Ninjas in Pyjamas
History
Ninjas in Pyjamas was originally formed in June 2000, but was solidified as a team in 2001 after several lineup changes and namechanges.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.
Feeling they could secure a larger share of the sponsorship money, they left SK in early 2005. 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.
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Last updated on Friday September 12, 2008 at 12:15:17 PDT (GMT -0700)
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