TSM to part ways with vice

Team SoloMid will release Daniel 'vice' Kim from their starting five at the end of the player's trial period, the organisation has revealed.

TSM's announcement of a new lineup centered on North American players after having previously fielded a Danish squad (now Astralis) considered one of CS:GO's most dominant lineups marked a radical departure for the organisation.

Since that time, TSM have struggled to make significant results within their own region, as most of the team's maps in 2016 have resulted in losses.


autimatic and teammates will search for a new fifth

Following this spate of subpar results, the North American organisation have today announced that they will part ways with Daniel "⁠vice⁠" Kim, one of the two additions from Denial that the team effected in order to complete their current roster.

The player will be released from his contract at the end of his trial period, although when that is to occur is unspecified.

vice provided a few words on his release:

"Thanks to all the guys over at TSM for giving me a shot; I wish them nothing but success. I've learned a lot through this experience and I am more motivated to compete now more than ever. Keep an eye out for me because this isn't the last you'll be seeing of me."

The organisation have also mentioned that they are currently in the process of holding tryouts for a new fifth player.

TSM's current lineup will therefore become:

Canada Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen
United States Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta
Canada Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta
United States Hunter "⁠SicK⁠" Mims

United States Soham "⁠valens⁠" Chowdhury (coach)

TSM are currently not competing in ESEA but the North American team are taking part in CEVO Gfinity Season 9 and also possess a slot in the upcoming $1.2 million ELEAGUE season.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

