wiz promoted to Evil Geniuses

15/1/2023 - 19:19

The 21-year-old will debut at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups.

Evil Geniuses have announced that Jerric "⁠wiz⁠" Jiang, previously of EG Black, will take up AWPing duties for the squad beginning with BLAST Premier Spring Groups. The news comes not long after Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov ended his three-year stint with the organisation.

wiz's form for EG Black earned him a call-up to the main roster

Evil Geniuses revamped their squad mid-way through last year after a consistent period of underwhelming performances dating back to the end of 2021. Whilst the changes brought about an improvement in the team's form, as evidenced by the fact they avoided finishing joint-last in ESL Pro League for the first time in multiple attempts, they failed to make much headway at the IEM Rio Major or make it through the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown.

CeRq leaves Evil Geniuses

Their newly-promoted player wiz spent the latter half of 2022 playing for EG Black, having built his name in the North American scene playing for RBG and briefly Carpe Diem. The young AWPer performed admirably during his time with EG Black, posting a healthy 1.14 rating and an impressive +286 kill differential.

Evil Geniuses will debut their new AWPer on Thursday January 19 as they kick off their BLAST Premier Spring Groups campaign against Heroic. That match will take place at 15:00 , and you can catch the action on the BLAST Premier Twitch channel.

Evil Geniuses are now:

Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta
Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte
Sanzhar "⁠neaLaN⁠" Iskhakov
Jadan "⁠HexT⁠" Postma
Jerric "⁠wiz⁠" Jiang

Daniel "⁠Vorborg⁠" Vorborg (coach)

Pog

2023-01-15 19:19

1 reply

WIZ CANNON

2023-01-15 19:59

I share your thoughts on this being just an ok move. tbh 30 yo talent pawn would have excited me more.

2023-01-15 22:04

EG continue to be mediocre

2023-01-15 19:20

4 replies

The guy do have talent though. You would have to except that he will perform at a level similarly to Hallzerk which isn’t spectacular but not bad either. So yes they will continue to be mediocre but they might finally have enough quality to go for a deep run or two

2023-01-15 20:19

3 replies

Deep run i a cashcup maybe in US

2023-01-16 00:17

Wiz is much worse than Hallzerk

2023-01-16 07:21

would be very much a stretch to compare him with hallzerk

2023-01-16 12:01

Nice

better than cerq

it hasn't been a compliment for like 2-3 years

Probably same or even worse. Cerq had 1,11 rating in last RMR too

2023-01-15 22:29

Cerq movement god

2023-01-16 14:56

This just in: Evil Geniuses player promoted to Evil Geniuses.

xdd

2023-01-15 19:26

-hexT please EG then NA asian team will be complete

2023-01-15 19:21

+stew

2023-01-15 21:01

2 replies

helllll no

2023-01-17 17:31

Asian eg needs sto

2023-01-17 20:00

nice

I really like this guy, he is actually rather talented. Goodluck

2023-01-15 19:22

Is he any good?

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He's been smurfing on NA teams in EG Black but he was mediocre on RBG before that and since he's untested against top tier opposition there's no way to know for sure if his numbers will hold up at all. He'll probably play better than CeRq tho, and he has the potential to be a great AWPer

2023-01-15 19:34

6 replies

There is no way to tell, jeorge should be on the main roster because at the very least he did super good at the RMR, which is lan and against brazil teams. HexT is probably on the chopping block and wiz probalby won't last long if he can't do anything on lan.

2023-01-15 19:50

5 replies

i’d like jeorge to be on this main roster also. then maybe with time they can grow to a upper level team with hard work

2023-01-15 20:59

hexT is an entry he isnt going to have the best stats all the time and he provides more to the team than his stats he provide vibes as well for the team

2023-01-15 22:20

lol

2023-01-16 00:25

vibes lmao

2023-01-16 05:15

All I'm saying is put my boy pwn in there, 30 yearold talent

2023-01-16 05:28

Imo better than Cerq, but they still won't be winning any tournaments

2023-01-15 19:43

At this point i think that they're happy if they manage to get into playoffs

2023-01-15 20:43

I think they'll be T2 competitive, but they'll still be last in their partner leagues. Maybe they'll make legends at a major or do decent at EPL with the new system (and by decent, I mean not last lol)

2023-01-15 22:32

IMO they could be a more competetive team if they benched hext and promoted jeorge and if things don't go as planned with wiz they could try to sign mantuu.

