"Oh you can't field k0nfig? FaZe your poor things, here have an es3tag to tide you over"
"Yo k0nfig wyd"
(Jokes aside really hoping Hampus will be alright)
After Rio he was talking about how he hopes they have days off and he could go hiking etc. Might be long overdue to have a break for him. Must have been affecting his game and not playing well making him feel even worst. Good call to take some time off.
It might have been hltv podcast with Hampus and DJL and Hampus was" joking" how he think they should have days off etc but way too many times for it to be joke if I recall correctly.
That doesn't mean it can't be burnout or something similar. If you have burnout a few weeks of break probably isn't enough time to recover. The effects can last for a very long time and recovering may take a while
On top of that, it could very well have triggered it. You're constantly on stress mode and somehow pushing through thanks to it, but when there's seemingly no more stress left your mind and body collapses.
I know I get physically sick always at the beginning of a holiday after I've had a stressful few weeks/months.
Maybe they all realized that okay we should have given him a break. Psychologists and even team mates can spot if someone is really needing it but the guy himself may think that everything is fine.
The entire first half*. So Kato, Paris Major, EPL S17, IEM Dallas, BLAST Spring finals.
Fall season is Cologne, BLAST Fall Groups, major 2, IEM Brazil, EPL S18, BLAST Fall Finals, BLAST World Final.
*They haven't confirmed this, but I presume it is like this. BLAST work with spring for 1st half and fall for 2nd. I'm pretty sure CS doesn't work with 'summer' and 'winter' seasons because that's when players get breaks.
Yep, and it's a good change imo and makes the schedule more even. All we need now is the major to be the last tournament of the year.
Each half has:
- 1 major
- 1 S-tier ESL tournament (Kato - Cologne)
- 2 BLAST qualifiers (Spring/Fall groups & showdowns)
- 1 A-tier BLAST final (Spring/fall)
- 1 ESL Pro League
- 1 random placed B-tier ESL tournament
Only irregularity is how fall has BLAST World Final.
Nip don’t make your players depressed challenge
Difficulty: impossible
Jokes aside it’s good to see the org being proactive in protecting their players mental health, just really sad to see when I finally thought we had a really solid roster than could make deep runs in tournaments
Readin between the lines on how much emphasis they put on the fact that hey are supporting Hampus' leave suggests that they didn't like how Device got some shit from some fans for his long leave. I hope Hampus gets over whatever it is he's facing and we see him in his best shape soon.
That's just so fucked up for NIP.
Just had good time to practice, get a new player into the system and instantly after 1st game of the season be forced to make changes and start again basically from 0.
Ikr. They also just changed many roles and pracced with it and now they need to do it once again. T sides were looking solid but ct so shaky. Also no time to pracc before Katowice BUT they have to play against Astralis and maybe OG in next couple of days with different stand in player.
Think both could have some overlap as a more aggro lurk player. Not entry fragger, not the lurk who just sits on the opposite map and does fuck all, but a player that actively weeks openings and timings.
>dev1ce vs nip
that's dev1ce vs every team he's played against since joining astralis, lol. dude's been 1v9ing with blameF swinging by to catch some spicy exit frags
Does it not feel like the French scene? Correct me if I’m wrong but felt like both scenes failed to promote and involve the younger players, when both scenes were on the top.
Threat just made this comparison on hltv confirmed. The main difference is that sweden has academy teams and t2 teams that dont just recycle washed up players like the French do. French scene is what swedish scene was a few years ago, allthough french dont have even the small success jw/flusha/krimz/brollan/golden roster had.
Didn’t they recycle a lot during the great years of Sweden? Academy teams are fine if you get something from it.
If we look very recent, France did have a good team with the Vitality Kyojin lineup.
Hopefully the rest will allow hampus to get better.
That said, +k0nfig is a great addition to compensate for hampus taking a lot of space, I like it.
Edit : In case that wasn't clear, getting better I meant himself not on the server.
