TSM bench JACKZ

17-1-2024 13:39

JACKZ is the first casualty of TSM's failure in the PGL Copenhagen RMR open qualifiers.

JACKZ was at TSM since they re-entered CS in August

Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug has been removed from TSM's starting lineup after the American organization failed all four of their attempts to make it to the RMR's closed qualifiers.

The squad has also pulled out of the first IEM Chengdu open qualifier as they look to find a replacement for the benched Frenchman.

TSM went into the Major qualifiers on shaky footing after losing Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson to BLEED, Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam to Vitality, and having to integrate new members in the form of Joel "⁠joel⁠" Holmlund and coach Allan "⁠Rejin⁠" Petersen.

TSM add joel on two-month probation period

Losses to TEAM MAXX, HAVU, ECLOT, and PIXEL in the online qualifiers followed, and the organization has reacted to the disappointment with another roster change.

JACKZ was the lowest-rated player during his time on TSM, averaging a 0.99 rating, and struggled to show the potential in TSM that was unlocked in his stand-in stint for Vitality at ESL Pro League Season 17.

"We never really managed to find the right chemistry with the five due to differing visions and role problems from the very start," JACKZ said on Twitter.

"I still love this game and I'm hungry for competition. I know I can be a valuable addition to a team."

TSM are now:

Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså
Mădălin-Andrei "⁠MoDo⁠" Mirea
Timofey "⁠interz⁠" Yakushin
Joel "⁠joel⁠" Holmlund

Allan "⁠Rejin⁠" Petersen (coach)

Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug (benched)

Expected.

2024-01-17 13:39

16 replies

Anyone with second to none cs knowledge knew that this roster construction never made any sense. Interz, valde and jackz all have similarities when it comes to roles. On a team with stars, they can definitely have a great role, but together they don’t make sense.

2024-01-17 13:45

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yeah exactly, they had jacks and cypher who are both entry, valde and interz who are both support, and then a random ahh awper

2024-01-17 13:58

just from the constellation its a sprout like looking team but in a more "all-star" way and thats not something honorable to mention.

2024-01-17 14:03

I'm not sure "second to none" means what you think it does.. other than that, I agree.

2024-01-17 15:47

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Ok mr taking everything figuratively

2024-01-17 16:43

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No, I just speak English.

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Ok so do I? What is your point? Have you ever heard about exaggerating something to promote your point?

2024-01-17 16:45

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It depends on what your exaggeration is (hence "I'm not sure" in #96). "Everyone could've seen this coming" is more typical than "only the best could've seen this coming." I've assumed you meant the former. I could be wrong.

2024-01-17 16:55

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You are right, I didn’t know what it meant. My apologies

2024-01-17 17:21

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No problem, we all make mistakes.

2024-01-17 17:22

ok kassad

2024-01-17 16:22

“Second to none” means “the best”

2024-01-17 17:17

Damn

+1 Literally nobody would care about this team if they weren't named signed by a big org

2024-01-17 18:35

Finally he can now retire

2024-01-17 14:54

Jackz off :(

2024-01-17 15:50

next interz

2024-01-17 13:40

then #4

2024-01-17 13:44

10/10 project

Disband soon

the c in tsm stands for competence

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Well they clearly have competence for choosing to bench jackz. sooo

2024-01-17 15:00

TCM?

??tf

2024-01-17 16:01

Team Competence Mid

2024-01-17 16:05

*Team Competently mid

2024-01-17 16:08

Team CoolerMaster

2024-01-17 16:29

They clearly are not very competent since they still have valde⁠, interz, joel and rejin

2024-01-17 16:09

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They have more competence than you then if you say valde should be kicked

2024-01-17 16:52

Flag checks out lmao Last time this guy was good was in North

2024-01-17 18:03

He wasn't even born then...

2024-01-17 18:19

Flag checks even more out for you

2024-01-18 14:57

How is Reunion related to anything if I may ask?

2024-01-18 14:58

How would i know???

2024-01-19 12:56

Well, you said my flag checks out, so I'm wondering how so?

2024-01-19 13:18

Totally Stuck Mediocrity

2024-01-17 18:25

Frame one bench

finally

maybe now they'll understand that jackz is too old for this shit

he would have been ok if they didn t have both valde and interz there.You can t have all 3 in the same team.

2024-01-17 14:26

-player out of his prime +player out of his prime

2024-01-17 13:41

+s1mple

2024-01-17 14:25

Why... He is toxic, hard to work with, for sure expensive and he also said he already has some team coming up. edit: +player out of his prime is also fitting for simple

2024-01-17 15:02

Glad tsm isn't just giving up on the game. Hope they build up something more promising

2024-01-17 13:43

+1 not an easy time for a top org to enter/reenter scene

Sad.

deserved

deserved for who

2024-01-18 15:12

bench anyone other than Jackz?

