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Ninjas in Pyjamas (abbreviated NiP) is a professional esports organisation from Sweden that is best known for their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team. NiP's Counter-Strike enjoyed its greatest success from their initiation in 2000 until their dissolution in 2007. One of the star players on the team was Emil "HeatoN" Christiansen, who later became the organisations manager. In 2012, the team reformed with a Counter Strike: Global Offensive lineup upon the release of the game. The NiP CS:GO team is anchored by former fnatic players Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg and Christopher "GeT RiGhT" Alesund. NiP had a team in the games League of Legends, Dota 2 and Overwatch. NiP also have a team in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Paladins.

Ninjas in Pyjamas was formed in June 2000, but solidified as a team in 2001 after several lineup and name changes.

On November 3, 2015 Richard Lewis wrote an article on Breitbart.com claiming that Ninjas in Pyjamas allegedly owes its Counter-Strike: Global Offensive division a significant amount of prize money from previous tournaments. Since this was released, the organisation has received a massive backlash from the community who are trying to support the players, and put pressure on the organisation to both tell the truth and give the players their earned winnings. Ninjas in Pyjamas quickly released a statement which states that the claims made by Richard Lewis are false, simply dismissing them and saying that their players are being paid properly. Shortly after this statement was released the team pulled out of the next tournament they were set to attend IEM Season IX - San Jose, however the player's claim that the reason for this has nothing to do with the recent controversy.

On November 13, 2015 NiP's parted ways with its Dota 2 team, consisting of Elias 'Sealkid' Merta, Jonas 'Jonassomfan' Lindholm, Adrian 'Era' Kryeziu, Simon 'Handsken' Haag and Linus 'Limmp' Blomdin. The cited reason was disappointment over recent performances, as the team had failed to qualify for both The International 2015 and Frankfurt Major 2015. However, as of January 2017, NiP have once again entered the Dota 2 scene, this time with a new roster.

In 2016 the NiP Founder, Emil 'HeatoN' Christen would be the first person inducted to the Esports Hall of Fame by former teammate Tommi 'Potti' Ingermarsson on the final day of the Valve Major Championship at ESL Cologne 2016.

This is the official Steam group of Ninja in Pyjamas. If you want to join or claim this group then comment on my profile (only legit offers).

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