TSM Spica clarifies that players were not involved in Shenyi’s benching
Players aren’t to be blamed.
Long-running North American organizationTSMare currently in 10th place in theLCS Spring 2022 seasonafter a disappointing start.
Even though the team benched Chinese support Wei “Shenyi” Zi-Jie after Week 2 and promoted Wang “Yursan” Sheng-Yu from the academy team, results have not improved.
Shenyimade commentsafter his benching, alleging that the team didn’t seem to trust his shotcalling. Since jungler Mingyi “Spica” Lu is currently the team’s shotcaller, fans thought he was responsible for forcing his support out of the team, andturned their ire towards himon social media.
However, he has refuted these allegations in a tweet, saying that none of the players were involved in Shenyi’s benching.
In fact, he said the team had actually agreed thatShenyi would shotcallafter Week 2, when the team went 0-4.
TSM Spica: ‘The narrative has gotten out of hand’
“No one on the team was against Shenyi shotcalling, in fact when he first told us (after 0-4) we all agreed,” he wrote in the tweet. “No player played a part in deciding his benching and it was not anything gameplay related.”
Shenyireplied to the tweetwith a GIF of Dwight Schrute and Tobey Dawson from The Office shaking hands.
Former TSM player and coach Soren “Bjergsen” Bjerg went on to defend the TSM jungler onTwitter, noting that “no one has full context [of the situation] except for the people on the inside.” Bjergsen also called out the “scapegoating” by fans based on two clips online about the team’s communications.
Head coachWong “Chawy” Xing Leirecently said in anexclusive interview with ONE Esportsthat the former LDL support has been proactive in communicating with bot lanerEdward “Tactical Ra.
TSM’s next LCS game is against FlyQuest on March 6, 6.30 a.m. GMT+8 | March 5, 2.30 p.m. PT | March 5, 10.30 p.m. GMT. Watch them live on the LCSTwitchandYouTubechannels.
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