monday we saw our Counter-Strike 1.6 team face its first challenge in the new ESL UK Pro-Series Season 3. Taking down eMpathy with 16:09, we have started off a hopefully long winning streak.
To anyone watching, the player of the match was probably Suffian 'Suffz' Arshad. Especially in the first half he almost fought off the opponent team on his own, resulting in an impressive statistic: one ace and four three-mans, first half score 25:8.
Suffz has now uploaded his demo to our download section, make sure
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y Team Dignitas are pleased to announced that we have signed another contract with with our sponsor Bigfoot Networks for 2010. We have been working with them three years already and we look forward to doing so again in what is looking like an exciting time for our organisation.
Our players use the Killer® Xeno™ cards that provide improved latency and smoother gameplay.
Thank you Bigfoot Networks!
In about one week we will be holding a very special event in co-operation with Xfire. After a successful mission in Hannover at the ESL Intel Extreme Masters - World Championship, coming second and taking home $10.000, our World of Warcraft Arena team is looking forward to the 18th March. They will LIVE stream on the Xfire event page.
The event will go ahead on 18th March at 19:30 CET. Fans from all around the globe will be able to tune in and follow them live - and hopefully learn something! Click below
our Content Manager Piet 'Sui' Smet is back with more fragmovies! This week he decided to do a double sized article! He has picked three games this week: Quake, ET and COD4, so be certain that you'll enjoy at least one of these. Over edited or clean edit, this week it all doesn't matter as he picked movies which he personally just enjoyed watching, no matter what the style was. Have a look for yourself!
Today's Fragmovies to Watch! - Take 6
Enjoy!
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fter Counter-Stike 1.6 and Source have started the third British ESL Pro-Series, it is the Quake Live players' turn tonight on the first playday. After last season's Quake 3 competition, this edition will again hold tough competition for our three duellers GaRpY, VIZARI and zsx. Like the thirteen other players, they will be playing for a total prize purse of 1.285€.
None if tonight's players were part of the past Quake 3 season, so our players will have to watc
Team Dignitas, together with Electronic Arts (EA), will be giving away five copies of EA's latest game, Mass Effect 2 (PC). We will give away one copy each week so all of you will have several chances of winning your very own copy of Mass Effect 2. Note that you need to be age 15 or above to enter this contest.
To enter this competition you need a screenshot of YOU playing your favorite EA game (we will be checking) and upload this to your Team Dignitas profile gallery. Post a comment on this newspost wi
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gTonight our Modern Warfare 2 XBOX lineup played its second match in the consolesports.org Championship #1 Group Stage phase. There are 24 teams participating in this cup which is no surprise as there is £480 in cash to be won. After beating Eventus last time we now had to face vital-gaming at 22:00 CET.
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consolesports.org Championship #1 - Group Stage Match 2
Team Dignitas vs. vital-gaming
Tuesday 9th March 22:00 CET
Lineup: Crook
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ome believed it would never happen but here it is! The first ever British ESL Pro-Series for Counter-Strike 1.6! Throughout late 2009 and January 2010, teams from all around the UK and Ireland were fighting hard in the Amateur Series and the Qualifying Cups and here we are with 12 teams fighting for a total prize money of 5.580€.
Team Dignitas fields its successful team around team-captain Alex 'AlesKi' Way and tonight will be the first task for the gang. eM
images/image_db/esl_pro-series_logo.jpgA long winter break and everything has changed. Not only has Call of Duty 4 been dropped for Counter-Strike 1.6 in the British ESL Pro-Series, but Team Dignitas returns to the Counter-Strike: Source season with a completely renewed lineup! We decided to give a young, upcoming team the chance to prove themselves in the Pro-Series under the Team Dignitas name. They will be fighting for a total prize money of 14.400€.
