Team Dignitas

For other uses, see Dignitas (disambiguation).
Team DignitasJWT
Location United Kingdom
Founded 2004
Manager(s) Michael O'Dell
Sponsors Intel
Killer
QPAD
Twitch
Alienware
Western Digital
Corsair
Antec
SCAN
Creative
iiyama
Tesco
Divisions Battlefield 3
League of Legends
Quake Live
FIFA (video game series)
StarCraft II
Counter-Strike Global Offensive
Halo 5: Guardians
Website http://team-dignitas.net

Team Dignitas is an International e-Sports team which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. It was founded on 9 September 2003 as a fusion of the Battlefield 1942 clans Legion Condor and Sweden Kompanix. While the clan began as a pure Battlefield clan in the beginning, it has since expanded into a wider range of games. In July 2004, Team Dignitas was registered as a company: Team Dignitas Ltd. The Managing Director is Michael "ODEE" O'Dell. Team Dignitas League of Legends team currently competes in the North American League of Legends Championship Series.

Games participated in

Unlike other major gaming teams, Dignitas is known to also support games that are less popular or have smaller communities. Currently, the organization has teams competing in the following games:

Former

Honors and achievements

In 2006 the Battlefield 2 team was chosen as the Battlefield 2 Team of the Year by Geeksnet.org.[2] In May 2007 the British scene page UKCounterTerrorist.com put the Counter-Strike 1.6 team as number one in Britain.[3] By winning the first official international Enemy Territory: Quake Wars tournament at QuakeCon2007 the Enemy Territory: Quake Wars team gained the fame as the best team in the world. The World in Conflict team of Team Dignitas was nominated for the eSports Award 2007 as "eSport Team of the Year".[4] In early 2008, the team's French FIFA player Maxime "Aghaton" Paulet was chosen as the Best French FIFA 07 player by the French community site FIFAFever.com.[5] Towards the end of 2008, Cadred.org chose their Counter-Strike: Source team was recognized as the best European team, and won the award for best overall team.[6][7] In early 2009, Dignitas' Call of Duty 4 and the Team Fortress 2 teams both managed to place first in Cadred.org's European rankings for three consecutive months.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Throughout the years Team Dignitas was able to achieve numerous important victories. In 2007 Dignitas was able to announce its first ever World Champion with Freek "XeNoGeaR" winning the Trackmania Nations competition at the Electronic Sports World Cup (he also came second at the ESWC 2008 one year later) and taking home $10.000. Later also Fredrik "Bergie", Jesper "KarjeN" and Carl-Antoni "Carl Jr." have won big Trackmania competitions. August 2007 the Enemy Territory: Quake Wars team came victorious in the first ever International Quake Wars tournament at Quakecon 2007, taking home $22.000.[14] Also in 2007, Team Dignitas player Shaun "Apollo" Clark placed first in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars at the World Cyber Games 2007, winning $12,000. The World Cyber Games 2008 could again be won by Team Dignitas, this time by Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath player Pascal "Dackel" Pfefferle ($10,000). In January 2011, Team Dignitas player Jeffrey "SjoW" Brusi won $7,500 after placing first in the Starcraft 2 IEM European Tournament.[15]

Media appearances

Apollo being interviewed by BBC Radio 1

Team Dignitas has been in both local and mainstream media over the years. During the Electronic Sports World Cup 2007, Team Dignitas kept an online diary about the team's attendance at the event on the BBC website.[16] Between November 2007 and February 2008, Dignitas FIFA player Jonas "IstvaN" Salomonsen was frequently featured in Danish television like DR1 or DR2.[17][18] In March 2008, David "Zaccubus" Treacy was featured in the BBC 1 Six O'Clock news where he is asked about his opinion on the game Manhunt 2.[19] In August 2008, global microprocessor manufacturer Intel has released a video about Dignitas member David "Zaccubus" Treacy on its official website.[20] At the World Cyber Games 2008 UK Qualifier, Dignitas player Shaun "Apollo" Clark was interviewed by BBC Radio 1. Team Dignitas players have also been featured in local print media. Examples are Jesper "EnergetiC" Hallberg who was interviewed in an article of local Swedish newspaper "Mälaröarnas Nyheter".[21] Also Israeli FIFA player Yossi "RuBiNaLDo" Rubin was featured in the local newspaper "News of Netanya".[22] Moreover, since August 2007 the British computer magazine PC Format has a regular feature about Team Dignitas in which players of the team blog about recent events.

