjas in Pyjamas!". Nip.gl. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ↑ "Announcement NiP.CS: Coaching team changes and expansion : Ninjas in Pyjamas". Ninjas in Pyjamas. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ↑ "A new era is coming". nip.gl. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ↑ "Ninjas in Pyjamas acquires a team in Rainbow Six". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2018-06-11. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
- ↑ "We return to the Rift". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
- ↑ "Ninjas in Pyjamas Enters Paladins Premier League with WESA : Ninjas in Pyjamas". Ninjas in Pyjamas. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
- ↑ "The Paladins Roster Gets Two New Members". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
- ↑ "NiP Welcomes A Brand New PUBG Squad". nip.gl. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ↑ "NiP signs a Fortnite Roster". nip.gl. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
External links
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by EMS One Katowice 2014 Virtus.pro |
ESL One Cologne 2014 winner 2014 |
Succeeded by DreamHack Winter 2014 Team LDLC.com |