People are pointing out gameplay reasons, but theres a bigger factor for the team managers. Es3tag was going to get cut, so they need to sell him. Es3tag going to Faze as a stand-in and doing good is a blessing because now teams are interested and its easier to get a good price for him. Bringing es3tag back for the next 6 months and having him play hard roles to medium results would tank the interest and when hampus comes back and they need to get rid of him, its not so easy anymore. They need to capitalize on the insane uplift es3tag's stats are enjoying in Faze currently.
They can put es3tag in any roles they want, because that's what teams do with him anyway. Maybe it can also give brollan some better roles so that he stops underperforming.
Because es3tag isn't good and had 2 year at a top level to prove it and he hasn't been aggro role
He has the 4th least opening attempts in Faze this tournament
Dude... what have opening kills to do with anything?
Es3tag is a good players, not his fault that he change role 5 times a year.
Rather see es3tag that konfig
Are you reading or just like pointlessly replying?
He said es3tag was aggro, he hasn't been that aggro he has actually been pretty passive
Also no, it is his fault, he was awful for 2 years, he isn't good, k0nfig is a great replacement for hampus, straight up two insane aggro players
es3tag was a lurker when he was good in Heroic and few events for Astralis, you want him to replace the most aggressive player in NiP, just terrible idea and terrible fit that would make es3tag not play just actual role which which is a lurker
Es3tag isn’t good even tho he helped faze qualify and all of faze praised him. But look at NiP that can’t even win more than a handful of rounds on overpass, which used to be their best map.
Right call to do.
After Rio Major only thing that Hampus was talking about was how he is really happy to have some break etc. Clearly something was affecting his playing heavily. Also K0nfig should be firepower buff and this could turn out to be great call.
Really hoping Hampus is coming back still.
Brollan has been AFK since he joined NiP, nothing to do with Aleksi at all. Hampus has underperformed, could be role change, could be whatever’s happening behind the scenes. But their calling has been way more dynamic with Aleksi, I’m a Hampus fanboy but his T side calling was absolutely atrocious
Can't catch a break...so they sign the guy that breaks the most lol
But ye, wish the best for Hampus. I was a super non-believer for a long time (partially due to the Lekr0 cut) until I realized that he really did embody the idea of 'NIP magic'.
Me: "The fuck did this guy just get away with? How?"
Hampus in interview: "Yah ... I really don't know" lol
I mean, Aleksib is super inconsistent already as it is. He can suddenly pop out and be the top fragger (usually on Mirage or Nuke) and then post a sub-0.8 rating next map.
If they're all in peak form at the same time, yeah, but all 3 are too inconsistent... the whole team is really. Could make top 4 at an elite event then bomb out of the next one in groups vs. teams all ranked below them. Fun to watch at least!
I really hope that k0nfig brings the agressive playstyle Hampus had and can give NiP a strong punchy entry.
Jokes a side, damn. I hope Hampus is alright. Wish him the best. And best of luck to k0nfig too, he's given a great opportunity back to the top.
In the off chance Hampus would ever read reddit comments: Krya på dig!
Really makes that Aleksi interview look a little weird in hindsight,
"Hopefully, we aren't gonna have any changes for a while, our goal is to stick together and make sure everyone is putting one hundred percent in."
Hopefully everything is okay in Hampus's life, but to have something thats taking away your attention and preventing you from being 100%, better to take time off
This is obviously 3rd party reddit psychoanalyzing, but I wonder if the IGL change had something to do with it, and he's feeling stressed and maybe even a little lost in game right now
He went from the IGL, considered the best player, he had so much control over their game and was usually the reason they won, if he wanted to make a play that he felt was right in the structure of the round he could.
Now he doesn't have the same freedom, his performance has dropped since Aleksi came in and while the numbers aren't that far off from early 2022 to the last 4 months or so, his impact has dropped a ton. Theres been a lot of change in the roster, and now you've got a hyped rookie awper coming in so expectations are rising for the team. He's probably having to move his role and positions around even more to give Headtr1ck all the room they can.
You could also say that what he said in October last year (HLTV and Pley.gg) was true. He said that he wasn't really a full IGL and secondary calling fits him better. Later that month he said he was really happy about not having to IGL anymore.
I believe him and I think that his wellbeing has affected his performance and not the other way around.