Tonight the team sees its first big opponent up
images/image_db/etf2l_logo.jpgOur Team Fortress 2 team will be bringing you more action tonight as they are heading into the third match of the ETF2L Season 7. Team Dignitas has been the ETF2L Champions for three seasons in a row now and we will try to claim that title once again. They are playing in the big boys league, Division 1 that is, and so every opponent is another challenge. Tonight's challenge will be What Women Want at 21:00 CET on Gullywash and Granary.
ETF2L Season 7 - Match 3
Team Dignit
Our World of Warcraft Arena team is just returning from its very successful adventure at the ESL Intel Extreme Masters Season 4 - World Championship in Hannover, Germany. They showed a strong performance, beating European Champions SK Sansibar along the way, to finish second. While they took home the $10.000 cheque, it is now your time to win!
During the event Team Dignitas Head of Content Marek 'MepH' Walkowiak took pictures from everything that was going on. The gallery is now online and contains 171
friends over at rakaka were also present at the IEM World Championship today where they had a chat with our Managing Director Michael 'ODEE' O'Dell. The entire interview has been filmed and uploaded to youtube. The interview is quite casual which makes it very enjoyable to watch but still a lot of serious subjects were discussed.
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gAs announced earlier Team Dignitas has been looking for a Counter-Strike: Source lineup to represent us in the ESL Pro series UK as we still had a ticket from last season. We are happy to announce that our search is over and we believe to have found the perfect candidates to represent us in Team AMDERS. The UK lineup attended i38 where they managed to come second in their group and place 9-12th overall.
As we stated we were looking for a team who have not yet had t
finishing the Nations Cup and the Stadium Team Championship, our TrackMania player Fredrik 'Bergie' Bergmann decided to put his personal best times of these tournaments into another awesome video. The movie is made by OleK, a Norwegian trackmania player, who has done a great job.
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I'm very grateful for the effort Ole K has put into making this incredible video. I enjoyed every second of it, and hopefully others will do as well. Special thanks to the dutch national squad whom got to expe
Dutch Call of Duty 4 player Robin 'robyYE' Swaters has been interviewed by the eSports organization The Last resort (TLR) who are doing Pre-CIC7 interview series. The main topic is obviously CIC7 but as robyYE is Dutch TLR decided to ask him about the Benelux scene and what his expectations for Benelux teams are.
You played for big organisations like ButtonBashers, Team-Coolermaster and now for Dignitas what is the biggest difference in your opinion?
robyYE: The fame of the organisations, you can say wi
images/image_db/cadred_logo.jpgTeam Dignitas' Call of Duty 4 squad has regained activity with its renewed lineup and played in several big online tournaments this month where they all performed really well. Their efforts have now paid off as the admins and other voters of the Cadred European Top10 have now decided to rate our team as first in Europe once again.
Fnatic is also coming back up after they have been inactive for quite a while but managed to win the Sapphire Challenge in a thrilling final agains
images/image_db/cadred_logo.jpgA new month brings a new monthly ranking, made by Cadred. Our Team Fortress 2 team has been knocked off its trone after being defeated twice this season. The team is just behind TCM Gaming but still infront of Power Gaming which was inevitable after several months of claiming the number one rank.
On another TF2 note, eXtelevision have uploaded a match replay of Team Dignitas TF2 vs What Women Want in the ASRock Semi Final. The video has been split into four parts which have b
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d).jpgGaming Gear manufacturer QPAD having given us the opportunity to give away one Battlefield Bad Company 2 DVD game and a very exclusive QPAD CT Large BFBC2 Collector edition. There are only 150 pieces made of this limited Qpad edition and they cannot be bought anywhere, so this is a must-have for any BF: BC2 fan.
The contest is simple, all you need to do is answer the questions below, the answers should be written down in a comment on this newspost. The contest ends after 24 hours (midnight on Tuesday) so make sure you reply on time.
The Questions:
1. What year was the first battlefield title released?
2. How many different Battlefield games has been released including
expansion sets and booster packs. (Including BFBC2)
3. What country are behind the development of the Battlefield series?
4. What is the name of QPAD's latest pro gaming mouse?
5. QPAD recently released a new mousepad with a famous player. Whats his
nickname?
