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Evil Geniuses

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[e][h]Evil Geniuses
Team Information
Location:
Team Captain:
Geoff "iNcontroL" Robinson
Approx. Total Winnings:
$11,500
Player earnings:
$795,837
Links
Solo Achievements
2010 MLG Pro Circuit Washington D.C. IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Guangzhou 2011 MLG Pro Circuit Orlando North American Star League Season 2 North American Star League Season 3: Division 1 North American Star League Season 3: Division 3 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: Europe Finals IEM Season VIII - Shanghai ASUS ROG NorthCon 2013 World E-sport Championships 2014
History
Created:
1999 – Organization founding
2009-04-12 – StarCraft division
Disbanded:
2017-01-01


Evil Geniuses is one of the oldest North American sponsored multigaming clans with a long history in gaming. The team was established in 1999 and has developed from being a clan, into a "new media agency specializing in contracting professional gamers, creating online and offline video game broadcasts, and developing engaging marketing initiatives aimed at attracting and influencing gamers worldwide." Evil Geniuses were well known for their StarCraft II, League of Legends, Dota 2 and fighting game divisions.

EG first created a StarCraft squad in April 2009 consisting of several American players including iNcontroL, Machine, LzGaMeR, Nyoken, G5 and iNkA. They also had a Warcraft III team with Grubby and Ciara amongst others. In January 2010, the team attempted its own gaming house to replicate Korean conditions, and eventually, the team shifted over to StarCraft II.

The StarCraft II squad flourished, first by signing one of the biggest non-Korean names in IdrA, as well as other international players such as DeMusliM, HuK as well as Korean players such as PuMa and JYP in order to have a shot at winning high profile individual tournaments. In the meantime, EG hosted its own StarCraft II league in the Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series and created a team house in Arizona.

EG kept on setting new targets, specifically by creating a partnership with the Korean team, SlayerS, sharing a training environment in Seoul, and also with whom they would also participate in the GSTL as SlayerS-EG. The team's overwhelming purchasing power allowed them to sign practically any player they wanted, leading them to recruit the biggest names in the non-Korean StarCraft II scene, in Stephano and ThorZaIN.

Despite the setback that was the closure of SlayerS, EG moved to bigger and better things, by opening their own team house in South Korea, complete with a coach, and teamed up with Team Liquid to form the 'unholy alliance' of EG-Liquid to participate in the most prestigious team league in the world: Proleague. Despite significantly bolstering their roster for the endeavour, particularly through the recruitment of the celebrated Coach Park, as well as the players Jaedong, Revival, aLive and Oz, they were crushed by the KeSPA teams.

Following the closure of EG's Proleague endeavour, and the retirement or departure of several key players, including PuMa, IdrA, Stephano, Revival, Oz and aLive, the team moved to San Francisco to focus on the World Championship Series.

At the very beginning of 2017, it was announced that the SC2 division was closed.[1]

Timeline[edit]

Player Roster at the Time of Disbandement[edit]

Active[edit]

Former SquadFormer Squad
IDNameJoin DateLeave DateNew Team
Canada Protoss HuK
(
Chris Loranger
)
Join Date: 
2011-08-17
Leave Date: 
2017-01-01
United States Protoss iNcontroL Captain
(
Geoff Robinson
)
Join Date: 
2009-04-12
Leave Date: 
2017-01-01
United States Zerg Suppy
(
Conan Liu
)
Join Date: 
2012-07-24
Leave Date: 
2017-01-01
 
Sloth E-Sports ClubSloth E-Sports Club Sloth E-Sports Club
Sweden Terran ThorZaIN
(
Marcus Sebastian Eklöf
)
Join Date: 
2012-05-09
Leave Date: 
2017-01-01
United States Terran Xenocider
(
Libo Chang
)
Join Date: 
2013-06-04
Leave Date: 
2017-01-01

Former Players[edit]

Former SquadFormer Squad
IDNameJoin DateLeave DateNew Team
South Korea Terran aLive
(
Han Lee Seok
)
Join Date: 
2013-03-27
Leave Date: 
2013-12-12
 
MVPMVP MVP
United States Protoss Axslav
(
Nick Ranish
)
Join Date: 
2010-06-30
Leave Date: 
2012-01-17
 
