junior rounds out EG Black lineup

20-2-2023 20:01

The American marksman returns to active duty after seven months on Complexity's bench.

Paytyn "⁠junior⁠" Johnson is now a part of EG Black, the organization announced on Monday. The announcement came a few hours following the AWPer's official departure from Complexity, ending a year-long stint with the Texas-based organization, most of which was spent on the inactive roster.

The 22-year-old will fill the void in the lineup left by Jerric "⁠wiz⁠" Jiang's promotion to the main Evil Geniuses roster in January, making his first proper return to competition since his benching in the summer of 2022.

Junior will aim to bounce back after a disappointing spell with Complexity

junior put his name on the map while competing for Triumph in the online era between 2020-21. He quickly established himself as one of the brightest prospects in the North American region before being picked up by FURIA in January 2021. The American only spent five months on the Brazilian roster before being benched after his failure to replicate the level shown in his previous squad.

A short loan stint with Bad News Bears was followed by a promising move to Complexity in January 2022, which reunited him with ex-Triumph teammate Michael "⁠Grim⁠" Wince. The transfer never truly clicked as junior averaged just a 0.98 rating across all competitions with his new team, and it was not long until he was benched again, this time in favor of Håkon "⁠hallzerk⁠" Fjærli.

00NATION, TeamOne complete Paris Major Americas RMR team list; EG miss out

junior kept himself busy during the last few months, competing in various online cash cups with Gas Money as well as making a brief appearance for EG Black during the fl0m Cup 2023. The AWPer registered a 1.21 rating, but only managed to propel the team to a semi-final finish in the online competition.

EG Black are now:

Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz
Colby "⁠Walco⁠" Walsh
William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba
Jeorge "⁠Jeorge⁠" Endicott
Paytyn "⁠junior⁠" Johnson

Tommy "⁠Axed⁠" Ryan (coach)

2023-02-20 20:02

25 replies

RESPECT THE GOAT JUNIOR>ALL OF JERMAN CS

2023-02-20 20:09

24 replies

fix your main team first before building 2nd, 3rd, 4th team

2023-02-20 20:13

19 replies

JUNOR IS 1ST 2ND 3RD AND 4TH TEAMS

2023-02-20 20:14

This was the real main team the whole time. Trust the process, trust the blueprint.

2023-02-20 20:15

12 replies

Exactly! Trust the blueprint everyone Junior is top awper out there

2023-02-20 20:58

11 replies

Junior ironically has some of the best gameplay, just needs to work on game sense, communication, positioning, kills, and assists. Jokes aside he does have the most experience of any NAwper, as sad as that is.

2023-02-20 21:31

10 replies

oSee has significantly more experience

2023-02-21 02:28

7 replies

Out of available awpers* And even then Junior played for a better team in furia

2023-02-21 02:51

5 replies

Junior’s furia wasn’t better than current liquid

2023-02-21 03:22

3 replies

You're right, but furia in general is a better team atm

2023-02-21 14:16

2 replies

Nah, they only roll on they playstyle, atm furia is like quater final team, liquid semi final

2023-02-21 16:35

1 reply

Liquid is incredibly dependent on yekinder to perform, if he doesn't, or gets countered they lose

2023-02-21 17:31

Perpetual quarter/semi finals team isn't better than one that made 2 finals

2023-02-21 11:59

Honest question.. u really think osee it's better then junior?

2023-02-22 15:10

what about 50-Nifty

2023-02-21 08:17

Nifty outside of two maps has done nothing, and singlehandedly got Envy out of CS

2023-02-21 14:05

Why fix a lineup that beat the former top-1 team in the world? Step out of the echo chamber please

2023-02-20 20:20

omegalul

2023-02-20 20:23

Step out of the echo chamber and join the #PipelineWatch.

2023-02-20 20:30

HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT! JUNIOR IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIMES, AS BEING THE TOP 4 AWPER WITH FARLIG, LUCKY AND ACOR!

