A few words to the fans - Dreamhack Tours
First off, an apology. Whatever the situation, we should never have as disappointing an event as we did.
There were two major issues for us this tournament, the first being how badly we adapted to the meta, and the other is me being as ill as I am.
To elaborate on our struggles with the meta, we incorrectly identified the way that the meta was heading, and a lot of our practice time went into compositions with Jay on a high impact melee Hero such as Thrall or Greymane, and Alex on a much more passive tank, or a sustain composition. Both of those involve a double support setup, which restricted our draft freedom to a large degree. Our drafts at the event did not fit our style at all, to quote Sake "dignitas have terribly focus 2 supporter obviosu tactic" and "your so strong but not dignitas game style today i'm so sad.". He is of course completely correct.
The other is me being ill, which has caused a large amount of issues itself. I am a large part of our in fight calling, and my team rely on me to be active for them to know when to move back and when to force. As anyone who I spoke to at the event will tell you, I literally have no voice right now, which caused a lot of the miscommunications you saw where someone would go in, or we would use multiple cooldowns when only one was needed.
Lastly I would like to again reiterate our reasons for the roster change. There is no doubt that not only was Jay the best tank in Europe, but also that Wubby was the best shotcalling and drafting presence in Europe. As I said in my now infamous on-stream interview, the goal of the team is not just to do well in Europe, it's to be one of the best in the world, and I still so not think that we had or ever would have that potential with Wubby, and that is the reason why we made the change. There is no guarantee that we can ever reach that goal, and chasing it causes us to risk our position as a top European team, but that is a risk that every player was and still is willing to take.
The reason that we chose Alex was not because of his ingame skill, it is because we believed that he would be the best replacement for Wubby in terms of his drafting and shotcalling. In time, I have complete faith that Jay will be the best flex player in Europe, and I am extremely excited to spend the next 5 weeks trying to improve as much as possible with this roster.
Again, a huge thanks to all of our dedicated fans, and we will do everything we can to make you guys proud.
-Bakery
