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Twitch Releases Ownership of Evil Geniuses and Alliance, ppd Ups To CEO

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Last weekend, Twitch announced that they were divesting all of their stake from Evil Geniuses (EG) and Alliance, and no longer had control over the organization. esports from America and Sweden. This means that EG and Alliance are now completely player-owned and managed organizations.

Evil Geniuses and Alliance were originally organizations owned by the GoodGame Agency (GGA). In 2021, Twitch then acquired GGA, as well as ownership of both teams. Then in August 2021, Alex Garfield the founder of GGA quit Twitch a few days before Twitch shut down GGA in its entirety. All of GGA’s employees went on to work for Twitch, and EG and the Alliance, were directly under Twitch.

This decision is something that has been planned by both parties. In a statement on the EG website, Kevin Lin as Twitch COO stated that Twitch from the beginning wanted the two teams to operate independently and not get any interference from the site. streaming the. The vision finally materialized after two years later.

In the future, Twitch will continue to work closely with EG and Alliance as one of the sponsors. However, they no longer control management matters such as contracts and other important decisions.

Following the news, former EG player Peter “ppd” Dager was promoted to CEO of Evil Geniuses. While two veteran players Jonathan “Loda” Berg and Joakim “Akke” Akterhall will be co-owner aka the Alliance team owner. The three of them will manage their respective organizations, starting from the team to brand.

Neither EG nor Alliance are the first teams to be managed entirely by players. Several teams, such as Tempo Storm, Team Secret, OG, and Astralis, were founded and managed by players from the start. But even if you don’t have to bother building infrastructure, models, and brand organizations from scratch, whether ppd, Loda, or Akke must directly manage not only the team Dota 2 which is their origin, but also the team belonging to the branch esports other. All the best for the three of them

Branch esports which Evil Geniuses followed:

  • Dota 2 (Arteezy, Suma1L, Universe, Zai, Cr1t, Fear)
  • Street Fighter (Choco Blanka, JWong, K-Brad, Momochi, PR Balrog, Ricki Ortiz)
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee (PPMD) – inactive
  • Hello (Lunchbox, Roy, Towey)
  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Havok, StuDyy, Nagafen, Nameless)
  • Starcraft 2 (iNcontrol, HuK)

Branch esports Alliance follows:

  • Dota 2 (Loda, Limmp, Jonassomfan, EGM, Handsken)
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee (Fleet, Android)
  • Hearthstone (Orange, Ostkaka)

Main image source: The Score Esports

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