Xizt explains why Dignitas picking up GuardiaN \u201cset them back\u201d StarLadder \/ DreamHack \/ DignitasDignitas has had a tumultuous re-entry back into CS:GO. Their roster full of veteran talent has floundered. It wasn\u2019t made easier by Ladislav \u2018GuardiaN\u2019 Kovacs joining on for H\u00e5kon \u2018hallzerk\u2019 Fj\u00e6rli briefly, according to Richard \u2018Xizt\u2019 Landstrom, saying it set the team back. Dignitas\u2019 latest CS:GO line-up hasn\u2019t lived up to its lofty expectations. After all, a veteran superstar squad, of which most were still playing at the top level, should be able to at least compete with some other A-listers. That hasn\u2019t proven to be the case with Dignitas. They finished in 10th in Flashpoint in their first big outing, losing to teams like Orgless and Gen.G. Things haven\u2019t really gone up since then. They\u2019ve always fallen short in Open Qualifiers, and have struggled against Tier 2 teams. This has culminated in a devastating last-place exit in FunSpark ULTI, losing in straight sets to Giants and Team Secret. Dignitas aren\u2019t living up to the glory their players are known for, despite some glimpses of brilliance. One big reason is roster instability. At the start of the year, hallzerk wasn\u2019t able to get a visa to North America to play Flashpoint. This forced Dignitas to pick up GuardiaN as a stand-in. However, playing with the Slovak AWPer for a couple of months really put them on the back foot. In an interview with Dignitas, captain Xizt outlined just how much this setback cost them. While they were building some momentum as a roster leading into Flashpoint, having the stand-in \u2014 even from someone like GuardiaN \u2014 derailed everything. \u201cI think we started really well. We won important games and had close games against top teams like Fnatic. We had a strong start with the bootcamp, and then we had to go to Flashpoint in USA, we couldn\u2019t use hallzerk,\u201d Xizt said. \u201cFortunately, we got GuardiaN, who is a top AWPer, but we couldn\u2019t make it work as a team there and it kind of set us back.\u201d Lost first game today against Giants, sloppy start from us cost us the game but they played a solid game overall. We signed up for all these tourneys so we can play more officials and to grow as a team! Next game is bo3 vs Syman at ~19 CET in Malta Vibes lets get it! #DIGDEEP \u2014 Richard Landstr\u00f6m (@Xizt) August 8, 2020 Things weren\u2019t easy when they got back to Europe, either. The shift to online events was tough, especially when you are trying to gel together a new roster. \u201cWhen we got back from USA and back to playing with hallzerk, it was still a tough situation [with] everything being played online.\u201d However, now with a few months of play under their belt, and the player break in the rear view mirror, Dignitas are revitalized to try and break into the top echelons of CS:GO once again. They\u2019ve been there before as individuals \u2014 and even as the NiP core. Now they just need to find that spark. \u201cI think the break was good for us, now we just need to reset and pick off all the good things we had before. I want to play more officials and get more experience. We\u2019re working really hard right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Xizt explains why Dignitas picking up GuardiaN \u201cset them back\u201d StarLadder \/ DreamHack \/ DignitasDignitas has had a tumultuous re-entry back into CS:GO. Their roster full of veteran talent has floundered. It wasn\u2019t made easier by Ladislav \u2018GuardiaN\u2019 Kovacs joining on for H\u00e5kon \u2018hallzerk\u2019 Fj\u00e6rli briefly, according to Richard \u2018Xizt\u2019 Landstrom, saying it set the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}