Things have looked dire for Evil Geniuses in 2021. In late 2019 they managed to rank as the world's best team, according to the official HLTV rankings, for a duration of over three weeks. 2020 saw the North American roster continue their strong form, however, as of late things have been rough. After their recent performance at the PGL Major 2021 in Stockholm, having been knocked out of the event with a 0-3 record, the organization decided to make some big changes to the active roster. 

Just announced on their Twitter page, Evil Geniuses part ways with three of its active players in IGL Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz, youngster Owen "oBo" Schlatter, and rifler Michał "MICHU" Müller. The three most recent additions to the team in the above-mentioned players will no longer be performing under the Evil Geniuses banner. 

As to which players will be brought in to fill the void in the current Evil Geniuses roster is still unsure. Furthermore questions regarding the three now free agents have already been raised by the CS:GO community, especially in regards to the 27-year-old IGL "stanislaw". The Canadian IGL, however, has already announced on his Twitter that he will not be hanging up his mouse just yet, as he is ready for future challenges to come: 

In regards to the roster of Evil Geniuses more will likely follow within the next short period of time seeing as their roster currently only consists of two players. As it currently stands, with the departure of "oBo", "stanislaw", and "MICHU" the Evil Geniuses roster looks as follows: 

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It will be Team Liquid, FURIA, GODSENT, paiN, and Evil Geniuses who will represent North America at the upcoming PGL Major in Stockholm.

The last spot was decided late last night, where Evil Geniuses won the fifth place decider against EXTREMUM.

EG won Nuke by 16-6, and then went on to lose Mirage 16-13.

Inferno was set as the decider. Here it was all even at the break with an 8-7 score in favor of EG. But in the second half, EXTREMUM could not find a way through the defense of EG. The former 100 Thieves core ended their Major dream by losing all rounds in the second half.

Evil Geniuses is currently placed third in the NA RMR standings giving them a legend spot at the upcoming Major. That could be changed tonight when paiN has the opportunity to win enough points to take over third place. paiN will need to beat Team Liquid in the third-place decider to claim the spot.

EXTREMUM – Evil Geniuses (1-2) | IEM Fall 2021 North America

6-16 (Nuke) | {cflag:US} oBo – 1.59 Rating / 22-11 K-D / 97.2 ADR

16-13 (Mirage) | {cflag:NO} jkaem – 1.54 Rating / 27-16 K-D / 100.7 ADR

7-16 (Inferno) | {cflag:US} oBo – 1.63 Rating / 24-13 K-D / 102.7 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BG} Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov| 1.30 Rating / 54-36 K-D / 79.2 ADR

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Day 1 at BLAST Premier Fall Groups presented yesterday an exciting opening round at Group A. In the first matchup, Astralis eased past a tame-looking Evil Geniuses side with a confident 2-0 victory. In the following game, it was yet another NA loss, as Liquid fell short to the Frenchmen from Vitality. That means the two North American teams in EG and Liquid will go head-to-head in a tough elimination match this Friday evening. The games will commence at 16.30 (CET). 

Team Liquid

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Fnatic has been one of the positive surprises at this year's ESL Pro League. The new roster once again showed positive signs of their progress in the last-round matchup against Evil Geniuses.

The North Americans were already out of the tournament before tonight's match, while Fnatic needed a victory along with a NAVI victory in their match against FaZe to advance at ESL Pro League.

On Nuke everything looked according to the plan with a convincing 16-11 win. Englishman William 'mezii' Merriman topped the scoreboard with an impressive 26-11 K-D, which underlined the fact, that both he and Alex 'ALEX' McMeekin has found their place at Fnatic with ease.

Inferno did not shake the picture. It was still Fnatic in full control against a half-dead EG roster, that in brief moments showed the undeniable talent, that their roster possesses. EG managed to make their last map of ESL Pro League competitive, but in the end, it was not enough. Evil Geniuses will leave ESL Pro League without a victory.

Fnatic could sit back and enjoy the view, as NAVI took care of FaZe in their match. A result that puts Fnatic through to the next round.

Fnatic – Evil Geniuses (2-0) | ESL Pro League Season 14

16-11 (Nuke) | {cflag:GB} mezii – 1.63 Rating / 26-11 K-D / 105.6 ADR

16-14 (Inferno) | {cflag:SE} KRIMZ - 1.23 rating / 25-17 K-D / 83.1 ADR

MVP: {cflag:SE} Jack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson | 1.23 rating / 40-28 K-D / 69.9 ADR

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It's fair to say that the North Americans from Evil Geniuses have struggled big-time at ESL Pro League Season 14, as they haven't managed to grab a win after three matches at Group C. The Damian "daps" Steele-led side has only won one map so far, even though having pressured strong teams like BIG and mousesports into two overtimes in respective matches. 

Despite, the disappointing showing from EG, the talented youngster Owen "oBo" Schlatter has presented a strong level at the prominent event by averaging an impressive 1.13, as the only EG member with a positive rating. 

During yesterday's match against mousesports, oBo demonstrated how to conquer the B-site on Inferno with some stellar headshots. Watch the demonstration right here.

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The teenager from joined Evil Geniuses three months ago from Complexity where he became inactive in September. The young rifler has progressed his personal evolution, but it isn’t the personal achievements that win you trophies, it´s the team.  

- The key is to understand that if we all work together and we all hit our form individually, we can beat any team in the world.

oBo and his team Evil Geniuses is facing Gambit in the opening game of the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021, where Gambit is big favorites before the game, and oBo talked about this matter:

- Anything can happen in this game, the key is to not think that they are the best team in the world, but focus on our game and control the match how we want it to be played.

The two rosters met each other earlier this week, where Gambit won comfortably 2-0, but there is a chance for Evil Geniuses to get revenge on the number one team in the world today!

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Evil Geniuses have a super exciting team, as many of them have big achievements in the past, and they have the team to make it through the tiny hole again if you ask oBo.

- All my teammates have had insane success in the past winning tournaments, and we are super hungry as a new team, we are fresh and hopefully, we can find form as a team and surprise some people.

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The North American top team and Wilton “zews” Prado will no longer be associated, as the Brazilian is set to leave his coaching position, according to a report by HLTV.org. The report states that the two parties part ways in a mutual decision, owing to a “difference in opinion regarding the team’s direction”

zews was acquired by EG back in April last year, where he commenced his 14-month long tenure with 3 strong titles in BLAST Premier Spring NA, cs_summit 6 NA, ESL One Cologne NA. However, after that, a longer slump followed as they failed to present an adequate result. 

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Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte and company will have to look after a new head coach if the rumours are true

The bad period and the disappointing results lead to a series of roster changes, as prominent figures like Ethan "Ethan" Arnold and Tarik "tarik" Celik was replaced with Owen "oBo" Schlatter and Michal "MICHU" Müller. And despite the roster changes, EG hasn't succeeded in 2021, where many of their result on European soil has been quite underwhelming. 

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Evil Geniuses lost their opening match at Funspark ULTI 2020 after a disappointing match against Team Dignitas. The debut game for Michał 'MICHU' Müller will not go down in history as a memorable one for the North American roster.

On their own map pick, Inferno, the team was handed a devastating blow by an all-around well playing Dignitas roster lead on by the strong Norwegian AWP'er hallzerk. The Dignitas sniper made 17 AWP kills during the map that ended 16-9 in favor of Dignitas.

While Dignitas lately has been on a steady course back into the top of CS, Evil Geniuses has had a difficult 2021. Their latest victory came against Team Dignitas at Snow Sweet Snow, which practically was the only positive thing to take into the elevator going to Vertigo on map two.

Unfortunately for EG, Team Dignitas just continued where they left on Inferno. And despite losing a couple of rounds, they instantly came back with some amazing gun rounds with the Desert Eagles. It ended with a humiliating 16-4 loss for Evil Geniuses, who lost the last round after a team kill on their only player who performed in the match, oBo. EG looks like a team that needs more time to find themselves again.

{cflag:SE} Team Dignitas - {cflag:US} Evil Geniuses (2-0) | Funspark ULTI Europe 

16-9 (Inferno) | {cflag:NO} hallzerk – 1.88 Rating / 29-9 K-D / 109.4 ADR

16-4 (Vertigo) | {cflag:NO} hallzerk – 1.58 Rating / 22-14 K-D / 89.2 ADR

MVP: {cflag:NO} Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli | 1.75 Rating / 45-17 K-D / 94.6 ADR

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Team Dignitas will face another North American team in the next round, where Extra Salt is waiting. In the lower brackets, Evil Geniuses goes head to head with another struggling roster, BIG.

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The most hated weapon in CS:GO has found the way to our Pley of the Day with oBo behind the trigger.

Evil Geniuses’ rifler, oBo decided to buy the SCAR-20 to hold Ramp on Nuke, and managed to kill four members from Dignitas within 30 seconds.

 The rifler from Evil Geniuses Owen “oBo” Schlatter produced an outrageous moment against Dignitas in the Quarter-finals of the Snow Sweet Snow 3 event.

The American killed four members from Dignitas within 30 seconds with the auto-sniper.

Evil Geniuses will hope that oBo can produce more of this against ex-Winstrike on Wednesday.

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Evil Geniuses became the third team to book their Semi-Final ticket at Snow Sweet Snow 3, after a dramatic 2-1 win against Team Dignitas.

It started well for the NA team. On Inferno the new player on the roster, Owen "oBo" Schlatter once again showed his big potential with a stellar performance on the map. Together with Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte the two of them managed to keep the Swedes quiet in the second half and to take the map win.

On Nuke it looked like another EG win, but in the second half Team Dignitas went havoc! Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli was unstoppable with his AWP, and suddenly a 9-6 lead in favor of Evil Geniuses was changed to a 16-9 win for Dignitas.

The Swedes continued their momentum on Train. "hallzerk" and "Lekr0" was a deadly duo for Dignitas, who could be seen with big smiles during the start of the second half, where Dignitas was again putting in a masterful performance on their CT-side.

