TSM add seang@res and ShahZaM

15-12-2016 02:57

TSM announced the release of Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen and Pujan "FNS" Mehta, who have been replaced by Echo Fox's Sean "seang@res" Gares and Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan.

TSM's lineup change comes after a series of mixed results, including a 9th-12th finish at Northern Arena - Toronto, last place at iBUYPOWER Masters and third place at the Americas Minor Championship.

The organization believes the team "has become relatively stagnant since the departure of Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta" and as a result decided to bring in Echo Fox's former players, Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares and Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan, who will take over in-game leadership and AWPing, respectively.

ShahZaM and seang@res join TSM

In the meantime, Canadian duo Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen and Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta have been relieved of their duties in TSM, with their future yet to be unveiled.

Due to roster rules, TSM will participate in the Mountain Dew League Global LAN Finals from January 5-8 with the previous lineup, who qualified via the North American division of ESEA Premier Season 23.

At the same event, TSM will play against Rush as a part of the promotion process for ESL Pro League. The winner of that match will go on to play Splyce in an online environment for a spot in ESL Pro League Season 5.

"Although we didn't end the year on a good note, I think these new changes will definitely help some of the younger players on the team improve. I want to thank TSM for everything they've done for me individually. I wish my ex-teammates nothing but the best of luck moving forward." Pujan "FNS" Mehta said in a statement given to TSM.

TSM now have the following lineup:

Hunter "⁠SicK⁠" Mims
Skyler "⁠Relyks⁠" Weaver
Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken
Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares
Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan

The new lineup will debut in the DreamHack Masters Las Vegas North American qualifiers, which are set to take place in January.

you never used and never played any tournament to now so you can't affirms

2016-12-15 02:58

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grats

2016-12-15 02:57

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-Twist +roca ez

2016-12-15 03:00

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Twist ia an amazing talent though. I wouldn't switch considering the numerous lackluster performances from roca.

2016-12-15 04:34

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I love roca, but until he delivers on LAN consistently I'd put Twist ahead of him. Roca seems to crack under the pressure on LAN when he is up against equal/stiffer competition.

2016-12-15 05:01

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overall roca and twist are pretty same at lan performances. Would go with roca because of his experience.

2016-12-15 08:19

1+ I'd also argue that it's more important to nourish a talent. I like roca aswell but he really needs to prove that he can perform consistently.

2016-12-15 15:07

RiP TSM

2016-12-15 10:55

-Relyks +roca

2016-12-15 13:12

Taco twitter ? hehehe

2016-12-15 03:10

TACO GOD xD

2016-12-15 03:11

hahahaha m8 this is why he blocked you

2016-12-15 03:17

lol

2016-12-15 03:48

top 1

2016-12-15 03:58

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2016-12-15 11:26

sick line up LEL

expected

ez for TSM

YAY!

Knew

LUL

its just players hoppin from 1 team to another rofl, it never ends.

Sean?

2016-12-15 06:56

thats what cs is...

2016-12-15 11:17

you expect every team to be like VP? Are you new here?

2016-12-15 18:06

ShahZam xD

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We lost Shitty ANELE (FNS) for Snitch ANELE :( Sad to see such a universally hated manchild in a paid team.

Expected. Rip SEMPHIS though. If he wasn't so inconsistent...

He is better than shahzam

2016-12-15 09:28

WOW

waw

FNS to C9 maybe??

why though?

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Well wasn't he the IGL for TSM ? or was that SEMPHIS? Either or C9 could use an IGL, Stewie is doing fine but either or could be a good coach and just help them with strats in general

2016-12-15 03:03

semphis/valens was the igl

2016-12-15 03:07

2016-12-15 03:08

FNS hasn't been an IGL since like mid 2015 in CLG and he ditched it because he wasn't a very good one and his skills are lackluster.

2016-12-16 22:11

there is no chance in hell fns is going to c9

2016-12-15 07:04

im glad sean is playing again

2016-12-15 02:59

he never stopped lmao

no like i thought he would retire after echofox

2016-12-15 20:56

cool

top 5 NA optic c9 immortals lulquid renegades/tsm tsm/renegades

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was Renegades 2nd place at DHW not enough to prove they're top 4 NA Kappa

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tbh immortals won more things and beat c9 several times... i have no clue why c9 is above immortals..

