Saahil Arora (born October 11, 1989), better known as Universe, is an

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former professional ''

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'' player. He was a member of the

Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses (EG) is an American esports organization based in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington. Founded in 1999, the organization has fielded players in various fighting games, ''Call of Duty (series), Call of Duty'', ''Counter-Strike ...

team that won

The International 2015 The International 2015 (TI5) was the fifth edition of The International, an annual ''Dota 2'' esports championship tournament, which took place at the KeyArena in Seattle. Hosted by Valve, the game's developer, the tournament began in May with ...

History

Universe is of Indian origin. He began his ''Dota'' career in 2011. Universe finished 9th at

The International 2013 The International (TI) is an annual esports world championship for the five-on-five video game ''Dota 2''. Produced by the game's developer Valve, the International is the final event of the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) and consists of 20 teams: 12 b ...

as a member of

Team Dignitas Dignitas is an American esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey. It was founded by Michael "ODEE" O'Dell in 2003 as a merger of two ''Battlefield 1942'' Clan (computer gaming), clans. Dignitas was acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2 ...

. He finished 3rd at

The International 2014 The International 2014 (TI4) was the fourth edition of The International, an annual esports ''Dota 2'' championship tournament, which took place at the KeyArena in Seattle. Hosted by Valve, the tournament began on July 8 with the Playoffs phase ...

and won

, both as a member of

(EG), and made the series-clinching play known as the "6 Million Dollar Echo Slam". EG also finished third at the

Frankfurt Major 2015 The Frankfurt Major, also known as the Fall Major, was a ''Dota 2'' tournament which took place from November 13–21, 2015. The tournament took place at the Festhalle Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. It was the first of three Valve sponsored majo ...

. Evil Geniuses took third place at the Shanghai Major 2016. In March 2016,

Arteezy Artour Babaev (born July 1, 1996), better known as Arteezy, is an Uzbek-Canadian professional ''Dota 2'' player for Shopify Rebellion. His mother is Russian, and he is of Russian-Armenian descent. He is also one of the most popular streamers a ...

and UNiVeRsE left the team to join Team Secret. He would then leave Team Secret to rejoin Evil Geniuses after the end of the

Manila Major 2016 The Manila Major, also known as the Spring Major, was a professional ''Dota 2'' esport tournament that took place in Manila, Philippines. The main event was held at the Mall of Asia Arena from June 7–12, 2016. Participating teams ;Direct invi ...

in June, effectively trading places with Sam "Bulba" Sosale. Evil Geniuses also won the Manila Masters tournament in May 2017. Later on

The International 2017 The International 2017 (TI7) was the seventh iteration of The International, an annual ''Dota 2'' esports world championship tournament. Hosted by Valve, the game's developer, the tournament began with the online qualifier phase in June 2017, a ...

tournament, EG got a 9th-12th finish. During post-tournament shuffles, the team lost their support player Zai, who was replaced by former team member and coach Fear. Since leaving Evil Geniuses in 2017, he has played for

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, Forward Gaming, and

Ninjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas (often abbreviated to NIP and NiP) is a professional esports organisation based in Sweden that is best known for its '' Counter-Strike'' teams. In 2012, the team reformed with a '' Counter Strike: Global Offensive'' lineup upo ...

. In April 2020, Universe retired from competitive ''Dota 2''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Universe Living people American esports players American people of Indian descent American people of Punjabi descent American Hindus Dignitas (esports) players Dota players Evil Geniuses players Ninjas in Pyjamas players People from Madison, Wisconsin Team Secret players Year of birth missing (living people)