Lol: before they go to China, a review of the history of ninjas in pyjamas

Maybe the younger ones do not remember, but Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) is part of the history of the European Scene of League of Legends. The organization was already in 2013 and achieved some highlights during their years of activity. Nip struggled to endure over time and took several Dolk breaks to focus on other fronts (CS: Go, Valorant or Rainbow 6).

While we thought that the adventure of League of Legends was over for ninjas, the truth is that they will return to the great scene in 2022, on the side of the LPL with an association with Victory Five **. We do not know how it will be, since the team finished last at Summer Split 2021 without even a victory. But in any case it is a good opportunity to immerse yourself in history and revive the best moments of the team in Europe.

August 25, 2013: NIP in LCS EU playoffs with Bjergsen, Freeze and Deficio

The structure did not participate in the Spring Split 2013, but it was done with the position and the template of the Copenhagen Wolves for the Summer Split. The team carried the hopes of the Scandinavian countries and had a great majority of players Danes and Swedes. At that time they were not very well known, but Nip had futures cracks in their ranks as Bjergsen and Svenskeren . However, the adventure was not easy. After having registered many changes (3 Toplaners in a single Split), the team manages to classify the playoffs in their first year.

Unfortunately, he loses against Gambit, one of the greats of the time and then against Team Atn ... what he sends to the team in the promotional tournament.

December 15, 2013: Nip loses its place in the elite

With the system of franchises, Lec teams are no longer afraid to be descended. But in 2013 the doors were open wide and elite teams with less performance had to defend their skin in the ascent / descent tournaments. And Nip did not negotiate his ascent tournament long before the spring of 2014 ... The team had ambitions and had chosen to appear with a renovated roster with the hiring of three cracks of season 3: Zorozero , man That inspired Odoamne, Nukeduck The Norwegian immortal and Mithy, the Future G2 ESPORTS star.

But League of Legends is not an exact and Nip science lost its place in the EU LCS after its defeat against the Kiedyś Miałem Team . The team probably does not tell you anything, but this Polish template (with jankos and vander ) will later become Team Roccat. Therefore, NIP was not expelled by totally random players.

April 25, 2014: Nip remains in the lower step

NIP With your seedlings you do not have too many problems to compete in the Challenger Series. It is classified without concerns for the promotion tournament of the LCS EU Summer 2014. It is the perfect opportunity to climb directly to the elite after its descent. But it did not come out as planned and Nip lost 2-3 against Millenium after a long series and maps that lasted almost an hour! The ninjas gave him everything and were very close to winning, but they are still stuck in the lowest rung.

August 2014: The first disappearance of NIP

As the team could not return to the EU LCS, the project fuzzy below. The leaders decide to renew the template with two French ( cabochard and loulx ) and a legend ( Alex Ich ).

The problem is that the players end up literally in Pajama. It is difficult to know what exactly happened, but the structure would never have officially presented the template and did not pay the players either. To top it off, Russian Alex Ich had visa problems that were not resolved by the structure. The latter, tired of representing NIP in tournaments for unfulfilled promises decides then to take the gunpowder. Therefore, NIP disappears in the anonymity of the European Scene of League of Legends.

May 23, 2017: Nip is back at the EU LCS!

After a disappearance of almost 3 years, Nip returns to the stage. The team rejoins the European elite by buying from the space of the Fnatic Academy. The team got its ascent on the EU LCS, but could not stay under the label of FNACIC, since the organization already had its main team in the league. This purchase now seems a bit questionable, since no FNATIC Academy player (Kikis, Amazingx, Nisqy, Mrrayez and Klaj) is retained. In fact, Nip presents his own list, with some interesting names. There we find former European champion Shook and the two Koreans profit (ex SKT T1) and Nagne (ex KT Rolster).

After 2 victories and 11 defeats, the team ends at the bottom of the classification and is forced to play its life in a promotional tournament again.

August 25, 2017: Other descent for Nip ...

3rd promotion tournament and 3rd failure. The team is swept against Giants (1-3) and against Schalke 04 (0-3). However, fans should not repent. The template seemed a bit light and the collective never found the cohesion necessary to be competitive.

We also realize that the great players of the recruited team were mostly players a bit out of breath and the end of their career ... we think particularly at the Korean Nagne, ** after of the NIP made a brief stop in Turkey before retiring. Sold as a prodigy, he was nothing more than the shadow of the player who faced FAKER at LCK.

September 30, 2018: Last Return of Honor at the European Masters

NIP decides to relaunch the project for the last time participating in the birth of the European secondary scene we know today. The team participates in two European Masters and competes in the Nordic League. He does it quite well, losing in the quarterfinals of the first Eums against the Super-Equipment of Origin (Forgiven, Insec, Froggen ...) and then at the end of the second Eums against the Mad Lions of SelfMade and Nemesis. During this year welcomes, shape and shine young talents that are now well known in Europe ( Finn , Larssen ).

But playing in the European secondary scene does not seem good enough for the organization, which decides to leave the project and free its team at the end of 2018.

August 10, 2021: Association between NIP and Victory Five

You should never sell the ninja skin before killing it and the structure will have a high-level competitive team again. But this time, ninjas in pyjamas changes from the environment and will evolve in the LPL , the Chinese League. At the moment, we still do not know how the template will be in 2022, but surely we should not find Scandinavian players ...

Contente of MGG Fr.

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