Evil Geniuses is one of the most well known North American eSports organizations. Today they have announced that the former Sway Gaming TF2 squad to becomes EG.TF2.
The Sway Gaming TF2 squad was left without an organization when Sway's CS 1.6 team and manager Ian "FuzzyHat" Olson moved on to EG and Sway Gaming ceased operations earlier this year. According to comments on GotFrag, it took some time from Ian and the CS players to convince EG to open up their doors to TF2.
The EG.TF2 squad is considered to be one of the top teams in the North American TF2 scene. They won the group stage in CEVO-P's previous season, but were then knocked out from the playoffs early by our European hope in CEVO, Team Dignitas. In ESEA, EG will meet Team Dynamic in the bronze game while Pandemic and compLexity face off in the final.
Official statement from the Team EG Executive Director Alex Garfield:
"The question in choosing to support an emerging title without an overwhelming competitive presence is always: can we help build the community together if we team up? Adding teams and games to a professional gaming organization should not be done frivolously. And I think this is largely the explanation for why we've waited so long to partner up with a team for this game.
But after a long period of research and investigation, I think we've found the right people not just to play under the EG tag, but also to help grow the competitive TF2 community as a whole."
Statement from the EG.TF2 team captain Daniel "destro" Schwartz:
“It's a thrill to be playing for such a prestigious organization like Evil Geniuses. Everyone is excited that such an organization decided to open its door to Team Fortress 2 and we hope this will help grow interest in the game further.
The EG.TF2 line-up:
destro - Daniel Schwartz
amr - Amrit Mallh
casey - Casey Marks
hero - Chad Holstein
yaug - Brandon Yauger
reen - Rene Escoba
pow - Nick Ortolani (backup)
cyzer - Paul Sandhu (backup)
Source: Evil Geniuses
Originally published on Cadred.org on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:21:58 +0100 by Juho Pättö.
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