In late 2020, after TSM’s “Valorant” squad lost in the finals of that game’s First Strike North America tournament, Dinh sat in on numerous work calls and verbally tore down some of the speakers and the updates they were presenting, according to one attendee. In one meeting, for example, while reviewing work he had assigned a few weeks prior, Dinh started questioning why the work was being presented at all, saying it wasn’t a good use of anyone’s time, according to the attendee.
“Andy has obviously always had a short temper,” said the attendee, who worked at Blitz. “But that day you could just tell [something was different] because it was like he was hunting you. Like, if you talked during that meeting, you were just reamed and ripped apart as much as possible, especially if you were even higher up.”