f0rest and friberg commit to Dignitas for 2022*

16-1-2022 12:27

The 33-year old will remain with the team for a third year.

Update: Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg has also extended his contract with Dignitas, the organization announced.

Counter-Strike veteran Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg has decided to extend his contract with Dignitas for 2022, the North American organization announced on Saturday. The news comes two years after the Swede made his move to Dignitas following almost eight years with Ninjas in Pyjamas.

f0rest signed for Dignitas in January of 2020 alongside Ninjas in Pyjamas's Major winning players from ESL One Cologne 2014 in a hope to reignite the magic that saw the Swedes mark their place in CS:GO history.

f0rest will play for Dignitas through 2022

During f0rest's two years at Dignitas, the squad struggled to achieve any international success, only managing to take a few trophies from regional tournaments such as Nordic Masters Spring 2021.

Despite this, the veteran has managed to retain a 1.09 rating throughout his stay in the squad, the joint highest in the team alongside his teammate and AWPer Håkon "⁠hallzerk⁠" Fjærli.

Dignitas sign pita as new head coach

Dignitas's active roster has remained stable since March of 2021 when Haris "⁠H4RR3⁠" Hadzic was moved to the bench in favor of Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson. Since the roster change, only the coaching staff has seen movement, with the organization parting ways with head coach Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl in November before hiring Faruk "⁠pita⁠" Pita as a replacement.

The Swedish squad will make their 2022 debut at the main qualifier for the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 on January 17.

king

2022-01-16 12:27

15 replies

I love f0rest since 1.6 days, He is the true king for me! 🥰

2022-01-16 12:32

12 replies

+33 year old still going strong at least in tier2-3

2022-01-16 19:04

11 replies

what is the board thinking to keep friberg??

2022-01-16 19:22

10 replies

Idr if hallzerk speaks Swedish or if they speak English but I'd presume there just wasn't a swede igl they liked

2022-01-16 19:26

8 replies

even if he only speaks norweigan he will understand swedish xd

2022-01-16 19:54

6 replies

Norweigen and swedish arent the exact same language. He still had to learn swedish

2022-01-16 21:13

5 replies

do i cars.

2022-01-16 21:24

3 replies

Yes you were definitely involved in this conversation thanks for not being nosy and contributing to this conversation

2022-01-16 21:28

2 replies

2022-01-17 07:50

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EAT SHEET TODAY.

2022-01-20 21:50

If you speak Norwegian you understand Swedish to 90%, it goes the other way around as well.

2022-01-17 11:31

they speak swedish

2022-01-16 20:13

i thinkin they say "SHADDAP U OLD FACK"

2022-01-17 08:22

Dignitas to mayor playoffs!

2022-01-16 18:56

king of paycheck stealing 2022

2022-01-16 19:38

LEGEND

+olof

2022-01-16 12:28

7 replies

Olof deserves better

2022-01-16 16:23

yea im sad it isn't -plopski +forestgoat

2022-01-16 16:58

Olof deserves his 3 times refreshed retirement.

2022-01-16 19:56

+olof +jwonderchild

2022-01-16 20:29

pls olof this would be amazing

2022-01-17 13:35

Yes pls

2022-01-17 15:59

that would be great if they kicked friberg

2022-01-18 00:18

great news its a legend !

P0grest

good for him

Legend

Even if it is lower tier CS, it's still crazy that he's 33 and posting that high of a rating

Ikr 1.09 rating in tier1 would've gotten him in top30 hltv easily this year!!

2022-01-16 19:05

Well, not quite haha, but still good

2022-01-16 19:11

Broky 1.10 rating top20 btw with average impact rating.

2022-01-16 19:18

legend, top3 in 2022

Delusional? Ah, name & flair checks out...

2022-01-16 12:37

Pogu

Greatest CS player of all time all things considered

get right was better than f0rest in both 1.6 and csgo despite playing less of both

2022-01-16 19:27

Get right was shit after 2015 though, forest still going 7 years later

2022-01-16 20:43

f0rest has been shit for 5 years now too, getting ~1 rating in tier 3 online rating has no impact on who is the greatest of all time.

