We continue to introduce the participants of The International 2015! Next in line are the bronze medalists of last year's World Championship - the Americans Evil Geniuses.
Compound
1.Clinton "Fear" Loomis (USA)
2. Sued Sumail "Sumail" Hassan (Pakistan)
3. Saahil "Universe" Arora (USA)
4. Curtis "Aui_2000" Ling (Canada)
5. Peter "ppd" Dager (USA, Captain)
Last year, the Evil Geniuses were forced to play at The International with a suboptimal lineup: due to a hand injury, Fear was forced to miss the tournament. Mason "Mason" Venne played in his position, but many experts agreed that with Clinton the team could reach great heights. Now Clinton is in the ranks, and the American team is considered one of the main favorites of The International.
Evil Geniuses achievements for the 2014/15 season
1st place - World E-Sport Championships 2014 ($97,556)
1st place - ASUS ROG DreamLeague Season 2 ($40,000)
1st place - Dota 2 Asia Championships ($1,284,158)
1st place - StarLadder Star Series Season 10 ($105,291)
During the season, the team lost Artur "Arteezy" Babaev and Ludwig "Zai" Wahlberg. In their place came a strong, but missing stars from the sky Aui_2000 and practically unknown to anyone before Sumail. About the mid player from Pakistan, I would also like to tell you the fact that at the time of his victory in the Dota 2 Asia Championship he was only 15 years old!
Strengths
Home support. The Americans will push EG forward very hard!
The Clinton Loomis Experience. Fear is one of the most experienced DotA players in the world. Few people can boast the same base of the game on highest level.
X-Factor: ppd peaks. Many consider Peter Daguerre to be one of the best captains when it comes to picking heroes.
Flaws
Youth Sumail. The young player, even with all the experience gained this season, may not be able to cope with the pressure of The International.
Favorite status. Many teams will look up to EG during the preparation for the tournament, so the "Evil Geniuses" will have a hard time in matches with all teams without exception.
Last year, EG's placement in the top three came as a surprise to many viewers. If the Americans can take the Aegis Champions this year, it will be expected enough.
And for dessert, we leave you the game that was the last one at the Dota 2 Asia Championship:
Prediction for The International 2015: 1st place.
Dota 2 is one of the most popular games on this moment. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that this game began to quickly and rapidly gain momentum, as a result of which it became one of the eSports disciplines.
Cybersport - what is it?
Cybersport is the new kind competitions where users can compare their gaming skills with the help of computer technology. Esports was born back in 1997, but then such a thing did not exist. Groups of friends just got together and played competitive games to see who was "cooler". Sometimes these "tournaments" even had a prize fund, which was a case of beer, a small amount of money, etc. But times are changing. At the moment, eSports is developing rapidly. There are a huge number of disciplines and tournaments in which players from all over the world defend the honor of their team and country. The prize pools of the largest tournaments are measured in millions of dollars.
Dota 2 and eSports
One of the fastest growing esports industries is Dota 2. A huge number of teams, many tournaments and just crazy prize pools that only fuel interest. Doubt the accuracy of this information? can lead specific example. Prize fund The International 2014 (the annual Dota 2 tournament) was over $10 million! For this money they came to compete best teams from all over the world. One of these teams is Evil Genius Dota 2. You can find out the composition, history and achievements of this team by reading this article.
Story
One of the most popular teams is Evil Genius Dota 2. Photos of the members of this team and its logo are shown below.
The history of Evil Genius begins back in 1999. It was then that the decision was made to create the first North American esports organization. At first, the team had few divisions, but then the "Evil Geniuses" began to grow, and by 2007 a Counter-Strike division was created, which turned out to be very successful. Due to the fact that EG CS won many tournaments, it became possible to master new disciplines. To date, "Evil Geniuses" have divisions for such games as Counter-Strike, Starcraft 2, Quake Live, World of Warcraft, Super Street Fighter 5: Black Edition. Evil Genius Dota 2 is a division that only appeared in 2011. It happened after The International in Cologne.
Evil Genius Dota 2 line-up
Over the years, the line-up has changed constantly. Many American professional esportsmen were members of Evil Genius Dota 2. The current line-up of the team is as follows:
- Peter "ppd" Dager. The team captain who replaced the legendary Fear. Peter has a great strategic mind, thanks to which EG often wins. In the game, "ppd", like most captains, plays the role of a support. Peter often plays for Crystal Maiden, Bane, Treant Protector.
- Arthur "Arteezy" Babaev. Acts as a midlaner on the team. Arthur often uses interesting tactics, which makes it almost impossible to predict his actions. Plays mainly as Shadow Fiend, Outworld Devourer, Naga Siren.
- Saahil "Universe" Arora. Plays mostly for hardliners. One of the oldest American esportsmen. He has performed on the professional stage since the days of Defense of the Anicent. Favorite heroes are Dark Seer, Clockwerk, Furion.
- Ludwig "Zai" Vohlberg. Plays the role of support in the team. Known as one of the youngest esportsmen (he is only 17 years old). Often plays for Wisp, Bane, Visage.
- Mason "mason" Venn. Plays as carry heroes. Although he started playing Dota 2 professionally relatively recently, he shows excellent results. Favorite heroes are Luna, Mirana, Weaver.
The team's diversity is the main feature of Evil Genius Dota 2. The composition of the "Evil Geniuses" is quite diverse. There are "dota veterans" and very young players here. This helps to look at Dota 2 from different angles and come up with the best strategy. It is because of this that EG are very dangerous opponents.
Achievements
The EG team often takes part in various tournaments and in most cases takes prizes. Over the past year, she won first place in Starladder Season 10, Asia Championships Season 1, World ESports Championship 2014, DreamHack DreamLeague Season 2. But, perhaps, the main achievement is 3rd place at The Internetional 2014. For this, the team received nothing more than little - a million dollars.
The turmoil that TI5 champions are responsible for and that has overshadowed the release of a new major Dota 2 update is coming to an end. Fresh rumors about Evil Geniuses have appeared on the network: it is reported that the new line-up of the team will seem very familiar to fans. Is this news somehow connected with the practically confirmed disbanding of Digital Chaos?
The network has fresh information about the current state of the roster Evil Geniuses who yesterday Artour "Arteezy" Babaev and Saahil "UNiVeRSE" Arora. The Polygon portal, citing its source, reports that Syed Sumail "Suma1L" Hassan and Clinton "Fear" Loomis have decided to continue playing under the flag Evil Geniuses. However, the rumors about their departure from the team were not unfounded: Suma1L & Fear did consider the possibility and were close to leaving their captain, Peter "ppd" Dager, however, ultimately decided that now was not the right time to do so.
According to Polygon, new composition Evil Geniuses will seem familiar to the fans of the team, however, specific names are kept silent. However, fans EG can be calm: the disband was overcome, and the combat capability was partially preserved.
Thus, the fog of reshuffles dissipates a little, and now we can already draw some conclusions. In fact, an article from Polygon tells us about a return to Evil Geniuses a player like Kurtis "aui_2000" Ling from which the champions The International 5 got rid of after their triumph in the tournament. After today Digital Chaos This scenario seems very plausible. Moreover, it is possible that Sam "BuLba" Sosale, who was listed as a member Digital Chaos, will also put on the "Evil Geniuses" uniform again. However, more precise information will appear closer to the transfer deadline, scheduled for March 27th.
On why the reigning world champions The International 5 were on the verge of a disband, you can read in