Dignitas release team; step back from CS:GO

16-6-2022 23:55

The legacy organization have withdrawn from the game "for the foreseeable future."

Dignitas have announced that they will no longer field a roster in CS:GO "for the foreseeable future," the second time the organization will be without a roster in the title for an extended period after they skipped out on fielding a team in 2019.

The news comes just over a month after the organization transfer listed its entire lineup, stating at the time that it wished to build a "compelling roster that will compete for titles."

Dignitas make entire roster available for transfer

Dignitas have taken their leave from CS:GO for the foreseeable future

That new roster could have included players that were already a part of Dignitas, but the lineup iterations they explored have seemingly failed to bare fruit, with the organization now parting ways with the players who will be allowed to explore their options. As a result, all of the CS:GO staff have been released, including the players, coaching staff, team manager, and social media manager.

In their time together, the Dignitas roster hovered just outside of the top 20, consistently being a presence in tournaments but failing to secure any title wins short of qualifying for BLAST Premier Showdowns by winning Nordic Masters tournaments. Their few appearances in top tier events were also dismal, with the team missing out on qualifying for both PGL Major Antwerp and Major Stockholm following early exits in the RMR events.

The release of the team marks the first time that Counter-Strike legend Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg will be without a team in his professional career, which dates back to 2004. He most recently stepped in for fnatic in their Pinnacle Cup Championship campaign, where the team were eliminated in 5-6th.

Dignitas' roster was:

Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg
Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg
Ludvig "⁠HEAP⁠" Alonso
Håkon "⁠hallzerk⁠" Fjærli
Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson

Faruk "⁠pita⁠" Pita (coach)

Sad

2022-06-16 23:56

7 replies

won't be missed

2022-06-17 00:31

4 replies

true

2022-06-17 00:43

1 reply

clear symptoms of a dead game

2022-06-19 17:31

dont lie, they are already missed while if you just disappear noone would care

2022-06-17 07:52

so needy lul

2022-06-17 11:22

should have just signed gambit or outsiders forest still has "it" tho

2022-06-17 02:47

you mean C9

2022-06-17 14:35

This sucks

No, this is epic. Maybe Heap and Hallzerk get a chance to show what they are capable of in a team that actually wants to win. F0rest and Lekr0 can decide if they want to retire or keep playing.

2022-06-17 14:47

Rough

Rip

isnt pita swedish

14 replies

according to liquipedia, he's bosnian-swedish, double nationality I guess

2022-06-17 00:06

13 replies

considering he stole the money for go4balkan I guess it's fair to call him just swedish

2022-06-17 00:27

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Context?

win.gg/news/fifflaren-on-nip-past-bad-co.. In 2014, Faruk “pita” Pita arranged a charity tournament for people displaced by a series of storms that ravaged Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia. The event featured players from a number of top European CSGO teams and garnered more than 22,000 euros worth of donations from fans. The money never actually went to charity, and the CSGO community unloaded on pita with many believing he had defrauded fans.

2022-06-17 00:48

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you should have included the next sentence: "Though Fifflaren acknowledged that the incident looked bad, he firmly defended Pita and suggested that the money was likely pocketed by one of NiP’s owners."

2022-06-17 10:11

NiP at its finest

2022-06-17 10:35

that might just be fifflaren trying to throw shit at NiP because of the drama at the time, wouldn't be surprised if it was true but that's just fifflaren's claim

2022-06-17 11:18

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Who to believe, Fifflaren or a well known organisation that lies constantly

2022-06-17 21:54

to be fair NIP owners have done worse to players so who knows.

2022-06-18 00:13

Ohh shit

2022-06-17 10:44

Yeah no, thats his pure bosnian scammer side lmao

2022-06-17 08:35

Least corrupt Bosnian kekw

2022-06-17 10:45

haha legendary

2022-06-17 09:07

2022-06-17 09:34

first! also sad :(

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fuck

3 replies

even more sad now right?

unlucky :(

2022-06-17 13:06

yes(

2022-06-17 18:41

Should have gone to specsavers and read the Hltv rules

2022-06-17 15:40

sad day for csgo

2022-06-17 00:11

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2022-06-17 07:37

expected tbh

2022-06-16 23:57

hah :D

ooffers

Do dignitas have any teams anymore?

