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TSM bench reltuC

Hudsen

May 3, 2021

TSM TSM North America Rank #11 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook have removed Stephen "reltuC" Cutler from the team's starting roster.

TSM

@TSM

As of today @reltuC is benched from our starting Valorant roster.

Whilst Cutler explores his options, he’ll continue to stream under the TSM banner. We’ll forever be grateful for what he achieved with us, and we wish him nothing but the best.

A founding member of the TSM Valorant roster, the 32-year-old will be inactive on a team for the first time since departing the competitive CS:GO scene in mid-April last year. He leaves the TSM roster with four first-place tournament finishes in 2020, spanning from June to August.

TSM have not made many changes to their Valorant roster, despite wavering results that began in late 2020. The most recent roster change the team has undergone was when the team signed Braxton "brax" Pierce as their sixth player. brax has only played four matches with TSM since being signed to the team, all of them during the qualifier rounds of Champions Tour North America Stage 2 Challengers 1. Despite making it to the round of 16, TSM were eventually defeated by Immortals, and failed to qualify for the main event.

For reltuC, he has been allowed to explore options while streaming under the TSM banner. In a tweet about the announcement, he thanked TSM and wished his now former teammates success in the future.

The current roster of TSM TSM North America Rank #11 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook is:

Braxton "brax" Pierce
James "hazed" Cobb
Taylor "Drone" Johnson
Matthew "WARDELL" Yu
Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik
Stephen "reltuC" Cutler (sub)
Taylor "tailored" Broomall (Coach)

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Proxyloco

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Damn ur fast with it

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shway

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FINALLY LEGGOOOOOOO o wait it took tsm management this long to do anything so lmao gg tsm until they finally open their eyes wide enough to understand they need to do more

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bigpeensheen

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ur gonna be at 0 stars if u keep this bs going

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Proxyloco

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No u

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Guvnar

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he made it

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OvO_TUTTLE

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lack of respect crazy

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Rizvi

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Damn no wonder this is the most down fragged comment I have ever seen

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Mahj0ngMaster

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actually beb0p currently holds the record with -100+ on the breeze removed from masters post

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zerosh1ma

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its about time

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array

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Now tarik instead of hazed and you have a powerhouse revived

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TinglyPiano

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not gonna happen

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Why? Weirder things has happened

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bigpeensheen

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i have doubt, hazed

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what is your problem with hazed? he's one of the best performing in the team wtf

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No problem with him, but tarik is uncomparably better than hazed. He was igl for his team for some time so no worries for kicking igl from tsm. If I remember correctly he did that when they won major in cs which is the only one na won in history. Plus he seems loud and douchy and for being igl - perfect match for current tsm.

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It's not about hazed skill, it's about Tarik very likely being a better Valorant player if he switches over. Tarik was also an IGL and with a lineup of Wardell, Subroza, Drone, Brax and Tarik, TSM would be looking like a powerhouse once again.

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I actually feel really bad for him but at the end of the day its just business :/

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You are such a good person

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TinglyPiano

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fake wholesome

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plas

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youre not.

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bigpeensheen

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is this the highest amount of upfrags????

IS PLAS THE GOAT OF VLR?????????????????

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plas

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imagine having goat status (0)(0)

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beb0p

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nvm

#7

Hudsen

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I finished a final right before working on this...

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beb0p

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ty for the context 👍

edit: jk smd

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zerosh1ma

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finals weeks are here for me too... such trash 5 page essay mald

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thebrownlegend

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Bittersweet feeling. Absolutely a must needed change. Hopefully new team can cop some dubs

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NAValornatPog

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bye bye

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Fe1tan

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cringe

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Selldrudd

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https://twitter.com/hazedcs/status/1389270148515868672?s=21 Hazed upset about cutler hate

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hilo0829

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damn he just roasted cutler hard by saying its alot of work LUL gottem'

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array

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Lol what a hero. Spends his time blocking people. The guy who will probably be replaced next denial shows here. Why wardell or subroza doesnt do shit like that?

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beb0p

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because hazed is a lot closer to cutler than subroza or Wardell, they are brothers

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Mehkek

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Hazed and cutler are super close makes me so happy(edited for spelling)

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Aqr8

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about time although he is so handsome

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Thomasan

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He was good but it’s hard to keep up when you got young players like Asuna, Ethan, Tenz, etc. It’s sad but hopefully this change will be for the better.

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good news

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i'd say after their recent failures to make masters, a change is justified

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even though it was a good move, its sad to see him go, hopefully he can take on a role as a analyzer or streamer for tsm!

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Would probably work as an analyst/assistant coach!!

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beb0p

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COACHLER????

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farewellVAL

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chat spam when tsm makes a set play

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Eh, he didn’t perform well as an IGL recently, so I doubt he would have good strats as a coach. The game and strats progress, but Cutler hasn’t.

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coach and igl are two different roles don't count him out :D

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I'm sorry but if it's just him and not hazed and drone getting benched too, this won't do much. They should not go half-in if they want to win. drone has been awful and hazed is on cutlers level and if your excuse is "but he's IGL" - see how that has worked for them tactically..Sorry TSM fanboys, this is the truth.

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should they get a new coach?

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Heavon

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Didn't know they had one.. but if they do, yes, asbolutely.. They've looked stagnant (the same) since they created this roster, so w/e the coach has been doing - has had 0 impact.

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I think the coach was the main problem. When JasonR was vod reviewing their match against abx, JasonR stated that whatever coach TSM has is trash because when abx was on eco, TSM did everything you weren't supposed to do on an eco. And tbh, there hasn't been much oomph to TSM recently like their strategy doesn't seem to have improved as much as other teams have.

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as a tsm fan i LOVED getting rid of Cutler, but drone is not the issue. idk wtf you’ve been watching but he’s consistently good for us. hazed is a weaker link but no shot he’s as bad as Stephen “reltuC” Cutler.

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I always cringe when people talking about some team uses word "us"

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TinglyPiano

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maybe cringe less

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WitLitning

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you have never been around a sport in your life if you have a problem with that lol.

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Around the sport lol what does that even mean?

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that mean a person that watch sports that is not video games. English is hard, I know.

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Being around sport = watch sport. Yep, makes sense. Thanks. If he meant that, he definitely wouldve written "watch" and not "be around". Still butthurt because of other thread?

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At least in America, fans tend to refer to their favorite teams in the possessive. “We” won the Super Bowl, “We” picked up a new player, etc (very American examples lol). It’s something that I’ve said for so long that it happens naturally when referring to my favorite teams. Maybe esports is different, idk, this is the first esport I’ve watched. Not sure if you’re a troll or not but figured I would at least explain.

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People use that possessive "us" everywhere in the world. I know people wanna feel more included because they just watch and that's not fun, everyone wants to be included in the greatness. People never say "well we lost" but "we won" you see everywhere when team wins. Its cringe and hypocritical. That's all.

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you cant talk for everyone im sure many people have said that i personally have when my teams lose i say we took a L

continue thread →

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Seems like you've never been outside your house much less near a sport

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Participating in a computer game forum and talking about being outside. Imagine the irony

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TSM was takinkg a lot time for this. I remember many people fighting with me because I said Cutler should be benched, he had many bad games/choices/plays during the matches, no one says a Controller should top frag but he was not consistent, he wasn't "Clutcher" anymore. I'm really sad because they could be in Masters 2 if they'd decided it earlier.

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About time

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I really wanna see TSM doing some work on the coaching staff. People don't realize how important that is and I think TSM coach should be in the conversation of being cut or at least add someone else. NRG changed their coach and they are doing many times better. Same for C9, added a main coach from Korea and two extra coach staff and look at how well they play despite them changing their roster. As of players, I think it's kinda not enough?

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I'm gonna miss him... IK I talked shit about him but I was wrong... the man doesn't deserve it sadge.

#29

WitLitning

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Well, he deserved to have his skill/play level accurately evaluated (kinda shit for a pro), but not his personal character (he’s prob an ok guy). I personally won’t be missing Cutler the player as a fan of the TSM team

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I hope you are blocked by haze for this shit talking

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TSM really needs to rework its compositions and strategies more than their roster, its high time they stop losing and start fighting back.

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Wardell is now playing sage and off jett finally

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WitLitning

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Sage, Sova, and Jett would be a great agent pool for Wardell, methinks...

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yea well stop playing with plat friends and actually grind ranked in radiant might actually get better

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this should have happened like 9 months ago

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A welcomed change for all TSM fans ig but I think they need a new IGL as well as some new strats. They have been dry peeking and aim dueling a lot and that's what caused them, aim isn't gonna help if they are flashed or smoked lmao.

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lets goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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They need a better coach and strats.

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replace tailored plss tsm

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next is Hazed

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bunch of bitches in this thread

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It's sad but it was kinda expected.

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Astra: bye-bye boomer!

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Cringe

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idk i chuckled a bit lol

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Demi

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me too but idk why but i found it sad that people are bitching about him in this thread. After all he was a good player :(

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this is why I love TSM

they do necessary changes even if they are like 6months late!
hopefully we'll see another roster change after next masters qualifiers!! #LESSGOOOOO

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One thing I know for sure, they will look 10x worse if the replace him with Brax. Cutler was literally they only one that was making smart plays on that team, the rest of the boys are just God Tier aimers (sometimes).

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what are you on how can he make smart plays when he finishes 20 round maps with 2 kills

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Their synergy was horrible last time they played together. But hopefully it was only because they didn't play together long enough. They have 2 months before they play tournaments again. So, lets see if Brax can play well with the others.

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