TSM TSM North America Rank #9 Recoil seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora sym Tyler Porter have mutually agreed to part ways with their in-game leader James "hazed" Cobb. Eric "Kanpeki" Xu will play in his stead for the remainder of VCL North America: Split 1.

He's back for revenge.

We're proud to welcome @Kanpeki_XD to the #TSM VALORANT roster!
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In a video posted by TSM to their Twitter, hazed explained that he had ultimately decided to part with the team himself. He said there were no hard feelings behind the decision and that he made it because he felt he didn't mesh with the rest of the team in-game.

"In the game, we didn't vibe that well, and I felt kinda like the odd man out," hazed said. "And that's not their fault. Sometimes you just don't vibe with the team the way you expect to, and I think that's totally fine."

This was hazed's second stint on TSM, after a year apart from the organization while he played for NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #4 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold . TSM made their 2023 debut at the Ludwig x Tarik Invitational, where they had a strong showing, beating partnership teams such as T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) and Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #3 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid . The roster wound up the tournament's runner-ups after being defeated by The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch .

TSM received a direct invite to Split 1 of Challengers League: North America, which is currently underway. They began their run with a victory over MAD Lions MAD Lions Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad bjor Joseph Bjorklund N4RRATE Marshall Massey Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears but later lost to M80 M80 North America Rank #5 Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato bao Okeanos Anthony Nguyen bdog Brandon Sanders the game after, giving hazed a 1-1 record with the roster.

Kanpeki joined TSM after stints with Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo and Sentinels in 2022. He played with the latter during their Stage 2 run. After a successful run through the open qualifiers, he and his teammates could find no wins during the group stage. Although Sentinels accrued enough circuit points for the Last Chance Qualifier, Kanpeki was cut from the team before the event. Since then, he has been lingering in the tier 2 scene.

TSM are currently playing their third match of Split 1 against The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch . This match is Kanpeki's debut with the team in place of hazed.

TSM TSM North America Rank #9 Recoil seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora sym Tyler Porter are now:

  • Anthony "gMd" Guimond
  • Johann "seven" Hernandez
  • Nicholas "NaturE" Garrison
  • Eric "Kanpeki" Xu
  • Corey "corey" Nigra
  • Jacob "Daeda" Hale (Head Coach)
  • Andrey "ENGH" Sholokhov (Coach)