Infinity SevenInfinity Seven Infinity Seven
United Kingdom Terran DeMusliM
(
Benjamin Baker
)
Join Date: 
2011-01-04
Leave Date: 
2015-02-01
 
EURONICS GamingEURONICS Gaming EURONICS Gaming
Netherlands Protoss Grubby
(
Manuel Schenkhuizen
)
Join Date: 
2011-02-10
Leave Date: 
2011-03-30
 
Team GrubbyTeam Grubby Team Grubby
United States Zerg IdrA
(
Greg Fields
)
Join Date: 
2010-09-08
Leave Date: 
2013-05-08
 
Retired
United States Protoss iNkA
(
Kelby Williams
)
Join Date: 
2009-07-31
Leave Date: 
2011-01-31
 
Lazarus GamingLazarus Gaming Lazarus Gaming
South Korea Zerg Jaedong
(
Lee Jae Dong
)
Join Date: 
2012-12-04
Leave Date: 
2016-10-31
 
Retired
South Korea Protoss JYP
(
Park Jin Young
)
Join Date: 
2011-12-29
Leave Date: 
2014-06-29
 
Team SpectreTeam Spectre Team Spectre
United States Terran Louder
(
David Fells
)
Join Date: 
2009-04-30
Leave Date: 
201?-??-??
 
Retired
United States Zerg LzGaMeR
(
Jacob Winstead
)
Join Date: 
2009-04-11
Leave Date: 
2013-02-03
United States Zerg Machine
(
Bryce Bates
)
Join Date: 
2009-04-11
Leave Date: 
2014-02-04
 
Retired
United States Terran Nyoken
(
Daniel Eidson
)
Join Date: 
2009-04-11
Leave Date: 
201?-??-??
 
Retired
South Korea Protoss Oz
(
Kim Hak Soo
)
Join Date: 
2013-03-27
Leave Date: 
2013-12-12
 
Planetkey DynamicsPlanetkey Dynamics Planetkey Dynamics
South Korea Terran PuMa
(
Lee Ho Joon
)
Join Date: 
2011-07-25
Leave Date: 
2013-03-14
 
Retired
South Korea Zerg Revival
(
Kim Dong Hyun
)
Join Date: 
2012-12-09
Leave Date: 
2013-12-12
 
CM StormCM Storm CM Storm
France Zerg Stephano
(
Ilyes Satouri
)
Join Date: 
2012-09-09
Leave Date: 
2014-05-14
 
MeltdownMeltdown Meltdown
United States Zerg StrifeCro
(
Cong Shu
)
Join Date: 
2010-06-30
Leave Date: 
2012-01-17
 
Team LegionTeam Legion Team Legion
United States Protoss Tasteless
(
Nicolas Plott
)
Join Date: 
2010-09-08
Leave Date: 
2011-03-30

Organization[edit]

Staff at time of Disbandment
ID Name Position
United States ColbiLucas Bigham Editor-in-Chief
United States uNcontroLableAnna Prosser Creative Media Manager
Canada AzaelIsaac Cummings Bentley Caster

Team Achievements[edit]

DatePlaceTierTournamentResultPrize
2015-04-181stMon. (Min.)SHOUTcraft Clan Wars April 2015 #4SHOUTcraft Clan Wars April 2015 #44 : 3
Team AscensionTeam Ascension
$500
2014-03-251stShowm. (Min.)SHOUTcraft Clan Wars March 2014 #94 : 2
StarTaleStarTale
$500
2014-02-201stShowm. (Min.)SHOUTcraft Clan Wars February 2014 #14 : 1
Incredible MiracleIncredible Miracle
$500
2013-03-283rd - 4thMajor2013 IGN Pro Team League2013 IGN Pro Team League3 : 5
Incredible MiracleIncredible Miracle
$2,000
2012-11-213rd - 4thMajor2012 IGN Pro Team League2012 IGN Pro Team League4 : 5
StarTaleStarTale
$2,000
2012-02-021stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #274 : 3
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
$100
2011-11-132ndMinorGosuCoaching Premiere League Season 22 : 3
Team EmpireTeam Empire
$1,000
2011-05-142ndMinorESEA SC2 League Season 11 : 3
compLexity GamingcompLexity Gaming
$1,200
2011-03-203rdPremierGosuCoaching Premiere League Season 1GosuCoaching Premiere League Season 13 : 2
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
$500
2011-01-311stMinorMachinima Realm InvitationalMachinima Realm Invitational4 : 0
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
$2,000
Extended list of results

Awards[edit]

DateTierTournamentAwardPrize
No recorded results found.