Canada Pujan 'FNS' Mehta
Pujan 'FNS' Mehta
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
264
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.68
United States Hunter 'SicK' Mims
Hunter 'SicK' Mims
Age:
17
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
50
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.72
Canada Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen
Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
330
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.70
United States Daniel 'vice' Kim
Daniel 'vice' Kim
Age:
20
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
48
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.68
United States Timothy 'autimatic' Ta
Timothy 'autimatic' Ta
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
174
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.71
#4
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Rip
2016-03-09 03:41
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8 replies
#110
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Turkey Shanon
TSM is so retarded
2016-03-09 12:10
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7 replies
TSM to part away with CSGO
2016-03-09 13:03
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6 replies
#119
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Turkey Shanon
+1
2016-03-09 13:06
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3 replies
+1
2016-03-09 15:58
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2 replies
#165
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Other Th3Awak3n1ng
+1
2016-03-10 02:23
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1 reply
+1
2016-03-10 04:45
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lel they alread did it when they picked those noobs over Astralis
2016-03-09 15:40
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1 reply
#142
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steel | 
Belgium VulcunStoleMyD
4 games and they already kick one player Gj TSM
2016-03-09 16:31
0
#5
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tabseN | 
Poland kubako1428
oh noo
2016-03-09 03:41
0
5 replies
#58
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Brazil Hyzek
TSM roca soon
2016-03-09 04:49
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4 replies
#102
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Sweden qgh
Roca has contract with Complexety for 2 more years... yeah he got fucked over
2016-03-09 10:57
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3 replies
#114
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s1mple | 
Europe Serjkerrr
Tsm have money to buyout him for like $100k. No problem I. But not sure of this happening.
2016-03-09 12:56
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2 replies
No way would tsm waste that kind of money for a team that isn't doing shit
2016-03-09 13:20
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1 reply
#161
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Sweden qgh
+1 amerikanski
2016-03-09 20:25
0
finally
2016-03-09 03:42
0
rip
2016-03-09 03:42
0
#11
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s1mple | 
Lithuania Lu/K/G
TSM K1o inc
2016-03-09 03:42
0
1 reply
#52
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elemeNt | 
Portugal uselessmoney
lel
2016-03-09 04:33
0
expected
2016-03-09 03:42
0
#13
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Australia clapclap2222
lol
2016-03-09 03:42
0
#14
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device | 
World ethans9999
lol
2016-03-09 03:42
0
1 reply
Looooooooooool
2016-03-09 12:49
0
#15
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allu | 
North America hesh
inb4 valens toggles and becomes a player
2016-03-09 03:42
0
6 replies
#37
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Morocco urachicho
he works for Google, aint no one got time fo that
2016-03-09 03:54
0
5 replies
#40
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allu | 
North America hesh
Who woulda thunk it, cr0t3x the infamous 1.6 hacker works at Google.
2016-03-09 03:57
0
1 reply
LOL
2016-03-09 06:00
0
#49
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Belgium Slimpii
stfu ura
2016-03-09 04:28
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1 reply
#67
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Morocco urachicho
sir tn3s :(
2016-03-09 05:22
0
#74
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United States zayshi
he was also a software engineer (?) for tesla.
2016-03-09 06:20
0
#16
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Denmark masterb8
who?
2016-03-09 03:42
0
#17
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United States WhoIsYou
+kioshima
2016-03-09 03:42
0
about time
2016-03-09 03:43
0
who?
2016-03-09 03:43
0
PART WAYS WITH ALL OF THEM ROFL
2016-03-09 03:43
0
#22
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who are they gonna pick then?
2016-03-09 03:43
0
5 replies
roca
2016-03-09 03:44
0
4 replies
He has 2+ years contract with CoL
2016-03-09 11:54
0
3 replies
#116
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s1mple | 
Europe Serjkerrr
Buyout bro, buyout. Tsm have money.
2016-03-09 12:58
0
2 replies
#147
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Lithuania thezet
if TSM invest any more money into this team their organisation is returded and going to die
2016-03-09 16:50
0
Idk if he worths the money tbh
2016-03-09 17:03
0
#23
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Canada melooooooo
maybe part ways with the whole team lol?
2016-03-09 03:43
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5 replies
#122
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Korea tai1177
Canada sucks
2016-03-09 13:15
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4 replies
East West Korea is totally better
2016-03-09 17:59
0
#162
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Canada melooooooo
ya cause Korea is better lol
2016-03-09 23:01
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2 replies
#164
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Korea tai1177
at esports in general? Yes. Accomplished way more than Canada
2016-03-10 00:03
0
1 reply
#170
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Portugal sõppenN
True.
2016-03-11 12:42