2022-01-16 21:01

4 replies

Name? Ah, check!

2022-01-17 04:39

Not sure what you're watching but he was carrying quite alot of NiPs games when he was still there and he is far beyond anyone even close to his age.

2022-01-18 00:24

it doesn't matter if he is carrying nip in a few games. any year where a player isn't in hltv top 20 is meaningless when it comes to what player is the greatest of all time. it would be as if messi started playing in swedish division 3 and scored 10 goals and that would be what made him better than ronaldo if ronaldo retired. it doesn't matter because the level is so low

2022-01-18 16:22

A few games and alot of games is quite a difference, and when he was in NiP he was playing T1 opposition every game. Since he joined dignitas he's played T2 teams probably like 80% of the time sure, but you said the last 5 years. And even though they have friberg that is consistently below 0.6-0.7 rating they are playing close games against T1 teams, alot of the times it is due to f0rest. I love how you compare T2 CS too swedish division 3 football, that just shows how little you know about the scene.

2022-01-19 16:23

XDD better in 1.6 for couple of years sure, when you consider everything in 1.6 ? Nah not even close

2022-01-17 00:03

Please never retire Mr Lindberg

2022-01-16 13:12

2022-01-17 13:36

goat

nice

2022-01-16 12:29

just retire already

friberg yes f0rest no

2022-01-16 12:44

Why would he? He said himself that he still has a passion for this game and he´s having fun playin it.

2022-01-16 14:28

Top5 goat of cs overall.

GOAT

+1 i love watching forest splitting skulls... he really is one of the greatest

2022-01-16 12:46

f0rp?

Yes?

2022-01-16 15:41

GOD

2022-01-16 12:30

I guess he likes being on t2 because of his son.

2022-01-16 12:31

Map played 2009

He could still do it in the top tier of cs, this guy is a fucking beast. Real GOAT

2022-01-16 12:33

Keep dreaming

2022-01-16 12:38

"Update: Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg has also extended his contract with Dignitas, the organization announced." ruined

Finished player, Pessi is better.

2022-01-16 12:34

2 goals in uber eats league..yes pessi is clear

2022-01-16 12:35

Let's go Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg 🥰

what a joke

probably his final year playing :(

2022-01-16 12:36

noooo mens ;(((((

2022-01-16 12:50

what makes you think that?

2022-01-16 19:28

1 year contract extension shows he clearly has other plans in 2023 and hes too old to get an offer anywhere else so hes going to retire obviously

2022-01-17 04:51

Yes, he is too old since a few years, and he still rekting them kids so you can never know. f0rest is built different, he can do it as long as he wants it obviously.

2022-01-17 12:47

gotta milk them wages until last drop

2022-01-16 12:39

The real goat

still plays good for his age, so why not

He's still better than some t1 players, I think he could do very well instead Plopski on NiP

2022-01-16 14:13

He prefers playing with friends i guess, Tier2 is better for his age too, less intense work load/travel and more family time. Given how long they were at the top, I think he'd be ok with less wage too. Talent wasted but it has its advantages.

2022-01-16 17:36

2022-01-17 04:52

hope dignitas do better than last year

2022-01-16 12:40

if hallzerk can get his shit together and perform consistently, they could compete at a decent level even with friberg struggling on an individual level. f0rest and lekr0 both are safe pairs of hands and HEAP can get to star level as we have seen, but hallzerk has to perform.

2022-01-16 15:01

2022-01-16 15:10

"Update: Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg has also extended his contract with Dignitas, the organization announced." Sadge.....

lmao fr i hope its as coach

2022-01-16 19:58

this team has potential if they only could move friberg into coach role and get someone like rusty or grux

2022-01-16 12:43

srsly friberg? this team don't want to be better

this team has serious potential if they make a small tweak by moving friberg out of the fucking team

2022-01-16 12:47

top 5 this year

2022-01-16 12:48

last dance

2022-01-16 12:49

Dignitas gonna make top 15-20 this year.

Let's go GOAT!

why friberg...

