EPTEvil Geniuses
Roster update
After launching a 24 hour countdown 2 days ago,
Evil Geniuses revealed a multi-day announcement with day 1 announcement being that Fear will be retiring from pro gaming, citing health reasons, and will take a role of a coach. After TI, Sumail, Fear and Zai left the team, with plenty of rumors going around as to who's replacing them. Will it be Arteezy for the 3rd time? Or will it be the mmr assassin Bulba?
And now, 24 hours later, the new Evil Geniuses roster for the 2016 Fall Season is...
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Arteezy, Universe, Sumail, Zai, Cr1t (Image courtesy of Evil Geniuses)
It was also announced that former captain PPD will take a break from Dota and join the administrative side of the organization.
Full statement from EG:
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — September 15, 2016 — Evil Geniuses (EG), a world-leading pro gaming team, is excited to announce a new generation of the brand's Dota 2 team, featuring Andreas Franck 'Cr1t-' Nielsen, Syed 'Suma1l' Hassan, Saahil 'UNiVeRsE' Arora, Ludwig 'zai' Wåhlberg. Rounding out the team will be Artour 'Arteezy' Babaev who will be making his return for a second time following two successful stints with EG previously.
Two-time Dota 2 Major winner, Cr1t-, will be taking over the reins as captain of this new roster and fulfilling the support role. The Dane brings a wealth of experience competing at the highest level as a captain in addition to being a breakout success during OG's streak of championship wins this past year.
Having just been named coach yesterday, it will be Clinton 'Fear' Loomis' duty to closely monitor and mold this group into a world power, capable of representing EG well on the global esports stage. With his knowledge and work ethic, the sky's the limit to where Fear can help bring this team who are already no stranger to standing atop a podium.
Longtime team captain Peter “PPD” Dager has also decided to transition out of his role as an active pro player on the Dota 2 team and into a new business management position for the Evil Geniuses brand. Details on his new position will be announced in the weeks ahead.
EG's new roster is looking forward to competing for the first time together on LAN in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to http://www.evilgeniuses.gg/ for the latest updates and be sure to follow us on social media on Facebook and Twitter.
Two-time Dota 2 Major winner, Cr1t-, will be taking over the reins as captain of this new roster and fulfilling the support role. The Dane brings a wealth of experience competing at the highest level as a captain in addition to being a breakout success during OG's streak of championship wins this past year.
Having just been named coach yesterday, it will be Clinton 'Fear' Loomis' duty to closely monitor and mold this group into a world power, capable of representing EG well on the global esports stage. With his knowledge and work ethic, the sky's the limit to where Fear can help bring this team who are already no stranger to standing atop a podium.
Longtime team captain Peter “PPD” Dager has also decided to transition out of his role as an active pro player on the Dota 2 team and into a new business management position for the Evil Geniuses brand. Details on his new position will be announced in the weeks ahead.
EG's new roster is looking forward to competing for the first time together on LAN in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to http://www.evilgeniuses.gg/ for the latest updates and be sure to follow us on social media on Facebook and Twitter.
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