The Unexpected Failure of TSM’s Pro Fortnite Team 

Man I feel bad for myth. The pressure of underperforming in competitive events when you’re called one of the best, losing friendships due to different circumstances and getting a lot of hate for being a washed streamer rn. There also must’ve been some guilt for if he performed well, they might’ve still been together

I feel so bad for Myth, the dude has heart, it’s just that he was left to hold the weight of everything crashing down.

Myth proves that once again not every one handles the stage well. This was something that we were taught in theater class. We can prepare all we want but nothing truly hits like your first performance. I still remember mine. After wards, I applied for back stage crew in future productions as I didn’t have the energy and charisma needed to be on stage.

Honestly though, the fact that they just grew apart rather then get in some massive controversy that exposed one or two of them as total scumbags is a nice change of pace. There was no massive blow out fight, no one person only seeing dollar signs, it was just a difference in priority. Not a fan of Fortnite at all, but this was an interesting story.

It’s a shame that most of TSM either disappeared or just moved on.

TSM was a group we grew to love, we saw their rise to fame and the unfortunate fall with the game that made them famous, TSM where a great bunch who let their content be put first over mental health

I am so happy that Myth reinvented himself into a variety streamer and is still going strong. I think people expected fortnite to be the boss in gaming for a long time to but it definitely fell off a cliff in dec 2019. A lot of the streamers left with the mechs update that pretty much ruined the game. They removed them a few months later but it was too late. I’ll never forget the amazing memories I had in 2018 and 2019 though. What an era in gaming

I feel bad for camillz cause I was in the same situation in call of duty. I was on a really good competitive cod team, and we were looking solid enough to make some good money in tournaments and stuff. I couldn’t keep up with the higher skill though. Like I can dominate in public matches easily, drop 50-60 kills a game. But when you can’t get past a certain skill hurdle, it can be hard to recover. It’s not even that I was playing bad, I just wasn’t up to the teams standards. The team ended up getting a new fourth and they went on to be successful and win a lot of money in tournaments, and I’m still chill with all of them. Just sucks not being able to compete because your skill lagged behind.

this guy makes netflix quality documentaries for free. (EDIT: I understand he gets paid to make the videos but they are free for us to watch.)

Seeing the picture of the TSM crew together fade to black during the last few seconds of the video really tore a hole in my heart. I really miss them as a group.

TSM was bad as a pro team yes, but they were iconic, energetic, and radioactively funny and entertaining. the TSM house challenges were top tier entertainment, and its sad that many of them are gone, like Hamlinz and Daequan.

This is some of the best content I've seen on the platform in a long time. Good stuff my guy

People must not realize what performance anxiety does to a person. You have to be 10x better than necessary to show up and do well enough. You'll typically underperform massively until you're somewhat used to it

People do forget how good Myth really was, it is clear that his results in competitive were not representative of his true skill, Ninja performed well as he was used to it

Myth is just such a good friend that never gives up and keeps trying I hope him nothing but the best

The first time you participate in a gaming tournament, you realize it's a whole different beast than being good at the game in your own home. In fact its even true if you play an online tournament from home, just having the structure of rules and the timing of when you play a match be out of your control, the pressure, whether you get to warm up, it's a different skill to put in peak performance when it really counts. For anyone thinking of competing in tournaments the advice is to start jumping in even if you expect to get wrecked in the qualifiers, because you need a good amount of real tournament experience to even start rising to the level of winning.

RIP I never watched TSM but that’s a very sad ending and although Daequan and Hamlinz had mental health problems at the end of the day I feel sorry for Myth, he lost a friendship that he had with 2 very nice people and still wishes them the best and stuff. My heart goes out to that guy for carrying on 💙

BRs have a huge divide between competitive players and creators. This is on full display in apex legends where really good creators struggle to do well in competitive and the game is played very differently in competitive. There have been some good creator squads but they usually have some competitive experience. The odd thing about apex is that most top comp players become top creators. Imperialhal got into comp as a nobody and is now one of the top creators. BRs create a really interesting community environment.

One thing people forget to realize, myth was pro Level, he didn't have pro mentality. Ninja was a pro Halo player, he was used to the competitive level, watched in front of others, this wasn't a walk in a park, but another time to show how good he is. For myth this was a huge step, anxiety, he was new, he didn't know what to expect, so I get how he lost.

I wish this guy’s channel name was more recognisable because his videos are AMAZINGLY well made

Kids think playing video games for a living is the dream career until they're actually playing video games for a living. Funny how that works eh?

I don't play Fortnite and neither did I knew about TSM's fortnite lineup and clicked the video as a complete stranger to the scene but you explained everything so perfectly that I don't even have words for it now, A great masterpiece of a channel.