At 13-6 it looked like a certain Team Dignitas win, but then EG came alive. Inspired by a wonderful 1vs3 clutch from the in-game leader "stanislaw", Evil Geniuses managed to equalize the score at 13-13, which later was converted to 15-15 and overtime. And another overtime! The drama was real, but in the second overtime, EG finally managed to get into a favorable position with two match points which gave them the win at 22-19.

EG will now face ex-Winstrike tomorrow in the Semi-Finals at Snow Sweet Snow 3.

Evil Geniuses - Team Dignitas 2-1 |Snow Sweet Snow 3

16-10 (Inferno)|Brehze - 1.50 rating / 24-13 K-D / 96.5 ADR

9-16 (Nuke) |oBo - 1.50 rating / 24-15 K-D / 109.1 ADR

22-19 (Train) |Brehze - 1.34 rating / 36-29 K-D / 95.0 ADR

MVP: Vincent “Brehze” Cayonte - 1.31 rating / 81-58 K-D / 91.4 ADR

In the match between Evil Geniuses and Team Dignitas at Snow Sweet Snow, the North Americans was controlling the show in the first half on Nuke.

Owen "oBo" Schlatter had enough cash to buy the Auto-Sniper to defend B-ramp, and boy did it pay off.

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After five straight defeats, two of them in the ESL Pro League, Fnatic is back to winning ways after a 2-1 victory against Evil Geniuses.

On Train the new addition to the Swedish roster, Jack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson played his best map for his new team to help the struggling Swedes to win the map comfortably 16-11.

The momentum did not carry over to Inferno, where 'oBo' continued his impressive start for EG. The young American has had a fine debut tournament for Evil Geniuses, and was together with Tarik 'tarik' Celik impossible to control for Fnatic, who lost their CT-side 12-3, before going 4-4 in the second half to lose the map.

Mirage was the setting for the decider. Unknown territory for EG, who had not played the map in a competitive match with their new roster yet. Again it was the newcomers on both teams 'Jackinho' and 'oBo' who were instrumental in the match. After some very tight rounds in the first half, 'Jackinho' and Fnatic slowly but surely began to break EG and went from 9-11 to a 16-11 win after some very fast-paced rounds.

The loss is a devastating blow for Evil Geniuses' hope of advancing in the tournament, while Fnatic keeps the dream alive, though the Swedes will need a small miracle to progress in the tournament with both Astralis and Virtus.pro waiting in their last two matches in Group D.

Fnatic - Evil Geniuses 2-1 (16-11, 7-16, 16-11)

MVP: Owen 'oBo' Schlatter - 1.27 rating / 63-46 K-D / 88.6 ADR

Jackinho

The promising and powerful rifler Owen "oBo" Schlatter played yesterday his first competitive CS:GO match in six months. The newly equipped Evil Genius player helped the North Americans take down the mighty Astralis at ESL Pro League Season 13. 

After the impressive win, the debutant took his time to speak with the desk, where oBo touched on his first game for EG and also the goals and expectations for this new project.

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The 17-year old American hasn’t had a team since his shock-exit from Complexity back in September last year. His free agency caused a lot of rumours and speculations about his future because it was clear to everyone that his CS:GO talents and abilities are immense.

oBo was without a team for a while; however, Evil Geniuses couldn’t ignore such a big, talented, and most importantly American player.

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Today's schedule | ESL Pro League Group D

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They called it the "Group of Death" beforehand. With three of the world's top five teams stuffed in Group D, there is certainly a lot of exciting CS:GO action to come. In the last match of the day, Astralis was tasked with the job to follow up on the other two favorites, who took home victories earlier today.

EG picked Nuke. Previously a safehold for Astralis, but lately the Danes have been shaky on the nuclear ground. They started well though and quickly made it 4-1 in their favor. EG's new man on the roster, "oBo" had a rough start only getting his first kill in round 12! The young American slowly fought his way back end ended up redeemed himself in the second half, where EG managed to break Astralis and win Nuke by 16-12.

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oBo transferred to Evil Geniuses in the start of March.

The two rosters took the elevator up in the sky to continue the fight on Vertigo. After a good first half from Astralis, the Danes continued on their CT-side taking five in a row to establish a big 14-6 lead. Astralis won the map 16-10, after a brilliant performance from Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen, who won his opening duels 6:0.

The match went on to Inferno. Here EG managed to take an early lead after a fourth-round situation, where Astralis had a favorable 3vs1 situation. The Danes somehow blew the opportunity and lost the round along with their economy.

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The first half ended with a bit of a thrashing with a 12-3 lead and annoyance in the Astralis camp.

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Astralis came out winning the pistol round in the second half, but then again threw a round, where they should have won. In the end, Evil Geniuses came out firing on all cylinders, with great calling from in-game leader Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz, while 'oBo', 'CeRq', and 'Brehze' all had great moments on the last map. EG takes a big scalp and opens up Group D completely with their win against Astralis.

Astralis - Evil Geniuses 1-2 (12-16, 16-10, 7-16)

MVP: Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte - 1.26 rating / 65-48 K-D / 86.7 ADR

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