2023-02-21 04:04

maybe have a team before disrespecting the GOAT junior

2023-02-21 14:31

Why fakeflag ?

2023-02-20 21:32

hltv.org/matches/2347991/furia-vs-big-dr.. hltv.org/matches/2353971/complexity-vs-b..

2023-02-20 21:58

who??

2023-02-20 22:14

i couldn't care less abt german cs

2023-02-21 22:26

junior too goated for EG

4 replies

Even ZywOo confirms that Junior is top 1 2023

2023-02-20 20:17

Junior is that good NA will not let him go

2023-02-20 20:59

This post marks the beginning of EG's rise to the top 1 spot.

2023-02-20 20:36

Honestly even Junior would be better than Wiz

2023-02-20 21:30

FIRST ON THIS LEGENDARY POST

Who gonna tell him?

2023-02-21 15:56

team number 1 in a week

2023-02-20 20:03

GOAT IS BACK!

He is black

2023-02-20 20:16

Back in black 😎

2023-02-20 20:31

2023-02-21 13:57

better than EG xd

cant wait for the stickers!!

so was he getting paid on CoL bench when playing for EG Black lol ? Anyway would be nice to see junior on EG main team if he finds form

2023-02-20 20:04

he probably got paid while on bench, but being a stand-in for 2 BO3's in an online cup isn't really that big of a deal, now he's most likely earning more than in COL 🙄🙄🙄🙄

No way he's earning more than he was in col

2023-02-20 20:32

than on col bench**

2023-02-20 20:37

THE GOAT

goat

The GOAT is back

GOAT

please could someone explain to me what this eg project is? my god, what a fiasco, the org has 3 lineups and manages to stay out of the RMR, this is a tragedy, this project is dead.

its NA baybeeee

2023-02-22 04:07

GOAT IS BACK

2023-02-20 20:05

expected

Now with the GOAT in the lineup I can officially declare that EG Black > EG It will soon be the third NA team on top10

2023-02-20 20:06

Yep, just gotta trust the blueprint.

2023-02-20 21:10

The #1 returned

THE GOAT IS BACKKK

The GOAT is back 🐐🐐🕊️🕊️

EG BLACK Top #1

The return of a king

2023-02-20 20:07

EG NUMBA 11111111111

Goat

HAHAHAHAHAHAA NOT EVEN MAIN ROSTER

2023-02-20 20:08

GOAT BACKKKK

Best of luck to Junior.

Kassad crying and shaking alfdy!

Real!

2023-02-20 20:12

Can confirm, I’m kassads dad.

2023-02-20 20:43

How is Kassad handling the news?

If somehow eg managed to bring back prime obo + junior I can see a real line up

The comeback is on, be ready Tier 1 B)

Welp, the EU era was fun while it lasted.

2023-02-20 20:10

So that means wiz will stay in eg main lineup rip eg

2023-02-20 20:11

Probably junior will replace wiz if junior plays well and wiz plays shout

2023-02-20 20:33

EG Black > EG main roster who lost major qual

EG black > EG now

Hi guys, haven't been following pro cs lately. Can anyone tell me when Evil Geniuses is playing in Paris? I can't wait to see another NA major. wiz is my favorite player i want to see him AWP on stage

junior top 1 2023-2025

EG Washed

Holy shit great news. North American scene is saved.

still better than main eg roster exdee

I wasn’t sure if EG B was better than the main roster before, but now I am

Goat 🐐🐐

OMG finally EG will be top1

s0mple and mayonesy shaking rn

The next s1mple

No, s1mple's the previous Junior

top3 NA

2023-02-20 20:18

Bot junior US scene saviour

meme org

i cant stop laughing at EG management :)))))

2023-02-20 20:22

much better than main eg xD

tbf it looks pretty good.

