hampus on His NiP Nightmare; Constant Crazy Stories of Incompetence! - Talk to Thorin - CSGO / CS2

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hampus, former in-game leader of Ninjas in Pyjamas and currently of BLEED Esports, talks to Thorin about his career so far, including a lengthy section about his nightmare playing in the NiP organisation, revealing many anecdotes and situations that may shock and horrify viewers at the rank incompetence and disrespect on display.
This interview was recorded on the 19th of March, 2024.
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[@user-fc8xw4fi5v]

Anti-stratting the shitty headset has to be one of my top 5 favorite IGL moves of all time. That's HILARIOUS

[@maxthememer1780]

Have you got a time stamp for this?

[@tksilver3766]

@@maxthememer1780 53:21 is the start

[@fyroe]

We're gonna need a full "The Jonas Gundersen Files" one day 🤣

[@dp6036]

This was it

[@nofluffagain]

​@@dp6036get the sense we're just scratching the surface

[@schmeed0000]

i bet thorin is already working on it

[@Megao96]

North and NIP destroyed in few years, no files needed 😂

[@cd2194]

"in jail or in thailand" least corrupt esport person

[@mckinleyostvig7135]

The crazy part about this line is that it's before he got to NiP

[@ittahadsian3342]

What's the time stamp for that

[@cd2194]

@@ittahadsian3342 not sure but its in the first 20 min i think

[@snapphanen]

​@@ittahadsian3342around minute 5

[@juanme555]

[@austrooo]

Timestamps for the NIP arc: 18:03 nawwk 20:25 ztr 22:16 device joining 23:39 device's first day on NIP video 24:55 not having a 'proper' team with device 27:44 wanting Brollan but still playing with Young Ninjas as stand-ins 29:59 es3tag joining 32:42 Plopski 34:56 REZ 36:40 what it was like playing with device 38:36 people overstating NIP's poor T-sides 39:53 THREAT 41:07 role & position clashes during Brollan & k0nfig period 45:57 personal feelings regarding negative impact of roster issues (pt.1) 48:13 why REZ has stayed in NIP 49:34 did management think they would win purely by signing device 52:30 Razer headsets 54:25 calc (55:51 poker game story) 58:46 k0nfig 1:01:15 Aleksib and headtr1ck lineup, personal leave 1:04:24 playing with Aleksib 1:05:06 personal feelings regarding negative impact of roster issues (pt.2)

[@samster978]

the mvp

[@bradleyfirby648]

What a beast

[@avaNNNt]

cheers brother

[@BiruSyailendra]

wishing you a happy life, brother

[@keunekeune]

GOAT

[@jameshull4340]

This is exactly the reason I've been a fan of Hampus, straight talking and sees the nonsense a mile off. NIP taking their rightful hammering here.

[@MrStefan1221]

Hampus who has been top fragging on Bleed and now joins Thorin on a Talk to Thorin episode. Hampus your time on NIP does not count. You are vindicated!

[@xlgapelsin6173]

Jonas gunderssen disasterclass. Who would have expected that am i right?

[@David_Logr]

after the Kjaerbye/North titanic, nonetheless

[@patrikhajdu7193]

Hampus hatemaxxing so hard i wouldnt be surprised if he shorted the NIP stock before this podcast😂

[@toniownez]

It's not like people were lining up to buy it to begin with....

[@toxic_pain2117]

Hatemaxing 😂😂😂

[@stef9019]

Damn Hampus went all out on this one. Very insightful interview, glad he got to say his part.

[@joramsim]

As a NIP supporter for 8 years now I can honestly say that I have never ever disliked anyone in the scene as much as I dislike calc.

[@princessssarahx2620]

I've got good news, he retired

[@joramsim]

@@princessssarahx2620 I hope that's just the official story, would be much more satisfying to hear that he got fired for all the shit he did

[@JoeyFucktwice]

@@joramsim I'm just here wondering what could have been. Like, if only Device came back and played with Brollan and we didn't have to play ZTR and LNZ.

[@BMJYDK]

Hampus has suffered so badly in NiP from just pure timings. That comment about anti-stratting Mouz based on their shitty Razer headsets is golden.

