EG: Org overview

#LIVEEVIL is the best org hashtag in the Americas region and any other opinion is wrong

I'm starting a new series of articles where I'll be going over the history and rosters of all the orgs that made the partnered league, first starting with the Americas, then EMEA, and lastly Pacific. I'll try and do 2 every day, any and all feedback is welcome!

ORG HISTORY
-Evil Geniuses is one of the oldest organizations in esports, being founded in 1999. They experienced steady growth from 2004 onwards, acquiring new rosters in many different games.
-EG currently have rosters in Dota 2, CSGO, Rocket League, League of Legends, and VALORANT, as well as previously having rosters in PUBG, Fortnite, Overwatch, and Rainbow 6 Siege.
-To go further into their divisions, they have 3 CSGO rosters, a main and academy league team, and a main and game changers VALORANT team.
-Evil Geniuses are owned by a parent company, delusional_potter_fan PEAK6 Investments. As such, many of their financials are not public, but their 2021 revenue was estimated to be 25 million USD

ROSTER HISTORY

2021
-EG entered VALORANT at the beginning of the first VCT season in 2021, and signed clawdia, ALEKSANDER, potter, osias, and temperature. They were the only mixed male/female roster signed by a Tier 1 organization in Valorant. The roster for the first 6 months of the 2021 season would be:

-clawdia
-ALEKSANDER
-potter
-osias
-Temperature

-The roster found little success, unable to make it past the Ro32 in the open bracket in both stage 1 and stage 2. They also struggled in other tournaments like NSG weeklies and even VCS
-Going into stage 3, the roster changed their core, dropping clawdia, ALEKSANDER, and osias, and replacing them with roca, BRANTED, and pho. However, this new roster would still not make it past the Ro32, ending EG's 2021 VCT season very early.
-After this loss, Boostio would be brought on as a trial jett player, and potter would move to a coaching role. The new roster going into the NSG summer championship would be:

-BRANTED
-Boostio
-pho
-Temperature
-roca

-The team would go on to place 3rd-4th in the NSG summer championship after a loss to the eventual winners Cloud9, and marked their best placement at a B-tier tournament (per liquipedia)
-EG would continue to work with this roster through the end of the year, playing a total of 8 more smaller tournaments. Temperature would get loaned to GenG for LCQ and then move to the bench, with Reformed taking his place on a trial basis starting in October

2022
-The EG front office had big plans for the 2022 season, starting wit the release of BRANTED, Temperature, and roca. Reformed would be made an official player, and the roster would be rounded out with YaBoiDre and jawgemo. The roster going into the first stage of VCT would be:

-Boostio
-jawgemo
-pho
-Reformed
-YaBoiDre

-Evil Geniuses would fall in the first lower round to Bait Academy in the first VCT open qualifier, but would make a strong run in the second qualifier, taking down Ghost and Rise to secure a spot in the group stage of Stage 1.
-Unfortunately, the roster would go out 0-5, not winning a single match in groups, and only winning 2 maps of 12 played. EG would again make 2 more roster moves after their first group stage, dropping YaBoiDre and pho for C0M and Apoth, which gives us the current roster we have today. The finalized and current roster is:

-Apoth
-Boostio
-C0M
-jawgemo
-reformed

-This iteration of the roster would see much more success. After again falling in the first open qualifier, the squad would rally in their second and final run, beating Ghost (again) and Knights to qualify for the second stage of Groups.
-In this group stage, the roster proved themselves quickly, with 3 consecutive wins against Sentinels, Luminosity, and reigning international champions, OpTic. Despite a week 5 loss to Faze, EG would end the group stage 3-2, with a guaranteed spot in playoffs and LCQ. After winning their opening match to Ghost, they would lose their rematch to OpTic, and a tight final map to NRG that would end their playoff hopes in 5th-6th place.
-At LCQ, EG suffered consecutive losses to FaZe and NRG, causing them to exit in 7th-8th place, and ending their VCT season.

PLACEMENTS AND TOURNAMENTS
-3rd-4th at NSG Summer Champs (2021)
-5th-8th at Valorant Elite Showdown (2021)
-11th-12th at Challengers 1 (2022)
-5th-6th at Challengers 2 (2022)
-7th-8th at LCQ (2022)
-4th at BoomTV Proving Grounds (2022)

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-There are currently no leaked roster moves or changes for EG from any credible source, leading some to believe they are sticking with their current roster. Others think management and scouting is waiting for some of the larger deals (i.e C9 yay, NRG optic core) to go through before looking for talent. The current EG roster is:

-Apoth
-Boostio
-C0M
-jawgemo
-reformed

ADDITIONAL THREADS
-Champions matches thread: https://www.vlr.gg/143692/champs-analysis-megathread
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-100T: https://www.vlr.gg/148653/100t-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

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I'm still amazed they got slot over TSM/OpTic.

This is gonna be a long one

I'm starting a new series of articles where I'll be going over the history and rosters of all the orgs that made the partnered league, first starting with the Americas, then EMEA, and lastly Pacific. I'll try and do 2 every day, but I might do more or less some days because I have covid and I'm stuck inside with nothing to do. Any and all feedback is welcome!

