TSM taking legal action after PUBG player is poached TSMTop esports organization TSM has promised to take legal action against an Indian org after it announced the signing of a TSM PUBG Mobile player \u2014 without ever negotiating with TSM themselves. TSM has established itself as one of the premier organizations in esports, especially prevalent in North American League of Legends, where they have won multiple domestic trophies alongside the likes of Team Liquid and Cloud9. As such, they\u2019ve seen the growth of esports from a grassroots scene to the highly professional, financially enticing industry it is today. That\u2019s why they were stunned when they saw PUBG Mobile player Arjun \u2018SHADOW\u2019 Mandhalkar announced by another team, called GodLike Esports, without ever being contacted. Now, they\u2019re looking to take action. \u201cA team just announced a new player for their BGMI (PUBG Mobile) starting roster, that is still contracted to TSM, without talking to TSM,\u201d said TSM\u2019s head of global social and community, Duncan Cox. TSM\u2019s mobile director Jeff \u2018SuiJeneris\u2019 Chau responded by saying that \u201cKrafton India Esports has not responded for over a week regarding this issue when TSM India reached out.\u201d Agree, sets a bad example for India esports Krafton India Esports has not responded for over a week regarding this issue when TSM India reached out Why hasn\u2019t Krafton India gotten back to us? @Anuj_Tandon @hisohn Can you please help? \u2014 Jeff “”SuiJeneris”” Chau (@SJeneris) June 19, 2022 SuiJeneris then confirmed that they are \u201ctaking action\u201d against the org, and will have an update about the process in the future. We are taking action and will have an update in the future for the India gaming community \u2014 Jeff “”SuiJeneris”” Chau (@SJeneris) June 19, 2022 He then also posted a series of screenshots of a conversation between TSM and Shadow, which show the player asking to be transferred to another team and TSM even offering a free loan so that he can play elsewhere. As it transpired, though, they brought him into the fold without holding any conversations with TSM \u2014 despite Chau\u2019s insistence that the organizations must come to an agreement on his transfer. Feel bad for Shadow as it seems he is being used\u2026? He just wants to play LAN \ud83d\ude14 Poaching\/tampering is a dangerous and dishonest practice\u2014it harms players, orgs, and turns good fans on each other Also, adults know that public relations is an integral part of legal strategy \ud83e\udee1 pic.twitter.com\/2YJgUcp88P \u2014 Jeff “”SuiJeneris”” Chau (@SJeneris) June 20, 2022 The Indian org didn\u2019t take kindly to the comments made online by TSM\u2019s execs. They posted two separate statements on Twitter, denying any accusations and saying that everything they did was fair and legal \u2014 and even saying they\u2019re going to take legal action against TSM. \u201cWe, at GodLike, followed all the legal and ethical procedures while engaging with Shadow, as he was not bound by any agreement in existence,\u201d they said. \u201cHowever, Shadow\u2019s erstwhile organisation started defaming Shadow as well as GodLike by releasing his personal chats on social media platforms, which is a violation of privacy and punishable under Indian law. \u201cDue to constant slandering on media portals and news channels, we are constrained to make this statement that we are in the process of filing a criminal as well as civil case against the people who are releasing private chats and making defamatory statements against GodLike and also against one of the players who is openly abusing Shadow and GodLike on social media platforms.\u201d We don’t take threats lightly.#WeAreGodLike#DilSeGodLike pic.twitter.com\/FSPdxlYcOa \u2014 GodLike Esports (@GodLike_in) June 21, 2022 With TSM undergoing legal action against GodLike, it\u2019s unclear what the outcome of this situation will be, so it\u2019s well worth keeping an eye out on whether Shadow makes an appearance for GodLike any time soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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