2023-02-20 20:38

It looks absolutely awful

2023-02-20 20:40

and that means it's still better than main eg xd

2023-02-20 21:44

i mean it could be, just gotta not be worthless

2023-02-20 21:45

EG black now better than main team lmao

2023-02-20 20:25

junior top 0 2023

Wiz to eg white?

GOAT IS BACK -wiz +junior in main team

2023-02-20 20:27

GOAT IS BACK OMG

2023-02-20 20:29

KASSAD WHERE ARE YOU?? JUNIOR COME TO YOU

LETS GOOOOOOOOO

lmao

Zamn goat is back

the most dangerous link up in history (jeorgesnorts + junior)

2023-02-20 20:34

+1 Literally freeest of major wins.

2023-02-20 22:04

did not expect something like this but cool

Looks like a major winning team for sure

2023-02-20 20:39

Junior ma man

Eg should drop this roster temporary so they can play major qualifer

2023-02-20 20:42

the one and only

2023-02-20 20:44

EG black are much better than eg main for sure, -walco +auti and then you have a consistent team (not tittle contender but at least not last place every time)

2023-02-20 20:46

I was thinking switching neaLaN out for stanislaw myself.

Idk if it’s still the case but I’m pretty sure walco is their igl

2023-02-20 21:24

shooting for the stars

2023-02-20 20:47

the savior of NA CS

2023-02-20 20:48

EG BLACK > EG

better than the main roster

2023-02-20 20:50

2023-02-20 20:54

Maybe he'll find form again and Rush, Jeorge and him will go to EG Main

looks like solid top 10 na team

2023-02-20 20:55

Better than the main Team

2023-02-20 20:56

+111111111

2023-02-20 21:04

This should be EG main roster -stanislaw -RUSH +autimatic +nealan ez top 20 team

Keep stanislaw and replace Walco with nealan. Also junior and wiz are about even in my mind

2023-02-20 21:55

stanislaw is washed hardcore, walco is the second best player on that team

2023-02-21 18:26

He's definitely washed compared to how he used to play, but he's definitely still better than Walco. Ofc rating isn't everything, but stanislaw's rating for the past 6 months has been quite a bit higher than Walco's.

2023-02-21 22:28

2023-02-20 21:02

Junior is an upgrade for the main roster at this point

2023-02-20 21:05

Ayo, I though he already left CS But seems like he was giving a chance to all the teams to shine Now, he is back 2nd Gigachad (after Hooxi ofc) Legend of AWP player The only person that is 100% better then s0mple Future #1 of 2023 Welcome back, legend.

2023-02-20 21:06

its an ok line up now

2023-02-20 21:07

Ez for goat

don't call him junior !!!!

2023-02-20 21:12

how teams keep trusting this bot? ffs.

2023-02-20 21:13

damn that lineup better than the main lineup now

2023-02-20 21:14

my GOAT is back!

2023-02-20 21:19

LOLLLLLL TRUST THE PIPELINE

2023-02-20 21:25

I'm waiting for his interviews

2023-02-20 21:28

"TrUsT tHe PiPeLiNe"

Biggest paycheck stealer of alltime

2023-02-20 21:43

LETS FCKNG GOOOOOOO

I appreciate EG's managemen dedication to comedy, this is Andy Kauffman level of commitment to the bit

Would love to see this team have some success. I know it won’t be instant but a man can dream.

2023-02-20 21:53

Called it

2023-02-20 21:56

LETS GOOOO I LOVE JUNIOR!!!!!

2023-02-20 22:01

EG is saving NA by going from having one bad team to having three bad teams. GENIUS

2023-02-20 22:03

unironically much better than wiz

2023-02-20 22:11

GOAT.

2023-02-20 22:15

Well gg Heroic, now that the GOAT is back we will have no chance.

2023-02-20 22:36

twitter.com/kassad/status/16276091327180..

2023-02-20 22:41

Like Brehze is working hard in the last 2 years, lol. Guy is dead weight since Valve killed the sg.

