{"id":10258,"date":"2020-01-21T06:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T06:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=10258"},"modified":"2020-01-21T06:41:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T06:41:29","slug":"ninjas-in-pyjamas-remove-gunnar-from-dota-2-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/ninjas-in-pyjamas-remove-gunnar-from-dota-2-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninjas in Pyjamas remove Gunnar from Dota 2 roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ninjas in Pyjamas have announced they are parting ways with Nico “Gunnar” Lopez, who was removed from their Dota 2 esports<\/a> roster on Monday and will look to continue his career elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The Swedish esports organization said via Twitter that the change was part of a plan to “turn their ship around” in hopes for better results going forward.<\/p>\n

NiP’s poor 17th-18th place finish at The International 2019 ushered some major changes to their Dota 2 roster, with Marcus “Ace” Hoelgaard, Adrian “Fata” Trinks, Neta “33” Shapira and Martin “Saksa” Sazdov replaced by Saahil “Universe” Arora, Malthe “Biver” Winther, Oliver “Skiter” Lepko and Gunnar.<\/p>\n

Shortly after they assembled their new Dota 2 roster, NiP pocketed a bronze medal at DreamLeague Season 12 in October 2019. However, in the months that followed, NiP have struggled to find any real consistency.<\/p>\n

A couple of days after their DreamLeague S12 appearance, NiP entered ESL One Hamburg and crashed out at the group stage. Two weeks later, NiP took a swing at DOTA Summit 11 and once more fell flat in the opening stage of the tournament as they finished in fifth-sixth place.<\/p>\n

In December, NiP entered DreamLeague S13 NA closed qualifiers, where they started strong and secured a spot in the playoffs. They failed to make it further than round one of the knockout fixtures, however, as they lost to Chaos EC and Evil Geniuses in quick succession to crash out of yet another tournament. <\/p>\n

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Since the signing of our new @DOTA2<\/a> roster, the results have not been what we hoped them to be in any of the tournaments we attended and therefore we\u2019re making the changes needed to turn this ship around.https:\/\/t.co\/VSnw02BQp4<\/a>#GONINJAS<\/a> #DOTA2<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/wFPM3ZSXyC<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ninjas in Pyjamas ?? (@NiPGaming) January 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n