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im open to any teams contact me if u interested. get me quick before renegades get me
2016-03-09 03:44
0
#26
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GO GO GO WITMER
2016-03-09 03:46
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4 replies
#30
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Brazil tpSs
+1
2016-03-09 03:49
0
#55
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Japan SukMaiDik
Witmer is too good for this team. I think witmer should join Optic.
2016-03-09 04:39
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1 reply
#151
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United Kingdom Kzati
Lol, i like his lan stats :>
2016-03-09 17:25
0
#106
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Belgium THEmisterWES
<3
2016-03-09 11:46
0
#27
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United States jtaylor33
expected from tier 6 na
2016-03-09 03:46
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#29
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Kio inc
2016-03-09 03:48
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1 reply
#132
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United States Mohica
Omg that would be funny
2016-03-09 14:45
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#31
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Poland adriannB
havent played anything and removing guy from the team :D
2016-03-09 03:50
0
#32
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World embermeister
who gives a shit
2016-03-09 03:51
0
#33
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Brazil chococaine
who for who
2016-03-09 03:51
0
maybe they pick up OCEAN to keep up record of picking up all the worst players from each NA team?
2016-03-09 03:52
0
#35
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United States snack-
WITMER INCOMING XDDD
2016-03-09 03:52
0
2 replies
#85
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Liechtenstein laffe^
who?
2016-03-09 07:24
0
1 reply
#134
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COLON | 
United States MAY0
ex-denial player...considered one of the better free agents in the NA scene
2016-03-09 15:01
0
Who?
2016-03-09 03:53
0
#38
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Other zoeymargera87
who? and who cares?
2016-03-09 03:56
0
Kioshima, allu has confirmed this
2016-03-09 03:56
0
1 reply
#41
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United States mjk925
haha
2016-03-09 04:00
0
who cares? t4 shitter
2016-03-09 04:12
0
#43
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Canada Lizzie
expected
2016-03-09 04:14
0
#44
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Malta NjiNjiNji
TSM kio Kappa
2016-03-09 04:15
0
finally ffs lolll
2016-03-09 04:15
0
#46
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United States T_Maister
TSM in CS:GO news? I aren't think that
2016-03-09 04:16
0
#47
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North America arayacs
rofl kid was an asshole anyways. good.
2016-03-09 04:18
0
NA TSM 4Head
2016-03-09 04:24
0
TSM need more!
2016-03-09 04:31
0
inc witmer
2016-03-09 04:34
0
tsm kioshima
2016-03-09 04:35
0
#56
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World sperm1nator
TSM should part ways with sempshit
2016-03-09 04:47
0
1 reply
#69
apEX | 
Brazil nove
TSM should part ways with this whole team
2016-03-09 05:47
0
-vice +k1oshima
2016-03-09 04:48
0
#59
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United States ViKaLiBuR
Couldn't even keep a stable lineup for 2 months
2016-03-09 04:49
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1 reply
#152
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United Kingdom Kzati
Tbf if someone is on a trial contract then releasing them is almost expected esp considering he was pretty bad in 1/2 of games against other na teams
2016-03-09 17:28
0
#60
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World ra.re
TSM should part ways with the whole team..
2016-03-09 04:53
0
1 reply
#153
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United Kingdom Kzati
e-league
2016-03-09 17:29
0
Rip TSM
2016-03-09 04:57
0
device finally left TSM... He can find a way better team.
2016-03-09 04:57
0
#65
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jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
semphis is the guy noone knows much about, never see hm around, is he even playing?
2016-03-09 05:10
0
5 replies
You must be new. He was on cloud9 for two years
2016-03-09 13:24
0
4 replies
#129
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jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
Lol
2016-03-09 14:06
0
3 replies
Did I fall for b8 or are u just dumb? I still can't tell
2016-03-09 16:25
0
2 replies
#141
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jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
im definately not dumb, your sentence to me did make a bit of sense when i reread what i said, but anyway, i wasnt talking about semphis's career and where he used to paly before, in fact i know NA scene better that any NA fan as ive been following the scene since 2004 roughly and of course i know every team semphis played in, so if you misunderstood what i said thats not my problem body, its okay :) its not what i meant... i guess i should've rephrased it, i kinda meant that i havent seen him much recently in 2016, no streams, not playing much, i think hes got around 35-40 hours or so, so just wondered if he's even active enough now in gaming or he's got some real life shit going on, but anyway, this isnt worth a conversation,,, doesnt matter what i said :)
2016-03-09 16:30
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1 reply
Interestingly enough skadoodle has had like half those hours in the last two weeks for a few months now
2016-03-09 16:45
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finally we got some news about tsm
2016-03-09 05:41
0
#70
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sergej | 
United States t0xic93
who won?
2016-03-09 05:49
0
#71
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Switzerland ImpalaPUA
TSM kio, expected
2016-03-09 05:58
0
lol did anyone else keep thinking 'but there's no vice on TSM' took me 2 mins to realize
2016-03-09 06:17