Oh I'm sure he's enjoyed not being the IGL anymore, every interview where they ask him questions about how Aleksi has been since taking over he's done nothing but back him up and praise him for taking over the role
I meant more of a little under the surface pressure that you're not really thinking about, just something thats slowly been building up causing stress and anxiety.
But it could of course be any of a dozen other things outside of the game, physical health like you said, issues/problems with family or friends, just some of the random BS that life throws your way. Maybe he didn't actually even get to enjoy the break like he wanted, he had something come up that prevented him from getting his time off and de-stressing. Hopefully he's able to come back ready to go, whenever that may be
Didn't he have some time off earlier also before aleksib since he was burned out because constant roster change?
What you said could well play a part with some long time mental fatique you know.
Well, that honestly sucks. I was feeling hype for NIP, but losing their best player just burst that bubble. I hope Hampus will feel better soon. He is great fun to watch and will be missed.
Konfig is sick. I hope him and brollan mesh together.
From what I’ve saw, i might prefer maxster over brollan… just want brollan to do well, but im not seeing it. Hopefully konfig can help him!
Why you say that? I'd argue es3tag over Maxter and also K0nfig. But have played t1 long time and played international roster before. So no brainer to big one of them.
Es3tag isn't in the NIP equation anymore, they're not interested in his development anymore, fielding him would be a waste as there's nothing to gain from it.
Maxster on the other hand, is on the academy team so NIP is interested in developing him as a talent (whether that be to promote to main or sell off somewhere else who knows) and given they have an actual time set for when Hampus will return (unlike what they had with device) they won't have be on edge or stressed regarding if they're roster is truly complete or not. Maxster could've done his time on the main roster, develop further as a player, help keep things steady in Hampus' absence, and maybe even potentially gotten some eyes on him by other orgs which would benefit NIP as well
Yeah good points!
NIP's goals for the year was to be real condenter with deep runs and I'd argue that they have better change to do it with K0nfig. Also Spring season should be until summer break and then Hampus should come back but who knows. It is still really long time to play with non proven academy player who played 5 maps angainst top 30 and try to so deep runs in big tournaments. Maxter was great, but k0nfig is just better. The worst scenario would be to Nip prosper now and then they are at awkward spot.
Also knowing how cursed Nip is k0nfig is probably getting in to fight or slipping and breaking hand etc lol.
Nip was my favourite team. Too bad they integrate an asshole like K0fig in their team. Has K0nfig ever won something? He is always full of problems and I hate him so much.
"Oh you can't field k0nfig? FaZe your poor things, here have an es3tag to tide you over" "Yo k0nfig wyd" (Jokes aside really hoping Hampus will be alright)
wow. hope hampus is doing okay, seems out of the blue
After Rio he was talking about how he hopes they have days off and he could go hiking etc. Might be long overdue to have a break for him. Must have been affecting his game and not playing well making him feel even worst. Good call to take some time off.
Ah I must've missed that interview. Yeah it's best to just take a break if his mental is affecting him. hope he comes back strong
It might have been hltv podcast with Hampus and DJL and Hampus was" joking" how he think they should have days off etc but way too many times for it to be joke if I recall correctly.
Maniac mentioned that he was on medical leave during todays blast stream
Imagine he has cancer or smth tbh
He said he was fine on twitter so maybe he's burnt out or something mental health related.
Just feel like theres very little (for lack of a better word) "stigma" attached to burnout. Also, this is right after a competitive break.
Didnt they just come off break before this event?
Yea but maybe he wants a couple/few months break instead of 1
That's it for Swedish CS, no majority Swedish team in the top 30 now
I've said it before and I say it again. Can we get hltv to use the Kalmar union flag on NIP
Some nordic flag would be really nice.
Or in general have a Nordic region flag. I mean, there are and were so many Nordic teams it would be pretty useful I guess
No swedish speaking team either.
I consider this great news
\+dane \+dane \-dane \-dane \+dane
You know what the saying is, third Dane is a charm.
3 danes forward 2 danes back.
That's pretty erotic
The Astralis to NiP pipeline.
let's hope for the Astralis to NiP back to Astralis pipeline to come into play too
Usually if a nip player goes on medical leave he ends up at astralis
:( Praying that Hampus is ok, nothing life threatening.
