Recently, EDG's manager, Aqua, had a live broadcast to talk about S1mon's problem, in which “accusing” a lot of actions affecting the player's team, even including gossiping the teammates who used to win the world championship. During Aqua's broadcast, EDG members even appeared to support the manager's decision.
That evening, all 4 members of Nobody, Zmjjkk, Chichoo and Smoggy have spoken out about S1mon's problem. Chichoo criticized S1mon that has launched rumors about the coaching committee and teammates, and criticized S1mon not to communicate when practicing. After that, Chichoo also posted one more article that S1mon had “cursed” his teammates to lose, not managing fans for EDG to receive criticism.
Nobody confirmed that EDG tried not to spread information out to protect the player but S1mon even “used” fans to attack his teammates. The captain of EDG also confirmed that the S1mon is very passive when practicing and competing, always having the guidance of everyone. At the same time, Nobody also said that the psychological s1mon is very poor, after losing sometimes still abandoning the practice, lazy and refusing to improve himself to be better.
Smoggy wrote a very long paragraph, denying lazy practice and saying that each person has a different way of training. Next, the player criticized the attitude of S1mon, saying that the player refused to talk but until the stream turned into “a completely different person”. Finally, Smoggy criticized S1mon for his fans to criticize the team, affecting the team.
Finally, Zmjjkk also said directly to the match against G2 Esports at Masters Bangkok that the team tried to comfort S1mon but the player showed an uncomfortable attitude. Even in the match, S1mon also shows the surrender and plays with negative attitude. Zmjjkk is also the one who tries to treat S1mon well to help integrate but the attitude of S1mon ties the team to remove from the squad.
With the statements of the EDG team, Perhaps S1mon will soon be eliminated from the Edg Valorant squad. Currently, the S1mon replacement player Jieni7 is performing well in the Flex position (Duelist & Initiator). EDG also affirmed that Jieni7's attitude was very good, although the original position was Duelist, it was ready to practice new agents to suit the requirements from the team. In the immediate future, EDG will continue to play with Jieni7 at the VCT Play-off Round of the Stage 1, then the chances will be VCT Masters Toronto 2025 before making an official decision on S1mon.
