NiP see off ESC to win NorthCon
By: MIRAA
Time: 2012-12-16 02:20
Event: NorthCon 2012
Game: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Ninjas in Pyjamas have won their sixth consecutive international title after defeating ESC Gaming in the NorthCon final.

On de_train_se, NiP picked the highly-favoured CT side for the first half, and they got off to a great start in the match, winning the pistol round as they defused the bomb with two ESC players still alive.

Despite giving a good account of themselves in the early stages of the game, ESC were seeing all those close rounds going the way of NiP, who strolled to a 5-0 lead. In the sixth round, the Polish team pulled out all the stops and went for a straight rush onto the outer bombsite, planting the bomb with all 10 players still alive and successfully holding down the site to get their first round of the match.

However, NiP did not let ESC gain any momentum, restoring a five-round lead to break the Poles' economy and force them to make a double save. The Swedish team remained in the driving seat for the remainder of the first half as they boasted a staggering 14-1 lead at half-time.

Now on CT side, ESC found a lifeline when they won the first two rounds, reducing the deficit to 11 rounds, but their dreams were crushed immediately after, with NiP taking two rounds in a row to win the map 16-3.


NiP add yet another title to their cabinet

Both teams then moved on to de_mirage_csgo, where ESC Gaming started out the better and won the pistol round after their rush onto the B bombsite caught NiP by surprise, courtesy of Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, who picked up four kills. After ESC added the second round to their tab, NiP then pulled one back following some impressive eco play.

A lot of rounds were then exchanged between the two teams as neither side could stamp their authority on the game, but in the latter stages of the first half, NiP were able to counter most of ESC's strategies, with the scoreboard showing 10-5 in their favour at the break.

In the second half, NiP went for a full A rush in the pistol round which completely tore apart ESC's defensive setup. The Swedish team went on to add the next two rounds, and with the scoreline now 13-5 in their favour, the Polish team knew they had a mountain to climb to turn the score around in this match.

NiP then made it 15-5 to become just one round away from winning the tournament, and even though ESC were able to win a round of their own, it was simply too little, too late, as the Swedes walked out 16-6 winners to return home €5,000 richer.

Result
NorthCon 2012
NiP
2
ESC Gaming
0

 
NiP
K - D
+/-
HS %
Rating
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
39-19
+20
43.6
1.50
Richard 'Xizt' Landström
41-21
+20
48.8
1.44
Adam 'friberg' Friberg
36-20
+16
61.1
1.31
 

 
ESC Gaming
K - D
+/-
HS %
Rating
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
28-35
-7
57.1
0.89
Jakub 'kuben' Gurczynski
22-36
-14
40.9
0.66
Filip 'Neo' Kubski
13-32
-19
61.5
0.50
Mariusz 'Loord' Cybulski
10-36
-26
40.0
0.32
 

NorthCon 2012 final standings:

1. Ninjas in Pyjamas - €5,000
2. ESC Gaming - €2,500
3. fm.TOXiC - €1000
4. CPLAY - €500
5-6. MaxFloPlay
5-6. gamed!de

by: jOELZ
#1
easy
2012-12-16 02:21:00
GeT_BoReD
2012-12-16 05:29:40
indeed.

those tournaments are so exciting, you never know who wins.
2012-12-16 10:06:59
Statistics please!
Sorry for "borrowing" your post joelz ;)
2012-12-16 12:42:03
too ez
2012-12-16 02:21:26
congratulations...
2012-12-16 02:21:27
by: Sal2k
#4
well done again ninjas, and ESC aswell!
2012-12-16 02:22:12
how does the nip-train?

