Aui_2000, BuLba Rejoin Evil Geniuses
With the trade deadline just about over, Evil Geniuses (EG) has announced that that Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling and Sam “BuLba” Sosale have rejoined their team team, following the departure of Saahil “Universe” Arora and Artour “Arteezy” Babaev earlier this week.
Evil Geniuses announces changes to its @DOTA2 roster. Read more here: https://t.co/LZBPOrR89y pic.twitter.com/B1s8DoAmZe
— Evil Geniuses (@EvilGeniuses) March 25, 2016
In a statement posted on their official website, EG team captain Peter “ppd” Dager welcomed Aui_2000 and BulBa back to the team. “I am confident that with this roster we have a real shot at winning upcoming tournaments and TI6,” he said.
The EG team captain also thanked the efforts of Universe, who played with the EG squad since 2013.
Aui_2000 was a member of the EG roster that won TI5, before being dropped by the team just days after the tournament concluded. Aui_2000 then joined Digital Chaos.
BuLba previously played for the team for a few months in 2012.
Their departure has caused Digital Chaos to dissolve.
In a video posted to his personal YouTube channel, Aui_2000 described that his decision to rejoin EG was “incredibly hard.”
“After being given the opportunity to play with ppd, Fear and SumaiL again, I tried to imagine who I’d be standing beside holding the Aegis at TI 6, and it was these guys,” he said in the video.
The new EG line-up comes after Arteezy and Universe announced that they were leaving EG for Team Secret last Tuesday. Their departure came with just four days left before the roster lock-in deadline.
With Aui_2000 and BuLba joining the team, EG will be composed of the following players:
- Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling
- Sam “BuLba” Sosale
- Syed Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan
- Clinton “Fear” Loomis
- Peter “ppd” Dager
Aui_2000 will reportedly play the Position 1 core player role, while BuLba will take the offlane role that Universe vacated. All other positions and roles on the team will be left unchanged.
Photo by Monster Gaming on Twitter.
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