Best of luck to everybody competing! The winner will be announced on our page once the contest has ended.
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gTomorrow our Modern Warfare 2 XBOX lineup will be playing in the first round of the consolesports.org Championship #1 Group Stage phase. There are 24 teams participating in this cup which is no surprise as there is £480 in cash to be won. The first opponent will be Eventus at 21:00 CET.
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consolesports.org Championship #1 - Group Stage Match 1
Team Dignitas vs. Eventus
Monday 1st March 21:00 CET
Lineup: Crookz, Dominate, JOL, Vintage
images/image_db/crossfire_logo.jpgAfter an intense Group Stage our Call of Duty 4 team will now be heading into the Playoffs of the Crossfire Intel Challenge 7 (CIC7) seeding cup. This will be the deciding match as whoever wins this will be in the Top8 and receive a High Seed at the CIC7 LAN. Tomorrow's opponent is SpeedLink at 22:30 CET. The match will be played in a BO3 maps system with map elimination by a knife round.
CIC7 Seeding Cup - Playoffs Match 1
Team Dignitas vs. SpeedLink
Monday 1st March 20:00 CET
Lineup: germaine, nreo, phantasy, raz, robyYE
our World of Warcraft Arena players are heading off to the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship where they will face twelve other top lineups who they will have to beat if they want to win the $50,000 which will be distributed over the Top12. We had a chat with Christopher 'KalimisT' Ioannou about the team's expectations of this event and how they are going to handle their matches.
Q: Lets talk about the competition. At the EU Finals you had to face some of the best teams in Europe, this time its the clash of the world's best teams. What are your expectations? Can you share your Top4 prediction with us?
KalimisT: We are very excited to have a chance to play these teams. We are up against some of the best teams in this game. As for top 4 it really is hard to say but but from past events I'll just say SK US, Button Bashers, CoL Black and us hopefully!
Pre-IEM World Finals: A chat with KalimisT
week our Content Manager Piet 'Sui' Smet brought you two non-overedited movies, relying solely on the clean editing and frags of the players. This week he decided to give you the entire opposite, an over edited movie with fast paced frags which is still amazing. His pick is Head Rush, a Counter-Strike 1.6 movie which was only released a few weeks ago.
What makes this movie great besides the entire flow and editing are the small things. For example, instead of showing a player reload his gun the editor decided to make a 3D animation of a reloading gun, it is something that comes and goes within a second but takes a lot of time to make, so respect for that.
Today's Fragmovies to Watch! - Take 5
are pleased to unveil a movie from dignitas.TV that features the Team Dignitas World of Warcraft Arena team at the Intel Extreme Masters in Bruhl, Germany from January 2010. The team took second place overall and won $3500 plus a ticket to the World Finals that will be held at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany next week.
Music Thanks to:
- Celldweller
- Hadouken
FIFA player Michael 'BazzA' Barrett has been competing in the Stryxa Champions League Season 3 and has now reached the final stage. BazzA managed to reach the Grand Final where he will face Jester X at 22:30 CET. The winner of this match will receive £100 while the Runner-Up has to settle with £25.
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Stryxa Champions League Season 3 Grand Final
dignitas/BazzA vs. Jester X
Friday 26th February 22:30cet
Team Dignitas recently parting ways with our CS:S team there is the matter of how to fill our EPS slot. Rather than rush to select a team as we stated before, or call up some of the same old names we have found a new interesting solution.
From Cadred.org - In news that will be welcomed by most of the UK scene Team Dignitas have decided to open the slot for an up and coming team, one who can prove themselves worthy of playing under the Team Dignitas name for the duration of EPS - and possibly further.
Although there is not long left before the season begins Team Dignitas General Manager, Michael "ODEE" O'Dell, has said he will personally review applications and make the decision when he feels he has found the right team.
