American organization Dignitas has confirmed their return to male CS:GO, revealing a roster primarily made up of former Ninjas in Pyjamas players. The Major-winning NiP roster has now reunited under the Dignitas n🉐ame, with four members actively competi🍌ng while Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson takes up the coaching role. After announcing Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg's release from the organization, Ninjas in Pyjamas revealed 2🅺2-year-old Tim “nawwk” Jonasson would tak𝓀e his place on their active roster.
Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg has represented Ninjas in Pyjamas siඣnce 201⛦2, originally joining as part of the organization’s first-ever Global Offensive team. He played alongside Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund, Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson, Adam “Friberg” Friberg, and Richard “Xizt” Landström for the first few years of CS:GO. The team quickly became the most dominant force i🎐n the ⛦game, setting a yet-to-be-beaten record of 87 LAN map wins in a row. The core four made five consecutive Major Grand Finals, winning ESL One Cologne 2014 over domestic rivals Fnatic.
F0rest won 23 LAN tournaments under the NiP banner, including ESL One ♛Cologne 2014, DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016, and both IEM Oakland 2016 and 2017. He was named the second best player of 2013, behind teammate GeT_RiGhT. He was ranked 7th, 16th, and 7th in the following three years.
Fifflaren left NiP in 2014, followed by Friberg in 2017 and Xizt in 2018. GeT_RiGhT and f0🎀rest remainedꦚ on the team the longest, with the former being released in September of 2019. F0rest now ends his tenure with NiP, reuniting with GeT_RiGhT, Friberg, and Xizt on the active Dignitas CS:GO r൩oster. The lineup is completed by 19-year-old Norwegian talent Håkon "hallzerk" Fjærl🌸i, while Fifflaren joins as the team’s head coach and general manager.
Dignitas has sponsored a number of professional Counter-Strike teams, having signed their first roster in 2014. The organization housed fully Danish lineups until signing a mixed European team in 2017, and later picking up North American rosters in 2018. Dignitas released their previous team 🎉in A🌄ugust of 2018, and has not fielded another male CS:GO team until now.
Taking f0rest’s place on Ninjas in Pyjamas is former GamerLegion member Tim “nawwk” Jonasson. The 22-year-old has made a name for himself in recent years, becoming one of the hottest up-and-coming pr𝓰ospects from the Swedish sce𒁏ne. Nawwk joined GamerLegion in March of 2019, winning LOOT.BET Season 2, placing second at Moche XL Esports 2019 and 3-4th at WePlay! Forge of Masters Season 2 before leaving the team for NiP.
Nawwk will make his NiP debut at the end of January, in Group A of the BLAST Premierꦓ Spring Series. Dignitas are not currently scheduled to compete at any upcoming events.