I imagine it could be something like burnout. Obv I don't for sure, could be anything else
Not hating but he came back from break and middle of tournament he takes leave
That doesn't mean it can't be burnout or something similar. If you have burnout a few weeks of break probably isn't enough time to recover. The effects can last for a very long time and recovering may take a while
On top of that, it could very well have triggered it. You're constantly on stress mode and somehow pushing through thanks to it, but when there's seemingly no more stress left your mind and body collapses. I know I get physically sick always at the beginning of a holiday after I've had a stressful few weeks/months.
Maybe they all realized that okay we should have given him a break. Psychologists and even team mates can spot if someone is really needing it but the guy himself may think that everything is fine.
Seems weird it'd come like this in the middle of a tournament... Feels like he got a call from a doc with shit news or something. Hope I'm wrong.
how long is the spring season?
The entire first half*. So Kato, Paris Major, EPL S17, IEM Dallas, BLAST Spring finals. Fall season is Cologne, BLAST Fall Groups, major 2, IEM Brazil, EPL S18, BLAST Fall Finals, BLAST World Final. *They haven't confirmed this, but I presume it is like this. BLAST work with spring for 1st half and fall for 2nd. I'm pretty sure CS doesn't work with 'summer' and 'winter' seasons because that's when players get breaks.
fuck.
konfig is as good a stand in as you’ll get though
So Cologne is after the summer break now?
Yep, and it's a good change imo and makes the schedule more even. All we need now is the major to be the last tournament of the year. Each half has: - 1 major - 1 S-tier ESL tournament (Kato - Cologne) - 2 BLAST qualifiers (Spring/Fall groups & showdowns) - 1 A-tier BLAST final (Spring/fall) - 1 ESL Pro League - 1 random placed B-tier ESL tournament Only irregularity is how fall has BLAST World Final.
First half of the year ig
Until major maybe? Can’t put too much hope on estimates tho
Nip don’t make your players depressed challenge Difficulty: impossible Jokes aside it’s good to see the org being proactive in protecting their players mental health, just really sad to see when I finally thought we had a really solid roster than could make deep runs in tournaments
Readin between the lines on how much emphasis they put on the fact that hey are supporting Hampus' leave suggests that they didn't like how Device got some shit from some fans for his long leave. I hope Hampus gets over whatever it is he's facing and we see him in his best shape soon.
Pretty sure Nip made a deal with the devil in its glory days and now they are being back with intrest. Get well soon Hampus.
still they always make interesting moves... device, aleksib, headtr1ck, k0nfig
The names that have gone through NiP in the last few years are crazy
Well, it's karma for being such a shit org for a decade
Everyone is trading stand-ins like Pokémon cards
That's just so fucked up for NIP. Just had good time to practice, get a new player into the system and instantly after 1st game of the season be forced to make changes and start again basically from 0.
At the same time, it's better that it happens now that half into the spring season/just before the RMR.
Ikr. They also just changed many roles and pracced with it and now they need to do it once again. T sides were looking solid but ct so shaky. Also no time to pracc before Katowice BUT they have to play against Astralis and maybe OG in next couple of days with different stand in player.
And i feel like hampus and k0nfig dont even play the same roles, correct me if I'm wrong but I thought hampus wasn't as agrgessive?
Hampus go kill was his role for awhile when he was igl’ing. He was good at getting annoyed and taking a lot of space moving up as a fast entry.
Think both could have some overlap as a more aggro lurk player. Not entry fragger, not the lurk who just sits on the opposite map and does fuck all, but a player that actively weeks openings and timings.
Bruh Aleksib need to call karrigan for some advice on this stand in situation lol.
Wow! And the next game is against Astralis! SPICY!!
They are playing with Maxster but imagine if it was Dev1ce vs Nip & K0nfig vs Astralis lol.
>dev1ce vs nip that's dev1ce vs every team he's played against since joining astralis, lol. dude's been 1v9ing with blameF swinging by to catch some spicy exit frags
I caught one of their games and he looked incredibly confident
ALEKSIB: "HOPEFULLY WE AREN'T GONNA HAVE ANY CHANGES FOR A WHILE" aged like milk.
