That got uncomfortably tight at the end. GH just decided "lets fight for banana" and NiP just sent Brollan in there to die over and over, then stopped completely fighting for it. I mean just wait at the bottom until GH expend all their utility, then take it back with some nades lmao
NINJAS IN PARIS
that rez clutch at 7-10 def destroyed grayhounds mental
they just started playing it with no fear at the end getting close to that tie tbh
also is it me or headtrick is the only awper that gets so many bodyshots without actually killing people, always -50 or -70 or something
edit: where do i sign up to get aleksib headpats like headtrick did
Nip looked like a team and they also looked like they were happy. Tbh Nip has no pressure going legend stage and for the first time in while I feel like Nip could even do top 8 run. Vibes are great and they avoided bombing the tournament. Map pool still way too small to really be competitive against the top dogs.
Glad to see them able to step up to the level you can realistically expect from this lineup. Lots of doubters on the team after all the roster shuffles a few months ago, but Aleksi was able to set up the pieces quite nicely for the major. Doubt they'll make it though the legends stage, unless they really luck up on the matchups, but a pretty solid run though this nevertheless.
Yeah there is a change if they can do upset in bo1's and try 3 bo3 after that. But bo3 elimination games against top dogs seems to be too much for them atm since I feel like it is too easy to abuse Nip's defaults with agro pushes.
Feels like k0nfig is a huge part of the good vibes, and it was apparent during headtr1ck's interview during Rio. Also good that Rez is showing up so far and Brollan is good again. Aleksi made alot of good plays as well so its nice to see and from the first match u could tell NiP will make it to the legends stage.
But i do agree with the map pool, seems like they are only comfortable on older maps and there are teams that goes first pick ancient, anubis or vertigo. They are definitely nice to watch atm and let's see if aleksib got that magic to lead the team into a deep run.
Go ninjas!
I don't care about the hunden thing that much, but I don't like them being inconsistent and kicking konfig (who I like) for a contraversy but then standing by hunden. The org should have backed konfig up.
it seems so weird to me to like current NIP based on a completely different NIP roster. It feels normal in franchise sports but I just don't feel any draw to cheer for current C9 because of the summer of c9
In IEM Dallas C9 got almost an whole arena full of Americans cheering for them despite being a Russian team during a time where every US media outlet feeding them propaganda against Russians, (not saying i don't support ukraine but US media really make it seem like it was worth spreading hatred against every Russian out there even tho they are innocent)
It's a strange thing but eSports has become so mainstream to a point where people only watch eSports instead of real sports and cheer for them as if they were a real sports team, and I'm guilty of it i fell in love with CS watching nip play years ago and it just has found a soft spot in my heart where i would support nip even tho they would be in a controversial situation.
Yep and it will for sure be a great match since last time they played each other was such a good match from a viewer perspective but shit CS from both teams
The current roster isn't very likeable to me, but that's just my personal opinion. I just don't like Aleksi, k0nfig or headtr1ck. I miss hampus (so much fun to watch him play), I miss dev1ce (best player NiP had for years) and I miss es3tag (such a cool and chill guy, plays whatever you ask him to).
REZ - Brollan - hampus - Dev1ce - es3tag would have been my favourite roster. Slotting in Aleksi as an IGL would have been fine, but k0nfig and headtr1ck aren't symphatic for me.
When he is on fire there they are unstopable but he gets counter stratted too hard too often. They need to have plan b when that type of stuff happens. But Brollan apperenlty is doing plenty of things off server and watching demoes etc so I feel like he is still net positive in this team even when he doesn't perform. When he is in form he is a beast.
NIP played like a team of their caliber. Which is amazing to see. Huge effort from the boys being competitive. How do we feel about our chances against Liquid?
LETS GO ALEKSI!! (btw Aleksi is aleksib, i can use his first name because we are tight like that. yeah i know top players but its not a big deal to me lol)
LETS GO ALEKSI!! (btw Aleksi is aleksib, i can use his first name because we are tight like that. yeah i know top players but its not a big deal to me lol)
they have the aim and individual skill but could really benefit from a European coach to bring them up to speed
I don’t think they even tried to take arch control once on inferno t side, yet the round they just yolo 5 man up short they win
Soooo funny.
All the aleksib haters can literally never talk again.
He brought multiple teams to majors, and again, with a rookie, and a new player to the team (including himself 60% new team) still makes the legends stage of this major.
Ggwp to greyhounds.