I literally feel like I'm watching a Netflix film but on RU-vid. great work keep it up man :)

Holy crap the nostalgia and the sadness into the ending really made me sad, how did I watch this team 3 years ago and I didn't even realise they had been gone for months, its just sad how we have to move on, and how its just a part of life. Im a damn teenager and I got no clue wtf life is, but from what iv watched and from stuff that happened I really think this isn't too far off the real thing.

Myth got screwed over. He was taking the brunt of everything alone and the other members just quit. He had so much potential but replied on the wrong people

I watched the whole TSM Fortnite comp team since day 1. The problem was that Myth was the leader but he never played competitive games or played in tournaments, and his duo was Hamlinz. Hamlinz was a good player but was being held down by Myth since he was the igl so he had to do what Myth said but Myth is a bad igl. Daequan and Camills were the other duo and they did good especially in Friday Fortnite, but then Camills started making bad decisions that would cost them the wins they needed. Camills got benched due to mental health issues because of the pressure, he said it himself he had negative thoughts. Daequan then started getting bored of competitive fornite he said he didn't like how it was just people hiding in boxes for 20 minutes. He expected Fortnite to be everyone rushing and fighting but it was just people hiding in their boxes. Hamlinz started disliking Fortnite because of the dumb stuff EPIC was adding to the game so he decided to go into content creation. Myth was the only one that decided to keep trying competitive Fortnite but he was never really good, he was an overrated public lobby player. In the end when Myth finally retired from competitive fortnite he admitted that the reason he never did good and placed in tournaments was because that was his first time playing a game competitively and he just wasn't experienced, he said it was just a learning experience for him.

Top quality videos bro, really interesting and production is fantastic

Ive never heard of tsm but man that hit right in the feels at the end. Great video 👍

To me none of them "fell off" per se instead they put their mental health first above content to better themself just a sign of maturity some of the community lacks

Its so demotivating seeing daquan and hamlinz without myth

dude that just sucks for myth, he probably only fell behind because he couldnt get into any scrims since he didnt have a full roster that would actually attend them.

I think Myth did poorly on the tournament because of anxiety. An example is math anxiety. You walk in to a math quiz, and despite studying for hours, and being able to answer majority of the questions that you have done. You start sweating and because of your anxiety to succeed, you lose some easy to do questions.

I wish everything could go back to how it was. OG Fortnite and stuff, good times man

Myth was the only one who wanted to go competitive all day. The rest of tsm just wanted to have fun🤷🏽‍♂️

The issue just came down to the amount of skill and talent that came out when fortnite started going tournament style. You had these streamers who were good enough to kill random lobbies and pub stomp to get a following and be looked at as *professionals* but then had to face the fact that they had to take on people with actual skill and get destroyed. Had to choose of playing on the team and not getting viewers cuz you wouldn't be getting wins 24/7 or stream pub stomps and make more money. Can't compete with 12-15 year Olds that are fortnite gods

Bro goddayum, your videos are always really good, it got me reminiscing about life 😂😭

the amount of work you put in these videos is insane unlike many other commentary channels, keep up the good work man 👍

Myth has an unmatched drive an I will always root for him, it's just a shame to admit that he doesn't have the talent that others have.

but they ended off on good terms and had amazing times together guys it’s amazing

they were the best in my heart, the chemistry was amazing

Real talk, has any streamer house worked? Like every time it gets mentioned on this channel, it doesn't work well for all parties involved

These are actually the best. He always digs deep for his crowd Good job!

This feels like when I'm starting a Minecraft world with my friends. It goes great the first hours but then only one guy actually joins while the others are already bored.

Update to this video. Unfortunately Myth has decided to leave TSM and not sign the contract for 2022. This is truly an end of an era

I remember when fortnite wasn't so overwhelming and well balanced good times the game is literally shit now the worst

That’s really unfortunate. I never watched them but they seemed like a solid team at the start, seems like they all found their paths shortly after they created their team. They almost had it, they were almost an amazing team.

I don't watch a whole lot of Twitch or Esports and I have never played Fortnite so I didn't actually know who Myth was until he started popping up around Offline TV. Having learned about his backstory now in Esports and the pressure he was under to not only perform, but hold his team together, I'm glad he's doing better than ever on his own now.

Seeing all the old footage of Fortnite makes me so nostalgic

0:43 a FIFTY-PERCENT WIN RATE, IN FORTNITE?! That is absolutely unthinkably insane! Damn!

never really watched myth but he seems like such a great, genuine and caring guy

DADDY'S GOING TO BE THERE

I'm very happy for Myth, he was super young with so much responsibility in his back and imo he did a great job as a leader! Nowadays he doing pretty well on twitch.

Another great video as usual! You make videos about people I’ve never heard of and you instantly captivate me! I hope you and your family are doing really well and keep up the great work!

One thing I know about tournaments or any live showcase in front of a crowd, is that, you need to get a lot of experience very quickly. So that you can get used to the pressure as much as possible. Doesn’t even have to be in what you specialize. It can be anything.

