schneider for Nico in dignitas

For a couple of months now dignitas have been facing difficulties with providing sufficient results, considering that at a point they were considered one of the top ten teams in the world.

They failed to qualify for ESL One Cologne at the expense of FlipSid3, and lost to E-Frag.net and HellRaisers to finish top four at Acer Predator Masters Season 1 Finals.

After a series of mixed results, dignitas decided to cut ties with Nicolaj "⁠Nico⁠" Jensen, who has been criticized by both experts and the community for his stability issues as the main sniper of the team.

Surprisingly though, they didn't get another dedicated sniper, nor was it a Dane, as fnatic's and mousesports' former, Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg, is the one to fill the gap.

The Swede has been standing in for numerous different teams in the past few weeks, namely Kinguin, KILLERFISH and PENTA, but he hasn't been a part of a starting lineup since parting ways with Property in June.

The newly added member had the following to say about joining the team and the communication issues they are facing:

"I am really excited to have gotten this opportunity to play with in my eyes four really strong players that have the potential to be amongst the absolute best. I haven't had a team in a while now and I will do my absolute best and a little bit more to make Team Dignitas reach new levels." Lindberg told team-dignitas.net

The hard part will be the communication, none can say for sure how long it will take until we have proper communication, as I feel like I understand 60-70% of their Danish, but it will only grow better with time and with that the team will only grow stronger and stronger."

dignitas now boast the following lineup:

Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche
Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen
Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup
Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye
Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg 

The team will be looking to make their second attempt at qualifying for DreamHack Stockholm this upcoming weekend, as they were unable to go through the first following a 0-2 loss to k1ck in the round of 16.

"It's with mixed feelings we have to announce that Nico is no longer a part of Team Dignitas CS:GO division. It has been eight mixed months with Nico on the team, we've had ups, and most recently also a lot of down periods. In the end we felt that removing him from our active lineup was one of the drastic moves we had to make in order to re-adjust ourselves and once again be a team you can count on in the very top of CS:GO.

Therefore we also needed a strong replacement, which I strongly believe we have found in a former major title winner, and long time member of the top CS:GO scene. It's with great pleasure we welcome Schneider to our team, a player that for a long time has been left out in the cold, despite having great abilities in the game. We believe in him as the right choice for our team, adding more fire-power and allowing us to switch up some roles within the team.

It will be a new expriance for all of us, as none of us have ever tried to play with anyone not speaking fluent Danish, but we strongly believe that barrier is more than just breakable, but also beneficial in the long run. I hope you all welcome him with open arms, and that you all will cheer for him, and our success in the future.

We know that the last months have been rough on us, we haven't delivered what we should, losing out to teams that we shouldn't, hopefully this will be an end to it. We will nevertheless work hard for it to happen, and therefore we hope you're still with us out there!"