TSM Shimmer part ways with abby after 16 months with core

In an unexpected move, TSM Shimmer have parted ways with Abigail "abby" Deters, as the player announced her departure from the squad on X. abby was one of the founding members of Shimmer, joining the squad after having played for Please Send Bocks and Valkyries fe previously.

She spent the last year and a half with Lucy "empathy" Verkaik and Lynn "Lx" Clarke, with the trio qualifying for the last three ESL Impact LAN Finals and winning more than five ESL Impact Cash Cups together. This is the first roster move since the former free agent squad joined TSM, and the first one since madss filled Casey "chigen" Glerb's spot on the team back on January 22nd.

abby had previously served as the team's IGL following the departure of Lisa "lisa" Nguyen from the squad back in October 2023, however when the team picked up coach Sebastian "Florence" Ogarev, Marissa "madss" Dasta took over the leadership role.

The rifler told Dust2.us that the change was expected to a certain point as she understands she "[hasn't] been performing to [her] own standards. The former IGL also revealed that there is a high chance she won't be playing any future ESL Impact seasons but might come back for next year's ESEA League season.

Florence told Dust2.us that TSM decided to part ways with abby due to her struggling to fit her roles while not improving as quickly as the team expected or needed ahead of the start of the second half of 2024. He also said that TSM Shimmer has a replacement lined up that they hope to announce in the coming weeks.

The current TSM Shimmer squad is:

• Lucy "empathy" Verkaik

• Lynn "Lx" Clarke

• Phoebe "phoebe" Winter

• Marissa "madss" Dasta

• Sebastian "Florence" Ogarev (Coach)