In January 2014, Fear and EG teammate Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora were seen as stand-ins for the team S A D B O Y S in addition to Sahan "KaTana" Gamage who was later dropped due to visa issues, consisting of Artour "Arteezy" Babaev, Peter "ppd" Dager, and Ludwig "zai" Wåhlberg. With an impressive 16–2 record in their 3 weeks of playing together, the team was picked up by Evil Geniuses as the new Dota team. After receiving an invite to The International 2014, Fear's arm problems became too much to handle, and he became the team's coach while Mason "mason" Venne joined the team in Fear's place in the "carry" position. Despite the setback, EG managed to finish 3rd place.