tarik departs Evil Geniuses

4/1/2022 - 19:34

The American is out of the organization following eight months on the bench.

Evil Geniuses have announced that Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik is no longer a part of the organization, bringing to an end the cooperation that lasted over two years. The 25-year-old player joined Evil Geniuses in 2019 when the former NRG lineup was acquired and won five titles with the squad before stepping down in April of 2021.

tarik won five titles with EG, including IEM New York

tarik's journey with Evil Geniuses started with a bang as the North American lineup lifted the ESL One New York 2019 trophy on home soil before going to win StarSeries i-League Season 8 a month later, reaching the No. 1 spot in the world ranking off the back of it.

The team's form dropped off in the first half of 2020 only for a resurgence to follow in the summer as they won the North American BLAST Premier Spring, cs_summit 6, and ESL One Cologne tournaments during the online era.

The struggles that followed for Evil Geniuses and tarik were hard to foresee, the once-elite team dropped out of the top 10 by the start of 2021 and chained early tournament exits that led to tarik's departure in April.

While the "Content King" focused on streaming for the past eight months, the team continued to underperform, leading to a massive overhaul that has started with the signing of former G2 tactician Damien "⁠maLeK⁠" Marcel as the new head coach.

2022-01-04 19:35

43 replies

EG with tarik: top 1 in the world EG no tarik: lose and disband Ez for legend tarik

2022-01-04 19:36

39 replies

tarik 1 major eg 0

2022-01-04 19:38

33 replies

2022-01-04 19:39

3 replies

no turok and no ethan = 0 titles

2022-01-04 20:02

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sadly Brehze couldn't carry enough

2022-01-04 23:53

1 reply

2022-01-05 06:44

2022-01-04 20:15

Did not deserve the major, but history isnt always the way it should be

2022-01-04 20:53

25 replies

expected from both flag and flair

2022-01-04 21:22

13 replies

Shut up yankee

2022-01-04 22:29

9 replies

staying true to name i see

2022-01-04 23:11

7 replies

#147

2022-01-04 23:14

6 replies

#53

2022-01-04 23:15

5 replies

#146

2022-01-04 23:18

4 replies

+1 #117 ;)

2022-01-04 23:19

#164

2022-01-04 23:20

Norway cs LUL

2022-01-05 01:56

rain vs 5 is their best team i guess

2022-01-05 06:18

nice alt

He is right though. As much as I loved seeing liquid take home the major, it was a fluke. But then again - who says you can’t be the deserved winner just once…

2022-01-04 23:10

yeah liquid won a major

2022-01-04 23:45

ofc sick final against reneGODS

2022-01-05 13:55

well while I agree c9 weren't the best team, FaZe did choke massively and SK had to play 2 matches in the same day, they would've won against c9 and FaZe if they didn't

2022-01-04 21:24

Dum logic 0/8 bait

2022-01-04 21:41

hltv.org/matches/2318613/sk-vs-faze-elea.. check h2h FaZe freguês wins only bo1

2022-01-04 21:45

Faze good becaause godz is joining the team!

2022-01-04 21:47

agree but didn't ask + prime fer better

2022-01-04 21:48

Botr was trash omegalulz

2022-01-04 21:53

hltv.org/stats/players/8564/fer?startDat.. but you're baiting so whatever

2022-01-04 21:55

hltv.org/stats/players/8564/fer?startDat.. ÄLMAOO HE IS TRASH!

2022-01-04 22:00

youtube.com/watch?v=uyAQyEgKCxI

2022-01-04 22:01

Literally everything checks out. The trifecta!

2022-01-05 23:22

Flair checks out.

2022-01-05 04:46

which they stolen with the help of audience.

2022-01-05 00:38

2022-01-05 02:11

-tarik +stewie tho

2022-01-04 19:44

i want both in the lineup LMAO but sad but true!

2022-01-04 19:48

no turok no major EZ FOR THE CONTENT MEISTER

2022-01-05 04:52

top what in the world?

2022-01-05 07:30

+1 The one and only Major MVP from NA.

