With the end of Week 8 for LCS Academy, the Dignitas and Evil Geniuses Academy rosters have qualified for the playoffs, each with a 10-6 record. They join Cloud9, who has locked in first seed, with three slots left to be claimed. Read more here:
Last week, Evil Geniuses announced that their original Academy mid laner's visa had been approved, and Giyuu would finally be joining the team. But what about 5fire? What comes next for the young, budding NA Academy mid laner?
Kumo joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie after the win to discuss forming team synergy, living with Svenskeren, and what to expect from Evil Geniuses in the remaining two-thirds of the 2020 LCS Spring Split.
Due to visa complications for original jungler and mid, Kadir and giyuu, Evil Geniuses has signed AnDa and 5fire as replacements for their LCS Academy squad. Read more on the swaps here:
Inven Global had a chance to speak to the newly built roster, as the team took some time off their hectic schedule in their bootcamp in Korea to talk about themselves and their 'evil' plan to take over the LCS.
2020 has an incredible ring to it, and it coincides with League's 10th Season, another great milestone. Not only are there a bunch of new games to be released by Riot and Riot Forge, Summoner's Rif
Change can be good, but NA proves change can also be bad. Here is each team's relative strength with their new roster. Who won, and who declined this off-season? And will someone be able to take down Team Liquid? Find out more here:
Evil Geniuses has announced a second coach! Artemis joins the team as Assistant to Irean. Artemis' greatest strengths should complement Irean's knowledge for the game. Read more on his role in EG here:
Daniele Jiizuke di Mauro - AKA the Italian Stallion - has come to the LCS in perhaps the most on-brand signing of the entire off-season, joining Evil Geniuses. Read more about the EU mid laner and how he fits in the team here:
The newest org in the LCS franchise, Evil Geniuses, has had a busy off-season. They've now announced Irean as their head coach, who was most recently on CLG as a strategic coach. Learn more about Irean and EG's moves here:
Colin "Kumo" Zhao will join Jungler Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen, Bot Laner Bae "Bang" Jun-sik, and Support Tristan "Zeyzal" Stidham as confirmed members of the EG roster.
Evil Geniuses returns to the LCS after four years away, but not choosing to recycle the FOX roster, EG had a lot of work to do and little time to do it. So far they've got three great picks! Here's how they look:
The 2019 Honda Scouting Grounds Draft has concluded, and these are your drafted players with their respective teams. As expected, KatEvolved claimed first pick, see the rest here:
Sources close to Inven Global report that EG has bought IMT's NASG 2019 draft pick for an undisclosed amount. EG now has the first and fifth overall draft pick. Read more here:
According to a report by ESPN Esports' Jacob Wolf, Evil Geniuses is set to acquire Jungler Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen and Support Tristan "Zeyzal" Stidham from Cloud9 ahead of the 2020 LCS season.
Esports organization Evil Geniuses just had its most important day in years. The organization finalized its acquisition of the NRG Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensiver roster, and is set to acquire the open franchise spot that previously belonged to Echo Fox.