TYLOO TYLOO China Rank #15 Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) coldfish Pengzhi Xiang (向鹏志) hfmi0dzjc9z7 Zhang Juncheng (张峻程) Eren Yang Zhengwei (杨曾威) announced that Shi "AAK" Yekai (施叶凯) has retired.
"Today we officially announce that AAK will retire and leave the VCT professional stage," the organization said. "We wish him all the best in his new journey."
While he had an undefined role for stretches of the season while playing Viper or Cypher, he was mainly the team's Duelist this past season, playing Jett or Raze. Before joining Tyloo in August of 2023, AAK played for Royal Never Give Up Royal Never Give Up Inactive HaTo Wang Rui (王睿) 4ErWa Xiaonuo , Tales of Eastern Tales of Eastern Inactive Yuk1no BEXEY , and Weibo Gaming Weibo Gaming China Rank #14 TryTryz Lu Shiwei (卢世炜) Star1og Jun Chao Liang (梁竣超) DRK R1ckLeexD Li Xu (李旭) .
The 2024 season saw Tyloo finish 7th-8th in China Stage 1 and eighth in Stage 2. They failed to reach the knockout stages of either stage, and finished the year with just four wins out of 12 matches. The organization is still yet to reach an international event.
AAK's retirement is the organization's first roster shuffling since parting ways with Scales , who joined before Split 2. He had been benched since the team's loss to All Gamers All Gamers China Rank #17 player Kevin Yang (杨凯文) bunt Jiang He (姜河) monk Wang Haoyu (王浩宇) deLb Delbert Tanoto Spitfires Xin Mingyan (辛明阳) K1ra Huang Zhihao (黄志豪) X3B Zhang Chongtian (张丛天) to begin Stage 2. AAK has not participated in Tyloo's OFF//SEASON competitions, as head coach Sunshine started in his place during the team's WALL-E Cup run.
Tyloo will continue their offseason at the FGC Invitational 2024, where ten Chinese VCT teams will compete in a double-elimination tournament.
TYLOO TYLOO China Rank #15 Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) coldfish Pengzhi Xiang (向鹏志) hfmi0dzjc9z7 Zhang Juncheng (张峻程) Eren Yang Zhengwei (杨曾威) 's roster is now: