EG shuts down CS division

7-1-2012 16:07

After reporting the rumours of Team EG's CS team disbanding yesterday, the organization has today officially shut down its Counter-Strike division.

EG's support for its Counter-Strike division has been in question ever since the Summer which saw Tyler "Storm" Wood and Danny "fRoD" Montaner get replaced on the lineup. The team was absent from all major tournaments of 2011 since the IEM5 World Championship.

Alex Garfield, the CEO of Evil Geniuses stated that the organization will look into returning to the CS franchise if CS:GO is to become big as they have supported the game for over seven years.

EG at their last big tournament, IEM6 Global Challenge New York

According to myEG.net, Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert will stay within the organization as "an individual FPS gaming evangelist" and will produce content for the team's future website, ending all rumours of him possibly joining another North American team, at least for now.

Evil Geniuses was:

Derek "dboorN" Boorn
Andwer "Irukandji" Timmerman
Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert
Thomas "thoMz" Garcia

Although there has been no official word from ESL just yet, this should also guarantee Natus Vincere a spot at IEM6 Global Challenge Kiev in just under two weeks.

holy...

2012-01-07 16:08

3 replies

-EG + Na'Vi in IEM Kiev

2012-01-07 17:58

2 replies

yeah, sad ;(

2012-01-07 18:26

2012-01-07 19:00

SAD :(

2012-01-07 16:08

2 replies

nothing + fallen > americas :{

2012-01-07 22:44

Hehe, zonic in the white sweatshirt faaar rightt

2012-01-09 17:29

BAD ):

2012-01-07 16:08

all knew about it

2012-01-07 16:09

sad :(

2012-01-07 16:09

Sadly it has been in the cards for a long time, hope we see EG back with CS, at some point.

2012-01-07 16:09

18 replies

Hope we will see n0thing back in pro CS:1.6 scene...

2012-01-07 16:16

15 replies

2012-01-07 16:19

1 reply

2012-01-07 16:46

2012-01-07 16:31

2012-01-07 16:45

+2000000000000

2012-01-07 16:50

2012-01-07 17:22

2012-01-07 17:53

hope to se n0thing in europe.

2012-01-07 21:42

4 replies

yeah.. thought the same :D he should migrate to Europe and start playing here... he could then become definitely n1 player in world

2012-01-07 22:30

3 replies

+1 he is a amazing player :)

2012-01-07 22:37

2 replies

The best wallbanger in the world, I think.

2012-01-07 23:35

1 reply

2012-05-03 09:21

2012-01-08 01:23

+ 1

2012-01-16 09:28

2012-01-07 21:34

2012-01-08 00:45

Old news

2012-01-07 16:10

OMG!FUCK IT :$ gl in real life.

2012-01-07 16:10

now only wait for coment "cs is dead"

2012-01-07 16:10

1 reply

and you are the first one mentioned it....

2012-01-09 15:50

:(((((((((((((((( ..n0thing to another team ?, or Cs:Go ?:/

2012-01-07 16:10

poor EG :(

2012-01-07 16:11

guarantee for NaVi? whats about US qualifier rank 2? ;)

2012-01-07 16:11

22 replies

NaVi are going to iem6

2012-01-07 16:31

no one else in the us has enough funding to go, i guess mandic could theoretically get the spot but i assume it's too late for brazilians to travel to kiev as it would probably cost too much for it to be worth it

2012-01-07 16:45

20 replies

Na`Vi da best vittu.

2012-01-07 16:49

lurpis are you happy now ?

2012-01-07 19:03

18 replies

why would he be happy with a stuation like this?! *.*

2012-01-07 19:59

1 reply

becouse they kick lurpis out the team and forget what lurpis do for them ps bad english

2012-01-08 19:17

i'm sad for my friends in eg, happy for navi

2012-01-07 20:26

15 replies

n0thing in your team RIGHT NOW!

2012-01-07 21:40

lurppis get a life ya? :* manne > YOU !

2012-01-07 22:40

13 replies

Yeah, lets say some onliner prick is better than one of the best igl of the history of the game. Quite smart...

2012-01-07 22:48

i have a great life and i'm better than manne. why are you mad tho?

2012-01-07 23:04

11 replies

I guess this cool story change your life :P xD

2012-01-08 01:25

nobody is better than anyone, the difference is that there are good days for some and bad for others .

2012-01-08 01:50

9 replies

yes, you are actually as good as markeloff, he just has 365 better days in a year than you do

2012-01-08 01:55

8 replies

MONSTERKILL!

2012-01-08 02:11

DOMINATING!

2012-01-08 02:22

ANIHILATION!

2012-01-08 08:34

youtube.com/watch?v=ihRV9PSQdJA

2012-01-08 13:41

LOOOOOL BAMM!

