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{{Infobox Team
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:264px; font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
| name      = Evil Geniuses
!colspan=2|Evil Geniuses
| image      = [[File:Evil Geniuses 2020.png|250px|class=invert-dark]]
|-
| location  = San Francisco, United States {{Flag|USA}}
|colspan="2"| [[File:EVILGENIUS.jpg|center|250px|Official logo.]]
| owners    = Phillip Aram
|-
| manager    =
! Location
| sponsors  =[http://www.monsterenergy.com/ Monster Energy]<br>[https://www.razer.com/ Razer]<br>[https://www.lg.com/us/gaming-monitors LG UltraGear]<br>[https://www.motorola.com/us Motorola]<br>[https://secretlab.co/ Secret Lab]<br>[https://www.twitch.tv/ Twitch]<br>[https://peak6.com/ PEAK6]<br>America's Navy
| United States
| othergames =''Call of Duty''<br>''Dota 2''<br>''Rocket League''<br>''Street Fighter V''<br>''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege''<br>''Fortnite''<br>''Halo''
|-
}}
! Executive Director
{{art-wikipedia|Evil Geniuses}}
| Peter Dager (ppd)
 
|-
'''Evil Geniuses''' ('''EG''') is a professional eSports organization that includes both divisions for traditional eSports games and a powerhouse fighting game division founded in 2010 and currently includes multiple Evolution and major tournament winners. Currently, they also brand themselves as a "new media agency specializing in contracting professional gamers, creating online and offline video game broadcasts, and developing engaging marketing initiatives aimed at attracting and influencing gamers worldwide." On December 12th, 2016, Twitch spun-off Evil Geniuses and [[Alliance]] into player-owned organizations. Top professional ''Dota 2'' player Peter "ppd" Dager was named CEO of Evil Geniuses. <ref>http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/18262358/2016-evil-geniuses-alliance-leave-parent-company-goodgame</ref>
! Sponsors
|
*[http://www.monsterenergy.com/ Monster Energy]
*[http://www.xfinity.com/gaming xfinity]
*[https://steelseries.com/ SteelSeries]
*[http://www.sandisk.com/ SanDisk]
*[http://www.amd.com/ AMD]
*[https://scufgaming.com/ SCUFGaming]
*[http://www.designbyhumans.com/ DesignByHumans]
*[http://www.needforseatusa.com/ NEEDforSEAT USA]
|-
! Other Games
|
* ''Call of Duty''
* ''Dota 2''
* Fighting games
* ''Halo''
|}


They entered the ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' scene on May 9th, 2014, sponsoring {{Sm|PPMD}}.<ref>[http://evilgeniuses.gg/Read/327,Evil-Geniuses-Welcomes-Kevin-PPMD-Nanney/ Post announcing PPMD joining the team.]</ref> On March 24th, 2017, Evil Geniuses would venture into {{forwiiu}} with the signing of Midwest {{SSB4|Diddy Kong}} player {{Sm|Zinoto}}.<ref>https://pvplive.net/c/smash-4-player-zinoto-picked-up-by-evil-geniuses</ref>
'''Evil Geniuses (EG)''' is a professional eSports organization that includes both divisions for traditional eSports games and a powerhouse fighting game division founded in 2010 and currently including multiple Evolution and major tournament winners. Currently, they also brand themselves as a "new media agency specializing in contracting professional gamers, creating online and offline video game broadcasts, and developing engaging marketing initiatives aimed at attracting and influencing gamers worldwide." They entered the ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' scene on May 9th, 2014, sponsoring {{Sm|PPMD}}.


==Current smashers==
On December 12th, 2016, Twitch spun-off Evil Geniuses and [[Alliance]] into player-owned organizations. Top professional ''Dota 2'' player Peter "ppd" Dager was named CEO of Evil Geniuses. <ref>http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/18262358/2016-evil-geniuses-alliance-leave-parent-company-goodgame</ref>
===Professional smashers===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!
!ID
!Name
!Game
!Main(s)
!Join Date
|-
|{{flag|USA}}
|{{Sm|dekillsage}}
|Jon Coello
|''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''
|{{head|Chrom|g=SSBU|s=24px}}{{head|Fox|g=SSBU|s=24px}}
|2020-03-18
|}


==Former smashers==
==Pro Smashers==
===Professional smashers===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!
!
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!Main(s)
!Main(s)
!Join Date
!Join Date
!Leave Date
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{Sm|Zinoto}}
|Julian Carrington
|''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''
|{{head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=24px}}
|2017-03-24
|2018-03-07
|-
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flag|United States}}
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|Kevin Nanney
|Kevin Nanney
|''Super Smash Bros. Melee''
|''Super Smash Bros. Melee''
|{{head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=24px}}{{head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=24px}}
|{{head|Marth|g=SSBM|s=24px}}{{head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=24px}}
|2014-05-09  
|2014-05-09
|2021-01-15
|}
|}


===Other smashers===
==References==
*{{Sm|NYChrisG|USA|c1=Richter|g=SSBU}} (Primarily Fighting Games player, joined on January 1st, 2017 and was released on June 23rd, 2020)
{{reflist}}
 
==Other famous players==
*{{Flag|Israel}} Tal Aizik (Fly) <small>''Dota 2'' player, streamer and current support</small>
*{{Flag|Canada}}{{Flag|Uzbekistan}} Artour Babaev (Arteezy) <small>''Dota 2'' player, streamer and current carry</small>
*{{Flag|South Korea}} Jeong Eon-young (Impact) <small>''League of Legends'' Worlds Championship 2013 winner and current top laner</small>
*{{Flag|Denmark}} Dennis Johnsen (Svenskeren) <small>''League of Legends'' triple LCS winner and current jungler</small>
*{{Flag|USA}} Dominique McLean (SonicFox) <small>Fighting Games player and multiple EVO champion across several different Fighting Games</small>
*{{Flag|USA}} Ricki Ortiz (Ricki Ortiz) <small>Fighting Games player and Capcom Cup 2016 runner-up</small>


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://evilgeniuses.gg/ Official website]
*[http://evilgeniuses.gg/ Official site]
 
*[http://evilgeniuses.gg/Read/327,Evil-Geniuses-Welcomes-Kevin-PPMD-Nanney/ Post announcing PPMD joining the team]
==References==
{{reflist}}


[[Category:American sponsors]]
[[Category:American sponsors]]

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