Team Dignitas

Team Dignitas

Divisions	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Heroes of the Storm PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Smite Super Smash Bros. Melee Rocket League
Founded	2003
Location	United Kingdom
Manager	Michael O'Dell
Partners	Alienware Buffalo Wild Wings HyperX Mountain Dew Meta Threads Western Digital
Parent group	Philadelphia 76ers (2016–present)
Website	http://team-dignitas.net

Team Dignitas is an International eSports team, founded by Michael "ODEE" O'Dell on 9 September 2003 when Battlefield 1942 clans Legion Condor and Sweden Kompanix merged. Team Dignitas was acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in September 2016.^[1] The team has a rich history across many different esports, but is best known for its former League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squads.

Games participated in

Team Dignitas is known to also support games that are less popular or have smaller communities. Currently, the organisation has teams competing in the following games:

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Heroes of the Storm
• PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
• Rocket League
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• SMITE

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 and the renowned www.HLTV.org put the Counter-Strike 1.6 team as number one in Great 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 would 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]

In recent history, Team Dignitas has been known to have one of the best Heroes of the Storm teams in the history of the esport. Lead by British team captain James "Bakery" Baker, the team made it to the Grand Finals of the 2015 Heroes of the Storm World Championship, and went on to win 4 of the 5 European Championships in 2016. The team continued great form in 2017, winning the first international competition of the year at IEM Katowice, and taking home another Silver medal in the mid-season World Championship. The team made roster changes at the start of 2018, and Josh "Snitch" Bennett stepped up as team captain. The team has again won the first international tournament of the year, making the team the 3 time back-to-back-to-back champions at IEM Katowice.

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

Rocket League

ID	Name	Date Joined
ViolentPanda	Jos van Meurs	2018-05-22 [26]
Kaydop	Alexandre Courant	2018-05-22 [26]
Turbopolsa	Pierre Silfver	2018-05-22 [26]

Notable Former Players

Tournament results

References

External links

• Official Website
• Electronic Sports World Cup 2007 Diary on BBC.co.uk