2012-01-08 15:51

uwm? better than mainne? :cof: he just play for fun and own you.. so, why you so mad? o:

2012-01-08 18:09

1 reply

You had to be portuguese. :)

2012-01-08 18:48

good one :D

2012-01-09 16:14

GOOD NEWS!

2012-01-07 16:11

we knew it 2 month ago :{

2012-01-07 16:12

Sad for n0thing

2012-01-07 16:12

this is sad for Jordan, but hope he will find new team soon

2012-01-07 16:12

This is pretty much it in terms of North American CS teams at international events, No other team has the sponsor power that EG has.

2012-01-07 16:12

eh sad news

2012-01-07 16:13

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad to see it

2012-01-07 16:13

no need us team, only eu!

2012-01-07 16:14

This was totally expected. They haven't won anything or attended any big tournaments. I hope they can gather all the best players in USA and form a team and finding an organization that can support them, if they do that then I think they could do some damage.

2012-01-07 16:15

-bit +nothing :p

2012-01-07 16:15

3 replies

bit = nothing sad joke.

2012-01-07 21:14

2 replies

He means -ell +n0thing happy?

2012-01-07 21:40

1 reply

actually i meant -bit +n0thing but could be -ell too

2012-01-07 22:06

Noo ): n0thing ):

2012-01-07 16:15

sadsad

2012-01-07 16:17

2012-01-07 16:18

when lurppis left the team, team was died :( anyway good luck n0thing & co!

2012-01-07 16:19

holy crap :(

2012-01-07 16:20

usa shut down EG,the next step will be shut down CS 1.6 by making low prizes from it's own sponsor,why not?

2012-01-07 16:20

i hope that nothing find a nother team because i love to see nothing play nothing news maker i dont think so

2012-01-07 16:23

sad day

2012-01-07 16:23

so Na'Vi goes to IME6 kiev :))

2012-01-07 16:24

it's sad but true - cs1.6 is slowly going down :-/

2012-01-07 16:25

Woooooohooooooooooo Na`Vi to Kiev!!!!!!

2012-01-07 16:28

2 replies

2012-01-07 16:31

1 reply

2012-01-07 21:28

R.I.P

2012-01-07 16:28

sad :( 4 n0thing

2012-01-07 16:28

how abt n0thing?

2012-01-07 16:31

:((((

2012-01-07 16:32

mTw kicked the CS same with FX n now EG ~ wish dat CS is not dying

2012-01-07 16:33

2 replies

FX would have kept them but they didn't have money. mTw didn't get new players.

2012-01-07 16:51

EG has not done anything this whole year, really nothing (lulz) changed.

2012-01-07 17:52

Great news! fufufufu JGilbert

2012-01-07 16:34

n0thing to umx

2012-01-07 16:35

so sad dude :Z

2012-01-07 16:36

Sad for n0thing.

2012-01-07 16:36

promod saves all us! cs:go is a bottom

2012-01-07 16:38

haha expected

2012-01-07 16:40

Sad, hope to see em back sooner or later.

2012-01-07 16:41

nooooo:((

2012-01-07 16:42

They were useless anyway...haven't really attented any big event lately and didn't show anything except at ESEA league...

2012-01-07 16:44

8 replies

hard to do good if you dont participate. dumbass

2012-01-07 17:01

7 replies

that's exactly what I said n00b ;))

2012-01-07 18:14

1 reply

no you didnt, you said they were useless, how would you know when they didnt play anything ??

2012-01-08 00:16

No need to call anyone names. Thank you.

2012-01-07 20:07

4 replies

thanks

2012-01-07 21:55

2 replies

Same advice to you too ;)

2012-01-07 22:08

1 reply

You're a Jonathan! ..XD

2012-01-12 13:38

youre welcome

2012-01-08 00:16

"cs is dead"

2012-01-07 16:44

it's really sad but nothing to do thank you EG for your participation in CS 1.6 tournament, your passion and your game :(

2012-01-07 16:46

amerian cs has been dead for last eight years.

2012-01-07 16:48

2 replies

i think since 3D left for CS gaming, EG CS has been dead

2012-01-07 16:50

3D was a really good team. They beat SK and other top europe teams 2003-2005 I think. But now it's dead. That's true.

2012-01-07 16:53

I really pity Evil Geniuses and wish them good luck in future ! On the other hand, we're having NaVi back in action, so..

2012-01-07 16:49

1 reply

Na`Vi !

2012-01-07 16:52

OK ! EG Stop cs:1.6 ? I'm Gonna to delete it :x BYE BYE !

2012-01-07 16:57

hope to see n0thing back in the future :) frod nothing hiko dizzaman xp3 best NA lineup

2012-01-07 16:59

Happy news for Na'Vi, but for others sad news

2012-01-07 16:59

n0thing should learn swedish and join SK or fnatic

2012-01-07 17:04

2 replies

hahahahaha

2012-01-07 17:18

or mandic or tyloo xD

2012-01-07 21:41

dream over jordan :(

2012-01-07 17:10

cya.