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rocket league

2022-06-17 01:02

Guess their LoL team is the focus, considering that they bought Clutch Gaming for it and the org itself wanted to focus on NA. Never fully understood why they backed down on that

2022-06-17 01:13

is NA good in LOL?

2022-06-17 08:57

2022-06-17 11:17

11 replies

are they good in any game?

2022-06-17 11:24

10 replies

#151

2022-06-17 11:58

2022-06-17 11:59

Console/Arcade games. Atlanta, California and the Midwest have some of the best Tekken players internationally. Also the best in NRS games like Mortal Kombat and Injustice. Obviously Cod/Halo other console shooters NA does well in as well. Its mostly just PC gaming where NA lacks.

2022-06-17 19:32

So... irrelevant is what you're saying. Being the best at arcade games is like being the best at curling... noone gives a fuck.

2022-06-18 09:19

who tf cares about arcade games lmao

2022-06-18 10:49

Fighting games are some of the best selling game franchises of all time. Street Fighter, Tekken Mortal Kombat, all series that have existed since the 80s and 90s that are in the top selling series of all time. The same with COD and Halo. Youre just being completely obtuse for the sake of sounding stupid to think youre proving a point.

2022-06-19 07:31

Who tf cares about their E Sports tho?

2022-06-19 09:17

Plenty of people. EVO in 2019 had over 14,000 entries, nevermind the number of spectators. Redbull has players in every major game, and there are dozens of other orgs that are multi-genre like TL along with plenty that are FGC focused. As for online viewership majors will pull viewers into the +100k range, EVO peaks at a 250k and the same can be said about COD's league during large events. To write those esports off entirely is again, either ignorant or being obtuse. Also if youre going to act like you are some grand arbiter of what are high level esports you should at least spell it correctly. The big 2 are easily CS/MOBAs but behind that are plenty of tier 2 esports scenes like the FGC, SimRacing, and popular console games like COD, Halo and even FIFA these days.

2022-06-19 12:57

Quake, fighting games.

2022-06-18 07:16

In Rocket League EU and NA are basically even and they have been for most of the game’s life. There’s even a middle eastern team that is one of the best in the world

2022-06-19 17:29

Sad!

as if i care

2022-06-16 23:58

But you care to comment?

2022-06-17 00:28

clearly you do

2022-06-17 03:26

yes i definitely do

2022-06-17 19:01

expected

Nice logic dignitas. Let's sign a team which will never achieve anything and now leave instead of giving the chance to hungry players who would at least try to achieve something and bring some prestige to your org.

2022-06-16 23:59

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They were inches from qualifying for the major tho. 1 round away from beating outsiders 2-0 and going up against Saw in the final match.

2022-06-17 00:04

"1 round away from beating outsiders..." Where have I heard that before... Oh yeah, every outsiders game ever.

touché. My point still stands though, there is a fine line between a team being succesful at a major and being a disappointment. Eternal fire won in double OT against Dig and they were considered to have a rather succesful run. Its funny how 1 round seperates succes from failure at those tournaments

2022-06-17 13:30

That’s just how the ball rolls i guess, i imagine it to be a tough business, esports.

2022-06-18 09:59

2022-06-17 00:55

Imagine telling where to put others money

2022-06-17 02:20

Yeah, imagine having an opinion. So cringe, right?

2022-06-17 06:22

He's saying that they should stay on the scene just to give opportunities to people, that' bullshit not an opinion

2022-06-18 21:22

Heap to fnatic letsgo

2022-06-17 00:00

Im curious what will forest do

2022-06-17 00:01

Truly tragic... Hopefully ex-Dignitas find a new home ASAP.

DIG must have been the biggest anti climax of the covid era

2022-06-17 00:02

I hope they tried to sign Copenhagen Flames but couldn't. Shame. Dam shame.

2022-06-17 00:03

aight fnatic keep the goat.

Now fnatic forest please

How it went: 1. Signed a retirement home team 2. Said they want to make a competitive team 3. Didn't 4. Released team

2022-06-17 00:07

the thing is, you have to put a lot a money if you want to make an actual competitive team from nothing. And im sure they knew that when they formed this roster...

2022-06-17 02:19

Omegalul every team that lost to eternal fire in rmr a are going roster change or disband. Surely EF is bigger than NIP

yeah they should disband if they lose to EF

2022-06-17 00:13

This shows how big EF is

2022-06-17 00:16

sure buddy

2022-06-17 00:18

This basically indicates that if they think they are worse than EF, they should better just quit since it is purely a rock-bottom state.

2022-06-17 08:56

2022-06-17 12:02

EU CS KEKW

Forest to fnatic undefinitely plz

excepted this 6 months ago

2022-06-17 00:14

Should have signed BNE

unforch

2022-06-17 00:15

very sad to see such a traditional org exit the scene, but it is what it is. I would like to see a brazilian team under dig tag when they comback, that is if it really comeback

2022-06-17 00:17

2022-06-17 00:21

nooooo, i love this team, even though they struggled alot

Hope f0rest still continues playing for some team, he still got it.

2022-06-17 00:22

i hope so, but being honest, i dont think he has much more left to give...

2022-06-17 02:22

good job F0rest and co. 1 less org in the scene.

2022-06-17 00:23

what a fucking idiotic org what were they trying to do

2022-06-17 00:24

Wait what.. Why they didn't sign BNE or Copenhagen Flames what a shame

2022-06-17 00:25

Hopefully some of the players would be able to find a new team that fits them, especially f0rest

F :/

maybe hallzerk to gamerlegion hm

2022-06-17 00:32

Rain leave faze jkaem leave apeks and you can have somewhat of a norwegian team

2022-06-17 01:17

:( Reply needs to have actual content

2022-06-17 00:35

Rip alien logo

stupid decision by the org

2022-06-17 00:38

paycheck stealers benched

2022-06-17 00:40

I remember times when Lekr0 was considered as one of the best youngsters on the world back in the his NiP days

2022-06-17 00:41

Lekr0 was like 24 when he joined nip

2022-06-17 01:06

Yep, but when you are surrounded by 40 years old players like GTR and f0rest then you can be considered as a youngster

2022-06-17 01:30

Tbf GT and Lekr0 are only three years apart

2022-06-17 05:16

f0rest to fnatic?

2022-06-17 00:44

sad

2022-06-17 00:47

terrible org anyway, sucks to see the players get dropped but very glad to see this Org leave cs.

2022-06-17 00:49

Sad, save f0rest

L org

2022-06-17 00:50

that's it the history finishes here

2022-06-17 01:00

f0rest in fnatic :)

2022-06-17 01:08

friberg to navi top1 again, 4 major incoming

finally

Sadge

2022-06-17 01:25

sign bNE then

2022-06-17 01:32

not sure what they expected starting with a washed team

2022-06-17 01:38

2022-06-17 01:50

:( reply needs to have actual content

2022-06-17 02:05

sad tbh.. and i hoped f0rest was joining fnatic but that seems like a dream not coming true aswell...

2022-06-17 02:07

2022-06-17 02:08

RIP Beautiful LOGO

2022-06-17 02:16

sad :(

2022-06-17 02:41

Sad day for CSGO but expected since they had a trash team

2022-06-17 02:44

Save f0restw0w~

2022-06-17 02:49

bear fruit*

2022-06-17 02:59

2022-06-17 03:03

F :(

2022-06-17 03:04

Rip:(

2022-06-17 03:13

I feel bad for f0rest :((( f0rest leaves

That’s crazy man… all the players I grew up watching are starting to switch away just as I’m getting back into cs… Imma miss those prime NIP days.

2022-06-17 03:40

F0rest and friberg are the last two of the 2012 NiP that haven't retired, and I have a strong feeling that friberg is gonna retire. Still up in the air for f0rest I think, he's still decent but he's also 34 so we'll see...

2022-06-17 16:17

Sad :-( please keep playing! <3

2022-06-17 04:31

F0rest can go on... 1.10 rating.

2022-06-17 05:29

Retirement home been released sadge

2022-06-17 06:17

They should have tried to get some cracked aimer instead of bottom fragging Mr. Friberger and let Lekro IGL for a while.

2022-06-17 06:30

2022-06-17 06:38

Dead game, expected

2022-06-17 06:47

sad for f0rest and other guys :(

2022-06-17 07:47

2022-06-17 07:50

GOAT f0rest back to fnatic?

