Dignitas (esports)

Dignitas, formerly known as Team Dignitas, is a professional esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey, founded by Michael "ODEE" O'Dell on 9 September 2003 when Battlefield 1942 clans merged. Dignitas was acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in September 2016.[3] The team is best known for its League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squads.

Dignitas
Short nameDIG
DivisionsLeague of Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Rocket League
Smite
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Clash Royale
Founded9 September 2003 (2003-09-09)
LocationNewark, New Jersey
OwnersJoshua Harris
David S. Blitzer
CEOMichael "Prindi" Prindiville
General managerAndrew Barton
PartnersCaffeine[1]
Champion
HyperX
Mountain Dew
Raynor Gaming
VIE GG
Parent groupNew Meta Entertainment
EarningsUS$3.63 million[2]
Websitedignitas.gg

The organization rebranded in October 2018, dropping "Team" from its name and replacing its old logo with an owlhead logo.[4] In September 2019, Dignitas formed a new parent company, New Meta Entertainment (NME), a digital sports and entertainment company operating in three primary verticals: esports teams, content and marketing, and investments.[5] Michael Prindiville is the CEO of New Meta Entertainment.

Divisions

Currently, the organisation has teams competing in the following games:

Former

Achievements

In 2006 the Battlefield 2 team was chosen as the Battlefield 2 Team of the Year by Geeksnet.org.[6] In May 2007 the British scene page UKCounterTerrorist.com and the renowned www.HLTV.org ranked the Counter-Strike 1.6 team (RattlesnK, immuNe, punt, w1cked, vpr) as number one in Great Britain.[7] 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 Dignitas was nominated for the eSports Award 2007 as "eSport Team of the Year".[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12][13][14][15][16][17]

Throughout the years 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.[18] Also in 2007, 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 Dignitas, this time by Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath player Pascal "Dackel" Pfefferle ($10,000). In January 2011, Dignitas player Jeffrey "SjoW" Brusi won $7,500 after placing first in the Starcraft 2 IEM European Tournament.[19]

Led 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 became team captain. The team won the first international tournament of the year, making the team the 3 time back-to-back-to-back champions at IEM Katowice.

Dignitas' female Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster won GIRLGAMER Esports Festival back-to-back in 2017 and 2018, and Intel Extreme Challenge Katowice in 2018 and 2019.

League of Legends

After being rejected as a franchise partner for the NA LCS in 2017, Dignitas returned to League of Legends in 2019 by acquiring Clutch Gaming.[20] With Dignitas' coaching, Clutch climbed from ninth place at the end of the 2019 LCS Spring Season to qualifying for Worlds 2019 as North America's third seed. The team is set to compete under the Dignitas' banner in 2020.

Rosters

LCS team
Dignitas roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
Top FakeGod  Lee, Aaron   United States 
Jungle Dardoch  Hartnett, Joshua   United States 
Mid Soligo  Soong, Max   United States 
Bot Neo  Trần, Toàn   United States 
Support aphromoo  Black, Zaqueri   United States 
Head coach
  • Vacant
Assistant coach(es)

Gabriel "Invert" Zoltan-Johan

Legend
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: December 7, 2020.

Academy team
Dignitas Academy roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
Top Lourlo  Jackson, Samson   United States 
Jungle Akaadian  Higginbotham, Matthew   United States 
Mid Yusui  Bloomquist, David   United States 
Bot Spawn  Kerr-Taylor, Trevor   Canada 
Support JayJ  Guibert, Juan   Canada 
Head coach
  • Vacant
Assistant coach(es)

Jim Morrison

Legend
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: January 5, 2021.

