{"id":1786242,"date":"2022-11-15T13:35:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/?post_type=station&p=1786242"},"modified":"2022-11-15T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T20:42:20","slug":"evil-geniuses-releases-dota-2-roster-confirms-interest-in-south-america","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/evil-geniuses-releases-dota-2-roster-confirms-interest-in-south-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil Geniuses releases Dota 2 roster, confirms interest in South America"},"content":{"rendered":"
Arteezy\u2019s nearly 7 years long run with Evil Geniuses comes to an end.<\/strong><\/p>\n Evil Geniuses<\/a>, one of the oldest esports organizations and the pillar of NA Dota might actually leave the region entirely after releasing the current roster.<\/p>\n Rumors of them dropping the team started to circulate right after TI11 came to an end. This TI edition marked the second year in a row with EG having a devastating showing, exiting the tournament in 9th-12th place.<\/p>\n TI11 also marks the last tournament for some of the players, who over the past several years have become true ambassadors for the organization. Artour “Arteezy<\/a>” Babaev joined the NA org at the beginning of 2014 when EG signed the unsponsored stack put together by Peter “ppd<\/a>” Dager.<\/p>\n RTZ\u2019s, history with Evil Geniuses is an intricate one, as he left the team in 2015 when EG would become TI5 champions. He returned right after TI5, but left again in 2016, for another shot with Team Secret. His brief few months with Team Secret, in two different instances, didn\u2019t get him the results he was looking for, and after nearly 7 years under the EG banner, he is leaving without a TI title to his name.<\/p>\n For his coach, the affair with EG lasted even longer. Sam “BuLba<\/a>” Sosale joined EG for the first time in 2012 and much like Artour, he left the team a few times while he was still an active player before returning as a coach in 2017. He\u2019s been with the team ever since and caught a lot of flak from the community through the years, most of the EG failures being attributed by the fans to his drafting patterns and overall ideas.<\/p>\n