Evil Geniuses

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

History
Evil Geniuses acquired a Defense of the Ancients roster on April 12, 2008, with the eMg DotA team.

This team stormed onto the American scene, going undefeated in CEVO-Professional Season 1 to take the gold, and only losing twice in Season 2 on their road to repeat. One loss was to team Pokerstars, with former EG players mO- and Fanat1c, but EG got the last laugh and won the championship. They had continued success in their first international tournament – Farm 4 Fame. In the debut tournament, Team EG beat The Elder Gods (TEG) in the championship in a clean sweep, 3-0. To get there, they had to beat notable teams such as Kingsurf.International and Ravens.

After a period of inactivity, EG was reformed with some familiar faces. They brought back former EG players Remstar and Hit0mi, and mO- and Fanat1c rejoined the team. As much as the new team tried, they could not keep up with the previous team’s success, though they still had very respectable finishes. They came in 3rd in IDEC End of Time, behind Ks.Int and Ravens who they beat in F4F. They also came in 3rd in ESL Major Series Season 4, losing to the eventual winners, Ravens, and getting knocked out by diamondZ (dmZ). EG saw its North American DotA squad depart on December 3, 2009, following two months of minimal practice and insufficient exposure.

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.

In September 2012, Bulba and Universe both departed from the team. Jeyo (formerly of Complexity Gaming) and bdiz were picked up as replacements.

In May 2013, SexyBamboe joined the team, and Maelk stepped down from the main squad to become the coach.

In September 2013, SexyBamboe was released from the team. Later that month, EG released Bdiz and DeMoN and picked up Universe, MSS, and Fogged.

In February 2014, EG announced their new roster (formerly known as S A D B O Y S), which consisted of Fear, Arteezy, Universe, Zai, and ppd. They also announced the addition of Monolith as a manager.

In May 2014, Fear was replaced by common stand-in player, Mason "mason" Venne. Mason played with EG at his first lan with them at The Summit. Fear remained with the organization as a coach for the team.

In July 2014, after The International 2014, mason was released from the team. Later that month, it was announced that Fear would be rejoining the team.

In January 2015, Arteezy and zai leave the team to join Team Secret.