2022-01-04 19:59

*turkey

2022-01-04 20:54

#116

2022-01-05 00:19

Sad

but WHO?

The Cereal Killer

2022-01-04 21:03

the content king

2022-01-04 23:58

the cerebral killer

2022-01-05 15:59

Wondering what's next for tarik.

21 replies

Valorant maybe?

2022-01-04 19:37

Considering the amount of Valorant he has been playing it seems like a very possible option.

hes not going pro anytime soon, and he said on stream if he wants to go pro again it will be for cs

2022-01-04 19:43

He’s sad many times on stream he’s been offered positions on T1 Valo teams, so I would guess not but who knows

2022-01-04 21:33

Stream for a few more years while fading into irrelevance, probably. Would love to see him return but he doesn’t seem to have as much passion for cs and would rather play other games like valulrant

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True that.

I mean mans averaging a couple thousand viewers at any time. He will def not "fade into irrelevance"

2022-01-04 19:49

have you hear anything about ninja the last two years? he averaged a shit ton of viewers

2022-01-04 19:53

What made ninja drop off was the mixer thing + fortnite not being as popular. As people lost interest in Fortnite they also lost interest in ninja.

2022-01-04 20:22

Yeah, have you heard of Shroud? He went to mixer, came back and averages tens of thousands of views. Ninja blew up due to fortnite. The only reason anyone watched him was fortnite. Do you see anyone over the age of 12 liking Ninja? No? As kids lost interest in fortnire, and as the man stopped playing it. He gradually had fewer and fewer viewers.

Hi, it's been a long time since the last time I saw you

2022-01-04 21:44

you're wrong

2022-01-05 10:25

Tarik is wayyyyy funnier than Ninja is. Not a great comparison.

2022-01-04 23:02

Ninja is one of the most unlikeable and annoying human beings in existence. There's no chance he would ever be popular with adults and non-fortnite players.

2022-01-04 23:48

lol XQC go brrrrrr

2022-01-05 05:19

when he streams valorant he gets over 10k viewers, and he's been growing he's just a better shroud

2022-01-04 20:23

He did say if he were gonna go pro again it would be in CS. I think the reason he streams a lot of Val because in NA. It’s the trendy game to play if you’re a streamer. Remember when Fortnite was the trend game to play one time. He just has a big following with all the kids who watch Valorant now. The Fortnite gen, it’s just easy money and subs.

2022-01-04 20:36

Valorant with pokimane

streaming valorant and watching val majors

He says he's enjoying streaming for now, and he's gonna continue doing that until its getting boring. If and once he's done streaming full time he would probably go pro in Valorant. He said on stream that he has offers from val orgs but wants to stream for now.

2022-01-04 19:46

he has said he wants to continue streaming for now, that it feels better than playing competitive valorant for example, plus it's easier money since he has been averaging good numbers on his streams

2022-01-05 17:02

he was still on EG?

easiest money

2022-01-04 19:57

You still get money if you get benched?

2022-01-04 22:03

Of course. You have a contract with the organisation

2022-01-04 22:44

Yes, probably less though.

2022-01-04 22:57

if he is under contract, so yes, but there's contracts that specify less money if you benched

2022-01-04 23:07

You can get a content creator role maybe

2022-01-05 04:12

Time to rejoin FalleN

wtf

LEGEND

TUROK

#RIPBOZO

0/8

2022-01-04 21:42

2022-01-05 00:02

he will go valorant

he will stream forever most likely

nooooooooo

wow, i forgot he was on that team

gl GOAT

edit first sentence please

contract gone lol

wow, unexpected

tarik to valorant ? rip

tarik to streamer

2022-01-04 21:01

rip career

Wtf c9 super team reunion gone

atleast tarik got 8 months of bench pay whilst streaming, he deserved that :)

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+1 Bloodsuckers as usual😆

2022-01-04 19:41

nice name fratello, are you watching S5?