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2012-12-16 02:22:58
by: Dok1
#14
haha :)
2012-12-16 02:26:59
Haha , niceee !
:D
2012-12-16 02:41:38
haha, choooo chooooooooooooooooo
2012-12-16 03:05:49
lol
2012-12-16 06:15:51
:D
2012-12-16 09:31:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZj9erCJtS0

Post edited 2012-12-16 10:14:27
2012-12-16 10:14:08
:D
2012-12-16 10:33:27
l0l
2012-12-16 19:25:08
horrible english + joke stolen from german caster Knochen..
2012-12-18 14:23:55
yes my english is not the yellow from the egg but it goes
2012-12-18 14:48:00
ESC getting better congrats from begining they were sooo baddd lool
2012-12-16 02:23:26
gettin better against others...


they got raped LOL
2012-12-16 10:14:57
:o
NiP? i'm surprised
GJ ESC! keep improving! top 2 really nice result

Post edited 2012-12-16 02:24:36
2012-12-16 02:23:32
How many wins NiP have on lan right now ?
2012-12-16 02:24:40
by: MIRAA - HLTV.org
#11
Around 50
2012-12-16 02:26:10
Have they lost any LAN match so far?
People say no.
But I am almost sure they lost from BuggIT on Steelseries :GO event but I am not sure. Can someone check this? :)
2012-12-16 02:28:39
no they didnt.
2012-12-16 02:29:37
On lan they are undefetead,they have 50 wins in a row.
The closest match on lan was against mouz.UK 16-14 on d2 if i remember well.
2012-12-16 02:32:33
by: snph
#32
against curse 18:15 :P
2012-12-16 02:35:43
19-15 online, though i think they have had several 16-14 wins
2012-12-16 02:46:16
Yeah,maybe you're right,i think that are 2 or 3 games 16-14,but mouz.UK was they only one with a chance to put NiP's first loss on table.
2012-12-16 11:15:51
by: Jonathan E. - HLTV.org
#50
If I remember correctly the loss against BuggIT was under the name of Rockstar during the Go for Steelseries event and the lineup was also different.
2012-12-16 02:53:11
Yes my bad I checked it. Thanks for providing all these information.
2012-12-16 02:56:50
they lost to schenider's team in thor quals 16:14 on dd2_se. http://www.hltv.org/news/9298-nip-lose-to-sy-b-in-.. its ofc online match and if im not mistaken their only lose.

Post edited 2012-12-16 08:51:09
2012-12-16 08:49:06
56 maps
2012-12-16 02:29:41
58 actually.
2012-12-16 02:30:45
I'm too tired to check that, I'm almost sure it's 56, I might be wrong though.

E: You're right, I forgot the semifinals (before this event it was 48)

Post edited 2012-12-16 02:32:58
2012-12-16 02:32:24
very bad game from the esc, im disappointed with the golden five

they didnt even tried to use some movement or tactics..... ;/
2012-12-16 02:25:40
Still they showed amazing performance in group stages. Second place isn't bad.
2012-12-16 10:30:22
they played against shit teams in the grp stage lololol
2012-12-16 13:33:15
Glad to see the polish guys finally taking a 2nd place =D gg Ninjas!

Post edited 2012-12-16 02:26:10
2012-12-16 02:25:56
CSGO = CSNiP

2012-12-16 02:26:53
CS 1.X rulers aswell, but before your time mb ?
2012-12-16 02:30:34
But not like they are "ruling" nowadays in CSGO. I follow the cs scene since 2005.
2012-12-16 02:34:51
you also had a more stable scene then too, not teams getting used to the game
2012-12-16 03:23:42
by: Dok1
#16
NiPway2strong
2012-12-16 02:27:49
16-3
16-6

lol esc still bad
2012-12-16 02:27:57
Getting to the final and making it for the second place for an underdog team (in csgo of course) is a bad result? I don't get your logic...
2012-12-16 02:51:22
People can't by looking at the result of this tournament tell if ESC have become better. People that does so is deluded.

The teams attending this tournament was mostly below top10 teams and the level was way lower than that of ESWC and DH etc. So them getting second place was a must and doesn't show if they have become better since the competition was way easier.

