Evil Geniuses

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Evil Geniuses
Location United States
Founded 1999
Manager(s) United States Cody Conners
Sponsors Monster Energy
Kingston Technology
Razer
BenQ
Divisions Dota 2
Fighting games
League of Legends
StarCraft II
World of Warcraft
Website evilgeniuses.gg

Evil Geniuses is a professional gaming organization based out of the United States. Founded in 1999, the organization is known as being a premier North American electronic sports organization, boasting highly successful players across each competitive genre. Evil Geniuses is a current member of the G7 Teams.[1]

History

Evil Geniuses acquired a Defense of the Ancients roster on April 12, 2008, made up of players transferring from team eMg.[2] EG entered the StarCraft: Brood War scene on April 25, 2009, with the recruitment of World Cyber Games USA champions Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson, and Dan "Nyoken" Eidson, along with Eric "G5" Rothmuller, Jake "LzGaMeR" Winstead, and Bryce "Machine" Bates.[3] EG saw its North American DotA squad depart on December 3, 2009, following two months of minimal practice and insufficient exposure.[4]

EG expanded into StarCraft II during the game's launch year of 2010 with the recruitment of top American player Gregory "IdrA" Fields as well as the well-known commentator and player Nick "Tasteless" Plott on September 9.[5] In a controversial move, EG acquired the brand of fellow North American gaming organization, Loaded, on October 9, 2010, but the deal only constituted the company sponsors, team owner and their Heroes of Newerth squad.[6]

On March 31, 2011, long-time member Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen, as well as StarCraft II division manager Nick "Tasteless" Plott departed from the organization.[7] EG lost its Heroes of Newerth squad on July 8 to SK Gaming, due to sponsorship complications.[8] Near the end of that month, the Korean North American Star League champion, Ho Joon "PuMa" Lee, joined up with EG, despite the lack of consultancy with his previous organization.[9] Three weeks later, the top Canadian player, Chris "HuK" Loranger, left his long-time organization of Team Liquid, and joined EG, to compete alongside Fields and Lee in South Korea.[10] On October 21, it was announced that the trio would be moving to stay with the South Korean team SlayerS, in accordance with a correlating partnership established between the organizations.[11] EG saw the return of two former DotA players, Clinton "Fear" Loomis and Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho, with the acquisition of their first Dota 2 squad.[12]

On January 7, 2012, EG announced the dismissal of its long-standing Counter-Strike squad.[13] In September 2012, Bulba and Universe left the Dota 2 team due to personal issues and were replaced by Jio "Jeyo" Madayag and Robert "bdiz" Tinnes. On December 5, 2012, EG signed the successful StarCraft: Brood War Zerg player Lee Jae-Dong. On January 25, 2013, EG announced their expansion into League of Legends with the signing of the former Counter Logic Gaming European division – in negotiations that reportedly spanned three months.[14]

Current roster

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

League of Legends

  • Canada Tyson "Innox" Kapler
  • Belgium Mitch "Krepo" Voorspoels
  • United States Eugene "Pobelter" Park
  • Scotland Stephen "Snoopeh" Ellis
  • Germany Peter "Yellowpete" Wüppen

Dota 2

  • United States Clinton "Fear" Loomis
  • United States Ioannis "Fogged" Loucas
  • Canada Jio "Jeyo" Madayag
  • United States Arif "MSS" Anwar
  • United States Saahil "Universe" Arora

Fighting games

  • Japan Yuko "Choco Blanka" Kusachi
  • United States Ari "fLoE" Weintraub
  • United States Justin "JWong" Wong
  • Japan Yusuke "Momochi" Momochi
  • United States Ricky Ortiz
  • United StatesPuerto Rico Eduardo "PR Balrog" Pérez

World of Warcraft

  • Canada Isaac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley
  • United States Charles "Cdew" Dewland
  • United States Maxwell "Lysenai" Silver

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Changes in G7 Teams". G7 Teams. 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2010-10-05. 
  2. ↑ S., Matthias (2008-04-16). "eMg DotA morphs to Team EG DotA". SK Gaming. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
  3. ↑ Lucas, Bigham (2009-04-09). "Team EG Announces StarCraft Division". Evil Geniuses. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  4. ↑ Ooi, Danny (2009-12-03). "EG.DotA officially disbands". MeetYourMakers. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  5. ↑ McLinden, Taylor (2010-09-09). "IdrA and Tasteless join EG". SK Gaming. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  6. ↑ Mađer, Mario (2010-09-24). "Evil Geniuses acquire Loaded". SK Gaming. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  7. ↑ "Grubby leaves Evil Geniuses". WC3Replays. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  8. ↑ Ong, Wei Shen (2011-07-01). "The American HoN Reshuffle". GosuGamers. 
  9. ↑ Behn, Justin (2011-07-21). "Puma leaves TSL for EG". SK Gaming. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
  10. ↑ Jin, Sherry (2011-08-16). "HuK Acquired by Evil Geniuses; Joins IdrA and PuMa in Korean Team House". Pikimal. 
  11. ↑ Flexner, Reece (2011-10-21). "Team Evil Geniuses announces partnership with SlayerS". ESFI World. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  12. ↑ Horton, Samuel (2011-10-23). "EG acquires Dota 2 team". SK Gaming. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  13. ↑ Kovanen, Tomi (2012-01-07). "EG shuts down CS division". HLTV.org. 
  14. ↑ Breslau, Rod. "Former CLG EU League of Legends team officially joins Evil Geniuses". GameSpot eSports. Retrieved Feb 27, 2013. 

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