Yesterday at the prominent Flashpoint 3, NIP took on the lower-ranked Anonymo in the opening round at the vital RMR tournament. A match, which ended up being won by Janusz “snax” Pogorzelski and the rest of the underdogs from Poland.
However, the surprising result may have come from some very uncompetitive and uneven conditions.
Following the 2-1 defeat, CEO at NIP, Hicham Chahine went to Twitter stating that they were being “forced to play through massive loss due to server issues … the game is unplayable”. Severe server problems, Anonymo reportedly didn’t had throughout the match.
Issues still not solved and we are being forced to play through with massive loss due to server issues Lost us map 2 and will loose us map 3, game is unplayable.
We are connecting to other servers with no loss. This game should have been stopped on map 1. Esports in 2021.
— NIP Hicham (@ChahineHicham) May 14, 2021
NIP allegedly played with a 30-40% loss on the server, which is a major reduction concerning the ability and possibility to perform on the server. Something, NIP’s new superstar AWPer Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz also expressed his deepest frustrations about following the match.
we will have to play on 30-40% loss
— Nicolai Reedtz (@dev1ce) May 14, 2021
We lose to anonymo, very shitty conditions and I must state my absolute fucking disappointment with faceits amateur handling of the situation.
Ggwp.
— Nicolai Reedtz (@dev1ce) May 14, 2021
So it’s not 30% in net graph but routing issues which spikes to 30% loss in random situations. I mean everyone involved at nip / flashpoint can confirm it, it was literally times where you couldn’t pull out a nade, I stuck and couldn’t move etc.. dno how to explain… ?
— Nicolai Reedtz (@dev1ce) May 14, 2021
Afterwards NIP publicized a longer statement on Twitter, where they present a heavy critique to Flashpoint for their handling of the situation.
– The ignorance, stubbornness, and lack of solutions coming from the Flashpoint staff was simply not to a standard with what is expected from a Major Qualifier event.
— Ninjas In Pyjamas (@NIP) May 14, 2021
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