After a three year partnership, Maru "MaSa" Kim has parted ways with ROOT Gaming, the player announced Saturday on Twitter.

Parted away with root gaming. I've been with them for over 3 years and thank you @ROOTCatZ for helping me improve throughout the years! — Maru Kim (@MaSa950) October 11, 2015

MaSa has had success in some offline tournaments, winning $3,000 at the MLG GameOn tournament, as well as first place finishes at LAN ETS in 2014 and 2015.

He has become a fixture in WCS since he first reached Premier in 2014, making four of the six seasons. In addition, MaSa has been among the first major adopters of the Archon Mode format, working with viOLet in the Red Bull Battle Ground series.

Following the announcement, theScore eSports reached out to MaSa for comment:

With the recent news, what led to your departure from ROOT Gaming?​

I've been with them for over 3 years and I believe that is more than anybody else in terms of activeness. For me, this is the same as moving out from my parents. I want to experience a new environment.

Will you be looking to join another team?

If anybody wants me why not.

You’ve been doing quite well in recent Archon Mode competitions, do you feel like this could become your focus moving forward?

Maybe yes, maybe not. I'm really not sure for now, however as Archon mode can really help with my weaknesses, I will definitely look more into it when there are more competitions.

You’ve been a regular in Premier league since 2014, are you still confident in achieving those results without the support of a team?

Yes. As long as school doesn't really bother me, I believe I can achieve the same result, if not better.

You’re very active in the Canadian scene, how do you feel about it’s strength overall? We’ve seen a surge in the French scene recently, could Canada come to rival that? Scarlett recently announced she would be returning for LotV.

I believe Canadians are pretty strong, although it really fell apart lately including myself. However, with the potential, I believe we can take down any other countries later on!

What is your next major goal?

I've never achieved this yet: do good in school and sc2 at the same time!

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