2022-06-17 08:22

They had a team>?

2022-06-17 08:23

2022-06-17 08:59

eventhough i never watched their matches i still liked the fact that there was a place for old washed up scandinavians to go. now im sad :(

2022-06-17 09:01

Forest and Friberg more likely will retire.

2022-06-17 09:33

finally..

2022-06-17 10:24

still #28 on hltv ranking after +6 from last week without having any match for 2 months, wtf ?

Dignitas :/

2022-06-17 10:47

Ye top 20-30team some one sign f0rest atleast

2022-06-17 10:56

Should have signed a promising team instead...

Get f0rest and HEAP to EYEBALLERS

2022-06-17 11:19

Not gonna happen. JW and Flusha said no when people said "Sign Krimz" lol. Eyeballers is a team and a project that want to help talents get experience in T1-T3 not sign 30+ year olds.

2022-06-17 11:45

"jw and flusha said no" - who tf even asks them? f0rest could and krimz can contribute alot more to youngsters than those 2 bots that washed up for over 2 years now.

2022-06-17 14:52

any truers

2022-06-17 15:08

#181

2022-06-17 15:26

Uhm. You know that Eyeballers is JW and Flusha project right? xD So...everyone asks them. "The Eyeballers trademark was acquired by JW and flusha, reviving the brand after 14 years of inactivity" JW is CEO and co-founder Flusha is co-founder

2022-06-17 15:25

well i didnt, i thought they were just signed. anyways, its very selfish of them trying to keep themselves relevent when they have nothing to give. we saw how gorillaz and hellslayers turned out

2022-06-18 00:31

Uhm. This is a project so young Swedish talent can play in some good tournaments and improve and get more experience. Basically a boost for the youngsters. So its not them keeping themselves "relevant", its them helping our youngsters and inexperienced players so they grow and hopefully can join a bigger team one day, like NIP or some international team. You can not compare Hellslayers/Gorillaz with Eyeballers. Its 2 different things. Hellslayers/Gorillaz was just JW and Flusha making a team so they could play with whoever wanted to play. Eyeballers is their project that helps our youngsters.

2022-06-18 00:49

HEAP Fnatic inc

2022-06-17 11:43

Na brain

2022-06-17 11:53

f0rest back to jail

2022-06-17 12:01

2022-06-17 12:16

Hope Godsent pick them up if they sell Taco and the gang

2022-06-17 12:23

Hope they will find new org. Scene will not be the same without f0rest even if he doesnt play t1 anymore.

2022-06-17 12:26

Dang! Forest etc - I still wanted to follow. By the way where is GetRight? Still need to follow him.

2022-06-17 12:55

GTR retired and is a content creator and streamer

2022-06-17 16:14

Expected

2022-06-17 13:02

tbh it was all planned their project was dead anyway. it was only formed for 2 years to scam a little bit and throw some games and make a profit then disband. most players were washed-up legends. their time is over. just to remind you check how many games they won or lost 16-14 after comeback . proof of 322

2022-06-17 14:04

name checks out

2022-06-17 15:42

save f0rest

2022-06-17 14:13

Sad, Hope We get a flashpoint 2.0 and see DIG again

pls f0rest join a good team for once since a long time

We can hope =)

I think his best pro days are over. Age + family with kids is very hard to conciliate with playing cs at a top level.

2022-06-18 00:39

Lots of good orgs abandoned csgo. CLG, 100T and now Dignitas

2022-06-17 16:00

absolute trash team, no reason to care. hopefully hallzerk can get a chance in a tier 2 team at some point, he seems really passionate about the game

2022-06-17 16:12

Dignitas died when fetish left the team.

2022-06-17 16:25

f0rest needs to retire as fnatic! also hes great addition1

2022-06-17 16:31

I really wish f0rest to keep playing

2022-06-17 17:53

I still remember people used to compare hallzerk to S1mple and zywoo... LUL

2022-06-17 18:25

Knew it was just for the shirts

2022-06-17 19:50

"The release of the team marks the first time that Counter-Strike legend Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg will be without a team in his professional career, which dates back to 2004." sad :(

2022-06-18 01:42