League of Legends

Team Dignitas sold their newly European LCS-qualified League of Legends team to Follow eSports, who soon after rebranded as Splyce, on 3 November 2015 for nearly £625,000 ($1 million).[23]

Roster

League of Legends North America

Nationality ID Name Role Join date End of contract
 United States BillyBoss Billy Yu Top ?
 Netherlands Kirei Thomas Yuen Jungle ?
 Canada Shiphtur Danny Le Mid 2015-10-20
 United States Apollo Apollo Price AD 2015-10-20
 United States KiWiKiD Alan Nguyen Support

Counter-Strike Global Offensive

Nationality ID Name Role Join date End of contract
 Norway RUBINO Ruben Villarroel Rifler 2015-11-12 ?
 Denmark k0nfig Kristian Wienecke Rifler 2015-11-12 ?
 Denmark MSL Mathias Lauridsen Rifler (Lurker/In-Game Leader) 2015-03-17 ?
 Denmark tenzki Jesper Plougmann Rifler 2015-10-20 ?
 Denmark Kjaerbye Markus Kjærbye Rifler 2015-01-26 ?

Former

League of Legends North America

Nationality ID Name Role Joined Left
 Canada Jatt Joshua Leesman Jungle September 2011 December 2011
 United States Cruzerthebruzer Cruz Ogden Sub/Top November 2013 May 2014
 United States ZionSpartan Darshan Upadhyaha Top May 2014 October 2014
 United States Scarra William Li Mid September 2011 October 2014
 United States Imaqtpie Michael Santana AD September 2011 October 2014
 Canada Crumbzz Alberto Rengifo Jungle October 2011 February 2015

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Nationality ID Name Role Joined Left
 Denmark cajunb Rene Borg Rifler/AWPer February 2014 February 2015
 Denmark device Nicolai Reedtz AWPer February 2014 February 2015
 Denmark dupreeh Peter Rasmussen Rifler (Entry-Fragger) February 2014 February 2015
 Denmark karrigan Finn Andersen In-Game Leader December 2014 February 2015
 Denmark Xyp9x Andreas Højsleth Rifler February 2014 February 2015
 Denmark FeTiSh Henrik Christensen In-Game Leader February 2014 March 2015
 Denmark Nico Nicolaj Jensen AWPer February 2015 September 2015
 Sweden schneider Andreas Lindberg AWPer September 2015 October 2015
 Denmark aizy Philip Aistrup Rifler January 2015 November 2015
 Denmark Pimp Jacob Winneche Rifler/AWPer January 2015 November 2015

League of Legends Europe

Nationality ID Name Role Joined Left
 Finland Zytan Sung Moo Lim Niklas Lakeniemi February 2015 February 2015
 Denmark Wunderwear Martin Hansen Top February 2015 October 2015
 Denmark Sencux Chres Laursen Mid February 2015 October 2015
 Denmark Kobbe Kasper Kobberup AD February 2015 October 2015
 Denmark Nisbeth Nicolai Nisbeth Support February 2015 October 2015
 Denmark Obvious Dennis Sørensen Jungle April 2015 October 2015

References

  1. ↑ http://www.team-dignitas.net 2011 Team Dignitas Signs Rock Solid. Team-dignitas.net (22 September 2011). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Geeksnet.org 2006 Battlefield 2 Worldrankings
  3. ↑ UKCounterTerrorist.com May 2007 Counter-Strike 1.6 UK Rankings
  4. ↑ The nominees for the eSports Awards 2007. Esports-award.org. Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  5. ↑ FIFAFever.com's Best French FIFA 07 Player poll
  6. ↑ December 2008 CS:Source Rankings. Cadred.org (23 December 2008). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  7. ↑ 2008 Awards. Cadred.org (9 January 2009). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  8. ↑ February 2009 Call of Duty 4 Rankings. Cadred.org (23 February 2009). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  9. ↑ February 2009 Team Fortress 2 Rankings. Cadred.org (3 March 2009). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  10. ↑ March 2009 Call of Duty 4 Rankings. Cadred.org (22 March 2009). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  11. ↑ March 2009 Team Fortress 2 Rankings. Cadred.org (2 April 2009). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  12. ↑ April 2009 Call of Duty 4 Rankings. Cadred.org (21 April 2009). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  13. ↑ April 2009 Team Fortress 2 Rankings. Cadred.org (6 May 2009). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  14. ↑ The Quakecon 2007 winners
  15. ↑ Intel Extreme Masters: Season 5 on. Esl-world.net. Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  16. ↑ Electronic Sports World Cup 2007 Diary on BBC.co.uk. BBC News (9 July 2007). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  17. ↑ IstvaN interviewed on DR1
  18. ↑ DR2's special on Danish FIFA gaming
  19. ↑ Zaccubus on BBC 1 Six O'Clock news. BBC News (28 January 2008). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  20. ↑ Intel's gaming video about Zaccubus Archived 13 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ↑ EnergetiC in the "Mälaröarnas Nyheter". Team-dignitas.org (11 December 2011). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  22. ↑ RuBiNaLDo in the "News of Netanya". Team-dignitas.org (11 December 2011). Retrieved on 16 December 2011.
  23. ↑ "Million-dollar deal for pro-gaming team". BBC. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.

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