External Links[edit]

Interviews[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Earnings Statistics

Team Medal Statistics

TierTotal
Premier001001
Major000202
Minor5800013
Total5812016

1v1 Medal Statistics

TierTotal
Premier1111611544
Major12954636
Minor1928511568
Basic414971098
230005
Total85100232716251
Note: This table shows the medals won by players
in 1v1 events while on the team.

References[edit]

  1. https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/517787-eg-disbands-sc2-division
  2. Jer99 (1 November 2016). "Jaedong retires". tl.net.
  3. adymus (2 February 2015). "DeMusliM leaves Evil Geniuses". tl.net.
  4. EGMachine (5 February 2014). "Machine retires". tl.net.
  5. Alex Garfield (15 May 2014). "EG Parts Ways with Illyes "Stephano" Satouri". www.evilgeniuses.gg.
  6. @jyp1013 (June 30, 2014). "JYP leaves Evil Geniuses". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  7. Clare4 (4 February 2013). "Razer sponsors Evil Geniuses". tl.net.
  8. LzGaMeR (4 February 2013). "LzGaMeR's Tweet". www.twitter.com/LzGaMeR.
  9. Evil Geniuses (13 March 2013). "EG-Liquid names Coach Park as new Head Coach". www.evilgeniuses.net.
  10. Alex Garfield (15 March 2013). "EG releases Ho Joon "PuMa" Lee". www.evilgeniuses.net.
  11. Alex Garfield (28 March 2013). "Team EG welcomes aLive and Oz". www.evilgeniuses.gg.
  12. Alex Garfield (9 May 2013). "IdrA released from EG". tl.net.
  13. Evil Geniuses (29 May 2013). "NEEDforSEAT USA Sponsors Evil Geniuses". www.evilgeniuses.gg.
  14. Cody Conners (4 June 2013). "Libo "Xenocider" Chang Added to SC2 Division". www.evilgeniuses.gg.
  15. Evil Geniuses (14 June 2013). "J!NX Sponsors Evil Geniuses". www.evilgeniuses.gg.
  16. Evil Geniuses (10 July 2013). "XMG Sponsors Evil Geniuses". www.evilgeniuses.gg.
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  18. Waxangel (22 July 2013). "Stephano Retires". tl.net.
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  22. Evil Geniuses (18 January 2012). "Evil Geniuses part ways with Axslav and StrifeCro". www.myeg.net.
  23. Definitive eSports (3 March 2012). "Orb Moves In To The EG Lair". www.d-esports.com.
  24. Alex Garfield (8 March 2012). "Orb Dismissed from Evil Geniuses Broadcasts". tl.net.
  25. Evil Geniuses (8 May 2012). "Thor is here". www.evilgeniuses.net.
  26. snowbird (17 May 2012). "GSTL Season 2: oGs out, EG+Slayers, LG-IM+SK in". tl.net.
  27. Evil Geniuses (24 July 2012). "Evil Geniuses Welcome Conan "Suppy" Liu". www.evilgeniuses.net.
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  35. Evil Geniuses (31 March 2011). "Team EG and Grubby Part Ways". www.myeg.net.
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  38. Milkis (21 July 2011). "Puma leaves TSL for EG". tl.net.
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  41. TeamLiquid (17 August 2011). "Farewell, Liquid`HuK". tl.net.
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  44. Evil Geniuses (30 December 2011). "EG announces addition of Park "JYP" Jin Young". www.myeg.net.
  45. Evil Geniuses (18 February 2010). "StarCraft 2 Beta release!". www.myeg.net.
  46. Evil Geniuses (5 April 2010). "SC House update". www.myeg.net.
  47. riptide (18 April 2010). "(SC2B) Liquid vs EG Clanwar - Aftermath". tl.net.
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