Main
Nat. ID Name Role Joined
f0rest Patrik Lindberg Player 2020-01-21[21]
friberg Adam Friberg Player 2020-01-21[21]
hallzerk Håkon Fjærli Player 2020-01-21[21]
H4RR3 Haris Hadzic Player 2020-01-21[21]
vENdetta Halvor Gulestøl Coach 2020-02-16[22]
GeT RiGhT Christopher Alesund Benched 2020-01-21[21]
Xizt Richard Landström Benched 2020-01-21[21]

SMITE
Nat. ID Name Role Joined
Variety Harry Cumming Solo 2017-02-08[23]
QvoFred Anders Korsbo Jungle 2017-02-08[23]
Hurriwind Tyler Whitney Mid 2019-01-10[24]
Ataraxia Nate Mark Hunter 2019-01-10[24]
Trixtank Jeppe Gylling Support 2017-02-08[23]
Biggy Kurtis Davidson Coach 2017-02-08

Rocket League
Nat. ID Name Role Joined
Joreuz Joris Robben Player 2020-07-10[25]
Apparently Jack Jack Benton Player 2020-11-01[26]
ViolentPanda Jos van Meurs Player 2018-05-22[27]
Virge John Willis Coach 2019-08-31

Super Smash Bros.
Nat. ID Name Game(s) Character(s) Joined
HugS Hugo Gonzalez Super Smash Bros. Melee Samus 2018-01-12[28]

Clash Royale
Nat. ID Name Joined
Flash Brian Uriel Trejo Moreno 2019-09-24
Kodigo Duvan Rodríguez 2020-05-15
Lince Juan Ignacio Mir 2020-05-15
Bale Miguel Muñoz Tovar 2020-05-15
DrekzeNN (coach) Iarek Hoffmann 2019-08-11

Female
Nat. ID Name Joined
EMUHLEET Emmalee Garrido 2020-05-21[29]
rain Amanda Smith 2020-05-21[29]
milk Kiara Makua 2020-05-21[29]
Theia Melisa Mundorff 2020-05-21[29]

Management
ID Name Role
prindi Michael Prindiville CEO
Pete Pete Szilagyi Vice President, Finance and Operations
sapphiRe Heather Garozzo Vice President, Marketing
Mannimal Chris Mann Vice President, Partnerships
MOISHI Maurice Eisenmann Vice President, Business Development
killerorange Matt Kline Director, Media
Bakery James Baker Assistant General Manager
Azotal Ryan Friedman Chief of Staff
MepH Marek Walkowiak Senior Manager, Player Operations
Mel Mellina Kong Senior Manager, Team Ops & Marketing

Notable former players

League of Legends
Nat. ID Name Role Joined Left
Jatt Joshua Leesman Jungler September 2011 December 2011
ZionSpartan Darshan Upadhyaha Top Laner May 2014 October 2014
Scarra William Li Mid Laner September 2011 October 2014
Imaqtpie Michael Santana Bot Laner September 2011 October 2014
Crumbz Alberto Rengifo Jungler October 2011 February 2015
KiWiKiD Alan Nguyen Support September 2011 April 2016
IWillDominate Christian Rivera Jungler January 2012 December 2012
Shiphtur Danny Le Mid Laner May 2014 May 2016
Ssumday Kim Chan-ho Top Laner December 2016 November 2017

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Nat. ID Name Role Joined Left
cajunb Rene Borg Rifler/AWPer February 2014 February 2015
device Nicolai Reedtz AWPer February 2014 February 2015
dupreeh Peter Rasmussen Rifler (Entry-Fragger) February 2014 February 2015
karrigan Finn Andersen In-Game Leader December 2014 February 2015
Xyp9x Andreas Højsleth Rifler February 2014 February 2015
FeTiSh Henrik Christensen In-Game Leader February 2014 March 2015
Nico Nicolaj Jensen AWPer February 2015 September 2015
schneider Andreas Lindberg AWPer September 2015 October 2015
aizy Philip Aistrup Rifler January 2015 November 2015
Pimp Jacob Winneche Rifler/AWPer January 2015 November 2015
Kjaerbye Markus Kjærbye Rifler January 2015 May 2016
MSL Mathias Lauridsen Lurker/In-Game Leader March 2015 December 2016
k0nfig Kristian Wienecke Rifler November 2015 December 2016
RUBINO Ruben Villarroel Rifler November 2015 December 2016
cajunb Rene Borg Rifler/AWPer May 2016 December 2016
Magiskb0Y Emil Reif Rifler June 2016 December 2016

