Team Dignitas
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| Location: | United Kingdom 
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| Managers: | Michael "ODEE" O'Dell | ||
| Team Captain: | William "scarra" Li | ||
| Website: | http://www.team-dignitas.org/ | ||
| Sponsor: | Intel Alienware Antec Creative Killer iiyama QPad SCAN Western Digital Gamerbase TwitchTV Initial Games Multiplay Windows Phone | ||
| Youtube: | Team Dignitas | ||
| Facebook: | Team Dignitas | ||
| Twitter: | TeamDignitas | ||
| Number of Players: | 5 | ||
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| Created: | 2003-09-09 Organization 2011-02-18 LoL Division | ||
| Player Trades: | 2012-12-18 acq.KiWiKiD | ||
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Team Dignitas is an International e-Sports team headquartered in Great Britain. It was founded on September 9th, 2003 as a fusion of the Battlefield 1942 clans Legion Condor and Sweden Kompanix. Later on, more teams were added to the organization, and in July 2004 Team Dignitas was registered as a company - Team Dignitas Ltd. Michael "ODEE" O'Dell is the current Managing Director of Team Dignitas. In addition to their League of Legends team, Dignitas also sponsors teams and players for Battlefield 3, Counter Strike, Fifa, various fighting games, Quake Live, racing games, and StarCraft II.
The League of Legends division of Dignitas is one of the leading teams in the North American scene, placing highly in numerous premier and major events, both regional and international, since its conception with the acquisition of Rock Solid in September 2011. Currently, Team Dignitas hosts one team in the North American Season 3 Championship Series.
[edit] History
[edit] European Squad
Team Dignitas made its first foray into League of Legends on February 18th, 2011 with the pickup of the FurlR roster which only notable player include MoMa.[1]
The team was invited to the IEM Season V - LoL Invitational which took place on March 4th, 2011 where the team placed 4th out of four teams.
The squad was dropped in April 2011 citing "irreconcilable differences" with "no way to repair this relationship".[2]
[edit] American Squad
[edit] Acquisition
Team Dignitas made its return into the League of Legends with the acqusition of Rock Solid in September 2011.[3]
Leigh "Deman" Smith is known as the caster who suggested Rock Solid be considered during Team Dignitas' search for a new team.[citation needed]
[edit] IPL Season 3
On September 21st, 2011, Team Dignitas was announced as one of eight teams invited to IGN ProLeague Season 3.[4] Dignitas went on to defeat Curse Gaming and Counter Logic Gaming in the first two rounds with 2-0 victories. In the finals, Team Dignitas faced Epik Gamer. After a full best of 3 set, Team Dignitas defeated Epik Gamer by a score of 2-1 and took home the championship.
This win secured the team 200 Riot Challenger Circuit points.
[edit] IEM Season VI Global Challenge New York
On August 25, 2011 while still under the name Rock Solid, the squad participated in Qualifier #1 during which the received a first round bye which qualified them for the Final Qualifier.
On September 10th, 2011, Team Dignitas swept the Final Qualifier and claimed a position in IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York. The team beat Team God Mode, Counter Logic Gaming, Team SoloMid, and Team Rez in the best of 1, single elmination qualifer.
On October 13th, 2011, Team Dignitas competed at IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York. The tournament started off with group stages. Team Dignitas was placed into Group A with Fnatic, Counter Logic Gaming, and Team SoloMid. Team Dignitas did not advance out of their group with a score of 1-2, only defeating Team SoloMid. Team Dignitas finished in 5-6th place.
Their placement earned the team 25 Riot Challenger Circuit points, bringing them to a total of 225 points.
[edit] 2011 MLG Providence
Team Dignitas next competed at MLG Providence 2011, where they ultimately placed third. They were knocked down to the loser's bracket in the first round after a 0-2 loss to Epik Gamer[5], but they then won against RFLX Gaming 2-0. Despite defeating Team SoloMid in Rampage KotH Series the week before, they were defeated 2-0, placing them in third place overall.[6] Team Dignitas won $5,000 and 60 Riot Circuit points, dropping to fourth place in the overall North American Circuit Rankings with 285 points.
[edit] Jatt/IWillDominate Roster Change
Dignitas announced on December 21st, 2011 that Joshua "Jatt" Leesman, their jungler, would be stepping down from the roster. His main reasons according to a team-dignitas.net article was "that Jatt can no longer put up the required time to stay at the top level and he does not want to hold his teammates back".[7] The community found out in April 2012 that Jatt has been a part of the Riot Games Staff since the middle of February. He is currently working for Riot as an Associate Game Analyst and is casting League of Legends tournaments for Riot. [8]
IWillDominate was announced as the new jungler for Team Dignitas on January 18th, 2012, only one day before IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev. [9]
[edit] IEM Season VI Global Challenge Kiev
Team Dignitas started off Season 2 by winning $3,400 and 125 Circuit Points at IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev. The team went 2-1 in the Group Stage, only losing out to Moscow Five.[10][11][12] In the semifinals, Team Dignitas lost 0-2 to Team SoloMid[13], thus earning themselves a spot in the third place match against SK Gaming. They concluded the tournament in third place with a victory over SK Gaming 2-1,[14] and moving up to third place in the North American Circuit Rankings with a total of 410 points.
[edit] IEM Season VI World Championship
After earning 60 points in the IEM Season VI Circuit, from the previous IEM events of the season, Team Dignitas qualified for IEM Season VI - World Championship in Hanover, Germany. Team Dignitas placed 1st in their 6 team group, only losing to FnaticRC, ensuring themselves a first round bye in the 6 team playoff bracket. [15] The team went on to defeat against All authority 2-0, but lost to Moscow Five 0-2 in the finals.[16] Team Dignitas won $20,000 at the event along with 200 Circuit Points, allowing the team to keep its third place standings in the North American Circuit Rankings.
[edit] IPL Season 4
After returning home from Europe, Team Dignitas traveled to Las Vegas to compete in IPL 4 on April 6th, 2012. They started off the tournament with 2-1 victories over Monomaniac and Counter Logic Gaming in the first two rounds. Team Dignitas lost to Team SoloMid 1-2 in the winner's bracket finals, and then were eliminated by Counter Logic Gaming Prime 0-2.
[edit] Voyboy/Crumbzz Roster Change
The major roster change consists of Voyboy, the Team Dignitas top laner, leaving to join Counter Logic Gaming Prime. His replacement was announced on the same day as his departure leading to Crumbzz from Curse Gaming joining the team on May 19th, 2012.
[edit] 2012 MLG Spring Championship
With only three weeks of practice under their belts, the modified roster was not expected to do big things by most at the MLG Spring Championship on June 9th-10th, but the team managed to get a third place finish. After beating Wolf Pack, Team Green Forest, Team Dynamic, and CLG Prime in the winner's bracket, the team finally fell to tournament favorite Team SoloMid in the winner's bracket final, sending the team to the loser bracket finals against CLG Prime. CLG Prime managed to sweep Team Dignitas 2-0 to send them home with a third place finish, winning $5,000 and 125 Circuit Points. [17]
[edit] Azubu The Champions Summer 2012
On June 19th, 2012, Team Dignitas moved into a temporary team house in Korea to participate in the Azubu The Champions Summer 2012. Unfortunately, Team Dignitas jungler IWillDominate would be plagued with various health issues during his stay in Korea, having to go to the emergency room twice due to immune system problems. At the event, Team Dignitas would be seeded into Group B where they would take third going 1-2, defeating RoMg while falling to NaJin Sword and Azubu Frost.[18] Shortly after the event, Team Dignitas would fly back home to North America.
[edit] 2012 MLG Summer Championship
On August 24th-26th, Dignitas competed in the 2012 MLG Summer Championship in Raleigh. They would get a bye the first round of the tournament. In round 2 they would take out CLG Black 2-0. Due to the structure of MLG brackets, they would not play again until Round 4 where they would beat Team Dynamic 2-1. Dignitas would meet Curse Gaming in the Grand Finals, where the two teams arranged to play an ARAM for the first game. Following the best of 5, Dignitas would fall to Curse 3-2. [19] Due to the "collusion" both teams would be disqualified and the prize pool would fall to the teams placing third through sixth. [20]
[edit] Riot Season 2 North American Regionals
The following weekend in August on 8/30-9/2 Dignitas would compete in the Season Two Regional Finals - Seattle to compete against the top 8 teams in North America based off Circuit Rankings for Season 2. They played against Team Dynamic in the Quarterfinals taking the series 2-0. Moving on from there to face against CLG.NA in the semi-finals where they would take that series 2-0 as well. Ultimately falling to Team Solomid in the finals 2-0 where they would take 2nd place and move onto the Season 2 World Championship. [21]
[edit] Riot Season 2 World Championship
On October 4th, Team Dignitas participated in the Season 2 World Championship in Los Angeles, California. Despite their strong showing at the North American Regionals, Dignitas appeared outmatched at the global tournament, losing decisively to CLG EU, Saigon Jokers, and NaJin Sword. The loss to the Jokers was considered the biggest upset of the group stage. [22] Dignitas finished in 11th-12th and took home $ 25,000.
[edit] Season 3
On February 3rd, Dignitas announced the addition of Team Pulse to their lineup, as subs and their new challenger team.
