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The Canadian player joined the ranks of Evil Geniuses in August 2005, by the time of the inactivity of Scott �quad� Bechdholdt. Many reports had suggested the move of the current 3D star, Griffin �shaGuar� Benger, to EG in order to take Bechdholdt's spot but in the end, both parts didn't come to an agreement and that was when Lin came in.

Shortly after joining EG, Lin helped his team achieve the bronze at the WCG Finals in 2005, whereas in 2006, the Canadian team consider the results achieved "disappointing, to say the least." The team saw the need to make some roster changes after a year that wasn't the most successful. After an internal discussion, EG decided to remove Lin from the team so that it could further in 2007.

"It always sucks to see one of your friends leave, especially after over 2 years of being on the same team and travelling around the world together. But his departure came on really good terms, and I really believe that down the line it's going to be the best move for both sides. I think both our team and jimmy needed a change, and I am pretty happy of what we were able to put together on such short notice," said Pasha "Red Dragon" Lari, player in EG.

Jimmy Lin

According to Lari, Lin plans on playing for a new team in the future, although the specific name of his new squad is still unknown.

Evil Geniuses has already chosen its new fifth player, who will be announced in the near future. The Canadian side has high hopes for its 2007 team as it believes to have "the best EG lineup ever constructed, in terms of skill, chemistry, and most importantly, work ethic."

According to Lari, the new fifth may be American or Canadian, it solely depends on who is the best piece for the team.

Evil Geniuses has already commented on the changes that may come in 2007. The team is ready to take a step toward the "evolution of eSports", namely adapting itself to the changes that will happen in the Counter-Strike scene with the DirecTV Championship Gaming Series and CSPromod.

This said, Evil Geniuses has now the following team:

Canada

Pasha "Red Dragon" Lari
Canada

Matt "bl00dsh0t" Stevenson
Canada

Robert "blackpanther" Tyndale
Canada

Ian Royle

User Comments

Title says EG removes Lari :o

its Lin .. not Lari
good luck

http://tig.hk (My Dearest Hong Kong eSports Website)

jesus ;_;

lin to complexity im sure

Good player

wasn't this announced mad long ago, and then suddenly removed?

it's either that or i have deja vu for some odd reason.

WhAT LIN iS MY HERO NOOOO

shaG to EG? :o

[b]GotFrag Features Writer[/b]

They talk about having the best lineup ever for eg. They could of cut the worst player on eg rght now, and THEN picked up there new 5th. silly

#zone6 (. .*)ittst

EG.shaGuar

#8 and #10

This comment was edited at 01/11/2007 7:09 AM

to everyone who says "lin carries EG lin carries EG": do any of you actually look past the first page of his gamesense?

if you actually LOOK at his performances vs. top teams at major, non-qualifying lan events in the past year, you'll see how OBVIOUS it is that lin is FAR from carrying EG. don't believe me? look at this, a listing of EG's lan matches vs. top teams in the past year and where lin finished on the scoareboard in each.

CPL Winter 2005:
-EG > u5 (3rd)
-EG < Begrip (4th)
-EG < g3x (last)

ESWC 2006:
-EG < aftermath (3rd)
-EG < nip (last)
-EG < 3d (first)

Intel Summer Championships 2006:
-EG < g3x (3rd)
-EG < 4K (2nd)

Digital Life 2006:
-EG < Pandemic (3rd)
-EG < Pandemic (4th)
-EG > Flow (4th)
-EG > Flow (last)
-EG > e7 (2nd)
-EG > e7 (3rd)

WCG Grand Finals 2006:
EG > NiP (first)
EG < NiP (2nd)
EG < NiP (3rd)

CPL Winter 2006:
EG < NiP (3rd)
EG < JMC (first)
EG < MYM (2nd)
EG < gameworks (2nd)

**DONT BELIEVE ME? CHECK GAMESENSE YOURSELF**

hmm... so lets see. out of all of EG's major lan matches this year against good teams (21 if am correct?), lin finished first on the scoreboard a whopping THREE times. once every SEVEN matches. yeah, REALLY carrying EG in matches that matter. beyond that lin's average place on the scoreboard comes out to be THIRD. (check it yourself). also, two of the three matches he was first in on the scoreboard eg ended up losing. so, hmm... one match out of 21 where he actually "carried" EG in a way.

so to all the idiots who keep saying that EG is dumb for letting lin go and he carries them blah blah, maybe just MAYBE eg knows what they're talking about cause its thier team.

two other things i noticed here... lin is totally avg on lan but still has great overall gamesense.. HELLO ONLINE. and also, lol, horrible year for EG, only six major lan match wins and they were vs. u5, flow (twice), e7 (twice), and nip. so basically one good win in a year lol. they really do need a roster change. better hope they get shag.

If I remember when da bears was leaving EG he was mad at Lin for not practicing enough or something like that...So maybe that is why this is happening. It did sound/look like they were under prepared for a few events.

EG got the bronze in WCG '05, not the silver.

#12 if we LOOK at the statistics in your "mathematical" way,
3 first + 3 last = 0
5 2nd + 3 4th = 2nd wins
=> the average of games being one the top 2 players > the average of games being of the last 2 players. This means that EG needs to drop two other players "worst" before taking Lin out.

Frag statistics doesn't reflect people's skill cause killing a full team when they are eco is much easier than killing 2 people in a normal round.

Stop looking at statistics, Lin was the only guy "for me" in EG capable of making a difference against great players when it comes to skill.

AYM

haha gj cutting your best player.

dont believe Lin will join coL :|

I swear to god Lin was their best player.. but oh well..

G_G

damn

they shoulda cut royle

"Me fail english? That's umpossable"

coL.Lin ???!!!!!!!!

eg.ali

HF in source -_-

"sit on your hand for a few hours till you dont feel it anymore, then use it, pwns" -Lango

EG.Sunman?

EG.aliche i think

yeah. EG.Grubby

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Not LiN!!
:( :(

lol, make your best team by cuttin your best player. makes sense to me!

i like to use the deagle.

sunman to EG

http://jeffreychantin.com

#28 and #16 have it

EG DiegOx

Garret to EG and this is true :)

This comment was edited at 01/11/2007 9:35 AM

Best EG lineup was

bloodshot
lin
shaguar
red dragon
blackpanther

dont see how they are going to do better than that but gl to EG and im sure jimmy lin will have no trouble finding a top tier team.

IM A KIXER FAN

tr1p? sunman? shaGuar?

#teatime.no

eg wont do anything better without lin.

errrrrrrr o.O

shaguar to eg~

I've never scrimmed DoD but if you offer me a spot on your team, I guarantee I'll make you look pro!

#28 i'm pretty sure stevenson > lin but you're entitled to your opinion.

and i think it's made blatantly obvious that lin is going to col.

JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY

make your best team by cuttin your best player

TEnder surrender

totally EG.moofer

cole
blackpanther
stevenson
royle
shaguar
rape.

#38 i'd give you that on consistancy, stevenson edges out lin by a little bit. but when lin went big in a game, which he did often, he went bigger than any member of EG.

I was being sarcastic with my previous comment too. It was blatantly obvious something just wasnt working for them. This is the change they want, so wish them luck and lets see who they pick up.