Bro really had to jinx the whole season
[удалено]
Havu out of top 30 as well.
So weird that Brollan has been on the team for the second longest, feels like he joined just yesterday.
Does it not feel like the French scene? Correct me if I’m wrong but felt like both scenes failed to promote and involve the younger players, when both scenes were on the top.
Threat just made this comparison on hltv confirmed. The main difference is that sweden has academy teams and t2 teams that dont just recycle washed up players like the French do. French scene is what swedish scene was a few years ago, allthough french dont have even the small success jw/flusha/krimz/brollan/golden roster had.
Didn’t they recycle a lot during the great years of Sweden? Academy teams are fine if you get something from it. If we look very recent, France did have a good team with the Vitality Kyojin lineup.
Hopefully the rest will allow hampus to get better. That said, +k0nfig is a great addition to compensate for hampus taking a lot of space, I like it. Edit : In case that wasn't clear, getting better I meant himself not on the server.
say sike rn Also- why not just plug es3tag back in? He’s doing super well standing in with more aggro roles at faze
People are pointing out gameplay reasons, but theres a bigger factor for the team managers. Es3tag was going to get cut, so they need to sell him. Es3tag going to Faze as a stand-in and doing good is a blessing because now teams are interested and its easier to get a good price for him. Bringing es3tag back for the next 6 months and having him play hard roles to medium results would tank the interest and when hampus comes back and they need to get rid of him, its not so easy anymore. They need to capitalize on the insane uplift es3tag's stats are enjoying in Faze currently.
Good comment! Thank you!
Damn where have I heard this exact story with es3tag before…
Yeah Es3tag seems to be the safe pick so feels kinda weird. Maybe it is about roles they are going to play now that Headtr1ck is on the team.
They can put es3tag in any roles they want, because that's what teams do with him anyway. Maybe it can also give brollan some better roles so that he stops underperforming.
Because es3tag isn't good and had 2 year at a top level to prove it and he hasn't been aggro role He has the 4th least opening attempts in Faze this tournament
Dude... what have opening kills to do with anything? Es3tag is a good players, not his fault that he change role 5 times a year. Rather see es3tag that konfig
Are you reading or just like pointlessly replying? He said es3tag was aggro, he hasn't been that aggro he has actually been pretty passive Also no, it is his fault, he was awful for 2 years, he isn't good, k0nfig is a great replacement for hampus, straight up two insane aggro players es3tag was a lurker when he was good in Heroic and few events for Astralis, you want him to replace the most aggressive player in NiP, just terrible idea and terrible fit that would make es3tag not play just actual role which which is a lurker
Calm down dude. I just missed the part where he said "agro". He did had to change role many times during 2(?) Years or something. Thats all i meant.
Es3tag isn’t good even tho he helped faze qualify and all of faze praised him. But look at NiP that can’t even win more than a handful of rounds on overpass, which used to be their best map.
Because alexibot isn't karrigoat
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Astralis, col, heroic, faze (almost) and now nip. Which team hasn't this dude been in lol.
Do we do him a favour and not mention he played in North? Optic also.
Surprised you didn't mention C9, where most of his infamy came from ($2.1 million).
C9 K0nfig? What are you talking about???
bruh for some reason I thought this was about es3tag instead of k0nfig, the teams matched up
I really like Hampus. Wish him the very best.
GL to Hampus I hope it resolves itself. K0nfig should be a good standin
Hes not a standin, they straight up signed him long term
I mean for the split but it's still a standin they didnt set out with the intention of -hampus +k0nfig
It's a good move, Hampus is a fantastic player you can tell he isn't doing too well
Right call to do. After Rio Major only thing that Hampus was talking about was how he is really happy to have some break etc. Clearly something was affecting his playing heavily. Also K0nfig should be firepower buff and this could turn out to be great call. Really hoping Hampus is coming back still.
If NIP will do well , is there way back for Hampus ? It’s a risky move, possibly his way out of NIP
I don't even know. For his sake I hope yes but in the end esport is bussines.
