Evil Geniuses’ Counter-Strike division hasn’t had a lot to have fun in 2023, however following a Could 20 loss towards an unranked North American squad, the storied group’s fall from grace is all however full.
EG was downed in an ESEA Money Cup towards Eros—a squad that has solely simply returned to aggressive CS:GO after three months with out an HLTV official map performed. The crew was final ranked 237th earlier than their remaining rank factors decayed because of inactivity.
Eros would go on to fall to the eventual Money Cup champs paiN Gaming within the semifinal, whereas EG was as soon as once more despatched to lick their wounds.
Many have been important of EG’s Counter-Strike technique following their March 20 announcement to cut back on their academy program, which noticed the complete EG White lineup lower from the org. Whereas EG Black had proven some promise throughout smaller regional occasions, Evil Geniuses’ predominant roster continued to crumble on the server.
An additional roster change in April, which noticed the embattled squad turn to Danish rifler refrezh, did little to persuade the broader group. If something, fans were left confused as to why EG would choose up a European participant regardless of possessing a complete second division from the place the squad might promote from.
Refrezh has but to recapture the shape that noticed him help in Heroic’s back-to-back Champions Stage appearances on the PGL Stockholm and Antwerp Majors, averaging only a 0.94 ranking over the previous three months, according to HLTV.
EG did promote one participant from their second division EG Black in wiz, however the 22-year-old AWPer has but to actually gentle the server on fireplace for the squad since joining in Jan. 2023. His 0.92 ranking over the course of 2023 is way from what pundits had been anticipating to see, particularly given he was to fill the sneakers of veteran Bulgarian sniper CeRq (1.00 rating in 2022).
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Whereas few anticipated EG to qualify for the BLAST Paris Main, the squad, on the very least, seemed aggressive of their losses to FURIA and Paqueta after a win towards FalleN’s Imperial. However failing to qualify for ESL Challenger Katowice, in addition to underwhelming efforts at CCT in Europe, have reset any momentum the crew might have gained.
Evil Geniuses will return to the server for IEM Dallas on Could 30, opening their event towards FaZe Clan.
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