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Counter-Strike: Dignitas signs AdY

By: Luis Mira - Published July 11, 2007 at 8:08 PM EDT - Writer Archive
Dignitas has confirmed the signing of Adam "AdY" Brown.
The former 4Kings talent became a free agent in late June to focus on DOTA, but has wasted little time in getting fixed up with a new Counter-Strike team.

The British team finished 9-12th at the ESWC tournament, having defeated teams like TR.victory or emuLate and only losing the qualification for the bracket stage to NiP because of round difference.

Despite this result, Dignitas was always on the lookout for Brown, and when he decided to return to the main stages, the British squad was quick to lure him to the squad, replacing Jim “Mx” Smale.

"We felt after wez said he couldn't play anymore that we would only get Mx as a replacement, he was an absolutely amazing replacement and we love him and couldn't thank him anywhere near enough," Luke "KritikaL" Green told GotFrag.com.

"However, looking back when wez left, AdY was our first choice but he remained in 4Kings instead and now he wanted to join us and we let him, which will hopefully make us progress a lot."

Green admits he is delighted for Dignitas to have landed such a talented player.

"Adam is an absolute top class player, (...) some of the stuff he does is simply amazing, he also brings a whole new way of thinking to our game," he said.

"4Kings' style was a lot safer and slower than our own, we enjoy rushing places and fragging, Adam can do that but he also brings ideas about how to make stuff safer. He is generally just an awesome player."

Dignitas will attend the GameGune LAN event this month, where the team hopes to do better than in France.

"Looking at the ESWC tournament, we came 9-12th, which I think was good, but we obviously we want to increase I think 5-8th would be awesome, anything higher would be insane, but stranger things have happened," Green added.

Dignitas has now the following roster:

United Kingdom Luke "KritikaL" Green
United Kingdom Sam "RattlesnK" Gawn
United Kingdom James "wilzOOO" Wilson
United Kingdom Pete "Reality" Wright
United Kingdom Adam "AdY" Brown

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Great pick up if he gets back in shape :p
GL to Dignitas
I Started the FURY craze!
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wilzzoo + rattle + ady omg very good lineup
+ Luke can frag 2 (dont know bout Reality 2 much)
♫ ♫ ♫
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reality is as good as any player in that team.

AdY will make the different between a 9th-16th place and a 5th-8th and more. AWESOME player.
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AdY in dignitas should translate into a few more rounds won and they took a few top european teams pretty close.
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Kick some ass, dudes
"fRoD doesnt cheat" "#7 online/north america, you do the math" -qu4kE_

good to see british cs back in world class shape ;D
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Dont start hypeing yet :/
Spiral out, keep going. Spiral out, keep going. Spiral out, keep going.
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dont start making up words yet


once hes settled in the team they should be looking to build on their performance at eswc and take down some "top clans"
Liero!
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wilzooo is terribly online
#f-zer0
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rize...u watch uk hltv from the otherside of the world then?...didnt think so...

gl dignitas
Life is easy when your mind is closed
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ummm yeah i do actually are u stupid ?

what a dumb comment.

This comment was edited at 07/11/2007 10:12 PM
#f-zer0
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AdY is le own people!
Practice makes perfect.
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rofl rizE- your a funny cunt, on the other hand wilzOOO isn't online he's good. there lineup will be alot stronger now and watching all their games from eswc they where easily competing against every team they played. gl dignitas

<3 reality & rattlesnk

This comment was edited at 07/11/2007 11:28 PM
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this roster will own the uk
I pwn like a pwnasaurus that owns a noobasaurus
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I expect good things from this team in the future
quality Teamplay - www.teamqTp.com - #qTp @ gamesurge
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dignitas > 4k!
gl AdY!
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Expected this to happen really, Mx was the weakest at ESWC. He's really good but not up to their skill level and the skill of other international teams. Although he does destroy other UK teams just as much as the rest of the team. Hopefully he finds another decent team to attend more international events!

GL Dignitas... Still rooting for Virtuoso though, w00t w00t
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say goodbye to 4Kings ..
http://tig.hk (My Dearest Hong Kong eSports Website)
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sl1ps you boob
MX wasnt the weakest he's just not a fragger. he won loads on 1v1 and 1v2's at ESWC
He played exactly the same role for Dig as Rambo did for 3D

Ady will rip faces off now with this team
u r terribad
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GL, be awesome to see a UK team bank in with a top3 at a big tourney. Its been a long road for u guys :P
yo
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Mx was really good at ESWC. As people have said, not a huge fragger, but he won a number of clutch rounds.

Having said that, AdY is better. Great replacement for them.
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Awesome!
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I thought mx was rather good at ESWC. But there is no question about it, AdY rocks!!

Dont expect too much from dig though and gamegune, it isnt far away and there isnt much time for AdY to fit right in, but im sure dignitas will do well though.
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pretty good team, gonna be fun when they square up against the new 4k squad
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great pick, gl
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mmm i think dignitas was lucky to get 9-12 =X
s(°.^)z
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yeah dignitas > 4K nowadays
s(°.^)z
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Britain really deserves a good team after all the years of embarrassment from 4Kings
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#28 agreed.
kardy > you
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#28 true :) Though the new 4kings line up is very good as well, but nowhere near as good as this dignitas line up. Cant wait to see the things they are going to do.
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the new 4K will be just as good as this dignitas lineup if they played as much. a good test will be WCG @ August 10th. hopefully 4K will get a nice bootcamp going and we'l see a REALLY good bo3.
healthpoint yo
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WCG in august is going to be sick, and i'll be ther! w00t!
#justlikewatchingbrazil
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LOL! awesome team indeed hahahahaha

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