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'''Team Dignitas''' is an International e-Sports team which is headquartered in Great Britain and which is among the best British clans. It was founded on the 9th of September 2003 as a fusion of the [[Battlefield 1942]] clans Legion Condor and Sweden Kompanix. Thus the clan was a pure Battlefield clan in the beginning. By and by, however, more teams were added to the organisation, in July 2004 Team Dignitas was registered as a company: Team Dignitas Ltd.
'''Team Dignitas''' is an International e-Sports team which is headquartered in Great Britain and which is among the best British gaming teams. It was founded on the 9th of September 2003 as a fusion of the [[Battlefield 1942]] clans Legion Condor and Sweden Kompanix. Thus the clan was a pure Battlefield clan in the beginning. By and by, however, more teams were added to the organisation, in July 2004 Team Dignitas was registered as a company: Team Dignitas Ltd.
Managing Director and thus man in charge of the clan is Michael ''''ODEE'''' O'Dell.
Managing Director and thus man in charge of the clan is Michael ''''ODEE'''' O'Dell.


In August 2006 the Call of Duty 2 team was elected the third best team in Europe by Cadred.org. Also in 2006 the Battlefield 2 team was chosen as the Battlefield 2 Team of the Year by Geeksnet.org. In May 2007 CSSNation.net ranked the Counter-Strike: Source team second in Europe. In the same month the british scene page UKCounterTerrorist.com put the Counter-Strike 1.6 team as number one in Britain. 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. In August 2007 the French französische site Majestic 24/7 chose the World in Conflict team as number one in the European Summer Ranking. The World in Conflict team of Team Dignitas was also nominated for the eSports Award 2007 as "eSport Team of the Year".
In August 2006 the [[Call of Duty 2]] team was elected the third best team in Europe by Cadred.org. Also in 2006 the [[Battlefield 2]] team was chosen as the Battlefield 2 Team of the Year by Geeksnet.org. In May 2007 CSSNation.net ranked Dignitas's [[Counter-Strike: Source]] team second in Europe. In the same month the british scene page UKCounterTerrorist.com put the [[Counter-Strike 1.6]] team as number one in Britain. 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. In August 2007 the French site Majestic 24/7 chose the [[World in Conflict]] team as number one in the European Summer Ranking. The World in Conflict team of Team Dignitas was also nominated for the eSports Award 2007 as "eSport Team of the Year".


== Teams ==
== Teams ==
Unlike other major gaming teams Dignitas is known to also be supporting the "smaller" games, i.e. eSports games that are less popular or smaller in community size. Currently the organisation has the following teams:
=== Management ===
* Battlefield 2142
:[[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|20px]] NewmaN (''Creative Director'')
* [[Call of Duty 4]]
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] ODEE (''Managing Director'')
* Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
:[[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|20px]] SpadEs (''Media Director'')
* [[FIFA_series|FIFA]]
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] dc (''PR Manager'')
* [[Quake_(series)|Quake]]
:[[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|20px]] cougar (''Art & Design'')
* Real Time Strategy
:[[Image:Flag of Poland.svg|20px]] MepH (''Head of News'')
* [[Trackmania]]
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] krak3n (''Webmaster'')
* [[Unreal Tournament 3]]

=== Battlefield 2142 ===
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Grimbald
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] grumbly
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Gunnarrrr
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Maj0r_Payne
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Monstar
:[[Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg|20px]] Nino
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Raeken
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Rap2s

=== Call of Duty 4 ===
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] Blackmane
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] lopezz
:[[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px]] lukzaR
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] Mick
:[[Image:Flag of Norway.svg|20px]] plaZma
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] raz

=== Enemy Territory: Quake Wars ===
:[[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|20px]] BruceLee
:[[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|20px]] Huggo
:[[Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg|20px]] JaKaZc
:[[Image:Flag of Estonia.svg|20px]] reload
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] senji
:[[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|20px]] SonDac
:[[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|20px]] utr

=== FIFA ===
:[[Image:Flag of France.svg|20px]] Aghaton
:[[Image:Flag of Latvia.svg|20px]] AndRuXa
:[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|20px]] dr_jivagos
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Enrique
:[[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|20px]] IstvaN
:[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px]] Jevrej
:[[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] pavjke
:[[Image:Flag of Israel.svg|20px]] Rubinaldo
:[[Image:Flag of Turkey.svg|20px]] SoMB
:[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|20px]] TiGeR
:[[Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg|20px]] Walkman