2023-02-20 23:15

They can loose a game in EU LEM matchmaking.

2023-02-20 22:47

Kekw

2023-02-20 22:48

Best move EG has made in years

2023-02-20 22:57

Pog He's back

2023-02-20 23:00

better then main eg roster

Disband EG Black/White and -wiz -HexT +junior/PwnAlone +RUSH/Jeorge

2023-02-20 23:20

Everyone's joking about junior, but in all seriousness, EG Black might be better than the actual main roster. LMAO!

EG Black best NA team

2023-02-20 23:39

Pog The greatest sniper of all time

2023-02-21 00:00

welcome back GOAT

2023-02-21 00:11

LITERALLY A GOAT IRL

2023-02-21 00:20

Junior god

2023-02-21 00:31

EG ERA IS COMING

2023-02-21 00:35

I like junior, good luck to him..

2023-02-21 00:36

great spot for him

2023-02-21 00:37

finally, EG era is coming with junior dropping 30 bombs every map

2023-02-21 00:42

goat junior

2023-02-21 00:47

Insanity how rush and stanislaw are still on the eg salary lmao I wonder how much monthly

2023-02-21 01:24

Great junior the goat, the maestro

2023-02-21 01:30

They really don't like winning huh

2023-02-21 01:40

The LEGEND is back boizzz!

2023-02-21 02:03

LETS GOOOO

2023-02-21 03:04

2023-02-21 02:05

Payton “I play the AWP how it’s meant to be played” Johnson

2023-02-21 02:10

please junior have mercy im sorry for talking shit it was just a j-

2023-02-21 02:22

This guy is great example of someone who doesn't deserve chances like this , there's hundreds of better players than this bot who was dogs**t in every team he played for ...

2023-02-21 02:41

doesnt matter thing is junior was on opposite team in a pug team, farming against EG black so the old saying goes, if you cant beat them join them

2023-02-21 03:02

I mean he’s always been great at bullying low tier NA CS so this spot is perfect for him but realistically he’s been given multiple tier 1/ chances and failed miserably. Would be smarter to invest in someone who has an untested and unproven ceiling imo, but then again tf do NA have

2023-02-21 02:50

This project is such an unbelievable waste of resources

2023-02-21 03:29

dude i dont understand this, is this for viewership? attention? fanbase? No way eg, eg white and eg black can make it to the major together

2023-02-21 16:15

Probably just too much money and not enough fucks given. Put some incompetent idiot in charge of the csgo division

2023-02-21 16:28

I admire EG's dedication to giving NA players a living wage That's about it

2023-02-21 04:46

I actually liked this, jeroge never shied away from delivering, Stan is back, Junior is like it or not a god atleast in the NA tier 2 scene and with tier 1 experience now, Walco is good as well and rush is doing okaish, cahnces are this team can do Unexceptionally well in coming months and we could soon use Jeorge to replace Hext in the main lineup to fix it

2023-02-21 05:46

na version of draken

2023-02-21 06:57

draken is alright, tenz on the other hand..

2023-02-21 16:14

I thought Junior was a weeb beta but then I remember someone posted a link to his gf Instagram where she posted a pic sitting on his face ☠️ Junior is the goat, Alpha male for sure

2023-02-21 07:17

No, she's just a thot

2023-02-21 12:25

lmao cool story bro

2023-02-21 07:31

EG doing EG things 🤡

2023-02-21 09:10

Is this valens system to grab all na players and 3 teams and then swap them time to time? What a genius move

2023-02-21 09:29

EG yellow black green white full fucking color palette yet all suck. What are their goals???

eg black are the 3rd best NA team now along with maybe nouns

2023-02-21 12:36

He was so bad in Complexity that I really don't have any hope this player can be good really. He can probably farm NA scene in EG Black then get a chance in a decent team and fail again. I think he had enough chances to show what he is capable of, really not excited at all for this move.

2023-02-21 14:40