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Evil Geniuses (EG) is an American esports organization based in Seattle, Washington.Founded in 1999, the organization has fielded players in various fighting games, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Fortnite Battle Royale, Halo, League of Legends, Valorant, StarCraft II, Rocket League, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, and World of Warcraft.
Teams marked in bold and italics would join the League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA) when it began in 2025. 100 Thieves (Spring 2018 – Summer 2024) Apex Gaming (Summer 2016) [b] Cloud9 (Summer 2013 – Summer 2024) Clutch Gaming (Spring 2018 – Spring 2020 [1]) Team Coast (Summer 2013 – Summer 2015) [c]
Following this result, in August he rejoined Evil Geniuses [13] [14] as the carry, with SumaiL continuing in the mid-lane position. This new Evil Geniuses roster finished in third place in Frankfurt Major 2015 despite a strong showing early in the tournament, losing to the eventual winners of the tournament, OG.
The 2023 LCS season was the 11th season of the League Championship Series (LCS), a North American professional esports league for the video game League of Legends. The season was divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split began on January 26, 2023, and culminated with the Spring Split Finals on April 9, 2023.
Evil Geniuses Academy Matt Elento , also known as Matt or Matlife , is an American League of Legends coach for Evil Geniuses' academy team. Formerly a support player, he has played for professional teams such as Team Liquid and Golden Guardians .
Going into The International 4, EG was one of the favorites to win the tournament. EG ultimately struggled against the early game oriented meta at the tournament and ended up with a 3rd-place finish. After TI4, Dager took full responsibility for Evil Geniuses poor showing in their final match. [6]
In January 2021, Evil Geniuses became the first major esports team to sign a mixed-gender squad for Valorant. In a tweet, LaPointe Jameson stated, "I don’t care where you come from. Nor your creed, gender, religion, class, past industry, or sexual orientation. If you are the best of the best, you have a home here at Evil Geniuses."
He played for both Team Impulse and NRG Esports in the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), before transferring to Cloud9 in May 2016. Impact left Cloud9 after the 2017 season and joined Team Liquid , where he won four LCS titles before departing the team for Evil Geniuses after the end of the 2020 season.