After spending three seasons with the organization,
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
North America
Rank #20
Derrek
Derrek Ha
NaturE
Nicholas Garrison
supamen
Phat Le
icy
Jacob Lange
yay
Jaccob Whiteaker
has announced that they have parted ways with duelist player Alexander "jawgemo"
Mor.
"This ends an era of my time at Evil Geniuses since I first joined," jawgemo said. "Never thought I would accomplish all these goals I dreamed of. Never thought that I'd meet all these great people along the way. Through all the hardship and long hours to see it finally pay off."
jawgemo played a key role in the Champions 2023-lifting campaign for Evil Geniuses, playing alongside current
NRG Esports
NRG Esports
North America
Rank #4
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
s0m
Sam Oh
Verno
Andrew Maust
mada
Adam Pampuch
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
players
Ethan
and
Demon1
,
LEVIATÁN
LEVIATÁN
Latin America South
Rank #1
Demon1
Max Mazanov
tex
Ian Botsch
kiNgg
Francisco Aravena
C0M
Corbin Lee
nataNk
Nathan Bocqueho
's
C0M
, and
100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Rank #7
zander
Alexander Dituri
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
eeiu
Daniel Vucenovic
Boostio
Kelden Pupello
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
IGL
Boostio
. jawgemo was the only surviving member of that roster, alongside head coach
potter
.
That 2023 season was full of ups and downs for EG. After being eliminated in the second round of LOCK IN // São Paulo, they finished sixth place in the regular season of the Americas League, clinching the final playoff spot.
After defeating the regular season's third place NRG and second place
Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #8
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
v1c
Victor Truong
mitch
Mitch Semago
neT
Michael Bernet
OXY
Francis Hoang
, Evil Geniuses had done enough to qualify for the group stages of Masters Tokyo and Champions Los Angeles.
A dominant showing out of the gates saw EG win four straight matches without dropping a single map, even clinching revenge over Americas League Champions LOUD in the process. A loss to Fnatic sent them down to the lower final, where they defeated Pacific Champions Paper Rex in five maps. In the rematch against Fnatic in the grand final, they would be swept 3-0.
EG started their Champions Los Angeles campaign in a similar vein of form to their Masters run. They won four straight matches, only dropping one map, before losing in the upper final, this time to Paper Rex. They defeated LOUD in a five-map lower final, and then secured revenge against Paper Rex in the grand final, bringing North America its first international trophy. In the grand final, jawgemo dropped a server-leading 85 kills
The 2023 season came off of a 2022 season that saw the organization, while competing in North America Challengers, fail to qualify for any international events.
Before landing with his now former long-term employers EG, jawgemo had bounced around several American teams, most notably
T1 Academy
T1 Academy
Inactive
.
Evil Geniuses is now: