We caught up with Ricardo "fox" Pacheco ahead of the Europe Minor Championship and picked his brain on dignitas' recent lineup changes and their preparation for the event.

Dignitas will make their first LAN appearance in Bucharest, three months after the creation of the team, who initially featured Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill and Faruk "⁠pita⁠" Pita.

Following a string of mixed results, the duo were replaced by Jorgen "⁠cromen⁠" Robertsen and Jesper "⁠TENZKI⁠" Plougmann, with Morten "⁠zEVES⁠" Vollan joining in as head coach to improve the team's tactical discipline.

fox happy with cromen's and tenzki's adaptation

The Norwegian team turn to the Minor after failing to impress in ECS Season 3, in which they finished at the bottom of the table, with just four victories from 18 games. En route to the Romanian event, they beat Kinguin, Red Reserve and Space Soldiers, and suffered defeats to Tricked and LDLC.

In this interview, Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco talks about replacing Maikelele and pita, the team's struggles so far and his expectations for the Minor, among other topics.

Let's start off by discussing the recent changes. What made you release Maikelele and pita, just weeks after the team was created? Was it because of individual performances or internal issues? I cannot say that it was just because of one of the two. There was a little bit of both. But mainly it was about game style. There was a very big difference in the way we thought that we should play and what we wanted for the team. To replace them, you signed tenzki and cromen. What is your opinion about these players? How are they fitting in? I have a good opinion about them. If I didn’t, we would not have picked them. They had been on our radar for some time. As for their adjustment, it is going well, the way we expected it to go. It will take some time before everything is 100 percent, but it is going as we expected. This will be your first LAN tournament. What are your expectations? The first LAN competition for a recently-created team is always complicated. There are always certain situations that escape our control. But our goal is clear: we want to reach the Major qualifier. How did you prepare for this tournament? Did you bootcamp or was it just online practice? We practiced as we normally do. We created a weekly schedule and we practiced against good teams. This time, it was not possible to do a bootcamp, but in the future we will do some, for sure.

zEVES will attend his first event as coach