Counter-Strike: 1.6
Nat. ID Name Role Joined Left
RattlesnK Sam Gawn Captain/AWPer September 2005 June 2009
w1cked David Gee Rifler September 2005 February 2007
punt Daniel Dougherty Rifler/Entry-Fragger September 2005 April 2007
immuNe Rob Frith Rifler/AWPer September 2005 December 2007
vpr Simon Carter Rifler September 2005 January 2007
pt Pete Wright Rifler February 2007 June 2008
Mangiacapra Marc Mangiacapra Rifler March 2007 June 2008

Overwatch
Nat. ID Name Role Joined Left
LiNkzr Jiri Masalin DPS August 2016 May 2017

Fighting games
ID Name Game Character(s) Joined Left
Ryan Hart Ryan Hart Ultra Street Fighter IV Sagat 2014-06-25[30] 2015-02-10[31]
Lucky Jose "Joey" Aldama Super Smash Bros. Melee Fox, Marth 2018-01-15[32] 2020-01-15[33]

Rocket League
Nat. ID Name Joined Left
Yukeo Maurice Weihs 2019-01-17[34] 2020-10-30[35]
AztraL Maëllo Ernst 2019-07-20[36] 2020-05-20[37]
Turbopolsa Pierre Silfver 2018-05-22[38] 2019-06-19[39]
Kaydop Alexandre Courant 2018-05-22[38] 2019-01-13[40]
Chicago Reed Wilen 2018-01-23[41] 2018-06-22[42]
Turtle Isaac App 2018-01-23[41] 2018-07-28[43]
zol Zoli Digness 2018-01-23[41] 2018-07-28[43]

Tournament results

League of Legends
  • 1st – 2019 LCS Regional Finals (as Clutch Gaming)

Rocket League
  • 1st – Rocket League World Championship Season 5[44]
  • 1st – Northern Arena: Rocket League Invitational 2[45]
  • 1st – Rocket League European Championship Season 6[46]
  • 2nd – Rocket League World Championship Season 6[47]
  • 1st – DreamHack Leipzig 2019

SMITE
  • 1st — SMITE Pro League 2017 Summer Finals
  • 2nd — SMITE Masters 2018
  • 1st — SMITE Pro League Europe 2018 Fall Season
  • 3rd–4th — SMITE World Championship 2019
  • 3rd–4th — 2019 Mid Season Invitational

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • 3rd–4th – EMS One Katowice 2014
  • 3rd–4th – ESL One Cologne 2014
  • 5th–8th – DreamHack Winter 2014
  • 3rd – MLG X-Games Aspen 2015[48]
  • 3rd – Copenhagen Games 2015[49]
  • 3rd–4th – DreamHack Open Tours 2015[50]
  • 3rd–4th – Gfinity Masters Summer[51]
  • 4th – Acer Predator Masters[52]
  • 3rd–4th – DreamHack Open London 2015
  • 13th–16th – DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
  • 3rd–4th – DreamHack Leipzig 2016
  • 2nd – Global eSports Cup[53]
  • 4th – ESL Barcelona 2016[54]

Female roster
  • 1st — GIRLGAMER Esports Festival 2017
  • 1st — Intel Challenge Katowice 2018
  • 1st — GIRLGAMER Esports Festival 2018
  • 1st — Intel Challenge Katowice 2019
  • 2nd — 2019 National Championship Series: Major - Denver

Heroes of the Storm
  • 2nd – 2015 Heroes of the Storm World Championship
  • 1st – 2016 DreamHack All-Stars Valencia
  • 1st – 2017 Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Phase #1 Western Clash[55]
  • 2nd – 2017 Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Mid-Season Brawl[56]
  • 2nd – 2017 Heroes of the Storm Gold Club World Championship[57]
  • 1st – 2018 Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Phase #1 Western Clash[58]
  • 2nd – 2018 Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Mid-Season Brawl[59]
  • 1st – 2018 Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Phase #2 Western Clash[60]

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