Team Dignitas
A new day
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| Patoy/Kiwikid/Crumbzz/Scarra and Imaqtpie, the memes lords |
Officially founded in 2004 under the name "Team Dignitas Ltd", the American company is one of the oldest organization in Esports. Regrouping a lot of different teams like "Legion Condor" and "Sweden Kompanix", Dignitas managed to built a solid reputation in the world of Esports.
Sponsoring teams and players around the world in many games such as Fifa, Starcraft, CSGO and League of Legends. Dignitas has been a worldwide organization throughout the years. But the road of the organization got stopped in the North American Promotion tournament in 2016.
Going with a record of 4-14, Dignitas had to fight in the Promotion tournament to try to rejoin the LCS like they did a year sooner, thanks to an amazing Kiwikid.
But this time, there was no miracle, the team suffered a large defeat (3-0) over Team Dragon Knights sending them to the Championship Series. Dignitas was relegated.
And with the retirement of Kiwikid some time later, it felt as if the story of Dignitas in the LCS was completely over (Dignitas also had sold his Challenger spot).
But in September of 2016, the dream of all Dignitas fans came back to life. Both Dignitas and Apex were bought by the Philadelphia 76ers, a basketball team. Apex who had just qualified for the LCS and Dignitas who seemed to have been lost everything they had bought so far reunited to bring back the mythic organization in the LCS.
Dignitas was alive and ready to fight once more. Before that, the team decided to change some things. Despite bringing the full roster of Apex on their side, Dignitas had greater ambitions. Their goal this time was not to fight against relegation but to fight in order to reach the summit (1G).
From the original Apex roster, only 2 players remained, Keane for the midlane and Xpecial as the support. Apollo left for EnvyUS while Shrimp left to play in the Japanese LoL scene. Ray, on his side, joined Cloud 9 to fight for a starting position against Impact. Last but not least, Cris, a soloQ monster who had never been able to show his true value on the scene, was put to the bench.
Apex was already no more. That's when the fans began to wonder, what is Dignitas trying to do?
The answer didn't wait long. 2 weeks after the release of most of the roster, Dignitas announced the recruitment of Chaser, LOD and more importantly, Ssumday. The organization had made a huge deal, an excellent ad carry and a carry jungler followed by the second best toplaner in the entire world. Dignitas was ready to fight in order to receive some recognition, some fame.
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| Ssumday was playing for KT Rolster before joining Dignitas |
But things didn't go as good as they expected. The first week ended in a correct 1-1. The second marked the start of a struggle. Losing against TSM and Echo Fox, the team was already in a tricky situation. Dignitas would end up losing 5 series in a row, placing them in the bottom of the rankings alongside EnvyUS and Immortals
Since then, Dignitas managed to find a second breath, fighting for every inch to get closer to a playoffs spot. And with a 5-2 record for the past few games, the team seems to have found his identity and their communication, while being sloppy at some point, has improved a lot since the start of the split.
If Dignitas can continue to grasp every victory possible, the playoffs will open their doors for them. The dream of seeing the World Championship isn't so far away anymore, but the first step for it has yet to come to a close.
Dignitas, an unlimited failure or a bright light in the dark?
Sources: lolgamepedia, lolesports
Kevin Fischweiler
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