Roster Changes And Cancelled LANs: TSM Discusses Its Tumultuous ALGS Split 1

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“It feels amazing,” says Evan ‘Verhulst’ Verhulst on signing for Team SoloMid, the biggest organisation in Apex Legends esports. “I feel like I got kind of lucky. You know, not everyone gets these opportunities.” Verhulst is just 19 and joined TSM in the middle of a tumultuous season, but he sells himself short. Prior to his big move, he was fragging for ESA who were top of the ALGS leaderboards. TSM, for all its prestige and past success, was languishing in mid-table.

According to Jordan ‘Reps’ Wolfe, TSM had been trying out different team compositions with their eyes on what would be most effective at LAN, but nothing had clicked. Then Halo Infinite multiplayer shadow dropped and Eric ‘Snip3down’ Wrona, who had come to Apex from Halo esports, made the decision to switch allegiance to Infinite’s burgeoning esports scene. Reps and IGL Phillip ‘ImperialHal’ Dosen, who had a scheduling clash so couldn’t make our interview, needed a third quick.

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“We talked multiple times, and there was no confirmation if [Snip3down] was going to leave,” Reps explains. “He basically said he wanted to stay on Apex. And then certain things happened. Maybe he got a really good deal or something. But at the end of the day, he came from Halo and he had a good deal to go [back] into Halo. There’s obviously no hard feelings between us at all.

“He offered to play with us to finish [ALGS Split 1] out, but we wanted to move on as quickly as possible. Because if there's LANs coming up, we want to build our synergy with our new player and try to become as good as possible. So the whole process was so quick - it was literally overnight - because we're mid