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esl, and other stuff.

2016-12-15 04:57

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other stuff? i don't think they achieved more than immortals by now...

2016-12-15 10:13

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I think C9 beat more legitimate competition than immortals. Immortals always wins against other NA teams. Especially C9. C9 always gets beaten by immortals for some reason. Aside from I guess you could say dreamhack summer 2016, since NIP was still very questionable as a lineup during that time, Immortals literally won more than half of their tournaments because C9 was their opponent.

2016-12-15 10:22

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immortals beat faze, tyloo, navi, mousesports, g2, godsent... also they won every best of 3 in a while against c9. Tbh, the only reason that they are above immortals is because they won a bo3 against sk..

2016-12-15 10:43

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Ya but g2 doesn't look good, mousesports didn't look good, godsent doesn't look good, idk why you mentioned tyloo. C9 also faced 2 of those teams and smashed them. That leaves only Navi and faze. Everyone is unsure about navi but they do have the talent, but recently they haven't been playing well. Faze is doing pretty well so they have those 2 opponents going for them. C9 hasn't been playing well either I think people see c9 as better since they manage to get far in tournaments where the competition is arguably better. C9 probably would have been in the ECS finals vs Astralis if they didn't lose vs optic where a lot of c9 players weren't on point. Especially on cache where autimatic and shroud were playing awfully, (shroud had like 48 adr). Plus they did beat sk which is a giant accomplishment. I already told you that immortals always bests c9 head to head but then loses to teams c9 would beat, (envyus).

2016-12-15 11:22

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tyloo beat sk, in a way better shape then when c9 beat sk... i really think c9 is hyped af and they always just need to win 1 tournament to be figured as a top 5 or close to team... even if they manage to perform poorly for long periods...

2016-12-15 11:36

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Tyloo beat SK then proceeded to get stomped by every other team afterwards. Not to mention that happened nearly a year ago. April 2016 if i recall. They are figured as top 5 at times because they beat arguably the best team in the world at that time. They also only lost to teams in the top 5 in every single tournament afterwards aside from immortals. Yes they are overhyped, but at the same time, they do better internationally than immortals. I like both teams, I'm personally an Envy fan, but it's hard to see immortals better than C9 internationally. Domestically, they are better, because every time they do face off, they always lose to them. They lose to optic, optic becomes top 5. Lose to nip, they are in top 5, etc etc.

2016-12-15 15:40

sooooo, immortals just manage to beat envy hahahahhaha WHAT UP NOW SWEEEEDES? :D

2016-12-16 03:19

Wut.

2016-12-16 06:53

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immo beat their european team, c9 doesnt

2016-12-16 07:04

see what i was saying, even tyloo must be counted as an opponent and imo a most dangerous one than c9

2016-12-17 03:32

Ok. But you can't count on results after our conversation. That's not how an argument is formulated.

2016-12-17 05:16

ofc i can... a team who has few wins cant be pointed out as a threat like c9... just see the way they play and you will find no consistancy

2016-12-17 06:04

???? That still doesn't validate an argumentative discussion. You can't use future points, go back to a previous post that had different context, and then say there you go. That's like looking at KennyS now, going back to a thread where KennyS was praised as a god, and then using his results as of now to insult that form. Especially if the context was based on recent performances, which doesn't regard the future.

2016-12-17 06:20

No SK? LOL

2016-12-15 03:41

NA dude

2016-12-15 04:31

So Immortals is NA, but SK is not? Solid logic.

2016-12-15 04:45

Immortals is Brazilian too...

2016-12-15 05:22

because everyone knows rng is better than sk

2016-12-15 05:26

Per sources

just going to turn into what echo fox was

2016-12-15 03:02

? Every player improved. Roca had a peanut brain, meat shield was bullied, and ryx is ryx. And a huge morale boost because they don't have to be around the cancer of m0e anymore.

2016-12-15 03:16

Echo fox didn't perform well because they didnt have enough fragging power. Ryx was always top, but if Shaz or Roca only had Average games they lost. With 3 Skill guys this will actually workout well. IMO

2016-12-15 03:47

The only games Echo Fox ever won were the ones Shahzam carried hard af, but he's really inconsistent so they barely ever won.