2023-01-15 22:44

Yeah I agree, especially ab mantuu. I think the jeorge one is kinda a risk. Hext's first international lan was Blast groups in August. He's had less than 4 months of international competition. And like, jeorge has had an excellent year, but Hext was stomping people in NA ECL too before he got promoted. I think hext should have another season or EG should go international for that role

2023-01-16 00:24

now promote jeorge and kick hext

2023-01-15 19:23

10 replies

no sign tenz asia superteam

2023-01-15 19:32

ewww Tenz was awful in CS

2023-01-15 19:41

ew 0/8 take

2023-01-15 21:14

sign XEPPA

2023-01-15 21:50

yes

2023-01-16 09:15

fr give jeorge a chance

2023-01-15 19:47

cant be worse

2023-01-15 21:04

putting auti on the awp is a waste of his rifling skills

2023-01-15 22:30

Why would they have to put him on the awp? AFAIK jeorge is a rifler.

2023-01-15 22:45

yes jeorge is a rifler and plays basically auti roles so make auti awp and promoting jeorge is a waste of auti rifling skill since someone going to have to awp

2023-01-16 11:51

Funfact: Brezhe and autimatic have the exact same amount of maps played:o

WHEN JUNIOR IS AVAILABLE????

2023-01-15 19:25

Wait for another 11.11

2023-01-15 21:22

This team looks so ass, would propably lose in ESEA cash cup

2023-01-15 19:27

😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴 Honestly EG is a t3 org in t1 clothing These moves give me nothing

2023-01-15 19:28

Big also tier 3

i Agree with Big being not Tier 1 but they cant be the same tier. Big has to be a tier over EG. So EG maybe tier 4 or BIG tier 2?

2023-01-15 19:40

Big tier 2 and EG tier 4

2023-01-15 19:44

Fair

Huge big fan here I agree

2023-01-15 20:05

well hext is still on the team?

2023-01-15 19:30

Where is woxic going then

maybe TSM?

2023-01-15 22:10

he will have to wait for summer break then

2023-01-16 00:41

Asian team 4+1

2023-01-15 19:36

new paycheck stealer incoming?

flat 1.0 rating monster

how does he even see

2023-01-15 19:39

EG is a Joke

One of the few smart moves EG has made. However, their Blueprint Project is still over-ambitious and doesn't make them unique in a good way. It's un-necessary spending that could be put towards T1/T2 NA players or Tier 1/2 EU / Asian / AU/NZ players.

there is absolutely no fucking way theyre promoting wiz when woxic and mantuu are free agents

EG is probably broke from their terrible spending habits. They bought 2 of NA's best Tier 2 teams, but made them worse lol.

brother, i really doubt woxic would ask for a crazy salary (EG most likely already pay their garbage players as much as EF paid woxic)

w0xic has a toxic / difficult person to deal with on Mouz to C9, guy was making 1 million a year in c9 which is so much money in turkey and was like nah i don't want to move to NA and im sure some other things just threw away retirement money right there. It was a waste of everyones time.

That was a braindead move on his end, he could be set for life rn if he stayed

2023-01-15 20:16

correction wasnt for 1 year i think it was commited to multi years but we all know how people make roster changes all the time as the team eventually disbanded. He was making 30k USD though reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/jb..