2022-01-05 10:49

already watched :'(

2022-01-05 10:56

whole season??? how?? in germany only first 2 episodes are out :(

2022-01-05 14:27

on sky documentaries they release all season last week

2022-01-05 14:50

is it eu channel or na channel? i have some semi legit sky acc, so cant watch every channel xd

2022-01-05 15:03

uk/ita/ger I think. u could also DL the rest of the eps online tbh too

2022-01-05 15:10

nice, ima check it out, thx. the receiver where the download lands is not in my possession tho, so im not sure if it works xd

2022-01-05 15:17

goat

Damn, Content King.

2022-01-04 19:40

Tarik the legend. I will miss him

Welcome G2 Tarik

A walking W

Dark times for my NA brothers

Siu

GO TO EF

I Love tarik as a person and competitor but seeing him enjoy streaming and actually pull fans is a great thing to see for me tbh glad he is happy.

Was a huge fan of his streams ~5/6 years ago. He and shroud were the only quality streamers in the morning /eu time :D

I didn't even know he was still in EG lol

thx for everything tarik i will never forget the overpass spray

how could you nooooooooo

2022-01-04 20:16

that was only one of many tarik classics...

2022-01-05 00:05

True. A lot of clip when he spray like a Chad with galil and famas. Sheesh

2022-01-05 01:58

If he has cs version of art of whiffing video, rip. Dude will get a spotlight appearance for more than an hour.

2022-01-05 02:34

Goodbye, Legend.

2022-01-04 19:42

wait what he is washed up at 25?

Tarik going to Valulrante. Ok jokes aside, thanks for the memories Tarik. People really forgets you are a major winner.

Miss watching him play, maybe he could pull a TACO and go IGL a t2 NA project.

the king of content

unexpected

sad

2022-01-04 19:45

Damn

sadge

vaLULrant?

going pro in VALORANT kek

2022-01-04 19:47

Probably going to transition to full-time streamer. He is making bank atm for sure.

2022-01-05 08:57

eg with tarik were top 1 team, never happens again tho

expected

Welcome to

Typical NA player. 25 years old and career dead. NA players are such a good investments =)

few great players from 2016-18 are still around. Compare top 20 in 2018 to the top 20 in 2021. tho NA players do have a shorter lifespan tbf.

2022-01-04 19:56

Wtf, I thought he had switched to Valorant several months ago

2022-01-04 19:55

CS will miss him. -_-

Top 1 player

tarik_1_major_mvp_zywoo_0_major_mvp never forgetti

I checked his Liquidpedia and relized he is only 25 , thought he was way older lmao. Didn't know that CS pro can become washed-up, lost motivation at the age of 25, S1mple only 1 year younger than him btw :))

you forgot kjaerbye.

2022-01-05 04:54

Kjaerbye won major at 18 was washed at 20 so your comment is irrelevant

2022-01-05 05:23

Not washed. He could've still played t1 easily had he found the right team, he just lost passion for playing the game competitively.

2022-01-05 08:59

Sadge

damn 8 months of free money

2022-01-04 19:58

30k a month salary+30k a month streaming money :)) ez life :))

2022-01-04 20:00

not really, tarik did sponsored streams for EG and its sponsors on his stream , and considering he had avg 10k viewers EG definitely made most of it back

2022-01-04 20:05

stew and auti join EG and tarik leaves. Sadge

Nice gl

tarik 1 major eg 0 major ez for tarik

2022-01-04 20:03

WE WILL MISS YOU TARIK

GOOD LUCK TARIK

This isnt even cs news tbh, isnt he a valorant streamer

2022-01-04 20:13

rip peanut brain :(

2022-01-04 20:18

best player Turok

2022-01-04 20:19

2022-01-04 20:20

Cloud9 with Stewie2k

Oh no! Anyway...

2022-01-04 20:24

It's fine since he's shifted to content creator now, But i really want him to see him back in pro scene(which he mostly won't do)

2022-01-04 20:31

Legend

2022-01-04 20:34

doglorant inc

2022-01-04 20:38

He said if he were going to go pro again it would be in CS but he is dedicated to streaming right now. Hate his new fan base though. Bunch of Fortnite gens.

2022-01-04 20:43

Content king 👑

2022-01-04 20:48

expected and good luck to the future!

