S1mon comeback to EDG? (CN rumor)

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hyperbanjo

There’s leak on a Chinese VCT forum claiming that S1mon has multiple Tier1 offers, and that EDG is trying to bring him comeback.
If it’s true, it’s honestly kind of hilarious.
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10129106260
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10129417904

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N1TF

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Not trusting the source until one of Chinese users confirms it

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CrackedDuelist

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c9 -vanity +vanity?

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Aquemini

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Why would he go back to a team that fully scapegoated him and blamed him for all the things that went wrong?

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cyk

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all the management cutted （Mainly Aqua, the fker exposed internal conflict online)

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Aquemini

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Chichoo and smoggy dont seem like part of management to me and both of them went very public blaming s1mon for everything along with the coaches.

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Ryandr

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Well they had to otherwise the cn fans would have done some serious shit. Like they literally doxxed smoggy or nobody's information I am pretty sure.

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pkkkk

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thats crazy

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catNmouse

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wasn’t s1mon the one that brought it up online first? smoggy literally was in trouble cause of ig

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cyk

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u have some misunderstanding, only Nobody and S1mon had beef, the others never went that deep

#5

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yea EDG so done if they are that desperate

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noahkraken

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I wouldn’t be surprised with him having Tier 1 offers, but the EDG part would be shocking. I also doubt it because they are doing staff turnover right now, so scouting is probably not their priority until they get new leadership in place

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Kaust

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Why would EDG want someone who isn't willing to fight for their badge anymore and has proven to bitch to stream chat when something doesn't go his way?

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DSBY

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but when it goes his way he can bring his team to win over DRG?

unlike y0y

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Kaust

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Okay he didn't "bring his team to win over DRG".

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DSBY

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Yeah true, shitashu brought AQ the win on a golden plate

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Kaust

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Ok, but you see, I don't like presenting that narrative. Can't we just say that Dannyy and iamgrq had great games?

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DSBY

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We can def say that! But i believe that s1mon, (yes he went negative) he still is fitting in well in that team, knowing that DRG had an entire year in T1 and AQ is a fresh team

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Kaust

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Yeah, I just don't really like the "oh x person carries x team" kind of idea because it just isn't really realistic. Same with the people who think that DRG is still "vo0kashu and friends".

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DSBY

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well vookasho and friends, is debunked today

but thats valid, its a team effort after all :3

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Kaust

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Just friends today, no vo0kashu ):

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DSBY

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True, but usually hes a BEAST

continue thread →

#10

garamanmararaman

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well, in short
https://www.vlr.gg/527576/edward-gaming-vs-dragon-ranger-gaming-vct-2025-china-stage-2-ubqf
https://www.vlr.gg/569524/dragon-ranger-gaming-vs-any-questions-gaming-vct-2025-china-ascension-ubsf

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Kaust

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Counterpoint: Nobody on Yoru.

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hyperbanjo

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Given S1mon's impressive performance in Ascension, it's no surprise that he's being re-evaluated.
Also, staff members at EDG who were responsible fo conflict have been let go.
So while it might seem unlikely, the possibility of a return isn't entirely out of the question.

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Kaust

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Is Aqua gone (if so pog)

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N1TF

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Even if he is getting an offer from EDG I think he would reject it for what the team has done to him publicly online and viceversa for EDG as well

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edgno1fan3

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translation of the post:

"not sure how real this is, but the source (name is translated to "the assistant") is somewhat reliable - let me share what they're saying first:

s1mon was not offered 5,000,000 RMB (around $700k USD) - they can't say exactly how much, but it wasn't 5m.
edg does seem to want s1mon back, but so do all the VCT teams. they probably want him back but they aren't that desperate for it.
in terms of responsibilities to AQ, other than his keyboard and mouse, his duties is just scrims and pracs into streaming."

second post:

"i'd believe it if you said other vct teams want s1mon, but are you really saying edg want s1mon to come back? can you use your brain? no worries, after a few days the source ("the assistant") will report that the entire EDG team knelt and begged for s1mon to come back but he said no - even if he wasn't the goat and edg begged him to go back he wouldn't do so. that "reconcilliation video" was just the club trying to make it not seem like that big of a deal. leaving this post here to show I called it before it happened."

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teilwal

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begging on your knees is crazy

#30

edgno1fan3

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chinese euphemisms, there are some really funny ones