2024-01-18 15:37

bench the whole team and find a better team for jackz, a tier 1 team (why not fnatic)

2024-01-18 18:34

enough, time to retire

2024-01-18 18:46

if he has the right mates, if he can find the right chemistry, he can still play for 2 years, but the problem is that since 2022 his g2 kick, everyone sees him as finished.

2024-01-18 19:44

just disband

bench interz valde modo and joel and you might have a solid lineup

might be better lol

2024-01-17 14:01

not sure about better but definitely not worse

2024-01-17 14:32

jackz LOL

even a random HLTV user can gather a better squad

2024-01-17 13:48

To 3dmax surely

No hes going to kcorp with Nivera

2024-01-17 13:49

Not before 2025 kameto said

2024-01-17 14:31

Nah he said around 2025 so could be a bit earlier

2024-01-17 14:59

I hope so. Maybe they will come right after the major with a t3 team before making a real tier one or two team. Like falcons did

nothing we know about. He got rekt in Valorant with an underwhelming "superteam" so he might invest wisely and wait

2024-01-17 16:24

sauce?

Terrible idea, he is worse than everyone in the lineup by a country mile and last time he was on HEET he helped them lose every game possible by bottomfragging

2024-01-17 13:57

jackz to 3dmax

#25

as much as I love JACKZ its deserved, aint no way grandpa could still hold up against t1

They not even tier 2 wdym tier 1

2024-01-17 16:57

I didnt mean that TSM is tier 1 but they rather aim to be. JACKZ in the team doesnt help their goal.

2024-01-17 17:32

Their whole team doesnt have a clear tier 1 deserving player

2024-01-19 10:34

They have players that can prove be deserving of that but no one expected this team with interz, for example to pop off

2024-01-19 10:40

he did well for his last t1 event where he was standing for vitality

2024-01-18 00:34

JACKZ could be good for Endpoint to let young stars shine

good point

bench interz pls..

Good

2024-01-17 13:50

Maybe delusional Fr*nch people can stop pretending this guy is good now

+1 we have zywoo ffs

2024-01-17 15:01

Good team

2024-01-17 13:55

JACKZ had an offer from Monte last year, big mistake for him that he didnt join.

2024-01-17 13:56

he would've just shit the bed like he did on every other team

Well yeah Monte got a better player in br0 but it doesnt change the fact that JACKZ deserves a better team than TSM. He is a good t3 player.

2024-01-17 14:36

Monte dodged a bullet there, good for them!

that was fast

But HLTV told me he was good because he helped Vitality beat grayhound and Tyloo, even though he was benched 3 times from his last teams

well we have our first benching if the year.

-nexa +jackz

2024-01-17 13:59

Then -jackz +Amanek

2024-01-17 17:19

Then -amanek +shox

2024-01-17 23:52

-jackz -valde -interz -modo keep joel +soulfly +degster +lekr0 +michu or one of the ther guys from IKLA

2024-01-17 14:00

Because Valde is still a world-class player (not)

Expected from the start

2024-01-17 14:02

as much as i love him, i don't see him fit anywhere... for t1 it would be a downgrade adding him, and for the rest i don't know.

depends on how you set him up, his mechanics are very good but he is a pretty one dimensional player. He would fit well into a team where the main star player is the second guy in where he could be the main entry to get traded by the star player but he cannot fit other roles.

2024-01-17 14:09

yeah agree. sad we can't get to see his mechanics in use...

2024-01-17 14:10

same here.. i genuinely love him but despite his good aim and movement he lacks the game sense :(

2024-01-17 15:59

2024-01-17 20:15

no way jks goes to tsm right?...

2024-01-17 14:04

Why would he ruin his career

2024-01-17 14:23

"We never really managed to find the right chemistry with the five"due to differing visions and role problems" Basically because both jackz and cypher are T side entries.. but now that cypher went to bleed why did they bench jackz? XD

2024-01-17 14:06

because they will add jks and another passive player to have 4 passive baity players and an unproven AWPer, 200 iq management,

honestly not even EG management was this bad. EG was trash but at least role wise their teams made sense

2024-01-17 14:11

i think jks would rather join grayhound to farm free stickers every major than play for this dumpster team

2024-01-17 15:58

2024-01-17 14:07

TSMEME

2024-01-17 14:08

"TSM ceases CS2 operations" - 19.1.2024

2024-01-17 14:12

+jks

2024-01-17 14:13

Head up king.

