There was a rumour going around that before Team Vitality’s IEM Cologne win, Spinx had been looking for a way out, with the given reason basically boiling down to ‘he thinks mezii is rubbish’.

We’re paraphrasing, but like, barely.

All Vitality had to do was say it was complete nonsense, but the fact that XTQZZZ has come out and said there was some truth in it makes it pretty interesting.

He did, in an interview with HLTV, deny that they were ever in for huNter-, who was a rumoured replacement for Spinx, but wouldn’t say who they were trying to sign instead.

That means we’re free to speculate, and we think it was donk. Or XANTARES. Or ropz and that’s why he’s not been as good lately. No wait, it was s1mple, wasn’t it? Oh come on, tell us tell us tell us!

XTQZZZ admits that Spinx did actually ask to assess his options and was actively looking for a new team for a few days; but did also suggest that ‘players explore their options all the time’ and that it had nothing to do with mezii.

Of course he was going to say that, though. Just say it. He hates the English. It’s fine, they’re used to it. Trust us.

It’s not even mezii he dislikes, he just hates England. He’s trying to be more like the French. If he hates England enough, Vitality get the French flag back on HLTV.

XTQZZZ, however, loves mezii. But not Kyojin.

“People talk about him as if he were Kyojin, as if this guy were a huge noob.” That’s a truly brilliant quote. Defending your player by saying ‘at least he’s not rubbish like the guy we had before’ is amazing.

For some nicer quotes about mezii, take “There aren't many anchors better than him right now. I'm sorry.” and "Life is often about timing, and he came here to replace Magisk, who is irreplaceable and the best anchor in the world, so he's getting criticized for that. I'm sure that people wouldn't be on his case as much if he came here replacing dupreeh, for example.”

Does… does he hate dupreeh too?

What a rollercoaster. All we know is: Kyojin is a noob and Spinx wanted to leave before Cologne.