2012-01-07 17:33

n0thing trace allen dennis manne should make a team

2012-01-07 17:34

Hm. Last news with US flag for a long time :/ Gratz goes to Jordan for his exlusive position of being the first individual FPS gaming evangelist

2012-01-07 17:39

that's so unfair about "this should also guarantee Natus Vincere a spot at IEM6 Global Challenge Kiev in just under two weeks." ESC deserve place in tournament too!!!

2012-01-07 17:41

2 replies

why? they were bad during qualification

2012-01-07 17:46

Na'Vi aren't being gifted that spot. They came in 7th in the qualifiers. Anexis were 8th, ESC were 9-16, if i remember correctly.

2012-01-07 17:47

EG.n0thing EG.shemp77 EG.kNg EG.lrz EG.rikz

2012-01-07 17:49

nothing pm me pls??? :S

2012-01-07 17:53

1 reply

sicka

2012-01-07 18:24

ed1k top4 2011:)

2012-01-07 18:00

Well tbh i am sad that we wont see n0thing in action for now i guess! but Not to worry we got great teams like moscow five and DTS!

2012-01-07 18:04

The time has come to nothing, fallen, fnx, prd + 1 :D

2012-01-07 18:18

1 reply

no, not prd he is to low.

2012-01-07 18:30

n0thing, trace, fRoD, kalle, moddii

2012-01-07 18:32

3 replies

yeah nice

2012-01-07 19:08

2 replies

trace and frod? ;p

2012-01-07 21:16

1 reply

trace & F'ing fRoD - WHY NOT?

2012-01-07 21:42

I would like to see n0thing with fRoD in new team.

2012-01-07 18:33

gg 1.6. next fnatic? sk?

2012-01-07 18:35

I want some USA team at some of the biggest eventssssss

2012-01-07 18:37

sad :s

2012-01-07 18:38

omg :/ n0thing is mandic hahahaha'

2012-01-07 18:40

Change this. Change that. Add player. Remove player. bla bla bla. - EG.

2012-01-07 18:41

1st mTw, now EG :(

2012-01-07 18:43

[*]

2012-01-07 18:56

very sad :c

2012-01-07 19:02

sad :( i can't believe.

2012-01-07 19:03

Sad story

2012-01-07 19:13

the gaming in america is dying slowly,someone help? =)

2012-01-07 19:14

haha

2012-01-07 19:15

hope for n0thing not stop to play

2012-01-07 19:18

fucking sad :( (L) n0thing

2012-01-07 19:26

bye-bye EG bad for n0thing

2012-01-07 19:27

Virtus.pro should take n0thing now,cause they suck and he might be a good solution but I don't think he would want to live in Russia. :)

2012-01-07 19:38

EG has had a team at least since 2001, so for a decade. Even though the team was shit this year and hadn't done too much even before that, it is a huge loss for EG to get out of 1.6.

2012-01-07 19:43

n0thing but headshots 2... where is it?

2012-01-07 19:43

sad(

2012-01-07 19:45

T__________________T!

2012-01-07 19:48

it was known beforehand...

2012-01-07 19:50

1 reply

and now afterhand knows it too

2012-01-09 18:02

chrisj n0thing moddii kalle pronax

2012-01-07 19:59

3 replies

=) wtf is wrong with you guys ?

2012-01-07 20:44

2 replies

nothing, just laughuinh at ppl who thinks that n0thing may come to europe to play cs lol

2012-01-07 20:59

1 reply

But if he comes, whould be a huge step for him, who knows.

2012-01-07 22:07

That evangelist thing just killed me lol

2012-01-07 20:12

1 reply

lol same here

2012-01-08 02:12

an individual FPS gaming evangelist /thread

2012-01-07 20:13

damn :|

2012-01-07 20:24

moddii kalle trace n0thing pronax

2012-01-07 20:51

3 replies

You said it bro!

2012-01-07 21:42

2 replies

where?

2012-01-07 21:44

1 reply

Ok fine, you typed it bro!

2012-01-07 21:52

In which clan fRoD play now?

2012-01-07 21:07

1 reply

Check Six

2012-01-07 22:20

n0thing needs a new clan. Waste of his talents to not be on a competitive team right now.

2012-01-07 21:13

Ffs ...wts happng wid d cs world mann

2012-01-07 21:22

k anD

2012-01-07 21:29

Damn.. another bullet through the head for CS...

2012-01-07 21:30

that's some sad news .

2012-01-07 21:38

GOGOGOGOO NAVI!