ORG HISTORY
-100 Thieves founded in 2017 by Nadeshot, a former CoD pro. In late 2017, he received a generous investment from Dan Gilbert (owner of the Cleveland Cavs) that would allow what was a company to expand into a full on esports org.
-100T initially started as a lifestyle brand and still is to this day, but now hosts several esports teams, with players in Apex, Warzone, Fortnite, League of Legends, Valorant, and a franchised spot in the CDL as the LA Thieves. 100T entered VALORANT in early June, shortly after the game was officially released.
-The org, while known for its teams and star-studded rosters, also has a large amount of content creators signed across multiple games and genres, as well as an official facility, the 100 Thieves Cash App Compound.
-100T also reported 38 million USD in revenue in 2021, and have 460 million USD in total equity.

ROSTER HISTORY

2020
-100T entered Valorant by signing Hiko, a storied CS pro, and surrounding him four former PUBG pros, Valliate, Venerated, YaBoiDre, and Pride.
-This roster would struggle in the early ignition series tournaments, and the entire roster except for Hiko would be released after the ignition series concluded, and Hiko began to build a new roster of his own.
-Steel was added as the IGL as another old name from CSGO, one that had not played in the Tier1 scene for over 5 years at that point (due to ibp ban)
-nitr0, coming fresh off a grand slam win in CS, also joined the roster as the smokes player
-dicey and Asuna were both picked up from immortals as fresh, young talent, and would fill the duelists roles. 100T's roster going into first strike would be:

-Asuna
-Dicey
-Hiko
-nitr0
-steel
-The squad would go on run through the North American first strike circuit, taking down teams like T1, Sentinels, and TSM along the way, to win the title of North America's first champions

2021
-100T would have a bumpy start to the VCT season with nitr0 having to take a short leave due to the birth of his second son, and 100T were not able to make it out of the first qualifier with stand-in Silenx
-After muddling results and the final stage 1 qualifier approaching, 100T swapped Dicey for Ethan, another CS pro coming from EG. From this point 100T would not make another roster move until LCQ
-The team would fall short in Masters 1 and in qualification for Masters 2, but would get their shot at the international stage in Masters 3 in Berlin
-After not getting enough circuit points to guarantee a spot in champions, 100T were forced to play the LCQ, and had cut Steel in favor of b0i, who had been a sub since early July, a decision that was viewed as highly questionable by many
-The squad would bow out in 3rd place to eventual LCQ winners Cloud9, ending their 2021 season
-During the offseason, nitr0 would return to CS and b0i would be dropped from the roster, leaving 100T with Ethan, Hiko, and Asuna

2022
-100T would sign ec1s as IGL, an important from EMEA, and BabyJ, a upcoming Sentinel player that proved himself with Faze at LCQ. The team also received a bye into groups due to their consistent placements last year. The roster for the first half of 2022 would be:

-asuna
-babyj
-ec1s
-ethan
-hiko
-In their week 2 match against The Guard, 100T would get 13-0'd on the final map of the series, prompting a roster nuke that saw ec1s and babyj get released, and jcstani and bang signed on loan. However, they would still lose their week 3 match, effectively putting them out of contention for playoffs. The squad would finish 1-4, after a week 5 win against the 0-5 EG
-Between splits, 100T would overhaul their entire roster and coaching staff, signing MikesHD and Sean Gares as Assistant Coach and Head Coach respectively, and ddk as General Manager.
-Hiko would retire and move to content creation, Ethan would be transferred to NRG, jcstani's loan would be terminated, Bang would get a full contract, and Will, Stellar, and Derrek would all be signed. This also would leave Asuna as the last remaining member of the original first strike roster. At this time, the roster was:

-asuna
-will
-derrek
-bang
-stellar
-This new roster would squeak into playoffs through the second qualifier for Stage 2 (100T had to play in the qualifier since they didn't place high enough)
-The squad would lock in playoffs with a 3-2 record, beating XSET, NRG, and Guard in the process. In playoffs, they won their opener against Faze, lost to XSET in upper semis, and exited playoffs with a loss to Faze in the lower bracket. Nonetheless, they had accrued enough points to attend LCQ
-100T would run it back in LCQ, beating NRG, Sentinels. C9, Faze, and Guard in the finals to clench a spot at Champions. At Champions they won their opening match against FNATIC, but would lose in uppers against DRX and their rematch against FNATIC, giving them an early exit from Champs.

PLACEMENTS AND TOURNAMENTS
-1st at First Strike (2020)
-5th-6th at Masters 1 (2021)
-5th-6th at Challengers 2 playoffs (2021)
-2nd at Challengers 3 playoffs (2021)
-3rd-4th at Masters 3 Berlin (2021)
-3rd at LCQ (2021)
-9th-10th at Challengers 1 (2022)
-5th-6th at Challengers 2 playoffs (2022)
-1st NA LCQ (2022)
-9th-12th at Champions (2022)

RUMORED ROSTER MOVES
-Since the confirmation of 100T's acceptance into the partnership league, they have brought in XSET's Cryocells as an op replacement for Will. Will has been released completely and is an unrestricted free agent
-There are rumors that bang may be replaced, but nothing has been reported from a credible source as of yet
-As of now, the 100T 2022 Roster is:

-Asuna
-Bang
-Derrek
-Stellar
-Cryocells
ADDITIONAL THREADS
-Champions matches thread: https://www.vlr.gg/143692/champs-analysis-megathread
-C9: https://www.vlr.gg/148561/cloud9-org-overview
-my twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanG2B

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Great article, keep it up

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eg would still own all eu teams sadly

eu gosto de homens

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