Evil Genius Dota 2: composition and achievements

Dota 2 - one of the most popular games at the moment. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that this game began to quickly and rapidly build momentum, as a result of which it became one of the disciplines of e-sports.

ESports - what is it?

Cybersport is a new kind of competition where users can compare their gaming skills with computer technology. Cybersport was born in 1997, but then such a concept did not exist. Companies of friends just got together and played competitive games to find out which one is "cooler". Sometimes such "tournaments" even had a prize fund, which was a box of beer, a small amount of money, etc. But times change. At the moment, e-sports is developing rapidly. There are a huge number of disciplines and tournaments, in which players from around the world defend the honor of their team and the country. The prize pools of the largest tournaments are measured in millions of dollars.

Dota 2 and eSports

One of the fastest growing industries of eSports is Dota 2. A huge number of teams, a lot of tournaments and just crazy prize funds that only fuel interest. Do you doubt the reliability of this information? You can give a concrete example. The prize fund The International 2014 (annual tournament for Dota 2) was more than 10 million dollars! For this money, the best teams from all over the world came to compete. One of these teams is Evil Genius Dota 2. You can find out the composition, history and achievements of this team by reading this article.

History

One of the most popular teams is Evil Genius Dota 2. The photos of the members of this team and its logo are given below.

The history of Evil Genius begins in 1999. It was then decided to create the first North American e-sports organization. At first the team had few units, but then the "Evil Geniuses" began to grow, and by 2007 the Counter-Strike unit was created, which turned out to be very successful. Thanks to the fact that EG CS won many tournaments, it became possible to master new disciplines. To date, "Evil Geniuses" have units for games such as Counter-Strike, Starcraft 2, Quake Live, World of Warcraft, Super Street Fighter 5: Black Edition. Evil Genius Dota 2 - a division that appeared only in 2011. This happened after the International in Cologne.

Evil Genius Dota 2: composition

For so many years the team has been constantly changing. Many American professional cybersportsmen consisted of Evil Genius Dota 2. The composition of the team for today is as follows:

• Peter "ppd" Deger . The captain of the team, who replaced the legendary Fear. Peter has an excellent strategic mind, so the EG often wins. In the game "ppd", like most captains, serves as a support. Peter often plays for Crystal Maiden, Bane, Treant Protector.

• Arthur "Arteezy" Babaev . Performs the role of the middleman in the team. Often, Arthur uses interesting tactics, because of what to predict his actions is almost impossible. He plays mostly for Shadow Fiend, Outworld Devourer, Naga Siren.

• Saahil "Universe" Arora . It plays mainly for hardliners. One of the oldest American cybersports. Acted on the professional stage since the days of the Defense of the Anicent. Favorite heroes are Dark Seer, Clockwerk, Furion.

• Ludwig "Zai" Wohlberg . In the team plays the role of support. He is known as one of the youngest cyber sportsmen (he is only 17 years old). Often plays for Wisp, Bane, Visage.

• Mason "mason" Venn. He plays for the heroes. Although he began to professionally deal with Dota 2 relatively recently, it shows excellent results. Favorite heroes are Luna, Mirana, Weaver.

The team's multitooling is the main feature of Evil Genius Dota 2. The composition of "Evil Geniuses" is quite diverse. There are "veterans of Dota", and very young players. This helps to look at Dota 2 from different angles and come up with an optimal strategy. It is because of this that EG are very dangerous opponents.

Achievements

The EG team often takes part in various tournaments and in most cases takes prizes. Over the past year, she won first place in Starladder Season 10, Asia Championships Season 1, World ESports Championship 2014, DreamHack DreamLeague Season 2. But perhaps the main achievement is 3rd place on The Internetional 2014. For this the team received neither much A little - a million dollars.