Evil Geniuses und Ilyes ‚Stephano‘ Satouri gehen ab sofort getrennte Wege

Am heutigen Donnerstag, den 15. Mai 2014, gab der Geschäftsführer Alex Garfield des Profiteams Evil Geniuses bekannt, dass der europäische König Ilyes ‚Stephano‘ Satouri nun entgültig das Team verlassen würde. Stephano ging im August des letzten Jahres in die Inaktivität und verließ EG. Vor wenigen Tagen kam er zurück und erreichte, obwohl er sehr wenig trainierte, die Premier League der World Championship Series, dort scheiterte er aber gegen die Europäer in Gruppe A. Stephano möchte nun in verschiedenen Meltdowns in Europa arbeiten, dort kommt er in direkten Kontakt zu den Zuschauern und Fans von vielen unterschiedlichen Spielen. Evil Geniuses wünscht dem 21-Jährigen viel Erfolg auf seinem weiteren Weg. Auch das Team von escene.de wünscht Stephano viel Glück in Zukunft.

Alex Garfield – Geschäftsführer Evil Geniuses

Today is a little bit of a sad day for us, but it is also a day of reflection and appreciation.

Today, we’re saying goodbye to Ilyes „Stephano“ Satouri, one of our organization’s favorite StarCraft players – someone whom we both respect and have genuine appreciation for as a person.  Ilyes and the EG organization have parted ways, and going forward he will be working with Meltdown.  For those who don’t already know, Meltdown is a unique eSports event company led by Sophia Metz, who has a very exciting vision for where she wants to take things.

While today we are parting ways with a player we have much affection for, EG really doesn’t have much to complain about or lament in this situation.  Ilyes at times may have shown the propensity to inspire some controversy, but overall, we have had a wonderful time with him on the team, and we are grateful for it.  From the very start of his tenure with EG, Ilyes brought a unique combination of winning and humor that everyone in our organization appreciated.  In my career, I can’t say I’ve come across another player who accomplished so much while also managing to not take this whole „eSports“ thing too seriously.  It’s refreshing to work with someone like that.

I can say with confidence that Stephano will be in good hands going forward.  In the past several weeks as the details of Ilyes‘ future were finalized, I have had the opportunity to speak at length with Sophia from Meltdown, and I’ve been both encouraged and impressed by what she’s had to say.  Given its roots in French eSports and its close relationship with its community, I think Meltdown is actually a great fit for Ilyes, and I’m sure he’ll be very happy there.

As far as EG’s future with Stephano and StarCraft 2, we’re keeping the book open.  While there are a lot of exciting things going on in eSports right now, we have not lost our focus on StarCraft 2.  It remains one of our pillars, especially as we get closer and closer to Legacy of the Void.  And as for Ilyes specifically, we’d love to work with him again in the future if the opportunity comes up.