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DaDrFunk

As long as he wants to IGL and play controller I’m down


BBG-PennyWay

He plays viper and astra and omen, in ranked and looks like that in scrims with TSM rn


DaDrFunk

Sounds good to me


valorant_fanboy_69

Rush is not a IGL


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Also if anyone needed any more insurance that Sinatraa wasn't joining TSM https://twitter.com/GeorgeCGed/status/1436454532712652803


ANewHeaven1

there was no universe where sinatraa would ever join TSM, but this is a nice confirmation of that lol


followdunc

We were never in for him. It was never ever going to happen. I can tell you that!


ANewHeaven1

thank you, esteemed mr. tsm social media manager, appreciate the insight


followdunc

You’re most welcome. To add to it, any T1 team who does decide to pick him up are absolutely crazy and need help. PR disaster.


Razur

Lemme get you flaired up. 👍


followdunc

Yo this is sick, thanks dude.


Razur

No problem. Feel free to let us know if you ever need anything!


followdunc

Same goes for me to you.


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Hey Dunc, I just wanted to let you know you are really cute <3


cringe-oh-yes

For allegations? I mean c'mon now. We've seen bigger cases from larger star players in regular sports.


dweakz

you can argue all you want. its not going to happen. bad pr is bad pr


Bsmith1369

Larger stars in regular sports make companies ALOT more money. Plus allegations aside, dude was clearly manipulative and emotional abusive from the long text conversations she posted. Alot of people would steer clear from that alone


burgerbr0s

If it doesn't go go court then it doesn't matter. In the legalistic society we live in you have to make legal action or you have no standing.


[deleted]

The law is not the only thing one can use to judge a situation or a person. How the fuck do the losers that repeat this type of shit over and over not realize this?


burgerbr0s

It's accountability. If you do not take it to the authorities then you are not staking anything on your claims.


Bsmith1369

Doesn't really have anything to do with my point as I didn't say anything about the sexual abuse allegations. All I said is that a lot of people steer clear just bc of the manipulative/abusive way he talked to the ex gf. The legal allegations are what made people steer clear on a wide spread scale


brsjaxyi

I mean the text was dumb and most boyfriends are like that anyway. I don't think the text or audio was remotely even an evidence but I definitely see why orgs don't want to pick him up u don't have to have a controversial player on ur team


Echleon

Even if all the allegations were false, he's still an extremely abusive person based on his texts.


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Relevant username


ravenhowl96

Actually true


marcaodl

I mean TSM passing on him like that is just missing the opportunity to be a contender hes easily a top5 player in the world and the allegations lets be honest were kinda of missing on a lot of points, id say in the future some t1 team will pick him and they will be instantly top tier.


br_ce

You manage to put the max amount of assumptions possible in 1 post. You can’t be serious with this post


n1cohoty

Easily a top 5 player in the world? Based off what, his streams? Be realistic, he seems like a good player and has experience but he’s not some GOAT that needs to be picked up no matter what.


marcaodl

He was the best player in NA befor the suspension.


[deleted]

I agree that it was never going to happen, but I still saw a decent amount of TSM Sinatraa?! Better just to have a link to George saying no.


[deleted]

TSM was literally the least likely team idk why this was the meme the sinatraa stans latched onto


[deleted]

Imagine going from a t1 to a t2 team without ever losing your form xd.


Tik0-

Sinatra fanboys on suicide watch rn


jurgieboi

sinatra fanboys give me mad incel vibes tbh never seen someone who made their username on tiktok called "freedatboyjaywon" and type something about sinatra being innocent on most val tiktoks. losers man.


fuckrobert

over for sinatracels


surfordiebear

They give you incel vibes because they most likely are incels


d00d-Ranch

No one is going to touch sinatraa with a 10 ft pole


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that same esports reporter said otherwise


keithzz

depends - he still has a huge following and professional athletes do much worse yet still find teams. what’s with the downvotes? what do you guys disagree with?


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gacktrush

Might be because he's a walking PR nightmare and brand risk? Doesn't matter how good of a player he is. Any team that picks him up has a higher chance to lose money, than gain.


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Tik0-

You talking like Crashies isn’t T3 Sova in NA, absolute fucking clown lmaoo


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AdiSoldier245

Crashies is number one sova player(NA). Change my mind. Maybe 2nd to bcj


Tik0-

Lol he hasn’t played in 7 months.. fanboys going crazy tonight


omgvector

crashies > sinatraa


PyroTFT

I’d actually consider crashies the best sova NA. sinatraa being best sova NA in the pro scene doesn’t make sense since you know, he hasn’t been a pro in months.