[@Phantox1101]

hampus, rez, brollan, isak and naawk still would be awesome. But the hampus mentioned lineup would be sick too. Nilo, rez, hampus, naawk, isak

[@JCC139139]

Hampus is my favorite pro player since Get_Right and F0rest retired, hearing from him like this is awesome, really hate hearing how much he has gotten screwed over

[@TheBigK02]

It’s crazy how good of a talk he does. Professional and very funny. He doesn’t talk down to the player and lets him speak his mind. Well done sir.

[@juanframetallica82]

hampus came in with no filter, I love it

[@AceChaosFilms]

Hampus was an amazing guest. Straight talking and passionate about winning above all else, basically the opposite of NIP management 😂

[@mckinleyostvig7135]

This might be the best ever episode of this show. NiP is the most clown shoes org I have ever seen.

[@polymorphistYT]

Astralis would like to have a word

[@terryheeb6668]

EG used to exist 😂

[@jadedaim]

its so much fun to see these talk to thorin episodes with the ex nip players just exposing everything lol

[@moma026able]

In the end when hampus was talking about still wanting to prove himself and win something despite playing for a long time, I though alright, with that mindset he still might have time... Then I checked HLTV and saw that the guy is only 25 years old! That's crazy, so many years ahead of him to accomplish whatever he wants. If karrigan can keep doing it at 33, there's a lot more years left for hampus Great interview too, very nice to hear from him since he doesn't really do a lot of content and a valuable look into what was happening behind the scenes at NIP

[@ovis2375]

Damn this is some smart mf. Hope to see him back to top cs.

[@tommey2331]

Great video. This gives us so much context on why NIP has been so bad for so long. Aleksib definitely dodged a bullet by getting kicked. I'm definitely gonna keep an eye for bleed and hampus's journey. Maybe you could get aleksib for one of these interviews / podcasts. Just imagine having the new champion IGL as the next guest. I bet he'd have great stories from all the teams hes been a part of.

[@emilm7375]

Love those interviews which gives you an inside look of things. Keep them coming Thoorin! I want more information regarding NiP managment. Seems to be so misshandled. Maybe try get Naawk for a talk? I guess he have a lot to say, and wouldnt be shy to tell lol

[@dsv-banshee52]

Nawwk had one a month or two ago

[@xlgapelsin6173]

Naaawk has already had one talk to Thorin video

[@fredericoo]

I never expected that, but i think this is a top 3 interview.

[@Bleda412]

REZ is like a medieval peasant who doesn't want to rock the boat, and hampus is the hero.

[@em34ev3r]

REZ is just staying quite for an easy paycheck. He sold his soul to NIP.

[@Nefekto]

We need more players to be as vocal as hampus, also, would love to see him on more shows, snake & banter maybe?

[@fyroe]

Banger for sure, hope for some good info on BLEEDs future aswell

[@Monkeytownboss]

The lineup from Hampus at the end would actually be fire

[@fjejejjrbskjwjw163]

hampus är så kung tyckte han va top 20 åtminstone 2021. Hoppas han kan komma tillbaka till toppen!

[@turkeyman631]

If NA can scrounge up enough players for 2 tier one teams, Sweden should be able to. It's honestly mind boggling how long we have been without a competitive Swedish team.

[@xlgapelsin6173]

Well NA has 30 times swedens population

[@chombers]

Liquid and Col combined have 5 NA players.

[@anzlBlaa]

well sweden is little bit more bigger than finland, and last actually competent finish lineup was ence. Havu and jano strugglinh to get into even some decent tournaments. So my point, finland is struggling behind aleksib and jimmphat a lot too.

[@xlgapelsin6173]

@@anzlBlaa Sweden has round about twice finlands population. And let's not even mention norway here since Rain is hard carrying norway and has been basically the entire csgo-cs2 era. We nordics are struggling

[@FINsoininen]

Sweden had technological advantages for ages. That gap is closed and our small population is starting to show.

[@Tjompa7]

Dont drink every time these two say ”like”

[@NutelaaGG]

hampus seems like such a down to earth guy, great interview!