He told Cadred: "Team Dignitas are looking for an up and coming CS Source team to support under our ESL EPS slot for the UK Season 3. We are after a team that has a real desire to compete at the highest level, a team that is looking to improve always and a team that enjoys playing. If the team does well, who knows where it could lead and if it qualifies for the UK Final’s we will fully support it at the excellent finals that ESL put on. We are inviting teams who are without existing organisations to apply to us and let us know why your team would be a great fit for us.
Team Dignitas has supported CS: Source since 2004 as we were one of the first teams to add a squad. We have been through extreme highs and lows with the game throughout its history and it would probably be a bit weird if we did not continue to support it. We will look seriously at EPS, EAS and Div 1 teams who are interested and all have a chance. Good luck."
What the application process will involve could be anyone's guess, with Michael having a history of a novel approach to team and player selection. He did however say the key quality he would look for would be "desire" in a brief conversation.
have prepared another Player Spotlight for you and this time we had a chat with a core Team Dignitas player and also renown Call of Duty 4 player, Jonathan 'raz' Baker. He has been a member of our gaming family since 2006 and has been very involved with us ever since. But what does raz do beside gaming? How long did it take him to get at the top of the eSports scene? We decided to ask him.
Q: Are we gonna see a completely different play style compared to the last event you went to?
Well its been a hell of a long time since we've been to an event without taking MW2 into account. So yes in all fairness you can see a different play style, one that is organised and focused. Within most of the lineups I've been with, there has always been an unfocused player, or in some cases a player which has an important role but refuses to play it correctly. Within this team, players know what there meant to do and know what responsibilities they have within the game. Ensuring they fulfil their role, enables us to come up with new play styles which I am sure, you'll see at CiC7. Myself, Germaine, Nreo have been slaving over things like this, I am even dreaming monster tactics = win.
Player Spotlight: dignitas/raz
images/image_db/crossfire_logo.jpgAfter beating mTw in the Crossfire Intel Challenge 7 (CIC7) seeding cup yesterday, our Call of Duty 4 team will now face their last opponent in the group stage. The team is currently drawn first place and if they lose this match they can still be knocked out of the Top2, so it will definitely be an important match. Tonight's opponent is mSPIRE at 20:00 CET. Maps will be chosen when the match starts.
CIC7 Seeding Cup - Group Stage Match 5
Team Dignitas vs. mSPIRE
Wednesday 24th February 20:00 CET
Lineup: germaine, nreo, phantasy, raz, robyYE
images/image_db/etf2l_logo.jpgMore Team Fortress 2 action is coming to you tonight as we will be heading into the second round of the ETF2L Season 7. Team Dignitas has been the ETF2L Champions for three seasons in a row now and we will try to claim that title once again. After beating Blight Gaming in their first match, the TF2 squad must now face I Don't Know? Frog at 21:15 CET. The maps are Turbine and Well.
ETF2L Season 7 - Match 2
Team Dignitas vs. I Don't Know? Frog
Wednesday 24th February 21:15 CET
Lineup: agron, appe, bybben, Darn, Rebeli, ryb
European eSports team zeroPoint Gaming published a feature of where they talk to the managers of all the biggest UK eSports organization about eSports in general and most importantly about DOD: Source. ZeroPoint wants to know what the big names in the eSports scene think about DOD and what the community should do to make it bigger.
The zpgaming.eu community is currently mainly supported and followed by Day of Defeat Source players, keen gamers who play the game not because of the support but the fact they really do enjoy it. The European Scene boycotted Clanbase a few years ago and moved to ESL where they have given us the chance for Major Series and Nations Cup. Have you ever thought about the possibility of support a team?
ODEE: We have looked at it once or twice but circumstance and other factors at those times made us decide against it. We also what to make sure we fully support the teams we have and unfortunately for DoD it is not a game that we can take right now. We have had lots of teams asking but to be honest I do not remember seeing a decent proposal from a DoD team. Currently we have 88 players and to fully support them that takes a lot of resource, we are pretty much at maximum capacity.
Check out the full article over at zP.