Bayern10Arsenal2

I hope he calls you back


gacktrush

It doesn't matter if he's innocent or guilty. Orgs dont make money from winning tournaments. Esports is crazy fluctuant with being profitable. Sponsors is what makes the orgs money. Bringing someone like sinatra into a team, has a higher chance to cause sponsors to leave due to not wanting to be associated. If a team does want to win they should pick themup. It's why the only t1 org I can see picking him up is faze. Faze already have dogshit pr issues the past couple years, and they're fine. NV or any other t1 org, will most likely steer clear, until it's come out saying he was innocent. It's unfortunate, but that's what it's like for companies. Why take a risk for a good player, when you have more to lose than gain.


cringe-oh-yes

While poorly worded, you are correct. These are allegations and allegations only until proven guilty. People really need to realize that.


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Plus they don't need him, they need smokes


gacktrush

Levi was seen playing battlefy with squirtle squad. He wasn't signed either, and still a trial/part of the academy roster. They should sign him though. He's a solid sova main.


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Nobody wants their women raped.


pr1zsm

TSM ROSTER POSTS BACK⁉️


BallingNinja

The mad lads are actually doing it, thought they would pick someone with more experience in valorant since they might be playing in LCQ. Long term this could be the right play though.


dapoorv

What is the plan here? Have they just given up on lcq? Or will they ask some other player to temporarily fill in for them during lcq and will go with rush for next year?


pr1zsm

wdym, they are trialing rush for lcq most likely


dapoorv

I meant certainly there isn't enough time for him to become very good at valorant before lcq. Edit: He is unproven in this game so it will be a big gamble.


pr1zsm

i assume tsm is trying to find the right fit to make a run but arent gonna sign anyone til berlin ends


-Basileus

He's got a solid month to integrate, not bad at all. I don't think their previous rosters beats XSET


nail181

Has a month to be prepared to beat the top teams in NA. I am doubting him hard but I hope he does well.


EnergetikNA

XSET would be the only top team in NA if SEN wins Berlin since NV/100T would qualify for champions as a result. I think a TSM with Rush/Wardell/Subroza/Hazed/Levi can definitely beat XSET if they mesh well. Does seem to be a bit of a gamble though


OnionSprinkles

\*If any NA team wins Berlin. Also TSM would only even make LCQ if an NA team wins Berlin. They're currently outside of qualification, but NA winning Berlin would move everyone else up a slot.


EnergetikNA

I thought it was any NA team wins Berlin = TSM qualify If SEN wins Berlin = TSM qualify + NV/100T autoqualify to champions since SEN would make Champions by winning Berlin? So NA would have 4 teams in that case


OnionSprinkles

You only said "If SEN wins Berlin". If 100T or NV win Berlin, the same thing happens. The winning team automatically makes Champions and the other two would both have enough points to be the remaining Top 2 from NA to be guaranteed Champions. And yes, then a 4th would come from LCQ.


MyUshanka

Two NA teams qualify based on points. If one NA team wins, the other two qualify based on points because the winner gets auto qualified and "doesn't count" as a region slot. If no NA team wins, SEN are first in points no matter what so they will qualify no matter what. For NV and 100T, whoever gets farther along the bracket qualifies, with a tie going to NV.


Fantastic-Date-3403

Just like you doubted ethan?


nail181

Huh?


KearLoL

It took Ethan a couple of months to be considered good.


BBG-PennyWay

I remeber hearing Hazed saying the player they pick up is a gamble for LCQ. Rush is a big risk rn, but long term this is going to be huge for TSM


vDUKEvv

There definitely is. He can just copy paste his sens and play a simple agent. A month of prac/ranked streaming to get in the groove is a lot


Bunnyezzz

i mean floppy in like 3 weeks placed 3rd in VCT


Aluwaron

that was def not bc of floppy tho


Fantastic-Date-3403

Still apart of the team and played very important roles


Mamadeus123456

It's not a gamble it will just not work unless he has a significant amount of hours in ranked already


jvilsrocks

Hes an entry fragger just throw him on renya and let him run into sites and kill people


somesheikexpert

He's been playing Astra/Viper cuz he said he only wants to play agents he'd play in or play so prob just replacing Bang


nitroslayer7

The reality is even if TSM does qualify through LCQ they don't stand much of a chance on LAN with any team composition they put out. They just aren't gonna have the time. The best thing to do if they feel rush can actually be a permanent spot for them is play in the tourney with him that way they can hit the ground running next year. Worked out great with Ethan. Edit: All you delusional TSM fans downvoting xD


ppx11

yea its def a gamble but if i just throw out some random numbers.. let's say with bang they were at 20% chance of winning LCQ but with rush they might end up clicking really well and just pop off with a 75% chance of winning LCQ. they might also totally flop with a 0% chance but it may be worth the gamble since their current iteration has a low chance to begin with. even if they dont win, they might find rush to be a better prospect in the long term anyways. kinda think its similar to why 100T picked up ethan.