[@cpfantastic5576]

This is wild, that management is terrible. But Thorin let me tell you that, it's one of your best interviews that i have ever watched.

[@wraethcs2]

great interview, so much insight into NIP

[@pinkfloydfan22]

This one was brilliant,hampus is very open to talk about everything.

[@contentenjoyer69]

Great content as per usual. Thanks Thorin!

[@GGSATANGG]

didn't expect to be this entertained watching this

[@kalisti2323]

So good, thank you guys

[@jonaseriksson218]

Awesome interview! Thanks for keeping up the great work. Let’s hope we can get a Swedish top 5 team again sometime soon :)

[@droogbear649]

Great interview

[@Kaiser_Johan]

Great interview! Hampus has a great sense of humour

[@polymorphistYT]

Became a bit more of a hampus and Bleed fan watching this. Will be rooting for them to make the next major for sure

[@joao.ribeiro]

Good interview and great honest answers by hampus

[@erikekvall9704]

Really great vid! Hampus is such a g i love it !

[@jameswebb907]

easily one of the most eloquent and interesting guests to be on this show!

[@miguelprazeres6523]

What a fckin great interview GOAT Thorin strikes again

[@fremos8561]

really really good and intresting video!

[@busybossybee]

kudos to Thorin for all the background work he does before he conducts these interviews, it really shows!

[@onpaupro]

This was great! Would be nice to see one episode with aleksib

[@scapegoat4]

30:30 >they signed es3tag on the premise that he learns Swedish (he legit doesn't know a lick of it) >he didn't start within 3-4 months the pric3tag meme has only gotten sweeter over time man, wtf...

[@xlgapelsin6173]

Well at that point it has to be NIP trolling

[@GiantFlamingClasher]

biggest paycheck stealer of all time

[@ShoneYone]

if G2 decide to bench Hooxi i would love to see this guy in G2 , i think he's great fit.

[@David-bl5yl]

Rez joined NIP the same month I started my current job and honestly...I get it

[@csnoob02]

it's so mental how all of these things keep happening and the NiP management keeps laughing it away lmao such incompetence is just unseen till this day almost in all of esports history.

[@sutyi06]

Amazing interview. I have been really critical of hampus for a long time, but holy hell there is no way to perform under these circumstances...

[@twixy..therianz]

I knew this was going to be good!

[@thomasglas3613]

Straight fire interview.

[@dawid7120]

love hampus thanks for this interview, Poser back to tier 1 pleaseee

[@juanme555]

Man...Jonas was a total cowboy.

[@everything-has-a-handle-now]

Hampus is great would love to see him on on the LFN shows some time

[@schmeed0000]

"the joke is, and no joke" - thorin 2024

[@schmeed0000]

holy hell what a banger

[@polymorphistYT]

Does anyone have an idea which team hampus could've been talking about at the end creating a swedish lineup? Preasy? Flyquest?

[@polymorphistYT]

It seems like to be on the very top you need to go international as a team. To be like very decent like 5th - 20th, national teams can be a viable option. I would love to see NiP be swedish and top 10 again. The same way I would love to see BIG be top 10 again

[@dalt0n]

REZ sounds like a good person and a good teammate thats good to see w/ all the hate on socials

[@bunkgod7831]

another banger

[@Bmwjonte]

Woooow! and another smash on NIPs management fingers! But Jonas has left the building, DJL also, Hopefully with the new coach XIZT, NIP can climbed again!

[@Vitoco410]

Hampus mentioned there still are some people there making poor management, so hopefully if they get out, maybe NiP can have a chance winning something

[@PrestonWatching]

After this hampus burned all the bridges to be sponsored by razer in the future, but I respect the honesty. I am already cheering for Bleed, but now I am starting to be a hampus fan as well.

[@twixy..therianz]

he do use the deathadder though

[@edyslavico3761]

Razer mice are great, but the rest of their peripherals are either mid or bad

[@boegfettot]

I will backup Hampus any day, on any team, always. My favorite IGL of all time!

[@adamthornqvist6000]

Holy shit Nip was a dumpster fire:D

[@greendonkey3133]

Ayyeee love hampus!