Teams missing:

Curse
Curse.US
Dynamic
CPH Wolves
Verygames
ex-Mouz.uk
Mouz.de
fnatic
Alternate
n!faculty
Target Down
Ases
Lemondogs
Guadians-team :)

Only 2 other teams from cadreds top10 (sorry for refering) was present at the event...

Post edited 2012-12-16 08:51:07
2012-12-16 08:49:39
Guardians team = my.DKB.net?
2012-12-16 09:57:41
Ye can never remember the letters in their name :). Not a really "sticky" name they got them selfes.
2012-12-16 10:44:16
Yeah agreed, not that sticky name. But would really love to see more of dkb.net They were really good actually(beating VG)
2012-12-16 11:46:02
its DGB not DKB lool
2012-12-16 17:52:55
nfaculty lol half the teams are low in your list

Post edited 2012-12-16 12:10:55
2012-12-16 12:10:26
he's a troll from cadred (saucer)
2012-12-16 10:08:58
lol k huge userid
2012-12-16 22:40:13
yeah your team would do so much better
2012-12-17 00:48:10
what does that have to do with anything?
am i a pro gamer? no, i have a good job im happy with. just because im not a professional player i cant criticize those that are?
2012-12-17 03:07:02
Well played ESC, you guys improved so much in such a short time. Just keep it up and next tournament will be yours.
2012-12-16 02:29:58
raped by NiP = improved?
2012-12-16 10:16:49
who is not being raped from NiP actually?
2012-12-16 11:55:09
Curse
2012-12-16 16:16:37
"NiP picked the highly-favoured CT froe in the first half, and they got off to a great in the match" - I guess this needs few tweaks here and there ("for" and "got off to a great start" right?)

Post edited 2012-12-16 02:31:26
2012-12-16 02:31:18
Yeah yeah :D
2012-12-16 04:04:36
only 5000? that is barely enough to cover the accomodation + travelling??
2012-12-16 02:34:19
Lol yes. Its not far to go to Germany from Sweden
2012-12-16 02:36:45
Well i think they get most of their money from sponsors, if average pricepool is around 20k and 10+ teams attend there wouldnt be no point otherwise.
2012-12-16 08:52:58
so easy f0rest strong
2012-12-16 02:35:27
i dont understand how esc are playing (and not only esc, a lot of players).
1) they are spraying in a game with wtf recoil, why dont they tap?
2) i cant believe what im seeing when i see their movement, they always move like there is noone there. there are MANY spots where you can expect enemy and players always move hello ill just check if someone is here. they dont actually expect them, just check if theyre there. for me thats like wtf, when youre moving forward as terrorists you should always believe the player is right there and show in the way that gives you advantage and be super ready to shoot. but they arent. and fix the recoil, my head hurts when i see 600 hours+ training and when players are spraying they dont hit a shit.
2012-12-16 02:35:29
Nip sure do hit everything
2012-12-16 02:37:37
GeT_RiGhT hits almost everything with a spray even on longer distances. Maybe it's just about people not being able to adapt ;)
2012-12-16 02:39:10
gtr has the best spray control in go so far ive seen
2012-12-16 02:51:35
Yea but he has like way over 1000 hours played when ESC doesnt have even half of that.
2012-12-16 08:54:40
Other pros can do the same, he deserves to be the best, because he does all he has to
2012-12-16 09:05:46
if it was only GTR

friberg and xizt made longrange sprays and made kills a lot of times

Post edited 2012-12-16 10:26:00
2012-12-16 10:18:12
i dont think long sprays are problem


to me, it seems normal to hold fire of your AK until the enemy dies, at least in real life on midrange you would definitely do it :)
2012-12-16 10:20:37
I don't like the competitive scene of CS:GO and I think of it as a casual game still I ignored that, when I've seen the match on train ( didn't saw second map cuz it was gettin boring as hell )

I saw friberg and Xizt doing a lot of times sprays in long distance instead of tapping

Actually, I think I didn't even saw a single tapping from those 2 in train LOL

PS: I saw through northcon's stream although I have CS:GO...

