— After a 11 year long CS career, our main AWP:er Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson has chosen to leave the professional scene of CS:GO. The decision to step down was made after ESWC and is released here and now in consent of the organization. He has won it all, done it all, and is to date one of the most successful, famous and discussed Counter-Strike players of all time. We took the opportunity to sit down with fifflaren and get his opinion on the matter and remember the times past.



These past two years have been the experience of a lifetime, I’ve learnt so much, travelled all over the world and had a chance to get to know four amazing people who I am proud to call my friends. These are memories that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. In addition to that, we got to rebuild the legendary NiP-brand and that is the heritage we leave behind us as we go further to realize other dreams in our lives.



No matter who takes my place, I sincerely hope that the team will play well and win, which has always been our ultimate goal and they truly deserve it. I want to thank my ex-teammates, the management of NiP who made it all possible, and a special thanks to all of my fans for the love and support over the years.”



Additional information: Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson has been offered a position within the NiP organization, but no contracts have been written at this time. We await further information from the board of NiP and Fifflaren himself.

NiP Gaming Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg

Adam "friberg" Friberg

Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund

Richard "Xizt" Landström

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Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson har lämnat NiP Gaming, till synes självmant. Beskedet kommer bara dagar efter lagets snopna slutplacering på ESWC, där man såg sig bli eliminerade i gruppen efter en förödande 1-16-förlust mot de blivande silvermedaljörerna i LDLC.Fifflaren har varit med i CS:GO-laget sedan satsningen drog igång, och har varit med och plockat oändligt många titlar under storhetstiden där femman höll ett oslagbart 87-0-rekord i matcher på LAN. Sedan länge har han dock fått ta kritik för sin statistik när den jämförs med lagkamraterna, vilket kan ha spelat in i Johansson val att lägga CS:GO-karriären på hyllan.Den före detta Source-spelaren hoppas nu stanna i NiP Gaming, men med en annan roll, efter att organisationen tycks ha gett ett erbjudande. Exakt vilket erbjudande, och vad som kommer hända, återstår att se.I vilket fall innebär detta att de svenska IEM Cologne-mästarna nu är nere på fyra man bara tre och en halv vecka innan nästa major-turnering, DreamHack Winter 2014. Vem som ersätter är i dagsläget högst oklart.