Dignitas started off the LCS Spring Season strong. Although their early season was strong, and their latter season was bumpy, Dignitas still came out with a 3rd place finish in the Spring Season. With that finish, Dignitas secured themselves a place in the Spring Playoffs. Unfortunately, Dignitas would drop their game versus Good Game University. Dignitas then found themselves in a do-or-die position being sent to the Summer Promotion Tournament where if they lost, they would be out of a job. Fortunately, Dignitas beat Team Summon 3-1, securing their spot in the NA LCS Summer Season.
[edit] Timeline
[edit] 2011
- February 18th, Team Dignitas acquires roster of Team FurIR. Skaft, Beardie, sommie, Play int its ok, MoMa, and abcDDS join.[23]
- March 9th, koenig joins.[citation needed]
- March 28th, Araneae, dustFox, and QStrYKerQ join. Skaft, sommie, and abcDDS leave.[citation needed]
- April 20th, League of Legends team disbands. Beardie, Play int its ok, MoMa, koenig, Araneae, dustFox, and QStrYKerQ leave.[24]
- September 22nd, Team Dignitas acquires roster of Rock Solid. scarra, L0cust, Voyboy, Jatt, and Imaqtpie join.[25].
- To read about Rock Solid history (November 2010 - September 2011), click here.
- October 9th, 1st Place at IPL 3 - Atlantic City.
- December 21st, Jatt leaves.[26]
[edit] 2012
- January 18th, I Will Dominate joins.[27]
- March 10th, 2nd Place at IEM VI - World Championship.
- April 12th, wingsofdeathx joins.[28]
- April 24th, wingsofdeathx leaves.[citation needed]
- May 19th, Crumbzz replaces Voyboy.[29]
- July 18th, L0cust leaves.[30]
- July 20th, Patoy joins.[31]
- September 2nd, 2nd Place at Season 2 North American Regional Finals.
- December 6th, I Will Dominate leaves.[32]
- December 7th, Crumbzz moves to jungle.[33]
- December 18th, KiWiKiD joins.[34]
[edit] 2013
- February 3rd, Team Dignitas acquires roster of Pulse Esports as their Challenger Circuit team. Kenace, Onionbagel, SnEaKyCaStRoO, Evaniskus, and zig join.[35]
- To read about Pulse Esports history (September 2012 - February 2013), click here.
- February 25th, Evaniskus leaves.[36]
- April 6th, Challenger Circuit team disbands. Kenace, Onionbagel, SnEaKyCaStRoO, and zig leave.[37]
[edit] Player Roster
[edit] Active
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TheRealKiWiKiD | Alan Nguyen | Top |
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Crumbzz | Alberto Rengifo | Jungle |
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scarra | William Li | Mid |
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Imaqtpie | Michael Santana | AD |
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Patoy | Jordan Blackburn | Support |
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Kenace | Nam Truong | Sub/Mid |  Infinite Odds
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Onionbagel | Leon Chen | Sub/Jungle |  Retired
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SnEaKyCaStRoO | Zachary Scuderi | Sub/AD |  Quantic Gaming
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zig | Derek Shao | Sub/Top | |
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Evaniskus | Even Stevens | Sub/Support |  Velocity eSports
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I Will Dominate | Christian Rivera | Jungle |  Curse Academy
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L0cust | Patrick Miller | Support | Square Duck
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Voyboy | Joe Esfahani | Top |  Counter Logic Gaming
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wingsofdeathx | Daryl Hennegan | Sub |  Epik Gamer
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Jatt | Joshua Leesman | Jungle |  Caster
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Araneae | Alvar Martin Alenar | Support |  Wizards e-Sports Club
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QStrYKerQ | Thomas Höllich | AD | |
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koenig | Raoul Seyfert | Mid |  Reason Gaming
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MoMa | Maik Wallus | Mid |  against All authority
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Play int its ok | Henrik Stach | AD |  Playground Avenue
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Beardie | Björn Nilsson | Top | |
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dustFox | Lars Fasse | Jungle |  n!faculty e-Sports Club
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Skaft | Simon Bergöö | Top | |
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sommie | Ricky Eriksson | Support | Kismet
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abcDDS | Julien Deregnaucourt | Jungle |  Fureur
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[edit] Temporary Subs
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DJ LAMBO | David Jeong | Jungler | Crumbzz
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Riot League Championship Series/North America/Season 3 |
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Daydreamin | Miles Hoard | Support | 2013 MLG Winter Championship Summer Promotion Qualifier | |
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LoCicero | Adam Carriere | AP | Voyboy
