. evil geniuses location south of market san francisco california united states 1 founded 1999 manager s matthew kjellberg sponsors monster energy kingston technology steelseries benq design by humans 100tb sandisk divisions dota 2 fighting games league of legends starcraft ii world of warcraft halo website www.evilgeniuses.gg evil geniuses eg is an esports organization based in san francisco california united states . founded in 1999 the organization fields players in various fighting games dota 2 league of legends starcraft ii world of warcraft and halo . evil geniuses was also considered as one of the best quake clans in the late 90s . it is a subsidiary of goodgame agency which in turn is owned by amazon.com inc. through its division twitch . 2 3 goodgame agency also owns alliance a similar esports team for primarily european teams . the evil geniuses dota 2 squad won the international 2015 receiving one of the largest prize payout in esports history . contents 1 history 1.1 dota 2 2 current roster 2.1 starcraft ii legacy of the void 2.2 dota 2 2.3 fighting games 2.4 halo 3 former members 4 references 5 external links history edit evil geniuses was founded as a counter strike team in canada in 1999 . philadelphia native and future ceo alex garfield started working for the team in 2004 . 4 evil geniuses acquired a defense of the ancients dota roster on april 12 2008 made up of players transferring from team emg . 5 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 . 6 eg saw its north american dota squad depart on december 3 2009 following two months of minimal practice and insufficient exposure . 7 evil geniuses 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 . 8 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 . 9 in 2010 eg expanded into fighting games by signing justin wong and martin marn phan . within a year they expanded their fighting game division with the addition of ricki ortiz ari floe weintraub and eduardo pr balrog perez frangie as well as japanese players yusuke momochi and yuka chocoblanka kusachi . marn was eventually let go in 2011 at his own request with the intention to start his own league of legends team team mrn . on march 31 2011 long time member manuel grubby schenkhuizen as well as starcraft ii division manager nick tasteless plott departed from the organization . 10 eg lost its heroes of newerth squad on july 8 to sk gaming due to sponsorship complications . 11 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 . 12 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 . 13 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 . 14 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 . 15 on january 7 2012 eg announced the dismissal of its long standing counter strike squad . 16 in september 2012 bulba and xhobbzeex 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 however the team would later disband due to extremely poor results . 17 on april 4 2014 eg announced that they had signed fighting game player kenneth k brad bradley . prior to this ari floe weintraub had been let go from the team . on october 27 2014 it was announced that three players from the evil geniuses call of duty squad patrick aches price ian crimsix porter and ken dedo had left the organisation later joining optic gaming . 18 the ceo of eg alex garfield confirmed via reddit that he had indeed let three of the players go to optic . 19 on november 21 2014 evil geniuses announced the launch of its first halo squad consisting of the twins jason lunchbox brown and justin roy brown the 2014 halo 4 world championship finalist justin igoturpistola deese and the eric snip3down wrona who is reckoned among the best slayers in the world . the team competed in the halo championship series season 1 and won 3 online cups to this point . on december 21 igoturpistola left the squad due to an injury . he was replaced by tony lxthul campbell transferring from the bth . on december 9 2014 evil geniuses parent organisation goodgame agency announced that it had been acquired by twitch . 2 3 on december 16 2014 evil geniuses yusuke momochi won the 2014 capcom cup tournament . momochi has qualified for the event by winning south east asia major 2014 in singapore . this win automatically granted him entry into capcom cup 2015 . on july 19 2015 yusuke momochi won evolution 2015 taking the win from avermedia s bruce gamerbee hsiang in a controversial grand finals set that saw momochi suffer from hardware failure with his razer arcade stick . dota 2 edit eg acquired kurtis aui 2000 ling from c9 in december 2014 . 20 on august 8 2015 evil geniuses beat cdec gaming to win the international 2015 securing a first time championship and winning a total of 6 616 014 which was one the largest purse ever awarded in esports as well as becoming the first american team to win the event . 21 on august 14 aui 2000 was kicked off of the team . former member artour arteezy babaev replaced him on the roster . 22 eg finished third at both the frankfurt major 2015 23 and the shanghai major 2016 . on march 22 arteezy and universe left the team to join team secret . 24 on march 25 eg announced that former members aui 2000 and bulba would rejoin the roster to fill these vacancies . 25 eg got 3rd at the international 2016 . after the tournament the team released ppd and fear who have both decided to retire from competitive dota to pursue other opportunities within the organisation . current roster edit starcraft ii legacy of the void edit jaedong in 2013 chris huk loranger geoff incontrol robinson lee jaedong jae dong conan suppy liu libo xenocider chang dota 2 edit artour arteezy babaev syed suma1l hassan saahil universe arora ludwig zai w hlberg andreas franck cr1t nielsen fighting games edit justin wong in 2014 yuko choco blanka momochi justin jwong wong lupe fiasco kenneth k brad bradley yusuke momochi momochi kevin ppmd nanney eduardo pr balrog p rez ricki ortiz halo edit tyler ninja blevin 26 jason lunchbox brown justin roy brown cameron victory x thorlakson ryan towey towey former members edit manuel grubby schenkhuizen warcraft iii starcraft ii nuno wenyr correia world of warcraft justin igoturpistola deese 26 halo greg idra fields starcraft ii martin marn phan street fighter iv . marvel vs. capcom 3 ari floe weintraub street fighter iv ilyes stephano satouri starcraft ii connor c man allan world of warcraft dota 2 tony lxthul campbell halo peter ppd dager dota 2 clinton fear loomis dota 2 references edit norwood robyn november 6 2013 . the rise of an evil genius . pomona college . retrieved november 1 2015 . a b http blog.twitch.tv 2014 12 twitch to acquire goodgame agency a b te zorine 2014 12 09 . twitch acquires evil geniuses agency goodgame . gamespot . retrieved 2014 12 10 . why i sold goodgame to twitch . . goodgame.gg . retrieved may 13 2015 . s. matthias 2008 04 16 . emg dota morphs to team eg dota . sk gaming . retrieved 2011 11 04 . lucas bigham 2009 04 09 . team eg announces starcraft division . evil geniuses . retrieved 2011 10 24 . ooi danny 2009 12 03 . eg.dota officially disbands . meetyourmakers . retrieved 2011 10 24 . mclinden taylor 2010 09 09 . idra and tasteless join eg . sk gaming . retrieved 2011 10 24 . ma er mario 2010 09 24 . evil geniuses acquire loaded . sk gaming . retrieved 2011 10 24 . grubby leaves evil geniuses . wc3replays . retrieved 2011 10 24 . ong wei shen 2011 07 01 . the american hon reshuffle . gosugamers . behn justin 2011 07 21 . puma leaves tsl for eg . sk gaming . retrieved 2011 11 04 . jin sherry 2011 08 16 . huk acquired by evil geniuses ; joins idra and puma in korean team house . pikimal . flexner reece 2011 10 21 . team evil geniuses announces partnership with slayers . esfi world . retrieved 2011 10 24 . horton samuel 2011 10 23 . eg acquires dota 2 team . sk gaming . retrieved 2011 10 24 . kovanen tomi 2012 01 07 . eg shuts down cs division . hltv.org . breslau rod . former clg eu league of legends team officially joins evil geniuses . gamespot esports . retrieved feb 27 2013 . lingle samuel oct 27 2014 . the best team in call of duty history is finally breaking apart . the daily dot . retrieved dec 16 2014 . http www.reddit.com r codcompetitive comments 2mbv9y hey this is alex ceo of evil geniuses were http www.dailydot.com esports evil geniuses cloud9 aui 2000 tassi paul august 9 2015 . evil geniuses take home record 6.6 m first prize in valve s dota 2 international . forbes . retrieved august 10 2015 . walker alex august 18 2015 . evil geniuses decided to kick one of their new millionaires before the international finished . kotaku . retrieved december 1 2015 . dator james november 21 2015 . og wins dota 2 frankfurt major 2015 . sb nation . retrieved december 1 2015 . bester alan march 24 2016 . shuffle and deal arteezy and universe leave evil geniuses for team secret . espn . evil geniuses announces dota 2 roster changes . march 25 2016 . retrieved march 26 2016 . a b http evilgeniuses.gg read 471 evil geniuses launches halo division external links edit official website awards and achievements preceded by newbee the international winner 2015 succeeded by wings gaming v t e evil geniuses dota 2 arteezy suma1l universe zai cr1t starcraft ii lee jae dong huk fighting games yusuke momochi justin wong super smash bros. ppmd management alex garfield ceo anna prosser creative manager ppd business manager fear dota 2 team coach v t e professional call of duty competition tournaments and leagues call of duty championship 2013 2014 2015 2016 call of duty world league electronic sports world cup major league gaming x games notable teams cloud9 counter logic gaming denial esports envyus faze 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