Post edited 2012-12-16 10:26:34
2012-12-16 10:25:13
You would do it in real life, because your opponent will be dead (unable to shoot, at least) after first bullet hits his leg. In CS you take much more bullets and you are still able to kill with one single precise shot :)

And that's why you should never compare games with real life, dear kids.
2012-12-16 15:10:42
what i wanted to say was that spraying is a lot more random than in 1.6 (and i dont care if they make the same recoil or not, but watching pros fail@spray every round just sux, that happened rarely in 1.6). even if gtr is good at spraying i guess he still misses a lot
2012-12-16 14:35:37
f0rest and fifflaren mvp
2012-12-16 02:40:06
nip have won

dh winter 2012
thor open 2012
dh qualifier valencia
northcon 2012
eswc 2012
amd sapphire
thor open qualifier #6
eswc nordic qualifier
go4csgo cup #6

anything else? :D
2012-12-16 02:41:07
world
2012-12-16 02:46:07
the swedish SteelSeries CS:GO tournament
2012-12-16 02:51:28
easy win
2012-12-16 02:43:30
That was sick and unreal...ESC couldn't play stable.
Good job NiP...
2012-12-16 02:43:40
sooooooooo surprised
2012-12-16 02:48:23
Great to see ESC finally getting a podium finish in GO.
2012-12-16 03:06:09
But in this case it's like getting second in the FA-cup.
2012-12-16 08:52:46
NiP is OP! :P Commiserations to ESC. Good luck in the next tournament.
2012-12-16 03:20:35
Who sayed that ESC won't come back, cha good job by them. I hope other teams improve and will make tournaments more competetive. GL 4 ESC on improving with gameplay :)

Post edited 2012-12-16 03:25:11
2012-12-16 03:24:04
this game is not competitive
no emotion
bye
2012-12-16 03:48:26
+1
2012-12-16 10:19:12
The game got emotional situations, but to predicting and onesided when NiP's just demolishing every single team with their individual raw skill like they pretty much were less than nothing..

...for now. :dd

Post edited 2012-12-16 03:56:29
2012-12-16 03:54:24
NiP ruled early 1.6.... NiP rules early CSGO :) history repeats itself
2012-12-16 04:26:20
+
2012-12-16 04:35:12
Correct.. :D
2012-12-16 05:34:32
lol

It will take so many time to take out NiP from their winningstreak that I believe NiP will win everything until CS:GO dies

In other worlds it will make the scene BORING!

Post edited 2012-12-16 10:20:26
2012-12-16 10:20:00
for u maybe, im enjoying it very much xD
2012-12-16 13:36:56
so when fnatic, nip1.6, sk, noa, navi, were winning everything it wasnt boring?

Post edited 2012-12-16 22:42:48
2012-12-16 22:42:35
I think you can't catch what I'm saying...
NiP will not dominate 1 year...


They will dominate more than 1/2 years...
Btw all of those teams didn't win ALL OF THE EVENTS IN THEIR PRIME they have entered which is something that NiP is doing...
2012-12-16 23:03:41
nip ruled 1.3, 1.5 and mid 1.6, in early 1.6 SK ruled :D
2012-12-16 19:55:29
My Opinion

NIP would be better with barbarr awp and moddi riffle..