I really hope that f0rest will comeback to form in the new year, I really don't think the role he has now fits him, he really struggles it feels like, friberg on the other hand I feel like is doing a good progress as an IGL and I'm really happy that he will get one more year to play with DIG. GL Legends <3

+1 well said

2022-01-16 13:26

forest pls tıer 1 or 2 team transfer

2022-01-16 12:51

2022-01-16 12:54

f0rest the real GOAT

-BOTSKI -BOTSTAG +HEAP +F0REST EZ4NIP

2022-01-16 12:55

when you commit dignitas... :(

2022-01-16 12:56

King

2022-01-16 12:58

so one more year bottomfragging for friberg

2022-01-16 12:59

He's wasting his career playing with friberg...

2022-01-16 13:01

Keep up legend

2022-01-16 13:02

EASY

2022-01-16 13:04

get right

F to hallzerk, Lekr0 and Heap

2022-01-16 13:05

-friberg +golden and u have a potential top 10 team but no friberg and killing opportunity for swedes name a more iconic duo

2022-01-16 13:06

Ok but why

this is just sad, f0rest is good enough to be playing on the best swedish team and he's wasting the final years of his career, the entire team is fragging pretty well but it seems like friberg is just too much of a burden for them to do anything significant, would be great to see him switch into a coaching role

2022-01-16 13:07

I doubt he wants to commit to a tier1 team, so just staying in dignitas satisfies both not fully commiting to the game and playing cuz he has fun amd passion

2022-01-16 15:57

2022-01-16 17:24

f0rest has 1.03 in the last 3 months with 0.92 impact, and that's exclusively online games vs tier 2 - tier 4 teams. he is honestly worse than friberg

2022-01-16 19:43

2022-01-16 13:08

free money for just existing in a team, solid deal for them especially friberg

2022-01-16 13:10

33 years old omegalul!!

secured another paycheck 💪

2022-01-16 13:11

Lol "commit"... as if they had other options

f0rest best rookie of year 2022 .

2022-01-16 13:15

Nice, let's go! <3

2022-01-16 13:16

the real goat

2022-01-16 13:17

Best player ever Counter-Strike

2022-01-16 13:20

For real.. why would dignitas pay these people to play instead of investing into younger new talent. F0rest is understandable i little but friberg ?

2022-01-16 13:21

for me f0rest will always be the real GOAT no matter what, he choose friends before success + he is a dad, thats what make him the real GOAT

2022-01-16 13:25

Friborg no longer best entryfragger he never wins 1v5 and never gets the spray :(

It's funny to me that people think success over friends is greater. I think f0rest and friberg wins in the long run over everyone else.

2022-01-16 13:30

Retirees commit to staying in their retirement home.

2022-01-16 13:31

LEGENDS

2022-01-16 13:34

Dignitas top 10 hltv confirmed

2022-01-16 13:37

f0rest bestest

2022-01-16 13:41

f0rest pog friberg meh

2022-01-16 13:49

worst news possible for Dignitas fans

2022-01-16 13:50

true

2022-01-16 13:51

I would say these two players are a big reason this team has any fans at all.

2022-01-16 14:35

friberg extended contract is bad news*

2022-01-16 14:41

Would love to see Dig become a steady top 20 team and feature regularly at t1 events. I actually think they have the firepower to do it - it's a very solid lineup. And with all the experience I think they could regularly upset t1 teams if they got into the circut and got to some lans.

Guess dignitas is happy being top 30 in 2022:/

2022-01-16 14:00

f0rest is love, f0rest is life.

2022-01-16 14:06

Keeping f0rest I get but keeping friberg????

2022-01-16 14:08

retirement home kek

2022-01-16 14:09

Great news! Love this team

It's kinda sad to see friberg playing like Hunden tier player

2022-01-16 14:10

Expected for f0rest, unexpected for friberg

2022-01-16 14:11

1.6 legends nice

oh no fribeRG

2022-01-16 14:12

free f0rest from friberg omg

2022-01-16 14:14

f0rest is still good, friberg on other hand, even if using IGL excuse he is just plain bad, not like his call is extraordinary either.

2022-01-16 14:16

I started to read "f0rest and friberg commit ...." but then relief when sentence continued with extended contracts.

2022-01-16 14:17

Happy for f0rest, think Dignitas as a team gives him just the perfect balance between having a somewhat normal family life with the ability to spend quality time with his wife and children (he have two now right?!) and still compete in the game he loves. Wish he can play at atleast one final major and give it his best!

2022-01-16 14:21

friberg so bad lately

2022-01-16 14:23

since 2015

2022-01-16 14:26

best of the best

2022-01-16 14:27

With the skill he has, he could still be a top20 player easily. As much as i want to see him in a top tier team again, im very happy for my man. Seems like he is enjoying life, which is the most important thing. Kids here dont understand how cool is to play with your friend, do what you want, have fun and dont even struggle for money. Not everyone has the winner mentality of Ronaldo and thats perfectly fine. GL my man!

he has always been lazy as fuck according to GTR, he just enjoys playing but doesn't want to grind, probably the most talented player of all time. That is probably the main reason why he still has so much skill, it comes naturally, so he doesn't decline as much as all the other older players when he takes more time off.

2022-01-16 15:07

Yeah he was always described as a guy who wasn't grinding as hard as the other guys and yet they were amazed by his skill. The true king, but it's sad he isn't in t1 CS, with a good team around him.

2022-01-16 18:19

Eternal respect

2022-01-16 14:29

cs series GOAT, hope forest never retires

2022-01-16 14:30

f0rest is still a god, but he changed from being really good looking to something really sad. That beard & shaved head do not look good on him.

2022-01-16 14:42

Imagine caring this much about someone's appearance. He's there to play cs.

2022-01-16 17:20

I am sorry but friberg has no place in t3/t2 cs. Not as igl, support, anything. His stats are almost out of range (in a bad way obv). What is even more sad... he is holding back f0rest and players around him, while f0rest himself doesn't have many years left but he is still solid. Thye can't get some young igl from galaxy racer, or freddyfrogs mix, or something. Sweden cs became sad thing few years ago.... almost no talents.

2022-01-16 14:44

one day you may understand how distracting being the igl is. you are more focussed on timings/openings and tendencies/weaknesses to be smashing it like yekindar. Friberg shits on people still but that isnt the game he currently plays

This wa argument few years back when almost all igls had negative rating. Then someone realized that is bullshit excuse and era of hundens and co ended. And now, in current frag heavy meta, we are looking at 30 y.o. igl with 0,75 k/d ratio past 6 months. Sorry dignitas, that's joke. I like friberg, but everyone should know when to say good bye. I like forest more, that is why i am quite sad abiut this.

2022-01-16 15:25

Can we get a swedish Last Dance? Oh wait, Dignitas have been it for a couple of years now LMAO

2022-01-16 14:58

f0rest will be good well into his 60s

2022-01-16 15:05

2022-01-16 15:06

Legend but totaly washed, struggling against tier 2,3.

2022-01-16 15:13

great comment, but totally lacking any substance

2022-01-16 15:20

Nice!

f0rest GOAT

2022-01-16 15:28

grandfather is back ^^

2022-01-16 15:32

extending with friberg? omegalul what bunch of clowns

2022-01-16 15:36

clean

2022-01-16 15:40

The results and rankings don't matter much, but the fact that this team exists is important. Living legends' team

2022-01-16 15:44

f0rest is the goat, but I'm sceptical about friberg, tbh

2022-01-16 15:45

I don't care about the result, I just want to see f0rest play.

2022-01-16 15:47

bad for f0rest, he deserves more

2022-01-16 15:50

f0restw0w

2022-01-16 16:01

Friberg in 2022 lol

2022-01-16 16:02

rare example of good and bad news in the same article

2022-01-16 16:16

LET'S GO BOYYYYYS

2022-01-16 16:24

ffs why do they let friberg play

2022-01-16 16:26

I hope they do something this year. All the best!