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IGN Proleague Season 3 - Atlantic City |
[edit] Organization
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ODEE | Michael O'Dell | Managing Director |
[edit] Team Achievements
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| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | |
| 2013-02-01 | 2nd | National ESL Pro Series Season V | FFL |  Team Curse
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$ 2,500 |
| 2012-07-06 | 2nd | National ESL Pro Series Season III | 0 : 2 |  mTw North America
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$ 2,500 |
| 2012-02-25 | 1st | LoLPro Invitatonal Prize Finals | 2 : 0 | Team Curse
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$ 20,000 |
| 2012-02-18 | 1st | LoLPro Invitational | 2 : 1 |  Counter Logic Gaming
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$ 5,000 |
| 2011-12-30 | 1st | CLG's Last Call 2011 | 2 : 0 |  Epik Gamer
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$ 2,500 |
| 2011-12-18 | 4th | NESL Premier League Season II | 0 : 2 | Team Curse
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$ 500 |
| 2011-03-04 | 3rd | IEM Season V - LoL Invitational | 0 : 3 |  Group Stage (W/L)
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$ 1,750 |
[edit] Highlight Videos
[edit] Team Interviews
[edit] 2011
- October 18th - Video Interview with Team Dignitas League of Legends team IEM NY (video) with Team Dignitas
- November 27th - MLG interview Team Dignitas LoL squad with Major League Gaming
[edit] 2012
- June 29th - 스카라와 즐거운 친구들, 팀 디그니타스를 만났습니다 (Korean) (English Translation) with Inven.co.kr
- June 29th - [피플] 팀 디그니타스 "한국 대회 출전은 좋은 경험될 것" (Korean) with Daily eSports
- October 11th - Team Dignitas' Michael "ODEE" O'Dell at LoL Season 2 Finals (video) with ESFIWorld
- October 13th - Dignitas.Odee Interview - IGN Pro League (video) with IGN Pro League
[edit] 2013
- February 16th - Team Dignitas League of Legends AMA Answers with Reddit and Team Dignitas
- March 10th - ODEE talks to Scarra, KiWiKiD and Patoy in the new gaming house (video) with Team Dignitas
- March 15th - Scarra And His Team Re-sign New Deal With Dignitas (video) with GameSpot
- April 19th - Qtpie and Odee talk Qtpie's upcoming Bowflex Program (video) with GameSpot
[edit] External Links
- Team Dignitas Preview: Season Two World Finals by ggChronicle
- Dignitas Team Profile on lolesports.com
[edit] References
- ↑ Team Dignitas welcomes LoL team-dignitas.net
- ↑ League of Legends team released team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Team Dignitas welcome new League of Legends team "team-dignitas.net"
- ↑ League of Legends selected for IGN Pro League na.leagueoflegends.com
- ↑ MLG Providence 2011 Winner's Round 1 VOD "tv.majorleaguegaming.com"
- ↑ MLG Providence 2011 Losers' Finals VOD "tv.majorleaguegaming.com"
- ↑ Jatt steps down from Team Dignitas LoL "team-dignitas.net"
- ↑ Hey I'm Jatt, I work at Riot Games! "na.leagueoflegends.com"
- ↑ I Will Dominate: "It is important for us to make it out of the group stage "team-dignitas.net"
- ↑ IEM Kiev Team Sypher vs Team Dignitas "youtube.com"
- ↑ IEM Kiev against All authority vs Team Dignitas "youtube.com
- ↑ Moscow Five vs Team Dignitas "youtube.com"
- ↑ IEM Kiev Team Dignitas vs Team Solo Mid "youtube.com"
- ↑ IEM Kiev Third Place Decider - SK Gaming vs Team Dignitas "youtube.com"
- ↑ IEM Season VI - Hanover: Team Dignitas group stage statistics "esl-world.net"
- ↑ IEM Season VI - Hanover: Playoff bracket "esl-world.net"
- ↑ 2012 MLG Anaheim League of Legends Brackets "s3.majorleaguegaming.com"
- ↑ Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 Program Information "ognlol.com"
- ↑ MLG Raleigh 2012 League of Legends Bracket "majorleaguegaming.com"
- ↑ MLG Statement regarding disqualification
- ↑ Official Season 2 NA Brackets tournaments.leagueoflegends.com
- ↑ ggChronicle Power Rankings ggchronicle.com
- ↑ Team Dignitas welcomes LoL team-dignitas.net
- ↑ League of Legends team released team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Team Dignitas welcome new League of Legends team team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Jatt steps down from Team Dignitas LoL team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Dignitas Announcment team-dignitas.net
- ↑ wingsofdeathx as backup for Team Dignitas lol during EPS"team-dignitas.net"
- ↑ Crumbzz joins Team Dignitas"team-dignitas.net"
- ↑ Team Dignitas parts ways with L0CUST"team-dignitas.net"
- ↑ Patoy joins Team Dignitas"team-dignitas.net"
- ↑ Regarding the I Will Dominate Ruling team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Team Dignitas is looking for Top Laner, Crumbzz back to jungle team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Team Dignitas Welcomes KiWiKiD team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Welcome Pulse to the Team Dignitas League of Legends Roster team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Team Dignitas release Evaniskus from LoL roster team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Team Dignitas LoL B Squad Disbands team-dignitas.net
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