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In one of the most bizarre mid season moves, Svenskeren has been reunited with his former organization Cloud9. Svenskeren was one of the big names noticeably not picked up by any team in the offseason. Svenskeren was formerly on Cloud9 for over 2 years. During that time, they had their best Worlds run ever and…
Seemingly every year, the LCS community gets into a debate about importing players from other regions. North America’s League of Legends scene has always pulled talent from around the world, and the Import Rule has evolved over time. Several factors impact the discussion—domestic talent and talent development, salaries and buyouts, and league rules and regulations.…
Sometimes, we’re “end destination” thinkers. Think about flying for a vacation. A terrible layover or a terrible flight experience can easily be forgotten if you make it to your destination. You forget that an unnamed airline sent everyone to the wrong game, or that turbulence caused someone in the middle seat to pin you against…
According to a report by Dot Esports and Jacob Wolf, Rogue has reached a deal with Evil Geniuses for Kacper “Inspired” Sloma. Inspired was signed with Rogue through 2023, but after not making it out of Groups again at Worlds, the team has moved on. For Rogue, this is another step of the roster falling…
An incredible series between Evil Geniuses and 100 Thieves for a Worlds 2021 bid had a finish that fell flat. Evil Geniuses would throw in another change-up that simply didn’t throw 100 Thieves off-balance. Instead, it would be an uncharacteristic error in their game plan, one that hopefully won’t cost them an international appearance. The…
Week 9 was a weird one for EG. From beating C9, to taking an L to TL and finally, beating an Academy team. This was a strange week, but at the end of it EG placed third. While this prevents them from getting a bye, it’s not all doom and gloom. EG get the easier…
Oh does it feel great to #LiveEvil. EG started off the split in the worst way possible, going 0-3. But EG aren’t a team that anyone should count out and they proved that. The next five weeks of the LCS were a tear of EG wins leading to their 8 game win streak. The current…
A teacher of mine loved the story of ‘The Freedom Writers.’ A group of low-performing students were able to turn around their young lives thanks to the help of an incredible teacher – Erin Gruwell. It is an incredible story to never give up and to never judge a book by its cover. You don’t…
Evil Geniuses had one of the easiest LCS weeks one could possibly ask for. On Friday they played Flyquest, who is tied for eighth with CLG who they played on Saturday. On Sunday, EG played the Golden Guardians who are tenth. So does this week matter too much? Well, kinda. EG is Catching Up: One…
EG pulled a classic 2-1 record beating Dignitas and TSM while losing to Team Liquid. This week though was interesting for a few reasons. EG swapped their JG for a game and also played against a swapped TL and Dignitas. There is a lot to unpack here. Contractz Should Start: Here are the facts. Svenskeren…
Evil Geniuses started off week one with a rough 0-3 performance. Generally, everyone seemed to know that the record was not indicative of the performance with EG being close in all three games. That being said, EG needed to step it up if they wanted to make a run in Summer Split. Alas, this weekend…
The LCS 2021 Summer Split starts soon and LCS fans are eager to get back to the action. After a bit of a disappointing MSI performance from C9, fans will be excited to see what everyone has been working on for the Summer. The TGH LCS writers got together to see if they could predict…
Evil Geniuses Spring Split was one of fairly reasonable expectations and result. Most people going into the season had EG around the fourth to fifth range. They had a strong roster on paper with some big offseason moves to get IgNar and Impact. And while not to be mean to Deftly, it was pretty public…
“TSM is a global esports org. We obviously want to sign the best talent possible. We believe talent is universal…Ultimately, it doesn’t matter how much we invest into coaching or infrastructure and facilities, and performance programs, if we don’t have access to the same talent as other regions.” This was TSM Parth’s response to Travis…
Evil Geniuses’ coaching staff is widely considered one of the best in western League of Legends. Loaded with some of the best minds in the space, it’s created a mixed set of expectations. On one hand, fans expect some of the best minds in the space to create one of the best rosters. On the other…
Evil Geniuses had a pretty solid year in the LCS. They placed fifth losing to TSM in a pretty tight series. But for EG, fifth isn’t good enough. EG want to be a top-tier org in the LCS and is willing to make tough, but fair changes. A great example of this was last year…
The series versus TSM is over and frankly it was depressing. For the last two weeks, fans and analyst have been saying how EG could beat TSM, but it probably wouldn’t happen. It was never if EG could get into a game-winning position, it was if they could pull out the victory. The series was…
To be honest, there is a very solid chance EG won’t win this series. As explained in this previous article, EG needed to place fifth to stand a better chance of making it through a BO5. Now EG are here, facing TSM who very well could make a losers run to finals. The old adage…
Evil Geniuses had a solid weekend once again going 2-1 in Week 6 of the LCS. They secured Playoffs at sixth place. What does this mean for the future? Are they poised to make the run? And what did was learned this weekend? EG Needed to Make 5th: EG right now is positioned to play…
Right now, we’re witnessing madness in North American competitive League of Legends scene. NCAA trademarked that one term that everyone is thinking about. No free ads. Outside of Cloud9 and Golden Guardians cementing their statuses as one of the best and one of the worst teams in the region, the rest is up in the…
