NiP clinch THOR spot over VeryGames

NiP have clinched the THOR Open Qualifier #6 by defeating VeryGames 16-6 on de_train_se.

Following a knife round loss, NiP started their terrorist campaign with a strong three-on-five win in an after plant situation at the inner bombsite, where three of their players went down to under 20hp early and VG ultimately had no time to defuse after killing off every Swede.

One-on-three hero of the pistol round Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund scored two more frags on VeryGames's saverounds, which put NiP up 3-0. VeryGames won round four, but Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg and Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson clutched a two-on-five on the following round, forcing VG to save twice.

GeT_RiGhT was the hero of the beginning with a one-on-three in the pistol round

Now trailing 1-6 on the much favored counter-terrorist side of the map, VG quickly responded with a round, but two entry kills by Lindberg combined with three AK47 kills from Adam "friberg" Friberg quickly won NiP the next round despite VeryGames's accidental use of the non allowed incendiary grenades.

Overaggressive play from NiP cost them a save round loss with Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux winning the French side a three-on-one after Johansson took out his two other teammates by ladder room.

However, VeryGames were once again unable to connect two rounds in a row, and after Alesund's one-on-one win versus Kevin "Ex6tenZ" Droolans in the next round, the French were forced to go on another eco with the score standing at 9-3.

NiP's friberg then had some problems, disconnecting from the server two rounds in a row, but the Swedes were unaffected, bringing the half to a 12-3 result.

After a minor break, the second half started and despite carefully placed smoke grenades in the alley, VeryGames were completely denied, now trailing 3-13.

But the French had an ace in their sleeve, buying two Galil's and two P250s in the second round, which took NiP by surprise in the inner bombsite and brought the score to 4-13.

NiP attempted a semi-buy of their own in the eighteenth round, with a shotgun, an SMG and a few Desert Eagles, but it didn't work and VeryGames were on their way back into the game, including the eco round later, score became 13-6.

An exciting round followed when both teams were finally fully armed and it came down to a one-on-one which Johansson brought home with an AWP wallbang.

Fifflaren's wallbang in a 1vs1 put a stop to VG's potential comeback

Successful defense of the inner bombsite put NiP on match point and even though we were unable to see the last round of the match due to a GOTV bug, the Swedes brought it to a close with a 16-6 score.

THOR Open Qualifier #6Best of 1 Ninjas in PyjamasMatchpage 16 6 20th November 2012 VeryGames 16Train_se 6

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	22 - 12	+10	-	1.52
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	21 - 12	+9	-	1.51
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	22 - 14	+8	-	1.47
Robin 'Fifflaren' JohanssonFifflaren	12 - 12	0	-	0.91
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	12 - 15	-3	-	0.85

VeryGames	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	14 - 15	-1	-	1.00
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	16 - 19	-3	-	0.93
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	12 - 17	-5	-	0.72
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	12 - 19	-7	-	0.65
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	11 - 19	-8	-	0.56

NiP have therefore qualified for the 130,000 SEK (~$19,400) tournament THOR Open, taking place on December 8-9 in Stockholm, Sweden.

They became the sixth of total eight teams that will be on the list, joining the likes of Copenhagen Wolves, Anexis, Absolute Legends, gosu and Western Wolves.