2016-12-15 06:40

+1 shaZam best awper NA

lul another echo fox with new name

Bot Shazam incoming. I love Sean Bae Gares though

2016-12-15 03:04

If you watched EF, you would be surprised by how much Shahz has improved lol. He carried them hard.

2016-12-15 05:35

I haven't really watched EF, sorry for the ignorant statement, this was based on the few other times I've seen him play.

2016-12-17 03:07

sorry Kory XDDD

2016-12-15 03:05

GG inb4 SEMPHIS and FNS throw that 'Mountain Dew League Global LAN Finals' event (not that they were going to win it anyways)

great now they have a main awper and better igl hope sean will lead this team better

2016-12-15 03:09

GL, a lot of talent on this team.

The fall of TSM

If anything, this is a huge improvement.

2016-12-15 03:14

finally -bot fns but shitzam,lol gl

2016-12-15 03:15

lol this is just another echo fox shit team who wont accomplish anything at all and then disband

2016-12-15 03:13

T O P E K

Good luck boys!

GL fns and semphis

-fns finally

2016-12-15 03:36

thankfully they decided to keep twist instead of semphis, great move by tsm :)

2016-12-15 03:38

Pretty decent lineup for NA now... Wonder what's going to happen :)

2016-12-15 03:39

actually pretty decent lineup, top 5 na soon

Top 5 NA: SK OPTIC IMT C9 TSM confirmed!

2016-12-15 03:42

Optic SK C9 Imt TSM As an impartial voice

2016-12-15 04:43

atm: Optic SK c9 IMT

2016-12-15 09:21

wtf but wat about the semphis,sgares reunion

2016-12-15 03:44

sick relyks and twistzz great young talent and seangares great experience shahzam is trash tho but certainly better (at awping at least) than semphis so gg top 1 NA

2016-12-15 03:53

have you even watched ShahZaM play? ... Really competent aimer and pretty good on the AWP; he's a solid player.

2016-12-15 05:37

lacks game sense, no denying hes a pretty good awper but his intellect prevents him from being a top awper or even a top awper NA

2016-12-15 06:13

SEMPHIS?

2016-12-15 03:54

sick

2016-12-15 04:03

nice to see seangares teaching this kids how to play cs in tier 1 !

2016-12-15 04:04

2016-12-15 04:13

shahzam = GARBAGE

2016-12-15 04:22

Seems like a solid mid-upper NA contender on paper

2016-12-15 04:24

wut? semphis > sgares as igl

2016-12-15 04:35

that isn't true, and sean is a better awper and fragger than semphis.

2016-12-15 04:58

i kinda find that hard to believe

2016-12-15 05:00

Look at sean before he stopped doing it. He gives up too much for being igl, as he never goes for any plays, people like him, ex6tenz(not pronax, he is too bad.) need to play with themsleves doing plays too.

2016-12-15 05:05

that goes both ways. look when semphis wasn't igl in Nihilum

2016-12-15 05:09

you mean playing against na players only? He lost his edge, he is so inconsistant now, no telling if he could get back to that form.

2016-12-15 05:10

there's no proof that sean is a better fragger. does shit even against t3 NA teams

2016-12-15 05:17

I guess, but he has better high light clips with an awp.

2016-12-15 05:19

If anything they frag at an equal level so then it comes down to how they impact the rounds. At the end of the day, seangares is a much better IGL and has a larger overall positive impact on a round to round basis. He is also more consistent as a secondary awper as you guys mentioned. Just like with Skadoodle gares will take peanut brain shahzam and position him appropriately so they can win rounds when he is awping. The rest of the roster speaks for itself they have a wealth of firepower and I am genuinely interested in how they will perform during their honeymoon period.

2016-12-15 09:02

I'd say semphis is the better fragger abd the better T-side igl. sgares is a much better ct-side igl.

2016-12-15 10:19

-relyks +Hiko ez

2016-12-15 04:36

Actually not a bad team at all... Sick and Twistzz are very powerful fraggers, but they lack experience. The addition of such an experienced and revered IGL such as Seangares will make this team a lot more tactically sound and he'll be able to give the youngsters some direction. Plus the addition of a dedicated awper- Shazam, as inconsistent as he is there isn't anyone better who would be willing to play for a team like TSM. Relyks... well i guess he'll transition to more of a support role. On paper this team should work... but we'll see.

