{"id":18969,"date":"2021-07-06T02:39:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T02:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/tsm-ftx-benches-drone-after-another-unsuccessful-open-qualifier"},"modified":"2024-07-22T03:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T03:04:02","slug":"tsm-ftx-benches-drone-after-another-unsuccessful-open-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/tsm-ftx-benches-drone-after-another-unsuccessful-open-qualifier","title":{"rendered":"TSM FTX benches Drone after another unsuccessful open qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TSM FTX has benched Taylor &ldquo;drone&rdquo; Johnson from the starting Valorant roster, the organization has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The team is now looking to find a replacement for the 23-year-old, who remains on the bench. It is unknown whether Johnson was allowed to look for another team himself, although looking at his achievements in the past year, he would make a profitable addition for many line-ups.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As of today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dronecsgo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dronecsgo<\/a> is benched from our starting Valorant roster. We&#8217;ll be trialing players to find our permanent 5th ahead of Qualifiers 2.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TSM FTX (@TSM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSM\/status\/1412123698476236804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>The sudden roster change is most notably a result of poor placements in first qualifiers for Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 3 Challengers 1. TSM lost to Noble in the open round of qualifiers, losing its chance to take part in the upcoming Challengers 1.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/valorant\/cs-go-star-nbk-moves-to-valorant-i-am-coming-to-dominate\"><strong>CS:GO star NBK moves to Valorant: &#8220;I am coming to dominate&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The news first surfaced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upcomer.com\/sources-tsm-seeking-changes-to-valorant-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thanks to Upcomer<\/a>, which reports, that TSM has &ldquo;contacted multiple organizations in the region to recruit one player for their roster&rdquo;. Although the North American squad has shortlisted a few options for replacement, the final one is yet to be decided.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/AYMK-TB5f4_LYfiKkUAg9st3r_yCzr-nDEepiXXnq7Y\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9WYWxvcmFudC9WYWxvcmFudF9tYXN0ZXJzX2Jlcmxpbi5wbmc\" alt=\"valorant berlin tsm\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">(Picture: Riot Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It won&rsquo;t take long until we get to know TSM&rsquo;s new player, as the team will be looking to advance to Challengers 2 through an open qualifier, which starts on July 22.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TSM FTX has benched Taylor &ldquo;drone&rdquo; Johnson from the starting Valorant roster, the organization has announced. 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