valde to stand in for dignitas at ECS

5-12-2016 01:23

Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså has been confirmed as dignitas' replacement for Emil "Magiskb0Y" Reif at ECS Season 2 Finals.

After a short period of uncertainty following Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif's announcement that he will be missing out on the ECS Season 2 Finals in Anaheim, USA, Dignitas have confirmed that they will be using Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså as a replacement.

valde will be filling in for magiskb0Y at ECS

valde has been a strong performer for HEROIC since the team picked him up, but will have big shoes to fill this weekend replacing one of the breakout players of 2016.

At ECS, which starts on December 9th, Dignitas have been placed in Group B, with Immortals, Envy and SK.

dignitas will be using the following line-up for ECS Season 2 Finals:

Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen
Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke
René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg
Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel
Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså (stand-in)

Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due (coach)

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Oh nooo ...

2016-12-05 01:23

10 replies

"Oh nooo ..." either brain dead or had to think of something contro for the first comment

2016-12-05 01:29

7 replies

brain dead

6 replies

auto correct, nt

2016-12-05 01:52

5 replies

mad cause u slow ?

2016-12-05 13:41

4 replies

REAL DEAL, 300 women per year

2016-12-05 14:02

3 replies

Fake Flagger, nt

2016-12-05 14:32

2 replies

nah u thought, ill take a picture of my town in NJ right now

2016-12-05 15:31

1 reply

Go ahead !!

2016-12-05 17:12

"Oh nooo ..." I read that with the young Joseph Joestar voice lul XD

2016-12-05 01:44

Nice

2016-12-05 07:44

Expected gl. After valde carries dignitas -RUBINO +valde plz

2016-12-05 01:24

24 replies

2016-12-05 01:25

haha +1 actually

2016-12-05 02:11

that team would be top 1 no doubt

2016-12-05 02:30

u don't know that skill isn't everything

2016-12-05 02:59

Dignitas really aren't an aim based teams as is and are already up there . More firepower would certainly help them.

2016-12-05 14:40

yep but rubino doesnt have a aim heavy role. he is more of a lurker/support. sure it doesnt really hurt if it was someone with better aim instead of him but you gotta take in to account that rubino has really good game sense.

2016-12-05 15:55

You have to take into account that Valde's game sense is just as good, on top of the fact that it would allow them to speak Danish if they wanted to.

2016-12-05 17:37

Rubino speaks danish fluently. They speak danish as a team.

2016-12-05 20:23

Problem is still that valde does not play his role. Valde has position 1-2 and Rubino 4-5

2016-12-07 10:29

That sounds like Dota positions, those don't really relate. If you're talking about in terms of fragging Valde was never meant to be a star player, he's a strong complementary player to someone like Gla1ve was on Heroic, or Magisk (if he joins Dig).

2016-12-07 15:47

no brain kebab inbound rubino is a good roleplayer and they don't need more firepower. roles would be fucky too.

2016-12-05 05:18

They actually do need more firepower. Having both rubino and msl on the lineup makes them wildly inconsistent, because they rely on the other trio to be on point all the time.

2016-12-05 06:28

You don't need 4 star players to make a top team rofl look at any team out there. Nip: xizt and friberg role players, pyth hybrid, gtr/forest stars. Vp:neo and taz role players, snax and byali stars, and pasza doing his aggressive lurk stuff sort of a wild card. G2: smithzz/body role players, rpk tank, shox and scream star players. Faze: karrigan/ kio roleplayers,a llu solid awper and acan go off,/aizy/rain stars. Rare to see a team with 4 star players... Anyway, they have absolutely no need for valde. Also, Dignitas were like incredibly consistent leading up toward dh winter and Brazil..and those two bad showings had nothing to do with not having enough firepower.

2016-12-05 09:48

This doesn't mean it wouldn't work in this instance.. I actually think that it might be beneficial to players such as magisk and msl as their roles would be more defined/specfic.

2016-12-05 10:18

cajunb is actually a hybrid role player and occasional carry much like allu magisk/k0nfig stars rubino/msl role players but if valde joins you would just have 1 role player which is msl a cajunb would be the half-carry. msl knows how to use his players well navi actually 3 star players s1mple,flamie,guardian

2016-12-05 13:50

And how many of those teams have consistently stayed top 3? On VP anyone can turn up at any given moment, just like on SK. Thats why they are the only teams to consistently stay top 3. Just like the old Ldlc/envy and fnatic used to, all of the players were able to win their duels at almost any given time. Obviously just throwing stars in a team doesn't work, like we've seen with faze, but dignitas has a good core, they just lack consistency, because they rely on their three stars to show up every single match. Rubino used to be really good and consistent, probably the most consistent player on dig in the kjaerbye&tenski era, but he has been slumping hard for like half a year. He was the reason they we're able to win epicenter, because in the playoffs he turned up just as much as k0nfig, cajun, and magisk. If he could play like that all the time, it would be fine, but if dig wants to stay top 3, they most likely need more firepower.