2022-01-04 20:49

bay bay

2022-01-04 20:56

Didn't realize he was still there, tbf

STOP FUCKING FLASHINGGGGGGGGGG

2022-01-04 21:08

Can't believe tarik won't be joining Stewie and Auti.. wtf?!

2022-01-04 21:14

He's making so much money streaming

2022-01-04 23:51

was really hoping to see Stew and Tarik reunite in EG :( the energy of the two has always been insane

2022-01-04 21:18

what exactly were u hoping to see when they reunited? The team finish in the bottom 4 every tournament? Mediocre practice schedule? Streaming valorant when they should be practicing csgo? I dont see what u could possibly be looking forward to...its weird

2022-01-05 07:23

2022-01-04 21:28

TUROK GOAT

2022-01-04 23:00

announce the fucking roster

in b4 he leaves cs to go play valorant in 100Thieves

2022-01-04 21:34

Imagine not playing for 8 months and still earn tons of money

2022-01-04 21:37

Kek

2022-01-04 21:39

2 years MORAL

2022-01-04 22:15

LULorant

2022-01-04 22:20

peanut brain

2022-01-04 22:23

Sign Bntet

2022-01-04 22:43

turok>all

2022-01-04 23:13

the gears are turning

Gonna cry?

naw

Turok for eternal fire

2022-01-05 00:20

He's going to be an analyst (Not a coach) for Liquid. Easy money to read other teams and point out your own team's faults.

2022-01-05 00:24

Cerq, ur aim sucks Brehze please be smarter if u want to outplay someone Some points like that?

2022-01-05 03:03

Pog

2022-01-05 01:12

Its gonna be a lot of time watching tarik play valorant and other games, also watch party valorant/CSGO tournaments. It always fun on his stream. GL further turok!

2022-01-05 02:00

Tarik is amazing and really has a good personality, I wish him nothing but the best in his future #Content King.

2022-01-05 02:29

Liquid tarik ? xD

2022-01-05 02:33

Goodbye legend😪

2022-01-05 02:39

goodbye king :<

2022-01-05 02:44

VALORANT :(

2022-01-05 03:40

stupid by him to switch to valorant where EU and SEA dominates in that game i think from last CHAMPIONS. NA valorant is going downhill compare to CS where they just beat NAVI before disband LUL

2022-01-05 04:17

hes not switching tho. Hes streaming and he's like one of the biggest valorant streamers rn

2022-01-05 04:21

doubt he will play valorant for fun now since he free agent if any team pick him up he will play valorant lcq since he look so serious now in his stream. still valorant will be dominates by EU and SEA or aguero team

2022-01-05 04:35

to Liquid ? or VaLULrant?

2022-01-05 05:24

good riddance. nobody should pick him up, hes so bad now, dude cant even get free exit frag.

2022-01-05 05:57

Content King <3

2022-01-05 06:27

finally the other paycheck stealer leaves the team, now without the most unprofessional player, ethan, and now tarik, maybe EG can build a new roster.

2022-01-05 06:31

tarik 1 major niko 0 major tarik 1 major ropz 0 major tarik 1 major karrigan 0 major tarik 1 major zywoo 0 major tarik 1 major elige 0 major

2022-01-05 07:03

tarik 1 fluke major

2022-01-05 17:28

damn that was perhaps his last chance to stay in an NA org in the long term had he been in malek's roster... and now he's going to valorant streaming :(

2022-01-05 07:08

lol wtf tarik was still getting paid to play? holy shit...what a waste

2022-01-05 07:16

If he goes to Valorant NA CS won't be the same... :(

2022-01-05 07:27

wauw i totally forgot about this guy, what is he up to nowadays? last time i saw his stream a few months ago he was pugging with stew and m0e

2022-01-05 08:31

welcome to retirement valorant lul

2022-01-05 08:48

Tarik seems to be really enjoying Valorant though. He's always been a streamer and I don't think he'd be interested in grinding CS on a tactical level for hours and hours anymore. All the best to Tarik. Hope for more great content <3

2022-01-05 08:53

I don't watch vaLULrant but he is still content king even on vaLULrant, funny af

2022-01-05 11:26