NiP over OpTic to Group B final

3-6-2016 00:46

NiP are the second team to reach the finals of ELEAGUE Group B after bringing down OpTic 2-1 (3-16 on Cobblestone, 16-2 on Overpass, and 16-14 on Train).

The second semifinal of day three of ELEAGUE's Group B saw Swedish team Ninjas in Pyjamas, ranked fourth in the world, taking on Canadian-American-Spanish team OpTic, who are currently ranked fifteenth.

With NiP having comfortably dispatched OpTic in two maps during the group seeding stage, the best-of-three series kicked off on NiP's map pick of Cobblestone. OpTic star Oscar "⁠mixwell⁠" Cañellas helped his team win their T-side pistolround with a double kill and the North American team powered ahead to an early 3-0 lead.

Following NiP shutting down a sloppy B-take by OpTic and thus winning the first gunround, OpTic yet again bought thanks to their economic management and saving of SMG's in the previous round and split open the B-site to give themselves a 4-1 lead and reset NiP's economy.

f0rest and NiP struggled against OpTic on Cobblestone and Train

OpTic continued to exploit the drop-connector area and moved forward, although NiP did pick up one round where Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz almost won a one-versus-three but fell to Jacob "⁠pyth⁠" Mourujärvi when he ran out of bullets.

William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba and his teammates continued to punish NiP and moved ahead to a 10-2 score, and even forced NiP to use their tactical pause early, the thirteenth round saw Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg finally put some kills on the board (as he was 0-10) by winning a one-versus-two on the B site. But NiP's efforts were to no avail on the first half as OpTic finished up 12-3.

RUSH got three CZ-75 kills for his team on the second pistolround and thus gave OpTic a nearly insurmountable lead on the map which the team made good on by closing the remaining rounds and winning 16-3 on Cobblestone.

NAF-FLY and OpTic nearly claimed Train

Overpass was the second map and team captain Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström seemed determined to give OpTic a taste of their own medicine as the Swedes took the pistolround and stormed ahead to a commanding lead on their T-side in the first half, with f0rest in particular making up for his abysmal Cobblestone performance. NiP finished the half up 13-2.

With OpTic seemingly resigned to their fate on the map, NiP won a two-versus-one on the second pistolround on the B-site (with pyth sticking the defuse) and picked up the following rounds to close the map 16-2.

Train was the decider map (a map widely considered to be OpTic's best map in the pool) and following a pistolround win for NiP on their T-side, Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic & co. struck back with forced-up pistols and equalised the score. The early game generally saw OpTic playing a better defense than NiP's offense, and the half finished 9-6 in favour of the North American team.

Things really began to look as if NiP were going to lose their favoured slot, and the game took on a tone of one of those classic battles, with rounds going tit-for-tat. With OpTic having the monetary lead and an advantage at 14-13 however, NiP force bought and somehow made things work and eventually claimed the final three rounds to take Train 16-14.

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 3

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2nd June 2016

Selfless

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Train

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G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom ScreaM	49 - 18	+31	108.6	1.76
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy RpK	44 - 25	+19	110.0	1.67
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux SmithZz	36 - 20	+16	86.3	1.42
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro bodyy	29 - 23	+6	80.8	1.30
Richard 'shox' Papillon shox	28 - 25	+3	72.1	1.14

Selfless	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Skyler 'Relyks' Weaver Relyks	22 - 37	-15	67.9	0.81
Mitch 'mitch' Semago mitch	25 - 37	-12	70.9	0.79
Noah 'Nifty' Francis Nifty	22 - 37	-15	60.0	0.73
Michael 'MAiNLiNE' Jaber MAiNLiNE	22 - 37	-15	61.6	0.69
Connor 'CONNOR93' Glover CONNOR93	20 - 38	-18	52.8	0.56

ELEAGUE Season 1Best of 3

Ninjas in Pyjamas

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2nd June 2016

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Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg f0rest	57 - 41	+16	85.2	1.30
Richard 'Xizt' Landström Xizt	47 - 44	+3	71.0	1.11
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund GeT_RiGhT	49 - 48	+1	82.6	1.08
Adam 'friberg' Friberg friberg	38 - 52	-14	72.5	0.96
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi pyth	41 - 47	-6	68.4	0.92