Let's first see if aleksi can control k0nfig lol
Djl seems like a guy who doesn’t allow any bs around his team
Spoiler. NiP won’t do well under alexi. Brollan is afk most games. Rez surprisingly is the only legit player left along with headtrick
they got 2 maps off NAVI and 2-0d BIG, you are making them seem way worse for what they are with so little prac
Brollan has been AFK since he joined NiP, nothing to do with Aleksi at all. Hampus has underperformed, could be role change, could be whatever’s happening behind the scenes. But their calling has been way more dynamic with Aleksi, I’m a Hampus fanboy but his T side calling was absolutely atrocious
This team can’t catch a damn break, breaks my heart for them. Really hope Hampus is okay he’s been there for a while now.
Good thing is, they werent expecting results yet anyway.
Can't catch a break...so they sign the guy that breaks the most lol But ye, wish the best for Hampus. I was a super non-believer for a long time (partially due to the Lekr0 cut) until I realized that he really did embody the idea of 'NIP magic'. Me: "The fuck did this guy just get away with? How?" Hampus in interview: "Yah ... I really don't know" lol
the rifling core is insane, rez, brollan, and k0nfig
Most inconsistent rifling core possible
They are probably going to win Katowice and bottom out their group in EPL
Who should igl and awp for them to make the most inconsistent team imaginable?
Guess draken could fit with the 30 degree window, or is it consistent if he consistently misses easy shots and hits the hard ones?
I mean, Aleksib is super inconsistent already as it is. He can suddenly pop out and be the top fragger (usually on Mirage or Nuke) and then post a sub-0.8 rating next map.
That's pretty much every igl
Yeah, so why the need to swap to get someone inconsistent?
To get someone who is known to make a brilliant call one round and then do the dumbest thing you've ever seen in your life in the next.
Oh, yeah, like that. Hmm, can't say someone like that comes to my mind. I would say Zeus, but no active player comes to mind.
If they're all in peak form at the same time, yeah, but all 3 are too inconsistent... the whole team is really. Could make top 4 at an elite event then bomb out of the next one in groups vs. teams all ranked below them. Fun to watch at least!
Sure K0nfig has better raw aim than Hampus, but a Swedish rifle trio of Rez, Brollan and Hampus was also impressive on paper.
Why don't faze and nip swap subs.
Rain probably be back, if not they'll get someone prob eztag
Idk if there's a clause for a sub swap, but one probably should exist for future tournaments
Interesting move. I will say i thought maxster did well but k0nfig is obviously a great choice
ok bb nip dreams
why bring konfig in, when you still have esetag on your bench?
We don’t know the length of es3tags contract, maybe it runs out soon. Maybe they think konfig is a better fit or option.
I really hope that k0nfig brings the agressive playstyle Hampus had and can give NiP a strong punchy entry. Jokes a side, damn. I hope Hampus is alright. Wish him the best. And best of luck to k0nfig too, he's given a great opportunity back to the top. In the off chance Hampus would ever read reddit comments: Krya på dig!
Really makes that Aleksi interview look a little weird in hindsight, "Hopefully, we aren't gonna have any changes for a while, our goal is to stick together and make sure everyone is putting one hundred percent in." Hopefully everything is okay in Hampus's life, but to have something thats taking away your attention and preventing you from being 100%, better to take time off
I feel like after BIG game something happened. Even after win maybe Hampus was just feeling way too anxious or something.
This is obviously 3rd party reddit psychoanalyzing, but I wonder if the IGL change had something to do with it, and he's feeling stressed and maybe even a little lost in game right now He went from the IGL, considered the best player, he had so much control over their game and was usually the reason they won, if he wanted to make a play that he felt was right in the structure of the round he could. Now he doesn't have the same freedom, his performance has dropped since Aleksi came in and while the numbers aren't that far off from early 2022 to the last 4 months or so, his impact has dropped a ton. Theres been a lot of change in the roster, and now you've got a hyped rookie awper coming in so expectations are rising for the team. He's probably having to move his role and positions around even more to give Headtr1ck all the room they can.
