I’m no longer part of the esports community. But about 10 years ago I was very active. I’m now 24 years old.
I don’t really care anymore, but I’m writing this for my younger self and for the passion for nip and the community that still lives somewhere inside of me.
When I used to follow the CS scene actively, It was only because of them. When GeT_RiGhT and f0rest were unstoppable, all the wins and records. About when i stopped watching, GeT_RiGhT was standing on stage crying because he didn’t want to to stop playing.
But it came from something bigger than that. Nip magic comes from the beginning – when monitors were bigger than the computers, when the biggest prize was a mousepad and maybe a keyboard.
Back then, the sport was only about winning, being the best in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6raH5YVeFo
There was a rivalry in Sweden and across the entire CS world: Nip and Fnatic. It was the El classico of cs. These two organizations stood for the beginning of the whole CS scene we see today. They were the ones who created esports schools in Sweden, where you can study CS in high school, the ones who made Sweden a CS nation.
What the CEO of nip said some time ago about there not being any talent here is complete bullshit. In Sweden, there are a few things we’re good at: hockey, drinking beer, going to football matches AND PLAYING CS. That’s what we’re good at.
You just have to find them. There are kids studying cs ffs!
And now seeing that there’s some kind of stock in nip? and that this week they’re going where the money is best, makes me, or rather my younger teenage self – sad. To me, it feels like they’re pissing on an entire history. nip plays to win, not for money. The organization has been built over 26 years just to end up in Dubai and become completely soulless. I will never stand behind this in any sports.
Nip is a team all OGs know about – a very prestigious team with a rich history.
I hope those who are throwing away an entire history are happy with the money.