Ninjas in pajamas

Strategy is a big part of video games at the professional level.One team that display alot of strategy  is the ninjas in pajamas.The ninjas in pajamas are a legendary team, coming second almost at every single major event making them one of the best teams in all of counter strike global offensive. Their most notable events are EMS One Katowice 2014 and ESL One Cologne 2014 although the ninjas had come second at almost every single event they stayed determined to win.

At EMS Katowice 2014, the ninjas in pajamas were one of the favored teams to win the event along side the Polish home team Virtus Pro.After an amazing show throughout the brackets of the tournement the ninjas in pajamas made it to the finals against the home team Virtus Pro.In the first map of a best of three, the Polish team dominated the ninjas having a half time score of 5-10. An awful scoreline for a team on the more favored side of the map, making them the under dogs to win the fist match of the final. But in a stroke of lucky the ninjas magically managed to grab 4 rounds making the score nail bitingly close, But Virtus Pro kicked in to action decimating the ninjas making the scoreline of the first match match 16-9. The ninjas were battered but not broken. After the break ,they came back with a revengance. But Virtus Pro were not fazed everything that ninjas in pajamas threw at Virtus Pro didnt work, the ninjas had a repeat of the first map and lost the tournement 10-16.In a 2-0 loss to Virtus Pro this is the first time in counter strike that the ninjas lost 2-0 in a final.

Fast forward a couple of months to ESL One Cologne at this time the ninjas were in the worst form of their careers, they were the running joke at the tournement. But even tho they were out of form the worn out ninjas in pajamas still managed to make it to the finals after a long road to the finals.In the finals they met their fivals team Fnatic.The ninjas were looking to take this final in the first map Fnatic ran a clinic on ninjas in pajamas but after a clutch round from friberg a memeber of the ninjas ninjas in pajamas ran it back to take the first map with a scoreline of 16-11.

friberg's clutch round

After the ninjas won the first map they were fired up and looked like they were in complete form and ready to win, in a 2-0 fashion.But they were not the only legendary team there, Fnatic took the ninjas on the map they choose decimating  them with a scoreline of  16-8 making the ninjas look weak against the swedish super team.

But on the last map the ninjas fought with everything they had making the round and won of their least expected players,Fiflaren made a play lifting the back and forth battle from the ashes and catapulting the ninjas Ahead causing them to win the game.

The ending scoreline was 16-13 making this the first major title that the ninjas had ever won in their careers. here is a video of the reactions of the player on the ninjas in pajamas

Also if you want to see what happend throughout the major here is a video.
work cited:
 lurppis.(2014)NiP win ESL One Cologne 2014 retrieved fromhttp://www.hltv.org/news/13070-nip-win-esl-one-cologne-2014
lurppis.(2014)Virtus.Pro Win EMS One Katowice 2014 retrieved from http://www.hltv.org/news/12212-virtuspro-win-ems-one-katowice