[@joacimjeppsson4952]

If you ever manage an interview with REZ you need to cut together the gundersen files from hampus, k0nfig etc. and just make that a video.

[@63alkash]

11:50 Well ,to be fair, you were 8-1 leading before that round, and 8-2 after, so I can't say it was THE round that had the most impact.

[@David_Logr]

maybe it had a big mental impact

[@emanueljohansson4895]

That would be a banger lineup. Thoguh maybe maxter instead of nilo.

[@em34ev3r]

and why would anyone ever ever want to play for NIP.

[@jianchen7450]

2024 is the year of revelation indeed

[@indiemoans]

Is this uploaded onto Spotify?

[@andjankowski]

Very nice

[@alfredssonviktor]

Take a shot every time Hampus says ”like”.💀💀💀

[@LM-hs4bu]

why is the background the BP logo ?

[@em34ev3r]

IMAGINE trying to take all sticker money proceedings from your own player (NAWK) who you decided to sell of to another organization. SMH. You can't make this up.

[@NANOTECHYT]

Was he saying Nasu was 'paycheck stealing'? Or was I mistaken and he meant someone else?

[@GraspingsquareTV]

It sounds like it

[@averyhall5527]

Yes Nasu

[@schmeed0000]

100%

[@Jakee3_]

I love hampus man

[@jimboc669]

Dropping Hampus was the end.

[@xot1x234]

Fr, when they brought in Aleksi and had Hampus they looked strong then they got rid of him and it all fell apart for nip

[@DavidDeCorso]

Dude is the goat

[@mxt77]

26:40 who is it? someone who was in managment or the roster?

[@Felixdaq]

Fire

[@dr80008]

Snake & Banter (ft. hampus) pls

[@davidedlund2141]

I really hope we get to see hampus+nilo atleast sometime. Hampus has always been a fantastic player, nice to hear from him. I am not shocked about what he said, but man... fuck NiP.

[@keunekeune]

This episode is actual fire 😂 So much interesting BTS information

[@alarik95]

Any clue who Hampus is referring to at 26:35?

[@kwallin8136]

Jonas Gundersen

[@laurentiumocacoca175]

Is he talking about Launx when he say that someone didn't sign up for the Open Qual?

[@sonchofu]

it was cypher iirc, and he did sign up but it was too late as the max team limit for the qual had already been reached

[@cd2194]

news: hampus talks about kassad with his girlfriend, maybe kassad is actually esports?

[@BillEngwall]

Around @27:00 Hampus says "Device was possibly not happy with someone who is not in NIP anymore, maybe one of the reason he left" Who was it? :O

[@e1tuomas]

jonas "calc" gundersen

[@ottson]

He's un-swedish in the best way possible. Cool guy.

[@mehow2g]

It's hard to believe that hampus is Swedish with how direct he speaks, wow this is a great one, it confirms the obvious, NiP is an absolute joke and they are doing the same mistakes with their latest signing. I still cannot believe their twiiter post "you are right, time for a change" wtf is this?? Respect hampus we need people like you.

[@yungzed]

LOL 1:00:00 k0nfig left hampus on read after he got benched

[@14_IQ.points]

What a G. Hampus tells it like it is.

[@illastration1]

Very insightful video, but after such a great major there is so much bitterness and regret here. Bit of a downer.

[@n3karone]

The NiP of today is pissing on the legacy the 1.6 NiP team created back in the days.

[@montadar1]

Man I really feel bad for Hampus. Brollan was my favourite player for a long time in Fnatic and many people were so eager to have him signed. I know he kind of flopped but I can't put all the blame on Brollan. Yes he underperformed but he had so many role clashes and had to play awkward positions which made him look like an average player. If Jonas would've listened to Hampus and if somehow (in another universe) Device would come back I seriously believe NIP would win/qualify for many more S-tier tournaments. They came far with a Young ninja and it got totally destroyed with signing of Head1trick, K0nfig and the return of Esetag

[@Thleepricon]

Great interview, very good insight into what a fucking shit tier org NiP is and how much harm it has done to Swedish cs