"Pros' perspectives" is a feature series which sees a variety of well known past and present Counter-Strike professionals all giving their answer to a single question. In the second edition find out which player stands out as the best under pressure and against overwhelming odds as 26 pros give their take on Counter-Strike's most clutch player.

With the announcement today of the return of the NiP (Ninjas in Pyjamas) name to esports, this time to compete in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, it's worth taking a trip back in time to the early days of CS itself, to a time when the original NiP lineup forged its legend and went on to shape the very top tier of the game for the next six years. Whether playing under the NiP or in other teams the elite players who made their name in NiP made up the vital pieces in practically all of the top placing Scandinavian teams of the first half of CS' lifespan.

"Pros' perspectives" is a new feature series which sees a variety of well known past and present Counter-Strike professionals all giving their answer to a single question. In this first edition find out which sniper stands out as the best of all time as 28 pros give their take on Counter-Strike's best ever AWPer.

In the sixth episode of my 'Grilled' interview series I spoke to Swedish CS legend Abdi "SpawN" Mohamed about his career, from his early days in matrix through to 2easy/team9 to SK 2003-2006 to NiP 2006 and the end in SK 2007-2008.

In the fourth episode of my 'Grilled' interview series I spoke in-depth with SK's Johan "face" Klasson about his career and some of the famous players he's teamed with, events he's placed highly at and opponents he's faced. Things also come to a close with him delivering a 10 minute masterclass on 1vX theory, his famous specialty.

Harley "dsn" Örwall is a Swedish Counter-Strike legend, having won over $750,000 in prize money for his teams, along with partner-in-crime cArn. The CPL Winter 2006 and IEM III Global Finals champion discussed his career in a lengthy interview which spans 2003-2011. dsn reflects on fnatic's relative inability to win the major titles, their epic run of 2009, Na`Vi's rise in 2010, the Poles's uncanny aptitude for winning majors, playing alongside f0rest/ Get_RiGhT/ Gux and his partnership with cArn in terms of both playing and tactics.

In third interview in my 'Grilled' series Alexandre "gAuLes" Chiqueta, Brazilian CS veteran, talks MiBR, g3x, cogu, KIKOO, FalleN, fnx, toN and much more.

In the first interview in the 'Grilled' series Alex "TheSlaSH" Müller, Managing Director of SK Gaming, responds to public criticisms of SK's dealings with players, success levels over the years, approach to acquiring talent and more.

Alexander 'ave' Holdt is one of the very best tacticians in the history of Counter-Strike, most famous for the manner in which his mastery of anti-stratting revolutionised competitive Counter-Strike at the elite level. Under his leadership mTw romped through 2008, and the beginning of 2009, to win five international titles and establish themselves as the dominant force in the CS world. The rest of his career saw almost no more titles won but ave managed to keep his team amongst the best in the world and they remained impeccably consistent across the majority of 2010 and 2011.

Every other Nordic country has had to live in the shadow of Swedish CS' continued excellence throughout the lifespan of Counter-Strike, but at different teams all the other countries have battled for position as the second best Scandinavian country. Finland may have suffered its share of prejudice from the Swedish scene, with frequent complaints that players were online superstars or outright cheaters, but the Finns have had moments in history when they occupied that spot as the second best of the Scandinavians and made their own impact on the international scene.