We all supported him for a long time and hoped he would return to form. It just didn’t happen. Warm that bench with honour Jacky

don't disband, just +IGL

2024-01-17 14:14

I think JACKZ can still be useful to many teams as an entry. Obviously won't work if the team has other regular underperformes like interz and Cypher. But for a team with 4 other consistent players, this guy can open up some bomb sites.

2024-01-17 14:16

dude, he’s 31. Why would any team still pick him up.

2024-01-17 14:18

If he's not in high demand you don't have to pay him much. Then you get a decent entry, an experienced player and a positive attitude. Not necessarily viable for tier 1 teams but it could work out for less experienced teams and orgs without Saudi money.

so true. Money plays a big role in who a team picks up

2024-01-17 14:58

Finally it’s time to retire. He had some good moments but I think his time has been up for a while

2024-01-17 14:21

He deserves a better team

2024-01-17 14:22

+jks letsgo

2024-01-17 14:27

Wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy, let alone jks.

2024-01-17 15:04

- interz + birdfromsky Need someone with brains and valde can frag

2024-01-17 14:30

clownfiesta

2024-01-17 14:28

Honestly good for him to get out of this shiet team asap

Huge mistake

2024-01-17 14:35

fair

2024-01-17 14:43

quick bench

2024-01-17 14:48

expected

2024-01-17 14:50

so I guess we should expect one more random tsm roster move

2024-01-17 14:53

This is not the solution to the problem..

noooo😭

2024-01-17 15:11

Understandable

2024-01-17 15:17

tsm disband when?

2024-01-17 15:28

get shalfey out of that shithole called forze. tier 1 for tsm inevitable

2024-01-17 15:34

forze are infinitely better than tsm. TSM are doomed to pick cheap leftovers and will never break to t1 cs lol

2024-01-17 16:04

in what universe can forze in their current state be considered as a good team, shalfey is cracked, resalt can be okay from time to time, i have never seen anything at all from tnir i don't think he's even good enough for forze and gokushima is mid for an awper. plus they are yet to find their 5th. forze is in shambles, and need to rebuild around shalfey, resalt and potentialy gokushima if they want to compete

2024-01-17 17:25

TSM arent in shambles though? see, i didnt say that i think forze is a good team capable of winning trophies. It's just tsm so bad that a team of 4 people can play better than them, Forze can pick anyone from Space/Arcred and i am sure they wont be playing worse than with krad. Not to mention the fact that shalfey is still young and inexperienceed and never lead a team using english comms.

2024-01-17 17:51

well they are, and isn't valde igl'ing? shalfey can be a rifler who plays all the good positions, i'd say he's better than cypher by a long shot

2024-01-17 19:54

Expected, JACKZ has fallen of hard after his time in G2

To GenOne he goes

2024-01-17 16:02

I watched a few of their games in the qualifications and Modo, Joel and interz played really well. Jackz was kind of bad overall and valde making wierd decisions which sometimes made them lose the round.

2024-01-17 16:12

Jackz to OG?

2024-01-17 16:17

GenOne with KRL KEKW

2024-01-17 16:32

trash lineup why they get paid

2024-01-17 16:42

his stand-in in Vitality has shown he still has it in him, given the right conditions. GL JaCkz~, hope we'll see you shine somewhere!

2024-01-17 16:54

0/8

2024-01-17 17:20

He is right tho, he was their best player with ZywOo when he was standing in.

2024-01-17 18:39

Same happened with es3tag when he stood in for FaZe This doesn't mean they're good players

2024-01-17 18:44

youtube.com/watch?v=oIourCtcuZw

2024-01-17 20:06

good move, i predicted it xd

2024-01-17 17:01

No worries, they’ve still got Joel = soon to be the #1 team in the world

2024-01-17 17:36

they need an IGL more than anything right now, sadly there isn't really anything available.

2024-01-17 17:54

Expected. Hope he finds a new team, he's a good fella.

2024-01-17 18:07

Now they're only 4 changes away from a good roster

2024-01-17 18:40

This definitely makes more sense than picking up a match fixer. Good luck with the replacement hunt.

2024-01-17 19:08

Deserved for this dogshit org. They should leave again and not come back.

2024-01-17 19:49

sad :(

2024-01-17 20:42

'due to differing visions and role problems from the very start' wow conflicting roles, no way??

2024-01-17 22:52

I like JACKZ but he needs to be used as a "grunt" or entry. Teams are using him as an anchor and it's painful because it looks like he wants to play aggressive but given his perceived skill, he's not playing roles he enjoys. Hope he finds a team that fits him well.

2024-01-18 18:47