2022-01-16 16:31

2022-01-16 16:34

LETS GOOOOO!

2022-01-16 16:35

This guy is the definitive legend of CS

2022-01-16 16:38

plz qualify for major i want dignitas stickers

2022-01-16 16:49

Exactly this!!

2022-01-16 16:59

also f0rest signature stickers of course

2022-01-16 17:08

valve better stop with this system again

2022-01-16 17:09

2022-01-16 17:58

BOOM

2022-01-16 16:54

f0rest still being able to keep a high KD rating is impressive at the age

2022-01-16 17:06

its so easy to bait bot friberg and get kills

f0rest will always be the number 1# in peoples hearts, absolute CS legend

f0rest goat

2022-01-16 17:19

Why tho, the team is trash

2022-01-16 17:23

33 years holy forest

2022-01-16 17:26

Forest is still a solid player but friberg is horrible now

2022-01-16 17:27

sad but true. The worst part is I think he's been trying hard to be not shit :(

2022-01-16 18:21

Another wasted year of f0rest's career with friberg.

2022-01-16 18:00

Goat

2022-01-16 18:08

f0rest deserves to be in a top team...

2022-01-16 18:14

word man!

2022-01-17 12:48

f1rest & frib0rg gods lets go

2022-01-16 18:24

f0rest should help carry NIP again, they've been shit after he left. -poopski +f0rest

2022-01-16 18:28

>news

2022-01-16 18:29

f0rest goAt of CS

2022-01-16 18:30

he bought dignitas

2022-01-16 18:37

but why...... they are both mega-washed

2022-01-16 18:40

because they like it

2022-01-16 18:54

welp, time for them to embarrass themselves all year long again. f0rest the only one thats still decent but hes not t1 anymore.

2022-01-17 00:37

paycheck stealers both of them

yeah and you cry about it on hltv, who's worse?

2022-01-16 21:15

you because you cry about someone crying on internet

2022-01-17 14:17

you because you cry about someone crying on internet about you're comment crying

2022-01-17 17:19

Legend, wish he’d go to a better team though

2022-01-16 19:09

Legends never die

2022-01-16 19:15

legend 🐐

2022-01-16 19:19

Why friberg tho? One of the worst performest in tier 1,2 & 3

2022-01-16 19:31

Friberg stealing chqs

2022-01-16 19:57

Me for injecting my seed lmao

2022-01-17 04:38

legends!

2022-01-16 21:07

friberg has bottom fragging since i started csgo 2017, how can anyone want him??????????????????????????????

2022-01-16 21:36

LETS GO FRIBOT, LETS FUCKING FREAKING SMASH THEM ALL!

2022-01-16 22:45

F0rest <3

2022-01-16 23:22

Legends !

2022-01-16 23:52

f0rest is absolutely GOAT in Counter:Strike.

2022-01-17 00:50

You have to love forest if you love counter strike.All hail forest

2022-01-17 04:02

the best player in cs history

2022-01-17 04:16

2022-01-17 06:15

Friburger should stop playing cs

2022-01-17 07:10

mr. friberg is gigachad stfu

2022-01-17 08:56

hey, don't talk like that about friberg

2022-01-17 12:30

f0rest is a goat, could probably be still a top20 player of the year in a different team friberg on the other hand should maybe think about coaching...

2022-01-17 08:21

u high?

2022-01-17 08:46

n0pe

2022-01-17 09:10

u on tannenzäpfle?

2022-01-17 09:19

i wish

2022-01-17 16:33

true story!

2022-01-17 09:13

I really want to see f0rest in major again!

2022-01-17 09:26

forestw0w~ and NEotw are real legend in cs history!

2022-01-17 11:25

bald0rest

2022-01-17 13:37

I wanna see Last Dance X Dignitas.

-friberg +olof

2022-01-17 17:14

f0rest remains the biggest legend CS has ever seen

2022-01-17 17:25

Legend. His love for the game and his status as one of the GOATs will forever live on. Even if they don't make it big I wish them all the luck and joy in the following e-Sport year to come <3

2022-01-17 19:46