2016-12-05 19:51

roleplayer xDDDD

2016-12-05 07:10

LETS GET 5 STAR PLAYERS LIKE FAZE DID. LETS GO BOIS +100valde

2016-12-05 09:24

When did faze ever had five star players though?

2016-12-10 00:51

like forever

2016-12-10 01:20

Maybe they were stars in their respective teams before joining faze but for me, star players are players like s1mple, coldzera, device, shox, f0rest etc.

2016-12-10 01:22

they are superstar players. carry players aswell. star players can be lower capacity

2016-12-10 01:23

All right. btw, faze differs from dignitas since faze are bunch of players from different nationalities. It's harder for them to communicate.

2016-12-10 01:24

too much choke

2016-12-05 09:25

nice

DAYUM

Whatever happens I hope mouz gets rid off spiidi and dennis.

+1 Denis has been a bot forever and Spiidi is inconsistent af. Maybe +tabsen and +some other German player.

2016-12-05 01:48

r0bsen

2016-12-05 03:39

Yeah, and even if they haven't been BOT 100% of the matches it doesn't matter Any player on alternate attax or Penta could replace Denis or Spiidi and they would play as well if not better. Mouz should be much better than they are

2016-12-05 03:45

-spiidi -denis +hitler +himmler That team would play with all the gas.

2016-12-05 01:56

Nice move.

Nice they have a chance now

first

cool

SICK

VALDEGOD is ready

sick, it will be hard to replace Magiskboy, but Valde is the only one in the danish scene that can get to the same lvl.

well the only one that isn't on astralis.

2016-12-05 20:25

valde is sick should join on a definitive basis. get rubino out

agree, easily top3 world imo. and ofc top1 denmark if they arent already

2016-12-05 01:31

after seing astralis @ eleague I expect a top4 finish at least on ECS

2016-12-05 01:36

Idk if a player like valde would flourish next to k0nfig and magiskb0y, especially not in rubinos supportive position. He's a star player in the making, not a site anchor

2016-12-05 16:05

No pls no valde rele valde NOOOO.....

Well that could be much worse for Dignitas, let's hope for their sake that they can at least reach the playoffs.

2016-12-05 01:27

considering they were originally planning on using Ruggah (their coach) they are much better off this way, and the only thing really weakening them is not having enough time to play

2016-12-05 02:01

RIP kriegboy sad not to see him buying krieg only

good stand in

2016-12-05 01:34

-MSL + VALDE

2016-12-05 01:38

gl valde, one of the best in dennark atm, lets hope that in the future dignitas gets rid of rubino, and later of MSL, they have potential!

2016-12-05 01:39

Dignitas without an IGL would be trash, look at Faze after/ before Karrigan, would be the same for dignitas

2016-12-05 07:46

oh boy

2016-12-05 01:42

Hopefully he'll replace MSL or Rubino

2016-12-05 01:53

Now imagine -MSL +Valde Kreygasm

2016-12-05 01:55

because cutting the igl always works out fine

2016-12-05 02:38

MSL is the most important player in the team...

2016-12-05 11:44

MSL is one of the few IGLs in the scene who actually has a noticeable impact on the team. It would be suicide to remove him.

2016-12-05 14:44

Valde is an amazing talent... holy crap dignitas just as dangerous at this event. PS: To the noobs, MSL is a vital component to dignitas. Stop making stupid statements as to replace him, he isn't going anywhere.

2016-12-05 02:02

Fox will rekt valde :))

It's almost unfair how much talent there is in Denmark at the moment. Somebody call Donald Trump, it's time to takeover Greenland.

2016-12-05 02:13

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Its funny because youre right but they still choke like always

2016-12-05 02:18

You mean like when they won Epicenter a little over a month ago?

2016-12-05 11:24

which later led of dignitas failing to pass 2 straight groupstages (DH Winter and EPL lan finals) following by another early exit at ELEAGUE. considering denmark's deep talent pool, winning one tier1 event in 6months is a bit disappointing to say the least.

2016-12-05 12:22

But they don't "always choke", which was his point.

2016-12-05 15:01

Astralis do.