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1 reply
+1
2016-03-09 06:45
0
#75
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United States zayshi
this reginald dude is a fucking retard
2016-03-09 06:22
0
#76
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United States hehexddd
HAHAHA VALENS
2016-03-09 06:24
0
what
2016-03-09 06:35
0
#80
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huNter- | 
United States cr4ckerj4ck
expected
2016-03-09 06:45
0
#83
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Denmark dR_JaCkPoT
great mentality
2016-03-09 07:19
0
#86
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Vietnam stzzi
rip vice... MORTALITY ONE LOVE T_T
2016-03-09 07:31
0
delpan inc...
2016-03-09 07:35
0
Kio nic
2016-03-09 07:48
0
#89
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Vietnam DopeDrop
kioshima ez
2016-03-09 07:49
0
To be honest, i didn't even know they had a CSGO team.
2016-03-09 08:17
0
roca coming
2016-03-09 08:32
0
TIER 8 incoming.
2016-03-09 08:45
0
#94
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World navlefnuller
insignificant player leaves insignificant team = insignificant news
2016-03-09 09:12
0
who?
2016-03-09 10:33
0
#98
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Austria strogie
New tsm suck
2016-03-09 10:33
0
#99
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Palestine _Maister
Shouldve parted ways with the whole shitty lineup lol
2016-03-09 10:49
0
Regi has more than enough to worry about with his LoL squad, this team seems doomed.
2016-03-09 10:51
0
#103
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Norway Thorstad
Witmer pls
2016-03-09 11:01
0
Valens to leave coach position and step in ez
2016-03-09 11:42
0
#105
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Sweden godname
+mOE
2016-03-09 11:46
0
#107
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BDSM | 
United States Alinity
why does tsm have this tier 15 team anyways
2016-03-09 11:49
0
1 reply
#154
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United Kingdom Kzati
e-league
2016-03-09 17:32
0
#109
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Finland Jereasd
Theyll pickup agg twistzz top 1 asia confirmed
2016-03-09 12:06
0
#111
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China 1364012873
bye (de)vice
2016-03-09 12:21
0
#112
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Kyrgyzstan ondorolochoo
Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen @ was playing in tier 1 NA tier 2 World @ adderall things and insulted girl like behavior @ tier 28968921896698 NA tier 99999999 World @ EleGiggle
2016-03-09 12:39
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#115
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Poland trancemeister
+ Swag or ptr plz :D
2016-03-09 12:57
0
3 replies
#117
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s1mple | 
Europe Serjkerrr
Swag can't couse IBP ban, ptr can but would he? do they need an awper? A problem is they need to buyout him if so.
2016-03-09 13:04
0
2 replies
#121
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Switzerland noxer*
swag can ofc, they will just go as far with swag as without swag
2016-03-09 13:14
0
1 reply
#136
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Denmark hehenoob
It would be a good point, but swag is not allowed to participate in anything except fragadelphia and soCaL lans etc
2016-03-09 15:15
0
#126
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Norway Spooderman
Rip V1CE
2016-03-09 13:29
0
#128
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Ex6TenZ | 
Finland qBeY
s1ck
2016-03-09 13:51
0
who cares bout shitty t10 na team
2016-03-09 14:08
0
1 reply
#143
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North America [unknown]
you are post #130 on this news article
2016-03-09 16:33
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vice wasnt good enough considering they had device once ayyy
2016-03-09 14:46
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1 reply
#135
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Portugal dracø
ayyyyy nice one ma frend!
2016-03-09 15:12
0
#138
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Switzerland Sylleo
i forgot tsm had a team
2016-03-09 15:51
0
Ty finally
2016-03-09 16:39
0
#145
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own3d | 
Serbia own3dAk1NG
vice still better than gayvice aka. chokevice aka. device
2016-03-09 16:40
0
#148
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Belgium PixelSwift
RIP device
2016-03-09 16:54
0
#150
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Andorra hdz`
+kioshima ez
2016-03-09 17:11
0
#158
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El Salvador spence120
why is there even a news post about this
2016-03-09 18:13
0
#159
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Brazil Victorhs
TSM didn't even update their site with the photos of the new csgo roster... It's like they don't even care about any of their players if it's not LoL. Meanwhile their twitter account is a pure circlejerk on their League of Legends team 24/7. Even when they had the amazing lineup (current astralis) they didn't give a fuck, I remember Thorin firing some shots at the org because their CSGO was about to play in IEM San Jose 2015 and they didn't tweet anything. twitter.com/thooorin/status/668029372813..
2016-03-09 19:15
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#160
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Europe borghesia
from device to vice to no vice
2016-03-09 19:49
0
2016-03-09 23:03
0
#167
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United States HyperionN
we hardly knew him
2016-03-10 06:47
0
#168
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World Notb8ing
inb4 they sign moses XDDD...
2016-03-10 15:16
0
#169
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EliGE | 
United States mehrfth
inb4 "TSM finalizes their CSGO roster with the addition of adreN"
2016-03-10 16:54
0
2 replies
#172
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RpK | 
France Hoodk1ngz
kappa
2016-03-14 14:15
0
1 reply
#173
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EliGE | 
United States mehrfth
i am some sort of prophet
2016-03-15 00:19
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