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Revision as of 02:51, 7 April 2012

For other uses, see Evil genius.
Evil Geniuses
File:EvilGeniusesLogo.jpg
Founded1999
LocationUnited States
ManagerUnited States Cody Conners
DivisionsDota 2
Quake Live
StarCraft II
Super Street Fighter IV
World of Warcraft[1]
Websitehttp://www.myeg.net

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.[3]

History

Evil Geniuses acquired a Defense of the Ancients roster on April 12, 2008, with the eMg DotA team.[4] 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.[5] EG saw its North American DotA squad depart on December 3, 2009, following two months of minimal practice and insufficient exposure.[6]

EG made its final expansion into StarCraft II for 2010 with the recruitment of the top American player, Gregory "IdrA" Fields, as well as the well-known commentator and player Nick "Tasteless" Plott, on September 9.[7] 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.[8]

On March 31, 2011, long-time member Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen, as well as StarCraft II division manager Nick "Tasteless" Plott departed from the organization.[9] EG lost its Heroes of Newerth squad on July 8 to SK Gaming, due to sponsorship complications.[10] 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 said player's previous organization.[11] Three weeks later, the top Canadian player, Chris "HuK" Loranger, left his long-time organization of Team Liquid, and joined EG, to compete alongside Gregory "IdrA" Fields and Lee in South Korea.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14]

On January 7, 2012, EG announced the dismissal of its long-standing Counter-Strike squad.[15]

Current roster

Dota 2

  • United States Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho
  • United States Clinton "Fear" Loomis
  • Croatia Dominik "Lacoste" Stipic
  • Denmark Jacob "Maelk" Toft-Anderssen
  • Denmark Rasmus “MiSeRy-” Berth Filipsen
  • Denmark Amel “PlaymatE-” Barudzija

StarCraft II

  • United Kingdom Benjamin "DeMusliM" Baker
  • Canada Chris "HuK" Loranger
  • United States Greg "IdrA" Fields
  • United States Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson
  • South Korea Park "JYP" Jin-Young
  • United States Jacob "LzGaMeR" Winstead
  • United States Bryce "Machine" Bates
  • South Korea Lee "PuMa" Ho Joon
  • South Korea SAK MI DeeK

Quake Live

  • United States Paul “czm” Nelson
  • United States Tim “DaHanG” Fogarty

Super Street Fighter IV

  • Japan Yuko “ChocoBlanka” Kusachi
  • United States Ari “FloE” Weintraub
  • United States Justin "JWong" Wong
  • Japan Yusuke “Momochi” Momochi
  • United States Ricky "RickyO" Ortiz

World of Warcraft

  • Canada Isaac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley
  • United States Charles "Cdew" Dewland
  • United States Rodney "Talbadar" Pare
  • United States Emerson "Woundman" Condon

Notable alumni

External links

References

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