![]() ![]() Despite the relationship, Twitch claims that the teams “received no preferential treatment,” during this time. In December last year, Twitch announced that both Evil Geniuses and Alliance would be breaking away to become independent, player-owned organizations. That’s not fair, you can’t possibly do this.’”įormer GoodGame founder and CEO Alex Garfield parted ways with Twitch in August 2016. At every turn, the cry would be, ‘Yeah, well you have Twitch as your owner. Because all the other companies were so incredibly uncomfortable with EG being in such a good position that it froze them. “In this situation where you do have such a huge advantage, ends up being the death of you. “And EG was put on the shelf, and kind of left to wilt.” “I’m not proud to say, but Twitch absolutely complied,” iNcontroL said. In the video, iNcontroL alleges that the acquisition had made other esports organizations uncomfortable, feeling that Evil Geniuses could receive priority treatment and advantages over rival teams on Twitch’s platform. The emote references to a time when he was growing his hair out and asked his make-up lady to gel his hair this way before hosting a podcast. 25 He is also the face of a Twitch emote called TheThing is a global Twitch emote. Twitch acquired Evil Geniuses and Alliance parent company GoodGame in December 2014, when Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was gaining popularity as an esport. iNcontroL grew popular on Twitch, garnering over 114,000 subscribers before his passing. Twitch acquired Evil Geniuses’ agency, GoodGame, in 2014. “I don’t know if it was actually written down but this is what they said: this group of people will absolutely boycott all things Twitch if EG is allowed to have a Counter-Strike team, specifically.” “Cloud9 and a few other organizations, specifically Jack from Cloud9, went to Twitch and organized a declaration basically,” iNcontroL said in his video. The team’s former Counter-Strike lineup was disbanded in January 2012, and the organization has not signed any new CS players since then.Īccording to a new video released on YouTube by former Evil Geniuses StarCraft II player Geoff “iNcontroL” Robinson, the reason for EG’s lack of a presence in CS:GO can be attributed to the events following the organization’s acquisition by Twitch (topic starts at 31 minute mark).Īs a direct result of the acquisition, rival esports teams reportedly approached Twitch and threatened to boycott the streaming platform if EG were to sign a Counter-Strike team. Esports organization Evil Geniuses has not had a Counter-Strike roster for five years. ![]()
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