Evil Genuises use GPK as standin for Omega League

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Evil Geniuses will be playing in Europe for Omega League and have secured Danil "gpk" Skutin from Gambit as a stand-in player. 

Evil Geniuses have already joined the ranks of playing with the big dogs of Europe for the Omega League event underway. This pits them with all of the top teams they are used to competing against at LAN events, however, they will be doing so with not just ping from NA to EU but also a stand-in player. 

In place of  Abed 'Abed' Yusop who is in SEA at the moment and would be near impossible to play with the ping issues, Evil Geniuses secured Danil "gpk" Skutin on loan from Gambit for the next month. 

It has been quite some time since the full EG roster has been able to play together - since March when the Coronavirus started to create chaos in esports. At least this round they will be able to play with famed Russian teammate Roman "Ramzes666" Kushnarev. 

Evil Geniuses are seeded in Group A, along with Alliance, Team Nigma, Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere, and the closed regional winners 5men. Their first series is scheduled for the second day of the group play on Saturday, August 15th. 

Temp Evil Geniuses roster:

 Artour “Arteezy” Babaev
 Danil "gpk" Skutin
 Roman "Ramzes666" Kushnarev
 Andreas “Cr1t-” Nielsen
 Tal "Fly" Aizik

Omega League Europe Immortal Division

Format

• Participants
  • Ten invited teams
    • Team Secret
    • Na'Vi
    • Team Liquid
    • Virtus.pro
    • Fly to Moon
    • Evil Geniuses
    • OG
    • Alliance
    • Team Nigma
    • Ninjas in Pyjamas
    • 5men (closed qualifier)
    • Viking.GG (closed qualifier)
• Group Stage - August 10th - August 26th, 2020
  • Two groups of six teams each
  • Single round-robin
  • All matches are Bo3
  • Top two teams from each group advance to the Upper Bracket R1 of the Playoffs
  • 3^rd place teams from each group advance to the Lower Bracket R1 of the Playoffs
  • 4^th and 5^th place teams from each group advance to the Play-in Stage to determine who advance to the Lower Bracket R1 of Playoffs, eliminated teams advance to the Upper Bracket R2 of the divine division's Playoffs
  • Bottom team from each group advance to the Upper Bracket R1 of the divine division's Playoffs
• Playoffs - September 2nd - September 5th, 2020
  • Double-elimination bracket
  • Grand Final is Bo5, all other matches are Bo3

Prize Pool

$500,000 USD is spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Team
1st	$200,000	TBD
2nd	$125,000	TBD
3rd	$60,000	TBD
4th	$30,000	TBD
5th-6th	$20,000	TBD
		TBD
7th-8th	$15,000	TBD
		TBD
9th-10th	$5,000	TBD
		TBD
11th-12th	$2,500	TBD
		TBD