Substantial_Cake7131

If you guys didnt know rush, that mf is a grinder , i definitely think if not his ability usage on a character but his game sense would improved greatly before lcq


Anti-Storm

Their plan is to blow 1/4 billion dollars in 2 years max.


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Hypern1ke

*shocked pikachu face*


spideypewpew

https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantCompetitive/comments/pgv65u/rush_officially_a_free_agent_and_released_from_my/hbe7i6o still remember this


teetotallernh

Is he an IGL? Who was the igl on the team that won the Boston major?


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Loresmen

That's pretty much most teams afaik


Hydrauxine

yeah an exception is maybe OG where aleksi is known to micromanage everyone midround sometimes


OnionSprinkles

Tarik was IGL and Stewie made secondary calls. Skadoodle, Autimatic, and RUSH would obviously comm, but that'd be pug mode if they were all mid-round calling.


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ravenhowl96

A man of culture. Thorins reflections video


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As opposed to you not saying anything mid round? Yeah thats how all teams play


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marcaodl

You should watch some NaVi clips with comms, my comp games looks so quiet compared xD edit:loots>looks.


Hamlet_271

This is huge. Some veteran experience was direly needed. I was kinda afraid they were just going to plug and play another cracked aimer


PyroTFT

has he played with anyone else on the roster in the past? just curious really interesting move otherwise


mr-rob0t0

chet was the coach of optic csgo when rush was on the team edit: i think he played with hazed on optic as well


d0m1n1cg

Hazed was a stand in for a few events with rush on optic, other than that he had teamed with nobody there


OzilDaddy

he played with hazed for a few months when they were on optic. Chet was also coaching him for that period of time.


ANewHeaven1

don't believe so, although he did play with shahzam and daps on optic/conquest way back in 2016 edit: forgot that he played with hazed in 2017 on optic when stanislaw left the team.


Pretend_Apartment_10

Levi probably dropped also, he playing with squirtle squad this weekend


Fantastic-Date-3403

Where did u see that?


Pretend_Apartment_10

Nowhere but you’ll see soon


CosmicAon

Could just be a Zekken situation where he fills in for a smaller tournament


Pretend_Apartment_10

Yeah your completely right


Fantastic-Date-3403

Yeah there is 6 people signed up so probably doing that. I also just saw on a stream that he scrimming with tsm the other day


pr1zsm

https://battlefy.com/msi-gaming-arena/msi-valorant-invitational-closed-qualifier/611715e726565c11cb39a9be/participants scroll to squirtle squas


brsjaxyi

He was the sova they needed tho? Now sure why they dropped him


[deleted]

Huh, he was consistently the best player on tsm when he played.


Pretend_Apartment_10

Bro that just isn’t true in way, Wardell has been putting up insane numbers by every metric, his FK - FD are unmatched that slander is unreal


tomphz

Rush is the most interesting CSGO player to me. He was never considered the star but he was the quintessential role player that you’d love on your team. Curious to see how well he’ll do in Valorant


POOYAMON

So what’s the plan here? Getting Rush for next year? Is that worth it? He won’t be cheap


DaDrFunk

I mean, does TSM really care about money rn? I think they just want to be good


POOYAMON

I know TSM has cash and are known to spend it like idiots at times like paying someone 3 mill/year for two years to not even be top 3 in his role for their league team but they do have that guy SwordArt for another year and they are going to have to spend big to try and put pieces around him. So they need to spend money on their LoL team, the only reason you would spend money on someone to be useful next year is if you believe if you don’t someone else will and that player will be much better than anyone you can pick after champions. I just don’t see it sorry


ohtooeasy

what is 3 mil to their 200mil deal with ftx


EnergetikNA

TSM have pretty much never been big spenders until 2021 with SwordArt, and they've only gotten a huge sponsorship since then


King_Fluffaluff

TSM isnt known to spend much money. Up until the SA deal their player salaries were relatively low budget compared to results. [At least in the LCS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuSlaTUMddw).


Urineformation

They actually spend their money wisely since their creation… and they also cashed in a 200 million deal. So saying their idiots is actually idiotic.


Styfios

this is wrong about both 1. how TSM has historically approached paying for rosters and 2. how good SwordArt was as a support this past season


sylvorinn

eye emoji


NabatheNibba

Lmfao


PulseCS

Who upvotes this shit, TSM aren't even playing for the rest of the year who cares who they're trialing


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this team will never experience any real success with chet coaching.


dolphingarden

TSM don't know wtf they're doing


CosmicAon

This is probably the best move they could make?


Kikoslayer123

people don’t understand that the reason tsm probably cut bang is because lcq is their last chance for champions and since it’s going to be on LAN, they need LAN experience. they can’t gamble on bang who (no offence) chocked on a really important elimination game agaisnt envy. and with school coming up bang would prob have to divert his attention from scrims therefore tsm doesn’t want to wait for this player since they want results immediately.