After NIP withdrew from the 2021 BLAST Premier Final after suffering losses to Astralis and Liquid, one of its members Hampus «hampus» Poser was interviewed by HLTV to share his opinion on the team's performance at the tournament and the challenges they face. BLAST Premier Fall Final was the first event where NIP appeared in a new lineup, which included Patrick «es3tag» Hansen.
Hansen's addition to the lineup has allowed the players to more optimally assign roles and build the game, but hampus noted that the language barrier is still an issue. Es3tag has been practicing with NIP for about two weeks, having never spoken Swedish before. Therefore, sometimes he does not immediately understand the intentions of his teammates, especially in tense situations, mentally translates their words into English, and this delay of one or two seconds is enough to lose the round. Hampus suggested that at IEM Winter players will try to speak English at times like this, and that es3tag will learn to speak Swedish more fluently in the future.
Commenting on the recent bad matches, the player mentioned that the loss to Astralis was the result of a series of individual mistakes due to the fact that the participants failed to come together and act in a coordinated manner. He hopes that by IEM Winter the team will be able to understand the reasons for what happened and find the right approach.