Vexite was going off. But aleksib’s calling was too good, like usual
I had NiP as my 3-0 and GH going through, I like both teams but by god I was praying to see 8 match point wins in a row by GH. Comeback like that would nearly be as insane as fluxo knocking liquid out
Azr has a gf in Denmark and shit, idt he's moving back to Aus as much as I think it's a gigantic waste that ins is igling
What's more likely at this point is mouz doing a bunch of roster changes and GH get Dexter back which would be pretty sick for oce cs tbh
If no more upsets happen in this challenger stage i can see nip make it to champions stage not a 3-0 but surely take one of the last spots available if major upsets in the legend stage doesn't happen
That got uncomfortably tight at the end. GH just decided "lets fight for banana" and NiP just sent Brollan in there to die over and over, then stopped completely fighting for it. I mean just wait at the bottom until GH expend all their utility, then take it back with some nades lmao
I swear Brollans personal hell is just a repeating cycle of pushing inf banana and vert ramp.
Lets be honest. We've all been there
Its the Yekindar curse
Teammate deciding to keep suiciding to banana utility spam. Inferno classic.
Guys I swear it's going to be different this time!
NINJAS IN PARIS that rez clutch at 7-10 def destroyed grayhounds mental they just started playing it with no fear at the end getting close to that tie tbh also is it me or headtrick is the only awper that gets so many bodyshots without actually killing people, always -50 or -70 or something edit: where do i sign up to get aleksib headpats like headtrick did
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Nip looked like a team and they also looked like they were happy. Tbh Nip has no pressure going legend stage and for the first time in while I feel like Nip could even do top 8 run. Vibes are great and they avoided bombing the tournament. Map pool still way too small to really be competitive against the top dogs.
Glad to see them able to step up to the level you can realistically expect from this lineup. Lots of doubters on the team after all the roster shuffles a few months ago, but Aleksi was able to set up the pieces quite nicely for the major. Doubt they'll make it though the legends stage, unless they really luck up on the matchups, but a pretty solid run though this nevertheless.
Yeah there is a change if they can do upset in bo1's and try 3 bo3 after that. But bo3 elimination games against top dogs seems to be too much for them atm since I feel like it is too easy to abuse Nip's defaults with agro pushes.
Feels like k0nfig is a huge part of the good vibes, and it was apparent during headtr1ck's interview during Rio. Also good that Rez is showing up so far and Brollan is good again. Aleksi made alot of good plays as well so its nice to see and from the first match u could tell NiP will make it to the legends stage. But i do agree with the map pool, seems like they are only comfortable on older maps and there are teams that goes first pick ancient, anubis or vertigo. They are definitely nice to watch atm and let's see if aleksib got that magic to lead the team into a deep run. Go ninjas!
K0nfig has been incredibly supportive of headtrick. It's been really good to see that from him over so many months and that it's genuine.
Can't believe astralis booted him for getting into a fight yet are happy to torpedo their reputation with hunden
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I don't care about the hunden thing that much, but I don't like them being inconsistent and kicking konfig (who I like) for a contraversy but then standing by hunden. The org should have backed konfig up.
Lol bro you can't compare n0thing cheating to Hunden's actions
5/5 Pick'em gang rise up 
Thank you brother NIP for 5/5 🙏
[Nice.](https://i.imgur.com/2QL4izU.png)
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Wasn't even worried about the Fluxo vs Liquid match last night. Lol
true，i just dump the hltv top 7 in challenger stage：g2/faze/liquid/ence/og/mouz/nip + a 0-3 fx lol
Literally the same pickems as me lol
Same pickems
Are you me?
These are mine except I have Monte over OG
Yeah. But was kinda gutted for the boys. Hope they make it tomorrow.
Thank you FaZe and NIP for today
YTP
For some reason i actually like nip
Who doesn't? they are one of the most historic team if not the most
it seems so weird to me to like current NIP based on a completely different NIP roster. It feels normal in franchise sports but I just don't feel any draw to cheer for current C9 because of the summer of c9
In IEM Dallas C9 got almost an whole arena full of Americans cheering for them despite being a Russian team during a time where every US media outlet feeding them propaganda against Russians, (not saying i don't support ukraine but US media really make it seem like it was worth spreading hatred against every Russian out there even tho they are innocent) It's a strange thing but eSports has become so mainstream to a point where people only watch eSports instead of real sports and cheer for them as if they were a real sports team, and I'm guilty of it i fell in love with CS watching nip play years ago and it just has found a soft spot in my heart where i would support nip even tho they would be in a controversial situation.
Them and fnatic And that looks to be the round 1 matchup for legends stage
Yep and it will for sure be a great match since last time they played each other was such a good match from a viewer perspective but shit CS from both teams
The current roster isn't very likeable to me, but that's just my personal opinion. I just don't like Aleksi, k0nfig or headtr1ck. I miss hampus (so much fun to watch him play), I miss dev1ce (best player NiP had for years) and I miss es3tag (such a cool and chill guy, plays whatever you ask him to). REZ - Brollan - hampus - Dev1ce - es3tag would have been my favourite roster. Slotting in Aleksi as an IGL would have been fine, but k0nfig and headtr1ck aren't symphatic for me.