2016-12-05 20:27

But dignitas doesn't, so they don't "always choke". That concepts can't be too hard to grasp.

2016-12-05 20:42

and still they barely can win a single big event.

2016-12-05 12:12

And when u think there are like 5-5.5mil ppl in Denmark, and they always had amazing players, even in 1.6..

2016-12-05 14:47

Denmark had an insane CS:S scene too.

2016-12-06 04:02

magisk>Valde Valde>Rubino

2016-12-05 02:34

Valdemar... a typical Brazilian name

2016-12-05 02:49

I originally read this as valve to stand in for dignitas lol

2016-12-05 02:56

magisk said wouldnt be anyone from heroic tho :o

2016-12-05 03:03

good stand in from dignitas valde is one of the best danish player

2016-12-05 03:09

he's actually a good player.. fast reliable and accurate.

2016-12-05 03:23

pick FNX kappa

2016-12-05 03:37

omg :o

2016-12-05 04:23

GOD valde

2016-12-05 04:31

If this goes well for valde, rubino is in serious trouble. rubino + jkaem going for a all Norwegian team maybe?!

2016-12-05 04:49

or rubino jkaem, maikelele, fnx(LUL) and one more

2016-12-05 06:07

+nex KappaPride

2016-12-05 08:51

I don't see it happen, Rubino has such a different role.

2016-12-05 16:22

I don't disagree and I like rubino in Dignitas. But I say this because lately it looks like he lost his spark and doesn't seem as into the team as before. I'm sure that MSL could make it work, he's probably the best IGL in terms of maximizing his player's performances.

2016-12-05 22:40

pretty much confirmed -rubino + valde in the next months :D

2016-12-05 07:00

heh, you have the chance to be in the best cs go team yet you decide not to attend... really shows that not even pros care about the scene anymore. its a dying scene when even young talent dont prioritize it.

2016-12-05 08:36

not sure if troll or not, but I still care to answer. I am pretty sure dig has been on the road for like 2 months straight, which has lead to several exams being missed. So if this is that important to him, let him do it. There's life after CS.

2016-12-05 13:54

why kick SGb0y?

2016-12-05 08:48

They didnt kick he got exams.

2016-12-05 12:34

In eSports Players it should not be exams. They should put the automatic evaluation.

2016-12-05 15:37

If something like -Rubino +Vlade happens it would be pretty much Pronax's fnatic

2016-12-05 08:58

Not a bad word about Rubino; he is solid, but replacing him with Valde would still be amazing tho.. But rather I would probably kick MSL and have him as couch.. MSL too much of a bot aim wise

2016-12-05 09:00

Coaches can't speak during the match. After the new coaching rule, look at how teams with actual leaders have actually taken their game to a whole new level compared to teams, who didn't have a leader, but just a coach to lead them.

2016-12-05 10:33

You have a good point and I'm kinda split on the subject.. I would say glave, for instance, has shown a tendency (so far) to be average on the frag department, while also leading. IMO MSL is almost always at the bottom which is just not good enough

Bot aim wise? He is actually good with rifles lol

2016-12-05 10:51

Could be better ayy? =P

2016-12-05 12:35

He's shit with rifles,I wont forget the DH against Kinguin where he lost 1v1 against mouz. MSL:100hp(CT),m4a1,holds angle-bomb was infront of him(dropped) Mouz:21/22 hp,ak,running into connector>killing msl.

2016-12-05 12:36

Valde to Dig would be friggin' amazing God dammit this makes me psyched. Must be a good standing between Valde and Dig since he can do stand-in. Sweeeeeet

woah, GL valde! we need this dignitas: cajunb MSL Magiskb0Y valde k0nfig

2016-12-05 10:53

-Botbino+Valde

2016-12-05 11:00

gl Valde!

2016-12-05 11:31

Actually wanted dis to happen, GL valde!

2016-12-05 12:08

-Magiskb0y rip

2016-12-05 12:57

why not cadian ;c

2016-12-05 12:59

1 RIP SK 2 RIP dignitas 3 whos next?

This might work. Definitely better than SKs standin.

2016-12-05 13:10

Danish Shuffle episode 2 - coming soon in the spring of 2017.

2016-12-05 13:11

Amazing player. GL!

2016-12-05 13:18

rip smF and Nico

2016-12-05 13:22

Quite a solid replacement. I don't know if I'd rank valde or magisk highest. But imo, Magisk' power is on defense, while valde is a superb player on the attack. I'm suspecting some crazy plays, with both k0nfig and valde doing some crazy plays, maybe alongside each other?

2016-12-05 14:15