GeT_RiGhT
f0rest
Xizt
MODDII ( Best fnatic for csgo very good riffle )
BARBARR ( Which is for me the best awp on csgo )

It is just my opinion after each his ;)

Post edited 2012-12-16 04:47:25
2012-12-16 04:46:25
switch barbarr for friiiiiis, and its truly a wonderteam
2012-12-16 05:31:11
Have you been watching NiP??? Fif and Fri have had some amazing clutches and can be extremely consistent. I would still take those two over moddii and barbarr --- the team as it is IS very balanced with good chemistry. Why screw it up ;)

Post edited 2012-12-16 06:08:16
2012-12-16 06:07:30
by: CyYy
#75
barbarr is far from the best awper in csgo.
2012-12-16 08:25:24
+1
2012-12-16 08:56:41
lol barbarr
2012-12-16 11:48:30
gj GTR
2012-12-16 05:32:10
ESC played well... from group stage Losers few weeks ago they made it to the final.. GG.. whu knows.. nxt time they might beat NiP
2012-12-16 05:36:00
nevah
2012-12-16 10:15:27
Still raped by a lot and everyone were expecting for them to put like 8/12 rounds against NiP

And you say they have improved?
2012-12-16 10:21:41
nerf nip
2012-12-16 05:52:28
less ECS won €2,500
2012-12-16 05:53:10
GeT_WpIeRdOl
2012-12-16 07:26:59
Fifflaren mvp of the tournament
2012-12-16 08:05:30
gg nip wp
2012-12-16 08:33:56
Why isn't there any stats? Not even for a single match
2012-12-16 09:22:21
GG
2012-12-16 10:07:05
if esc will go on like this, they will probably beat verygames next time(when the both teams will participate) and maybe win a map against NiP
2012-12-16 10:32:00
very games is a lot better for now,they improve their game too , their team play and skill is clearly not in same league, esc play like bot

if vg sucks against nip imo it's big part cause of their igl , their game so easy to read

Post edited 2012-12-16 11:59:11
2012-12-16 11:49:33
If aliens were to challenge us virtually 5on5 in a new game, these 5 would be my weapon of choice.
2012-12-16 10:35:01
so NiP have officially broken 2003 SK Gaming's record for consecutive maps won on LAN?

surprized no news titles about this huge achievement

i could see myself watching a NiP tribute video in a few years just like i watched the old SK movie in 2004 and having the same feeling
2012-12-16 11:22:15
And Anexis have failed again.
2012-12-16 11:23:10
So the fortune teller was right!
2012-12-16 11:43:57
I only watch GO because i want to see who finally beats NiP in a lan game :33
2012-12-16 11:46:51
i think we can say that teams who beat them online are hacking, it feel funny some unknown players have won against nip when pro teams training hard have a hard time to win more than 5 rounds.

Post edited 2012-12-16 12:06:03
2012-12-16 12:00:07
boring game
2012-12-16 12:03:11
bros who cares how much they won the playing a watered down cs... we'll look back at this just like that VG line up u guys talk about..no credibility if u win in a shitty version of cs plus they u started months b4 the whole scene.
2012-12-16 12:05:26
+1
2012-12-16 12:28:11
get yo facts straight yo
2012-12-16 13:40:07
these facts are straight ;)
2012-12-18 15:00:37
it's easier to play against cheaters than against nip
2012-12-16 12:10:43
corinthians win
2012-12-16 14:24:48
Fragmovie from that tournament will be sick !!! Two action by loord vs cplay !!!
2012-12-16 14:27:15
Easy 4 NiP, they are unstoppable
2012-12-16 14:59:24
ezzzzzzzz
2012-12-16 16:03:15
NiP won?!
2012-12-16 18:06:02
NIP is so strong ... I watched final and I love rush by friberg and gtr its was so sick ! 2013 will be dominating by NIP like it is now.
2012-12-16 18:37:21
keep improving ESC! you are doing great job

GO NIP!
2012-12-16 19:11:23
would love to see a match esc vs verygames, I think they could beat them by now
2012-12-16 19:23:38
just, no.

VG + Img sure will be the teams to watch in the next couple of weeks/months.
2012-12-16 19:28:17
- Watching NiP vs ESC
- Game starts...
- kenshin: NiP will win..
- Minutes after..
- NIP WINS.
- FUCK YEA.
2012-12-16 21:17:16
f0rest dA KING <3
2012-12-17 19:13:06
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