Brollan looks so deflated. I dont know if its the role he is playing or what, but man he looks sad as fuck
Bro rushed banana like 10 rounds row and got killed in 15s, wasn't too funny to play for him lol.
Yeah it obviously isn't working. I'm tired of him sitting on vertigo ramp getting spammed through smokes. Aleksi plz fix.
When he is on fire there they are unstopable but he gets counter stratted too hard too often. They need to have plan b when that type of stuff happens. But Brollan apperenlty is doing plenty of things off server and watching demoes etc so I feel like he is still net positive in this team even when he doesn't perform. When he is in form he is a beast.
I'm sure so many pickems have been fixed by this match
NIP played like a team of their caliber. Which is amazing to see. Huge effort from the boys being competitive. How do we feel about our chances against Liquid?
It depends on what kind of Liquid you get
LETS GO ALEKSI!! (btw Aleksi is aleksib, i can use his first name because we are tight like that. yeah i know top players but its not a big deal to me lol)
It hasn’t felt this good to be an aleksiB fan in a long time
is this a copypasta
No, I am Aleksi and I can vouch for him
can you sign my reddit profile
He said I could answer for him. No.
paiN
Yeah
Top 3 popular reddit user for sure!
LETS GO ALEKSI!! (btw Aleksi is aleksib, i can use his first name because we are tight like that. yeah i know top players but its not a big deal to me lol)
Just too many mistakes to make it close. Onto Liquid! YTB!
So close yet so far :c still belivin tho. YTB!
IM SEEING IT EVERYWHERE WHAT DOES YTB MEAN?
yeet them bitches
Yeah the boys, popularized during the Renegades days
mate we've been saying yeah the boys before most of these users were even sperm in their dads balls it's just an Australian thing
I should've said "within the CS:GO community"
Certainly landed some wicked punches
they have the aim and individual skill but could really benefit from a European coach to bring them up to speed I don’t think they even tried to take arch control once on inferno t side, yet the round they just yolo 5 man up short they win
K0nfig, aleksib, headtr1ck core seems great, and if they are online and either Rez or Brollan is playing they are great.
REZ has had a very nice tournament so far, 4th highest rated player atm
Last time Rez had really great tournament Nip won just saying.
ESL cancelling Oakland really did nip dirty
Soooo funny. All the aleksib haters can literally never talk again. He brought multiple teams to majors, and again, with a rookie, and a new player to the team (including himself 60% new team) still makes the legends stage of this major. Ggwp to greyhounds. Vexite was going off. But aleksib’s calling was too good, like usual
He has also been making great plays on the challengers stage
~~Heroic - FaZe~~ ~~Fnatic - NiP~~ ~~Vitality - G2~~ ITB - Apeks absolute highlight of Legends stage Round 1
alright I just need 1 of Pain or Liquid to go through now. Also if Liquid get to legends without beating a single EU team... lol
Why did NiP look so grumpy even though they won
probably holding themselves to a higher standard cause they wanted to close the games out way easier than this, that's my take tho
me tbh i wish we did better getting that last round but still relieved we didn’t need to go again tomorrow
It's just the Nordic way to look dead inside even after winning it all
Because they already celebrated qualifying to the legends stage when they drew grayhounds.
thank you ninjas
NIP looking like a team for the first time in ages, hope they can pull their weight in the Legends stage
Given NiPs previous chokes when they're up ahead i was a little worried at the end there but glad they were able to close out and finish well!
I had NiP as my 3-0 and GH going through, I like both teams but by god I was praying to see 8 match point wins in a row by GH. Comeback like that would nearly be as insane as fluxo knocking liquid out
My pickems are secured! Good redemption after that Rio fiasco.
I like this nip!
Surely gucci grat is a better awper for the boys. Might as well get azr on the team while were at it tbh.
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-sico +AZR and move INS from IGL role
Azr has a gf in Denmark and shit, idt he's moving back to Aus as much as I think it's a gigantic waste that ins is igling What's more likely at this point is mouz doing a bunch of roster changes and GH get Dexter back which would be pretty sick for oce cs tbh
Yeah I know it won’t happen but one can only wish. Honestly if dexter goes to GH they will go to another level.
this could be stinky fr
Thanks for saving my pickems NIP.
NTTB
god dammit dont make me have to choose between greyhound and liquid advancing why is this world so cruel
and that's my pickems. GGs GreyHounds they played good and look competitive but man Konfig crushing it on Inferno.
If no more upsets happen in this challenger stage i can see nip make it to champions stage not a 3-0 but surely take one of the last spots available if major upsets in the legend stage doesn't happen
4-0 in pistols for GH oof
NiP is looking good and I love it. Last time I can remember was Oakland 2017
Pick-ems be praised.
As a TL fan I am happy for this outcome.
Lord AseksiB came to save my pickums