Rumor: Gabbi may come to Evil Geniuses
Ihor MatusPro player and coach Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho made a succinct yet highly informative Twitter post, saying that Evil Geniuses could sign a new player. If his information turns out to be correct, then Evil Geniuses are again looking towards Southeast Asia. This time from there the carry can come from there, playing recently in TNC Predator. Together with the latter, by the way, he managed to win the first Major tournament of the 2019/2020 season, MDL Chengdu Major 2019, and the main reward then amounted to $ 300,000.
Kim 'Gabbi' Villafuerte joined TNC Predator on September 6, 2018 and ended his partnership with the club 3 years later, on September 15, 2021. In the period from 2018 to 2021, the esportsman achieved all of his most high-profile achievements. He won tournaments such as ESL One Hamburg 2019, MDL Chengdu Major 2019, ESL One Thailand 2020: Asia, Asia Pacific Predator League 2019, World Electronic Sports Games 2018 and others. For the victory at WESG 2018, by the way, the team earned half a million dollars. In 2019, the player competed with his teammates at The International 9 and took 9-12 place there, thereby earning $ 686,600.
Evil Geniuses and Gabbi fans are already in discussions about what could happen with EG. Gabbi plays the carry position that Arteezy currently plays in the ranks of Evil Geniuses. They disagree with this change, as Artur 'Arteezy' Babaev has been EG's ambassador for five long years.
Neither Gabbi, management, nor Arteezy have commented on the rumor yet.
EG already has two representatives from the Southeast Asia region: Daryl Koh 'iceiceice' Pei Xiang from Singapore and Filipino Abed 'Abed' Yusop. With that in mind, Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho's story seems plausible enough.
At the recently concluded The International 10, Evil Geniuses did not perform well. The team finished 9-12 and received a reward of $ 800,400.
Possible Evil Geniuses line-up:
- Arthur 'Arteezy' Babaev (?)
- Kim 'Gabbi' Villafuerte (?)
- Abed 'Abed' Yusop
- Daryl Koh 'iceiceice' Pei Xiang
- Andreas 'Cr1t-' Nielsen
- Tal 'Fly' Aizik