2023-01-15 20:24

Bro had the opportunity of a lifetime and he blew it just to stay in turkey and eat k****s. Unbelievable. Also C9 spending that much money on that awful roster who was losing in pinnacle cups to tier 3 teams is hilarious

2023-01-15 20:44

wizard

tier12 team

2023-01-15 19:54

Whiffz

2023-01-15 19:58

i thought woxic will come

2023-01-15 20:00

I hope he does well. He's surprisingly doing well in EG Black after players like clasia, and hext left. Hope he doesn't disappoint.

2023-01-15 20:07

1.00 god

2023-01-15 20:33

Read the article

Read still see 1.00 talent

2023-01-15 21:30

Can't be worse than cerq at least. Nobody expects much from him, but let's see if he delivers

2023-01-15 20:14

As a german I have to ask: Ist das ein Wiz?

2023-01-15 20:15

Ich glaube nicht

2023-01-16 07:53

i dont think its upgrade XD

Should be Jorge. Anyway now they can kick Hext and take Konfig

2023-01-15 20:21

Why not just kick hext and take jeorge?

2023-01-15 20:50

he is awp isn't he?

2023-01-15 21:13

No he's a rifler

I'm fucking lovin it keep em. Coming NA talent on the riiieeehhhsssee

2023-01-15 20:32

WIZ GOD

2023-01-15 20:36

no idisbalance(

2023-01-15 20:41

Genuises??

EG best Asian team Pog

2023-01-15 20:54

this guy has talent and considering how much dead weight they lost with cerq he could bring some fresh wind to the squad. EG finally seems to be heading into the right direction.

2023-01-15 20:56

2023-01-15 21:06

he looks like he comes from valorant lmao

RiP EG. Wiz Khalifa gonna be worse than CeRq in bad form

2023-01-15 21:07

tier3

2023-01-15 21:19

Hey @HLTV, there is a small typo in the title (Genuises -> Geniuses) :-)

Gosh golly who would have seen this coming 😲😲

2023-01-15 21:52

great for him but EG will have absolute ZERO chance vs a EU tier 1 team

2023-01-15 21:58

They didn't with cerq either

2023-01-15 22:34

tier3 awp player

2023-01-15 22:13

Top 20

Lool where botxic fans

Probably no EU awper wanted to join such joke of a team thats why they took random guy from their academy? Because this move doesn't make any sense.

2023-01-15 22:36

Or maybe because they're an NA team trying to develop the region????

2023-01-16 01:55

Keep wasting money, u got plenty, so wtv...

2023-01-15 23:06

Should have promoted pwnalone

2023-01-15 23:09

2023-01-16 18:25

2023-01-17 13:47

PWNalone better choice hes 31 hes gonna die soon :(

2023-01-15 23:12

EG w0xic would better

2023-01-15 23:13

Stanislaw on igl will be great no ?

2023-01-15 23:39

Well deserved, all we need now is Walco

2023-01-15 23:41

gl, don’t fall apart like junior

2023-01-15 23:58

imo needs time but still better than young talent cerq

Best NA awper

2023-01-16 00:29

Let's go wiz!

2023-01-16 00:34

Cerq been washed for so long anything is an upgrade. Good luck wiz

2023-01-16 01:14

not much of an improvement at all...the team has money for better players but i guess no one wants to play for them...i can see why...

2023-01-16 01:24

GL but I doubt he’ll help much

2023-01-16 02:27

-hext +consti full asian comp

2023-01-16 04:41

4/5 asians is good and all we need to do is just kick hext

2023-01-16 05:25

Now -HexT +jeorgesnorts/cynic and they might actually win something

2023-01-16 06:46

Congrats, you are now promoted to fail!

2023-01-16 07:13

This guy was a medicore awper in t3 na CS lmfao what is eg doing

2023-01-16 08:08

NEXT GOD2K

2023-01-16 08:32

Good luck wiz!

2023-01-16 08:46

Why settle for wiz. It’s like they are completely ok with staying the same

2023-01-16 13:35

Uiz or viz the right pronunciation?

2023-01-16 14:20

EG never gonna come back

2023-01-16 15:38

Don’t ask this man to wink plz

2023-01-16 18:36

LETS GO WIZ

2023-01-17 02:08