2016-12-15 04:51

Solid lineup on paper. Can't wait to see what they can do. Top 5 NA easily.

2016-12-15 04:55

i could see TSM shroud if cloud9 don't qualify for eleague xD

2016-12-15 05:18

expecteted

2016-12-15 05:45

will do worse than Echo Fox

2016-12-15 06:01

wat?

2016-12-15 06:03

At first I thought "Why the hell would you get rid of Semphis", then remembered: On Cloud9 the two clashed on tactics mid-game. Shahzam is a good awper, but he consistently makes poor timing choices when the pressure is high. I think they'll have to hope it's not left up to him in the closing seconds, or that he'll suddenly improve given enough prompting. Seangres is one of the better anti-stratters there are in the game, but unless his kills improves it's going to be hard to see the improvement on the team over giving up FNS and Semphis. Both FNS and Semphis were good at kills. I think they have to hope Seangres strats makes up the difference.

would of like to have seen them keep semphis over relyks. but not sure of the details

2016-12-15 06:31

"Sorry Kory"

2016-12-15 06:39

Interesting -_-

2016-12-15 06:59

Sorry kori, i take ur lyf and spot

2016-12-15 07:19

-shahZam +LITmer ez top 1

2016-12-15 07:38

EXITING B

2016-12-15 08:37

Expecteded

2016-12-15 08:44

Fak u nice Inglish fag

2016-12-15 08:45

REPORTED for mean words ;(

Jonathan plz no ;(

2016-12-15 08:46

can't get any worse TSM literally didn't Xizt

2016-12-15 08:51

another NA t2 team ANELE

2016-12-15 09:01

has shazam ever brought anything positive to a team? i dont get why he's getting on these teams that you know pay well. give some lesser known player a chance ffs

2016-12-15 09:27

he's a good AWPer by NA standards. he was basically carrying Echo Fox

2016-12-15 10:17

Shazam is a very good CT awper.

2016-12-15 10:50

Any pro player is good ct awper just need to hold angle and b8 teammates xD

2016-12-15 13:01

Some are better than others, obviously.

2016-12-15 16:32

True that but its not like Shazam is a god ct side or anything xD

2016-12-15 19:49

he doesn't need to be a god.

2016-12-15 19:53

Worse than echofox

2016-12-15 10:31

Sean is shit tbh, ehhhhh

2016-12-15 10:46

no SEMPHIS so no more "exiting B, exiting B" stuff.

2016-12-15 10:56

nice, now we can have a decent team with tsm, just kick bot twistzzz and find a good 5th

2016-12-15 11:18

u r retard is u think twist is bad

2016-12-15 12:31

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2016-12-15 14:31

NICE

2016-12-15 12:28

Sean overrated like Pronax!

2016-12-15 12:33

Pronax isn't even overrated nobody thinks he's good

2016-12-15 15:36

both shit but still better than fnx and semphis

2016-12-15 12:54

Better than fnx?

2016-12-15 15:35

Tier 3 team signs tier 3 players... oh wait its na scene >expected

2016-12-15 12:57

Medkit scene lul

2016-12-16 03:33

Na scene lul

2016-12-16 19:45

lose-lose

2016-12-15 13:14

damn

2016-12-15 13:23

i think ShahZam is pretty good awp

2016-12-15 14:34

Getting decent i guess. But nowhere close to be T2

2016-12-15 15:14

-Washed up pros +Washed up pros ShahZam has been a disaster since C9 days and Sgares may be a good IGL, but he has same the same problems than pronax has, no firepower. I would say pronax is even a better player by a large margin and still we know he isn't fit for T1 competition. An org like TSM should be able to get a better team to represent them, this guys won"t achieve anything even on domestic competition.

2016-12-15 18:02

NA doesnt have many T1 awpers. you can think that shahzam sucks, but he is one of the betters awpers in NA.

2016-12-15 19:56

you wanna know why sean gares cant get potential on those teams? cuz he always been around players like shazam, typical na delusional pro who think hes good lol, how da fuck would sean lead a team with players like shazam? same thing with c9 and echo fox, sean will try to play textbook cs put his teammates are too stupid to do that right xD

2016-12-15 18:05