NIP Reveals New CS2 Roster: "Time to Make it Count"

Ninjas in Pyjamas rebuilt their Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) roster in March 2024, and now, nine months later, they have again announced significant changes. This time, the roster is built around the Danish in-game leader previously from ENCE, the great Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer.

This announcement comes after the benching of South African Gareth "⁠MisteM⁠" Ries, who was reportedly the "future of NIP."

The only remaining player from the previous roster is Ukrainian AWPer Artem "⁠r1nkle⁠" Moroz. The team's new anchor is Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck from the old HEROIC, which coach Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström should be excited about. NIP then completed its new roster with Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing and Michel "⁠ewjerkz⁠" Pinto, previously from SAW.

NIP sent out a press release about this roster change, and also posted a short video on social media, with the post's tagline as "time to make it count."

Time to make it count #GONINJASpic.twitter.com/9vFqI9J3PB

— NIP CS (@NIPCS) January 15, 2025

The new NIP roster is:

• Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer
• Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck
• Artem "⁠r1nkle⁠" Moroz
• Michel "⁠ewjerkz⁠" Pinto
• Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing

Most of the roster will compete at the CCT Season 2 Europe Series 16 Closed Qualifier starting on 16 January 2025. I said most because Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug is featuring as a stand-in for a short period of time in place of Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing.

It will be interesting to see how NIP performs in their first matches and if the squad improves and synergizes quickly.

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