As the Summer Championship is still ongoing, teams that didn't make it are already preparing for Fall qualifiers. We can see teams are going through the phases of roster changes and adjustments.
On Sunday night Yuuj announced he would be leaving Panda Global, stating that there have been problems since the roster was still with Team Blaze.
” Things were looking up, but honestly the team dynamic was deteriorating. Blame was being thrown left and right and ultimately it fell upon me because I 'used ancestral too late' or 'didn't cleanse fast enough'.”
He goes on to point out that the evening they were knocked out of the Burbank Regional, he was informed that he would be benched.
While this is a minor setback for the support player, Yuuj states that he will taking a short break from competitive play but will be back and 'thirsty for more'.
Tuesday, Zixz put out a statement that he would not only be leaving Tempo Storm, but would be retiring from Heroes altogether.
” After I came back home from Burbank I knew that I was going to be leaving Tempo.”
Much like the reasoning for a lot of players/casters dropping out of the game, money seems to be the main issue with Zixz stating it's 'killing his savings' despite being treated well by Blizzard and Tempo Storm.
Leaving Tempo Storm will also be his retirement from competitive Heroes, saying he will be working on his master's degree.
With the end of the reign of Cloud9 and their complete disbandment from the organization, many would assume that Tempo Storm would not be far behind with their quality of play lately. Despite the announcement of Zixz leaving, it doesn't look as though Tempo will be backing down.
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