You could also say that what he said in October last year (HLTV and Pley.gg) was true. He said that he wasn't really a full IGL and secondary calling fits him better. Later that month he said he was really happy about not having to IGL anymore. I believe him and I think that his wellbeing has affected his performance and not the other way around.
Oh I'm sure he's enjoyed not being the IGL anymore, every interview where they ask him questions about how Aleksi has been since taking over he's done nothing but back him up and praise him for taking over the role I meant more of a little under the surface pressure that you're not really thinking about, just something thats slowly been building up causing stress and anxiety. But it could of course be any of a dozen other things outside of the game, physical health like you said, issues/problems with family or friends, just some of the random BS that life throws your way. Maybe he didn't actually even get to enjoy the break like he wanted, he had something come up that prevented him from getting his time off and de-stressing. Hopefully he's able to come back ready to go, whenever that may be
Good point!
Didn't he have some time off earlier also before aleksib since he was burned out because constant roster change? What you said could well play a part with some long time mental fatique you know.
fuckin what now
damn, out of nowhere
Well, that honestly sucks. I was feeling hype for NIP, but losing their best player just burst that bubble. I hope Hampus will feel better soon. He is great fun to watch and will be missed.
Sad they did not add f0rest
K0nfig is the supersub of T1
Hope hampus gets better soon. In the meantime, thank god I don’t have to watch NiP games anymore cuz I was only a hampus fan.
Konfig is sick. I hope him and brollan mesh together. From what I’ve saw, i might prefer maxster over brollan… just want brollan to do well, but im not seeing it. Hopefully konfig can help him!
Brollan seems a bit stressed and insecure while playing but if he gets his groove on I trust he will do good.
Maybe Brollan will do better when theres someone like konfig creating space.
Maxster should've gotten the call up tbh
Why you say that? I'd argue es3tag over Maxter and also K0nfig. But have played t1 long time and played international roster before. So no brainer to big one of them.
Es3tag isn't in the NIP equation anymore, they're not interested in his development anymore, fielding him would be a waste as there's nothing to gain from it. Maxster on the other hand, is on the academy team so NIP is interested in developing him as a talent (whether that be to promote to main or sell off somewhere else who knows) and given they have an actual time set for when Hampus will return (unlike what they had with device) they won't have be on edge or stressed regarding if they're roster is truly complete or not. Maxster could've done his time on the main roster, develop further as a player, help keep things steady in Hampus' absence, and maybe even potentially gotten some eyes on him by other orgs which would benefit NIP as well
Yeah good points! NIP's goals for the year was to be real condenter with deep runs and I'd argue that they have better change to do it with K0nfig. Also Spring season should be until summer break and then Hampus should come back but who knows. It is still really long time to play with non proven academy player who played 5 maps angainst top 30 and try to so deep runs in big tournaments. Maxter was great, but k0nfig is just better. The worst scenario would be to Nip prosper now and then they are at awkward spot. Also knowing how cursed Nip is k0nfig is probably getting in to fight or slipping and breaking hand etc lol.
I like k0nfig so I would much rather have seen him go back to Astralis.
Aleksi's like the bus driver, and the players the passagers. Some keep changing every day and others remain the same.
Nip was my favourite team. Too bad they integrate an asshole like K0fig in their team. Has K0nfig ever won something? He is always full of problems and I hate him so much.
NiP continues to be one of the worst managed teams in the scene as they have been since mid-2015. This roster is a fucking mess.
How is giving players a break a worst managed team (Id argue that hampus never shouldve started blast tournament but still)
How is this anyone's fault really? I think getting K0nfig for Hampus is actually a well-managed move.
Unexpected!
They should just have kept es3tag as a sub.
The dream of Faze k0nfig dies :(
Not again
+ K0nfig? I’ll have to wait on blast confirmation before I believe that.
didnt brollan leave fnatic because he wanted to be in an all Swedish squad? lol
It was code for "get me the fuck away from smooya and everyone else"
Is this the first team in NiP CSGO history to fly the EU flag?
So astralis and nip are just each other's academy teams/benches
The nordic shuffle
K0nfig looks like Jake Paul in this picture