=== Quake ===
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] GaRpY
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] HELL
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] r2k
:[[Image:Flag of Hungary.svg|20px]] Xeon

=== Real Time Strategy ===
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] Apollo
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] FlikstRR
:[[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|20px]] Low-Life
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] Moyes
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] MrDogbert
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] no0bSter
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] PuReBall
:[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] Zaccubus

=== Trackmania ===
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] gaLLo
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] medic
:[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|20px]] Moriah
:[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px]] sky
:[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px]] XeNoGeaR

=== Unreal Tournament 3 ===
:[[Image:Flag of Scotland.svg|20px]] astz!
:[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px]] Frantic
:[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px]] ioX
:[[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] Po1son
:[[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|20px]] tewic


== Achievements (excerpt) ==
== Achievements (excerpt) ==
* 1st place: Multiplay i26 (TooGoood)
* 1st place: Multiplay i26 (TooGoood)
* 1st place: ESL FIFA Champions League
* 1st place: [[Electronic_Sports_League|ESL]] FIFA Champions League
* 2nd place: European Nations Championships 2005 (Terminator)
* 2nd place: European Nations Championships 2005 (Terminator)
* 6th place: ESWC 2005 (hypno)
* 6th place: [[Electronic Sports World Cup|ESWC]] 2005 (hypno)
* 1st place: Optihack 2005 (CoD)
* 1st place: Optihack 2005 (CoD)
* 2nd place: CPL Winter Extreme Championships (dragon)
* 2nd place: [[Cyberathlete_Professional_League|CPL]] Winter Extreme Championships (dragon)
* 3rd place: Clanbase Eurocup X (RtCW:ET, BF42)
* 3rd place: Clanbase Eurocup X (RtCW:ET, BF42)
* 1st place: The Zenith (BF42)
* 1st place: The Zenith (BF42)
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* 1st place: ESWC Germany 2006 (gaLLo)
* 1st place: ESWC Germany 2006 (gaLLo)
* 1st place: ESWC UK 2006 (r2k)
* 1st place: ESWC UK 2006 (r2k)
* 1st place: Dreamhack Summer 2006 (MadneSS)
* 1st place: [[Dreamhack]] Summer 2006 (MadneSS)
* 1st place: Clanbase Eurocup XIII (BF2, CoD2)
* 1st place: Clanbase Eurocup XIII (BF2, CoD2)
* 1st place: Multiplay i28 (BF2, CoD2, astz!, ChrisyBullard)
* 1st place: Multiplay i28 (BF2, CoD2, astz!, ChrisyBullard)
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* 2nd place: Clanbase Eurocup XV (HELL, pavjke)
* 2nd place: Clanbase Eurocup XV (HELL, pavjke)
* 1st place: ESWC 2007 (XeNoGeaR)
* 1st place: ESWC 2007 (XeNoGeaR)
* 1st place: QuakeCon 2007 (ET:QW)
* 1st place: [[QuakeCon]] 2007 (ET:QW)
* 1st place: Multiplay i31 (CoD2, GaRpY)
* 1st place: Multiplay i31 (CoD2, GaRpY)
* 1st place: WCG UK 2007 (Apollo,Chris Bullard,Moyes)
* 1st place: [[World_Cyber_Games|WCG]] UK 2007 (Apollo,Chris Bullard,Moyes)
* 1st place: WCG Latvia 2007 (AndRuXa)
* 1st place: WCG Latvia 2007 (AndRuXa)
* 1st place: WCG Baltic 2007 (AndRuXa)
* 1st place: WCG Baltic 2007 (AndRuXa)
* 2nd place: CPL World Tour Dallas 2007 (WiC)
* 2nd place: CPL World Tour Dallas 2007 (WiC)
* 1st place: WCG Sweden 2007 (MadneSS)
* 1st place: WCG Sweden 2007 (MadneSS)
* 1st place: CGS UK Combine (CS, ChrisBullard)
* 1st place: [[Championship_Gaming_Series|CGS]] UK Combine (CS, ChrisBullard)
* 2nd place: CDC3 (ET)
* 2nd place: CDC3 (ET)
* 1st place: WCG Denmark 2007 (IstvaN)
* 1st place: WCG Denmark 2007 (IstvaN)

Revision as of 11:44, 2 January 2008

Template:Otheruses2

Team Dignitas is an International e-Sports team which is headquartered in Great Britain and which is among the best British gaming teams. It was founded on the 9th of September 2003 as a fusion of the Battlefield 1942 clans Legion Condor and Sweden Kompanix. Thus the clan was a pure Battlefield clan in the beginning. By and by, however, more teams were added to the organisation, in July 2004 Team Dignitas was registered as a company: Team Dignitas Ltd. Managing Director and thus man in charge of the clan is Michael 'ODEE' O'Dell.