Omg I still remember watching this live. Very nostalgic

I been looking for a video like this thank you tsm I wanted to join but now I don’t know anymore

Love these videos, never stop

damn, this was actually kind of sad, specially for myth

This one actually makes me sad!!!! I would come running from school excited to see Daequan or Hamlinz …. They made me laugh when times were tuff!!!! I just hope for the best , for all 4 ( including Cammils) this actually breaks my heart!!!!

Why feel bad for Camillz? The guy took his position for granted and didn’t practice to live up to the position, so he got replaced. Simple as that. He would’ve never been kicked if he had good work ethic to not take his position for granted.

Never clicked faster on a video before.

Its sad to see them go. But honestly I think it was the best choice. If you don't wanna play competitive that's ok. People love the enjoyment of playing casually. Still good to know they're doing well and I hope they continue happily in their lives.

I love ur videos. 10 minutes! So much information tho

I feel awful for myth, he was a very good player who had a strong passion for fortnite; he got this really good roster of amazing players but after so long those players stopped carring

Honestly sad how badly TSM fell off

I remember being so Hyped about TSM, always Watching theyre Streams, VODs or just Clips in General. I never really cared about Professional Performance but it really hurted me back then when only Myth came and did not even came in 10th once.

I feel like you could and perhaps should have mentioned more about tsm as an org. It's league team has been famous for years for it's extremely poor management and the general issues inside of the org. Players and coaches, families etc. Especially with the owner Reginald(Andy dihn)

R.i.p camel's he was barley noticed and rembered afterwards

Felt like this video didn’t get a proper ending .

I've never been disappointed with a sunnyv2 video their always great

never heard of Myth’s past but him showing up in OTK videos made me like him. saying he fell off doesn’t seem true when he’s reaching new audiences like me

This is sad and depressing and more for myth like just thinking that if he would have performed better there would have been a chance of him and his friends staying together is heart breaking❤️❤️

Quick criticism, but it really bugs me, whenever you have music playing at the end, then the video just cuts off. Instead, could you fade the music out? It takes like 2 seconds.

Daquan and Hamliz returned with NRG it so great seeing them back.

First of all thanks for the channel, I love this type of documentary content. Second France. Third, what happens to celebrities is crazy, it always amazes me how they end up hating the very medium that made them famous, like TV, it's amazing how the human brain works.

Cant help but feel bad for myth. But it feels good how he didn’t let him affect him in a negative way. He grew and learned from it so all the props in the world to him

Imagine if this guy could do interviews with the people he makes videos on. That would be epic

What funny is how epic games made fortnite one of the worst run esports

I just remember watching these dudes with my cousin and how close it got us. Goated times

This is the most dramatic video iv ever seen about strange guys playing a video game together and being really sweaty

People underestimate the difference between going Pro and being a Pubstar

Fun fact: these videos makes our days better

Was I the only one who was crying watching the TSM team fall? Also sunny you got some pretty frickin fire content.

ive found your channel recently and have been watching an unnecessary amount of your vids. funny story, i just thought to myself “wtf happened to daequan” so i look it up and BAM there’s another one of your beautiful documentaries

anyone who has ever ordered mcdonalds knows that expectation differs greatly from reality

You forgot to mention Kaysid, who was Myths comp partner near the end of the team. He lived in the house with them for a while,

Damn bro, just damn. As much as there is a sunny v2 controversy, I just need to say wow. You can make me have interest in these random people who I dont give a crap about. You have effort and you put time in your work/videos.. Keep up the good work.

Almost brought a year to my eye they gave me the bast laughs from 13-15 def were my favorite team even if they didn’t do well

This guys is underrated

I don't care about Fortnite but it's SunnyV2 so I will happily give you my 16 minutes

Amazing channel. Great job

Man even though it didnt work out for the team, most of them were still pretty well off after all this went down except for camills. Its gotta be embarrassing when you cant even be relied on to play a game, i know pro gaming is no less stressful than other jobs, maybe more stressful but still i would be mortified if i had the opportunity he had and i had completely thrown it down the drain like he did on any kind of job i would like to have, not just videogames.

"Were cool but we're not really close friends and we don't really talk consistently anymore which is unfortunate but it is what it is" hit diff

Benching CaMills was the beginning of the end for Team SoloMid

My favorite moment they had was ham talking about a basketball game he won against Daquan while he was behind him

Honestly, being a professional gamer is probably harder than any other gamer. You are expected to be the best and if you aren't, then no one will let you forget it.

God i miss prime Fortnite times

They did not leave the competitive scene, they re-signed commandment, who is always placing, they signed Co1azo, who placed well also, and they signed scrubz, who has made a lot of money from creative wagers. I’ll edit if you’ve already mentioned this, because I don’t wanna seem like a total moron.

in the end myth was alone man myth has always motivated me

Sunny always post the best content