Official: NiP to try out new players
Ninjas in Pyjamas have confirmed that they will try out new players in the future as they look for a potential replacement for Mikail "Maikelele" Bill.
Earlier on Friday, reports in Sweden emerged about Mikail "Maikelele" Bill possibly being on his way out of NiP, just days after the team's disappointing campaign at IOS Pantamera, where they finished next to last in their group.
The Swedish AWPer will act as a stand-in for Orbit at this weekend's Nordic Masters event, which means that he will most likely miss NiP's double StarSeries header against HellRaisers and EnVyUs, on Sunday.
Maikelele
Maikelele's spot on the team is currently in doubt
And while NiP state that Maikelele is still part of the team, they will "try out" new players in the next few days to see if they can find a better fit.
"The Ninjas in Pyjamas CS:GO team are going to try out new players for the time being, to see if there is a possibility that they find a better line-up than the one they have today," a statement from NiP reads.
"Maikelele is a great talent and a very good player, but lacks a certain amount of experience that is required in order to have a permanent spot in the NiP line-up."Much more than pure talent is required in order to play professionally on an international level.
"Maikelele is still a part of NiP and has been informed of his shortcomings and now has a chance of working on them. In other words, the CS:GO team still consists of the same five players, but we are open to trying new players for the upcoming period of time.
"Maikelele adapted well to the CS:GO team, meaning there are no other aspects to this decision but the sporting ones that are the base of this evaluation period."
Maikelele was recruited on a trial basis in November following the retirement of Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson and helped the team to win ASUS ROG Winter last month with stunning performances that saw him named the event's Most Valuable Player.
During his time in NiP, the Swedish giants have also finished second at DreamHack Winter and MLG X Games Aspen, but a disappointing campaign at IOS Pantamera could have spelled the end of his time on the team.
NiP currently have the following roster:
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund
Related videos:
Richard 'Xizt' Landström
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
1433
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.65
APR:
0.17
Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
721
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.64
APR:
0.14
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1484
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.64
APR:
0.15
Robin 'Fifflaren' Johansson
Age:
31
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
537
KPR:
0.60
DPR:
0.60
APR:
0.15
Adam 'friberg' Friberg
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
1371
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.67
APR:
0.16
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Age:
30
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
1455
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.65
APR:
0.13
wow
edit: goodbye mikail we hardly knew ye :(
edit 2: lol hltv get your *** together.
Inb4 HLTV.org releases Miraa ^^
This is the dumbest decision in eSports history
+1
nope
Lol no
As stupid it may seem, it may bring amazing results in the long run.
kthxbye
i can totaly agree with you ... Nip are acting like the biggest retards at the moment ...
and Maikelele is a bit of a bitch for staying around imo, "yeah you know, we tried this for a few months and we dont really think you're good enough and want to try out some new players. But pls stick around in case we dont find anyone better, now please get out of our face and play for orbit or some shit". Show some character maikel!
Either they find a replacement for Maikelele (and why? Maikel has been doing a lot better than Friberg the past few months), and in that case he's kicked from the team.
Or, they don't find a suitable replacement, and what the hell is he going to feel like then? "Oh, we don't really want to play with you, but we couldn't find anything better..".
Anyone who has ever read even half a management book knows that NiP is handling this situation horribly.
I'd like to reveal another aspect of this topic, namely the dissapointment of NiP players and management. I think they are really dissapointed for some reason, because they started to search a new fifth player 1, Like this 2, Just 4 weeks before Katowice.
Something is terribly went wrong within the team and if this negative attitude continues I won't be surprised if GTR or f0rest retires.
Maikelele can only perform if they let him loose in the game so he may do what he wants, hes not good at following a playbook. And if Maik has to what he wants it holds the other players back as we can see on GT and friberg.
+1
Maikel was one of the main reasons NiP was performing, but at the same time if he played like shit then NiP will not perform as well.
Look at DHW, at the final he almost carried NiP to win, until the team screwed up and started to overextend on Overtime which costs NiP the title.
Also at ROG he carried the whole team to the podium.
Then at pantamera when he sucks so bad, the team lost terribly
I still remember just back before DHW, people say like "NiP don't need star players, they have GTR & f0rest" and now they release this statement.
Why can't they find a suitable strat for the team, instead of shuffling players like them brits
Disappointed af with this statement
who are you to judge if its a dumb decision? do you know how things are happening in the team? they clearly have a reason for what they do, theyre not stupid people
No, they are not stupid, but the way the whole ordeal is being handled is far worse than what could be expected of such a respectable organisation. This ambivalence is nothing but harmful for the team, and NiPs image. It's a kick or keep type scenario with teams, not "well, maybe, we'll see if we find someone better".
r u mad becauz of skinez wokbokie? LOL! ty for it :)))
oh
expected, cya toxic kid
called it since day1
idiots, maikelele was good
nt maikelele
nobody ever said that he is a bad player.
Why do silvers not understand that skill isnt the only thing a top player needs?
LOL EXPECTED
RIP
The WAATTT of the month.
lmao
sad
Lol... Learn to read between the lines. It's not even reading between the lines at this point. You have to be german or slightly autistic at this point to still think he's likely to remain.
i arent think that
if you're going to quote something, generally you quote what was actually stated...
or you use quotes to show the essence of a statement.. it might be incorrect to do so, but its the same with slang.. its there and beeing a nazi about it doesnt change the fact that that is how people understand it.
rest in rip in rip in resting pieces
New here?
Dude. He wrote it like that on porpuse
hltv is the wrong site for you m8
that lasted long
TL DR
expected
hm? "Maikelele is still a part of NiP and has been informed of his shortcomings and now has a chance of working on them."
edit: they changed title so i look like an idiot now ;PPP
Rekt
They didn't release Maikelele though? Did you even read the statement?
woa
esport.aftonbladet.se/team/ninjas-in-pyj.. He is still in the team, they don't have anyone to replace him with yet.
Omg its just a rumor wtf miraa hltv deaded y news
strange o_O
or dennis; if neither of the 2: disband
lol wtf
top kek, that fail
So who will take his spot? Schneider?
"but we are open to trying new players for the upcoming period of time."
f0rest I added you, you can try me hard.
if anything they should be trying out new players for the position of Xizt, not maikelele.
You know a player can't be bad when he can at least carry a tier 2 team. I haven't seen any of those possible candidates, namely twist schneider or delpan, carry their tier 2 as hard as maikelele did before nip. Remember when maikelele and delpan used to be in property the former was the one carrying hard at every game while the latter was sucking.
What i mean is if you can't even carry your tier 2 team, i don't see what you can offer more than maikelele.
Delpan :)
Wont be pyth
politics man its all about networking.
money talks
I don't think so, use twitter :D
gyazo.com/1787130ae374a0a4cf4dc448691117..
Ok IMO this isn't the best choice ever, but no one seems to understand, that this is the chance for Maikelele to get a grip of himself and start to improve his game and his choice making if he wants to keep that spot under NiP's wing. Or he might break and don't really give a duck about them. Well we will see I'm out. Peace.
He was a solid player for NiP and was topping the scoreboard on many occasions. Even though many people underestimated the impact that chemistry has on a team's performance (Fifflaren), looking for alternatives to maikelele because they've had a stint of bad results is a very poor decision. You don't just add a player and demand great results straight away. It's not how it works. You have to rebuild strats around the new player, form a new team chemistry and balance as well as allow for the new player to settle in.
I wonder if this may be a move forced by the hand of sponsors for NiP to be the best again.
i can see this being a bad move by nip. they want instant result which reminds me of the SK era at the end of 2011 - 2012 when they replaced delpan with dennis then trace looking for quick result but end up winning nothing. But this is never going to work. Look at VP they sucked in the early months with byali and snax then after a few months they won katowice. And its not like NiP had a bad start after adding maikelele, they went into finals 3 times in 2 months ffs.
so... Maikelele (Eksem) is not experienced enough to play in nip they say? Tell me more about fnatics counter-strike experience in comparison. f0rest GT and Xizt is more or less the only "elite" players left from the swedish 1.6 scene. I would assume that they are searching for an awper (unless they ditch the awp) and in that case I can only think of delpan or possibly another scandinavian player. Maybe a danish one?
FIFFLAREN COMEBACK
It's like if nip WANTS to be shit... without letting him adjust to the team, they still finished in good terms in some majors thanks to him. im gonna stop talking shit before HeatoN knocks on my door
So "we are not kicking him we are just going to try out every other option and if we find something better bitch be gone". I hope they find someone else because I doubt maikelele will ever be able to play at a good level with the thought that as soon as something new comes he's gone..
hahahah I wish that i could laugh at those blind fanboys who were talking that it was just a rummor, mekelelelele best etc etc... hahahaha
On topic, expected, and needed as never before, forest gtr and co are back on tracks, but they need somebody who has their level of play, and not some 2nd tier toxic MM heroes such as Mekelelele...
not a major but only slightly smaller than mlg and such really
gl guyz
REAL inc
still a beast
fuckin disgusting and unfair
without maikelele out of group in mlg and asus rog
Get right and xizt performance worse than maikelele
There was fifflaren, he was bad and BAD. Lelelele is insane but not good enough for them?. May be NiP is going to be DONE
i like NiP but this is fucked up move, its like hey maikelele we wanna replace you but dont go out just yet, we wanna see if we can find someone better than you first. if you wanna kick maikelele out do it. dont fucking tell the kid to stick around just in case you didnt find someone better
Silly decision and wrongful to put the blame on Maikelele for the recent tournament placings. There's other people on the team that has failed to perform and they don't even have the excuse of being new to the team.
About time to take a look in the mirror and face some hard facts instead of looking for a god-carry.
Only try allu. No need to try anyone else.
Keppo
i fucking ate fribergs mcdonalds and they kicked me
:(
Maybe they're looking for a pure awp-man like kennyS/jw.
I think Maikelele miss a lot of awp shot in big match.
But overall, he is a good player
NIP NiKolinho sounds great !
fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-a..
Confirmed! ;D
imagine KennyS comes and does not have language problem.
this statement is so dumb haha, everything always depended on gtr f0rest friberg, the 5 player is less important. . .the only thing of which Maikel was lacking was confidence
It can't be due to attitude. He always has a similar look about himself, no matter what. Whiffing 6 straight shots he still looks confident...
GTR on the other hand looks like he is going to cry every time things start to go against them. GTR's body language and facial expressions go from over confident, to I have given up way too often.
its offical, FUCK YES! inb4 second place katowice.
imgur.com/UmETtTM
in before?
fiffy took lessons from kenny and is making comeback now
heard it here first
How do I apply?
To NiP
smfc in MM, online hero, never been on lan (but i can win every online quali/tourn. cuz german)
my english is pretty good...swedish not so...i just know "fet fitta"
write me a message
NIP line up going to SK Gaming.
Time for Angeldust to make a comeback
schneider maybe?
Twist
Although i thought maikelele would fit in.
Maikelele is a very good rifler as well,but they want him to play the awp,dedicated.
Twist is 1 level ahead of him, considering both awping and rifling skills. On the other side in current nip lineup, forest is also much much better with awp, but if nip would make him as main awper, they will loose their best rifler...
So makelele needs to be replaced by Twist ASAP ! Doubt about delpan, knowing his inconsistency... He can deliver sometimes, but as long as motivations is high, otherwise ...
This is literally RETARDED.
When NIP were loosing hard with Fifflaren they didn't even think about changing the roster (5th player) but worked on their strats/gameplay. But now when they have Maikelele (imo better sniper than Fifflaren, he may yet not be adjusted to this kind of AAA level gameplay he is kind of promising succesfull player)they start to go literally NUTS.
In 2 of 3 last tournaments Maikelele were the biggest surprise in NiP (after their vacation etc.) He's been top fragging/entry fragging/getting important picks.
So after 1 lost tournament where whole NiP performer poorly(yes performed poorly because they could win ESL cologne in 4 players [9-44 fiffy]) they want to find more suitable player for them? Who? Twist? Schneider?(not very good past with him).
I'm not really judging any side but in my opinion problem lies within other 4 players and their old habits? (used to play in stable 5, still using same strats?)
This is most likely looks like back-stab from NiP and literally beign childish. IMO they won't get better AWPER unless they get JW
Swedish/NA scene drama. We lose tournament let's change roster :D
Hate incoming in 5..4..3..2..1
+1
You wouldn't expect such a terrible move from NiP out of all but I guess nobody is bullet-proof for making dumb decisions.
He has been playing well but the problem is that although his highs are very high, in between those he makes silly mistakes, especially as ct. Getting a lot of frags is nice but if you lose rounds as CT because one guy is playing like he has 10 redbulls in him, and rushes in for retakes alone etc or takes 1v2 fights when backup is on the way.. then its a problem.
Maikelele seems to be so fired up sometimes that he cant help himself, he just goes for it. I think this is the main problem. Imo he has been outstanding as T
NiP win - maikelelele is a god
NiP lose - maikelelele's fault
What a pathetic behavior
In my opinion he's the best possible choice and he proved it. He played really well And saved a day couple of times. That's why I will always respect VP more than NiP. Even if they have bad days, they care about mates and work hard for success
This is a shockingly unprofessional thing for NiP to say. You don't say to someone, "You can play with us until we find someone better." And you certainly don't globally announce it to the world. How shitty and unimportant would that make Bill feel?
I will be outwardly rooting against NiP from now on. What a scumbag group of people.
delpan in nip..
gg nip
moddii comeback!
+1 if i was maikelele i would leave i mean he isnt their slave or a temporary player to get something bad like this.
every1 hating fnatic for no reason (only 5% h8 them for their insultes towards nip on dh bucharest)
NIP.f0rest
NIP.GeT_Right
NIP.xiZt
NIP.friberg
NIP.Spawn
you heard it here first!
They can look for another 5th as long as they like, but unless they gonna try to fix the real issues, it wont matter in the long run. Maikelele did ok, he got hyped, but he didnt fail. He played good for a new player and wasnt the problem for NiP. He handled the awp as he was supposed to and did help NiP in that regard. It was an upgrade for sure. If they wanna have something to do with winning majors in 2015, they have to reach fnatic/EnvyUs level and they cant do that with xizt in the lineup aswell as a inconsistant friberg. Xizt best days are over and he would have been the first guy id have replaced, not fifflaren.
I doubt that GTR, f0rest, friberg, xizt + X can reach the individual level of the mentioned top 2 teams.
"Much more than pure talent is required in order to play professionally on an international level."
BULL FUCK SHIT LOOOOOOOOL, hugest shit statement I have ever read. NiP show once again why they are a bunch of fags.
GeT_RiGhT is where he is because fnatic picked up his "pure talent"
Mikail = cocky
nip = swag
Ladies and gentlemen you can now see the difference
BTW:WTF is that leader T...assclown
So after adding Maikelele they are runner ups at DHW, they win ASUS, 2nd(?) at MLG, and still the NiP organisation isn't fucking happy? Get the chief Per to play as the fifth then, they don't really have many free agents to choose from that are better than Maikelele. Schneider? Twist? I don't think so. Get Nico from Denmark instead if Per isn't up to par.
+Nico
Thorin's Thoughts - NiP's Maikelele Dilemma (CS:GO)
youtube.com/watch?v=zjCMnj5UELk
Twist, Schneider, Pyth or Delpan
I get it now, they are not going to pick an AWP player, that's why f0rest was using it recently (AWP).
Probably looking for some other entry fragger.
"Much more than pure talent is required in order to play professionally on an international level."
agree 100%, but I think getrigth f0rest and xizt need to look in the mirror because theres nothing wrong with maikelele he fucking carried you out of the shithole you guys dug for yourselves. Nip please
pyth?
twitter.com/kHRYSTAL_cs/status/566432599..
kHRYSTAL?! ;)
wtffffffffffffffffffff is he even good at cs go?