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
William 'RUSH' Wierzba RUSH	52 - 42	+10	78.1	1.19
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz stanislaw	47 - 45	+2	79.2	1.09
Keith 'NAF' Markovic NAF	46 - 48	-2	75.0	1.06
Damian 'daps' Steele daps	43 - 47	-4	74.0	1.00
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas mixwell	44 - 50	-6	69.8	1.00

Group B of ELEAGUE will conclude tomorrow with the televised group final between G2 and Null element at 04:00 on TBS. Make sure to tune in.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

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ez 4 f0rest

2016-06-03 00:46

8 replies

f0rest <3

I TOLD first map was just warmup

2016-06-03 00:47

not on first map tho XD

2016-06-03 00:48

4 replies

HAHA FRIBERG license to bottom frag

2016-06-03 00:57

3 replies

Okay wow? There has to be some bottomfragger, on train he stepped up.

2016-06-03 01:11

2 replies

-14 overall. "Stepped up"

2016-06-03 01:13

1 reply

.27 KD First Map 3.0 KD 2nd Mal Didn't step up for sure

2016-06-03 17:50

Whoa, well played f0rest! Just saw the first two maps and wouldnt have guessed that f0rest would be top fragging the game after a "3-16"-score in the first map. He really stepped up on overpass and train!

2016-06-03 07:59

EASY 12 $ i.gyazo.com/86574510c438c9444e85e181dc97.. THANKS USA! USA! USA ! USA !

what site is this?

2016-06-03 00:55

reskinned lounge

2016-06-03 00:56

lounge

4th, good enough :D n1 nip

gg noobs

nice game

mum im 7th

nice

2ez kappa

expected

rip

expecpted

no1 edit:nvm

kek

f0rp

saddddddddd

gg. what a game.

almost

ez nip

Naf wtf are u doing? why are u even rushing so far there when u have kill 2 peapole on b site?

That wasn't even the problem. Daps should have dropped down behind train 1 and the round would have been over..

2016-06-03 01:05

ez for ma boi f0rest

the WORST CHOKE unbelivable wtf

so cloooose gj!! congrats to nip to keeping the composture

NiP played really bad NotLikeThis

Optic so close. Damn......

NO get_right, NO f0rest on TBS = no fun. they deserve

f0rest 57-41 after having 3-18 on cobble

2-16

2016-06-03 00:54

3-18..

hltv.org/?pageid=246&playerid=29 Its 3-16 instead

2016-06-03 01:01

if they continue to play like this they will get rekt in major

2016-06-03 00:49

NiP played bad but winning is winning.. f0rest 27 years old still performing at top level so often tho lol

2016-06-03 00:51

27 years old = performing at top level... you shocked? Why can't u be 27 and perform at top level ROFL

2016-06-03 18:58

f0rest the god

2016-06-03 00:52

right ur r

2016-06-05 13:36

I like how f0rest has +16 and he was 3:18 on 2nd map

Fucking insane. I don't know if I've ever seen such a crazy overall stat line for a series with an absolute shit game in the mix.

f0rest + GOD right , HAHAHA NA

I'm a NiP fan but they are in trouble tomorrow against G2 and moving forward. It feels like they've lost a lot of what was gained by bringing in Threat. I predict less than 20 rounds total in a 0:2 defeat. Hope I'm wrong.

2016-06-03 00:58

Idiot. They are just struggling lately for the past week. They have the expirience to come back in top form at any time.

2016-06-03 01:14

I'm an idiot for giving my opinion followed by the reasoning behind my opinion? Cool story.

2016-06-04 07:03

sryy wrong comment im the idiot lol

2016-06-04 10:14

No problem lol

2016-06-04 22:37

Amazing Game

2016-06-03 01:02

Forest +16 after 3-16 on 1st map that's impressive

2016-06-03 01:03

Chokes on both parts but Optic really messed up on that 28th round...

2016-06-03 01:04

Did Xizt even shoot the auto in round 27? if not then the play from mixwell was okay, but otherwise it was stupid as fuck, after that they kinda tilted i think.

2016-06-03 01:09

He didn't shoot but it was actually a decent gamble considering he had the spawn with the Awp and also ofc he didn't know about that auto save... The problem was what happened after tjat first kill, they just tilted so hard they didn't even wait for CT mistakes or think about their execution, they just rushed b and Xizt who had just killed one from connector just had to spam the auto...

2016-06-03 01:18

Pyth and Fribot making it hard for NiP to win like always feel bad for other 3 carrying these garbage players every game.

2016-06-03 01:06

5 replies

They are better than you. Far better than you. pyth is a really good player same as friberg.

2016-06-03 01:15

LMAO they are garbage, can't even have a decent performance against NA Teams and not even top NA teams the lower ones. These guys both deserve to be cut or at least Fribot needs to retire. It's sad seeing Friberg and Pyth lose them round after round.

2016-06-03 03:01

du röker mycket om dagen va?

2016-06-03 08:21

good, then next time I know you can't critique a football player (or any athlete) because he is better than me. Now I know. Thank you!

2016-06-03 07:38

If you say they are garbage (shit) they wouldn't be on that team. There is some reason whey they are on that team.

2016-06-03 20:27

friberg best player on the server, i think no one noticed.

no team?

2016-06-03 01:16

that naf-fly guy every team he is in fails

2016-06-03 01:23

@stich between G2 and No team

2016-06-03 01:27

Very NT Optic! So close to beating the legendary Ninjas... representing NA!

2016-06-03 01:48

69 or nah

2016-06-03 01:51

Nip give me earth attack first map

2016-06-03 02:29

nip overrated af

2016-06-03 03:05

Get right is the most over rated player for intelligence...the amount of times he nearly threw this game by being a retard is incredible... if it wasn't for f0rest this match would have been lost handily... On a sidenote, f0rest can have a shit tier map, but dont think i have ever seen him go full retard like gtr...

2016-06-03 03:20

gtr is trolling on those last matches, or he hit his head or something HAHAHAHA what you said is sooo true man! last matches I watched from nip he did a lot of stupid shit, i don't know why

2016-06-03 03:24

all last year he was at it too... its like he is legit retarded. Almost feels like a switch that he turns on and off....and it seems directly related to his underlying arrogance. That 2 v 1 against Daps that he commenced the loss of was a joke...theres GN4s in MM that know to camp when there is no bomb planted...

2016-06-03 03:31

friberg lower stats than daps... nice

2016-06-03 03:22

Friberg also was key in the anti eco round that saved gtrs blushes He had few frags but some of them were high impact

2016-06-03 03:32

f0rest got dis

2016-06-03 03:26

I like how NiP can get stomped by a tier 3 team and still get back.

2016-06-03 05:24

lol'd@ "Group B of ELEAGUE will conclude tomorrow with the televised group final between G2 and No team at 04:00 on TBS."

2016-06-03 06:31

optic surprised me

2016-06-03 08:26

f0rest so strong this last 12 months, overtaken gtr

2016-06-03 09:29

Well f0rest roles is much easier than GeT_RiGhT's role though. But I agree, f0rest have been crazy lately and for quite some while. I just think its insane that GT still can keep up with positive rating/stats for having a role almost even harder role then friberg had when NiP was beasting everyone :) I would actually say that GT have a harder role then friberg had back in the days. . GeT_RiGhT have the hardest role on NiP along with pyth kinda, while f0rest is the only one that have the role that will give you the great stats/rating all the time almost. f0rest is kinda never going first as t, he is often the last man going into a site. And he have never had the role to go first into a site as entry-fragger either. When NiP dominated f0rest was like 3rd man going into a site, but with this lineup he is like their fourth or fifth guy going into a site. Even if GeT_RiGhT was the lurker before when NiP dominated the scene, he didn't go last that many times into a site when they attacked a site together as t. That is a change you will see with this new setup for NiP, GT won't longer be the guy with best rating. It will be f0rest. But if GeT_RiGhT would have taken over f0rest old role as 3rd man going into a site you would see him probably with higher rating :) What I'm trying to point out is that GeT_RIGhT's new role will not give him great rating, like he had before :)

2016-06-03 18:51

Put gtr back in the lurker role and he'll be fine.

2016-06-03 09:33

-pyth +twist -friberg +znajder

2016-06-03 10:21

please nip just kick friberg and top1 again

2016-06-03 14:43

Optic is a pretty solid team, now with mixwell they van easily compete with EU tier 2 (Faze, VP, nV,dignitas...).

2016-06-03 17:58