In August 2006 the Call of Duty 2 team was elected the third best team in Europe by Cadred.org. Also in 2006 the Battlefield 2 team was chosen as the Battlefield 2 Team of the Year by Geeksnet.org. In May 2007 CSSNation.net ranked Dignitas's Counter-Strike: Source team second in Europe. In the same month the british scene page UKCounterTerrorist.com put the Counter-Strike 1.6 team as number one in Britain. 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. In August 2007 the French site Majestic 24/7 chose the World in Conflict team as number one in the European Summer Ranking. The World in Conflict team of Team Dignitas was also nominated for the eSports Award 2007 as "eSport Team of the Year".

Teams

Unlike other major gaming teams Dignitas is known to also be supporting the "smaller" games, i.e. eSports games that are less popular or smaller in community size. Currently the organisation has the following teams:

Achievements (excerpt)

  • 1st place: Multiplay i26 (TooGoood)
  • 1st place: ESL FIFA Champions League
  • 2nd place: European Nations Championships 2005 (Terminator)
  • 6th place: ESWC 2005 (hypno)
  • 1st place: Optihack 2005 (CoD)
  • 2nd place: CPL Winter Extreme Championships (dragon)
  • 3rd place: Clanbase Eurocup X (RtCW:ET, BF42)
  • 1st place: The Zenith (BF42)
  • 1st place: ClanBase EuroCup IX (RtCW:ET, BF42)
  • 1st place: ESL Premiership (RtCW:ET)
  • 2nd place: Swedish Championships 2003 (BF42)
  • 1st place: CPL World Tour UK (BF2)
  • 2nd place: Clanbase Eurocup XII (BF2)
  • 1st place: Multiplay i27 (BF2)
  • 1st place: ESWC Germany 2006 (gaLLo)
  • 1st place: ESWC UK 2006 (r2k)
  • 1st place: Dreamhack Summer 2006 (MadneSS)
  • 1st place: Clanbase Eurocup XIII (BF2, CoD2)
  • 1st place: Multiplay i28 (BF2, CoD2, astz!, ChrisyBullard)
  • 1st place: Multiplay i29 (CoD2, CS, BF2142, BF2, MadneSS)
  • 1st place: EPS Season IX (BF2, CS:S)
  • 1st place: Dimension 6 (gaLLo)
  • 1st place: Clanbase Eurocup XIV (BF2, RtCW:ET, CoD2, Po1son, FuRu)
  • 1st place: shgOpen 2007 (BF2, RtCW:ET)
  • 1st place: SEC 2007 (Walkman)
  • 1st place: The Gathering 2007 (MadneSS)
  • 1st place: Multiplay i30 (CoD2, CS, BF2, BF2142)
  • 1st place: The Summit 2007 (Po1son)
  • 1st place: CPL World Tour Italy 2007 (WiC)
  • 1st place: ESWC Holland 2007 (XeNoGeaR)
  • 1st place: ESWC UK 2007 (CS,GaRpY,r2k)
  • 1st place: ESWC Germany 2007 (gaLLo)
  • 2nd place: ESWC Germany 2007 (medic)
  • 1st place: CPL World Tour Sweden 2007 (WiC)
  • 2nd place: Clanbase Eurocup XV (HELL, pavjke)
  • 1st place: ESWC 2007 (XeNoGeaR)
  • 1st place: QuakeCon 2007 (ET:QW)
  • 1st place: Multiplay i31 (CoD2, GaRpY)
  • 1st place: WCG UK 2007 (Apollo,Chris Bullard,Moyes)
  • 1st place: WCG Latvia 2007 (AndRuXa)
  • 1st place: WCG Baltic 2007 (AndRuXa)
  • 2nd place: CPL World Tour Dallas 2007 (WiC)
  • 1st place: WCG Sweden 2007 (MadneSS)
  • 1st place: CGS UK Combine (CS, ChrisBullard)
  • 2nd place: CDC3 (ET)
  • 1st place: WCG Denmark 2007 (IstvaN)
  • 1st place: WCG 2007 (Apollo)
  • 2nd place: WCG 2007 (Zaccubus)
  • 1st place: Multiplay i32 (CoD4, ET:QW, AndRuXa, WiC)