After spending three seasons with the organization, Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Unranked 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 Unranked FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold players Ethan and Demon1 , LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Unranked Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee nataNk Nathan Bocqueho 's C0M , and 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Unranked 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 Unranked 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: