Team:Evil Geniuses
| Evil Geniuses | |
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| Location | San Francisco, United States 
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| Owners | Phillip Aram |
| Sponsors/Partners | Monster Energy Razer LG UltraGear Motorola Secret Lab Twitch PEAK6 America's Navy |
| Other games | Call of Duty Dota 2 Rocket League Street Fighter V Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege Fortnite Halo |
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. [1]
They entered the Super Smash Bros. Melee scene on May 9th, 2014, sponsoring PPMD.[2] On March 24th, 2017, Evil Geniuses would venture into Super Smash Bros. for Wii U with the signing of Midwest Diddy Kong player Zinoto.[3]
Current smashers
Professional smashers
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | |
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dekillsage | Jon Coello | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |  
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2020-03-18 |
Former smashers
Professional smashers
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | Leave Date | |
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Zinoto | Julian Carrington | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | 
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2017-03-24 | 2018-03-07 |
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PPMD | Kevin Nanney | Super Smash Bros. Melee |  
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2014-05-09 | 2021-01-15 |
Other smashers
NYChrisG 
(Primarily Fighting Games player, joined on January 1st, 2017 and was released on June 23rd, 2020)
Other famous players
Tal Aizik (Fly) Dota 2 player, streamer and current support
Artour Babaev (Arteezy) Dota 2 player, streamer and current carry
Jeong Eon-young (Impact) League of Legends Worlds Championship 2013 winner and current top laner
Dennis Johnsen (Svenskeren) League of Legends triple LCS winner and current jungler- Dominique McLean (SonicFox) Fighting Games player and multiple EVO champion across several different Fighting Games
- Ricki Ortiz (Ricki Ortiz) Fighting Games player and Capcom Cup 2016 runner-up
