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Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) are a professional Counter-Strike clan based in Sweden. They are considered to be one of top teams in the world by many, including GotFrag?, Fragbite and AmpedNews.

History

Ninjas in Pyjamas were originally formed in 2001. Their biggest success was winning the 2001 Cyberathlete Professional League World Championships after a very close final with X3 (a forerunner to Team 3D, still one of the best teams in the United States). Soon after this they had trouble finding sponsors but the solution came when they joined the prominent e-sports organization SK Gaming and were known by the names SK Scandinavia and SK Sweden during their time there. At SK they continued their success and became a dominant force in Counter-Strike. The prize money from their tournament victories in 2003 totalled approximately 170,000 U.S. dollars.[1]

Feeling they could secure a larger share of the sponsorship money, they left SK in early 2005.[2] Later in the year some of those players returned to SK Gaming leaving NiP to seek out new talent to replace them.

NiP today

The reformed NiP have continued their participation in international tournaments placing high in many of the events they attend. The team have been among the most outspoken opponents of competitions changing from the original version of Counter-Strike to the newer Counter-Strike: Source. Partly due to opposition such as this, the Cyberathlete Professional League have announced they will stay with the original version and use it for their 2006 World Tour despite previously aiming to increase their use of Source.

NiP is represented by sports agent, Johan Strömberg, who also represented soccer and hockey players in Sweden.[3]

Roster

The NiP Counter-Strike team currently consists of the following players:

Former Players

  • Sweden Abdisamad "SpawN" Mohamed (transfered to SK Gaming 1-8-2007)[4]
  • Sweden Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström (transfered to SK Gaming 1-8-2007)
  • Sweden Marcus "zet" Sundström (transfered to Complexity Gaming 1-12-2007)

Notable accomplishments

2001

  • 1st CPL London 2001,
  • 1st CPL Berlin 2001,
  • 1st CPL World Championship Qualifier 2001,
  • 1st CPL World Championship Dallas 2001

2005

  • 3rd CPL Barcelona 2005,
  • 2nd Rixhack 2005,
  • 1st GameGune 2005,
  • 2nd CPL UK 2005,
  • 4th WEG III,
  • 4th CPL Winter 2005

2006

  • 1st WSVG Dreamhack 2006[5],
  • 5th ESports World Cup 2006,
  • 1st WEF 2006,
  • 1st NGL League 2006,
  • 1st KODE5 Final [6],
  • 2nd WCG 2006[7],
  • 1st CPL Nordic 2006

World Championships

  • CPL: 1 (2001)

Zonerank Rankings

  • Top Ranking: 1st (12-2006)[8]
  • Current Ranking: 3rd [9]

Notes

  1. ^ As SK.SWE, NiP won €5,000 in Cannes, another €5,000 at Copenhagen, $60,000 at the summer championships, $30,000 at the winter championships, $40,000 at WCG, $15,000 at ESWC and every CPL event that year.
  2. ^ HeatoN speaks out on NiP, SK Departure
  3. ^ Counter-Strike: NiP acquires Sports Agent
  4. ^ ESREality "SpawN and Robban join SK" (1-8-2007)
  5. ^ NiP meets Fnatic again for Dreamhack Finals
  6. ^ NiP Wins KODE5 Global Finals
  7. ^ Pentagram Shocks NiP, Wins WCG Gold: World Cyber Games 2006
  8. ^ ZoneRank
  9. ^ ZoneRank

See also

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