2012-01-07 21:39

n0thing in europeeeeeeeeeeeeee gogogogo

2012-01-07 21:43

EG @ IEM6 would've sucked, glad Na`Vi is taking the spot instead. EG doesn't even practice anymore/play anyway, good news for Na`Vi! :D :D :D

2012-01-07 21:47

move n0thing to Russia...let him join Virtus.pro ahahahahaha I'd laugh so much, but could be interesting to see that though...

2012-01-07 21:56

:('

2012-01-07 22:23

n0thing..

2012-01-07 22:29

navi as usual over dead bodies to the qualifies...

2012-01-07 22:36

n0thing, nooo

2012-01-07 22:40

gl in the future jordan, you deserve. \o

2012-01-07 22:42

Why would anyone pity EG? they're making $$$$ on other games. SC2 is by far the king of eSports right now.

2012-01-07 22:59

I wish n0thing but the best 4 u }{

2012-01-07 23:00

yeaah very good

2012-01-07 23:04

tough

2012-01-07 23:39

frod nothing pauly +2 )

2012-01-08 00:16

shouldnt actually give a spot to checksix because they placed second for the iem6 global challenge kiev north american qualifer

2012-01-08 00:28

n0thing, trace & fRoD together will be amazing

2012-01-08 00:30

2012 and maybeee 2013 with cs1.6. that's all. Sad.

2012-01-08 00:53

sad:( youtube.com/watch?v=tiCpvuGzPS8

2012-01-08 00:54

sad , gl n0thing :D

2012-01-08 02:14

n0thing in UMX had been awesome.

2012-01-08 02:20

best team from America ~ ):

2012-01-08 02:28

don't be sad guys, the US gaming scene is pretty much dead, EG is making the right choice closing their CS division because they dont have enough competition around them to improve (ESEA is a joke these days). So EG was getting raped in almost every single international event. great for Na'Vi tho, there's not a chance that I miss a match from IEM Kiev.

2012-01-08 04:51

TBH till lurppis was in EG they were feared.... infact it was a pretty strong team Warden,n0thing,storm,fr0d..... since he left its kinda bad.... EDIT... gfn also....

2012-01-08 06:21

so if CS:GO takes off, n0thing is essentially in charge of building an international usa team...could actually end very well in the months to come if tournaments pick up CS:GO

2012-01-08 08:54

lol so n0thing is gonna sit around and do "nothing" and waste his talent, instead of joining another team? yea that makes alot of sense....ur just gonna get older and have less response time and slower reflexes jordan. You better think it over before you waste ur time with EG...

2012-01-08 10:57

1 reply

it would be very good if he joined CheckSix...

2012-01-08 14:17

check please "Andwer" to "Andrew"

2012-01-08 14:33

1 of my favorite teams going down :(

2012-01-08 14:39

n0thing on his facebook Team EG has folded their Counter-Strike 1.6 division. I won't be quitting counter-strike, but it seems that I won't have a team to compete with at least for now. The future of things are un clear but I'll try to keep you guys updated and possibly with my free time do some more lessons and community events. Thank you to everyone who has tuned into an HLTV to watch me play for EG in the past, and thank you to everyone who has shown me support on forums and giving me kind words here. I know that the gaming world would not be much without the fans. So, cheers to you guys and cheers to e-Sports!

2012-01-08 14:56

i'm crying again

2012-01-08 18:20

Bad for America.

2012-01-08 18:42

I though this was coming after the day lurppis left EG, but they went through it pretty good. It's sad that the team is disbanding, but I guess under the circumstances is pretty obvious this was going to happen... CS isn't what it used to be, and American CS is going through some rough times, but maybe when CS:GO comes up things will change. Who knows if the CS 1.6 spark doesn't light up again? :) A little bit confused about n0thing tho.. Is he going to be news writer or something? A total waste of him if that's the case.

2012-01-08 18:53

lol sad..now umx can do some damage.

2012-01-08 19:38

2012-01-08 22:12

shocker...

2012-01-09 08:30

sad....

2012-01-09 20:05

CS 1.6 in the US is deaddd

2012-01-10 05:30

UMX -impsta +n0thing

2012-01-10 13:45

dboorN is amazing.

2012-01-11 05:28

Really??? If I see one more uninformed comment on how EG was better with lurppis.... Fan boys. Lurppis is really good, but on par with the top players of the world? Unfortunately not and really wasnt ever. You think lurppis was on the top of EGs hit list when they signed him. Give me a break.... He wasnt even the third european they asked Go watch a demo or two since no one has obviously watched him play live. Then watch a irukandji demo.... Night and day difference. Side note... dboorn was a huge troll when i used to play with him for years. The guy got famous from pugging esea. He wasnt ever that good. 9 months later hes playing pro cs in NA. See a problem? Esea killed north american cs. CGS only shot it in the chest. The new breed of cs player in NA doesnt even know how to play cs. They feel a high fpr in esea=great player

2012-01-14 04:11