Cloud9 have officially added TSM's Timothy "autimatic" Ta into the starting roster, while Alec "Slemmy" White exited the team.

Prior to the off season ESPN have reported on possible changes in Cloud9, whose latest addition Alec "⁠Slemmy⁠" White was rumored to be on his way out of the active lineup, possibly moving to a coaching position.

The rumors have now been confirmed by Cloud9, who replaced the in-game leader with Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta, formerly of TSM. However, Slemmy will not be stepping into the coaching role as expected, as he intends to continue playing.



autimatic officially joins Cloud9

Since his addition to Cloud9 Slemmy has been praised for his leadership but also posed as a target for criticism due to underwhelming individual performances.

autimatic played a part in TSM's international and regional success in the last two months, placing 3rd-4th at ECS Season 1 Finals with wins over Astralis and Cloud9 and close encounters with fnatic and Luminosity, and falling short to his new squad in iBUYPOWER Invitational Summer's grand final.

As Cloud9's previous in-game leader has left the team it's expected of Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert to take over the reins again.

Cloud9 now have the following roster:

In less than an hour Cloud9 will be playing their first ESL Pro League Season 4 match in a battle against one of the region's best teams, Liquid.

That leaves TSM down to just four players. Until they find a replacement, former NRG player Justin "⁠just9n⁠" Ortiz will be standing in for the team: